Projects
1st Year StudioCubeAn introductory project on formal terms and the formation of a concept. Terms discussed include grids, axes, analogous elements, movement, rhythm, spatial sequence, solid/void, positive/negative, and light/shadow.
Instructor: Frank DeSantis Tools Used: Hand Drafting PierAn exploration of horizontal movement and circulation based on analysis of experiential phenomena at Race St. Pier.
Instructor: Frank DeSantis Tools Used: Hand Drafting Puzzle BoxConceptual project based on joinery and assembly.
Instructor: Lorena Alvarez Tools Used: Hand Drafting Vertical ConstructConstruct exploring vertical circulation, spaces of occupancy versus rest, vantage, and the visual-physical disconnect after analyzing Skirkanich Hall (University of Pennsylvania) and the Puzzle Box.
Instructor: Lorena Alvarez Tools Used: Adobe Illustrator Google Sketchup Hand Drawing Corbusier Analysis: Maison CurutchetAnalysis of Le Corbusier's 1949 Maison Curutchet, located in La Plata, Argentina.
Model made by whole group including: Marissa Gray, Aaron Woolverton, Eva Zhou, Jennifer Mueller, Connie Lin, Sierra Mills, and Brian O'Donnell Instructor: Irina Schneid Tools Used: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator AutoCAD DwellingA dwelling designed to respond to the specified site (Corner of 31st and Winter St., University City, Philadelphia) and its surroundings, as well as include architectural elements found around Philadelphia, such as ground plane manipulation, approach, threshold, inside v.s. outside, and vantage. I chose to relate my project to the train tracks on the east side of our site.
Instructor: Irina Schneid Tools Used: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator AutoCAD Hand Drawing |
1st Year Visual RepresentationSkirkanich Hall StudyAn analysis of Skirkanich Hall at the University of Pennsylvania. Analog color swatches and paraline drawings combined to create a digital rendering.
Instructors: Paul Schultz, Lorena Alvarez, Irina Schneid Tools Used: Adobe Photoshop Hand Drafting Fisher Fine Arts StudyAn exploration of University of Pennsylvania's Fisher Fine Arts Library, demonstrating ornamental and structural details with charcoal and a hatched perspective of its interior.
Instructors: Paul Schultz, Lorena Alvarez, Irina Schneid Tools Used: Adobe Illustrator Hand Drawing Rittenhouse Square PerspectiveParaline perspective of Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia.
Instructors: Paul Schultz, Lorena Alvarez, Irina Schneid Tools Used: Adobe Photoshop Hand Drafting Cushion Room PerspectiveParaline perspective of a cushioned theater room in Drexel University's URBN Center.
Instructors: Paul Schultz, Lorena Alvarez, Irina Schneid Tools Used: Adobe Photoshop Hand Drafting Smith HouseDrawings of Richard Meier's Smith House done in AutoCAD, then rendered in both Photoshop and Illustrator.
Instructors: Erik Sundquist, Joshua Lessard, Irina Schneid Tools Used: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator AutoCAD |