KATIE WOESSNER CREATIVE WORKS
MILWAUKEE - GRADUATE
Narrative
MILWAUKEE - UNDERGRADUATE
Curiosus
INDEPENDENT
Exploration Scripting
Growth Sound
MILWAUKEE - GRADUATE
NARRATIVE: BONSAI GALLERY
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE 10 WEEK PROCESS This studio was a think tank for the Milwaukee Bonsai Society, who had plans of creating a permanent bonsai gallery at Lynden Sculpture Garden. The project and its constraints changed throughout the semester as we were working closely with the clients of the Milwaukee Bonsai Society and the committee memebers at Lynden Sculpture Garden. This project was a volunteered partner project towards the end. The final presentation resulted in an exhibition at Lynden Sculpture Garden, with the challenge that each individual or group had to make a display of their own creation.
Concept: The project is based upon a block system that can be continuously connected to each other block and to the site. This allows for easy future expansion possibilities and flexibility of placement on the site. The placement of each bonsai are meant to be placed individually in the nooks to allow each unique personality of the bonsai’s to shine on their own, instead of being overpowered by another. Three sizes of stands play into the flexibility aspect as well as curation potential for the numerous sizes of bonsai’s. Brick ground treatment is used to differentiate the spaces further; ambassador brick is used for the main walk-way, re-used cream city brick in the bonsai compartments, and a Norman brick is used in the bonsai holding area.
Rendered Scene
Floor Plan
Final Model Display
MILWAUKEE - UNDERGRADUATE
G ROWTH: INNOVATION OF A NEW GREENHOUSE
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE 16 WEEK PROCESS The studio course was focused on how to thermally control the building through the use of a ‘pleasure program’. The facade is the driving force of the building. Through the facade nitches are formed for individual spaces, circulation is created and connected, and the structural system is integrated as a whole.
North Elevation
East Elevation
South Elevation
West Elevation
First Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Roof
Looking at the gift shop
View on ramp looking towards the gift shop
Looking into the Cafe
MILWAUKEE - UNDERGRADUATE
C URIOSUS PRIMARY SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE 13 WEEK PROCESS The program called for three functions: a primary school, kindergarten, and to serve as a community center. This particular project started off with an analyzing project where an ampitheater was to be built within a real 20 acre urban park, Kern Park. With this urban landscape knowledge, the next step was to take this comprehensive design and turn it into a full project of building and a site. The design itself was to be made up of multiple material components that form building systems, while working with an emense vareity of scales relating to human experiences. My concept for this project is to create a creative and kid friendly atmosphere with keeping and integrating the curvature of the surrounding nature into the floor plan of the school. This creates a mysterious aspect to the building, playing into a human’s natural curiousity.
Window Lighting Study
Hallway From Classroom
Third Floor
Second Floor
First Floor
Entry Space Facing Library
Final Model
MILWAUKEE - UNDERGRADUATE
S CRIPTING AND PARAMETRIC DESIGN
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE 16 WEEK PROCESS This was a course offered to teach students how to write scripts in Visual Basic within the computer program MicroStation. Starting off with the basics of scripting, we progressed towards more complex coding and geometries. Throughout the semester, small projects were assigned to demonstrate the knowledge base.
Projects: The first objects demonstrated a Gradient Spine. Starting off with a component, meant to be lasercut and put together three-dimensionally, was to be repeated with incrementing in size of the next components. The second project demonstrated a Packed Facade. The parameters included a two layered facade meant to be used as sun-shading. One layer was to integrate punched openings and the second layer was to be the shaded layer. The goal of this project was to generate a component, The third project demonstrated a Gradient Field. This project was to be designed as a ceiling system. The goal of this project was to generate a matrix of pyramid or other-shaped components that attract to one or more points located above or below the matrix.
Spine
Spine
Shadow Facade
Shadow Facade
MILWAUKEE - UNDERGRADUATE
S OUND AUDITORIUM
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE 10 WEEK PROCESS This process started off with the creation of a set number of buildings on a college campus. The next step came to futher develop an auditorium based upon the layout of that college campus with the addition of researching accoustics within the auditorium space. My idea for the creation of the facade and roof was that the layout was split into three densities: 1) The most dense of the facade and the roof covers the classrooms specifically due to the private nature of the room and the need to control the amount of natural daylight entering into the room. 2) The middle density of the facade and the roof covers the more public spaces such as the cafeteria, library, and the administration offices. 3) The less dense of the facade and roof covers the outdoor area due to its sense of openness to the public and the elements.
Facade Density Study
Plan and Section
Looking directly into the Audiotorium
Close up of exterior facade
Interior facade
Exterior view at night
Notre Dame Rose Window
Copenhagen Opera House
Santa Maria Novella - Exterior
E X P L O R A T I O N: TRAVEL SKETCHES
St. Peter’s
Santa Maria Novella - Interior
The Krystal
Myyrmaki Church
Bagsvaerd Church
Kaleva Church
The Old Church of Petajavesi
Saynatsalo Town Hall
The Church of the Good Shepherd
Grundvig Church