BachelorfSinAtu
ARDO NIELP UniverstyofMald
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Table of Contents
Slowly wandering tho r ugh the world.
01 _ Elevate
05 _ Master Plan
02 _ Resistance
06 _ Site Analysis
03 _ Walking Through Walls
07 _ Personal Work Design Thinking
Spring Semester, 2019 Professor Tonya Ohnstad
Fall Semester, 2018 Professor Daniel Curry
Spring Semester, 2018 Professor Franco Pisani
04 _ Zen Corner
Spring Semester, 2017 Professor Andrew Linn
2019-2020 Page DC, Academic Studio
2019-2020 Page DC, Lab Studio
Photography Sketching
01 Spring 2019 Kakenya studio Professor: Tonya Ohnstad Group Project IN-BET WEEN Multi-purpose Hall- Girls School in Kenya
Team: Alicia Moreira, Brianna Ward & Myself
The goal for our project was to design a space that empowers girls and provides a sense of community among its context. The design formalizes the informal by emphasizing the spaces in-between, derived from the happenstance spaces that occur between formal spaces throughout the site. The multi-purpose hall consists of angled rammed earth and CSEB walls, which vary in thickness to allow for inhabitation and framed views. The interstitial spaces created between the walls allow for occasional meetings between girls, teachers and community members who would not normally interact. These interstitial entryways vary in size and program, facilitating not only separate circulation between the primary and secondary school girls, but also freedom of choice and therefore empowerment. Natural elements are celebrated through the resourceful use of local materials, while the sound of rain is softened rather than dismissed as noise. Although the building is nestled into the landscape to enable uninterrupted sight from uphill, it is monumental in form, responding to its context and providing a gathering place for an entire community.
Site Plan Constructed as a studio
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Solar Panels
Water Collection
Cross Section Drawn by Alicia
Wood and Cardboard Model Constructed as a team
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CSEB Wall Section
Up Hill View Perspective
Rammed Earth Wall Section
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Exploded Axon
Plan
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02 Fall 2018 Ellicott City, Maryland Professor: Daniel Curry Individual Project E L E VA T E Community Design
site Site
Massing Form massing form
Landscape landscape
Ellicott city, a small town nestled in the Patapsco valley, has suffered from multiple floods that have set back its success as a city. The goal for this new civic center is to create a sense of public accessibility and community space while considering its context. It consists of two concrete buildings: an elevated library and learning space block, and a U-shaped public makerspace and community center. It provides multiple entrances, and views into the courtyard, the B&O Historic museum, and Mainstreet to reiterate its openness to the public. The courtyard and green roofs become a mediator between nature and the linear form of the building. A sense of place and belonging is made through its gathering spaces. Its design adapts to the people’s needs with a flexible program, and celebrates the environment by tackling the ongoing flooding issue and welcoming the creek for community interaction.
Public vs Private public vs. private
Cast Steel Node Column and Plinth reinforcing bars welded to cast steel node
Wood Panel Detail
Column Structure Detail
Exploded Axon
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First Floor Plan
Second Floor Plan
library
Library and working space
event / multi-purpose space
Front Elevation
Cross Section Perspective
Longitudinal Section
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03 Spring 2018 Florence, Italy Professor: Franco Pisani Individual Project G A L E R I A TA S S O Walking Through Walls...
How can I design a structure that is true to its location, in a town where I don’t even speak the language? That was the biggest challenge of the study abroad studio. It was a matter of observing, listening, touching, sketching, and immersing myself into the culture. Away from the tourists, and its main attractions. I explored Italian architects, artists, neighborhoods, along with multiple gelato places – it was part of the fun. I questioned my place, and ability to relate to those living in Piazza Tasso. It was one of the less touristy locations close to the center of Florence. This neighborhood has been successful in staying true to the florentine community. The piazza provides you a raw look into the lives of the residents, and playfulness of the area.
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Lost and Found Not long ago I had been forgotten and alone, I am not what I used to be anymore. I was happy, I was a home, Then my identity felt lost. I became a transitional space, and My surroundings were my only hope. Have you ever had the idea to occupy a space That is soulless and lacking of identity? I offered a challenge, To explore and address, The meaningful expressions of Piazza Tasso. To use my potential to embrace its history.
Honoring the past while supporting the present, It’s my new way of living. I am a heavyweight, With different shades and textures, Through walls, I will welcome you, and Let you play a game of hide and seek. Through a series of layers, and spaces You will understand the meaning of me. On the top of me, I will present you the piazza, and The community within. Around me, The sun and the shadows will guide you in.
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Site Plan
The main objective of the design was to be able to connect with the residents of the Florentine neighborhood, while representing their background and taking into consideration its context. It was a matter of thinking through community design, and creating a multi-purpose space for the people. An important part of the row house and the design of these homes are the ‘party’ walls. I decided to celebrate these by creating ‘thick’ walls and the concept of ‘walking through walls’. By placing the circulation through this walls, it allows the users to reflect on the meaning and explore on their own.
