Work 08–09
University of Pennsylvania
School of Design
Department of Architecture
William Braham, Interim Chair Annette Fierro, Associate Chair Winka Dubbeldam, Director of the PPD
David Leatherbarrow, Chair of the Graduate Group in Architecture
WORK
08–
09
University of Pennsylvania
School of Design
Department of Architecture
ARCH 501
Rhett Russo
Mikael Avery
David Eaton
Michael Gloudeman
Michael Golden
Kathryn Green
Hyungwoo Kim
Chia Wei Liao
Alexandria M. Mathieu
Alexandra Vanorsdale
Michael Wetmore
Sara Witschi
Chul Ho Woo
Ildo Yang
Julie Beckman
Jihyun Chung
Daniel Ebuehi
Tzu-Ching Lai
Eli Linger
Thomas Michael
Derek Molenaar
William Netter
Cristina
Rodriguez-Vazquez
Riggs Skepnek
Abigail Smith
Maria Von Euw
Samual Warden-Hertz
Brian Zilis
Jenny Sabin
Sarah Bulgarelli
Yi-Ting Chiu
Rebecca Fuchs
Lauren Giamundo
Boraam Han
Jessica Marvin
Sanam Salek
Myongki Seong
Andrew Tetrault
Stephen Van Leer
Valmik Vyas
Margaret Yoo
Roland Snooks
Soobong Bang
Tia Crocker
James Hower
Geoffrey Klein
Benjamin Lee
Dukyoung Lee
Daniel Luegering
Kin Chun Ma
Elizabeth Piller
Karmen Rivera
Bradley Schnell
Alina Vilas
Brett Wiemann
Ben Krone
Shannon Brennan
Monica Coghlan
Leslie Fulton
Peter Hanby
Poyi Hsin
Wing Kwan
Tiffany Li
Qian Liu
Oladipo Obilana
Mark Shkolnikov
Qianqian Sun
James Tenyenhuis
William Zembrodt
ARCH 502
Annette Fierro
Mikael Mavery
Yi-Ting Chiu
James Hower
Benjamin Lee
Kin Chun Ma
Jessica Marvin
William Netter
Christina
Rodriguez-Vazquez
Myongki Seong
Andrew Tetrault
Maria Von Euw
Samuel Warden-Hertz
Chul Ho Woo
Julie Beckman
Shannon Brennan
Monica Coghlan
David Eaton
Lauren Giamundo
Michael Gloudeman
Peter Hanby
Geoffrey Klein
Wing Kwan
Alexandria Mathieu
James Tenyenhuis
Michael Wetmore
William Zembrodt
Matthias Hollwich
Jihyun Chung
Daniel Ebuehi
Leslie Fulton
Michael Golden
Kathryn Green
Chia Wei Liao
Elizabeth Piller
Sanam Salek
Bradley Schnell
Riggs Skepnek
Stephen Van Leer
Valmik Vyas
Brian Zilis
Keith Vandersys
Hyungwoo Kim
Dukyoung Lee
Tiffany Li
Eli Linger
Thomas Michael
Mark Shkolnikov
Alexandra Vanorsdale
Alina Vilas
Sarah Witschi
Ildo Yang
Margaret Yoo
Rhett Russo
Soobong Bang
Sarah Bulgarelli
Tia Crocker
Rebecca Fuchs
Boraam Han
Tzu-Ching Lai
Qian Liu
Daniel Luegering
Derek Molenaar
Karmen Rivera
Abigail Smith
Qianqian Sun
Brett Wiemann
ARCH 601
Catherine Veikos
Alexa Baker
Carrie Chan
Adam Fettig
Aroussiak Gabrielian
John Jakubiec
Erick Katzenstein
Nicolas Koff
Johanna Lofstrom
Jamie Mastro
Melinda Mcmillan
James Poulin
Yu-Han Su
Ferda Kolatan
Megan Burke
Benjamin Callam
David Chen
Weijia Dong
Dwight Engel
Andrea Gulyas
Noah Levy
Joseph Littrell
Kristi Loui
Kimberly Nofal
Rebecca Popowsky
Julie Siu
Karyee Tam
Scott Erdy
Chi Dang
Joshua Evans
Jonathan Kayton
Alexander Lee
Hajung Lee
Crista Mcdonald
Nathaniel Rogers
Becky Shoemaker
Jaclynn Treat
Karen Wong
Jessica Yubas
Phu Hoang
Ana Blomeier
Hui Ying Candy Chan
Julio Guzman
Adam Hostetler
Gregory Hurcomb
Nakita Johnson
Virginia Melnyk
Ginna Nguyen
Margaux Schindler
So Sugita
Lily Trinh
Jennifer Trumble
Helene Furjan/
Keith Vandersys
Richard Baxley
Marcia Budet
Justin Chitwood
Karen Glik
Andrea Hansen
Olga Karnatova
Raphael Osuna Segarra
Juliane Roberts
Jason Smith
Dale Suttle
Sean Williams
Tina Manis
Colin Applegate
Tiffany Dahlen
Ian Doherty
Kuan-Ting Fang
Gera Feigon
Diana Lee
Thabo Lenneiye
Ding Liu
Katherine Mandel
Betty Prime
Kristen Smith
Janine Sutton
Arch 602
Ferda Kolatan
Richard Baxley
Ana Blomeier
Carrie Chan
Ian Doherty
Weijia Dong
Gregory Hurcomb
Olga Karnatova
Jonathan Kayton
Hajung Lee
Katherine Mandel
Virginia Melnyk
Juliane Roberts
Kristen Smith
Karen Wong
Guy Zucker
Colin Applegate
Hui Ying Candy Chan
Tiffany Dahlen
Chi Dang
Gera Feigon
Karen Glik
Andrea Gulyas
Thabo Lenneiye
Yu-Han Su
So Sugita
Karyee Tam
Jaclynn Treat
Hina Jamelle
David Chen
Kuan-Ting Fang
Julio Guzman
Adam Hostetler
Ding Liu
Johanna Lofstrom
Ginna Nguyen
Raphael Segarra
Betty Prime
Jason Smith
Dale Suttle
Jennifer Trumble
Brian Phillips
Marcia Budet
Benjamin Callam
Joshua Evans
Adam Fettig
Riziki House
John Jakubiec
Nakita Johnson
Joseph Littrell
Jamie Mastro
Kimberly Nofal
James Poulin
Nathaniel Rogers
Shawn Rickenbacker
Alexa Baker
Justin Chitwood
Dwight Engel
Erick Katzenstein
Alexander Lee
Crista Mcdonald
Margaux Schinler
Becky Shoemaker
Julie Siu
Janine Sutton
Jessica Yubas
ARCH 701
Ali Rahim
Jared Bledsoe
Rui Guo
Sunghak Ko
Johnny Lin
Christopher Mackowiak
Meagan Marchant
Kara Medow
Jonathan Mickle
Vahit Muskara
Elias Padilla
Erica Savig
Bridget Schmelzer
Kirsten Shinnamon
Song-Ching Tai
Wei Wang
Enrique Norten
Brandon Donnelly
Michael Forejt
Natalie Golnazarians
Anthea Ho
Riziki House
Tina Hsiao
Yosuke Kawai
Pablo Kohan
Jill Lagowski
Joseph Leffelman
John Li
Jeffrey Olgin
John Ryan
Issac Silvera
Matthew Smith
Peter McCleary/
Mohamad Al Khayer
Hyunjoon Cho
Young-Suk Choi
Alexander Dunham
Edward Layton
Simon Lee
Katherine Lent
Vincent Leung
Alex Muller
Angela Spadoni
Gillian Stoneback
Matthias Hollwich
Emily Bernstein
Leslie Billhymer
Kyu Ho Chun
David Ettinger
Adam Fenner
Joshua Freese
Jacob Fry
Kenta Fukunishi
Nadine Kashlan
Byung Kyun Kim
Jaeyoung Lee
Jongwon Lee
Andrew Ma
Sheena Mayfield
Yadiel Rivera-Diaz
