Architecture Portfolio

ARCHITECTURE P O R T F O L I O J U L I E T T E

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REACTIVATING A PUBLIC SPACE

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OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

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UN-MUSEUM OF MIGRATION

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AUDITORIUM THEATER BUILDING ANALYSIS

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GLASS TOWER

SPRING 2019 p.4

FALL 2018 p.12

FALL 2017 p.22

SPRING 2018 p.28

SPRING 2016 p.32

01 Reactivating a Public Space : Logan Square Park THESIS GRADUATE STUDIO | SAIC | SPRING 2019 | ADVISOR: NEIL FRANKEL , TRISTAN D’ESTREE STERK

MAP OF CHICAGO

REACTIVATING LOGAN SQUARE PARK Public spaces shape the experiences of the people

Logan Square

who inhabit them. They are the spaces where people come together for social, cultural, political and economic purposes and where individuals gather to form communities.

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otherwise thriving community. The park, located at the busy intersection of three grand boulevards, is W DIVERSEY AVE

to access, thereby discouraging its use.

To reactivate this park, my project proposes a rerout-

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ing of traffic around the park, and a new architectural intervention designed in order to better serve the current cultural activities of the neighborhood. With this design, I am reimagining a new Logan Square Park that honors the historic value of the area, while looking forward to a new future in the neighbourhood that gives precedence to people over cars and facilitates a space where the community can meet, gather, interact and have fun.

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surrounded by traffic, and is difficult for pedestrians

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The redesign of Logan Square Park with the incorporation of an elevated architectural structure can potentially become part of a network throughout the city to link multiple parks to one another. The structure has the potential to expand from the park itself along the grand existing green boulevards from Logan Boulevard to Garfield Park. Every park along the way becomes a node in the network, unique to its neighborhood such as the one I developed for Logan Square

TRAIL OF EXISTING GREEN SPACE

FROM LOGAN BOULEVARD TO GARFIELD PARK

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Park.

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PROGRESSION OF PEDESTRIANS ON THE ELEVATED PROMENADE

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Entrance to the park and start of the elevated promenade.

View point down N Kedzie Ave’s green scenery towards Humboltd Park and close view of the monument.

Mid point on the promenade with a nice view of the entire park down below.

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The ramp up to the third level of the promenade.

Third view point down N Milwaukee Ave with of clear view of the downtown Chicago skyline.

Final view point towards the trees and greenery along W Logan Boulevard and great view of the eagle on the monument.

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02 Obama Presidential Center GRADUATE STUDIO | SAIC | FALL 2018 | PROFESSOR PETER EXLEY

THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL CENTER The Obama Presidential Center is an ongoing project on the South Side of Chicago in Jackson Park.

The mission embodied in this project that is the OPC is to create a space for the community of South side Chicago to gather, engage with each other, and get involved in city activities. It is also an opportunity to promote education in all its forms and encourage the young generation to reach the highest level of education possible.

Obama Presidential Center design proposal

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designed as a gateway entry to the park. This is achieved through separating the ground floor into two volumes with a passage way between them.

This passage way acts as an active streetscape that connects the neighborhoods to the lagoon. The street programming includes a healthy cafĂŠ where cooking classes are given, a restaurant, a study room, a bar and other retail opportunities. Because of the large variety of attractions, residents can visit

Lake Michigan

the park without feeling obligated to visit the mu-

Jackson Park

seum every time. The park becomes a destination

Park lagoon

on its own.

Obama Presidential Center site

Hide Park

Woodlawn

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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

NEIGHBORHOODS TO PARK CONNECTION

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Museum block Education block Library block

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1 Museum gallery space for temporary exhibitions 2 Museum gallery space for permanent exhibitions 3 Museum gift shop 4 Restaurant 5 Restaurant kitchen 6 Restaurant restrooms 7 Museum storage area 8 Women’s restrooms 9 Men’s restrooms 10 Mechanical room 11 Coat check 12 Auditorium 13 Backstage room for performers`lecturers 14 Bar / Waiting area 15 Auditorium restrooms 16 Lobby - museum building 17 Study room for students 18 Library 19 Researchers’ reading room 20 Librarians’ offices 21 Library storage area 22 Women’s restrooms 23 Men’s restrooms 24 Mechanical room 25 Lobby - library building 26 Healthy cafe 27 Smoothie shop 28 Kitchen 29 Cooking class - classroom 30 Restrooms

Second Floor 31 Presidential suite with Obama Foundation offices 32 Conference room 33 Staff room - lounge area 34 Classroom 35 Multipurpose room 36 Women’s restrooms 37 Men’s restrooms 38 Open cafeteria area 39 Bridge - circulation 40 Cafe 41 Cafe kitchen 42 Volunteer orientation room and lounge area 43 Computer room

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EXTERIOR RENDERING Pedestrian active street Ground floor 20

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INTERIOR RENDERING Coffee shop/bridge Second floor 21

03 Museum of Migration GRADUATE STUDIO | SAIC | FALL 2017 | PROFESSOR ANN LUI

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GENERAL NOTES

SPACEBUSTER, RAUMLABOR - PRECEDENT ANALYSIS

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ART CRITIC

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URBAN PLANNER

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C. INSTALL TABLES AND CHAIRS BEFORE ARRIVAL OF GUESTS

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ARCHITECT

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PLANT LIST

The Spacebuster was designed to explore the qualities and possibilities of public space in New York City.