Longitudinal Section
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04 Fall 2017 Blagden Alley, Washington, DC Professor: Andrew Linn Individual Project ZEN CORNER A Conceptual and Drawing Study
The goal for this project was to connect the residents of Blagden Alley with its visitors. For this it was important to incorporate the history of the space within the design. I explored different materials found within the block, and chose to iterate a rock to represent the different people and parts of the story. For inspiration I explored several precedents that represented this idea differently, but I mainly focused on the Stealth Winery in California which uses different textures throughout, and wire cages filled with rocks to passively heat and cool the space.
Zen garden
Facade detail
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Roof Plan
Second Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Basement Floor Plan
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The building is composed of two programs, a studio and a gallery. These two are composed of a series of spaces, each represented through a different “rock” with a piece of history behind them, split up by time periods. The building it self is a play on gentrification, and how the history of Blagden Alley may be falling apart. Lastly, a plaza was created as a meeting space for all parties. It was inspired by zen gardens, and the repetition as well as the inverse of the rock. Overall, it was meant to be a experimental concept of ideas and materials, through drawing and modeling.
PLAZA PLAN 3/16’’=1’0’’
PLAZA SECTION 1/8’’=1’’0’ BUILDING SECTION
3/16’’=1’0‘’ Longitudinal Section of the Plaza
Section
Material texture Model at 1/4’’ scale
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05 2019-2020 Firm: Page, DC Master Plan Lead Team H O WA R D U N I V E R S I T Y Proposal
Page DC worked in collaboration with the Howard University Campus Planning, Architecture and Development team to provide Howard University with a proposal that provided planning, documentation, and design services to prepare a campus plan for Howard University’s Central and Health Sciences campuses. This effort will provide Howard University with a strategic physical framework for its campus that complies with DC Zoning Regulations for higher education campuses within the City of Washington. The Campus Plan described—through narrative and graphics— the project process, findings, concepts, and recommendations. The proposed plan measures to accommodate growth and development, improve academic and functional adjacencies, address circulation and parking, preserve natural and cultural resources, integrate sustainability strategies, and steps to implement the plan. Graphics were done by me, in collaboration with the team.
Existing HU Plan
Proposed Master Plan
The ‘Yard’ Perspective
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06 2019-2020 Firm: Page, DC Graphic Design and Analysis SIERRA LEONE Booklet
Sierra Leone, officially known as the Republic of Sierra Leone, is located on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is a country that has been devastated by an 11-year long civil war, followed by the Ebola virus, which left most of its citizens living under the poverty line. The World Health Organization reported that Ebola killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa between 2014 and 2015, including many health workers. Unfortunately that was and is not their only worry, given that children under five die at an alarming rate. With a population of over seven million, they have 115 deaths per 1000 live births. Page DC was the architectural bid chosen to design a lab to combat these level-2 diseases by creating a clean and organized space to properly research the problem. As an entry-level designer I was asked to do the site analysis and got to write an introductury essay as well as design the firm booklet that displayed this project.
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07 Selected Works Design Thinking, Sketching & Photography
At the current moment, due to the reality of the pandemic we have seen how every part of the world has found themselves filled with multiple day to day problems, adjustments and transformations that have changed the way we live today. This year has made our homes become multiple places that we would often go to in the city. In this new way of living for example, the dining table is the school; the bedroom, living room and dining room is the workplace; the balcony is the garden and outdoor space, and so on. During the pandemic, the home has become a microcity that has had to fill multiple needs for individuals and families. Through all these thoughts, a challenge came about of CityLab: Life Under Lockdown. For this, I developed a drawing of my apartment alongside my partner, meant to showcase the messiness of our lives during the lockdown.
Life Under Lockdown: Messy and tight Map and description posted on the CityLab article on their website & selected to be published on their quarantine maps CityLab book in 2021.
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Through this exercise I was able to appreciate simple things such as having a balcony. As I look back at the drawing and write this, I realize how much change and adjustment this year has brought. For instance, for the first few weeks of working from home I decided to create my own temporary #wfh desk. It was inspired by a Danish firm, Stykka Labs, as they created a prototype called the #StayTheF***Home_Desk meant to be affordable and a temporary solution - back when we thought this would be short-term. Now, that desk is in the trash and I have a whole new set up with a bigger desk, and a second screen. This past few months have made me appreciate our tiny apartment, and the importance of design in critical times like these. Architects are essential in re-thinking the design of spaces in apartment buildings and smaller homes. How can we provide better spaces that can be modified by the users, while providing proper air circulation and sun light? For everyone, not just those who can afford it?
Temporary #wfh desk made out of three cardboard boxes, glue and string.
Photography of Berlin
Berlin is a city that blends its art and architecture to its history in a modern and contemporary way. rT ansparency, lights and movement are a re-ocurring theme found throughout it.
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Florence, Italy Through my study abroad experience in Florence, I had the chance to use sketching more extensively to explore and understand spaces. It allowed me to recognize the importance of drawing as many plans, and elevations as I do perspectives; while still paying attention to detail. If you didn’t sketch, did you even travel?
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