Homa Farjadi
Tai An Chien
Jason Demarco
Andrew Gierke
Soo Yon Hwang
Catalina Ibarrola
Byran Kelley
Lisa Kenyon
Danisha Lewis
Jose Ruiz
Daniel Whipple
Difeng Zhou
PP@PD ARCH 703
Winka Dubbeldam/
David Ruy
Kapil Agarwal
Shuni Feng
Huishi Li
Tien-Hao Lin
Zhongshi Liu
Jeffrey Nesbit
Sylwia Olewicz
Samir Shah
Axel Vansteenkiste
Michael Wacht
Xiaopeng Wang
Xueyi Zhang
ARCH 704
Ali Rahim
Lisa Kenyon
Byung Kyun Kim
Sunghak Ko
Jaeyoung Lee
Jongwon Lee
Joseph Leffelman
Johnny Lin
Tien-Hao Lin
Zhongshi Liu
Vahit Muskara
Wei Wang
Nan Yang
Shuo Zhang
Xueyi Zhang
Marion Weiss
Emily Bernstein
Tai An Chien
Alexander Dunham
Soo Yon Hwang
Michael Jacobs
Eunhye Jeon
Bryan Kelley
Noah Levy
Kara Medow
Carl Nebel
Jeffrey Nesbit
Chul Hoon Park
John Ryan
Bridget Schmelzer
Angela Spadoni
Stefan Behnisch/
Martin Haas
Hyunjoon Cho
Kimberly Cooper
Anthea Ho
Yosuke Kawai
Edward Layton
Simon Lee
Katherine Lent
Vincent Leung
Andrew Ma
Sheena Mayfield
Alex Muller
Kirsten Shinnamon
Matthew Smith
Siae Sung
Michael Wacht
Cecil Balmond/
Roland Snooks
Jessica Bayuk
Kyu Ho Chun
Subhajit Das
David Ettinger
Shuni Feng
Kenta Fukunishi
Andrew Gierke
Pablo Kohan
Jonathan Mickle
Samir Shah
Song-Ching Tai
Axel Vansteenkiste
Daniel Whipple
Tao Zhang
Difeng Zhou
Stephen Kieran/
James Timberlake
Carlos Chain
Brandon Donnelly
Adam Fenner
Natalie Golnazarians
Tina Hsiao
James Ketover
Jill Lagowski
Huishi Li
Christopher Mackowiak
Brenna Martin
Jeffrey Olgin
Parvathi Rao
Homa Farjadi
Kapil Agarwal
Michael Forejt
Jacob Fry
John Li
Sylwia Olewicz
Gillian Stoneback
Akari Takebayashi
Xiaopeng Wang
David Ruy
Leslie Billhymer
Jared Bledsoe
Young-Suk Choi
Joshua Freese
Catalina Ibarrola
Danisha Lewis
Kristi Loui
Meagan Marchant
Todd Montgomery
Elias Padilla
Jose Ruiz
Isaac Silvera
ARCH 706
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PH.D
Jody Beck, ‘09
Alison Hirsch, ‘08
Tania Calovi Pereira ??
Charles L. Davis III ???
WORK
08–
09
University of Pennsylvania
School of Design
Department of Architecture
ARCH 501
Rhett Russo
Mikael Avery
David Eaton
Michael Gloudeman
Michael Golden
Kathryn Green
Hyungwoo Kim
Chia Wei Liao
Alexandria M. Mathieu
Alexandra Vanorsdale
Michael Wetmore
Sara Witschi
Chul Ho Woo
Ildo Yang
Julie Beckman
Jihyun Chung
Daniel Ebuehi
Tzu-Ching Lai
Eli Linger
Thomas Michael
Derek Molenaar
William Netter
Cristina
Rodriguez-Vazquez
Riggs Skepnek
Abigail Smith
Maria Von Euw
Samual Warden-Hertz
Brian Zilis
Jenny Sabin
Sarah Bulgarelli
Yi-Ting Chiu
Rebecca Fuchs
Lauren Giamundo
Boraam Han
Jessica Marvin
Sanam Salek
Myongki Seong
Andrew Tetrault
Stephen Van Leer
Valmik Vyas
Margaret Yoo
Roland Snooks
Soobong Bang
Tia Crocker
James Hower
Geoffrey Klein
Benjamin Lee
Dukyoung Lee
Daniel Luegering
Kin Chun Ma
Elizabeth Piller
Karmen Rivera
Bradley Schnell
Alina Vilas
Brett Wiemann
Ben Krone
Shannon Brennan
Monica Coghlan
Leslie Fulton
Peter Hanby
Poyi Hsin
Wing Kwan
Tiffany Li
Qian Liu
Oladipo Obilana
Mark Shkolnikov
Qianqian Sun
James Tenyenhuis
William Zembrodt
ARCH 502
Annette Fierro
Mikael Mavery
Yi-Ting Chiu
James Hower
Benjamin Lee
Kin Chun Ma
Jessica Marvin
William Netter
Christina
Rodriguez-Vazquez
Myongki Seong
Andrew Tetrault
Maria Von Euw
Samuel Warden-Hertz
Chul Ho Woo
Julie Beckman
Shannon Brennan
Monica Coghlan
David Eaton
Lauren Giamundo
Michael Gloudeman
Peter Hanby
Geoffrey Klein
Wing Kwan
Alexandria Mathieu
James Tenyenhuis
Michael Wetmore
William Zembrodt
Matthias Hollwich
Jihyun Chung
Daniel Ebuehi
Leslie Fulton
Michael Golden
Kathryn Green
Chia Wei Liao
Elizabeth Piller
Sanam Salek
Bradley Schnell
Riggs Skepnek
Stephen Van Leer
Valmik Vyas
Brian Zilis
Keith Vandersys
Hyungwoo Kim
Dukyoung Lee
Tiffany Li
Eli Linger
Thomas Michael
Mark Shkolnikov
Alexandra Vanorsdale
Alina Vilas
Sarah Witschi
Ildo Yang
Margaret Yoo
Rhett Russo
Soobong Bang
Sarah Bulgarelli
Tia Crocker
Rebecca Fuchs
Boraam Han
Tzu-Ching Lai
Qian Liu
Daniel Luegering
Derek Molenaar
Karmen Rivera
Abigail Smith
Qianqian Sun
Brett Wiemann
ARCH 601
Catherine Veikos
Alexa Baker
Carrie Chan
Adam Fettig
Aroussiak Gabrielian
John Jakubiec
Erick Katzenstein
Nicolas Koff
Johanna Lofstrom
Jamie Mastro
Melinda Mcmillan
James Poulin
Yu-Han Su
Ferda Kolatan
Megan Burke
Benjamin Callam
David Chen
Weijia Dong
Dwight Engel
Andrea Gulyas
Noah Levy
Joseph Littrell
Kristi Loui
Kimberly Nofal
Rebecca Popowsky
Julie Siu
Karyee Tam
Scott Erdy
Chi Dang
Joshua Evans
Jonathan Kayton
Alexander Lee
Hajung Lee
Crista Mcdonald
Nathaniel Rogers
Becky Shoemaker
Jaclynn Treat
Karen Wong
Jessica Yubas
Phu Hoang
Ana Blomeier
Hui Ying Candy Chan
Julio Guzman
Adam Hostetler
Gregory Hurcomb
Nakita Johnson
Virginia Melnyk
Ginna Nguyen
Margaux Schindler
So Sugita
Lily Trinh
Jennifer Trumble
Helene Furjan/
Keith Vandersys
Richard Baxley
Marcia Budet
Justin Chitwood
Karen Glik
Andrea Hansen
Olga Karnatova
Raphael Osuna Segarra
Juliane Roberts
Jason Smith
Dale Suttle
Sean Williams
Tina Manis
Colin Applegate
Tiffany Dahlen
Ian Doherty
Kuan-Ting Fang
Gera Feigon
Diana Lee
Thabo Lenneiye
Ding Liu
Katherine Mandel
Betty Prime
Kristen Smith
Janine Sutton
Arch 602
Ferda Kolatan
Richard Baxley
Ana Blomeier
Carrie Chan
Ian Doherty
Weijia Dong
Gregory Hurcomb
Olga Karnatova
Jonathan Kayton
