M MARJORIE S E V I L L A
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THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY Bachelor of Architecture Undergraduate Work
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DESIGN STATEMENT architects, it is our responsibility to communicate the
built environment. In the end, our architecture communicates a greater create and becomes an even greater component within the
Photo taken at Kossman Thesis Reviews 2013, Stuckeman Family Building Penn State University
FEATURED WORK KOSSMAN THESIS: DUMBO, BROOKLYN, NY
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Trending Now: the Impact of Infostructure
MARITIME MUSEUM: ERIE, PA
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Sustainability and Wind Energy
HAJJAR COMPETITION: STATE COLLEGE, PA
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Music in Tension
CURTIS MUSIC INSTITUTE: PHILADELPHIA, PA
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[ReямВect]ion of the Urban Context of the City
BALD EAGLE SPA: HOWARD, PA
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Detachment from Reality
SOLAR DECATHLON: WASHINGTON D.C.
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Chaise Lounge for Solar Decathlon House Entry
URBAN DESIGN: TORONTO, CANADA
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Toronto Waterfront Revival
URBAN DESIGN: ROME, ITALY
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1 KOSSMAN THESIS: DUMBO, BROOKLYN, NY Trending Now: the Impact of Infostructure Thesis Advisor: Darla Lindberg
Trending Now Learning from Las Vegas,
creates for only “the whole,” emphasis is not on the parts and the whole has no meaning. The systems serve meaning-making for the building, not the building making the systems. Using the Brooklyn Tech Triangle as a case study that consists of three neighborhoods: Dumbo, Navy Yard, and and too retrofit. Buildings are built to suit a new retailer or tenant with a new method of signage causing the
Beyond the shell is where the magic happens.
that supports meaning systems is making the city.
Architecture does not actually make the spaces, but creates the means of systems placement that holds architectural conveyance. This is architecture – it’s an infostructure.
EXTERIOR VIEW FROM MANHATTAN BRIDGE
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ELEVATOR IMPACT CART LIFT MECHANICAL FIRE STAIRS IMPACT CARTS AUTOMATED PARKING INTERNAL STAIRS SOCIAL EVENT PUBLIC FORUM WALKWAY BATHROOM COAT ROOM TYPE III B CONSTRUCTION OCCUPANCY GROUP: A2, A3, B
LEVEL 02 EXISTING WAREHOUSE
FEATURED PROJECT IN ERIE MARITIME MUSEUM EXHIBITION, 2012 FEATURED PROJECT IN PENN STATE WIND ENERGY WEBSITE, 2011 PUBLISHED IN PENN STATE WIND ENERGY RESEARCH, 2011
2 MARITIME MUSEUM: ERIE, PA Sustainability and Wind Energy Undergraduate Work, Fall Semester Third Year Professor: Dr. Ute Poershke
beacon to the city the local residents have with Presque Isle Bay. The monolithic structure has a double shell feature dividing the program into three main parts: event, museum, and entertainment through three main materials of: aluminum, concrete, and glass. Through its use of aluminum cladding and louvres, the facade gives a ghost view of the ship and serving as a beacon to the city.
VAWTs due to the glass facade.
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ELEVATION
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
HONORABLE MENTION, 2011
3 HAJJAR COMPETITION: STATE COLLEGE, PA Music in Tension Undergraduate Work, Spring Semester Third Year Professor: Malcolm Woolen
A piano consists of two parts: the inner rim and the outer rim. The inner rim produces the sound while the outer rim is of design and beauty. properly, the board must always be in tension. When the inner and outer rim are made together, This house consists of an inner shell where the sound is produced and an outer shell with wooden paneling. The sound boxes at the center are held in tension by the tension cables from
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INTERIOR RENDERING
4 CURTIS MUSIC INSTITUTE: PHILADELPHIA, PA [Reflect]ion of the Urban Context of the City Undergraduate Work, Spring Semester Third Year Professor: Malcolm Woolen
The music school is composed of “three townhouses” playing on the urban street facades. Each townhouse is divided, into its own designated house, but all are then connected by the central . The three houses are as follows: [House 01] Internalist House / Learning [House 02] Externalist House // Applied Music [House 03] /// Applied Product The music school should not only reflect the city in all its urban context, but also reflect the culture and history of the city and music as well.
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5 BALD EAGLE SPA: HOWARD, PA Detachment from Reality Undergraduate Work, Fall Semester Second Year Professor: Reggie Aviles
This spa is located along a hillside of Bald Eagle State Park and projects onto the river bringing in detachment from reality. Through its use of natural light, the spa focuses to move the individual through the spaces beginning at the central point of the spa. The individual ends at the lowest point of the building, the riverside of the mountains of Bald Eagle State Park.
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SOLAR DECATHLON FURNITURE DESIGN FINALIST, 2009
6 SOLAR DECATHLON: WASHINGTON DC Chaise Lounge for Solar Decathlon House Entry Undergraduate Work, Spring Semester First Year Professor: Jodi Lacoe
The chaise lounge is designed to ďŹ t the body comfortably. It is made out of reclaimed wood, added for extra comfort.
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CONNECTION DETAIL
7 URBAN DESIGN: TORONTO, CANADA Toronto Waterfront Revival Undergraduate Work, Fall Semester Fourth Year Professor: Madis Philak
development of the Lower Don Lands site. The four divisions are: the natural green marsh the industrial age the sustainable city the waterfront revival These frames serve as a storyline to imitate the idea of the frames within a ďŹ lm. The community the Lower Don Lands history.
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CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAM
BUILDING MATERIALS
SUSTAINABLE FEATURES
SITE PLAN
NATURAL GREEN MARSH
INDUSTRIAL AGE
SUSTAINABLE CITY
WATERFRONT REVIVAL
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8 URBAN DESIGN: ROME, ITALY Undergraduate Work, Spring Semester Fourth Year Professor: David Sabatello
along the pedestrian path, and the riverfront park is created to provide outdoor gathering spaces. The park will serve as a prototype for reviving the waterfront and maintaining the
CURRENT ISSUES ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY
DEAD END ZONES WITH LIMITED ACCESS AND NO ACTIVE STREETFRONT.
QUALITY OF COMMUNITY LIFE EXISTING PIAZZAS ALONG THE VIA TRINITATIS HAVE LIMITED PEDESTRIAN FREEDOM DUE TO INCOMING TRAFFIC.
RESPECT OF THE ENVIRONMENT THE FLOOD WALLS CAUSE A DISCONNECTION TO THE RIVER FORCING THE REDIRECTION OF THE PEDESTRIAN PATH.
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PROPOSAL ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY
RESTORING THE INEGRITY OF THE PIAZZAS AND DENSIFYING THE RESIDUAL LAND PARCELS REDUCING URBAN SPRAWL.
QUALITY OF COMMUNITY LIFE COMMUNITY LIFE IS ENHANCED BY THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE URBAN FABRIC AND THE RIVERFRONT. THE DESIGN ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO EASILY NAVIGATE THROUGH THE SITE ON ONE OF THREE CONTINUOUS LEVELS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION FROM AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC.
RESPECT OF THE ENVIRONMENT THE RIVERFRONT PARK INTRODUCES A LANDSCAPED SPACE IN A CITY THAT ONLY HAS 4% GREEN SPACES. THE FLOODWALL IS EQUIPPED WITH AN EMERGENCY DOOR AND THE PARK IS DESIGNED TO BE SUBMERGED IN THE EVENT OF A FLOOD.
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END PARK DESTINATION PROPOSED DENSIFICATION RESTORED PIAZZAS
RIVER PARK PERSPECTIVE