architectural design portfolio

Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteSchool of ArchitectureGraduation Year: 2015

giana e. abballedesign portfolio

Synergetic Prismgiana e. abballe

Gianas essays in an architectural theory class her second-year were thoughtful, penetrating, and sophisticated, as well as being well-crafted from a literary standpoint. They indicated a mind that was far more mature than the typical college sophomore. Thus, I was quite pleased to discover that she was interested in participating in our schools four month program in India in the Spring of 2013 that I guided that term. When you spend four months with people in relatively close quarters, you get to know them pretty well. I discovered that Giana is just as thoughtful and perceptive as an architectural designer as she is as a writer and that she is also a wonderful person. Giana adapted extraordinarily well to the many anomalous, bizarre, and often humorous situations we encountered. Giana is an accomplished soccer athlete. While in India, she regularly played soccer with the Indian students. In one of these games, she broke her toe. Given the peripatetic nature of an international study program, especially in a place like India, such an injury can clearly hamper ones mobility. Not Giana. She never complained, never asked for special consideration although it was offered. In sum, Giana Abballe is an absolute delight to have as a student. She is smart, inquisitive, serious, dependable, works well with others, can think and act independently, and has a positive attitude toward her work and life in general.

educationRensselaer Polytechnic Institute- B.Arch, Troy, NY, May 2015 (expected)

Center of Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University - Semester Abroad in Ahmedabad, India, Spring 2013

Habitat for Humanity Trip- Statesville, North Carolina, Spring 2014

work experienceEnvision Architects - Summer Internship 2013, 2014- 52 James St, Albany, NY - (518) 462 - 1848completed two consecutive summers working on construction drawings, site and building models, space planning, existing conditions documentation and field measurements, and graphic work.

Experimental Media Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) at Rensselaer, 2013-- campus job in business operations: answering the phone, making ticket sales while learning about all performances and lectures

Ramapo Country Day Camp - Summers 2012, 2011- provided leadership to kindergarten girls as a day camp counselor, served as a role model and care taker while encouraging them to try new things, built their self esteem through playing a wide range of sports and doing crafts

Old Tappan Flower Shop - 2009-2010- managed sales and cash register; made deliveries; answered the phone and took down orders; cleaned flowers and prepared small scale arrangements

computer software capabilityAutoCAD, Revit 2013, Rhinoceros 3D 5, Grasshopper, Adobe Illustrator CS5, Google SketchUp, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Adobe InDesign CS5, Microsoft Office

achievementsDeans List 6/8 completed semestersCaptain & 4-year starter for the RPI Womens Soccer team- Rookie of the Week Fall 2010, Liberty League All-Academic 2011, 2012, Team high-scorer Fall 2012

Scholastic Achievement Award Winner 2012- Architects League of Northern New Jersey

Fluent in SpanishWork exhibited at the Hyde Museum, Glens Falls, NYWork published in Building Futures: Re-envisioning The Hyde at Rensselaer

I. cover

II. personal info & resume & table of contents

III - VI. Synergetic Prism

VII - VIII. Kaleidoscopic Views

IX - X. exploring & transforming Wheaton Arts Glass Museum

XI. designing structural systems - Stepped Strength

XII - XIII. Ahmedabad Institute of Cosmology (AIC)

XIV - XVI. creating the Horizontal Urban Landscape

XVIII. thank you

table of contents

upcoming: Thesis on architecture - Fall 2014 & Spring 2015

20 Ann St, Old Tappan, NJ 07675(201) 819 - 6369 - [email protected]

- David Bell, professor at RPI, M.Arch from UVA, published author on architectural theory and history

Small amount of daylight

Spring 2014 - Instructors: Lonn Combs & Alex Pincus - Partner: Brooke Van BaushSynergetic Prism

GERMAN CULTURAL & EDUCATION CENTER - TOKYO, JAPAN - INSPIRED fROM THE D.T. HAUS BY 2 PINK CLOUD ARCHITECTS

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Project Information

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Natural Lighting

Public Space Distribution

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storageparkingparking parkingWARDROBEWARDROBE

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ProgramProgram Diagram

The D.T. Haus is composed of three separate systems: circulation, mass, and facade. The circulation path excavates the solid form as it winds through the structure, creating unity through the fragmented spaces. Natural light infiltrates these carved solids based on the system of perforations present on all five sides of the facade and roof. The synergy of these components envelops the visitor into a world of fragmented masses, as each system contributes an entity integral to the design of the D.T. Haus.

