sabrina raia portfolio 2010-2012

Portfolio Sabrina Raia

Sabrina [email protected](347)563-2585

1Sculptor StudioThe objec ve was to use light as a primary element in the design of a workshop and gallery for a sculptor. The shell of a free-standing industrial building was used to re-design the space to suit the needs of a sculptor. The space func ons as a workshop and gallery. The sculptor of choice was a topiary sculptor.

Professor: Larry Sassi

Year: First Year Undergraduate

Process: Macro Opera onA topiary ar st either shapes a plant or creates a wire frame for a plantto grow on. I wanted the visitor to feel as if the interior was a wire frame growing out of the building. To achieve this, I used a method called Islamic Tiling.

3Process: Micro Opera onThe les varied in thickness. This was to control the amount of light that went into a space, based on what the space was being used for.

PictureGallery

Physical Models

OutsideViewing Area

OutsideViewing Area

Small Topiaries Small Topiaries

WorkspaceComputer/Meeting Area

Entryway/Secretary

Balcony to look at sculptor Walkway to the roof top

Viewing Area

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

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View ports allow people to look outside to the large topiaries that cannot be displayed inside of the building.

Sun Studies

June 21 12:00pm March 21 12:00pm September 21 12:00pm December 21 12:00pm

Physical Model

The minimal openings on the facade of the building allowed the light to be fi ltered through and create shadows.

7View of physical model gallery. Displayed the ar sts physical models on the extensions of the walls.

View of digital images gallery. The images of the ar sts topiaries were fi t into the spaces of the walls.

Interior renderings

9Writers RetreatThe site for the Writers Retreat is a 4 acre wooded property that abuts the Catskill Forest Preserve in New Yorks Greene County. The challenge was to design a des na on venue centered on crea ve wri ng workshops. The facility shall accommodate 10 guests at any given me.Individual rooms for the writers and collec ve spaces to work, eat, and socialize needed to be designed. The writers of choice were coposers of classical music. The design was created from a study on temperature under tree canopies. The users experience changes in temperature as they walk from room to room.



Site Analysis

Site Plan

Noise Diagram

Noise caused by cars driving on the gravel road.

Noise caused by water inhabitant.

Noise caused by wind blowing throughthe tree leaves and some birds.

Noise Diagram

Noise caused bycars driving on the gravel road.

Noise caused bywater inhabitant.

Noise caused by wind blowing through the tree leaves and some birds.

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Environmental Studies

The temperature increases a degree every yard under atree canopy.

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Foliage Analysis Diagram of Climate Changes in a Forest

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Programmatic Studies Based on Environment

10 Cells

Library

Seminar

MensBathroom

WomensBathroom

Mechanical Room

Kitchen

DiningHall

Courtyard

10 Cells

Library

Seminar

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Mechanical Room

Kitchen

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10 Cells

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Shift based on how much

from a cool climate.

Colors represent what space needsto be cool and what can be hot.

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Library

Seminar

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Mechanical Room

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10 Cells

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Mountain Wood Fern

Ground Pine

Water Common Hairgrass

Balsam Fir Yellow Birch Red Maple

Red shale and sandstone soil

Foliage Analysis

Elevation1/8=1-0

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Roof Plan

Plan of Brass Cells

Brass cell

Percussion cell

Woodwind cell String cell

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Dining Hall

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Womens Bathroom

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Exploded AxonometricNTS

Exploded Axonometric of one cell

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The eleva on is based on the temperature study of each room and then fl ipped on its side. There is only an entrance at the beginning, this is to force the user to feel the temperature change as they walk through the retreat. The width of the wood used on the facade of each cell is based on how many occupants the cell would have. For example, the library has more wood compared to the brass cell because there would be more occupants in there than the four people in a cell. This reads almost as a frequency wave.

Renderings:Above: Interior of roomTop Right: View through ceilingBo om Right: View of hallway

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Systema c Tectonic Studies

Platonic SolidsThe objec ve was to use the fi veplatonic solids to create an overall form. There was a limit of how many solids could be used. A er the form was created, sec ons were taken. Working in sec on, the form was made habitable with the scale of the solids up to the student. The habitable space of choice was a childrens playground.

