Danie laAcevedoNortheastern University

Architecture + Design

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Danie laAcevedoDaniela-acevedo@live.com978.590.119516 Woodland ct. Lawrence, MA 01841

Educat ionNortheastern University, Boston,MACandidate for Bachelors of Science, May 2017GPA: 3.37

University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA2011-2012Majors: Architecture, psychologyGPA: 3.7

Exper ienceNortheastern University Department of Pro-curement, Boston, MAOffice Assistant09/2012-Present

University of Massachusetts Amherst Art De-partment, Amherst, MAOffice Assistant2011-2012

Volunteer Exper ienceBoys’ & Girls’ Club of America, Lawrence, MA2010-2011

Ski l l sPersonal : Successful at interacting with others and assuming roles requiring leader-ship and responsibility. Efficient communica-tion skills. Tolerance for work under pressure. Able to work and provide input in a team.

Manual : Model-making. Studio art expe-rience.

Digital : AutoCad. Adobe- Illustrator, Photo-shop, InDesign. Microsoft-Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher. Geometer’s Sketchpad. Matlab.

Languages: Fluency in Spanish. Basic knowlede of French.

Related courses: Intro to Architecture, Architecture Studio Representa-tion, Architetcure Studio Fundamental Design, History of Architecture 1, Architecture of Global Cultures Activities: LASO(Latin American Student Organization)-Secretary

Related courses: Physics, Calculus, 3D Fundamental StudioActivities: Latinos Unidos-Secretary, UMass Dance Club, American Cancer Society Relay for Life, American Cancer Society Colleges Against CancerHonors: Dean’s list

Assisted with financial processes involving univeristy puchases such as working with purchase orders and requisitions as part of a team. Com-pleted regular office tasks such as faxing, sending out digital and physical correspondence, running errands, among others.

Assisted the department bookkeeper with finance related matters involving the university Procard. Acquired leadership skills by working on independent projects. Completed regular office tasks and strengthened communication skills by coming into digital and physical contact with other departments.

Contributted to the homework help area of the club by providing tutor-ing. Also collaborated in weekly science program for middle & elementa-ry schools students.

ReferencesCindy JepsonGuidance CounselorCjepson@lawrence.k12.ma.us

Pamela KellsUMass Amherst Art Dept. Bookkeeper413.545.1905pkells@art.umass.edu

Lauren ShafnerNortheastern University Procurement Svcs Dept.617.373.2341l.shafner@neu.edu

Table of Contents

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Museum Sta ir

Thick Thin

Site Cont ingencies

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Si te Cont ingencies

Environment

The diagram works to show the environmental re lat ionships of the ent i re neightborhood s i te in terms of topography condit ions. In terms of parcel #4, one is able to see how the s i te character is -t ics p lace the parcel in a mid sec-t ion of the overal l s lope, where i t i s bounded by the mountainous area, and val ley.

V iews

In th is case, the l ight dashed l ines are able to show the l imits to one’s v iews towards the val ley, and the pr ivacy impl ied by the trees around the amenity, which is separated from the actual dwel l ing a l though i t i s in i ts prox-imity and easy to access .

Access

The locat ion of the parcel in the context of the neighborhood makes i t a spot that i s encoun-tered often g iven i ts mult ip le exposure to the road. This br ings about the issue of ident i fy ing what areas should be pr ivat ized, and those for which i t i s f ine to have contact with the publ ic .

Sect ions

NeighborhoodDiagramsThe des ign process for th is project involved the analys is of external factors and how they would inf luence the goal of our f inal des ign.

Parcel Diagrams

Road Road

RoadRoad

Environment

The diagram is showing the re la-t ionship between the parcel and the environmental condit ions such as wind direct ion and sun patterns dur ing the summer and winter. This last condit ion is cru-c ia l to determining which areas receive more l ight , and what th is indicates in a larger context re lat-ing to the s i te .

Access

The centra l i ty of th is parcel makes i t access ib le f rom mult ip le s ides, which a lmost automatica l ly produces the effect of a p iecee of land that i s much more pub-l ic than most . This then makes us consider when, why and how i t would be most ideal to cre-ate spaces that respond to the demands of pr ivacy and publ ic interact ions.