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Side View Front View Top View

Public Space Distribution

Circulation

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Light Diagram

Exploded Axon

West Elevation East Elevation

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West Elevation East Elevation

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Location: Tokyo, Japan

Designed by:GIANA ABBALLE &BROOKE VAN BAUSH

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Current Stage: Schematic Design

Inspired by:NICO SCHLAPPS &FABIAN BUSSE ofPink Cloud Architects

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Exterior

Renderings in Revit

West ElevationScale: 1:1000

East Elevation

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1 : 100 A211Building Sections

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Floor 10 36

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Flashing

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Reinforced Cast-in-Place Concrete

Rebar

Drywall

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Pre-cast Concrete Panel

Steel Angles

Hat Spacers

Aluminum Exterior Sill Finish

Suspended Ceiling

25 cm window

Cast-in-Place Concrete Floor Slab

Steel Pins

Core SectionInterior Rendering

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Kaleidoscopic ViewsPhysical Model Photos

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Fall 2012 - Instructors: Joe MacDonald & Lukas Thorn

PHYSICAL MODEL EXERCISE - DECORATIVE LIGHT SOURCE

Kaleidoscopic Views

KALEIDOSCOPIC VIEWS

exploring & transforming

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Opened Halves of FormInterior Views

Concept: framing different views by rotationOutcome: kaleidoscopic unit and space

Side Elevation Physical Model Elevation

Physical Model Axo Interior View

Process

Interior View from Top& Kaleideoscope

design comparison

Top View

Four rectangularprisms, rotated,and nested within each other

Process Side Elevation Physical Model Elevation

Four rectangularprisms, rotated, and nested within each other

Top ViewInterior View from Top& Kaleidoscope design comparison

Opened Halves of FormInterior Views

Physical Model Axo Interior View

Concept: framing different views by rotationOutcome: kaleidoscopic unit and space

Project Exercise

Physical Model Photos

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Fall 2013 - Instructors: Michael OatmanWheaton Artsexploring & transforming

GLASS MUSEUM - MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY RENOVATION & EXPANSION

Site InformationToday, Wheaton Arts consists of over 60 acres with 20 buildings. The Museum of American Glass houses over 7,000 objects, both historic and contemporary. The fully operational Glass Studio presents daily, interpretive demonstrations for the public with artists showing traditional and contemporary glassblowing techniques. In the Artist Studios artists demonstrate the traditional southern New Jersey crafts of pottery, wood and flameworking. The 1876 Centre Grove Schoolhouse, Museum Stores (General Store, Arthur Gorham Paperweight Shop, Brownstone Emporium and Boutique, Christmas Shop and The Gallery of Fine Craft) and the Event Center now complete the complex. The 100-room Country Inn by Carlson is located adjacent to WheatonArts.- Wheaton Arts webpage

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PROGRAM1. General Store2. Brownstone Emporium3. Paperweight Shop4. Gallery of Fine Craft5. Down Jersey Folk Life Center6. Gazebo7. 1876 School8. Childrens Play grounds9. Woodcarver Studio10. Train Station11. Craft Studio12. Glass Studio13. Museum of American Glass14. Event & Education Center15. Administration16. Restrooms17. Stained Glass Studio

Site Information & Panoramas - taken by Brooke Van Baush

Solid - Void Generalization in a standard view of Wheaton ArtsGlass Casting Process & Glass Moulds

CITY OF MILLVILLE

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Stepped Strength

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The existing campus of Wheaton Arts is extremely outdated and unattractive. Our project wasessentially to revive it as an attraction given certain program. Theres a main strip down through the center of the campus, but it remains a road to nothing. The site in its entirety is bare; very little built environment that is overwhelmed by emptiness. My proposal mainly attempts to tackle the issues of and bring to life the main strip and create connections between the existing buildings with in-between outdoor public spaces which is defined and shaped by the trellis and screens. The new program also included an extension to the already existing museum and additional storage which I made into an underground showcase, the new main strip. The rest of the new program was dealt with by relocation.

