STEPHANIE WHITMAN Architectural Design Portfolio
Curriculum Vitae Fourth Year Design Studio 2 Integrated design studio competition Fourth Year Design Studio 1 Postmodernism, Material defamiliarization Third Year Design Studio 2 Contemporary architecture in historical urban context Third Year Design Studio 1 Expression of aggregate design Second Year Design Studio 2 Program relations, Building ordering systems Second Year Design Studio 1 Fundamental design, Program relationships First Year Design Studio 2 Body in space First Year Design Studio 1 Color theory, Object in space, Pattern, Domain Parametrics to Fabrication Wilsonart Chair Competition class, Digital design and fabrication Structural Systems 2 Behavior of reinforced concrete members and structural systems Twentieth Century Architectural History Theory of architecture during the 20th Century Environmental Technology 2 Passive design methods and technology Methods and Materials 2 Modern building fabrication Urban Design Design within historical context Site Design Considering hardscape and softscape Methods and Materials 1 Masonry, Building code Environmental Technology 1 Sustainability through design, Passive design, Acoustics Structural Systems 1 Understandings of steel and wood structural systems Introduction to Structural Systems 1 Understanding of structural systems Computer Applications 2 Rhino, Grasshopper, Digital Fabrication Computer Applications 1 Revit, AutoCAD Sketching and Drawing On field sketching, Two point perspectives, Materiality Design/Illustration Technology 1 Drawing techniques and materials Introduction to Typography Usage of typography in print, web, and wayfinding
Experience Domokur Architects Full time architectural intern | Summer 2019 – Current Digital Assistants Group Presents digital workshops to students of all years | Spring 2019 Kent State University CAED – FabLab Assists students with hand tools and power tools | Fall 2018 – Spring 2019 Kent State University Spark Innovation Assists users with 3D printing and laser cutting files | Fall 2018 The Austin Company Full time architectural intern | Summer 2018 Accomplishments Wilsonart Chair Design Competition International Contemporary Furniture Fair | 2019 Furniture Design Challenge 24 hour design and fabrication of furniture hosted at Kent State University | 2018 Osyp Martyniuk Scholarship Merit based scholarship through Kent State University | 2018 CAED Florence Study Abroad Scholarship Kent State University | 2017 Dean’s List Kent State University | 2015, 2018, 2019 President’s List Kent State University | 2014
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PERMIUS MAXIMUS
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DIGITAL ARTS GALLERY
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FOX HOUSE
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ANOMALY
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CHILDREN’S EDUCATION CENTER
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MARKET HALL
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COMMUNIT Y CENTER
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BLACK BOX THEATER
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HOUSING COMPLEX
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MOMENTUM CHAIR
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CORRUGATED STEEL STAIR
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PAINTING OF THE BAPTISTERY OF SAINT JOHN
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DRAWING OF THE VISUAL ARTS BUILDING
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PERMEUS MAXIMUS Location Roosevelt Island, New York Integrated Design Studio Spring 2019
This project was produced in collaboration with classmate, Angelina Laudato, for the 2019 Integrated Design Studio at Kent State University. A+ S
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meus Maximus The design intent on several scales, from massing to the details
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of the facade, is to communicate permeability that provokes engagement between the island’s residential community and the students of Cornell Tech Campus. In large, the design intent is reinforced by three key aspects of the project: program, site context, and systems integration.
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al Tenant Floor Plan: Levels 2-3
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The program is made up of research, development, and public spaces for all members of the community. The community spaces will be free so that island residents may be involved on the campus, and travelers will be encouraged to visit Roosevelt Island. The community component will feature work by students of Cornell Tech and fulfill the island’s need of amenities. The upperlevel office spaces will be restricted to the public but still visually engaged with the rest of the building and campus.
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Site Context Roosevelt Island has a deep, transformed history. The surviving historic buildings serve as a reminder to the residents and people of the rest of New York of all of its many phases. Roosevelt Island is socially and physically isolated from the city’s surrounding regions. The isolation has given the relatively small community of less than 12,000 people a unique character and culture from other districts of the city. The residents are ethnically and demographically diverse which contributes to the culture of the Island as a whole. The close-knit group of residents carries its own traditions, such as Farmer’s Markets and art festivals. However, some of these recurring events lack a permanent home. 4
The position of the land on the East River lends itself to significant precipitation and prevailing winds. The master plan for Cornell Tech completed by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM) considers the tight flood zone by implementing a centralized Tech Walk that elevates the ground level five feet above the perimeter of the Island. The residents are accustomed to walking to locations on the Island. On the Cornell Tech Campus end, there is one vehicular road that loops around, and the rest of the campus is pedestrian friendly. The lower half of the Island, especially from Cornell Tech to the Four Freedoms memorial, has advantageous views of both Manhattan and Queens.
