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ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN MONICA STERRETTPORTFOLIO 2012

02URBAN FOG DALSTON, LONDON

MAY 2011

POP-UP TEA HOUSE

INSTALLATION

PAGNALL ST NEW CROSS, LONDON

APRIL - OCOTBER 2011

DESIGN BUILD: RESIDENTAL,

STUDIO AND GALLERY SPACE

RIDLEY’SRIDLEY RD MARKET, LONDON

SEPTEMBER 2011

TEMPORARY RESTAURANT

DESIGN BUILD

FOG BANK 3A GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO

FEBRUARY 2010

THESIS STUDIO 2010 CLASS

INSTALLATION

PORTFOLIO CONTENTSMONICA STERRETT

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SAN FRANCISCO

RESIDENTIAL UNIT

GRAPHIC DESIGN ACADEMYSAN LUIS OBISPO,

CALIFORNIA

SAN DOMMINO INCINERATORFLORENCE, ITALY

ENERGY MUSEUM

INTANGIBLE CAL POLY SLO ARCHITECTURE

MEDIA RESOURCE CENTER

OCTOBER 2009

INSTALLATION

RIDLEY’S TEMPORARY RESTAURANTOPEN SEPTEMBER 2011

RIDLEY ROAD MARKET, LONDON UK

WORKING FOR ATELIER CHAN CHAN

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Ridley’s, a temporary dining experience in Dalston, is a project by The

Decorators and Atelier ChanChan. This group of designers-artists-architects

have transformed an exposed yet derelict void in Ridley Road market, into a

podium for outdoor exhibitionist eating.

For the month of September a two-storey structure will rise above the stalls,

housing a new kind of market food initiative. Come and exchange market

produce for a meal if you’re having lunch or bring £15 if you’re looking for

dinner (includes your dinner and a £5 food shopping voucher for use at the

market ).

A lineup of guest chefs will create daily menus from market produce only, whilst

diners share a communal table high above the market. Meals prepared in the

ground floor kitchen, the hub of exchange and production, will be raised by a

mechanical table up to the guests on the first floor. This scenographic journey

emphasizes the vertical transformation of the raw food at market level to the

cooked meals at the elevated podium above.

This temporary summer installation is a means of demonstrating the kind of

activities that could be created to make the life of this market sustainable and

is an opportunity to re-imagine the possibilities for the regeneration of the area.

[Academic use only]

RRIDLEY ROAD MARKET

DALSTON- KINGSLAND HIGH STREET

RIDLEY ROAD MARKET Serving a diverse community, the

produce you find in the market is equally as varied and exotic.

Turkish, Jewish, Asian, cockney, African and Caribbean food

sit amongst saris, african music and full chickens hanging

in the butcher shops. This vibrant market is the place to go to

find exotic good and reasonable priced produce. However the

century old market sits near the future Olympic site and faces

issues of gentrification and redundancy. The profits from

these second and third generation family stalls have been

dropping in the last five years.

TO GO LUNCH

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[Academic use only]

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16MM HOLLOW STEEL SUPPORT(4 PER SIDE, 16 TOTAL, 4480 mm TOTAL)

SCAFFOLDING BEAM CLAMPSTRUCTURAL GRADE (TRADITIONAL USED TO SUPPORT STEEL BEAMS)

16 SQUARE WASHERS (SELF COLORED)WELDING TO SUPPORT

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16MM HOLLOW STEEL SUPPORTBENT TO ALLOW A CONTINUOUS RAIL SPANING EDGES

16MM HOLLOW STEEL SUPPORT3.5 M LENGHT, 2 PER SIDE, 8 TOTAL, BRIGHT BAR WELDED IN ONE PER SIDE

ROD SUPPORTS 2 PER RAIL LENGHT 16 TOTAL SPACE EVERY 1.5 M

DETAIL B CORNER CONDITION

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6MM SOLD STEEL ROD215 MM LONG PER ROD BENT 80 MM HOOK (30MM SPACING, 20 PER SIDE, 60 HOOKS) 12M TOTAL

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STRUCTURE

Scaffolding, traditionally used as a parasite on

an existing building, provides for an eco-friendly

structure for a temporary project, that can be erected

and disassembled without waste. We worked with a

scaffolding company, to create a custom two- story

structure. Manipulating the traditional components that

join poles, to provide joints for the counters, shelves,

cabinets and curtail rails.

CURTAINS

The 5 meter long curtain is made from 120 mm wide

transparent silicone rubber sheeting. Traditionally used

in smaller quantities in medical applications.

MOVEABLE SERVING TABLE

Meals prepared at the market level kitchen, the hub of

exchange and production, are raised by a mechanical

table up to the guests on the first floor. This scenographic

journey emphasizes the vertical transformation of the raw

food at market level to the cooked meals at the elevated

podium above. Emphasizing the spectacle of serving, and

preparation of the food.

