PAIGE POPPE DESIGN PORTFOLIO 2013-15
PAIGE POPPE ARCHITECTURE VESTERBRO PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM
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SEATTLE ADAPTIVE-REUSE ART GALLERY
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CHICAGO MIDDLE SCHOOL 1
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CHICAGO MIDDLE SCHOOL 2
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DESIGN ANTHROPOLOGIE RETAIL INSTALLATION
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RECORD PLAYER DESIGN + CONSTRUCTION 20 ART WATERCOLOR
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SKATEBOARD PAINTING
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VESTERBRO PHOTOGRAPHY MUSEUM
CONCEPT
PROFESSOR_RUNA VEILE UNIVERSITY_DANISH INSTITUTE FOR STUDY ABROAD This project is a photography museum for the Vesterbro district of Copenhagen. The edgy, creative neighborhood borders Kødbyen [the meatpacking district] and has recently become a hot spot for both nightlife + creatives in the city, who are drawn to the area’s grungy charm. The museum will be a lively addition, and can serve the public during day + night. This design provides two environments for viewing photos and learning about the photography process. A dark “black box” hovers over the center of the space, lifted by a structural system that allows the ground floor to be freely circulated. This open space, which is day-lit by a skylight roof system, provides a cafe, flexible gallery, and museum shop. The flex space allows these programs to move, changing with the needs of the museum. The space also provides an ideal environment for viewing photographs.
LIFT “BLACK BOX”
SUPPORT
INFILL SITE
HANG
HORIZONTAL FLOW
ELEVATION: LILLE ISTEGADE SCALE 1:400 (METRIC UNITS)
The narrow infill site has a strong formal horizontality. This horizontality is maintained with the flow of circulation, which involves two staircases which span along the structural side walls. These staircases lead to spacious suspended balconies, with wall space to display books + photographs. Traveling upstairs, there is also another dark space on the second floor which is a dark room workshop, that allows photography work to be created within the museum. This museum has a strong commitment to creating ideal spaces for all types of photographic process and viewing.
ELEVATION: LILLE ISTEGADE SCALE 1:400 (METRIC UNITS)
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION SCALE 1: 200 (METRIC UNITS)
NIGHTLIFE [BARS, CLUBS]
OFFICE
SERVICES [TATTOOS, SALONS, BANK] HOUSING
INDUSTRY
PUBLIC SPACE
PUBLIC SERVICE
MEATPACKING DISTRICT TRAIN
WC
WC
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DINING
CAFE
PROGRAM RESEARCH
STRUCTURE AXONOMETRIC
COURTYARD SHOP
RECEPTION
FLEX GALLERY SPACE OFFICE
GROUND FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:200 (METRIC UNITS)
FIRST FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:400 (METRIC UNITS)
DOWN
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DARK ROOM WORKSHOP
OFFICE
UP DOWN
GALLERY WALLS
“DARK” EXHIBIT
SECOND FLOOR PLAN SCALE 1:400 (METRIC UNITS)
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CHICAGO MIDDLE SCHOOL 1
PROFESSOR_MARK CABRINHA UNIVERSITY_CAL POLY STATE UNIVERSITY This design is a middle school for downtown Chicago. The project explores new educational pedagogies through architecture. Based on studies from Cannon Design’s “The Third Teacher”, this middle school challenges educational norms. Spatially, methods from “The Third Teacher” have been employed, such as #20 “Make peace with fidgeting.” Green pathways create walking spaces between different classroom types, which encourage movement for students who may have shorter attentions spans. In addition, a dialogue has been created between the homerooms, classrooms, and labs, through the organization of the program chunks. The homeroom serves as a connecting element between the classrooms and labs, and is a double height space to encourage interaction between students of different grade levels. The homerooms open up to the two types classrooms, traditional lecture spaces and flexible group workrooms. Finally, the labs are posterior to the classroom to allow students to walk on the green pathways between classes, and create light wells. The lab spaces are tiered to let in more daylight for students, which fosters another “Third Teacher” principle, #9 “Let the sunshine in.”
PEDAGOGICAL PROGRAM DIAGRAM
By catering to the unique needs of students, this school ignites the discussion of how the architecture of education spaces, in combination with modern teaching methods, can encourage the growth and success of our youth.