Hajung Lee
Katherine Mandel
Virginia Melnyk
Juliane Roberts
Kristen Smith
Karen Wong
Guy Zucker
Colin Applegate
Hui Ying Candy Chan
Tiffany Dahlen
Chi Dang
Gera Feigon
Karen Glik
Andrea Gulyas
Thabo Lenneiye
Yu-Han Su
So Sugita
Karyee Tam
Jaclynn Treat
Hina Jamelle
David Chen
Kuan-Ting Fang
Julio Guzman
Adam Hostetler
Ding Liu
Johanna Lofstrom
Ginna Nguyen
Raphael Segarra
Betty Prime
Jason Smith
Dale Suttle
Jennifer Trumble
Brian Phillips
Marcia Budet
Benjamin Callam
Joshua Evans
Adam Fettig
Riziki House
John Jakubiec
Nakita Johnson
Joseph Littrell
Jamie Mastro
Kimberly Nofal
James Poulin
Nathaniel Rogers
Shawn Rickenbacker
Alexa Baker
Justin Chitwood
Dwight Engel
Erick Katzenstein
Alexander Lee
Crista Mcdonald
Margaux Schinler
Becky Shoemaker
Julie Siu
Janine Sutton
Jessica Yubas
ARCH 701
Ali Rahim
Jared Bledsoe
Rui Guo
Sunghak Ko
Johnny Lin
Christopher Mackowiak
Meagan Marchant
Kara Medow
Jonathan Mickle
Vahit Muskara
Elias Padilla
Erica Savig
Bridget Schmelzer
Kirsten Shinnamon
Song-Ching Tai
Wei Wang
Enrique Norten
Brandon Donnelly
Michael Forejt
Natalie Golnazarians
Anthea Ho
Riziki House
Tina Hsiao
Yosuke Kawai
Pablo Kohan
Jill Lagowski
Joseph Leffelman
John Li
Jeffrey Olgin
John Ryan
Issac Silvera
Matthew Smith
Peter McCleary/
Mohamad Al Khayer
Hyunjoon Cho
Young-Suk Choi
Alexander Dunham
Edward Layton
Simon Lee
Katherine Lent
Vincent Leung
Alex Muller
Angela Spadoni
Gillian Stoneback
Matthias Hollwich
Emily Bernstein
Leslie Billhymer
Kyu Ho Chun
David Ettinger
Adam Fenner
Joshua Freese
Jacob Fry
Kenta Fukunishi
Nadine Kashlan
Byung Kyun Kim
Jaeyoung Lee
Jongwon Lee
Andrew Ma
Sheena Mayfield
Yadiel Rivera-Diaz
Homa Farjadi
Tai An Chien
Jason Demarco
Andrew Gierke
Soo Yon Hwang
Catalina Ibarrola
Byran Kelley
Lisa Kenyon
Danisha Lewis
Jose Ruiz
Daniel Whipple
Difeng Zhou
PP@PD ARCH 703
Winka Dubbeldam/
David Ruy
Kapil Agarwal
Shuni Feng
Huishi Li
Tien-Hao Lin
Zhongshi Liu
Jeffrey Nesbit
Sylwia Olewicz
Samir Shah
Axel Vansteenkiste
Michael Wacht
Xiaopeng Wang
Xueyi Zhang
ARCH 704
Ali Rahim
Lisa Kenyon
Byung Kyun Kim
Sunghak Ko
Jaeyoung Lee
Jongwon Lee
Joseph Leffelman
Johnny Lin
Tien-Hao Lin
Zhongshi Liu
Vahit Muskara
Wei Wang
Nan Yang
Shuo Zhang
Xueyi Zhang
Marion Weiss
Emily Bernstein
Tai An Chien
Alexander Dunham
Soo Yon Hwang
Michael Jacobs
Eunhye Jeon
Bryan Kelley
Noah Levy
Kara Medow
Carl Nebel
Jeffrey Nesbit
Chul Hoon Park
John Ryan
Bridget Schmelzer
Angela Spadoni
Stefan Behnisch/
Martin Haas
Hyunjoon Cho
Kimberly Cooper
Anthea Ho
Yosuke Kawai
Edward Layton
Simon Lee
Katherine Lent
Vincent Leung
Andrew Ma
Sheena Mayfield
Alex Muller
Kirsten Shinnamon
Matthew Smith
Siae Sung
Michael Wacht
Cecil Balmond/
Roland Snooks
Jessica Bayuk
Kyu Ho Chun
Subhajit Das
David Ettinger
Shuni Feng
Kenta Fukunishi
Andrew Gierke
Pablo Kohan
Jonathan Mickle
Samir Shah
Song-Ching Tai
Axel Vansteenkiste
Daniel Whipple
Tao Zhang
Difeng Zhou
Stephen Kieran/
James Timberlake
Carlos Chain
Brandon Donnelly
Adam Fenner
Natalie Golnazarians
Tina Hsiao
James Ketover
Jill Lagowski
Huishi Li
Christopher Mackowiak
Brenna Martin
Jeffrey Olgin
Parvathi Rao
Homa Farjadi
Kapil Agarwal
Michael Forejt
Jacob Fry
John Li
Sylwia Olewicz
Gillian Stoneback
Akari Takebayashi
Xiaopeng Wang
David Ruy
Leslie Billhymer
Jared Bledsoe
Young-Suk Choi
Joshua Freese
Catalina Ibarrola
Danisha Lewis
Kristi Loui
Meagan Marchant
Todd Montgomery
Elias Padilla
Jose Ruiz
Isaac Silvera
ARCH 706
???????
PH.D
Jody Beck, ‘09
Alison Hirsch, ‘08
Tania Calovi Pereira ??
Charles L. Davis III ???
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fabrication, and project management as to engender convergence
and demand collaboration. Computers provide powerful tools for
analyzing sites and developing programs. they enable students
to distill ever more extensive and detailed data and to understand
less tangible dynamics of behavior and change: flows of people,
energy, water, resources, goods, information, images, and capital.
our curriculum extends beyond traditional disciplinary
boundar-ies at many points, allowing students to deepen their skills and
explore other aspects of design. Environmental sustainability is
addressed at almost every level of the program, and more explicitly
in our certificate program in Ecological Architecture, which includes
the study of contemporary approaches to environmental design,
of performance simulation, and of the political and cultural aspects
of implementation. the work of that program is complemented by
the ambitious research agenda of the tC Chan Center of Building
Simulation and Energy Studies. In other areas, new approaches to
the generation of complex form are supported by an on-line scripting
group, and complemented by the research activities of the
non-Linear Systems organization (nSo) and the innovative collaboration
in biological research of LabStudio. the new program in Integrated
Product Design (IPD), offered in collaboration with the School of
Engineering and the Wharton School of Business, introduces the
materials and methods of industrial design and product
develop-ment, and explores the integration of advanced sensing and control
technologies in design products at all scales.
