Architecture  PortfolioCsilla Vámos

I  am  a  recent  Haverford  College   graduate   interested   in  pursuing  a  career   in  design.  Haverford  College   has  a  bi-­‐college  system  with  Bryn  Mawr College;   students   from  either   college   can  take  classes   or  major  at  the  other  college.   Thus,   I  pursued  a  design-­‐related  major  at  Bryn  Mawr College.   Growth  and  Structure  of  Cities   is  an  interdisciplinary   major  that  explores   the  dynamic  relationship  of  urban  spatial   organization  and  the  built   environment   to  politics,   economics,   cultures   and  societies.   Changing   forms  of  the city  over  time   and  the  variety  of  ways  through  which  people   have  recreated   urban  life  through  time   and  across  cultures   are  analyzed   in  classes.  With  this  foundation,   I  pursued  my  interest   in  architecture   from  different,  more  complex   viewpoints   than  what  is  taught   in  the  standard  architecture   major.  Advanced   seminars   allowed  me  to  explore   the  connection   of  architecture   and  urban  fabric  to  the  behavior  and  daily   lives  of  people,   society,  and  culture.

To  enhance  my  study  in  design,   I  also  participated   in  the  Harvard  Graduate  School  of  Design  Summer  program,  a  rigorous  six-­‐week   program  focusing  on  architecture.   I  completed   short,   intensive   projects  similar   to  first-­‐year  graduate  school  architecture  projects  and  presented   my  work  to  instructors   and  architecture   professionals.   Additionally,   I  took  an  AutoCAD  class   at  a  neighboring  college   during  the  summer  of  2015.  In  the  summer  of  2016,  I  participated   in  a  program  called  Studio  North,  where  I  designed,  developed,   and  constructed   a  wooden  structure  with  a  team  of  students   and  architects   to  learn  about  all  aspects   of  the  building  process.

I  enjoy  architecture   and  design,   especially   the  aspect   developing   a  design  that   is  the  most  functional   and  appropriate   for  its  users.  Majoring   in  Growth  and  Structure  of  Cities   taught  me  the   importance   of  the  connection   of  ideas,   people,   and  spaces,   and  taking   into  account   human  needs   and  behavior   in  design.  I  view  architecture   and  other  forms  of  design  with  regard  to  how  they  will  affect  society.

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Personal  Information

Home  Town:  Amherst,  NHEducation:  Bachelor’s  Degree  in  Growth  and  Structure  of  Cities  (Urban  Studies)  at  Haverford  College,  PALanguages:  English  (native),  Hungarian  (elementary  proficiency),  Spanish  (elementary  proficiency)Computer  Programs:  Word,  Excel,  PowerPoint,  SketchUp,  AutoCAD  (only  the  basics),  GIS/ArcmapInterests:  drawing,  painting,  running,  hiking,  kayakingPlaces  Lived:  Texas,  Connecticut,  Colorado,  Hungary,  New  Hampshire,  Pennsylvania

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Table  of  Contents

Harvard  GSD  Summer  Program……………………………………………………………………….…..4Class  Exercises………………………………………………………………………………………….….5Plan  for  a  Two-­‐Family  House  with  Courtyard……..…………………………………..……7Film  Archive…………………………………………………………………………………………………8

Bryn  Mawr College  Growth  and  Structure  of  Cities………………………………………..….10Life-­‐Size  Cardboard  Stool……………………………………………………………..………….…11Vendor  Cart………………………………………………………………………………………..……..12Row  House  Project  I…………………………………………..………………………..…….……...13Digital  Rome……………………………………………………………………………………..…….…14

Theater…………………………………………………………………..…………………….……15Hadrianic Baths……..……………………………………………………………..…….….….16New  Roman  Forum………………………………………………………………..………..…18

HarcumCollege  Introduction  to  AutoCAD…………………………………………………….……20Row  House  Project  II…………..…………………………………….………………………….….…21

Studio  North………………………………………………………………………………………………………23

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Harvard  GSD  Summer  Program

The  Harvard  Graduate  School  of  Design  Summer  Program  is  a  six-­‐week  program  for  people  18  and  older  to  explore  one  of  four  studies:  architecture,  landscape  architecture,  urban  studies  or  urban  planning.  I  chose  the  architecture  path.  This  was  my  firstexposure  to  designing  structures  and  hand  drafting.  During  these  six  weeks,  my  drawing  skills,  modeling  ability,  and  knowledge  of  architecture  grew  exponentially.  During  the  program,  various  projects  and  exercises  were  assigned  to  me,  and  I  present  a  selection  of  them  in  this  portfolio.  

