Portfolio_Summer_2011

Nicole Reamey PORTFOLIO

Nicole Reameyarchitecture

Education

714 s 18th stPhiladelphia, PA 19146(650) [email protected].

University of California Los Angeles Bachelors of science in biochemistryMinor in political scienceGPA: 3.615University of Pennsylvania, 2010-Masters of architecture

Computer SkillsAdobe creative suitePhotoshop, illustrator, InDesign, After effects, DreamweaverRhinoceros3d nurb modeling 4.0

Word, powerpoint, excelvray for rhinoscriptingGrasshopper, processing, RhinoScriptAutodeskAutoCAD, RevitLanguage skillsSpanish; pro�cient

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Architectural Work ExperienceInternship Slade ArchitectureDesign, Press and Publications, AdministrationInternship LabStudioUsed the program Processing to design scriptsfor application in both �elds of cell biology and architecture

Other Work ExperienceInternship in UCLA physiological science lab: Performing biochem-ical assay on brain slices of song birds to determine mechanism ofrapid hormone regulation.Summer paid internship at Applied Biosystems: Design and synthesis

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of organic dyes for use in DNA sequencing InstrumentationTeaching Business English to Spanish speakers in Madrid, Spain

ExtracurricularField Manager, Environment California organizing groups of canvassers to help collect signatures and donations for anEnvironmental bill.

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2005-06- Press Coordinator, Darfur action committe: writing press releases and media updates, contacting media outlets, organizing mediateam

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Honors and AwardsThird Place Winner Shenck Woodman design competition- awarded $1000 UCLA college honor’s programGovernor’s Scholarshare Scholarship recipientAcademic excellence award golden state examsCommended scholar national merit programPresident’s student service award

1 Food Stand PENN DESIGN 501 STUDIO FALL 2010 2 Market-Plaza PENN DESIGN 501 STUDIO FALL 2010

9 Fluxscape PENN DESIGN SCHENCK WOODMAN COMPETITION 3rd PLACE WINNER

3 Difference Mapping LABSTUDIO 2010

4 DKNY Desk SLADE ARCHITECTURE 2009

4 Reliquary Theatre COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SUMMER STUDIO 2009

5 Surface Form PENN DESIGN 501 STUDIO FALL 2010

6 City Of Air PENN DESIGN 501 VISUAL STUDIES 2010

10 Water And Motion PENN DESIGN 502 STUDIO SPRING 2011

10 Site And Form PENN DESIGN 502 STUDIO SPRING 2011

Nicole ReameyCONTENTS

address 714 s 18th st Philadelphia, PA 19146mobile (650) 380 1983email [email protected]

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Food StandPENN DESIGN 501 STUDIO FALL 2010

In this studio the concept of local culture and identity was a driving consideration. The degree of cultural identity within a neighborhood is correlated with the number of small restaurants in the area. This project sought to create an outlet for the sale and demonstration food on a local scale. The modular construction imparts an identity to the stand, while still providing a degree of formal flexibility.

MODULES

MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT | NICOLE REAMEY

MATERIAL STUDIES

SCALAR STUDIES

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PURCHASE

DISPLAY

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Market PlazaPENN DESIGN 501 STUDIO FALL 2010

Local culture is an elusive concept, particularly in the US, where ancestry has very little to do with place. This project seeks to create a location where local culture can become manifest. A cultural identity is specific to a local group of people and is therefore enclosed and intimate. A cultural identity Mapping research in the broader New York area determined spacial organizations of local and mainstream cultural activities. These relationships will influence the organization of local and mainstream cultural activities within the project.

VISIBILITY STUDIES

PERFORMANCE SPACE: Exposed, Formal CIRCULATION: Enclosed, Formal

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CIRCULATION: Enclosed, Formal

VERANDAS: Exposed, Intimate

A cultural identity is specific to a local group of people and is therefore enclosed and intimate. A cultural identity is also projected to the outside world and is therefore exposed and formal. This project provides enclosed intimate spaces for private gatherings and practice of cultural activities. This project also exposes these gatherings and activities to the public in a formal setting.

MARKET, CAFE: Enclosed, Intimate

SOCIAL MAPPING

SECTION

Mapping exercises investigated the relationship between the size of restaurants and enclaves of cultural identity. These maps were useful as a tool to consider what culture is as well as which visible and cultural markers might associate with it.