Professor: Abigail Coover


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ModulesThe objec ve was to create pa ern using a module. The pa ern was thenused to create a window screen.

Professor: Abigail Coover


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The stars have rota ng parts that allow the sunlight to go through. The openings gradually get larger and then close back up again following the pink gradient.

Light and Shadow StudiesThe objec ve was to create a wall screen assembly using the program Revit and then study the ligh ng andshadow e ects of it.

Professor: Henry Grosman


Workspace



To design a work space that accommodates my daily ac vi es and needs. This workspace will be in the form of a modular building capable of being deployed adjacent to the School of Architecture or on the roof. This project seeks to move beyond generic human interac on with space and understand how I occupy my surroundings.

A wall system was created to have parts lock inand create furniture to meet the users needs. The workspace could be taken apart and rebuiltwhen it needed to.

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Ligh ngCreated custom analog folded lanternsfor the Superfront Gala.

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Handout given at the gala

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Urban NexusObjec ve was to redesign the Northwest corner of West 26th street and 10th Avenue of the High Line and transform it into a New Nexus between the city below and the park above.Essen al to this nexus is the design of a new staircase that, in it self, must sponsor a sense of place as well as pedestrian access to the High Line Park.

Professor: Ersela Kripa

Year: Second Year Undergraduate

Programma c Studies

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Want to reverse the shift for the project site because of how the site is all about change

Want to reverse the shift for the project site because of how the site is all about change and I want the people to engage with theelements more

Want to reverse the shift for the project site because of how the site is allabout change

Want to reverse the shift for the project site because of how the site is allabout change but in the way that we can provide space for them because there arent any throughout the site

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The extension was interac ve and on a con nuous loop. Something someone did in one sec on would a ect something in another. For example, when the water guitar was played in the kid area, the colors would change on the fountain in the teen area.

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8x8 steelstructural tube

Steel PlateStringer

Steel Tube witha metal gratetop

Water Flow DiagramNTS

Construction DetailsNTS

Plastic Light-Up Plate

Sensors

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The bridge allowed for kids to walk over the street andcome without parents worrying about them ge ng hit by tra c.

The site is a fully interac ve park through sound and water. The interac on is in a closed- feedback loop which allows the users of the park to communicate and interact with one another even while at di erent parts of the site. It is an urban scale instrument. At night the parks lights glow bright crea ng a space for low-income housing.

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Above: Area a racts kids by allowing them to physically interact with water, including a water guitar.Below: Area a racts adults with its pain ngs and visual interac on with water below the fl oor.

Above: Area a racts teens with a dancing fountain that moves with pop music.Below: Area a racts couples because of its calm water fountains and seats built for two.

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Raptor CenterThe Raptor Center will be a large, well-maintained main building consis ng of an educa on/visitor hall, a gi shop and a medical infi rmary. In addi on to the main building, two aviaries with 35 birdcages each will be required. The aviaries are structures designed to accommodate the many recupera ng birds that will be released, as well as the unreleasable individuals that permanently will reside at the facility. Recupera ng birds are housed in a secluded aviary near or a ached to the medical infi rmary and will not be ac-cessible to visitors. Resident birds will be housed where it will be accessible for public viewing.

Professor: Ersela Kripa


Light and Geometry Studies

Concept I took a video of the fl ight pa ern of a Great Horned Owl, one of the raptors present at the site, and traced its wing structure for each frame of mo on. I then connected these shapes and got a module. Through a language and rhythm I created and bending, I was able to create the structure for the Raptor Center. The structure is made of wood and steel and has di erent panels on top to either let light in or act as a landscape for people to walk on, depending on the program.

