https://giulianavg.cargo.site Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty Tue, 30 May 2023 16:19:03 +0000 https://giulianavg.cargo.site en https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Mapping-Memory Mon, 15 May 2023 21:43:50 +0000 Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Mapping-Memory Mapping Memory: Preserving &amp; Restoring the Landscape of Sicily’s Tuna Fisheries M.Arch Thesis Project Tulane University Advisors: Prof. Carol Reese, Dean Inaki Alday 2023 A minimal approach to adaptive reuse that emphasizes history and landscape regeneration. [To read the full thesis, click here] While many scholars have established the architectural value of Sicily’s tuna fisheries, few have studied the adaptive reuse of these buildings. In this thesis project, I examine the reuse of tuna fisheries in Sicily and offer a proposal for their reactivation. Many of these seventeenth-to-nineteenth century stone structures, called tonnare, have been converted from abandoned factories into cultural, commercial, and hospitality centers—such as museums, retail districts, and resorts. My study considers the tonnare as actively evolving monuments, emphasizing the durability of cultural memory. Though the fisheries have been substantially altered from their original uses, the traditions they represent still resonate within their surrounding communities. Nevertheless, I find that many of the fisheries’ conversion into luxury properties inadequately conveys the history and material culture of the tuna fishing industry. How, then, might the tonnare be reinserted back into everyday life in ways that support public use and honor their complex past? Focusing on one case study in southeastern Sicily, I present a minimal approach to adaptive reuse with an emphasis on history, terrain, and landscape regeneration. Understanding these buildings as embedded within a larger geography, rather than as autonomous structures, has been essential to my investigation. Examining the fisheries’ relationships to their surrounding landscape expands the historical site, allowing for a deeper appreciation of the monuments themselves and creating new possibilities for further uses. To this end, I propose preserving and reactivating the tonnara&nbsp;through non-invasive programming, including exhibitions, performance spaces, and an artisan market. The landscape becomes one of not only education and history, but also public recreation and ecological restoration: new paths better connect beachgoers to the water and a small “village” of humble vacation apartments allows visitors to linger. A phased planting strategy will over time repopulate the site with native vegetation, controlling erosion and providing shade.&nbsp; As the recipient of the 2022 Robert A. M. Stern Travel Fellowship, I presented on this research at the RAMSA offices in March of 2022.&nbsp; <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/051c72f9a1c0410d5a6c0d34a54e6854605361f774e7a9fb7521e4d620d61cfc/loggia-perspective_LINE-DWG.jpg" data-mid="179871499" border="0" alt="Perspective of tonnara interior with new roof" data-caption="Perspective of tonnara interior with new roof" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/051c72f9a1c0410d5a6c0d34a54e6854605361f774e7a9fb7521e4d620d61cfc/loggia-perspective_LINE-DWG.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c053db4e291b97ed43344174548068d6fdc3b76dd7db05483762bc663898f4c6/1-100-Site-Plan.jpg" data-mid="180077116" border="0" alt="Proposed site plan (tonnara at left)" data-caption="Proposed site plan (tonnara at left)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c053db4e291b97ed43344174548068d6fdc3b76dd7db05483762bc663898f4c6/1-100-Site-Plan.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cba351ad792efa419b2d85e60aee4039ca061b260f1a810800345ff834c6b623/1-30-Site-Plan_tonnara-activated-plan.jpg" data-mid="180077114" border="0" alt="Reactivated tonnara with programming" data-caption="Reactivated tonnara with programming" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cba351ad792efa419b2d85e60aee4039ca061b260f1a810800345ff834c6b623/1-30-Site-Plan_tonnara-activated-plan.