1. ROBERT PEPE
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

2. PORTFOLIO CONTENT
THESIS: INCUBATION BRIDGE
LONDON INSTALLATION: CHRONOS
DESIGN 4: IN A CLOUD
DESIGN 3: GREEN POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SKETCHES & HAND DRAFTING
MODEL MAKING
DESIGN 6: WILLIAMSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY

3. THESIS
INCUBATION BRIDGE
DESIGN APPROACH:
MANUFACTURING IN THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN IN A
STEADILY DECLINE OVER THE PAST FEW DECADES, CAUSING
EXTREME URBAN DECAY IN THE CITIES ONCE HOUSING THESE
INDUSTRIES. THE COLLAPSE OF MANUFACTURING HAS CAUSED
A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN POVERTY WITHIN THESE CITIES.
POVERTY STRICKEN FAMILIES RARELY OBTAIN AN EDUCATION AT
AND ABOVE A HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL CAUSING THEM TO REVERT
TO LOW END PAYING JOBS. THE PROJECT BRIDGES COMMUNITIES
BY INTEGRATING CENTRALIZED LEARNING AND PROFESSIONS
IN A NEW PUBLIC ZONE IN WHICH WILL MERGE THE EXISTING
INDUSTRIAL, MIXED USE COMMERCIAL, AND RESIDENTIAL ZONES
AROUND WASHINGTON AVENUE AND SOUTH BROADWAY IN
SOUTHERN PHILADELPHIA. AS MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
MOVED OUT AND CLOSED, PHILADELPHIA HAS SUFFERED FROM
LOSS OF JOBS, POVERTY, AND CRIME. I HAVE EXAMINED THE
VAST GROWING TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES AND INCUBATORS
TO ALLOW THE POPULATION OF PHILADELPHIA TO BECOME
EDUCATED AND MANUFACTURE GOODS USING TODAYS MEANS
OF TECHNOLOGY.
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5. LONDON INSTALLATION
CHRONOS
DESIGN APPROACH:
AS PART OF THESIS, THE CLASS DID A 5
DAY CHARETTE TO DESIGN AND BUILD AN
INSTALLATION IN THAMESMEAD, LONDON. THE
INTENT WAS TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT
THE COMMUNITY CAN INTERACT WITH WHILE
LEARNING AND CONNECTING TO THE AREA OF
THAMESMEAD. THE INSTALLATION REPRESENTS
THE HISTORY OF THAMESMEAD. THE TIME LINE
WAS TAKEN AND SEPARATED INTO THREE TIME
LINES THAT PERTAINED TO ECONOMIC, SOCIAL,
AND POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE AREA. THESE
TIME LINES CHANGE DIRECTION WHEN A MAJOR
EVENT IN HISTORY OCCURRED AND THE TIME
LINES INTERSECT WHEN AN EVENT THAT WAS
INSTRUMENTAL IN INTERSECTING TIME LINES
OCCURRED.

6. DESIGN 4
IN A CLOUD
DESIGN APPROACH:
THE PROJECT IS A AFFORDABLE HOUSING
PROJECT, COMPRISED OF MICRO UNITS, ONE
BEDROOM, AND TWO BEDROOM UNITS LOCATED
ON EAST HOUSTON STREET IN MANHATTAN,
JUST WEST OF THE MELTZER TOWER. THE
IDEA IS TO CREATE A CENTRAL CIRCULATION
SPINE WITH HOUSING UNITS EXTRUDING OFF
THE SPINE. THE MASS WAS THEN LIFTED TO
FIFTY FEET WHICH IS THE HEIGHT OF THE
BUILDINGS SURROUNDING IT. THIS ALLOWS THE
HOUSING UNITS TO ALL HAVE A VIEW ABOVE
ITS SURROUNDINGS AND ALLOWS FOR AMPLE
NATURAL LIGHT TO PENETRATE. THIS ALSO
ALLOWS FOR THE GROUND PLANE TO BECOME
A PUBLIC PLAZA AND FOR THE SURROUNDING
BUILDINGS TO STILL HAVE VIEWS AND LIGHT
COMING FROM THE SOUTH.
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7. DESIGN 3
GREEN POINT
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DESIGN APPROACH:
THE PROJECT STARTED WITH THE INITIAL IDEA OF
SEPARATING PROGRAM FROM CIRCULATION AND
PUBLIC PROGRAM FROM PRIVATE PROGRAM. THE SOLID
PART OF THE FORM IS THE PROGRAMMATIC ELEMENTS.
THE SOLID PART IS THEN DIVIDED INTO TWO BARS OF
PROGRAM. THE LOWER ONE BEING PUBLIC PROGRAM
AND THE FLOATING BAR THE PRIVATE PROGRAM.
THESE TWO SOLID BARS ARE THEN CONNECTED BY
A TRANSPARENT MASS THAT WEAVES AROUND THE
SOLID GEOMETRIC FORMS. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT
THE CORNER OF DUPONT AND FRANKLYN ROAD IN
GREEN POINT, NEW YORK.
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8. SKETCHES & HAND DRAFTING MODEL MAKING

9. DESIGN 6
WILLIAMSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY
DESIGN APPROACH:
THE COMMUNITY OF WILLIAMSBURG IS AN AREA
THAT HAS MANY ARTISTIC AND MUSICALLY
INCLINED RESIDENTS. WILLIAMSBURG HOUSES
MANY GALLERY'S, BARS, AND NIGHT CLUBS. TO
CONNECT THE LIBRARY WITH THE COMMUNITY,
THE LIBRARY TRANSFORMS AT NIGHT INTO AN
OUTDOOR MUSIC VENUE. THE LIBRARY ALSO
FEATURES GALLERIES FOR TEMPORARY ART AND
MUSIC EXHIBITIONS. THE IDEA IS TO STACK THE
PROGRAM VERTICALLY FROM PUBLIC ON THE
BOTTOM TO PRIVATE AT THE TOP. THE DIFFERENT
PROGRAMS ARE THEN SHIFTED IN HORIZONTALLY
TO CREATE A STEPPING EFFECT TO DIAGONALLY
CONNECT ALL THE SPACES. THE SITE IS LOCATED
ON WYTHE AVENUE.
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