CULTURAL CENTER OF MIDTOWN MANHATTAN

In Midtown Manhattan there is a void of apparent cultural identity. A cultural identity is specific to a lo-cal group of people and is therefore enclosed and intimate. A cultural identity is also projected to the out-side world and is therefore exposed and formal. This project provides enclosed intimate spaces for private gatherings and practice of cultural activities. This project also exposes these gatherings and practices to the public in a formal setting.

In the intersection between private and public, the spectrums begin to blend. Enclosed formal spaces and exposed intimate spaces occur.

HOW TO MAP CULTUREThese maps reveal study the distribution of cultural activity in the larger city as well as in the lo-cal context of the site. The local maps reveal a void of cultural activity around the site. These maps were useful as a tool to consider what culture is as well as which visible and quantafiable markers might associate with it. The line maps begin to consider the connectivities between these distributions of points and which patterns of distribution start to emerge. There was a dif-ference between the distribution of local cultural elements and mainstream cultural elements. The program maps study the way in which patterns of distribution and connectivity relate to the site and how they might begin to organize program.

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CULTURAL CENTER OF MIDTOWN MANHATTAN

In Midtown Manhattan there is a void of apparent cultural identity. A cultural identity is specific to a lo-cal group of people and is therefore enclosed and intimate. A cultural identity is also projected to the out-side world and is therefore exposed and formal. This project provides enclosed intimate spaces for private gatherings and practice of cultural activities. This project also exposes these gatherings and practices to the public in a formal setting.

In the intersection between private and public, the spectrums begin to blend. Enclosed formal spaces and exposed intimate spaces occur.

HOW TO MAP CULTUREThese maps reveal study the distribution of cultural activity in the larger city as well as in the lo-cal context of the site. The local maps reveal a void of cultural activity around the site. These maps were useful as a tool to consider what culture is as well as which visible and quantafiable markers might associate with it. The line maps begin to consider the connectivities between these distributions of points and which patterns of distribution start to emerge. There was a dif-ference between the distribution of local cultural elements and mainstream cultural elements. The program maps study the way in which patterns of distribution and connectivity relate to the site and how they might begin to organize program.

PLAN

The organizational patterns from the maps as well as the spaces derived from the visibility studies helped to shape the programmatic relationships. These relationships determined the final from.

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PENN DESIGN SCHENCK WOODMAN COMPETITION 3RD PLACE WINNER SPRING 2011

Fluxscape

As occupation changes, so does the topography of this fluid landscape. The thousands of hollow tubes fluxuate in relationship to each other as well as the water. As people move through the landscape, they leave behind a lasting trajectory. Forging new paths is also possible, but is slower going. Stepping on a tube causes the openings in adjacent tubes to align. Opening paths for the free passage of water also allows for the free movement of people. As water moves between tubes, their levels equilibrate. As people move through fluxscape, paths begin to open up around them

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SECTIONWOMENS RESTROOM

CHANGING SPACE

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PENN DESIGN SCHENCK WOODMAN COMPETITION 3RD PLACE WINNER SPRING 2011

CHANGING SPACE

MENS RESTROOM

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When pressure is applied to a tube, holes between adjacent tubes open up. Water Flows Towards EquilibriumAs you walk, adjacent tubes equilibrate meaning your path opens up around you

SHIFTING TUBES IN LARGER SYSTEM

SHIFTING TOPOGRAPHIES

SHIFTING TUBES IN LOCAL SYSTEM

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A pump continuously counteracts the tendency towards equilibriumIf no people are present, tubes slowly are emptied of water and rise.

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Difference Mapping Under: Andrew Lucia, Jenny SabinLABSTUDIO FALL 2010

In the summer before beginning at Penn Design I worked in Jenny Sabin and Peter Lloyd Jones’ LabStudio, which is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the fields of Cell Biology and Architecture. I assisted in the editing of a processing Script for use in visualization of both biological and architectural information. The core script was designed by Andrew Lucia. I processed images and wrote additional code to automate the work flow and to normalize the pixel data.

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LABSTUDIO FALL 2010

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DKNY Desk Under: James Slade, Hayes Slade

SLADE ARCHITECTURE FALL 2009

While working at Slade Architecture I designed a desk for DKNY. It will be distributed to 300 department stores in China and used for product display.

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SLADE ARCHITECTURE FALL 2009Flight Club Under: James Slade, Hayes SladeSLADE ARCHITECTURE FALL 2009

While working at Slade Architecture I contributed to the design and documentation of the retail store flight club, located in downtown Manhattan.

