Portfolio Rachel Hunter Teresa Madryga

Rachel Hunter Teresa MadrygaMaster of Architecture 3 Year Applicant University of Minnesota

www.rachelmadrygastudio.com 479.644.4646 [email protected]

Portfolio 2015

Luther College, BA Bachelor of Arts, May 2016 Biology & Art Concentration

By education I am a biologist and an artist. As such I am driven by the overlap and complexities of architectural theory and practice. Design has the power to make the world a better place, allowing for the result of practicality, beauty and innovation. The work in this portfolio allows for each medium to offer a different unique solution to design concerns I have addressed. Pieces are shown not grouping by medium but by the common theme and questions they answer. The pieces represent a transfer of intellectual thought and process into formal expression [Studio Practice] innovative design and practice [Architectural Design] and global intercultural experiences [Travel]. Thank you for your consideration.

// Portfolio Context

Studio practice Space 3Accumulation 8Interplay of 2D and 3D 11

Architectural Design Shared Residence 15

Achieve Theater 19 Travel

Experience Abroad 22

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Self Portrait, 2015Graphite and charcoal on vellum 11” X 17

Ambient Dualisms, 2014 (Detail 1, 2 & 3)Cardboard, house paint, mixed projections8ft X 10ft X 8ft3 | Rachel Madryga | Studio Work

Video Documentation of the installation http://www.rachelmadrygastudio.com/#!video/c65q

// Studio Practice The ability to utilize design by analyzing spatial demands and highlighting creative integrity of each piece.

Space!

Ambient Dualisms is a life size model of a bathroom. Group work was incorporated when constructing the model, projections and design is independent.

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Capacity, 2014Oil on Canvas22” X 18”

Iteration, 2014Oil on Canvas24” X 30”


3:12, 2015VHS tapes, aircraft wire28 ft.

Accumulation!Incorporating design while manipulating an aggregation of similar materials.

A Common Thread, 2014Denim 38.5 ft.


More Money More Problems, 2014Assorted jewelry on metal frame12” x 18”

Lead Barrel, 2015Polyurethane, heavy molding medium, BB pellets, acrylic on wooden skateboard 8” x 32”

// Studio Practice Interplay of 2D and 3D! An exploration of design grappling the relationship between 2D and 3D

boundaries expressed in nontraditional mediums.


Adherence, 2015Polyurethane, acrylic, pigment20” X 30”

Aggrandize, 2015Expandable foam, ink, latex, dye, charcoal, gesso 16” X 22”


Ambient, 2015Polyurethane, pigment, acrylic, gesso, Styrofoam on glass frame8” X 10”

Rebirth, 2015Acrylic, heavy sculpting medium, acetone, cornstarch on masonite22” x 25.5”


Painting, 2015Masonite, balsa, pine, latex, polyurethane, pigment, gesso, acrylic2.5 ft. X 3 ft.

Night and Day, 2015Wire, straws and UV lights8ft X 10ft X 12ft

// Architectural Design Shared Residence

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Studio: Career Discovery, Harvard GSD, June 2015 Instructors: Ingrid Bengtson & Sunchung Min

Project Brief: A shared residence for two clients on a small area of land on Ware Street, a small residential street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The clients wish to share elements of the house in order to gain overall volume

Client 1: J. G. Jopling, a stern aggressive man who lives a very private secluded life, due to his ruthless sense of determination of clearing anyone in his path. §  Concept: Tight confined spaces, narrow, slanted levels, private

& secretive Client 2: L.B. Jefferies, a clam laid-back man who enjoys the life of others by living a minimalistic lifestyle and being known as a “window shopper” who is a manipulative observer. §  Concept: Simplistic, tall, elongated spaces, field of view is very

important, private space yet invasive to others around, “perfect view of the world”.

Design: Simple Operations of embedding and extruding by creating a variety of spaces throughout the Ware Street house including public and private, shared and discrete, closed and open.

Handmade model in site model 7 Ware Street Cambridge, MA 02134


// Program and Circulation

Hand drawn, exploded axonometric drawings depicting program circulation and apertures.

Closed vs. Open

A conceptual study analyzing the spatial effects between closed and open spaces for the demands of opposing clients.

A conceptual aperture study for client L.B. Jefferies.

Field of view

// Integrated Conceptual Design


// Architectural Design Theater Achieve


Studio: Career Discovery, Harvard GSD, July 2015 Instructors: Ingrid Bengtson , Sunchung Min

Project Brief: Create a collective archive theater for Union Square located in Somerville, MA, while incorporating time based themes and manifestations of site analysis. Design: Creating accessibility and specify of rooms by allowing the program to reflect a difference in light and dark context adjacencies

// Plans and Section


FLOOR 1 FLOOR 2

Approximately 30,000 square feet with a maximum height of 50ft.

Incorporates an outdoor theater, public market, film achieve, indoor theater, café, film bookshop, multiple galleries, film workshop, conference rooms, film vault, conservation department and administrative offices

// Travel Experience Abroad! Capturing design, innovation and intercultural experiences globally through travel and study abroad opportunities.

15 | Rachel Madryga | Travel

Renaissance Drawing in Historical Context!Rome, Florence & Venice Italy!

The Boboli Gardens Florence Italy, January 2014

Zen Master Hozumi and the giving tree Jotokuji Buddhist Temple, Kyoto, Japan January 2015 Experiencing Mahayana Buddhism!Kyoto, Nara, Hiroshima & Mt Koya Japan !Nanhuasi China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong!

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