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Andrea Ytzen
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ndrea YtzenA
[email protected] | 515.491.4406215 Loomis Ave, Des Moines
Iowa 50315
This is a compilation of projects completed during my time in
Iowa States undergraduate architecture program. These projects
represents my passion in the dialogue of the urban fabric and the
building. The belief that by taking a step back from the goal to
examine the site context provides cues for the building parti.
Further being reinforced through the buildings mass, materiality,
and detailing in relationship the sites context. As I progress as a
designer, I hope to continue to develop simple designs that are
inspired by the existing built environments.
Urban Capriccio1 Dissolution2
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Interstitial Spaces4The Details3
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Residential
Education Commercial
Auditorium Lobby
Back of House
Urban Capriccio1The urban fabric of Hayes Valley contains an
existing focus on exterior environments, seen through the Patricias
Green and the areas initiative to produce pedestrian alleys. This
inspired a site strategy of dividing the program into two parts:
education and auditorium, to expand and enhance pedestrian
circulation and exterior spaces in the neighborhood. These factors
provided a template to explore the spirited nature of the site in
context to the neighborhood, along with the potential cohesion of
the program with the sites potential activity. To do this we
devised a strategy to develop, through details, ways to accentuate
the existing relationship between interior | exterior within Hayes
Valley.
Jazz Educational Center | Fall 2014 | 16 Weeks | Tim Hickman |
Hayes Valley, San FranciscoPartners | Zach Sunderland and Elizabeth
KiefFinalist in Iowa States CSI Competition 2014
Site Strategy Massing Strategy Program Strategy
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN THIRD FLOOR PLAN
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THIRD FLOOR PLAN
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Mechanical Diagram Acoustical Diagram | Panels Closed Acoustical
Diagram | Panels Open
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Dissolution2
While visiting Pilsen, Chicago, an inspiration was formed from
fading murals. These walls brought forth the idea of dissolution.
This inspired a strategy of the light infiltration related to the
program placement, and the circulation. The southern facade became
an opportunity to dissolve parcels of natural light within the
building. While using the circulation corridor as a programmatic
division of stacks and reading room to create a design
complimentary to these painted overlays.
Special Collection Library| Spring 2011 | 6 Weeks | Jason Bailey
| Pilsen, Chicago
Partner | Eric StalheimExhibit |Zhuhai College, China| Archive
Exhibit
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10 x 6 Wooden Wall Abstracting the Southern Facade
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The Details3
In the second module in our coursework on building materials and
assemblies, we were assigned to design-build a full scale mock-up
of a residential wall section. This project allowed us to explore
wall systems and materials to understand details and construction.
Along with being tested during the following environmental forces
module to understand the environment strategies within the
envelope. This physical wall was paired with drawings and
specifications to us to construction documentations.
Residential Full Scale Wall Section | Spring 2012 | 5 Weeks |
Charles MacBide | Ames, Iowa
Partners | Eric Stalheim | Han Kwon | Raul Canahui
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Before the design could begin, an analysis of the building
typology and the University of Nebraska Medical Center was
necessary, to comprehend the nature of the project. These studies
directed us to a site, on a corner of the campus, surround by
buildings dedication to research, dining, and clinical. These
programmatic cues from the surrounding context provided a concept
to consider the cancer center as a connector on the campus by
weaving the project into the system. This concept of
interconnectivity produced a strategy developed through the union
of conditions, specifically developed in the relationship between
the exterior spaces, the campus amenities, and the facade.
Interstitial Spaces4
Partners | Chance Jones (Arch) Jessica Haag (ID)
Comprehensive Cancer Center | Spring 2013 | 16 Weeks | Cameron
Campbell | Omaha, Nebraska
Site Strategy
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Parking
Parking
ClinicalOut Patient
Crystallography
L -2
L -1
L 0
L 1
L 2
L 3
L 4
L 5
L 6
L 7
Parking
ParkingDietaryRadiology
RadiationOncology
Parking
Mechanical
Research
Research
Research
ResearchInpatient
Inpatient
Inpatient
InfusionPharmacy
Mechanical
SurgeryLaboratory
Clinical A Clinical B
Admin
Clinical C
