natalie hemlick cornell university | b.arch | third year nrh39@cornell.edu | 717.406.8215
design 5 | cornell in rome
Located in the Flaminia district of Rome, Italy, this modular system provides adaptable spaces for a transportation hub and parking garage, as well as community activities. The Piazza Mancini neighborhood is surrounded by significant athletic and cultural attractions, as well as residential zones, so this intervention can be easily repurposed to suit the dynamic demands of the site. Steel scaffolding mimics the structure of plant cells. Just as fungi infect and alter the cellular structure of wood, pre-existing site conditions contaminate the scaffolding. Trees eat away at the grid, leaving courtyards. The structure supports reinforced concrete slabs, which provide shelter and adaptable facilities. Urban pathways prescribe the orientation of ramps, which cut through the gridwork and allow pedestrians and automobiles to access the elevated slab areas.
tree courts_squished slabs open internal green spaces
The proposal fills Piazza Mancini with this reactive grid, but the system could be implemented anywhere, with the scaffolding morphing in response to the site’s specific set of contaminants.
circulation ramps_codify multipurpose space
community center piazza mancini
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site plan_possible configuration utilizing entire piazza
market space_modular display panels fit into grid
autobus transit hub_high traffic volume clears away scaffolding
design 4 | comprehensive studio
This primary school in Petit Goave, Haiti is a collaborative project with Cornell University Sustainable Design (CUSD). The school aims to provide an inclusive education for Haitian children, especially those living with physical and mental disabilities. Community space is accessible near the entrance of the site Privacy and security increases in rogrammatic zones, such as a health clinic and classrooms, Collaborative project with Alex Foster.
community school haiti
community space
Unites programmatic needs of clinic, community, and school to impart a sense of ownership and identity.
clinic
Provides therapy services and routine evaluations for students and community.
cafeteria
During school hours, meals are provided for students and staff. Food service creates employment opportunities.
classrooms
Modular classrooms facilitate a collaborative, unit-based curriculum.
design 2
Analytical exploration of View House, a private residence in Rosario, Argentina, which was designed by Johnston Marklee and built in 2009. The structure is based on a four square grid plan. Each quadrant is a solid volume with curved geometric voids, which inform circulation, and viewing voids, which frame the landscape. These solid/void quadrants were shaped by hand from blocks of solid pine wood and joined with canvas hinges. The circulation system progresses in a spiral through each quadrant, interlocking with every void. In the model, strips of aluminum are linked with soldered pins and pivot to lock into the grooves carved in the wooden blocks.
four sight
structural systems 2
This model demonstrates the structural systems present in Fogo Island Inn, a hotel in Newfoundland, Canada. The building was designed by Todd Saunders and constructed in 2012. Major systems included rigid frames, braced frames, and inclined columns. Framing was replicated using brass members and soldered connections. Foundations were cast Rockite. The wooden base was treated using the yakisugi burning technique to suggest the rocky island terrain. Collaborative project with Vinayak Portonovo.
fogo island inn structural analysis
design 3
This project is located in Merida, Spain, on a site featuring the ruins of a Roman forum and the Temple of Diana. A surrogate ground plane creates a primary occupiable space at the level of the Temple’s podium. This new ground plane recreates the elevated condition of the original forum buildings. Circulation pathways established by city streets extend across the new ground plane. Between circulation zones, orthagonal planes fold through perforations in the new ground plane, forming smaller structures that balance the bulk of the Temple. Folds below the ground plane provide access to the street level and ruins. Above the ground plane, folds are glazed and open to the landscape of the ground plane. Upper folds hold public spaces, such as performance halls and a cafe. Opaque volumes are suspended within upper folds, allowing for private areas, including practice rooms and recording studios. The folds are shear walls structurally augmented by slender columns, which define program areas and circulation pathways. The varying scale of folding mimics urban texture, giving musicians infinite possibilities for spontaneous performance venues. When musicians discover acoustic niches in the conservatory, they are inspired to seek out similar areas throughout historic Merida.