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Systems Integration The building’s indoor environment aims to achieve holistic sustainability. Indoor vegetation is part of biophilic design, which incorporates nature into the spaces where we live, work, learn, and enjoy our leisure time. Building-integrated vegetation not only offers us a means of reconnecting with nature, but it can reduce occupant stress, improve productivity, and generally enhance an occupant’s experience and aesthetic satisfaction of a space. The building’s voronoi motif is continued in the living wall biofilter. Custom cut growing medium panels are placed in the negative space of the voronoi wall. The
active filtration system utilizes the building’s storm water collection system. Its automatic irrigation decreases the need for maintenance. The atrium space is a light well that cascades diffused sunlight onto the vegetation and the users. Natural ventilation is utilized in the envelope and through the multi-story atrium, and it is supplemental to the heating, cooling, and air supplied by the active chilled beams. The biofilter increases indoor air quality by reducing indoor air toxins. The living wall biofilter is an acoustic barrier and reduces indoor noise pollution.
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DIGITAL ARTS GALLERY Location Cleveland, Ohio Studio Semester Fall 2018
The proposed Digital Arts Gallery in Cleveland insinuates a literal formal projection onto the existing B&O Train Station. The projection of the new addition is embodied in the addition from its structure to its skin. Its linear passage can be further discovered in the clearly extruded nature of the structure.
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The building’s skin implies that the body of the addition has cracked and unhinged itself to allow attachment onto the existing building. Such ideas are found successful in the continuity of the extruded forms from skin to structure. 14
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Post Digital Design Practice Digital tools are now used to mediate most human experiences. The distinction between the digital and physical is fading due to the union of the two interfaces. Parameters of current design practice have influenced the built world by creating a language that designers didn’t realize they were speaking. In the post-digital era, designers must accept and engage the advantageous means of communication as developing cyborgs. A cyborg is a person whose physiological functioning is aided by or dependent upon a mechanical or electronic device. Digital Arts Gallery
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There is no definite guide to what architecture should be or what it will be in the future as it is being redefined indefinitely. In the post digital era, it is valid that materials can and will imply a previously undefined sense of character.
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FOX HOUSE Location Ithaca, New York Studio Semester Fall 2018
This residential extension utilizes the natural inner tensions of living bodies. Flexed and stretched points of force are concentrated at acute points to embellish the tensions of proximity.
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The Oculi The convex points indicate locations in which the object can be penetrated by sunlight and provide visual connections between the interior and the exterior. Large volumes exist underneath the large oculi, providing open spaces for reflection. 20
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With highly contrasting gestures, we are better able to define and utilize the advantages of programmable spaces. Human behavior will reciprocate the intentions of such spaces. Fox House
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ANOMALY Location Florence, Italy Studio Semester Spring 2018
Located in a historically valued site, this academic extension challenges the use of symmetry in modern architecture within historical context by breaking the grid with a structural anomaly. This irregularity in plan and section creates moments of spacial tension that are followed with relief.
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Contextual Influences The interior cloister within the addition lives in the center of the extension with a double height volume space that is flooded with natural sunlight. Classical symmetry in plan as it is divided evenly to create spacial boundaries for social activities.
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Overhead louvers filters the harsh summer conditions on the upper level in addition to providing indirect sunlight in the upstairs cafe. A selection of local materials such as terracotta are to be paired with globally sourced materials to highlight the context of materials.
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CHILDREN’S EDUCATION CENTER Location Cleveland, Ohio Studio Semester Fall 2017
This educational building functions as a gateway from the built world to the natural environment. Organic forms are derived from the growth patterns found in sea creatures such as coral. Site Context Its agricultural location in the Irishtown Bend neighborhood has potential growth within Cleveland's urban context. Overlapping spaces make businesses more attractive to visit; the aggregate building uses a conglomeration of spaces to further this notion. Systems Integration The organic void spaces throughout the structure creates not only ideal views of the river but creates a relaxing atmosphere for areas such as stationary study pods. The aggregate building integrates native foliage into the structure with the use of interior and exterior green walls. Southern light seeps into public spaces through the gaps of the vegetation, creating a naturalistic sunshade that emits fragmented sunlight, making a relaxing and calm environment throughout the structure.
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MARKET HALL Location Akron, Ohio Studio Semester Spring 2017
The market hall is a gateway for the historic neighborhood to enter the Lock 3 civic park. It features a grand entrance that progresses downhill with the surrounding topography towards Lock 3. Program Vendor locations on the lower level are adjustable to accommodate a variety of organized functions. A large port located along the west side provides direct shipping access to the main market. The public space on the east side features a cafe with outdoor seating that overlooks the nearby park. In contrast to the large space of the open market, a bar is nested in the mid level, and it is directly accessible from the central elevator or through a series of interior terraces that reflect the exterior landscape. Private offices in the upper floors lead to terraced outdoor spaces that are available for employees of the market.