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Harvard  GSD  Summer  Program  Class  ExercisesMy  first  exercise  was  to  design  an  abstract  structure  that  was  initially  in  the  form  of  a  cube.

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Harvard  GSD  Summer  Program  Class  Exercises  (continued)

Isometric  cube  exercise

Isometric  drawing  of  the  One  Wall  house  by  Swiss  architect  Christian  Kerez

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Plans  for  a  Two-­‐Family  House  with  CourtyardThis  project  was  completed  in  the  Harvard  GSD  Summer  Program.  This  project  required  a  building  designed  in  such  a  way  that  two  families  could  live  in  it,  but  have  little  contact  with  each  other.  This  building  includes  a  courtyard,  and  both  families  have  access  to  it.

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Film  ArchiveDesigning  a  film  archive  was  the  final  project  at  the  Harvard  GSD  Summer  Program.  The  aim  was  a  film  archive  that  would  blend  in  with  nearby  buildings  and    benefit  the  local  community.  To  achieve  this,  I  installed  an  outside  projector  so  that  locals  could  gather  to  watch  a  film  in  summer  evenings  in  the  plaza  in  the  center  of  the  buildings.  I  designed  the  film  archive  so  that  people  inside  its  buildings  could  walk  all  the  way  around,  creating  an  exhibition  path  for  visitors.  I  elevated  some  hallways  to  achieve  this  loop  and  to  also  allow  the  visitors  a  break  from  enclosed  surroundings  and  to  view  the  archive  buildings  from  a  different  angle.

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Film  Archive  (continued)Plans  and  sections  of  the  film  archive

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Bryn  Mawr College  Growth  and  Structure  of  Cities  

My  major,  Growth  and  Structure  of  Cities,  focused  on  urban  studies  and  challenged  me  to  understand  the  dynamic  relationship  of  urban  spatial  organization  and  the  built  environment  to  politics,  economics,  cultures  and  societies.  I  also  took  the  two  architecture  studio  courses  that  the  college  offered.  Later,  I  took  Digital  Rome,  a  class  that  used  SketchUp to  recreate  and  study  ancient  Roman  buildings  and  ancient  Roman  society.  The  work  in  this  section  is  from  these  classes.

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Life-­‐Size  Cardboard  StoolIn  my  first  architecture  class  at  Bryn  Mawr College,  I  had  to  design  a  life-­‐size  chair  or  stool  using  only  cardboard  and  no  adhesives  (such  as  tape  or  glue).  The  less  cardboard  used,  the  higher  the  grade.  The  stool  was  a  success,  it  is  able  to  support  the  weight  of  an  adult  (up  to  200  lbs)  and  is  sturdy.  

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Vendor  CartThis  design  required  a  unique  vendor  cart  that  could  be  used  in  the  streets  of  Philadelphia.  I  designed  a  vendor  cart  that  sells  New  Balance  running  shoes.  It  is  complete  with  storage,  a  display  shelf,  benches  to  sit  and  try  on  shoes,  and  a  treadmill  to  test  shoes.  The  vendor  cart  is  shaped  in  the  form  of  the  New  Balance  logo  to  let  passersby  know  the  brand  that  the  vendor  cart  is  selling.

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Row  House  Project  I

These  are   row  houses  designed   for  an empty  lot  on  Sansom Street   in  Philadelphia.   The   requirement   was  for  all  five   row  houses  to  be  identical   but  to  not  have  them  face  the  same  direction

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Recreated  Structures  from  Digital  Rome  Class

Digital  Rome  was  an  advanced  Growth  and  Structure  of  Cities  class  in  which  groups  of  four  students  studied  the  urban  fabric  of  an ancient  Roman  city  in  Northern  Africa  during  Roman  occupation.  My  group  chose  to  study  the  ancient  city  Leptis  Magna.  Ancient  buildings  from  this  city  were  recreated  using  SketchUp and  academic  sources.  This  accurate  depiction  of  the  buildings  showed how  these  buildings  affected  the  urban  fabric  of  Leptis  Magna and  their  importance  to  daily  Roman  life.  These  recreations  addressed  various  research  questions,  the  primarily how  the  armature  of  the  city  changed  throughout  time  in  relation  to  the  placement  and  function  of  these  buildings.  Our group  project  required  knowledge  of  Roman  culture,  found  in  academic  books  and  in  ruins,  but  only  the  recreated  buildings  are  shown  here.  While  this  project  was  a  group  effort,  I  only  present  the  structures  that  I  recreated  in  the  following  pages.

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TheaterI  chose  the  theater  to  show  how  even  though  the  city  was  under  Roman  control,  evidence  of  Punic  culture  remained.  Bilingual  signs  are  located  thoughout the  theater  in  the  Punic  language  and  in  Latin.  Even  though  the  citizens  were  Punic,  they  adopted  Roman  culture,  such  as  the  Roman  theater  for  entertainment.

