SARA MARQUARDT SAMPLE OF WORK
04 (CO) PLAY
CO-WORKING + YOUTH CENTER FACILITY
08 BALLOON FRAME REVITALIZING A MUSIC SCHOOL
CONTENTS
10 LIGHT MATERIALIZED
INSTALLATION IN BEIJING
12 RESONANCE HOUSE
ARTIST LIVE+WORK STUDIO
16 CUT | CUT | SLIDE PEPPER AS GENERATOR
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The North Loop district is currently one of Minneapolis’ fastest growing and wealthiest districts. While the district is growing into a hub for the young upper class, there is no infrastructure in downtown for underage youth. As such, the district is the place to be, but not a place for to setlle and stay.
(CO) PLAY
CO-WORKING AND YOUTH CENTER FACILITY ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT FOR HISTORIC WAREHOUSE WITH CASS GILBERT PROTECTED FACADE NORTH LOOP, MINNEAPOLIS, MN FALL 2014
Historical research of personal stories and local culture in Warehouse District
And so, the design provocation arrises: how to keep the young professionals centralized in downtown, encourage long-term settlement, and give immediate infrastructure for youths to hang out productiively in the city? A co-working office and youth center are proposed as a combined program facility for the 1st and 1st warehouse. Each acoustically and physically secured from one another, both have opportunity to benefit from the adjacent program. Working professionals are able to use the raquetball or basketball courts, while the youth center is able to have the potential for mentorship and teaching.
CIRCULATION PATH
PROGRAM DISTRIBUTION
Existing and proposed structural systems
CIRCULATION OFFICE YOUTH CENTER
SHARED ATHLETIC FACILITIES GYM RACQUETBALL CLIMBING WALL REC GAMES MULTI-PURPOSE
YOUTH CENTER PROGRAMS
COWORKER PROGRAMS
YOUTH CENTER BUSINESS
INFO DESK
RENTABLE OFFICES
YC MAIN OFFICE
SOUND RECORDING
LOBBY
LOBBY
CLASSROOM
CONFERENCE
CONFERENCE
STUDY SPACE
STORAGE
LOCKER ROOM
LOCKER ROOM
New floor systems
Framing systems
Raquetball glass connection to existing masonry walls
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In recent years, the number of students enrolling at West Bank School of Music (WBSM) has been declining. The organization needs to re-establish their identity and cultivate a greater presence in the neighborhood. While their current building embodies their long-standing history, the space is insufficient for their needs as a school.
BALLOON FRAME
UNCOVERING IDENTITY FOR LOCAL MUSIC SCHOOL CLIENT: WEST BANK SCHOOL OF MUSIC CEDAR RIVERSIDE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN FALL 2013
History and stories of neighborhood
Being proposed is an addition that will extend from the original balloon frame of the boarding house. The new building will grow out of the structure with reverence and relevance. The building will connect students to an understanding of being a part of a long-standing history and legacy that is Cedar-Riverside and WBSM.
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LIGHT MATERIALIZED
ARTIST STUDIO IN A HUTONG ONE WEEK-INTENSIVE WORKSHOP
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DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH MA LINGBO, QUIA CHUANBIN, AND WANG YUE YUE
In this installation, string and fabric are used to explore the tactility of light in both natural and artifical forms in order to cultivate both energized and meditative spaces for an artist’s studio.
Hutong for installation: Yang Mei Zhu Xie Jie No. 26 Renovated, traditional structure, lowrise building with courtyard
< Early sketches, plan (left), and section (right)
Dashilar is a historical neighborhood in Beijing that is quickly becoming commercialized for tourism. A growing movement is emerging to preserve Old Beijing.
DASHILAR DISTRICT, BEIJING, CHINA
Having adjacencies of darkness and light allows the artist to move fluidly drom different atmospheres of working in the room. While homogeneous, artifical light may allow for a clarity in working or for display in the studio, also having darker spaces allows the artist to step back and meditate quietly on the process of making.
JUNE 2014
String as natural light
Fabric as artifical light
When entering the space, the visitor first walks through vertical light from the skylight above. A clean wash from artifical light is seen on the wall to the left, while natural light spills in from the southern window. The northwest section of the room is left darker than the rest of the room.
Before
After
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A balance between site constraints and individual program needs, each of the three artist live+work housings is developed in response to one another. Maintaining a social core by means of a central courtyard is a shared value for each client and drives the site design. The concept of the social core then bleeds into each of the individual housing projects.
RESONANCE HOUSE
LIVE+WORK ARTIST HOUSING SITE DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH LAURA MOERICKE AND XIN CHANG HOUSING PROJECTS DESIGNED INDIVIDUALLY
The house designed for Nate Young, his wife Caroline, and two children is located on the East side of the site. A family that frequently hosts parties that are centered around artistic diagloge, having a social core that easily connects to the studios as well as extends into the outdoor patios is a priority. The final design is grounded in a stone wall that acts as the hinge for the house.
Resonance House for Nate Young
CLIENT: NATE YOUNG SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA SPRING 2014
Social Core, shared courtyard BEDROOM
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Scheme for Resonance House Sun Studies (top-bottom): morning, noon, evening
Level 1 1/8" = 1'-0"
GARAGE
DEN
LIVING/DINING/ KITCHEN
MASTER BED ARTIST STUDIO
PRIVATE PORCH WORKSHOP
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PEPPER AS GENERATIVE DESIGN ONE WEEK INVESTIGATION UNDER DIRECTION OF JAPANESE ARCHITECT, HIDEYUKI NAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CATALYST SPRING 2015
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