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D. HOST EVENT IN PLASTIC BUBBLE

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ENGINEER

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MED STUDENT

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ARTIST

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INVESTMENT BANKER

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ART HISTORIAN

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HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHER

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BUSINESS STUDENT

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uses interacts with the architectural and the social

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Its unique type of space for collective temporary

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urban space and its conditions.

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The Spacebuster is build on the basis of a step van

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with a big transulcent inflatable space coming out

ELECTRICAL CORD COLUMN

of the back of the van. It can fit up to 80 people in-

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side. People enter through the passenger door, walk

GUESTS

through the van and down a ramp to get the bub-

WRINKLES ON PLASTIC

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This retroactive installation manual (drawing on the

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right) for a Spacebuster event documents the nearly countless details, activities, and movement which occur at different times—that one might not necessarily notice or traditionally document—yet nonetheless construct the architecture of the happening.

PLAN OF EVENT - CORNER OF 25TH ST AND 10TH AVE SPACEBUSTER - RAUMLABOR

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DETAIL - RAILING FOR TRANSITION

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fabric holding 2 bags together

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extrusion of the hole for visibility and guidance

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TERRACOTTA TILE TERRACOTTA TILE TILE TILEOVERLAP OVERLAP MUD MUD MIXTURE MIXTURE

SITE ANALYSIS THROUGH A DETAIL STUDY TERRACOTTA ROOF TILE

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In America’s Chinatowns—places of gatherings for the immigrant Chinese communities in a foreign land—can the addition of a superficial traditional architectural detail, such as the terracotta tile roofs on ancient Chinese palaces and temples, contribute to - CHINESE TERRA COTTA TILE ROOFDETAIL DETAIL SECTIONSECTION - CHINESE TERRA COTTA TILE ROOF

integration and a search for belonging in the USA?

FORBIDDEN CITY - BEIJING FORBIDDEN CITY - BEIJING

Here is a site analysis of Chicago’s Chinatown, ex-

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TOPFIXTURE FIXTURE TOP

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FASTENERS FASTENERS

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munity to feel a sense of home. Does it create a sort

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COPPER DRIP EDGE COPPERFORMED FORMED DRIP EDGE VERTICAL VERTICALFASCIA FASCIA

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tures?

SEALANT SEALANT

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TERRACOTTATILE TILE TERRACOTTA

ploring how its architecture is defined for its comof utopic city combining American and Chinese cul-

COPPER COPPERCOUNTERFLASHING COUNTERFLASHING EMBEDDED MORTAR JOINT EMBEDDEDININ MORTAR JOINT (COVER FILL REGLET W/ SEALANT) (COVERTILE, TILE, FILL REGLET W/ SEALANT)

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3’ x 6’ drawing

TERRACOTTA TILE TILE OVERLAP

MUD MIXTURE

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PURLIN WOODEN BEAM RAFTER

FORBIDDEN CITY - BEIJING

COPPER COUNTERFLASHING EMBEDDED IN MORTAR JOINT (COVER TILE, FILL REGLET W/ SEALANT)

FASTENERS

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04 Auditorium Theater Building Analysis GRADUATE STUDIO | SAIC | SPRING 2018 | PROFESSOR NATHAN FREIDMAN

Photo credit: https://www.broadwayinchicago.com/theatre/auditorium-theatre/

AUDITORIUM THEATER, PRECEDENT STUDY These conceptual models are the result of the precedent study of a performance hall, the Auditorium Theater in Chicago. The three variations of this model are an analysis of the types of spaces in a performance venue, the visible and the non-visible, the void and the constructed . The blocks of sand-blasted acrylic represent the voids in the theater in three stages. The white wood blocks rep-

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resents the constructed.

The first model isolates the stage area which is an empty space meant to be visible to the audience.

The second model is a combination of the stage and the seating area destined for the audience to watch the stage as a non-visible party during a performance and visible before and after. The third one includes the non visible backstage space.

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Photo credit: http://www.architecture.org/learn/resources/architecture-dictionary/entry/louis-sullivan/

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05 Glass Tower UNDERGRADUATE STUDIO | U DE M | SPRING 2016 | PROFESSOR HAL INGBERG

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK EDUCATIONAL PRODUCT

GLASS TOWER Located at the center of the Place des Arts cultural neighborhood of the city of Montreal, this project is a proposal for an office glass tower that blends in, yet stands out with its dynamic facade and shape in this hyper dynamic concentrated neighborhood in the downtown area.

This tower stands right in front of the Festival Public

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Plaza. Its articulated mirrored glass facade reflects the lively activity and festive atmosphere of the neighborhood below.

The envelope also reflect sunlight in may different

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directions which make the building shine and stand natural sunlight penetrate from one side to the othgives more value to the property for future tenants.

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er for a better experience inside the building and

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out. The narrowness of the building is ideal to have

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VOLUMETRY - STEP 1

VOLUMETRY - STEP 2

VOLUMETRY - STEP 3

The entire site is extruded into a volume.

The volume is divided into 2 parts. The sliding of these 2 volumes in opposite directions results in the appearance of an open public place in continuity with the existing urban plaza.

To highlight the main entrance to the building, a deduction in the volume is made in front of the 3 story high lobby.

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URBAN STRATEGIES

ACCESS AND CIRCULATION

STRUCTURE SYSTEM

The existing public plaza is extended onto the site of the tower in order to prevent the interruption of cultural activities.

The entrances to the building are strategically placed according to the high flow of people coming from the subway station exits. There is one main core for vertical circulation.

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