A range of other certificates and dual degrees provide
opportun-ity for students to combine their studies with the other disciplines
in the School of Design. Especially popular have been the
dual-Master degree with Landscape Architecture and the certificate
programs in Urban Design and in real Estate Development. Many
graduates use these opportunities to launch themselves into
hybrid and specialized careers. We foster a culture of research
IntroductIon
Since its founding in 1890, architecture at Penn has emphasized
the link between theoretical speculation, professional practice, and
artistic expression. our faculty is distinguished precisely by uniting
trajectories, engendering new ways of seeing, new directions for
imagination, and new models of practice.
our Master of Architecture program is a rigorous, professional
degree that develops expertise and innovation in all aspects of
design and construction. Penn provides a robust infrastructure for
students to acquire the diverse skills and knowledge needed for
creative practice today, as well as a critical orientation to
contem-porary issues of culture, technology, ecology, and urbanism. taking
advantage of developments in technology and computation, we
cre-ate novel environments that support fuller and richer lives in diverse
settings around the world. our design studios foster students’
abili-ties to conceptualize latent potentials and to realize new cultural
formations that may contribute to the co-evolution of social and
natural systems.
Digital media were initially introduced in schools over a decade
ago. they now permeate the curriculum, as they do contemporary
practice and everyday life. Students learn techniques of
visualiza-tion in a discrete sequence of courses closely bound to the design
studio. their power to assemble information, analyze, integrate,
and simulate are simultaneously developed in technology courses,
and critically examined in history-theory courses. the design studio
sequence begins with abstract models and techniques—generated
through diagrams, models from geometry or nature, experiment,
and even computer scripts. During the studio sequence students
will move beyond this beginning, to incorporate all the aspects
of design, use, and construction which are required of serious
architectural propositions. on the one hand, digital media have
been the subject of specific experiment and inquiry in architecture,
while on the other, digital models are so pervasive in engineering,
WORK
08–
09
University of Pennsylvania
School of Design
Department of Architecture
ARCH 501
Rhett Russo
Mikael Avery
David Eaton
Michael Gloudeman
Michael Golden
Kathryn Green
Hyungwoo Kim
Chia Wei Liao
Alexandria M. Mathieu
Alexandra Vanorsdale
Michael Wetmore
Sara Witschi
Chul Ho Woo
Ildo Yang
Julie Beckman
Jihyun Chung
Daniel Ebuehi
Tzu-Ching Lai
Eli Linger
Thomas Michael
Derek Molenaar
William Netter
Cristina
Rodriguez-Vazquez
Riggs Skepnek
Abigail Smith
Maria Von Euw
Samual Warden-Hertz
Brian Zilis
Jenny Sabin
Sarah Bulgarelli
Yi-Ting Chiu
Rebecca Fuchs
Lauren Giamundo
Boraam Han
Jessica Marvin
Sanam Salek
Myongki Seong
Andrew Tetrault
Stephen Van Leer
Valmik Vyas
Margaret Yoo
Roland Snooks
Soobong Bang
Tia Crocker
James Hower
Geoffrey Klein
Benjamin Lee
Dukyoung Lee
Daniel Luegering
Kin Chun Ma
Elizabeth Piller
Karmen Rivera
Bradley Schnell
Alina Vilas
Brett Wiemann
Ben Krone
Shannon Brennan
Monica Coghlan
Leslie Fulton
Peter Hanby
Poyi Hsin
Wing Kwan
Tiffany Li
Qian Liu
Oladipo Obilana
Mark Shkolnikov
Qianqian Sun
James Tenyenhuis
William Zembrodt
ARCH 502
Annette Fierro
Mikael Mavery
Yi-Ting Chiu
James Hower
Benjamin Lee
Kin Chun Ma
Jessica Marvin
William Netter
Christina
Rodriguez-Vazquez
Myongki Seong
Andrew Tetrault
Maria Von Euw
Samuel Warden-Hertz
Chul Ho Woo
Julie Beckman
Shannon Brennan
Monica Coghlan
David Eaton
Lauren Giamundo
Michael Gloudeman
Peter Hanby
Geoffrey Klein
Wing Kwan
Alexandria Mathieu
James Tenyenhuis
Michael Wetmore
William Zembrodt
Matthias Hollwich
Jihyun Chung
Daniel Ebuehi
Leslie Fulton
Michael Golden
Kathryn Green
Chia Wei Liao
Elizabeth Piller
Sanam Salek
Bradley Schnell
Riggs Skepnek
Stephen Van Leer
Valmik Vyas
Brian Zilis
Keith Vandersys
Hyungwoo Kim
Dukyoung Lee
Tiffany Li
Eli Linger
Thomas Michael
Mark Shkolnikov
Alexandra Vanorsdale
Alina Vilas
Sarah Witschi
Ildo Yang
Margaret Yoo
Rhett Russo
Soobong Bang
Sarah Bulgarelli
Tia Crocker
Rebecca Fuchs
Boraam Han
Tzu-Ching Lai
Qian Liu
Daniel Luegering
Derek Molenaar
Karmen Rivera
Abigail Smith
Qianqian Sun
Brett Wiemann
ARCH 601
Catherine Veikos
Alexa Baker
Carrie Chan
Adam Fettig
Aroussiak Gabrielian
John Jakubiec
Erick Katzenstein
Nicolas Koff
Johanna Lofstrom
Jamie Mastro
Melinda Mcmillan
James Poulin
Yu-Han Su
Ferda Kolatan
Megan Burke
Benjamin Callam
David Chen
Weijia Dong
Dwight Engel
Andrea Gulyas
Noah Levy
Joseph Littrell
Kristi Loui
Kimberly Nofal
Rebecca Popowsky
Julie Siu
Karyee Tam
Scott Erdy
Chi Dang
Joshua Evans
Jonathan Kayton
Alexander Lee
Hajung Lee
Crista Mcdonald
Nathaniel Rogers
Becky Shoemaker
Jaclynn Treat
Karen Wong
Jessica Yubas
Phu Hoang
Ana Blomeier
Hui Ying Candy Chan
Julio Guzman
Adam Hostetler
Gregory Hurcomb
Nakita Johnson
Virginia Melnyk
Ginna Nguyen
Margaux Schindler
So Sugita
Lily Trinh
Jennifer Trumble
Helene Furjan/
Keith Vandersys
Richard Baxley
Marcia Budet
Justin Chitwood
Karen Glik
Andrea Hansen
Olga Karnatova
Raphael Osuna Segarra
Juliane Roberts
Jason Smith
Dale Suttle
Sean Williams
Tina Manis
Colin Applegate
Tiffany Dahlen
Ian Doherty
Kuan-Ting Fang
Gera Feigon
Diana Lee
Thabo Lenneiye
Ding Liu
Katherine Mandel
Betty Prime
Kristen Smith
Janine Sutton
Arch 602
Ferda Kolatan
Richard Baxley
Ana Blomeier
Carrie Chan
Ian Doherty
Weijia Dong
Gregory Hurcomb
Olga Karnatova
Jonathan Kayton
Hajung Lee
Katherine Mandel