music conservatory merida
design 1
A hockey glove is constructed from layers of material, which provides protection without compromising flexibility. The glove’s layers wrap around the dynamic curves of a human hand, just as the hand wraps around a hockey stick. The dual wrapping behavior. Originally, the strip-like objects wrapped around the plaster base, leaving segmented imprints. Now, the objects have unfurled to wrap around the implied mass of the structural grid. At the middle, thicker objects leave heavier imprints, and the structure swells to balance the constricted site.
body armor
design 1
Extrapolation of Body Armor project. Strips of poplar were assembled with handcrafted bevel joints to wrap and define the form of the hillside. A wooden mold was constructed in a similar fashion, so the poplar strips seem to press into the plaster base, sculpting the landscape in a series of linear indentations. Not only do the wooden strips wrap around the site, they also peel away from the landscape to wrap in the opposite direction, creating an enclosed space. A structural grid is constructed from steel rods with soldered connections. Grooves in the poplar strips latch onto the steel trellis, securing the wood pieces in the organizing grid. At the center of the model, the grid’s density increases as the poplar strips flip away from the base and cantilever over enclosed spaces.
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hillside canopy
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design 3
Various folding operations sculpt a hillside to create an amphitheater and small venues for impromptu performances. The sloping ground plane is pleated in an infinite series of built steps and agricultural furrows. Large folds are elevated stages, while small folds form seating and staircases. A road progresses uphill from the town, folding back on itself in a switchback. Small music rooms are at the bends in the path. When walking, one passes near people on adjacent folds of the road, hearing snippets of musical performances ahead and behind. Triangulated panels unfold from the stepped landscape to shelter audience seating and music performance areas.
pleated pavilion
landscape intervention proposal
modular reorientation
design 2
The layered grid system in Le Corbusier’s Villa Shodan is expressed as a stack of soldered scaffolds. These grid sections delaminate Within the scaffolding, solid/void quadrants from View House are multiplied and linked with canvas hinges. As the grid sections pull apart and expand, the wooden modules rotate. Thus, physical manipulation of the regulating grid generates various modular orientations and spatial configurations. The grid and module system could be implemented at an occupiable scale. Diagrams propose using the stratified grid as a landscape organization system and the solid/void blocks as enclosed habitation modules.
grid delamination
view house/villa shodan hybridization
education
Cornell University Class of 2017 GPA: 3.6, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), Bachelor of Architecture, Third Year
relevant experience
Cornell University Sustainable Design | 2013-2014 Visited Haiti to conduct site analysis and research for Project Inclusive School Haiti (January 2014). Architecture team co-leader for Farm Pond Circle reforestation community in Lansing, NY. Cornell AAP Material Practice Facilities | 2013-present Tool Checkout assistant. Managed tool rentals, advised students, cleaned and closed woodshop annex. Cornell Contra Dance Club | Fall 2013-present Publicity Chairperson. Graphic design work. Managed social media, email lists, event advertising.
additional experience
Cornell University Fine Arts Library | 2013-present Circulation Assistant. Patron services, checking in/out materials, shelving (Library of Congress System) Sleep Inn and Suites, Mountville PA | Summers 2013, 2014 Front desk associate. Provided guest concierge and hospitality services, performed daily accounting procedures, made and monitored reservations, answered telephone. AAP Admissions and Registrar | 2012-2013 Office assistant. Filing, database management, organized undergraduate applications. Orientation Leader | Fall 2013 Personally helped small group of AAP freshman acclimate to Cornell, helped new students move in. AAP Ambassador | Spring 2013-present Lead college tours, replied to inquiries, facilitated visits for prospective students. Lancaster Public Library West | Summers 2009-2012 Shelving (Dewey Decimal System), prepared items for cataloging, reconfigured nonfiction section.
skills
Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier) Rhinoceros AutoCAD Modelmaking (woodworking, welding, soldering, laser cutting)
natalie hemlick
3190 Greentree Drive, Lancaster PA, 17601 717.406.8215 nrh39@cornell.edu