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A Reliquary Theatre was defined as a location to place and to view objects of value’. This structure was designed for a site adjacent to Highline park in NYC.

The private billboard which currently occupies the site was replaced by a more community oriented structure. From a distance the walls present a uniform facade. As one approaches, they begin to slip away from each other and the distinct layers become apparent. A person is able to scale the facade by way of a meandering scaffolding system. One can paint, draw, advertise, collage or present whatever information he desires. On a regular basis the walls are photographed and these images are stored within the structure. Over time, the archive of these images creates a visual history of the surrounding city as the facade changes based on the events or mood of the era.

Reliquary TheatreCOLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SUMMER STUDIO 2009

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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SUMMER STUDIO 2009

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FLOW DIAGRAMS

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The network of stairs on the Public Billboard is necessarily complex in order to allow access to the entirety of the facade. These diagrams were used to verify and fine tune the fluidity of movement through occupiable spaces.

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Surface - Form Partners: Nathaniel Schlundt & Albert Cua

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This project was an exploration into how changes in a dynamic module can effect a larger aggregation and how the larger system can then influence human interactions. Our project was intended to create a moment of connection between two people through dance. The primary connection logic utilizes the trigonal geometry of our base module to form a sheet. The secondary structure of the sheet was defined by the concept of dance. We determined two methods in which a sheet might encourage dance: to undulate and decay. Undulations would push and pull the body into new contortions, while a pattern of decay would allow the penetration of the body into holes of the structure.

A pattern of decay was established by deletion of modules at increasingly distant intervals.A pattern of undulation emanates from a focal point in regular intervals.

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This project was a systematic exploration of the relationship between individual modules and a larger assembly. By adjusting the rotation angles which connect these modules together a diverse array of aggregates resulted. In each of these various assemblies, the modules remain constant, but the rules of aggregation change.

PENN DESIGN 501 VISUAL STUDIES FALL 2010

City Of Air

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Interstitial Space of Merging

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4 runners moving at differ-ent speeds merge in and out of each other’s lanes. The spaces between there pathes expand as they diverge and thicken and as they equilibrate

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INTERSTITIAL SPACE OF MERGING


4 runners moving at differ-ent speeds merge in and out of eachothers lanes. The spaces between their paths thicken as the runners’ speeds diverge and taper to a point as they equilibrate.

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MERGING FROM OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS

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Water And Motion

This project is focused on the overlapping and merging of different speeds. Water was used as a medium for studying flows of movement and envisioning the overlap of different speeds. Topography became an important element of the project. As substances flow over a surface, the underlying topography effects the speed and direction of motion. These studies examine the effect of topography on speed as well as the characteristics of the spaces between merging speeds.

These water experiments study the effect of waves moving through water of different depths. The wavelengths and speed are effected by the topography.

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As water moves over a topography its speed changes. Speeding up over deep canyons and slowing down over shallow ridges. These drawings analyze the resulting distortions in wave patterns.

As objects moving along separate trajectories begin to merge, the spaces between them change. These drawings attempt to visualize the spaces between merging objects.

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AFE--CAFE--CAFE--CAFE--CAFE

In the city of Philadelphia, particularly along the Schyulkill. there are often jarring juxtapo-sitions of program. For example, the transi-tion from the river to 30th street station is quite abrupt. Furthermore there are few ac-cess points to the river and human program-matic flows do not naturally arrive there. As a result, natural flows tend to dominate the site.

This project attempts to pull human program-matic flows, such as Retail, Museum and Fit-ness onto the site from the surrounding city. Each program has an inherent physical and mental speed. For example Fitness has a high physical speed, but a low mental speed while a museum has a high mental but a low physical speed. These flows of program will be merged together in a fluid manner along paths of ac-celeration or deceleration.

PENN DESIGN 502 STUDIO SPRING 2011Site And Form

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These drawings study the effect of a force pulling on different materials. In a more elastic material the force will have a more concentrated effect, while in a less flexible material the force will effect a larger swath.

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JARRING TRANSITIONS-SLICING

MERGING

ADJACENCIES

COMPLEX MERGING

These drawings visualize the interaction of flows of different substances. In some instances the movement smoothly merges, while in others there is a more abrupt slicing. The density and angle of different interactions create unique spacial conditions.

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