Sun Studies

June 21 8:00am June 21 12:00pm June 21 6:00pm

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September 21 8:00am September 21 12:00pm September 21 6:00pm

Constuction DetailsNTS

Perspective Drawing with CirculutionNTS

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1/4 Insualted Glass

Steel Tube

2x4 Aluminum Mullion

10 X 4Steel Tube

Metal Studs2x4 Aluminum Mullion

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Concrete Slab

Continuous Footing

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Cages for the birds are created within the structure. The structure allows the visitors to walk inside or on top of it. This allows for mul ple interac ons with the birds.

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Bayonne Water Taxi TerminalLocated in Bayonne, the water taxi terminal must serve as a connec ng gateway and link between the city and the transporta on system it serves. To that end, a direct connec on from the 48th street (at a higher eleva on) and the terminal at sea level must be provided. It must be wheelchair accessible and masonry has to be used as the building material.

Professor: Mitch McEwen


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Site Analysis

Site at High Tide

During low de, the site has no water at all. It is fi lled with birds that people go to watch. During high de, the site is fi lled with water, making the birds leave. However, now there are aqua c species brought to the site. The only problem is, no one can interact with the aqua c life like they can through viewing boxes for the birds.

Site at LowTide

Loca on of Species at the Site

Striped BassBluefish

SnappersWhite CatfishWhite Perch

Blue Claw CrabAmerican Eel

Atlantic HerringSummer FlounderStriped SearobinOyster Toadfish

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Red JellyfishMoon Jellyfish

Comb Jelly CtenophoraGreen AlgaeSea Lettuce

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Only capable of an upward thrust on theirown and essentiallydepend upon the tidesand currents of the watersto keep them suspendedand for horizontal movement.They stay near the surface ofthe water and travel with the tides.

Well adapted to living among pollution and litterand have been found insidetires or cans. They are alsoable to live out of the waterfor extended periods.

During the summer,they rest on the muddyfloors of bays along coastlines. Inthe fall, they prefer depths of 150-500.

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The site is the yellow star on the map. It would take an hour and a half to get to the green star, which is to go to NYC. So, most people taking this taxi would most likely be going to the jersey garden mall, so the proposed schedule not only goes with the de, but also allows the taxi to get to the mall (red star) around opening and closing me, ideal for employees.

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Soap Bubble Analysis

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During high de, the water fl oods parts of the terminal, allowing interac on with the aqua c life

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During high de, parts of the terminal are fl ooded with water. The heights of the spaces are determined by their use. The docking area is just high enough to allow the boat to dock at high de. The cket booth is designed to be fl ooded with water by high de. This is because people will not be able to buy more ckets because the taxi will have arrived. The slopes are all wheelchair accessible. When it is low de, the spaces will be empty and people are welcome to explore the oyster toadfi sh that are le behind because they live on both land and water.

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Since the terminal needed to be made out of brick, the sea ng inside are brick arches that come out of the fl oor.

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Above: When it is low de, the empty shell is le for people to explore and look at the oyster toad fi sh le behind

When the terminal spaces fi ll with water, people can view the aqua c life from above or inside the terminal through the glass.

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Newark Performing Ar sts in ResidenceLocated on Fulton Street in Newark, NJ, Newark Performing Ar sts in Residence is an infi ll project. It is a place for a select few ar sts to live. There are areas for the ar st to prac ce, per-form, and live. It is meant to combine residen al with communal.

Professor: Silva Ajemian

Year: Third Year Undergraduate

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The spider web is connected to di erent things and es them together. It becomes a place that captures ac vity. NPAIR combines residen al with communal. NPAIR will also capture all of the ac vity of the street.

Using the logic of how a spider creates its web, I created a logic for a web for NPAIR. The anchor points for the purple web are the windows of the street wall. They line up, so I wanted to incorporate the original logic of the streetwall. I then made a web for capturing sunlight and wind.

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I also created a grid on the ground to connect to.

I then started to connect strings with white and yellow trace paper. I imagined the white trace paper to be a void and the yellow to be solid.

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The performance areas ceiling is fi lled with glass tubes that allow light in and create a shadows in the room where the staircase is. The roof of the performance area is also covered in grass so people can lounge on it. This also creates di erent shadows. At night the performance area becomes a nightclub.

