The document appears to be contact information for Marisa Aschettino located in Orange, CT along with a table of contents for a portfolio or project book. The table of contents lists pages for conceptual design projects from sophomore and junior year studio courses including studies of line, edge and space manipulation, apartment layouts, facade studies, and complex designs. It also lists pages for a senior year research center project covering wrapping buildings, circulation, and scale diagrams.

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2. tAble of contents
Page 2 | table of Contents
Page 3 | ConCePtual design_PaRt i
Page 4 | ConCePtual design_PaRt ii
Page 5 | aPaRtment layout
Page 6 | on-site sketChing
Page 7 | faCade study
Page 8 -10 | aPaRtment ComPlex
Page 11 - 13 | [a]sCalaR_ReseaRCh CenteR
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3. CONCEPTUAL DESIGN | PART I
SOPHOMORE YEAR | FALL 2009
STUDIO | ARCH 201
Assignment_
1|Explore line, edge, and
space.
2|Manipulate studies to
portray dictated ideas [array,
rhythm, radial, hierarchy, etc]
3|Pick and pursue concept
while keeping ideas
previously dictated in mind.
4|From 2D design create a
3D expression within a 1”
space with no glue.
medium_Drawings | hand
drawn ink on vellum with
rendering done with graphite.
Model | museum board and
modeling supplies.
ConCept_MOTION | through
the study of line, edge, and
space relationship I chose
to explore the implication
of motion within a 2D form.
In the design process I
established a structural
system while maintaining
the concept. The
wood became the
structural elements
while the museum
board acted as the
experiential motion.
PROJECT DURATION_
approximately 4
weeks
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4. CONCEPTUAL DESIGN | PART II
SOPHOMORE YEAR | FALL 2009
STUDIO | ARCH 201
Assignment_While maintaining the concept and
design from part I, continue the exploration of a
3D form but this time within a 1’x1’ cube.
medium_Model Making Material | wood and
museum board. Drawings Material | black and
colored ink with renderings done with graphite.
ConCept_MOTION | While maintaining the
knowledge and concept from part I, I explored
the possibilities of the 3-dimentional form.
Keeping with the architectural language from
part I the wood is again the structural support
and the museum board becomes the visual
motion through the space. The black planes
imply the original rectangular language from the
2-d design. The white ribbon wraps the cube
as a uniting element for the cube as a whole.
The rotating boxes emphasizes the depth of the
cube while maintaining the language of motion.
projeCt durAtion_approximately 4 weeks
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5. APARTMENT LAYOUT
JUNIOR YEAR | FALL 2010
STUDIO | ARCH 301
Assignment_Design a single apartment unit within
1000sqft space.
medium_Drawing | sparpie and trace [preliminary
vellum [perspectives]. Model | model making supplies,
wood and museum board.
ConCept_MOVEMENT | WORKING Within the amount of
space required movement through out the space
plan with a central core to create an open space. The
issue of protecting the users privacy also became
a priority. Employing curves through the space as a
movement through a given space depending on
its function. To differentiate the spaces steps are
placed as a bridge between the different spaces.
acting as the dividing factor between the private and
public spaces. Storage space is located behind the
bathroom which provids storage for the kitchen as well
as the bedroom. A horizontal wall system is found on
used to emphasize motion forward through the space.
While the second space has vertical shelving system to
employ a more stationary language. The curve found
in the second living space is more rotund, creating
the bedroom space is a sharper more sever curve to
emphasis the privacy of the space.
projeCt durAtion_approximately 2 weeks
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6. ON-SITE SKETCHING
JUNIOR YEAR | SPRING 2011
FIELD STUDIES | ARCH 574
[ITALY, ISTANBUL]
Assignment_On site sketching to see, analyze,
and record information about a given site or
building. Each page was to be an analytique of
the building. Time given ranged from 30mins-
2hrs depending on the site. Majority of drawings
done on site rendering and line weights
completed off site.
medium_
sketchbook, and watercolor. BEYAZIT MOSQUE, ISTANBUL, TURKEY SEHZADE MOSQUE, ISTANBUL, TURKEY
SULEYMAINE MOSQUE, ISTANBUL, TURKEY VILLA ROTUNDA, VICENZA, ITALY [PALLADIO] HAGIA SOPHIA. ISTANBUL, TURKEY
CASAMALAPARTE, CAPRI, ITALY V PIAZZA DEL POPOLO, ROME, ITALY 5

