portfolio 2013

KAMILA WIDULINSKI2011-2013

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

Selected Works1. A Visual and Performing Arts School

Spring 2013

2. Chinatown Branch LibraryFall 2012

3. Culinary Arts SchoolFall 2012

4. Client Contingency Live/Work HomeSpring 2012

5. Washington Street RedesignSummer 2013

6. Personal Artwork2011-2012

Visual and Per forming Ar ts SchoolMulti-disciplinary high school and mixed use site located in Boston

BASIC COURTYARD BUILDING LIFTED MASSING: PUBLICLYACCESSIBLE GROUND LEVEL

PUBLIC PROGRAMSACCESSIBLE FROM STREET

VISUAL CONNECTIONS WITHSTUDENT OCCUPIED AREAS

CONCEPTUAL PROCESS - ESTABLISHING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND PUBLIC

CLOSED SPACES SHAPE LATERAL CIRCULATIONVERTICAL CIRCULATION CORES LOCATED AT OPEN SPACES

LATERAL CIRCULATION RUNS THROUGH OPEN SPACES

Given a site in South Boston, the task was to design a master plan to include residential, commerical, and mixed use spaces that would relate to a specific design for an arts high school. The high school would provide education for four areas of the arts: theater, music, dance, and visual arts. The program required an outdoor performance space, classrooms, studio spaces, and flexible use spaces. My design seeks to establish a connection between the surrounding public artistic community and the high school students through visual connections, publicly programmed spaces, and a building massing that promotes site accessibility. The interior spaces are organized in a manner that influences interdisciplinary work. Communal spaces are placed between studio spaces, allowing the specific disciplines to collaborate

on projects and share ideas.

MAIN FLOOR

FACADE DETAIL

SITE MASTER PLAN

ELEVATION

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INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE

EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE

Chinatown Branch LibraryPublic library and park situated on Boston Greenway

A proposal for a branch of the Boston Public Library in the Chinatown neighborhood was situated on a site linking the downtown �nancial district and South Station, a main hub for commuters, with smaller neighborhoods with students and families. The site rested at the end of Boston’s greenway, surrounding a

vent from the underground highway.

To continue the open space of the greenway and link the area’s districts, I proposed a design with a open ground �oor that allowed for easy lateral circulation through the building for users that needed quick access to computers, the circulation desk, or the opposite side of the site. Vertical circulation led to three �oors of bookstacks, each with speci�c genres and user groups. The �oors cut back on each level to create an open, public space at the front of the building. Book stacks created a �lter between the louder open area and quiet reading spaces situated in the back of the building. The facade’s windows related to program based on the need for light: the book stacks had a denser mesh, while reading areas had large windows without obstructions.

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GROUND FLOOR

ADULT STUDENT STAFF

CHILDRENADA ACCESSIBILITYCOMMUTER

USER GROUP DIAGRAMS

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OPEN TO BELOW

SECOND FLOOR

SECTION

ELEVATION

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC THROUGH CIRCULATION

EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE

INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE

Culinary Arts SchoolInstitute, cafe, and demonstration spaces

PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN RELATION TO OPEN SPACE

KEY

open spaceless more

GREEN SPACES NEAR SITE

VISUAL INTERACTIONS

VIEWS TO OPEN SPACE

PRESENTATION AREAPU

BLIC

CIRCULATIONPATHVIEWS TOGARDEN

CLASSROOMS

LEARNINGAUDITORYTEACHING

EXPERIENCE

KNOWLEDGE

RESTAURANTRETAILACCESS TO OPENSPACEGUSTATORYCAFE

SOLID VERSUSPRESENTATIONSPACES

PresentationSolid

PROGRAM/FACADE RELATION

A culinary school needs to foster relation-

ships that range from profes-sional, educational, to social and

more. To organize the school in a way that makes the spaces interact

with the public environment, program that is meant to be used or presented most is pushed

against the northern façade to make it visible from the street and distinguishable to passing pedestrians. A circu-lation system integrated into the vertical envelope connects the spaces and allows views of them from new perspectives, weaving occupants through all areas.

GROUND FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR

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Contingencies of Design: Live/WorkCombining Public and Private Functionality in Restaurant & Home

LIGHTPUBLIC PRIVATESERVICE CIRCULATION

STUDY MODELS

To create a live/work environment for a chef with a restaurant in her home, a system to create areas of interaction as well as privacy is needed. Two stair systems, one for the restaurant, and one for the house, are stacked and shifted to as needed to create views or hide the occupant. The staircases are concen-trated in the center of the house, with the kitchen at the bottom floor, a buffer and connection between the main entrances to the public and private lives of the chef. The center of the two volumes also allows light in where floor plates are cut away to allow views down into the working space of the chef.

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ELEVATION

VIEWS CREATED THROUGH PROJECTED CIRCULATION

PRIVATE CIRCULATION OVERSEES KITCHEN

SERVICE SPACE HIDDEN UNDER PRIVATE CIRCULATION

GROUND FLOOR

Tectonics: Structure and Material i tyStudies of building materials through model and section drawings

CMU WALL SECTIONWATCH TOWER MODEL

Sustainable Urban Transportat ionStudy of Dutch Street Design & Possible American Applications

Washington Street in Boston's Roxbury Crossing neighborhood consists of mostly residential areas, a recreation center and park, a church, and some commercial space in the north. The MBTA 42 Bus has five bus stops over .6 miles of road. The street has a span of forty feet with two travel lanes and two parking lanes.

Following Dutch planning methods, we were interested in improving traffic flow by slowing down cars, creating safer intersec-tions, and creating safe bicycling facilities.

From our analysis, there is more than enough parking on the street, and little public transportation traffic on the street because of the parallel Warren street that is used by 4 bus lines. A dedicated bus lane would be unnecessary, however the street is a great low traffic alternative for cyclists.

BUS STOP AND CYCLE TRACK DESIGN FOR WASHINGTON ST.

Fietstraat - Dutch Designed “Bike Street”

Service roads, or fietstraats, run parallel to through roads. They are local access streets that provide access to homes and are excel-lent low stress bicycle routes. On Washington street, a span of parking separated from the road becomes a route for cyclists away from the road, and the two way parking is altered to one way for safety. Instead of continuing the cycle track straight through the main road, this design truly explored Dutch thinking. The new “fietstraat” will allow residents direct access to the cycle track, and more separation from the through traffic of the road.

FIETSSTRAAT DESIGN FOR WASHINGTON ST.

Final Proposal:- remove one lane of parking- narrow travel lanes from 12' to 10'- 10' two way cycle traffic with a 2' buffer- bent in and raised intersection to create awareness and increase visibility- implement islands at turns to prevent cutting off corners where cycle track is located- at bus stops, the cycle track is raised and striped for pedestrian crossing

CONCTRETE CYCLE TRACK BUFFER IN MONTREAL

“FIETSSTRAAT” - SERVICE ROAD IN HOLLAND

RAISED BUS STOP IN THE HAGUE

Personal Artwork

UKELELE TRANSFORMATION: KOI FISHSCULPTURE, RECYCLED SODA CANS & PAPER MACHESILVER KEY, NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS

TOUCAN, ACRYLIC

BUGS, INK AND ACRYLIC