Architectural Portfolio
EVAN KOTZEN
FIRST YEAR
CUBE
An introduction to conceptual terms and their use in the process of design. Ideas spanned from a brief study of 30th Street Station.
Professor: Erik Sundquist
Project Length: 5 Weeks
PIER
An analysis of horizontal motion through a bike riding down a hill, infused with experiential emotions gathered from a visit to Race Street Pier. An abstract pier was the final product with an overall concept of "assumed extensions".
Professor: Erik Sundquist
Project Length: 5 Weeks
VERTICAL CONSTRUCT
An indepth study of Skirkanich Hall (University of Pennsylvania) led to an exploration of joinery, based off of the Japanese style, and the nesting of spaces to explore vertical circulation, spaces for resting versus those that can be occupied, and vantage.
Professor: Irina Schneid
Project Length: 5 Weeks
VILLA SAVOYE
A collaborative, extensive research analysis of Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye, in Poissy, France, which involved diagramming and model making.
Team: Parker Ells, Jennie Himler, Brianna Cureton, Kathy Urbaniak, Brian Smith, Evan Kotzen
Project Lenth: 6-7 Weeks
DWELLING
An inhabitable space designed to interact with its site (31st Street and Winter Street, Philadelphia) as well as its surrounding environment, while incorporating precedents from around the city of Philadelphia.
*Precedents taken from the Union League of Philadelphia and The National Museum of Jewish History in Philadelphia.
Professor: Lorena Alvarez
Project Length: 3 Weeks