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COMMUNITY CENTER Location Waterloo, Ohio Studio Semester Spring 2017
The Waterloo arts district is a vessel of expression for the community’s local artists. Art flows throughout the streets in various forms such as murals and sculpture gardens. The new community center will integrate culture and healthy lifestyle practices into this heavily trafficked corner of town. Program The community center will reach out to pedestrians with its unique form that celebrates the nearby cafes and music shops. Pedestrians are able to peek inside many of the fitness and culture zones from the street and will have full access to a large community space on the terraced roof. The outdoor terrace is cradled by the structure which blocks noise pollution. Small linear viewing ports line the steps of the roof top terrace which encourages engagement between the exterior and interior. This portion of the community center is easily accessible and features an outdoor pool and a viewing lounge for the town’s hot spots. The community center engages pedestrians from about every angle on the interior and exterior. As people navigate through the provocative form, they will discover a large variety of spaces.
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BLACK BOX THEATER Location Kent, Ohio Studio Semester Fall 2016
The Black Box Theater’s unconventional facade will serve as a beacon for the artist community of Kent, Ohio. The organic form is an expression of the performances that the theater houses. Program The Black Box Theater is the prime pedestrian destination for students of Kent State University and the local residents. The gallery features a two story space to elevate the viewing experience. Two double volume height continues to the seating area of the black box theatre. Circulation As pedestrians pass, they are visually engaged by the exposed store, lobby, and cafe areas. The outdoor seating directs people to the convertible stage which is ideal for an outdoor daytime performance. The cafe curves around the seating to create a more intimate space. As guests exit the gallery, they circulate towards the gallery gift shop. The theater is located in the center of the building so that circulation wraps around it, making it the most prominent programmed space.
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HOUSING COMPLEX Location Cleveland, Ohio Studio Semester Fall 2016
Modular housing that accommodates residential ideals while alluring pedestrians to the public spaces below. Program and Circulation The housing complex consists of a public lobby, cafe, and retail shop on the first floor and a series of unit apartments on the second and third floor. In this model, wooden materials represent public spaces while white material represents private. Vertical circulation is placed in the central core to reduce the distance to and from each apartment. The central core ascends to the accessible rooftop indicated in white. The sizable cantilever creates shelter over the entrance of the retail shop and cafe. The accessible rooftop and apartment units face the nearby river to optimize views outward and natural light inward. Deep mullions act as a vertical louver to block unwanted sunlight and views from the street. A private entrance for apartment residents is available in the west end.
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MOMENTUM CHAIR Wilsonart Chair Competition Presented at the 2019 International Contemporary Furniture Fair Studio Semester Fall 2018
The momentum chair captures the ambition that lies in the future. Its sleek edge conditions imply that the chair was originally a single sheet of constant thickness and has been scored and folded at several points to create a cantilevered seat. The volume of the seat suggests that the chair has both an exterior and interior space which are expressed through the use of differentiating materiality. An element of trust is utilized with the cantilevered seat; thus, creating an unconscious relationship between the user and the chair. The momentum chair can therefore be viewed in subject hood instead of only being an object in the room. Fabrication To assemble the structurally sound cantilevered seat, the digital model of the chair was first sliced vertically with 3/4” sections to match the thickness of the plywood. The contour lines of the sliced edges were next projected onto a flat plane for CNC data entry. Two sheets of plywood were CNC cut, stacked, and clamped together to produce the chair’s substructure. The Wilsonart laminate veneer could then be adhered onto the sanded plywood.
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Fabrication First, steel sheets are custom cut to size and polished. After the steel sheets are segmented, they are individually rolled and welded together on site to achieve the appearance of continuity. 44
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CORRUGATED STEEL STAIR Studio Semester Fall 2018
The Corrugated Steel Stair is a residential statement that expresses cold rolled steel as a continuous sheet. Minimal aluminum hand railings are structural supported by tempered glass that also provides fall protection. The angle of the stair’s extrusion creates integral nosing for each tread piece. Tread is welded to the rolled steel sheets at all edges. Fastened metal angles anchor the stairs.
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PAINTING OF THE BAPTISTERY OF SAINT JOHN Location Florence, Italy Studio Semester Spring 2018
Original painting of the Baptistery of Saint John located in Florence, Italy. An architectural study of light, symmetry, materials and perspective. Watercolor paint on 140 lb. cold pressed watercolor paper.
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DRAWING OF THE VISUAL ARTS BUILDING Location Kent, Ohio Studio Semester Fall 2017
A hand sketched drawing of the Visual Arts Building on Kent State University's main campus. The drawing was completed in pen and marker on 14 x 17 inch Bristol paper. Winner of the Sketch and Draw - CAED Florence Study Abroad Scholarship in 2017.
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SELECTED STUDIES Location Florence, Italy Studio Semester Spring 2018
The selected study sketches were hand drawn while studying abroad in Florence, Italy.
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