I believe my essential question, wondering “what … I, as a future architecture student, [can] take away from this [Senior] Project that will inform me in my future studies,” has,[…]
Author: Isabella
Isabella Marcellino – Week 6 Documentation #1
So far, I have continued to work on the assignment that I began during week 5. Completing this assignment has taken much longer than anticipated, therefore our professor, Mr. Carr,[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Critical Reflection #5
I have very much appreciated Mark’s comments questioning how I can incorporate my own personal form of artistic expression into my designs, many of which have strict, exact guidelines. During[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 5 Documentation #1
Here is my fifth homework assignment for my Design Communication I course. The project involves two steps: studying the first perspective through a line drawing, and drafting a living room[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 4 Documentation #1
Here is my fourth homework assignment for my Design Communication I course. The assignment was to draft a “maquette” of our own bathrooms at a 1′-0″ = 1/2″ scale. This[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Critical Reflection #4
A few days ago, while doing research about architecture school, I stumbled across a video titled “Should You Get a Master’s Degree in Architecture,” by Drew Paul Bell. In it,[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 3 Documentation #2
Here is a 3D SketchUp model of my third assignment for my Design Communication I course. Using the measurements provided by my rough sketch I highlighted in my las Documentation[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Critical Reflection #3
I absolutely believe my Senior Project has helped me answer my essential question. Throughout this project, I have mainly attempted to understand what I can learn about a design/architecture education[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 3 Documentation #1
Here is my third homework assignment for my Design Communication I course. The assignment was to draft a “maquette,” which is a rough draft of a three-dimensional space. The drawing[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 2 Documentation #3
Here is a 3D SketchUp model of my second assignment for my Design Communication I course. Using the measurements I recorded on my 2D draft, I was able to easily[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 2 Documentation #2
Here is my second homework assignment for my Design Communication I course. The assignment was to draft a simple chair in multiple views: front view, side view (both elevations), plan[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Critical Reflection #2
One of the most important lessons I have learned from my Senior Project thus far has been how to manage my time when I have no structured schedule guiding my[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 2 Documentation #1
Here is a time lapse of me beginning my second homework assignment for my Design Communication I course: The assignment was to draft a simple chair in multiple[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Week 1 Documentation
Here is my first homework assignment for my Design Communication I course. It is meant to act as the “portfolio cover” for the rest of the assignments we will work[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Critical Reflection #1
Although I have not yet interviewed or spoken to professional architects thus far in my project, I do believe I have already learned a bit more about the usefulness a[…]
Isabella Marcellino – I-Search
Books/papers that I will be reading to guide my Senior Project: “The Art of Building the Impossible,” by Burkhard Bilger – The New Yorker 101 Things I Learned in Product[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Final Project Proposal Post
My Essential Questions are: What are the different career paths a person with a degree in architecture can take? How are current architects in New York City factoring sustainability, cultural[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Learning Goals & General Work Plan
My learning goals throughout my Senior Project will be: To understand the process of drafting and more generally, how to translate 3-dimensional objects onto a 2-dimensional plane. My ARCH X[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Action Items
Action Item Area: Architecture Class Materials (ARCH X 467.17A: Design Communication I at UCLA Extension) Reason for Item: In order to complete my online course assignments, it is essential that[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Initial Project Plan (Revised)
Thank you to Karyn Silverman, Jane Belton, and Jessica Prohías Gardiner for giving me feedback on my Working Draft Blog Post and for helping me revise my proposal pitch! […]
Isabella Marcellino – Working Draft Blog Post
My main question as I move further along in this project is what the work environment of an architecture firm is like on an everyday basis. Having done lots of[…]
Isabella Marcellino – 5-Minute Purpose Pitch
This past summer I was lucky to take a class on human-centered design in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. It made me look at design and its[…]
Isabella Marcellino – My Purpose Statement
Doing these assessments certainly helped me realize how much I care about equal access to resources, whether they be educational, personal, health related, etc. That is why I would like[…]
Isabella Marcellino – Project Prototypes
I am very interested in designing my senior project around two subjects that I am deeply interested in: design and Spanish. Additionally, I am very passionate about equal access[…]