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Hadrianic BathsThe  Hadrianic Baths  were  chosen  to  show  what  hydraulic  architecture  looked  like  in  the  city  in  the  Roman  era.  This  recreation  also demonstrates  the  importance  that  water  and  bathing  held  in  the  Roman  culture.  I  purposely  recreated the  Hadrianic baths  as  a  mass  on  SketchUp,  leaving  out  minor  details  such  as  windows  and  decorations.  

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Hadrianic Baths  (continued)

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New  Roman  ForumThis  structure  was  a  joint  effort  with  another  student.  I  recreated  the  basilica  and  a  temple  built  in  honor  of  the  Roman  Emperor  Septimus Severus,  who  was  born  in  Leptis  Magna.  These  structures  are  on  the  ends  of  the  forum.  The  rows  of  covered  columns  that  connect  the  basilica  and  temple  were  recreated  by  another  student. The  new  forum  was  built  at  an  odd  angle;  it  is  not  straight.  This  structure  was  chosen  to  be  designed  along  with  other  buildings  designed  by  other  team  members  to  show  the  pathway  of  the  armature.  We  then  examined how  the  armature  in  the  era  in  which  the  new  forum  existed  compared  to  older  armatures  throughout  Leptis  Magna’s  history  to  analyze  what  this  meant  to  the  urban  fabric  and  why  it  might  have  changed.

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New  Roman  Forum  (continued)

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Introduction  to  AutoCAD  Class

Since  neither  Haverford  nor  Bryn  Mawr College  offered  AutoCAD  classes,  I  took  Introduction  to  AutoCAD  at  neighboring  Harcum College  during  the  summer  of  2015.  As  this  class  was  listed  under  the  college’s  interior  design  major,  I  was  introduced  to  interior  design  in  addition  to  learning  the  basics  of  AutoCAD.  This  class  concentrated  on  completing  one  project,  shown  in  the  next  few  slides.

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Row  House  Project  IIThis  project  was  done  on  AutoCAD  in  my  Introduction  to  AutoCAD  class.  The  goal  was  to  learn   the  basics  of  AutoCAD  by  choosing  a  previously  hand-­‐drafted  project  and  drawing   it  using AutoCAD.  I  chose  a  Sansom Street   row  house  that  I  had  hand-­‐drafted   in  one  of  my  architecture   classes,  one  different   from  the  row  house  shown  earlier   in  this  portfolio.  Interior  design  details  are   included   in  the  design,  as  this  class  was  geared   towards  those  studying  to  become  interior   designers.

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Location of Building Site Plan

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Row  House  project  II  (Continued)

Master bedroom

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Third Floor Plan3 Scale: 1/4"=1'-0"Fourth Floor Plan4

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Symbol Type of lampSymbol Type of light

Light Legend

Wall mounted light fixture

Ceiling mounted lightfixture

Ceiling mounted pendantlight fixture

Ceiling fan w/ integral lights

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Ceiling height: 10 ft

Ceiling height: 9 ft Ceiling height: 9 ft Ceiling height: 9 ft

Scale: 1/4"=1'-0"First Floor Plan1 Scale: 1/4"=1'-0"

Second Floor Plan2Scale: 1/4"=1'-0"

Third Floor Plan3 Scale: 1/4"=1'-0"Fourth Floor Plan4

Master bedroom

Study/Library

yard

dinning room

kitchen

bathroom

living room

balcony

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SHEET TITLE: Furnplan

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Scale: 1/4"=1'-0"First Floor Plan1 Scale: 1/4"=1'-0"

Second Floor Plan2Scale: 1/4"=1'-0"

Third Floor Plan3 Scale: 1/4"=1'-0"Fourth Floor Plan4

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A.04SHEET 5 OF 5

Scale: 1/2"=1'-0"Elevation of Kitchen Cabinet1

Scale: 1/2"=1'-0"Section of Kitchen Cabinet2

Scale: 1/2"=1'-0"Section3 Scale: 1/2"=1'-0"

Section4 Scale: 1/2"=1'-0"Elevation5

Plans

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Studio  North

In  the  Summer  of  2016,  I  participated  in  Studio  North,  a  program  hosted  in  Vermont  by  the  Boston  architecture  firm,  Moskow Linn  Architects.  In  this  program,  a  group  of  college  students  and  the  firm’s  architects  designed,  developed,  and  constructed  a  mobile  viewing  platform  meant  for  the  outdoors.  I  learned  construction  skills  and  processes,  important  to  know  when  taking  into  account  how  a  design  on  paper  will  come  into  fruition.  

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Studio  North