Virginia Melnyk
Juliane Roberts
Kristen Smith
Karen Wong
Guy Zucker
Colin Applegate
Hui Ying Candy Chan
Tiffany Dahlen
Chi Dang
Gera Feigon
Karen Glik
Andrea Gulyas
Thabo Lenneiye
Yu-Han Su
So Sugita
Karyee Tam
Jaclynn Treat
Hina Jamelle
David Chen
Kuan-Ting Fang
Julio Guzman
Adam Hostetler
Ding Liu
Johanna Lofstrom
Ginna Nguyen
Raphael Segarra
Betty Prime
Jason Smith
Dale Suttle
Jennifer Trumble
Brian Phillips
Marcia Budet
Benjamin Callam
Joshua Evans
Adam Fettig
Riziki House
John Jakubiec
Nakita Johnson
Joseph Littrell
Jamie Mastro
Kimberly Nofal
James Poulin
Nathaniel Rogers
Shawn Rickenbacker
Alexa Baker
Justin Chitwood
Dwight Engel
Erick Katzenstein
Alexander Lee
Crista Mcdonald
Margaux Schinler
Becky Shoemaker
Julie Siu
Janine Sutton
Jessica Yubas
ARCH 701
Ali Rahim
Jared Bledsoe
Rui Guo
Sunghak Ko
Johnny Lin
Christopher Mackowiak
Meagan Marchant
Kara Medow
Jonathan Mickle
Vahit Muskara
Elias Padilla
Erica Savig
Bridget Schmelzer
Kirsten Shinnamon
Song-Ching Tai
Wei Wang
Enrique Norten
Brandon Donnelly
Michael Forejt
Natalie Golnazarians
Anthea Ho
Riziki House
Tina Hsiao
Yosuke Kawai
Pablo Kohan
Jill Lagowski
Joseph Leffelman
John Li
Jeffrey Olgin
John Ryan
Issac Silvera
Matthew Smith
Peter McCleary/
Mohamad Al Khayer
Hyunjoon Cho
Young-Suk Choi
Alexander Dunham
Edward Layton
Simon Lee
Katherine Lent
Vincent Leung
Alex Muller
Angela Spadoni
Gillian Stoneback
Matthias Hollwich
Emily Bernstein
Leslie Billhymer
Kyu Ho Chun
David Ettinger
Adam Fenner
Joshua Freese
Jacob Fry
Kenta Fukunishi
Nadine Kashlan
Byung Kyun Kim
Jaeyoung Lee
Jongwon Lee
Andrew Ma
Sheena Mayfield
Yadiel Rivera-Diaz
Homa Farjadi
Tai An Chien
Jason Demarco
Andrew Gierke
Soo Yon Hwang
Catalina Ibarrola
Byran Kelley
Lisa Kenyon
Danisha Lewis
Jose Ruiz
Daniel Whipple
Difeng Zhou
PP@PD ARCH 703
Winka Dubbeldam/
David Ruy
Kapil Agarwal
Shuni Feng
Huishi Li
Tien-Hao Lin
Zhongshi Liu
Jeffrey Nesbit
Sylwia Olewicz
Samir Shah
Axel Vansteenkiste
Michael Wacht
Xiaopeng Wang
Xueyi Zhang
ARCH 704
Ali Rahim
Lisa Kenyon
Byung Kyun Kim
Sunghak Ko
Jaeyoung Lee
Jongwon Lee
Joseph Leffelman
Johnny Lin
Tien-Hao Lin
Zhongshi Liu
Vahit Muskara
Wei Wang
Nan Yang
Shuo Zhang
Xueyi Zhang
Marion Weiss
Emily Bernstein
Tai An Chien
Alexander Dunham
Soo Yon Hwang
Michael Jacobs
Eunhye Jeon
Bryan Kelley
Noah Levy
Kara Medow
Carl Nebel
Jeffrey Nesbit
Chul Hoon Park
John Ryan
Bridget Schmelzer
Angela Spadoni
Stefan Behnisch/
Martin Haas
Hyunjoon Cho
Kimberly Cooper
Anthea Ho
Yosuke Kawai
Edward Layton
Simon Lee
Katherine Lent
Vincent Leung
Andrew Ma
Sheena Mayfield
Alex Muller
Kirsten Shinnamon
Matthew Smith
Siae Sung
Michael Wacht
Cecil Balmond/
Roland Snooks
Jessica Bayuk
Kyu Ho Chun
Subhajit Das
David Ettinger
Shuni Feng
Kenta Fukunishi
Andrew Gierke
Pablo Kohan
Jonathan Mickle
Samir Shah
Song-Ching Tai
Axel Vansteenkiste
Daniel Whipple
Tao Zhang
Difeng Zhou
Stephen Kieran/
James Timberlake
Carlos Chain
Brandon Donnelly
Adam Fenner
Natalie Golnazarians
Tina Hsiao
James Ketover
Jill Lagowski
Huishi Li
Christopher Mackowiak
Brenna Martin
Jeffrey Olgin
Parvathi Rao
Homa Farjadi
Kapil Agarwal
Michael Forejt
Jacob Fry
John Li
Sylwia Olewicz
Gillian Stoneback
Akari Takebayashi
Xiaopeng Wang
David Ruy
Leslie Billhymer
Jared Bledsoe
Young-Suk Choi
Joshua Freese
Catalina Ibarrola
Danisha Lewis
Kristi Loui
Meagan Marchant
Todd Montgomery
Elias Padilla
Jose Ruiz
Isaac Silvera
ARCH 706
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PH.D
Jody Beck, ‘09
Alison Hirsch, ‘08
Tania Calovi Pereira ??
Charles L. Davis III ???
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nysia Petrakis, our coordinator. this publication has only been
possible through Staci’s conscientious work, Katie Bonier’s copy
editing, and the design talents of thumb. Dean Marilyn Jordan
taylor and her staff deserve equal thanks for all their support
and encouragement.
—dr. William W. Braham, faIa
Interim chair, department of architecture
and communication that mines fields of knowledge and activity
beyond architecture as well as a capacity to integrate diverse (even
competing) objectives through the creative process of design.
research Studios and thesis offered in the final semester, as
well as our one-year Post-Professional Program, have become the
locus of advanced experimentation, pushing the boundaries of
pro-fessional practice and advancing the discipline. Advanced studios
link seminars, travel, and research, allowing intellectual and design
collaboration between faculty and students. Advanced studios
engage situations around the world. Last year, student projects
proposed catalytic interventions for Dhaka, Dubai, Delhi, London,
Mexico City, Monterrey, rio de Janeiro, and along the US-Mexico
border. At the same time, studios at every level engage the
poten-tials of community development in Philadelphia, from Fish town
and West Philadelphia to the Delaware Waterfront and Center City.
It is our hope that Penn Design can help students to find ways to
critically engage with the world that they live in.
to develop creativity a school requires more than academic
programs, facilities, and financial resources. While these are vital
ingredients, the infrastructure is just a support for the academic
community of faculty and students, which is a special kind of
social experiment—open, generous but loose. the freedom to
form different kinds of connections, and even to disagree, is
cru-cial for the chemistry that makes a school productive. Great things
are possible when students are given the freedom to explore
ideas, exceed limits, and take risks in the company of others doing
the same. Learning to design requires a social milieu disposed to
welcome the anxieties of uncertain trajectories, the exhilaration of
discovery, and the thirst for connectivity in new directions.
