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Stephanie Graziano

Architecture

Stephanie Graziano

3500 East Simcoe Street Unit# 56Lafayette, LA 70501

504.239.6363sbg7531@gmail.com

www.issuu.com/stephaniegraziano

Re-invent Re-new Re-vitalize Re-play

Re-envisioning the Oil Center

Indigenous Investigation

Urban Enclosure

Swan River

The Community Design Workshop

The Boys and Girls Club of Acadiana

Photography Contents

Re-invent Re-new Re-vitalize Re-playNew Orleans, Louisiana is a historic city that contains unique architecture which the city preserves. In order for an existing, historic building and its surroundings to effectively transcend into the 21st century, adaptive reuse and an additive renovation must ac-tivate a society to advance and grow. However, a city cannot advance if the architecture does not advance. The film industry is quickly becoming the “new” for the New Orleans area and must be addressed and encouraged in order to grow. This uprising industry is the key to the reinventing of the area. “Change is an inevitable part of life and it should be celebrated rather than regretted”. While holding true to the original integrity of the building, how can there be a celebration of the transition of the old to the new? This is the “in-between,” or liminal space that becomes critical to the develop-ment of this transition, and through an adaptive reuse and an additive reno-vation, this will be evident.

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A language pattern is created through the existing building conditions of the façade proportions and the structural grid system, which is carried through to the new building. This grid system that the existing building creates sets up the guidelines for the architecture of the new building. It becomes evident that each floor has a different grid system based on the façade proportions of that given floor. This system is revealed through the material change and the structure of the facades of the new building.

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“Through the addition of applying a new layer of ‘today’ the building becomes a marker of time.”

Re-envisioning the Oil CenterUrban architecture should be about the relationship between the interac-tion of human activity and the basic function of a building by providing walkable, comfortable human scale space. The city of Lafayette, LA is predominantly a suburban city with an urban concentration of mostly low-rise buildings. The Oil Center is located within this urban concentra-tion and is mostly 1-2 stories high. A mix-use occupancy is the proposed solution. This proposed building is 4 stories and stands about 65’ high. The façade is the most important element to begin this engagement between the human and the building. Extruding sections of the building and having a double skin layer creates intimate spaces throughout the façade. The layers of a façade should activate and blend the programs together. The screen layer acts as a wrapper that mediates the building and the side-walk by creating a comfortable space for the public to inhabit. By introduc-ing a residential component to the Oil Center there will be a greater urban interaction and a higher density.

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Indigenous InvestigationThis project seeks to investigate the plant life in Chenier Au Tigre, Louisi-ana. This area is very desolate after Hurricane Rita and Katrina came roaring through destroying every-thing in its path. The only remains left behind was the plant life. This project focuses on the Sea Oat, a native plant to the area, and the way it adapted to the extreme environment. Through analyzing this plant we can begin to understand the fundamentals of how a building must act. The foundation of the building imitates the plant’s root system. The proposed building is a Rehabilitation Facility. This self-sustaining building rehabilitates the area while rehabilitating the human being. The structure of the building is shaped purposely to become part of the natural levee over time. The wind will naturally push the sand against the building to create the levee. The housing units are designed to be temporary so the dwellers will have to rebuild it as a part of their process to recovery.

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Urban EnclosureThe site being studied is located in Lafayette, Louisiana between Vermil-ion Street and Buchanan Street where commercial business is the main pull of downtown. The businesses are mainly geared towards governmental affairs. The main action of the area is entering and exiting buildings. “Enclosure” brings comfort to people when entering buildings. Enclosure is defined as an area that is sealed off with an artificial or natural barrier. Enclosure of a building is about pro-tection, extruding and intruding space, and surrounding density. The enclo-sure begins to be defined in terms of volumes. The variety of shapes becomes the language of the dowtown buildings. Downtown should be about the many shapes and volumes that are being exposed. Sustainability must also be addressed to allow the build-ing and the surrounding downtown area to be more efficient.

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LIGHT SHELVES

KENTIC SHADING LOUVERS

Lightshelves are utilzed to re-flect natural sunlight into the rooms interior. They also provide sunshade for the windows. This will increase illumination within the building and significantly reduce energy light cost.

