2024 Samantha Agostinelli Portfolio - Pratt SoA

SAMANTHA AGOSTINELLI portfolio

samantha (sam) agostinelli

samanthaagostinelli03@gmail.com

education

Aug 2021

May 2026

Aug 2017

June 2021

@sam_does_arch on instagram

(760) 498-5085

PRATT INSTITUTE - brooklyn, ny

candidate for bachelor of architecture ‘26 - minor in morphology, GPA 3.8 represented design 101 in cross-core review published in college-wide archival book - InProcess Edition 27

ESCONDIDO CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL - escondido, ca

college preparatory, GPA 4.5

experience

Aug 2021

present

Aug 2023

present

Aug 2023

present

Aug 2023

present

Jan 2024

present

PRATT SoA : undergraduate class representative

represent students and serve as the voice between the faculty the student body

FEMMES OF THE FUTURE : president and partner

provide strategic direction to empower women in the design industry, creating a supportive network that encourages collaboration, skill-building, and professional development

AIAS PRATT : vice president

support the planning of events and lectures, maintain and organize records and important correspondences, facilitate communication between board members

PRATT : peer advisor

provide academic coaching and tutoring services for all aspects of design

PRATT SoA : design teacher assistant

mentor a 1st year studio regarding design and critique practice

software proficiency

advanced skills

rhino 7

vray

after effects

adobe illustrator

adobe indesign

intermediate skills

revit

adobe photoshop

twinmotion

basic skills

blender

grasshopper

01 ramp scape

02 tap root

03 elevated perception

04 capra ibex

05 allianz riviera stadium

06 research models

07 personal work

08 x-scapes

ramp scape

semester 5 year 3

course : design 301

instructor : ron didonno

year : fall 2023

program : market + community center location : sara d roosevelt park, manhattan collaboration with : ashwati bartaria

located in lower east manhattan on the northern block of sara d roosevelt park, this market and community learning center utilizes a ramping roof structure which serves as an organic continuation of the current park scape.

the building focuses on passive strategies not only to give it a better ecological footprint, but to translate into a learning experience for the surrounding community. it features an experimental garden which utilizes the water collection capabilities of the structure, allowing the children to discover how to plant, cultivate, and cook their own food.

northern entrance featuring two-way selling market stalls

detailed wall section right half at 1/4” = 1’-0”

ground floor plan at 3/32” = 1’-0”

final sectional physical model at 1/8” = 1’-0”

west elevation at 1/8” = 1’-0”

site plan at 1/32” = 1’-0”

final sectional physical model at 1/8” = 1’-0”

detailed wall section left half at 1/4” = 1’-0”

02

tap root

semester 4 year 2

course : design 202

instructor : kayleen kulesza

year : spring 2023

program : library + cinema location : brooklyn public library

an extension to and renovation of a nyc public library as an audio visual education center. this cinamatheque pushes and pulls against the public boundary, playing with the juxtaposition of the public and private spaces surrounding the site.

tap root is organized around a central core with modules cantilevered off it, creating a vertical extending circulation throughout the structure, with public spaces located around the root, and private spaces nested behind it.

each theater space teases the barrier of the central root staircase, featuring a screen visible both to the movie viewers on one side as well as those circulating on the other.

sectional physical model at 1/8” = 1’-0”

NS section at 3/16” = 1’-0”

chunk physical model at 1/8” = 1’-0”

03

elevated perception

semester 3 year 2

course : design 201

instructor : chad smith

year : fall 2022

program : bath house location : astoria, queens

an extension to the WPA pool in astoria, queens for year-round use.

adaptations to and modulations of the hyperbolic parabaloid roof seen in the church of miraculous medal by felix candela in mexico city.

elevated perception is the embrace of the multitude of sight lines experienced at the varying levels of astoria pool. from the public circulation seen at ground level to the grand views of the robert f. kennedy bridge, multiple aspects of public space are experienced.

longitudinal section at 1/4” = 1’-0”

front elevation at 1/4” = 1’-0”

01 massing 1:200

02 chunk 1:400

03 section 1:100

capra ibex

semester 3 year 2

course : representation 211

instructor : farzam yazdanseta

year : spring 2023

an explorative project used to learn subdivision modeling, rhino grasshopper, and vray.

capra ibex was inspired by the ceramic work of ursula commandeur and placed in a modeled environment inspired by the fossil exhibit at the museum of natural history.

05 allianz riviera

semester 3 year 2

course : representation 211

instructor : farzam yazdanseta

year : spring 2023

a stadium chosen for its structural timber members which are threaded through one another and then joined by a series of interlocking steel joint components and bolts.

extracted the timber-metal frame, exploding it into its bare comoponents and designing a kit of parts reminiscient of a bandai gundam manual.

06 research models

semester 3 & 4 year 2

course : assemblies 261 & materials 262

instructor : scott lee

year : fall & spring 2023

.01 wood framing excercise

collaboration with : ariela alfonso

the wood framing excercise was a study of the basic structural components seen in a home. considered how scale and the order of construction is integral to structural capabilities.

.02 one central park

location : sydney, australia

one central park was chosen to be studied as an example of creative and thoughtful building design with an emphasis on sustainable and minimal energy systems with special concern for structural systems.

one central park’s heliostat combats the shading aspects of the surrounding high rise buildings, reflecting light downwards to a garden below.

personal work

summer of 2023 year 2

coaster & butter knife kit

an exploration of the qualities of wood and the usage of woodshop machines.

the coasters were made by joining pine and bubinga wood, which were then put through a wood planer, branded, and hand oiled.

the butter knife kit, made from cherry wood, was first roughly cut by a bandsaw, which was then hand sanded to a desired shape and hand oiled. the case was measured to perfectly fit each of the four knives in an alternating pattern.

X-SCAPES

semester 5 year 3

FLESHSCAPES x OUTERSCAPES

a two-part lecture series collaboration between Femmes of the Future and AIAS designed to showcase architectural explorations at both the earth and outer-space scapes.

for OUTERSCAPES, we hosted a design challenge dedicated to imagining and modeling 3-d massings to be theoretically built on mars. we then collected the digital work submitted and 3-d printed it to later be placed upon a CNC mars landscape base to be discussed and presented at the lecture.