I want to thank all the students and faculty for making 2008/09
such a productive year. thanks also to our dedicated staff—
Staci Kaplan, Valerie Beulah, Kathleen Maiorano, tanya Yang, and
WORK
08–
09
University of Pennsylvania
School of Design
Department of Architecture
ARCH 501
Rhett Russo
Mikael Avery
David Eaton
Michael Gloudeman
Michael Golden
Kathryn Green
Hyungwoo Kim
Chia Wei Liao
Alexandria M. Mathieu
Alexandra Vanorsdale
Michael Wetmore
Sara Witschi
Chul Ho Woo
Ildo Yang
Julie Beckman
Jihyun Chung
Daniel Ebuehi
Tzu-Ching Lai
Eli Linger
Thomas Michael
Derek Molenaar
William Netter
Cristina
Rodriguez-Vazquez
Riggs Skepnek
Abigail Smith
Maria Von Euw
Samual Warden-Hertz
Brian Zilis
Jenny Sabin
Sarah Bulgarelli
Yi-Ting Chiu
Rebecca Fuchs
Lauren Giamundo
Boraam Han
Jessica Marvin
Sanam Salek
Myongki Seong
Andrew Tetrault
Stephen Van Leer
Valmik Vyas
Margaret Yoo
Roland Snooks
Soobong Bang
Tia Crocker
James Hower
Geoffrey Klein
Benjamin Lee
Dukyoung Lee
Daniel Luegering
Kin Chun Ma
Elizabeth Piller
Karmen Rivera
Bradley Schnell
Alina Vilas
Brett Wiemann
Ben Krone
Shannon Brennan
Monica Coghlan
Leslie Fulton
Peter Hanby
Poyi Hsin
Wing Kwan
Tiffany Li
Qian Liu
Oladipo Obilana
Mark Shkolnikov
Qianqian Sun
James Tenyenhuis
William Zembrodt
ARCH 502
Annette Fierro
Mikael Mavery
Yi-Ting Chiu
James Hower
Benjamin Lee
Kin Chun Ma
Jessica Marvin
William Netter
Christina
Rodriguez-Vazquez
Myongki Seong
Andrew Tetrault
Maria Von Euw
Samuel Warden-Hertz
Chul Ho Woo
Julie Beckman
Shannon Brennan
Monica Coghlan
David Eaton
Lauren Giamundo
Michael Gloudeman
Peter Hanby
Geoffrey Klein
Wing Kwan
Alexandria Mathieu
James Tenyenhuis
Michael Wetmore
William Zembrodt
Matthias Hollwich
Jihyun Chung
Daniel Ebuehi
Leslie Fulton
Michael Golden
Kathryn Green
Chia Wei Liao
Elizabeth Piller
Sanam Salek
Bradley Schnell
Riggs Skepnek
Stephen Van Leer
Valmik Vyas
Brian Zilis
Keith Vandersys
Hyungwoo Kim
Dukyoung Lee
Tiffany Li
Eli Linger
Thomas Michael
Mark Shkolnikov
Alexandra Vanorsdale
Alina Vilas
Sarah Witschi
Ildo Yang
Margaret Yoo
Rhett Russo
Soobong Bang
Sarah Bulgarelli
Tia Crocker
Rebecca Fuchs
Boraam Han
Tzu-Ching Lai
Qian Liu
Daniel Luegering
Derek Molenaar
Karmen Rivera
Abigail Smith
Qianqian Sun
Brett Wiemann
ARCH 601
Catherine Veikos
Alexa Baker
Carrie Chan
Adam Fettig
Aroussiak Gabrielian
John Jakubiec
Erick Katzenstein
Nicolas Koff
Johanna Lofstrom
Jamie Mastro
Melinda Mcmillan
James Poulin
Yu-Han Su
Ferda Kolatan
Megan Burke
Benjamin Callam
David Chen
Weijia Dong
Dwight Engel
Andrea Gulyas
Noah Levy
Joseph Littrell
Kristi Loui
Kimberly Nofal
Rebecca Popowsky
Julie Siu
Karyee Tam
Scott Erdy
Chi Dang
Joshua Evans
Jonathan Kayton
Alexander Lee
Hajung Lee
Crista Mcdonald
Nathaniel Rogers
Becky Shoemaker
Jaclynn Treat
Karen Wong
Jessica Yubas
Phu Hoang
Ana Blomeier
Hui Ying Candy Chan
Julio Guzman
Adam Hostetler
Gregory Hurcomb
Nakita Johnson
Virginia Melnyk
Ginna Nguyen
Margaux Schindler
So Sugita
Lily Trinh
Jennifer Trumble
Helene Furjan/
Keith Vandersys
Richard Baxley
Marcia Budet
Justin Chitwood
Karen Glik
Andrea Hansen
Olga Karnatova
Raphael Osuna Segarra
Juliane Roberts
Jason Smith
Dale Suttle
Sean Williams
Tina Manis
Colin Applegate
Tiffany Dahlen
Ian Doherty
Kuan-Ting Fang
Gera Feigon
Diana Lee
Thabo Lenneiye
Ding Liu
Katherine Mandel
Betty Prime
Kristen Smith
Janine Sutton
Arch 602
Ferda Kolatan
Richard Baxley
Ana Blomeier
Carrie Chan
Ian Doherty
Weijia Dong
Gregory Hurcomb
Olga Karnatova
Jonathan Kayton
Hajung Lee
Katherine Mandel
Virginia Melnyk
Juliane Roberts
Kristen Smith
Karen Wong
Guy Zucker
Colin Applegate
Hui Ying Candy Chan
Tiffany Dahlen
Chi Dang
Gera Feigon
Karen Glik
Andrea Gulyas
Thabo Lenneiye
Yu-Han Su
So Sugita
Karyee Tam
Jaclynn Treat
Hina Jamelle
David Chen
Kuan-Ting Fang
Julio Guzman
Adam Hostetler
Ding Liu
Johanna Lofstrom
Ginna Nguyen
Raphael Segarra
Betty Prime
Jason Smith
Dale Suttle
Jennifer Trumble
Brian Phillips
Marcia Budet
Benjamin Callam
Joshua Evans
Adam Fettig
Riziki House
John Jakubiec
Nakita Johnson
Joseph Littrell
Jamie Mastro
Kimberly Nofal
James Poulin
Nathaniel Rogers
Shawn Rickenbacker
Alexa Baker
Justin Chitwood
Dwight Engel
Erick Katzenstein
Alexander Lee
Crista Mcdonald
Margaux Schinler
Becky Shoemaker
Julie Siu
Janine Sutton
Jessica Yubas
ARCH 701
Ali Rahim
Jared Bledsoe
Rui Guo
Sunghak Ko
Johnny Lin
Christopher Mackowiak
Meagan Marchant
Kara Medow
Jonathan Mickle
Vahit Muskara
Elias Padilla
Erica Savig
Bridget Schmelzer
Kirsten Shinnamon
Song-Ching Tai
Wei Wang
Enrique Norten
Brandon Donnelly
Michael Forejt
Natalie Golnazarians
Anthea Ho
Riziki House
Tina Hsiao
Yosuke Kawai
Pablo Kohan
Jill Lagowski
Joseph Leffelman
John Li
Jeffrey Olgin
John Ryan
Issac Silvera
Matthew Smith
Peter McCleary/
Mohamad Al Khayer
Hyunjoon Cho
Young-Suk Choi
Alexander Dunham
Edward Layton
Simon Lee
Katherine Lent
Vincent Leung
Alex Muller
Angela Spadoni
Gillian Stoneback
Matthias Hollwich
Emily Bernstein
Leslie Billhymer
Kyu Ho Chun
David Ettinger
Adam Fenner
Joshua Freese
Jacob Fry
Kenta Fukunishi
Nadine Kashlan
Byung Kyun Kim
Jaeyoung Lee
Jongwon Lee
Andrew Ma
Sheena Mayfield
Yadiel Rivera-Diaz
Homa Farjadi
Tai An Chien
Jason Demarco
Andrew Gierke
Soo Yon Hwang
Catalina Ibarrola
Byran Kelley
Lisa Kenyon
Danisha Lewis
Jose Ruiz
Daniel Whipple
Difeng Zhou
PP@PD ARCH 703
Winka Dubbeldam/
David Ruy
Kapil Agarwal
Shuni Feng
Huishi Li
Tien-Hao Lin
Zhongshi Liu
Jeffrey Nesbit
Sylwia Olewicz
Samir Shah
Axel Vansteenkiste
Michael Wacht
Xiaopeng Wang
Xueyi Zhang
ARCH 704
Ali Rahim
Lisa Kenyon
Byung Kyun Kim
Sunghak Ko
Jaeyoung Lee
Jongwon Lee
Joseph Leffelman
Johnny Lin
Tien-Hao Lin
Zhongshi Liu
Vahit Muskara
Wei Wang
Nan Yang
Shuo Zhang
Xueyi Zhang
Marion Weiss
Emily Bernstein
Tai An Chien
Alexander Dunham
Soo Yon Hwang
Michael Jacobs
Eunhye Jeon
Bryan Kelley
Noah Levy
Kara Medow
Carl Nebel
Jeffrey Nesbit
Chul Hoon Park
John Ryan
Bridget Schmelzer
Angela Spadoni
Stefan Behnisch/
Martin Haas
Hyunjoon Cho
Kimberly Cooper
Anthea Ho
Yosuke Kawai
Edward Layton
Simon Lee
Katherine Lent
Vincent Leung
Andrew Ma
Sheena Mayfield
Alex Muller
Kirsten Shinnamon
Matthew Smith
Siae Sung
Michael Wacht
Cecil Balmond/
Roland Snooks
Jessica Bayuk
Kyu Ho Chun
Subhajit Das
David Ettinger
Shuni Feng
Kenta Fukunishi
Andrew Gierke
Pablo Kohan
Jonathan Mickle
Samir Shah
Song-Ching Tai
Axel Vansteenkiste
Daniel Whipple
Tao Zhang
Difeng Zhou
Stephen Kieran/
James Timberlake
Carlos Chain
Brandon Donnelly
Adam Fenner
Natalie Golnazarians
Tina Hsiao
James Ketover
Jill Lagowski
Huishi Li
Christopher Mackowiak
Brenna Martin
Jeffrey Olgin
Parvathi Rao
Homa Farjadi
Kapil Agarwal
Michael Forejt
Jacob Fry
John Li
Sylwia Olewicz
Gillian Stoneback
Akari Takebayashi
Xiaopeng Wang
David Ruy
Leslie Billhymer
Jared Bledsoe
Young-Suk Choi
Joshua Freese
Catalina Ibarrola
Danisha Lewis
Kristi Loui
Meagan Marchant
Todd Montgomery
Elias Padilla
Jose Ruiz
Isaac Silvera
ARCH 706
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PH.D
Jody Beck, ‘09
Alison Hirsch, ‘08
Tania Calovi Pereira ??