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URBAN FOG POP-UP TEAHOUSE DALSTON, LONDON UK

OPEN MAY 1 -21, 2011

WORKING FOR ATELIER CHAN CHAN

nature of the site. It is a site specific response to a derelict, walled and hidden pocket of empty space in Dalston and a wider investigation into escape, transparency, and thresholds. Varying levels of privacy through material and atmosphere affect.

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URBAN FOG is an art installation and teahouse designed, fabricated and run by a group of young designers. Atelier Chan Chan teamed up with a local cafe, Tina’s We Salute You, to create a temporary one month tea house; echoing local culture of transient art and the hidden

TEA/CAFE AREA

SEATING POCKETS

ENTRANCE

The installation utilizes the depth of the long enclosed site to create a series of

thresholds of occupation. The long trajectory of the space is seen as a journey for the body and

the eye, like a series of foggy cinematic frames capturing increasing levels of private

space. Like entering a lost cloud which has temporarily come to rest in this

urban void, figures appear and disappear within the depth of the

space and are distorted through light and shadow.

PAGNALL ST NEW CROSS, LONDON UK

APRIL- NOVEMBER 2011

DESIGN BUILD

GALLERY, STUDIO, RESIDENTIAL

COMPLETE RECONSTRUCTION OF

DERELICT BURNED OUT BUILDING

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EXISTING BUILDING APRIL 2011

MILLED STEEL BOX

FRAMEPLATE SET INTO STEEL

100MM X 100MM X 12MM

FIT)CHANNEL (TIGHT

HOLE IN STEEL

16.5MM DRILLED 100 X 50 X 10.0KG

SET INTO 12MM PLATE 100MM X 100MM X12MM PLATE WELDED TO 16MM STEEL ROD

16MM FIRE TREATED MARINE GRADE PLY

CEMENT BOARDWHITE RENDERED PLASTER BOARD

INTERIOREXTERIOR

16MM FIRE TREATED MARINE GRADE PLY

RIGID INSULATION BETWEEN WOOD BATONS

SET INTO CONCRETE

16MM STEEL ROD WELDED TO100MM X 100MM X 12MM PLATE

IN DOOR FRAME (TIGHT FIT)16.5MM DRILLED HOLE

FRAMEPLATE SET INTO DOOR 100MM X 75MM X 12MM

STEEL WASHERS

DETAIL FRONT VIEW DETAIL CROSS-SECTION

VIEW OF EXISTING DOORWAY FROM INTERIOR THE INSTALLATION STEEL DOOR FRAME DOOR USED AS PROJECTION SCREEN DURING GALLERY OPENING VIEW FINAL THRESHOLD EXTERIOR

16MM STEEL RODWELDED TO 100MM X 100MM X 12MM PLATESET INTOCONCRETE

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VIEW OF EXISTING DOORWAY FROM INTERIOR THE INSTALLATION STEEL DOOR FRAME DOOR USED AS PROJECTION SCREEN DURING GALLERY OPENING VIEW FINAL THRESHOLD EXTERIOR


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FOG BANK 3A GALLERY SAN FRANCISCO

JANUARY 25 -FEBRUARY 30, 2010

THESIS STUDIO 2010 CLASS INSTALLATION

Fog Bank is an installation investigating affective environments through multiple

means: texture variation, light, blurring, reflectivity and varying opacity. The surface of the

installation is composed of plastic tubes clustered together to form a surface derived from

programmatic elements in the space. Together, the tubes create a highly animated effect,

alternately shimmering with light or distorting it to create an atmosphere diffused throughout

the space at once tangible yet ethereal.

As a studio, we had 20 people working on fabricating and installing the 26,085 tube pieces. Beside my role in

fabrication of the tubes, specifically, I was in charge of the lighting design, With a limited budget, I tried to utilized the

existing light sources in the room and experiment with light filters to create maximum impact for minimal cost.

Space is a reality of our sensory experience, and man perceives space first through the sense of sight. According to Gestaltists we view multiple objects as a group or totality and use certain perceptual clues, such as assimila-tion and contrast in in-terpreting these objects. Where objects overlap there is a visual ambigu-ity created and the ob-jects lose their individ-ual identify when our eyes assimilate objects to minimize stimuli and create uniformity. Since this uniformity is the creation of multiple objects, what we visual perceive is not the spa-tial reality. In order to understand the space, the relationship of the objects must be estab-lished by introducing contrast. The scroll be-gins with a series of lines, yet do to the as-similation they appear to be just positive and negative planes, lack-ing overlap and penetra-tion. By making series of localized changes to introduce more contrast and break the assimi-lation, the appearance of the space and depth of the whole piece is better comprehended. When the relationship of the localized pieces changes the compo-sition of the whole is perceived differently.