The kentic shading louvers blocks out the appropriate amount of sunlight from entering the build-ing. These louvers move according to the amount of sunlight being directed towards the louver.

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Swan River Landscape Competition

The health of the Swan River, in West-ern Australia, is essential to thevitality of the region’s agriculture, urbanism, and industry. The impacts of climate change, including: flash floods and drought are compounded by the resident’s attempts to restore the fertility of the soil and have cre-ated an environment, which is gravely degraded. One of the most visible measures of the river’s failing health is the excess presence of algae growth.

This intervention seeks to create an organized landed management plan that will address the issues of conditions along the Swan River, and ultimately bring back the multi-programmed lifestyle that was once vibrant

This team project was entered into the IFLA Student Competition with the help of fellow colleague Shari Thompson. This project won the Design Excellence Award given by the architecture faculty from The University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

The increase of algea growth in the Swan River is causing the the bacteria Microcystis to form and is killing all life in the river. The agriculture, idustrial production, and residential life is the leading cause of the rapid growth.

No till and crop rotations would virtual-ly elimate the need for non-organic fer-tilzers. The Legumes produce the excess nitrogen levels that the grains require. The livestock would naturally give back the fertilizers needed for the legumes.

Fertilzers are drawn into the river from the agriculture industry. Many of these fertilzers contain a signficiant amount of Nitrogen or Phosphorous which causes an excess in the Swan River, thus the growth of algea increases.

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Agriculture InterventionBarley absorbs Nitrogen, so placing barley in these conta-niers would remove some of the excess Nitrogen

When the barley has decomposed, the containers will open. This will allow leaf collection to occur, which contains Nitrogen.

The containers can be closed once they are full. This will secure all materials collected.

The containers can then be opened to use the leaf matter as compost in the surrounding farms.

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Filter System

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The filter system cleans the water of excess Nitrogen and Phosphorous in the water. They will be located underneath the deck where it extrudes further in the river.

Vegetation is added to the pathway to bring more greenery to the area. Shurbs that can withstand a drought will be planted for low maintance. The planting system is a crate system that will be inserted in the pathway.

It is raised to allow rain water to run underneath the path. This path acts as a ribbon that weaves through the exist-ing vegetation.

The pathway contains a section where the filter system can be viewed by the pe-destrains passing. This allows the peo-ple to interact with the intervention. The transparent material is called a transparent Polymer Hull.

Residential Intervention

Industrial Intervention

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unity Design Workshop

The Community Design Workshop (CDW) is part of the Architecture De-partment at The University of Louisi-ana at Lafayette. The CDW focuses on many local projects within Lafayette. The project to the left was a rendering for a Theatre Competition. A learning theatre that was to be connected to the university was the proposal for the competition. Another project lead by the CDW was the redevelopment of the student quad. As a design team we met with the Student Government Association, a campus organization, to discuss the quad’s future plans. Each member of the design team was to put together a proposal and mine is featured on the following page. The design holds onto the city’s unique culture and allows more gathering to occur in the center of the quad. The placement of fountains was upon the client’s request.

New Campus Quad Plan

The Building Institute

The Girls and Boys Club of AcadianaThe Building Institute is a part of the Architecture Department at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Through this institute hands-on build-ing was the objective and The Boys and Girls Club of Acadiana was the primary focus. The staff at the club allows the place to “become a positive place for kids.” It was quite evident this building suffered from neglect. Numerous projects were initialized to help refurbish the facility. I was part of a small design team to help design and install benches for the kids and staff. Another project was aimed at honoring the kids themselves. Faces were designed to represent all the members of the facility. They were also created out of recycled material found throughout the local area.

PhotographyIn order to understand great design, one must travel to see design first hand. Italy, Mexico, Texas, Pennsyl-vania, and New York are some of the many places I have traveled to. The special cities of Florence, Italy and Mexico City, Mexico have been in-spired and influenced by design tech-niques to create a unique identity. The photographs shown are just a small part of the many photographs taken that exemplifies each city’s culture and exceptional architecture.

Mexico City, Mexico2010

Florence, Italy2008

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