Charles L. Davis III ???
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aSSIgnment 1: assembly
—rhett ruSSo, critic
—Ildo Yang, michael Wetmore
this project is an exercise in the use of a nature-derived logic to map a specific surface with a modular component sys-tem. Using Schoen’s I-WP triply periodic minimal surface as a formal inspiration, we combined card units following a spec-ific logic derived from the cell growth of leaves. Plants commonly form sheets of new matter in rigid cellulose patterns which force growth to the outside of the structure. More elastic organic materials, such as leaves, petals, or in our case cards, allow growth to acquire more flexibility and to occur throughout the entire system. When more material is added to the edge of the structure than
to the center, wavelike curvature begins to form. Applying this natural algorithm to our card units, the hyperbolic curvature of the triply periodic surface begins to take shape from the simple organization of the unit surfaces (cards). Likewise, the curvature can be softened by decreasing the number of units. In the resulting nonlinear progression, speed, curvature and method of attachment are controlled by substituting cards. Each card settles differently depending on its own degree of torque, and the torque of its predecessor. In this way a complex and organized behavior can be controlled and applied to processes of surface generation.
1. ILDo YAnG, MICHAEL WEtMorE 1
archItecture 501
this course is an introductory architectural design studio intended
to develop critical, analytical and speculative design abilities in
architecture. Students develop representational techniques for the
analysis of social and cultural constructs, and formulate
proposi-tions for situating built form in the arena of the urban and natural
environments. this studio initiates innovation through the analysis of
complex systems and algorithms, as a means to explore ecological
concepts. It introduces computation, develops geometric techniques,
and explores modes of digital fabrication. Projects will explore the
formation of space in relation to the body, and the development of
small scale public programs.
the semester consists of three projects, each progressively
more complex in scope. the first project concerns the design of an
assembly with a given set of parts. the second is situated within a
limited environment, and addresses the spatial and temporal
organi-zation of objects in a space, and the body’s relationship to them. the
last project concerns a comprehensive building proposal for a small
pavilion, and its integration into the landscape.
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—Ben krone, critic
—Qianqian Sun
Studio 501 Design Project
2. QIAnQIAn SUn
—JulIe Beckman, critic
—eli linger, thomas michael
the inherent geometry of the playing card presents a logical genesis for an organizational system. the card as an object contains limits represented by its length and width. our initial organizational system explores incre-mental shifts along the diagonal axis of the card in a closed system until its boundaries are breached. At this point the closed system is no longer able to connect to its neighboring card, and a new organizational system is required.
Whereas the initial closed system was based solely on an incremental shift governed by the geometry of the card, the new system is dictated by the surface information. the decks are first shuffled and divided into two piles containing red and black suits, then one color is dealt until an ace triggers a color change. the suit of each card informs the location of the connection and allows the surface information to govern the final result.
3–6. ELI LInGEr, tHoMAS MICHAEL
—cristina rodriguez-vazquez
Studio 501 Design Project
7–9. CrIStInA roDrIGUEz-VAzQUEz 1
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aSSIgnment 2: display
—JulIe Beckman, critic
—Brian Zilis
In botany, a rhizome is the horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, sending out roots and shoots from its nodes.
“Any part of the rhizome can be connected to anything other, and must be… The rhizome operates by variation, expansion, conquest, offshoots… The brain itself is much more like grass than a tree, the rhizome is altogether different from the genetic axis of a tree or root; a map and not a tracing.”
—Giles Deleuze and Felix Guattari this is a study of rhizomous plant growth.
A system of variables—plant type, materiality, irrigation, and solar exposure— determine the armature on which to grow sod. the resulting “tapestry” is depen-dent on these variables and their interactions. As the plants grow, the rhizomes bend, twist, and even break the weaker materials in their efforts to
reach strategically placed irrigation. the irrigation lines, in turn, change shape and path. As the irrigation lines shift, new opportunities form for previously un- watered grasses.
over the lifetime of the armature, the grass will devour and reshape its armature and irrigation system. the wall is a study of the peculiar growth system of turf grass, and an art piece for the urban community in which it is placed.
10, 11. BrIAn zILIS
—rhett ruSSo, critic
—michael golden
this living wall was designed to accommo-date two types of sedum, which through their vibrant, varying colors over the course of a year provide a visual cue for the changing of the seasons in an urban context. Sedums were selected for their hardiness with a smaller creeping sedum used to fill in the vertical areas around a taller, upright variety. the planting and space requirements of the two plant species determined the parameters for
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the actual growing space on the wall, and so a simple rule set was applied to a flow study conducted in oil and watercolors to derive the wall’s form. the modulating thickness of the trays, while providing the topology necessary for the growth and care of these two plants, also creates a screen of varying opacity dependent on its depth and the viewer’s location. the tectonic system, also derived from the original study painting, further delineates the various areas of transparency, some-times retreating into and somesome-times protruding beyond the boundary defined by the outer edge of the individual trays.
12, 13. MICHAEL GoLDEn
—Ben krone, critic
—Shannon Brennan
Designing a turf wall for a site in down- town Philadelphia, I created a gradient system to carefully control water, sun-light, wind, and vulnerability to disease. this gradient allows various diseases to
develop and spread, but also detains and controls them. the process of weakening
the grass and letting it compete to be- come healthy again inevitably increases resistance to future diseases. this newer, stronger, turf is then suitable for other, less favorable, urban settings.
14–16. SHAnnon BrEnnAn
—JulIe Beckman, critic
—thomas michael
Studio 501 Design Project
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aSSIgnment 3: Pavilion
—Ben krone
, critic—Peter hanby
SEED BoMB
this urban farm rejects traditional planting methods, in favor of opportunistic growth and fluctuating environmental conditions, to create a range of possible vegetation patterns. Foot traffic is redirected from Manayunk’s riverside walk to provide kinetic energy, which triggers seed release
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from a series of elevated pathways. Pedestrians are thus (perhaps unknow-ingly) recast as agents of dispersal. the ground plain below is tuned with
a network of channels that allow for the influx of river water to further dis- tribute seeds throughout the site. rising water levels activate additional chan-nels, altering seed distribution, plant dispersal, and circulation possibilities.
