Portfolio Posts Archives - ShaRena Steeple Studio https://sharenasteeple.com/category/portfolio-posts/ Creative gem in a pretty studio on the internet. Sat, 13 Dec 2025 19:07:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://sharenasteeple.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-Launch-7-evolution-orb-32x32.png Portfolio Posts Archives - ShaRena Steeple Studio https://sharenasteeple.com/category/portfolio-posts/ 32 32 “Punchline” A Design Concept for the Poetry Foundation https://sharenasteeple.com/punchline-design-concept-for-the-poetry-foundation/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 13:22:05 +0000 https://sharenasteeple.com/?p=1180 Due to the expansion of the Poetry Foundation, a new appetite for poetry is sweeping the nation. There has been a massive increase in demand for Poetry magazine, which has prompted the Foundation to consider expanding its operations. This idea is now becoming a reality as the Foundation has, only months ago, attracted another benefactor […]

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Due to the expansion of the Poetry Foundation, a new appetite for poetry is sweeping the nation. There has been a massive increase in demand for Poetry magazine, which has prompted the Foundation to consider expanding its operations. This idea is now becoming a reality as the Foundation has, only months ago, attracted another benefactor whose love of poetry compelled them to donate a massive sum. The funds came with the following requirements: they are to be used to build a cultural center for the Poetry Foundation in the donor’s hometown of Riverside, CA, and the design is to be generated by the current second-year architectural studio at California Baptist University! (Everything in this paragraph may or may not be true.)

Part 1 Empirical Analysis

Site Analysis [Researched, observed, and documented the project site conditions.. The analysis includes a set of images and diagrams which describe my understanding of the project site and its context.

Precedent Analysis [Gathered images of my precedents and created an original digital diagram which illustrates the aspect of the work that I identified as relevant.]

Program Analysis [Scale Study: Organized the shapes according to my understanding of the program. Programmatic Relationship Study: Produced a diagram showing the relationships between all programmatic elements. Programmatic Experience Study: Sourced Images of the experience(s) I envision for the primary spaces in the program.]

Part 2 Sensory Representation

INSIDE-OUT
OUTSIDE-IN
BETWEEN EARTH & SKY

Part 3 Workflows

For each of the three workflows, I produced a physical model at a scale of
1” = 30’, a collage or series of images, a diagrammatic plan, and a diagrammatic section.]

Final Design

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Generative Workflow: Using Operative Design https://sharenasteeple.com/generative-workflow-using-operative-design/ https://sharenasteeple.com/generative-workflow-using-operative-design/#respond Thu, 30 Jan 2025 22:07:36 +0000 https://sharenasteeple.com/?p=1312 This project explores operative design, spatial verbs, and generative workflows through SketchUp modeling, 3D printing, and museum board fabrication.

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Generative Workflow

I read Operative Design: A Catalogue of Spatial Verbs by Anthony Di Mari and Nora Yoo and now see it as a valuable generative tool. Inspired by the book’s logic, I developed a series of spatial transformations using SketchUp, translating abstract verbs into tangible architectural expressions.

Spatial Verbs in Practice

Each panel began with a base structure, then evolved through a sequence of operations, verbs like inflate, notch, fracture, and twist to explore how form responds to context, intention, and material logic. Once I arrived at a form I would take that form and create an aggregate, putting the unit together making a larger form from the individual units.

These digital studies were then brought into physical form: two were 3D printed, and one was modeled by folding museum board. Each was rendered into a landscape that echoed its architectural character, beachside, cliffside, and mountainous terrain, reinforcing the dialogue between form and site.

This workflow helped me reflect on how spatial verbs as design prompts could offer a language for transformation, a framework for iteration, and a bridge between digital and physical making. 

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Schindler-Chace: A Study and Design Addition to the Schindler-Chace House https://sharenasteeple.com/schindler-chace-fireplace-a-study-and-design-addition-to-the-schindler-chace-house/ https://sharenasteeple.com/schindler-chace-fireplace-a-study-and-design-addition-to-the-schindler-chace-house/#respond Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:32:54 +0000 https://sharenasteeple.com/?p=1047 Sparked by the Fireplace The Schindler-Chace House has many reflective motifs that connect us with nature, from the concrete, wood, and stone exemplified in a raw form to the studio spaces that open up to become a part of the outdoors. My design hones in on the hearths of the home. Schindler used the hearth […]

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Sparked by the Fireplace

The Schindler-Chace House has many reflective motifs that connect us with nature, from the concrete, wood, and stone exemplified in a raw form to the studio spaces that open up to become a part of the outdoors. My design hones in on the hearths of the home. Schindler used the hearth as a bridge and cardinal guiding people to embrace the outdoors as home just as much as interior spaces. It points to camping as an everyday ritual that you don’t necessarily need to go into the wild for. The hearth in the space is placed carefully on three occasions in the home and reflected in the outdoor space at each interval of the pinwheel axis. This fact sparked the design for this addition. The edition pays homage to the intuitive workings of the hearth or “fireplace.” The hearth is where people gather, share stories, and find warmth. this building addition embodies the original profile of the fireplace in the structure on three instances to stay true to the trinity of the originals. My intention is that the procession through the exhibition space, where people will experience and share stories, ultimately becoming the spark seen through a hearth’s window of the Schindler-Chace fireplace.

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Drawing, Diagraming, and Modeling Architecture by a Famous Architect https://sharenasteeple.com/drawing-diagraming-and-modeling-architecture-by-a-famous-architect-house-on-the-air/ Sat, 12 Oct 2024 20:27:19 +0000 https://sharenasteeple.com/?p=1224 Exploring how architect Fran Silvestre draw in the sunrise and sunset, creating a space that perfectly frames these moments with House on the Air.

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Fran Silvestre's House on The Air

The House on the Air by Fran Silvestre is located in Tarifa, Spain. Spanning a 400-square-meter area, the house is nestled on the side of a mountainous terrain. The construction features locally sourced stone, and the house boasts a modern style with clean lines and floor-to-ceiling windows on both the front and back of the horizontally expanded structure. The architectural concept frames the horizon, with the home’s large view ports facing the ocean. The architect intended to draw in the sunrise and sunset, creating a space that perfectly frames these moments, allowing the colors of the sky and light to become art themselves, contrasting with the stark, modern, colorless home. The main feature and namesake of this structure is its floating appearance. The main long (top) floor is situated on top of the ground floor in a cross orientation. Due to the bottom floor supporting the center of the elongated top floor, a cantilever effect is created, making the house look as if it is floating.

Drawings

Pull-Apart Model

In the scale model of the house I was responsible for the assembly of the main floor’s framing and windows, all interior walls, furniture and the pool structure with water.

Diagrams

My 3D diagram showcases levitation and framing. Inspired by Frans Silvstre’s “House on the Air,” which uses longitudinal planes and portals to frame its surroundings, I incorporated these concepts into my design. I created a volumetric space with a wooden base frame holding an acrylic casing. The transparent acrylic gives the appearance of floating and enhances the framing effect. Inside the casing, a smaller volumetric space is framed by two longitudinal portals, offering multiple perspectives. The movable acrylic casing can be oriented on its base in various ways to further illustrate levitation and framing.

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