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d255070e62fb9bd5c9a7599660159ff791e614e308d10e61ed30a3366198a56/Tonnara-Roof-Section_1.jpg" data-mid="180077097" border="0" alt="Section of proposed tonnara roof" data-caption="Section of proposed tonnara roof" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d255070e62fb9bd5c9a7599660159ff791e614e308d10e61ed30a3366198a56/Tonnara-Roof-Section_1.jpg" /> <img width="5117" height="3311" width_o="5117" height_o="3311" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8841b0c945de897084c6041161cf22176c837e0adec52c61dba2032d3de83401/activated-piazza.jpg" data-mid="180076887" border="0" alt="Perspective of reactivated tonnara" data-caption="Perspective of reactivated tonnara" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8841b0c945de897084c6041161cf22176c837e0adec52c61dba2032d3de83401/activated-piazza.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24ead37938f350f72da64aa6ee36051a6497b5bac8b563b1b6433e197acd7560/1-50-Site-Plan.jpg" data-mid="180077115" border="0" alt="New path and apartments site plan" data-caption="New path and apartments site plan" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24ead37938f350f72da64aa6ee36051a6497b5bac8b563b1b6433e197acd7560/1-50-Site-Plan.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b8bf1cf88af4a4cd2dc1a68bac1a9c0ff2b63dc5aecd86f3d972df99c567278e/1-30-Site-Plan.jpg" data-mid="180077113" border="0" alt="New apartments site plan" data-caption="New apartments site plan" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b8bf1cf88af4a4cd2dc1a68bac1a9c0ff2b63dc5aecd86f3d972df99c567278e/1-30-Site-Plan.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a07cb2bbe4905b58f5f294615f7660a51c6f0426caf1983155c8aa1468da8292/Site-Sections.jpg" data-mid="180077096" border="0" alt="Site section through &quot;village&quot;" data-caption="Site section through &quot;village&quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a07cb2bbe4905b58f5f294615f7660a51c6f0426caf1983155c8aa1468da8292/Site-Sections.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/895ba2905c0745fdab191944ff3fa1bf5801dbddf569afd088c406c4174a5219/Detail-Section_Courtyard.jpg" data-mid="180077092" border="0" alt="Detail section of apartments" data-caption="Detail section of apartments" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/895ba2905c0745fdab191944ff3fa1bf5801dbddf569afd088c406c4174a5219/Detail-Section_Courtyard.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f20d01ae0676a2d175da8fa505be8431c5c49e60ea443f480e6b03cbc9261738/Detail-Section_Courtyard_2.jpg" data-mid="180077093" border="0" alt="Detail section of apartments" data-caption="Detail section of apartments" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f20d01ae0676a2d175da8fa505be8431c5c49e60ea443f480e6b03cbc9261738/Detail-Section_Courtyard_2.jpg" /> <img width="4800" height="3600" width_o="4800" height_o="3600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42bbfab327c0dd3d4d9d2a77b623c77fa7d0c37c7637dd5b913b91d898b6e926/Detail-Plan_1-4_lodges.jpg" data-mid="180077090" border="0" alt="Detail plan of apartments" data-caption="Detail plan of apartments" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/42bbfab327c0dd3d4d9d2a77b623c77fa7d0c37c7637dd5b913b91d898b6e926/Detail-Plan_1-4_lodges.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc0c2e96f155b553a79c8f7121d089179092b2c996516bb6ce89e18b478598e7/Native-plants_2.jpg" data-mid="180077094" border="0" alt="Plantings in proposed landscape regeneration" data-caption="Plantings in proposed landscape regeneration" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc0c2e96f155b553a79c8f7121d089179092b2c996516bb6ce89e18b478598e7/Native-plants_2.