Architecture Portfolio

Emily Schneck

Architecture 151

Spring 2010

Hand Held Tool: Eyelash CurlerDigital component

This project illustrates the use of both photographic and digi-tal tools. It represents an analysis of how an eyelash curler moves, focusing on its curling, rotating, sliding, tilting, and clamping motions. Completion of this design required close at-tention to the structure and composition of the hand-held tool and how it is utilized in everyday life. This project also re-quired deliberation of composition and layout and contem-plation of its clarity, readability, and aesthetical appearance.

City Path AnalysisCharleston, SC

This presentation analyzes a portion of the city of Charleston, SC. The design shown represents a concentration on the attributes characteristic to the build-ings located in five different areas along this particular path. Through careful study and observation, I determined the most prominent and distinguishable architectural elements to be arches, balconies, bay windows, stair entrances, and porches. The box-like figures represent the actual existing buildings along the route, and those in color represent the buildings shown in the perspective drawings. In displaying these architectural details, I utilized photographic rep-resentations, one-point perspective drawings, and aerial perspective drawings.

King Street Facade Design Charleston, SC

This project encompased creating a design for a new facade on King Street, in the city of Charleston, SC. It involved examining the context of the area, which implicated observing and understanding the surrounding buildings, their function, compositional materials, and architectural details. This newly cre-ated facade presents a contemporary, modern architectural design, yet com-pliments the existing structures. In representing my ideas, I built a model consisting of massive, sheet, and stick structures. Materials composing the motel include foamcore, various-sized wooden sticks, toothpicks, white bristol board, and a 20 inch long 1” by 6” board. I also utilized digital tools to dem-onstrate my concept through drawings of elevation, perspective, and section.

Architecture 251

Fall 2010

This project involved using three basic elements: point, line, and plane to develop a visual narrative

of a space. I constructed three study models to contrast the strengths and weaknesses of how,

with what precedence, and where these elements were combined. Each study model can be viewed as a cohesive place, with each single point acting

as the main moment, or central focus. I then used a mixture of my ideas from the study models to create a perspective drawing that incorporates

the idea of both empty and occupiable space. I integrated the layout of the four various sized pla-nar surfaces and the shape and slope of the top,

transparent cover to mimic the shape and contours of the incorporated rock. The drawing lends to an

experience of the hierarchy and arangement of the components occupying a space.

video analysis drawing.

“Washed By the Water” by needtobreatheITony Cece

From the observations I made from the music video, I designed this model to illustrate the movement along a path to arrive at a resolved location. I emphasized the emo-tions experienced along a course by varying the height and horizontal arrangement of the tunnel-like passageways while providing continuity in the structural shapes.

In beggining this project, I chose three word-actions to manipulate the shape of the foil: curl, pinch, and twirl. The diagram displayed below represents the action “pinch” perfomed on the foil. The arrows shown both below and in the illustrations on the right represent the movement of my fingers in pinching the

piece of foil, and the resulting deformations.

The image on the far left represents the flattened piece of foil that was “pinched.” The middle image is a pixelated interprettation of the foil. The far right image illustrates the topography created from contrasting the color saturation.

In my design, I concentrated on the tectonics and hierarchy of the component parts and their function in the development of the whole. My design process was centered around the layering of isosceles triangles. The path provided between the moments frames a large triangle, while the actual moments themselves are in the

shape of, or a portion of a triangle. Sloping vertical members provide structure to the stairs and platform levels. The assemblage is continuous through the landmass, with movement possible both above and below it.

The study model pictured on the top right concentrates on the assimilation of triangles in developing a cohesive idea. I drew

inspiration from the Flatiron Building in NYC, shown in the middle image. I studied the inclusive triangular shape of the building

and its varying layers of windows.

Flatiron Building, NYCDaniel Burnham

final drawings (section)

My portfolio case is structured with slender wooden members, which give it a senes of lightness and precision. The front of the case features four panels, which swing in alternate directions about individually pivoting wires. Each of the four different projects of the semester are displayed on the interior sides of the panels. My portfolio

pages slide into the rear slot created by the parallel arrangement of members.

Architecture 151

Spring 2010