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There is a bridge that connects the housing units to the prac ce area that only the ar sts haveaccess to. The bridge can be seen from both the inside and the outside. This allows people to know when ar sts are going to perform. The back of the building has a large green space for the public. The ar sts have their own roof garden to go to.

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The front of the building draws people in through the prac ce area. There is also a cafe that is accessible from the outside. The mullion lines are almost like a perspec ve of the street wall. At night the building glows like a lantern for the street with its glass facade that ungulates back and forth

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Newark Edge HousingLocated in Newark, NJ, Newark Edge Housing was meant to be a neighbor-hood that followed an overall site strategy developed by the group. The site was divided into three separate lots-A,B, and C. My group called our site strate-gy Connexion Verde. We connected the three lots through a con nuos garden ribbon. I chose lot C and called it the Urban Forest. I developed it for all types of ar sts to reside and take a retreat at.

Professor: Silva Ajemian

Year: Third Year Undergraduate

Site Strategy

From the site context, we concluded that the site was lackingin residen al buildings. There was a lot of commercial, but most of them were places for ar st to go to. There are no food stores and only a few restaurants. We wanted to change this.

Site Context

Noise Reduc on: Trees & Shrubbery

Noise Reduc on: Trees & Shrubbery with recrea onal buildings

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Exis ng Matrix

Matrix Nodes that would be created

I created a matrix of the exis ng condi ons on the site and then what we wanted it to become. The grey areas represent parking lots. the orange is the light rail path. We wanted to fi ll each lot with residen al units and create a market place along the light rail. This would promote pedestrian life.

Proposed Matrix

Physical connec on node between residentsand the street with a street market

Implied connec on node between communal gardens and market place

Based on analysis, the type of residents that should live here ar low income,

ar sts, and families.

Site Rules- Connec ng with Green

The market will be open to the street. Temporary stands could be designed to be placed in the market. A closure system may be designed too. Food from the garden will

be grown and sold at the market below by the residents.

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Proposed landscape plan

Height Restric ons Density Buildable Areas

Since our site strategy was about connec ng, I wanted to start my project with a concept that was connected as well. I took a connected group of 8 equal triangles. I was able to fold them and create di erent shapes. I then took each shape that I got and placed them on each other. What I realized from this is that the shapes needed to be connected on faces, not points. A er many trials I fi nally came up with a module that was connected on only faces and was able to use each shape. When I rotated the module and connected it on the other side, a square was formed. I decided this would be the core of the module. I then stacked the module, rota ng all the way up, un l I used all the possibili es. I then scaled and shi ed the blocks to create units that fi t into the height restric ons. This formed the module for one group of ar sts. I then connected mul ple modules together.

Concept for Lot C- Modularity

Ground Floor Plan

Sec on A

Fourth Floor Plan

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On the ground fl oor, the plan is completely open. This is to allow it to be easily accessible from the street. The only thing that is enclosed is the core of each building.

Above the ground fl oor, units rise. The garden ribbon, shown in dark green, wraps around the units, al-lowing access from the core, but it is also allows light to enter the units below the ribbon;it is porous.

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Cart System

Modules in the site

When carts are put away together

When carts sca ered and being used

The core of each building is open air. It is made of trellis modules to create a ver cal garden. It has two layers so the plants can grow on the inside and the outside. The plants roots are exposed and a system of pipes sprays them with water. Air fl ows freely in through the core.

The water that gets sprayed at the plants is grey waterfrom each of the units. The water is collected and purifi ed in a cistern underground and then distributedback up to the plants.

Building Core

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Performance Area

On lot C, there was an exis ng building that I wanted to keep because it was really beau ful. Instead of tearing it down, I turned it into a workspace for the ar sts. I tunneled through the building for the ar st to get to the workspace from the garden ribbon and to get to the performance area. The tunnel is made from a rota ng square that allows light to enter it.

Sec on though units and workspace

Sec on though performance area and bridge

85Inside of Bridge

Physical Model Under the garden ribbon

View from the street

87View from garden ribbon

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