20–23. PEtEr HAnBY
—Ben krone
, critic—oladipo obilana
Studio 501 Design Project
24–26. oLADIPo oBILAnA
—JulIe Beckman
, critic—eli linger
Studio 501 Design Project
27–29. ELI LInGEr
—cristina rodriguez-vasquez
the inspiration for my Urban Farm started with a study of the crop patterns of lilacs, hydrangeas, carrots, potatoes, wheat grass and other herbs. Each of these plants has a particular growth pattern. Using the same principles, an
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interactive mesh covers the entire site, expanding or contracting according to the activity or crop in each area. In some cases, this mesh becomes a floor pattern. Where shelter is required, the mesh is elevated from the ground and transformed into structure. the program is divided into park-like pavilions that you discover as you walk through the farm.
30, 31. CrIStInA roDrIGUEz-VASQUEz
—JennY SaBIn
, critic—rebecca fuchs
this project proposes an urban farm on the site of an old flour mill in the flood-plain of the Schuylkill river. the Urban Farm encompasses a complex concert of interactive ecosystems, inhabitants, production efforts and visitors. Imbal-ances within these relationships may have immediate and long-lasting effects. to address this, students began with
parallel investigations within algorithmic modeling techniques that explore the unstable and the complex; relationships that oscillate, stimulate, provoke, trans-form, grow and adapt. In this project, urban agriculture parallels post-industrial decay, for both occupy the space between the city and nature, between the smooth and the striated. In the event of a flood, container vegetables float, tethered to the site, while farm animals don life jackets and move to safety.
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network and re-formatted to function within the program of an Urban Farm. the design for this project integrates building and landscape so that neither can embody form or give rise to func- tion, as individual entity, but only as an assembly of interrelated parts. their interconnectivity allows for various flows of traffic throughout the site, as well as for the development of programmatic hierarchies and symbiotic relationships between systems.
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—roland SnookS
, critic—Benjamin lee
We used an algorithmic approach to formulate our architecture. the implementation of rule sets (either using software or by hand) provided the underlying logic to create something which might be ugly or beautiful, but was, more importantly, bizarre. We were constantly seeking the balance between the explicit and the generative.
the accumulation of research led to the design of an urban farm. My initial interest was in the bridges crossing between the mainland and the island site. I imagined the bridge as a single strand, and treated each strand as an individual agent in a multi-agent system. Some strands would bond together in a controlled way to create structure, while others would bond differently to generate the programmatic elements of the bridges. these then
interacted in a predator-prey type of relationship, in which the structure ‘chased’ the program strands. With an alteration of the parameters of these strands, a completely different outcome would occur. this was a significant aspect of the research/project.
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—rhett ruSSo
, critic—kathryn green
the joint programmatic and infra- structural design for this project was derived from a material study of the composition and flow of multiple streams of paint across a flat surface. the result was a generative circuitry of small and large streams flowing into, out of, and along one another. relationships between interstitial spaces, nodes of origination, and directional paths were then extracted from this
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tExtUrAL CIrCULAtIonS
this project distills pattern and rhythm from the city of Philadelphia in order to develop a strategy for a Healthness Cen-ter, an extension of city life—where one can bathe, replenish, and interact. the Healthness Center proposes a solution to Philadelphia’s burden of a combined sewer system by not only collecting all storm water runoff within the site, but also by celebrating water through archi-tecture, as it pools, flows, vaporizes, and trickles towards a centrally located bio-retention basin. the design process began with a contextual analysis of the city of Philadelphia, informational map-ping, and the super-imposition of surface versus sub-surface conditions. From these studies and further abstractions, I created three-dimensional models to generate new spatial techniques for the layering of ideas of density and flow- networking, between intensified local activity and macro-scale urban infra- structure. these relationships were classified according to texture: smooth to rough, wet to dry. Program, form, and circulation were developed from further textural investigations, from which hybrid textures emerged to navigate and allow water to pass. the integration of the Healthness Center with its environment
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archItecture 502
the second semester of the core studio curriculum, Architecture
502, explores architecture as it develops from contemporary urban
conditions. Students undertake research using different analytical
models that have historically been available to represent urban
morphologies, and extend these models using complex, dynamic
representational technologies. techniques and methods acquired in
the previous semester are reinvigorated. Every year the topic of this
study shifts, addressing cultural aspects of the city with different
questions of infrastructure, typology or environment.
the first contention of site in this studio is that it expands beyond
the confines of defined property, embracing contexts that are as
broad as regional attributes and policies. this year’s studio asserts
a particular environmental urban situation as a design problem.
Working with the new sustainability department in the City of
Philadelphia, watershed management was identified as a particular
current concern. While there were many technologies and techniques
learned for rainwater retention and treatment, the studio was poised
first to understand water moving through a vast urban context as
the dynamic morphological setting of the site. the studio design
intention called forth an “infrastructure of surfaces,” with hydrology
as a preeminent element of urban form, and a primary constituent
of public space.
the strategies for handling water locally, within the site and
the building program—a municipal public “wellness center”—was
layered with organizations of human occupation and function. this
conjunction was the device of the studio’s pedagogy: personal
bodily and mental health is equivalent and analogous to the health
of the city.
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37–40. MArK SHKoLnIKoV
—rhett ruSSo
, critic—Sean Bang
rainwater changes its characteristics depending where it first has contact with the site—this was the foundational idea of my project. Each different surface within the site—whether building surface, landscape area, or outdoor recreational space—changes the qualities of water from gray to storm water. Undulating building surfaces and roofs were designed so that the shape itself would guide and collect gray water
towards water tanks within the site, either outdoor tanks or indoor water features. Additionally, the landscape and outdoor spaces were designed to collect storm water from the ground level, and to redistribute it into the underground storm water tanks to prevent overflow into the city’s existing sewer lines.
41–43. SEAn BAnG
—JulIe Beckman
, critic—Shannon Brennan
rEtYInG FrAnKLIntoWn
Franklintown is an urban area just north of downtown Philadelphia, divided because of the segregation of users within the site. By playing out multiple scenarios to strategically place program, I designed the Healthness Center to socially “knot” the various typologies through potential
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are openly dispersed and overlapped, while private programs remain within the structural cores of the building. these programmatic cores work with the multi-sloped roof of the building, which is a storm water strategy, collecting and pushing water through the building and out to the newly tree-lined streets.
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—JulIe Beckman,
critic—michael Wetmore
the proposed Franklintown Health Center, sited in the southeast Fairmount district of Philadelphia, acts as a connecting node, unifying a disjointed community. By exploring programmatic and spatial blurring, new architectural outcomes are enabled. Such outcomes arise out of the collision or elongation of diverse pro-grams. Users are drawn through the floor plan to various blurred zones which con-tain functions of multiple programmatic elements. these elements facilitate new opportunities of social interactions not intrinsic to program. Formally, the project
contains moments of transformation, extension, and overlap. Such conditions are amplified by the interaction of two independent skins systems which allows a specificity of light, view, and porosity to augment the program. the intensity of these moves allows a gradient to be established which is then projected to the skin in a series of slits and perforations.
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—annette fIerro,
critic—andrew tetrault
this studio charged students with developing a site strategy and program reactive to a rigorous Philadelphia water treatment plan, while developing a new architectural typology and landscape based around human health. My project began with an investigation of a series of flows and intensities across the site, and proposed strategies for manipulating or informing these flows as a part of a greater strategy. During the initial, inten- sive diagramming phase, I focused on the emergence and movement of sound, and its effect on the organization and
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operations of the site. I used this research to inform not only formal, but also pro-grammatic design decisions. A further investigation into the physical outcomes of the combination of water and sound [project, dampen, filter, direct] help me to create a series of tools to develop a programmatic strategy based on the regulation of sound intensities. these sound levels characterized specific programmatic ‘healthness’ zones, creating thresholds between zones of varying magnitudes. the zones were developed around three distinct types of health program—mental, physical, and social—and their relationships with sound. the landscape plan focused on the natural introduction of a series of emergent plant species. Soil depth was controlled by building height. As a result, the building’s relationship to terra firma would inform and control the growth and proliferation of certain plants across the building and subsequent landscape.
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