yasmine mcbride portfolio and resume

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIABACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURE STUDENT

YASMINE MCBRIDE

CHARLOTTESVILLE PUBLIC HOUSING . SPRING 2014

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WILDERNESS01CONCEPTUAL PAVILION . SPRING 2014

ITALYDRAWINGS FROM STUDY ABROAD. FALL 2015

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VENICE BRIDGING TOURISM . FALL 2015

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NEW YORK CITYMAGGIE’S LIBRARY . SPRING 2015

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CONTENTS

PETERBOROUGHMACDOWELL PERFORMANCE SPACE . FALL 2015

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YASMINE [email protected] 703.915.7603 3701 Sprucedale Drive Annandale, VA 22003

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

SKILLS

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE, VAMAJOR: ARCHITECTURE MINOR: ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 3.77 GPAINTERMEDIATE ACADEMIC HONORS AND DEAN’S LIST

GENSLER INTERN WASHINGTON D.C. OFFICE

LEERS WEINZAPFEL EXTERN BOSTON, MA

Worked on construction documents for the clubs and suites level of the La Rinconada Baseball StadiumStudied inital design for a credenza for the stadium, modeled, and created construction documents Made study models for National Museum of African American History and Culture and Venezuela Hotel

Made study model for theater renovation project as part of a week-long internship

AUTOCAD TECHNICIAN METRORAILProvided CAD services in support of the WMATA MetroRail Emergency Response Map (ERM) Update projectReviews architectural plans to construct new ERMs for the MetroRail Silver Line

TRAINER AT CRISIS HOTLINE CHARLOTTESVILLE, VAParticipated in a semester of training to learn to appropriately take calls for an anonymous 24-7 hotlineAttend weekly shift hours and overnight sessions to talk to callersAccepted into training program and served a semester as a trainer for incoming hotline volunteers

GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE BRIGADES UVA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURERaised funds for and attended a trip to Honduras to work on the construction of a rural schoolCollaborated with local masons to build a concrete floor in the span of one day

Rhino, AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe Creative Suite, PC and Mac EnvironmentsPhysical Modeling, 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Intaglio Print Making, Hand DrawingFluent in Farsi

STUDIO TEACHING ASSISTANT UVA SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURECo-Taught a 17 student first year design studioAssisted Studio Professor with lesson plansAnswered students’ technical and conceptual questions

GRAPHIC DESIGNER UVA OFFICE OF STUDENT HEALTHDesigned and created monthly issues of school publication, The Stall Seat Journal

2015 - 2016 SCHOOL YEAR

ACTIVITIES

STUDY ABROAD VENICE, ITALYDESIGN STUDIO, VENICIAN AND ITALIAN HISTORY, VENICE AND MODERNITY, ITALIAN LANGUAGESTUDY TRIPS TO ROME, FLORENCE, SIENA, VICENZA

STICKWORKS UVA SCULPTURE DEPARTMENTWorked with sculptor Patrick Dougherty to create outdoor stick sculpture sited on UVA Arts Grounds

FALL 2013

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SUMMER 2015 AND DECEMBER 2015

JANUARY 2016

SUMMER 2013, WINTER 2013/2014

SPRING 2014 - PRESENT

2012 - 2013

SPRING AND FALL 2015

2012-2016

FALL 2014

WILDERNESS CONCEPTUAL PAVILION . SPRING 201401

Inspired by a beaver dam and created using only embroidery floss, glue, and trace paper, the model attempts to capture the apparent chaos in an ordered way. An investigation of predictability in architecture, volumes of space are formed using a regulated system but also allowing for serendipitous occurrences and adjacency. The model is not intended for a specific site, but rather a tensile open air pavilion that could be imagined under many different conditions.

CHARLOTTESVILLE PUBLIC HOUSING . SPRING 201402

The apartment complex on a 32-acre site is generated by a necessity to rethink suburbia along the US-29 corridor in Charlottesville, Virginia. The project of 520 residential units functions in part as an investigation of the contradiction of suburban lifestyle: the desire for modern amenities and a convenient lifestyle and the necessity of densification and walkability. Each resident gets their own parking spot; how does driving up to your apartment change the way you live in it? There is built in flexibility to expand and customize units; how can gardens both create privacy and bring people together? A daycare for 40 families creates public space; how can the elderly, children, families, and college students live together in a way that benefits everyone?

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SITE SECTION

CHARLOTTESVILLE: PUBLIC HOUSING . SPRING 2014

BUILDING SECTION

DUPLEX APARTMENT PLANS AND SECTION

CHARLOTTESVILLE: PUBLIC HOUSING . SPRING 201402

BUILDING SECTION A.A

A A

B

B

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

ITALYSTUDY ABROAD DRAWINGS . FALL 201403

SKETCHBOOK PAGE : SIENNA

SKETCHBOOK PAGE : VICENZA

OPPOSITE PAGE : SANTA MARIA ASSUNTA DETTA I GESUITISELECTIONS FROM A DRAWING A DAY PROJECTA drawing done everyday of the same church helps to see it in new ways via new mediums with every attempt.

