stephanie tabb masters of architecture portfolio

stephanie tabbmasters of architecture portfolio | 2012

stephanie tabbmasters of architecture | california college of the arts

stabb@gmail.com

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urban SHIFT 01

kunsthalle bern museum model 02

shift // COLLIDE 03

adapt / evolve 04

bus stop urbanism 05

01urban SHIFT

mixed use residential

downtown san francisco | hayes valley

studio 3 | fall 2012

massing shifts related to visual adjacencies process model final contextual model

concept site plan

commercial nodessites as spinal system public hot spots formal deformation of

sites based on nodes

urban SHIFT is a formalization of shifts that result from visual

adjacencies and generative nodes found within the site’s

context, based on similar moves completed by PLOT in the

VM House. The major shifts are vector reactions to roof

adjacencies that exist East of the site (on the same block)

and also the metaphorical pushes and pulls of public hot

spots, including Patricia’s Green, nearby stores, restaurants,

and bars.

Patricia’s Green (park)

Octavia Boulevard

Hayes Street

Fell Street

Linden Street

shared outdoor patio

24-hour cafe

bicycle rental shop

public space

semi-public space

commercial space

3 story apartment

2 story apartment

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public space semi-public space commercial space

The lofted living spaces started as simple 16.25-foot bars, but

then deformed and fractured the horizontal floorplates. These

interlocking units allow for invisible overlaps between

residences. Instead of simply sharing a single wall, one

residents may find his kitchen notched into his neighbor’s

bedroom. These unseen interactions provide novel spatial and

programmatic opportunities that challenge conventional

notions of city apartments.

interlockingmechanism

exploded axomometric of unit types

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roof

Patricia’s Green (park)

Octavia Boulevard

Hayes Street

Fell Street

Linden Street

shared outdoor patio

24-hour cafe

bicycle rental shop

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semi-public space

commercial space

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circulation as vectors connected to shifting masses

02kunsthalle bern museum model

when attitudes became forms become attitudes exhibition model

Wattis Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit

architectural model commissioned by the Wattis Institute of Contemporary Arts | summer 2012

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When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes takes as its

starting point the 1969 exhibition Live In Your Head: When

Attitudes Become Form presented at the Kunsthalle Bern in

Switzerland. This exhibition brought together new

tendencies in the art of its time, known today as post-

Minimalism, Arte Povera, Land art and Conceptual art. This

show signifyed a shifting relationship between the artist and

artwork, one in which the activity and process of the

artist was now prioritized above that of the medium.

These scaled models (1”=1’) function as the centerpiece of the modern-day exhibition and represent the two floors of the Kunsthalle Bern. The models are viewed from the top,

and built without roofs so that visitors can see into the

interior of the building. A model maker constructed scaled

versions of the artworks included in the exhibition to include

in the model after its completion.

I was responsible for collaborating with my team member,

miniature model maker, and the Wattis Institute to

determine and compromise the needs of all involved

parties; constructing a thee-dimensional model of the

original museum; creating the lasercutter files; and helping

to prepare and assemble the acrylic pieces.

The model was shown in San Francisco at the Wattis Institute

of Contemporary Arts and is currently being shown in the

Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

03shift//COLLIDE

museum of architecture

seattle, washington | between downtown and belltown

studio 2 | spring 2012

evolutionary diagrams process model final contextual model

concept site plan

commercial nodes

conceptual site model

projected grid shift

final modelresulting circulation

roof grid tectonic

shift//COLLIDE’s site in Seattle is located at the crux of two

neighborhoods, Belltown and Downtown. This small-scale

rift is emblematic of a larger condition found in the city.

From functioning as a fishing town to a technological

epicenter, Seattle is a city of tensions, but also of overlaps.

This project was envisioned as two structures shifting,

colliding, and merging together, both at war and in

harmony with each other.

special galleries

permanent galleries

archives

library

roof garden

mechanical

lecture hall

administration

education center

installation gallery

cafe

coat check

reception

bookstore

flux space

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04adapt / evolve

double exposure time-lapse photographs

lama, new mexico

sustainable communties travel studio | summer 2012

20121996

Homes are given life by the people who inhabit them. A

house functions as an extension of its inhabitants; it is not

stagnant, but dynamic. Domestic structures generally

change slowly, but sometimes there are large-scale events

that prompt a massive evolutionary leap.

The fire that swept through Lama, New Mexico in 1996 led

to the destruction of numerous dwellings throughout the

region. Their charred empty adobe shells lined the once

lush mountainside and their owners were forced to either

rebuild or relocate.

The home documented in these double-exposure photographs is emblematic of the Darwinian changes that a building can make when threatened with its survival. The

baked ruins that remained after the fire provided the frame-

work for the new structure. Instead of recreating an identi-

cal floor plan, the home was redesigned through a func-

tional lens; only necessary elements were restored and the

house was recreated to reflect the new needs of its inhabit-

ants.

It is neither appropriate to deem these reformations as

“restorations” or “adaptive reuses,” but instead as

evolutionary adaptations. By comparing photographs of this mountain home taken in 1996 to ones captured in 2012, one can witness how this domestic structure is not just a stable, unchanging entity, but a continuously evolving form.

05bus stop urbanism

infrastructural plug-ins

downtown san francisco | mid-market street

urban representation | fall 2012

bus stop culture collage

Though it once functioned as a major pedestrian

destination, San Francisco’s Market Street has been

reduced to a dysfunctional transportation corridor, rife with

disgruntled drivers, apathetic residents, and fearful

pedestrians. In many cases, bus users are lacking basic

transportation information, detached from local shops and

eateries, disengaged from their surroundings, and

disconnected from one another. This project aims to

activate these underperforming social spaces as a means

of reestablishing Market Street as a center of public life.

process diagrams of personal space, physical seriation, and social classification

synthesis of bus stops on market street

negative environment

positive environment

infrastructure

information

market street transportation map

To activate the few remaining nodes of Market

Street and to transform bus stops into pedestrian

generators, plug-ins should be introduced to

existing infrastructures. This list of five plug-ins is

not intended to function as an exhaustive list, but

as a platform for further innovations.

play 01 vending 02 commerce 03 interact 04 cultural exchange 05