TRANSVERSE PROGRAM SECTION
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HOMEROOMS
CLASSROOMS
CAFETERIA GYM
ART AND MUSIC ADMINISTRATION
LABS
PROGRAM DIAGRAM
MAIN ENTRY VIEW OF HOMEROOM, GROUP WORKSPACE, AND GREEN PATHWAY GROUND FLOOR PLAN
DAYLIGHTING PASSIVE VENTILATION LIGHT WELLS
RADIANT SLAB HEATING
STEPPED GEOMETRY FOR LARGER LIGHTWELLS GREEN SPACE TERRACES
BOILERS
ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS
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CLASSROOM WITH FLEXIBLE FURNITURE CONFIGURATIONS
PEDAGOGY FORM DIAGRAM DOUBLE-HEIGHT HOMEROOM
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CHICAGO MIDDLE SCHOOL 2
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lab
restroom
classroom (7th)
classroom (7th)
classroom (7th)
classroom (7th) homeroom lounge
homeroom workshop homeroom study
classroom (6th)
classroom (6th)
classroom (6th)
homeroom media
classroom (6th)
Typical Cluster
BAR SKIN
AUDITORIUM
SUPPORT MECHANICAL
LIBRARY STUDY AREA/LOUNGE
LIBRARY: RESOURCES
PROFESSOR_MARK CABRINHA UNIVERSITY_CAL POLY STATE UNIVERSITY
BAR GLAZING
Second Floor
This project was done in partnership with my colleague Parvathy Nair. In this double quarter studio, we chose another student’s middle school design from the previous quarter, to develop and detail.
AUDITORIUM SUPPORT MUSIC ROOM
MUSIC ROOM MUSIC ROOM
Our design’s structure and form related to the programmatic organization of the classrooms. Collaborative spaces are distributed throughout the lower floors, and a “floating bar” houses and highlights the flexible homerooms that combine students in different grade levels. These educational pedagogies again relate to “The Third Teacher” concepts, which promotes challenging the modern education system.
MECHANICAL
RESTROOM
RESTROOM
ART ROOM
ART ROOM
ART ROOM
ART ROOM
ART ROOM
CORE GLAZING
First Floor
CORE SKIN locker room
gym
locker room
coach
GLAZING
gym storage
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admin kitchen and storage
kitchen and cafeteria lobby
commons
entry
gallery
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Ground Floor
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SEATTLE ART MUSEUM + RESIDENCE
ADAPTED ELEVATIONS, ORIGINAL DRAWINGS VIA SEATTLE MICROFILM DEPARTMENT
PROFESSOR_JONATHAN FOOTE UNIVERSITY_CAL POLY STATE UNIVERSITY This thesis project is an adaptive reuse of Seattle’s Metropole Building, a hotel built in 1895, located in Pioneer Square, which is the location of Seattle’s underground and rich history. The design is a mixed— use space, housing an art museum and residence. Having been twice weakened by fire, the building form acts as a type of crucible. A crucible is defined as, ”a place or situation in which different elements interact to produce something new.” The design approach of creating contrasting dark and light spaces produces an ideal exhibition space, featuring art local to Seattle. In fact, the large mural that was used to cover the condemned Metropole Building is hung on the bottom floor of the gallery, inviting the public in. The roof has been transformed into a residence for the exhibition’s caretaker, who is also an artist, as a live-work space. This thesis explores the layering of decontextualized materials and forms. It will risk igniting further dilemmas, such as social agendas and sentimental attachment. Therefore, an effort will be made to create an architecture that is not just renewed at surface level, but honors past design and present mindsets.
LONGITUDINAL SECTION 1/16” = 1’
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1/16” = 1’
BASEMENT PLAN 1/16” = 1’
TRANSVERSE SECTION 1/16” = 1’
ANTHROPOLOGIE RETAIL INSTALLATION
POSITION_VISUAL DISPLAY INTERN ANTHROPOLOGIE SCOTTSDALE KIERLAND This installation was a large-scale design for an Anthropologie retail location. Many smaller projects were crafted for display throughout the internship, but these structures were the most spatial. This design is meant to evoke the style of awnings at a French café. I was given creative control of this project by the store’s Visual Display Coordinator, and solely designed and constructed the structure. The awnings were digitally modeled and measured in Rhino 3D, and each wood piece was custom cut in the studio. The structure transformed the seemingly unusable open space above a product table, and added an unexpected architectural element to the shop.
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RECORD PLAYER DESIGN + CONSTRUCTION
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PROFESSOR_JONATHAN FOOTE UNIVERSITY_CAL POLY STATE UNIVERSITY EVENT_VELLUM FURNITURE DESIGN COMPETITION This furniture design is a record player and record storage piece composed mainly with wood veneer and plexiglass. While exploring concepts of adaptation and reconfiguration through my senior thesis project, I was interested in reinventing the housing for a record player. Using knowledge from my skateboard shaping techniques, I molded wood veneer into arcs, that when interlocked, became structural supports and also stored records. Plexiglass sheets sandwich the arcs in tension, and is repeated in the record player’s tabletop to reveal the mechanics inside.
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WATERCOLOR
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SKATEBOARD PAINTING
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