ANGEL WELP

Portfolio

The action of the Occupy Movement and the uprising of protests around the country calls for an architecture to represent this social need. Just as Thomas Jefferson adopted Greek architecture to represent Democracy, the act of protest is represented through the goughing out of history and government oppression. Alcatraz Island has been home to a fort, prison, Native Indian Occupation, and is now a National Park Preserve and tourist destination. This new occupation will create an experiential progression through an abandoned and destroyed site forcing the occupant to reflect on the state of government, oppression, regulations, and self.

Transgressive Architecture as the Catalyst for a New Social OrderAlcatraz Island, San Francisco, CA

Graduate ThesisSpring 2013Prof. Bruce MacNelly

The brutalist, enclosed nature of Boston City Hall rejects the notion of a government for the people, of the people. The public movement from the subway station located below the plaza of City Hall drives upwards creating a direct connection to City Hall. This movement rises up to the former Mayer’s Office, cuts open the unused courtyard in the center of the building, and ends in the former courtroom. The public is now free to enter City Hall and has “Occupied” the building, opening up the government to the people once again.

Occupy City HallBoston, MA

Graduate StudioFall 2012Prof. Bruce MacNelly

Mixed-Use TowerMission Hill, Boston, MA

Community Design StudioSpring 2012Prof. Manuel Delgado

Proposing a mixed-use tower to bring housing, small business offices, and a performance hall to the Mission Hill Neighborhood. The ground floor has a green roof park for the public, as well as a private park for the residents. The residential units house small families in two or three bedrooms, with a private balcony and vertical garden screen system. The “archway” between the two residential towers allow for maximum natural lighting and views out. The cross bracing floors allow sky parks on the green roofs for residents.

GROUND FLOOR

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PROGRAM:EntryInformation deskCafeKitchenCoat checkHydrolic roomExhibition hallWCMechanical shaftEgress

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Haus am Kleistpark

Music School Addition

Angel WelpWentworth Institute of TechnologyFall 2011

Located in a residential neighborhood, adjacent to a community music school, the addition connects to the primary hall of the old building, bringing students new rehearsal space, an exhibition hall, and a performance hall. The space supports the program needed for the music school as well as provides for the fine arts, theatre, and dance. The community is drawn in by the front amphitheater stairs and the open interior space used for public events. The building skin facing residential buildings is made of tightly woven panels allowing light to the interior, but few views out, retaining the neighborhoods privacy. The scale of the building connects to the intimate feel of the area, while the performance space is raised up, referencing the importance of the space within the greater urban context of Berlin.

Music School AdditionHaus am Kleistpark, Berlin, DE

Comprehensive Design StudioFall 2011Prof. Rolf Backman

ELEVATION 11:200

CUT THROUGH:Exterior entry space (lowered 1m)

Haus am Kleistpark

Music School Addition

Angel WelpWentworth Institute of TechnologyFall 2011

ELEVATION 31:200

CUT THROUGH:Exterior ramp

Haus am Kleistpark

Music School Addition

Angel WelpWentworth Institute of TechnologyFall 2011