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b42f546b5f7d8923fb8cf59e2f948f86cdb23ce8fa00db9f98c7a50da628716/Looking-over-lodges.jpg" data-mid="180077087" border="0" alt="Perspective of tonnara from &quot;village&quot; across bay" data-caption="Perspective of tonnara from &quot;village&quot; across bay" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b42f546b5f7d8923fb8cf59e2f948f86cdb23ce8fa00db9f98c7a50da628716/Looking-over-lodges.jpg" /> https://giulianavg.cargo.site/A-Place-for-Wonder Mon, 15 May 2023 21:43:50 +0000 Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty https://giulianavg.cargo.site/A-Place-for-Wonder A Place for Wonder M.Arch Research StudioTulane UniversityProf. Jonathan Tate2022 A housing proposal for Greenwood, MS that focuses on single mothers and their families. 43% of Greenwood’s families are single mothers—many of whom also work. This project aims to support some of these working mothers through providing community-oriented housing that’s bolstered by socialized amenities, including a daycare, outdoor recreational space, and communal dining areas. Located in a former manufacturing district, the development embraces an existing warehouse, whose ground floor has been converted into communal and retail spaces. Each housing unit looks out onto a central courtyard, which features areas for play as well as contemplation. The development is “punctured” by multiple alleyways that, while mirroring vacant lots and alleys downtown, are reclaimed as access points to the vibrant social interior of the housing block. <img width="3949" height="2500" width_o="3949" height_o="2500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d8a2a0bcb5d830eb2c28da08966fbed1b4d4bbf955d4a5986079fdf580dd3ee/Alley_Perspective_FINAL.jpg" data-mid="179872861" border="0" alt="View into the central courtyard" data-caption="View into the central courtyard" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d8a2a0bcb5d830eb2c28da08966fbed1b4d4bbf955d4a5986079fdf580dd3ee/Alley_Perspective_FINAL.jpg" /> <img width="3709" height="2400" width_o="3709" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1acad4a6cb61c06a58fbf86e54a4dfbb443f9f3d47c85d230922fb9e9072b32/Site-Plan_1-32.jpg" data-mid="179872282" border="0" alt="Site plan" data-caption="Site plan" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1acad4a6cb61c06a58fbf86e54a4dfbb443f9f3d47c85d230922fb9e9072b32/Site-Plan_1-32.jpg" /> <img width="3941" height="2550" width_o="3941" height_o="2550" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c3712d3b09d622d3a7fa670b216c0a250561823a1a7f7ce083369a0bdc575e6/SITE-AXO.jpg" data-mid="179871178" border="0" alt="Axonometric view" data-caption="Axonometric view" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c3712d3b09d622d3a7fa670b216c0a250561823a1a7f7ce083369a0bdc575e6/SITE-AXO.jpg" /> <img width="4564" height="2681" width_o="4564" height_o="2681" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/851e81c9ef86bdbe86a86b781142f9640075a18500a18517e417e8a2b125c59f/1-4-SCALE-SECTION.jpg" data-mid="179872760" border="0" alt="Section through housing unit" data-caption="Section through housing unit" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/851e81c9ef86bdbe86a86b781142f9640075a18500a18517e417e8a2b125c59f/1-4-SCALE-SECTION.jpg" /> <img width="8008" height="1732" width_o="8008" height_o="1732" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b068ad5b6e2b54953086792a18d41cc14869eae3d1dae6c40778a0bbeb26765f/Elevations_East-2.jpg" data-mid="179872779" border="0" alt="Elevation along Howard Ave." data-caption="Elevation along Howard Ave." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b068ad5b6e2b54953086792a18d41cc14869eae3d1dae6c40778a0bbeb26765f/Elevations_East-2.jpg" /> <img width="2658" height="1886" width_o="2658" height_o="1886" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c336da1fc1c4b214474f0e05cafa25a7a9085ebbebff0fbcba575f868313a178/FACADE-ASSEMBLY-DIAGRAM.jpg" data-mid="179872784" border="0" alt="Ceramic facade assembly" data-caption="Ceramic facade assembly" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c336da1fc1c4b214474f0e05cafa25a7a9085ebbebff0fbcba575f868313a178/FACADE-ASSEMBLY-DIAGRAM.jpg" /> https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Linkages Mon, 15 May 2023 21:43:50 +0000 Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Linkages Linkages M.Arch Core Studio Tulane University Prof. Irene Keil 2022 A mass timber office building that makes use of local materials and