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I began my architectural education at Clemson University with the intention of changing the face of the world. Now I recognize architecture’s impact expanses far beyond the face and physically translates societal values and lifestyles. My intentions are to better the world’s connective communications and health by producing pragmatic design solutions to enhance the lives of the individual client and the societal whole.

There is a deep responsibility in design to be a holistic orchestra-tion of cyclic systems and complete integration of the client, the useres, the public, and the environment. This responsibility is one that will require a greater depth of creativity than ever before as our is on the cusp of an evolutionary movement; a movement from oblivious environment consumption to a joining of regional and global ecological and economical systems to survive. At the heart of this transition is our architecture.

My portfolio is one of space, experience, preservation, and innovation.

Your time and consideration of my work is graciously appreciated.

elizabeth harpe 2110 Baldwin St. apt 3121 Houston, TX 77002 betsyharpe@gmail.com 270.302.4426

Catalyzing CommunityDesign Build Healthcare ProjectArch 452 with Prof. Lynn Craig

Green Roof TopographyCollaborative Landscape ProjectArch 352 with Prof. Toni Montes

Sculpting WaterHigh Rise Design for ResearchArch 352 with Prof. Lynn Craig

Extending the Rural OriginAn Impact on Our HomeArch 352 with Prof. Lynn Craig

Burrowing Bike BoroughProjecting Topography to Built WorldArch 351 with Prof. Martha Skinner

Fueling a City with Trash2011 Charette Competitionwith Prof. Stephen Verderber

Thinking in ColorColor StudiesArch 499 with Prof. Harry Harritos

Interdisciplinary WorkRegional Influences

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Catalyzing a Community’s WellnessAn Urban Health Clinic in Greenville, SCThis was a collaborative design build studio project with a fellow architecture student and construction science student who contributed to the design.

An Urban Health Clinic in Greenville, SC

Intent

To create a health clinic to catalyze health environment and active living for the com-munity. Our client owned a piece of land across from a historic school that is currently being renovated from an old mill in an underprivileged neighborhood in Greenville, South Carolina

Through regional aesthetics, local materials, natural indi-rect light, expansive outdoor space and flexible design systems we created a center for all wellness needs.

We created an ideal master plan to give our client a peak into the potential uses of their land to continue the develop the com-munity with interactive educa-tional programs such as educa-tional and community vegetable gardens, indoor courtyard for exercise classes, a centering room for educational classes, and links to already established bike paths in the city.

The health clinic em-braces both the school and community and serve as a catalyst for healthy living through-out the area. Therefore both facades facing the school and main street are treated in the same manner.

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To facilitate efficiency within the clinic we found it important to strongly zone the faculty’s program from the patients’ program. In the section below patients are represented in blue and the faculty is represented in green. The render on the right shows the visual connection to the courtyard and ample natural light flooding the lobby.

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The wall section model and drawing are an example of the wall design in the clinic’s lobby. Here the pitched roof’s struc-ture is exposed painted steel at an angle that leads toward the courtyard space. The alumi-num perforated wall separating the lobby from the exam room circulation allows for visual con-nection with the courtyard and outdoor lighting while differenti-ating public and private zones.

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I worked with a construction science student and professional contractor to estimate the time and cost of the project as designed at $194/ sq ft to provide our client with an inspiring vision that would be financially feasible for them. Below is a graph showing the main categories of cost that was included in the estimate

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The roof plan of the building shows the drainage plans and where the two HVAC units will be placed. By creating a detention pond in our masterplan we are able to col-lect rain water for landscape drip irrigation

Green Roof TopograpnyA Collaborative Landscape Project in Barcelona, SpainThis was a collaborative studio project with a landscape architecture student who contributed to the design.

A Collaborative Landscape Project in Barcelona, Spain

Intent

This project was a response to our environment in Barce-lona as we sought to interact with the historical city struc-ture while inserting a modern programmatic need.

Our program was a residential park with a fluid language that conversed with an established rigidity of the city plan. We intended to design a sprawl-ing space within a very limited geometry.

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To preserve the block from destruction of neighborhood homes, we decided to construct this park ontop of the roofs while keep-ing the existing structures below.This project consisted of a large sprawling recreation area for the neighborhood block’s residents and potentially public access in the heart of Barcelona, Spain.

These are sections of the circulation, vegetation, and sports courts respectively, which show how our design custom fits the existing structure. By building ontop of the existing, we could braid our vegetation,program,and circulation systems while providing superb views of the surrounding neighborhood to the parks users.

Sculpting WaterA High Rise for Graduate Research in Charleston, SCThis was a collaborative studio project with a fellow architecture student who contributed to the design.

A High Rise for Graduate Research in Charleston, SC

Intent

North Charleston’s naval industry was the origin of the region’s growth and prosper-ity. Throughout our process, we kept our focus on the historical impacts of its naval context.

Our design seeks to express the erosive qualities of watert through the structure’s ammo-rphic form. This organicism allowed us to create a condi-tion in which the program of the graduate engineering center can be semi -emerged with the corporate tenant’s program.

By embedding the academic and professional while main-taining their privacy , a pro-ductive collaborative space is sculpted

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This interior render of the cafe and atrium on the first floor the spec-tacular views of the ocean can be seen as the curving walls accen-tuate the movement of the water. A covered atrium provides light throughout the entire building as well as create a central vertical circulation route for both academic and professional users.

Thinking in ColorColor StudiesThis studio used pencil, pen, marker, and digital enhancements to create multiple color effects.

Color Studies

Intent

By studying color and hand sketching techniques I was able to capture the same sub-ject with various personalities. The intent with these sketch color drawings is to convey quickly the meaning and emo-tion of an architectural project with a minimal amount of time and technology.

In doing so, the client’s intent can immediately be under-stood and interpreted for the betterment of the project.

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