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Views

In th is case, the dashed arrows are able to show the l imits to one’s v iews out of the parcel , which are generated by the courtward/balco-ny carv ings that a l low l ight in and provide for outdoor pr ivate space.

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Si te Cont ingencies

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Public space Private space

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Transformat ion Diagram

This d iagram depicts the des ign trans i t ions that occurred with each cont ingency, which inc luded shi f ts of focus f rom access inf lu-ences, parcel shape constra ints , and the ro le of c i r lcu lat ion and publ ic/pr iavte space. These were a l l heavi ly impacted by the prom-inence of the s i te ’s i r regular i ty, and the attempt to imply a sense of log ic by establ ish ing an in i -t ia l courtyard that started out as l ight ing tool/ pr ivate outdoor space. This then mult ip l ies to serv ice space that shaped c i rcu-lat ion, and last ly combined these aspects for a more eff ic ient ef-fect .

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Si te Cont ingencies

Analys is & Model Photos

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Precedent studies

Through a series of precedent studies, the thick thin project was initiated with the means of producing a design that carefuly carried out a strategy in which the thickened zones serve the purpose of service spaces, whereas the resulting areas become served spaces.

Thick Thin

Esherick House

The Esherick house works very

well as a diagram of what the idea

of what thick thin represents, by

employing an kind of alternating

technique, where service and

served spaces would be adjacent

to each other, but more impor-

tantly with an emphasis of the

service spaces framing the more

open dwelling areas.

As we can observe, the servant/

served spaces are outlined in

the diagram, but there is also an

outer skin in the plan acting as a

thicked space which serves the

purpose of storage, and sets aside

space for apertures.

AXON DIAGRAM OF ARCHITECTURAL TOOL

The diagram shows the juxtaposition of the thickened vs. thin spaces, and how fixed the paths of movement result to be given the strip-like form the spaces take.

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Pol i House

This precedent shows a very

direct approach of the thick thin

plan appoach, where the service

spaces (containing what would be

referred to architectural tools in

free plan terms) as embedded in

th outer shell or skin of the house.

This forces an interaction between

the spaces considered for dwelling

and the thickened portion of the

space.

In this case, the space formed in

the outer perimeter of the plan

takes the for of service space by

adding circulation, storage, and

tools.

AXON DIAGRAM OF ARCHITECTURAL TOOL

The fact that the service spaces are embedded in the shell of the house requires an engagement of its inhabitants into these spaces, which re-sults in a very motion driven form of circulation.

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Thick Thin

The diagram demonstrates

a trans i t ion between the

types of th ickened spaces

to the more open served

spaces. In th is case, the

bedtooms are p laced in

the context onfsomewhat

th ickened spaces g iven the

p lacement between the two

pr imary types of servant

zones in the house.

Analys is

The idea of a thick thin plan is included in this design by studying the Poli House and Esherick House prece-dents, and employing thickened spaces along the perimeter of the plan (for apertures, vertical circulation, and storage), and interceding the plan for horizontal circulation.

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Model Making

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Paint ing Analys is -

Prior to approaching the Museum Stair project head on with a design focus, we were asked to analyze strik-ing features of two paintings (in my case, focusing on the painting listed above), and translating this idea into a 3 dimensional representation that could be integrated into the gallery renovation. We did this by cre-ating visual diagrams from the paintings, and developing physical constructs that had a more tectonic form.

Museum Sta irs

John Singer Sargent, The Daughters of Edward Darley | Light focus on vertical elements

The Museum Stair project entailed

the transformation of three given

gallery spaces, in a way that we

would individually allot spaces

where the paintings (primarily the

ones used for our diagram excer-

sice) could be intergrated, as well

as the design of a stair that imple-

mented features from our diagram

analysis, and provided transporta-

tion within the galleries.

Other than trying to exemplify the

form of the construct in my plans

by means of the “l shape in the

deliniation of spaces, I tried to play

around with the construct when

placing it in distinct directions to

create spaces also seen in section.

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Analys is

Positive & negative space axon.

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