first and second year portfolio
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Isabelle Miller's first and second year architecture portfolio.TRANSCRIPT
First and Second Year Studio PortfolioIsabelle Miller
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St Peter Street Fire Stationpages 11-14
Aurelia: Turtle Cove Pavilionpages 2-4
Tabl
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Bi-Mix Housepages 7-10
miscellaneous artwork samplespage 15
Waterfront Pavilion and Gardenpages 5-6
2 separate entrances
storage/wc separated from mainpavilion
“L” shape
outer/inner shell
separate testing area
spiral
linear/perpendicular
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site analysis/boardwalk ending strategies
Aurelia: Turtle Cove Pavilion
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planaxonometric
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Aurelia: Turtle Cove Pavilion
Named for the cocoon stage of an insect's development, Aurelia strives to draw a visitor out to the farthest ends of the marsh. The double-shelled structure extends
off the end of the boardwalk towards a small cluster of cyprus trees that mark a hopeful future for Louisiana's marshland and then spirals into an organic, enclosed lecture space oriented to catch the southeast winds of the warmer months and to
direct attention towards the center.
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Located on the very edge of a lake in Southern Louisiana, this garden was created as a means of escape for its owner and a place of private meditation meant for one.
Designed for a potter, the main portion of the garden is a perfect circle, echoing the shape every potter strives to achieve each time he or she throws a mishapen lump of clay onto a wheel. The inner portion of the garden is initially hidden from view by a bamboo wall on either side of the path, which leads initially straight to the dock at the opposite end before leading one back down on either side to two curved benches well-shaded by the bamboo and a crepe myrtle grove in the center. Farther out over the water lies a square pavilion of juxtaposing geometry where one could pass the time dangling one's feet in the water over the lake.
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Waterfront Pavilion and G
arden
Bi-Mix House: site analysis
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Bi-M
ix H
ouse
Bi-Mix House: Site Analysis
Section Development
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Bi-Mix H
ouse
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Bi-M
ix H
ouse
Designed for two friends with different creative outlets, the Bi-Mix House essentially features three separate programs. Two of these are private quarters for the musician and the artist, including separate bedrooms and bathrooms,
and the third consists of a shared living portion, including kitchen, living space, a guest room, and a dining room. The house opens up and out towards the Mississippi River, featuring separate entrances, ribbon windows, and two interior courtyards,
and focuses on varied transparencies and shifted walls and floor heights (including a mezzanine level).
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Bi-Mix H
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St. P
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context
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St. Peter Street Fire Station
motion analysis/concept development
southwest elevation
Drawing on the overlapping linear repetitions in the surrounding neighborhood, the St. Peter Street fire station hosts 63 firefighters and 3 different apparatuses. The project boasts 21 dormitories and a spacious double-level community space and day room and a façade of combination thermochromic and tinted insulated glass that allows ample amounts of natural light to enter while carefully screening the sun's hottest rays. During the night, the structure glows as a beacon and reminder to the local community of its protection.
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St. P
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third floor plan
second floor plan
first floor plan
northeast-facing section
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St. Peter Street Fire Station
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mis
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paper bag drawings - pencil
hometown collage - construction paper
ground observation - gouache