Museum of American Glass

Underground Showcased StorageWheaton Arts Gift Shops, Restaurant, & Deck

Childrens Patio

Admissions

Glass Fabrication Shops

Entrance

Renderings in Rhinoceros 3d

Wrap-around Site Trellis & Screens

Outdoor Seating Area

Project Proposal

Museum Extension

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Spring 2011- Instructors: Demetrios Comodromos - Partner: Brooke Van Baush

DESIGNING STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS - MOCK UP

Stepped Strength

Model inspiration from smaller studio model

View of Forces within structure Visualization of practical use of structure

built-in supports

natural forces due to gravity

counteracting forces to hold structure in place

Project InformationWith this model exercise, we designed our own self-supporting structural system by drastically increasing the scale of a smaller model.

built-in supports

View of forces within structure

Model inspiration from smaller studio model

Visualization of practical use of structure

natural forces due to gravity

counteracting forces to holdstructure in place

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Diagram of creationof forms

This scheme is a collection of fragments all acting individually according to their program. The only continuous character in the scheme is the overpass that connects all fragments conceptually and experientially.

Ground Level Plan1:1600

Administration & Lecture Spaces

Cosmotology Museum with Observatory

Below Grade Patio

Graduate Student Housing

On- Site Samrat Yantra (large architectural sundial)

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Spring 2013 - Instructors: David Bell

GRADUATE STUDENT INSTITUTIONAL CAMPUS & HOUSING - AHMEDABAD, INDIA SITE ACROSS fROM LE CORBUSIERS MILL OWNERS BUILDING

Ahmedabad Institute of CosmologyProject Proposal

River Walkway

Sabarmati River

This scheme is a collection of fragments all acting individually according to their program. The only continuous character in this scheme is the overpass that connects all fragments conceptually and experientially. On the left side of the road, central of the site plan, is the Le Corbusiers Mill Owners Building. Directly across the street is the site for Ahmedabads Institute of Cosmology.

Ground Level Plan1:1600

Administration & Lecture Spaces

On-Site Samrat Yantra(large architectural sundial)

Cosmotology Museum with Observatory

Below Grade Patio

Graduate Student Housing

Diagram of creation of forms

Site Plan1:500

[email protected] - XIIIAHMEDABAD INSTITUTE OF COSMOLOGY

First Level Underground1:1600

Second Level Underground

Transverse Section

Full site longitudinal Section1:1600

Transverse Section1:400

First level underground1:1600

Second level underground

Transverse section

Full site longitudinal section1:1600

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Spring 2012 - Instructors: Andrew SaundersHorizontal Urban Landscapecreating the

HOUSING COMPLEX - RIVER STREET, TROY, NEW YORK

South Section

Physical Model of Fallingwater House demonstrating dominant horizontality of building

PHYSICAL PARAMETRIC MASSING MODEL

HORIZONTAL-MOST POINTS WITHINTERCONNECTING LINE OR COIL

THIS TROPE TRANSFORMED INTO NEW ARCHITECTURE FOR HOUSINGTHIS MODEL EXPANDED INTO LARGER COIL TO FIT PROGRAM

RESULTANT COIL

PLACING HORIZONTALLY DOMINANT UNIT ON COIL USING PARAMETRICS

FORCED INTERACTION OF COIL

In analyzing famous modern homes, we extracted similar characteristics into parametric modeling and architecture.

Initial Analysis

Physical model of Fallingwater House demonstrating dominant horizontality of building South section

Physical parametric massing model

Trope transformed into new architecture for housing;Model expanded into larger coil to fit program

Placing horizontally-dominantunit on coil using parametrics

Resultant coil

Forced interaction of coil

Most horizontal points interconnecting with line or coil

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Physical Massing Model of Expansionand New Housing Architecture

Housing Units Vertical Circulation Lobby Area

East elevation

Physical massing model of expansion and new housing architecture

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South sectionHousing Units Vertical Circulation Lobby Area

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