ASSIMILATION AND CONTRASTHAYES VALLEY SAN FRANCISCO

CONDO COMPLEX

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Above: Still frames from experimental animation “Localized changes to composition alter your perception of the relationship of objects in the field.”

Space is a reality of our sensory

experience, and man perceives space

first through the sense of sight.

According to Gestaltists we view

multiple objects as a group or totality

and use certain perceptual clues,

such as assimilation and contrast

in interpreting these objects. Where

objects overlap there is a visual

ambiguity created and the objects lose

their individual identify when our eyes

assimilate objects to minimize stimuli

and create uniformity. Since this

uniformity is the creation of multiple

objects, what we visually perceive

is not the spatial reality. In order to

understand the space, the relationship

of the objects must be established by

introducing contrast. These concepts

were investigated with an abstract

animation. It begins with a series of

lines, yet do to the assimilation they

appear to be just positive and negative

planes, lacking overlap and penetration.

By making series of localized changes

to introduce more contrast and break

the assimilation, the appearance of the

space and depth of the whole piece is

comprehended differently. When the

relationship of the localized pieces changes

the composition of the whole is perceived

differently. In architecture the relationship

changes due to the movement of the user

and the materiality of the surfaces.

Above: Still frames from experimental animation “Localized changes to composition alter your perception of the relationship of objects in the field.”

Space is a reality of our sensory experience, and man perceives space first through the sense of sight. According to Gestaltists we view multiple objects as a group or totality and use certain perceptual clues, such as assimilation and contrast in interpreting these objects. Where objects overlap there is a visual ambiguity created and the objects lose their individual identify when our eyes assimilate objects to minimize stimuli and create uniformity. Since this uniformity is the creation of multiple objects, what we visual perceive is not the spatial reality. In order to understand the space, the relationship of the objects must be established by introducing contrast. The animation begins with a series of lines, yet do to the assimilation they appear to be just positive and negative planes, lacking overlap and penetration. By making series of localized changes to introduce more contrast and break the assimilation, the

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

GROUND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR SECOND FLOOR

GRAPHIC DESIGN ACADEMYSAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIFORNIA

STUDENT DESIGN PROJECT

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The Academy site, situated within an unused urban delta, is a natural point of COLLISION between three major vehicular roads A 300 student high school, the

academy provides an education with a focus on graphic design. The building

and program reflects this condition, with the design education

colliding with the general education. As a result of the

impact, the steel skin DISINTEGRATES

exposing fluctuating levels of

transparency.

Dormitories

& Student Center

Design Studios

Classrooms

Technology

Gallery

Bus Stop

Vehicular Entrance to

Underground Parking

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7- Student Center

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City of San Donnino

Arno River

Walking Path Connecting to Firenze

Highway

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Water Gathering

ZONES

City Integration

Vegetation

Landscaped Fields

Site Master Planning

San Dommino , a small suburb right

outside Firenze, has been plagued with

bad air quality and noise since the trash

incinerator was built in the 60. Original

view as the utopian solution to the

trash problem of Firenze, this futurists

machine now lays a banned. This project

expands the existing building and recreate

connections between the broken site,

the city of San Dommino and the city of

Firenze. Working on multiple scales, from

master planning to interior renovation.

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Residents of San Dommino [4] Entrance paths

[5] Reflecting pools with storage tanks [6]

Boat Docks [7] Path to Casine Park Firenze

Spa for Local

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INTANGIBLE CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO ARCHITECTURE MEDIA RESOURCE CENTER

1-1 SCALE BUILT PROTOTYPE OF MATERIAL AFFECT STUDY

OCTOBER 2009

LIGHT AS MATERIAL

This installation investigates the capacity

for spectral light to take on physical and

spatial qualities. Through the use of

reformed glossy plastic, simple projected

images are bent and refracted into

ethereal wisps. Using the wall not just

as a surface but a tool to manipulate the

environment. This transformation takes

a step further with the application of

multiple, superimposed light sources that

shift based on the parameters of a basic

animation, resulting in imagery with a life

and depth far greater than the sum of its

individual components. The individual is

able to participate in this transformation

more directly through process of

circulating on stage, whereupon the

interference with each light creates varied

fluctuations in the final image.

This installation was fabricated with

thermodynamics P.E.T plastic that used

a C.N.C routed frame as a guide . The

wall is created with two different panel

variations, rotating to form the pattern.

Panels are attached to a wood framing

system. Light projectors were embedded

into a walk able C.N.C. routed stage.

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