7. FACADE STUDY PALAZZO AVILA_VIA GOVERNO VECCHIO
JUNIOR YEAR | SPRING 2011 Assignment_Analyze and synthesize a classical building located in Rome. Thoroughly and accurately study and produce
STUDIO | ARPL 302 a highly crafted drawing of a building facade, study that facade, and then transform the facade into a modern or
[ROME, ITALY] contemporary facade that builds upon and compliments the existing classical facade.
medium_
ApproACh_New facade was created based off of main ideas from the original facade. Ideas were | Light airy top vs.
heavy bottom, thin layered top, asymmetrical entrance placement, and implied structural system. The new facade was
layed out based on a tartan grid created off the existing facade.
projeCt durAtion_approximately 3 weeks 6

8. APARTMENT COMPLEX
JUNIOR YEAR | FALL 2011
URBAN DESIGN STUDIO | ARCH 301
SITE | 10TH AND V ST [U STREET AREA]
WASHINGTON, DC
Assignment_Design a mixed-use apartment-housing
complex in a dense area of Washington, DC. Physical
BULDING USAGE CommeRCial institutional
model. Intention was to design a building using site Residential ChuRCh
analysis and taking into consideration site context
using the computer.
medium_Drawings | AutoCAD [preliminary design], Revit
[drawings and 3D renderings], Photoshop [renderings
and drawings], Illustrator [diagrams], and Indesign
[laying out presentation]. Physical Model | chipboard,
and lazercutter.
ConCept_ContrAst with unity | While exploring the
site and it’s surrounding contrast seemed relevant in FIGURE GROUND
the area. Contrast of styles and materials were found
design based on contrast with unity, main ideas were
carrying idea of row homes, and opening the corner up
to the public creating an open space to give back to
the area. Each apartment is unique in shape but all are
is pulled away from the main structure to create an
interior courtyard for the apartments. A louver system
is placed for sustainable reasons and varying in density
CITY GRID NEIGHBORHOOD GRID
to differentiate each unit from one another creating a
unity of the apartment building while maintaining the
row home language. Commercial space is placed on
functions. The commercial entrances are placed in the
front and the residential entrances are placed in the
rear of the site. Vertical structural walls placed between
units to express the row home language of the existing
area.
projeCt durAtion_appoximately 2.5 months
PROXIMITY OF OLD AND NEW
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9. APARTMENT COMPLEX_FINAL DRAWINGS
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10. APARTMENT COMPLEX_FINAL MODELS AND DIAGRAMS
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ROW HOME APARTMENT UNITS CITY GRID LOUVER SYSTEM

11. [A]SCALAR | RESEARCH COMPLEX
SENIOR YEAR | FALL 2011
DESIGN STUDIO | ARCH 401
SITE | Arlington gAtewAy PArk
rosslyn, VA
Assignment _ Explore the poetry of architecture while
responding to the different scales that exist. Design
a research complex dedicated to researching extinct
two programs, a research facility and a visitor center.
The site is split by a road and a major high way passes
under the site.
medium _ Drawings | Rhino [preliminary drawings and
drawings]. Model Materials | Chipboard, Museum
CONCEPT _ Wrapping | Reacting to the splits of the
site I wanted to connect the two pieces of site. Also in
response to the program I wanted the research center
and the visitor center to wrap and always have a visual
connection between the two. Design developed into
between the two creating a constant visual connection
themselves. The programs were split between the
two buildings and the connecting circulation circulates
around the enclosure becomes an experiential
element. The existing public walkway was redesign
the buildings as a way to excite and interest people
to return and enter the visitors center. This area also
became the access to the entrances for the buildings.
Outer shells were added to hide the crystalline building
to bring people to the site. The outer shells respond
to the city scale, while the two wrapping buildings
respond to the buildings immediate scale. The public
walkway creates an public atrium at the center at a
supported with massive trusses to create a loss of
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12. RESEARCH COMPLEX_FINAL DRAWINGS
CIRCULATION AND OPEN|CLOSED DIAGRAM STRUCTURE SCALE DIAGRAM
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13. RESEARCH COMPLEX_FINAL MODELS
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