undergraduate design portfolio
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table of contents Urban Kitchen
Ladder 6
Inhabitable Bridge
Art urbaine
Ludus Magnus
Multi Media Library
Mt airy center for the arts Stewardson Competition C_ABE Frame Scape
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Design viii professor jim cassidy
Urban Kitchen Scope: A two-week project designing a simple pavillion to house an urban kitchen along Kelly Drive, Philadelphia, PA.
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Ladder 6 The main focus I had while designing my fire house was quality of life for the inhabitants. Many firehouses become dark sealed off buildings because exposure to UV rays can degrade fire-fighting equipment, potentially putting safety at risk. My design allowed for a great deal of northern and filtered light to promote greater happiness for the occupants without damaging their equipment or jeopardizing their safety.
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Inhabitable Bridge Scope: Create a proposal for a livable bridge that would extend from the edge of the old Reading, PA, viaduct across the Vine Street expressway in order to reconnect the two parts of the city.
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Design vii professor giovanna piga
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Art urbaine Scope: to break the compartmentalization of the site by connecting it with adjoining natural features, including Villa Sciarra and Monte Testaccio, using a series of interventions that include the addition of a pedestrian bridge and boulevard, clearing out and producing Parco Portuese: a series of softscapes along the riverfront, as well as reapportioning pedestrian pathways throughout the site. These interventions will attract residents of the three adjacent districts into this system, thereby providing a thoughtful threshold between the area’s natural and urban features.
Ludus Magnus Scope: A project to revitalize the old Via Papalis route through Rome, Italy. My design reformed the area around the Colosseum, providing public space surrounding a new museum that celebrates the story of the gladiators.
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green space historic monuments potential sites via papalis
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Design vi professor Spence Kass
Multi Media Library Scope: Surveying the site on the corner of Walnut and South 20th Streets, Philadelphia, PA, and designing a library that would take into account all forms of media in order to evolve the idea of the library.
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Design v professor chris kircher
Mt Airy Center for the Arts Scope: Design a multi-functional art and dance studio within a section of Fairmount Park in Mt. Airy, Pennsylvania. The studio was designed to react to the existing ruin on the site while blending into the surroundings, providing a peaceful environment in which to create art.
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Design x professor Susan Frosten
112th John Stewardson Fellowship Scope: A ten-day design competition, which focused on the monastic lifestyle as well as net zero energy efficiency. I designed a rammed earth monastery that utilized conventional as well as unconventional sustainable techniques.
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Design ix professor edgar stach
C_abe Frame Scape Scope: As part of a three-person team, completed site analysis , parti and schematic design, as well as detailing and specifications for an architectural studio design that would encourage interaction between majors on the Philadelphia University Campus.
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