ITALY DRAWINGS . FALL 201403

VENICE BRIDGING TOURISM . FALL 201404

Venice, Italy is now coming to a crossroads in its impressive history, with global interest comes an incredible power of tourism that could either decay the city or be harnessed for something great. An old rope-building factory in the historic shipyard of the Venice Arsenale is thus re imagined to be a new gate into the old city. The center is conceived as a detail of a larger project where cruise ships dock onto a new island and sink into ship holds in order to pump water through a series of water filtration basins. By both mirroring the past of boat construction and addressing a current problem, their presence is both reduced and celebrated. The building itself serves as a stop along a new path to Piazza San Marco through Arsenale, combining nature, history, and the energy of tourists in a place that locals and visitors can both enjoy.

VENICE: BRIDGING TOURISM . FALL 201404

MINIMIZE SCALE OF CRUISE SHIPS - CONCEPT DIAGRAM DRAWN BY PARTNERS

SITE PLAN

DISPLAY OF NATURE AND HISTORY WITHIN MUSEUM

MUSEUM SECTION

VENICE: BRIDGING TOURISM . FALL 201404

EXISTING ROPE BUILDING

MOVEMENT OF TOURISTS FROM BRIDGE DEFINE NEW FLOOR

VOIDS IN TRIANGULATED FLOOR

OPENINGS IN CEILING

DRAINAGE IN FLOOR

POOLS FOR WATER COLLECTION AND PLANTS

NEW YORK CITYMAGGIE’S LIBRARY . SPRING 201505

Sited along the Highline in Chelsea, New York City, the Maggie’s Library combines the programs of both a public branch library and a Maggie’s Centre - a place for cancer patients and affected families to seek counseling, friendship, and meditation. The contrasting programs created the need for visual and physical adjacency that respect both parties but also create an awareness of one another throughout the whole space. The library is conceived as a Chinese garden both as an homage to the Maggie Centre founder, Maggie Keswick, and her study of these spaces, as well as a tool to define visual adjacency. The building, like a Chinese garden, uses a focal point to define a variety of individual paths that look to each other and relate through view sheds and careful apertures.

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NEW YORK CITY: MAGGIE’S LIBRARY . SPRING 201505

SITE MAP

DECEMBER

JUNE

SEPTEMBER

MARCH

MUTIMEDIA ROOM

MAGGIE + LIBRARY ENTRANCES

MAGGIE LIVING ROOM + CHILDREN’S LIBRARY

OFFICES + READING ROOM

MEDITATION ROOMSECTIONAL VIEWSHEDS

CHINESE GARDEN VIEWSHEDS

CHINESE GARDEN PLAN

OMA PRECEDENT

RICHARD ROGERS PRECEDENT

ZAHA HADID PRECEDENT


NORTH ELEVATION : LIBRARY ENTRANCE

SOUTH ELEVATION : MAGGIE ENTRANCE

GROUND FLOOR NORTH ENTRANCE

GARDEN ROOFTOP

BASEMENT PLAN : MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

MAGGIE LIVING ROOM + CHILDREN’S LIBRARY

OFFICES + READING ROOM

GARDEN ROOFTOP + MEDITATION ROOM


MODEL - PROFESSIONALLY PHOTOGRAPHED

GROUND FLOOR SOUTH ENTRANCE

PETERBOROUGH, NH MACDOWELL PERFORMANCE SPACE . FALL 201506

The Macdowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, is a place where artist, architects, writers, and other creative people can go to retreat from society and work in a peaceful yet convivial environment. The performance space focused on providing a stage and multi-purpose building for shows, practicing, and general gathering. The approach was to design a single joint first and develop it into a system that would guide the building’s form. Small cabins that provide single rooms for housing, storage, and other amenities and create an outdoor public space that can also be used to watch performances from another angle, allowing artistic creativity and flexibility.

PETERBOROUGH: MACDOWELL PERFORMANCE SPACE . FALL 201506

SECTIONAL MODEL OF JOINERY SYSTEM

OPPOSITE PAGE: MODEL PHOTOS OF JOINT ITERATIONS

BASE JOINT MAIN JOINT


SITE MODEL PHOTOGRAPH

SITE PLAN EARLY ITERATIONS

FINAL SITE PLAN

EXTERIOR RENDER - OPERABLE WALL

INTERIOR RENDER - STAGE

FLOOR PLAN AND RCP OVERLAY


SITE ELEVATION

BUILDING ELEVATION

SITE SECTION

BUILDING SECTION

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