Jacqueline LavinSelected Works

VENICE BIENNALE Exhibition Design

While employed by Freecell Design, 2012.

SITE:U.S. PavilionVenice, Italy

Contribution of visual development and drawings of Freecell’s exhibition design for “Spontaneous Interventions.”

The design employs a system of counterweights and pulleys to enable a viewer to interact and pull down one of the 124 displayed urban interventions.

AN ANIMATED PATHStudio

SITE:Bucklin Street Park,Providence RI

PROGRAM:A Secure Perimeter

The thickening of a park fence to house a constructed path at the perimeter of an athletic field.

A path activated by its use.Garden plots are planned along the path with small structures to house a seasonal farmer’s market for produce grown within the park, and in local community gardens.

An animated nature.Along the path are moments of an artificial nature. Silicon stalks emit light when ap-proached and explored.

COMMUNAL COVERING

Internship Albert Angel ArchitectureNew York

The design and modeling of a timber roof system for an exterior community space located in Kinshasa, Africa.

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1/2” = 1’

SUKKAH CITY Competition Entry

SITE:Union Square Park, NY

The “Scened Sukkah” is designed for a temporary and seasonal site as a place of gathering and embrace of nature.

ABOUT A WAY OF LIFEStudio

SITE:Huntington, NY

PROGRAM:Residence to accomodate asingle family and in-homestudio for resident’s business in physical instruction. The design is derived from the movement of ritual within a home

READING THE CITYStudio

Perspektif Tower

SITE:Archaeological Museum atop the first hill of Istanbul

PROGRAM:A structure that responds to the experience of Istanbul as it can be viewed, and experienced from a singular location within the city.

Perspective lines are drawn to a collection of sites which deter-mine the geometry of thearchitecture and how theoccupant may view the city.

The structure incorporates the Gulhane Park adjacent to the museum, allowing for roof-tops and elevated platforms to become a vertical extension of green space.

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNStudio - Group Work

CONSTRAINTS:100 pieces of woodstrappingrope

BUILT:A bridge displaying animated motion. User’s interactiondistorts the structural arms of the bridge.

PAINTING

Grapite 18” x 44”Graphite, Ink 22 x 33”Oil Paint 34” x 48”