prioritizes ground-floor public uses. This comprehensive proposal for an office building on Poydras Street in downtown New Orleans is framed around three notions of linkage: 1) urban linkages, 2) visual linkages, and 3) environmental linkages. This four-story mass-timber building acts as a node that draws in the public realm, linking a busy plaza in front of the building with the quieter, more contemplative urban space in the rear. Through employing locally-produced and sustainable materials - from Southern Longleaf Pine in its structural system to Mississippi River clay in its ceramic facade - the building is deeply rooted in its particular landscape. <img width="7200" height="4800" width_o="7200" height_o="4800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b31e0bd953e5e38d90e736cee13a81980b44e76e3dc18d3a64cde2ffaca964c0/PERSPECTIVE_EXT_REAR-PLAZA.jpg" data-mid="179949339" border="0" alt="Rear garden perspective" data-caption="Rear garden perspective" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b31e0bd953e5e38d90e736cee13a81980b44e76e3dc18d3a64cde2ffaca964c0/PERSPECTIVE_EXT_REAR-PLAZA.jpg" /> <img width="7200" height="4800" width_o="7200" height_o="4800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30c0db631c2adc336ab39c05203f3afecf574a7d2095b6f9abb4204f714d3cea/PERSPECTIVE_EXT_STREETVIEW_UPDATED.jpg" data-mid="179949350" border="0" alt="Street perspective" data-caption="Street perspective" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/30c0db631c2adc336ab39c05203f3afecf574a7d2095b6f9abb4204f714d3cea/PERSPECTIVE_EXT_STREETVIEW_UPDATED.jpg" /> <img width="5826" height="3255" width_o="5826" height_o="3255" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f51b266449de7ca31273e2df0d6c2a6fc76478aede14f57a00cf82fe08c3df84/ELEVATIONS-_POYDRAS.jpg" data-mid="179952117" border="0" alt="Elevation" data-caption="Elevation" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f51b266449de7ca31273e2df0d6c2a6fc76478aede14f57a00cf82fe08c3df84/ELEVATIONS-_POYDRAS.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0532bb97c197adedb682ac6869d05541c20b0e62bfaa0b0a295a21c3a36474f5/PERSPECTIVE_EXT_FRONT-PLAZA.jpg" data-mid="179871747" border="0" alt="Front plaza perspective" data-caption="Front plaza perspective" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0532bb97c197adedb682ac6869d05541c20b0e62bfaa0b0a295a21c3a36474f5/PERSPECTIVE_EXT_FRONT-PLAZA.jpg" /> <img width="7200" height="4800" width_o="7200" height_o="4800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6007cdfefad374304b80881aaa9de436e548094389279c013de9ea2fc8b5c826/PLAN_1_FIRST-FLOOR.jpg" data-mid="179949335" border="0" alt="Ground floor plan" data-caption="Ground floor plan" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6007cdfefad374304b80881aaa9de436e548094389279c013de9ea2fc8b5c826/PLAN_1_FIRST-FLOOR.jpg" /> <img width="7200" height="4800" width_o="7200" height_o="4800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c74cafb57e9675fd8c89191ca5d85d77879a938f0ff784c91d3543d4a2dbc22/AXON-SECTION-DETAILS.jpg" data-mid="179950065" border="0" alt="Axonometric building section" data-caption="Axonometric building section" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c74cafb57e9675fd8c89191ca5d85d77879a938f0ff784c91d3543d4a2dbc22/AXON-SECTION-DETAILS.jpg" /> <img width="6316" height="4324" width_o="6316" height_o="4324" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0436ddaacf8672086e524bcf6c4d8240528004d775f948421523ce30d2da9398/FINAL-PRESENTATION-66.jpg" data-mid="180076174" border="0" alt="Facade details" data-caption="Facade details" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0436ddaacf8672086e524bcf6c4d8240528004d775f948421523ce30d2da9398/FINAL-PRESENTATION-66.jpg" /> <img width="5976" height="3872" width_o="5976" height_o="3872" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ff334ecb2663b4c8de0941163a92ad049679ed17e96e03db80cf9677e7768b6/SECTION_ENVELOPE-1_03_FINAL_Page_2.jpg" data-mid="179952544" border="0" alt="Wall details" data-caption="Wall details" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ff334ecb2663b4c8de0941163a92ad049679ed17e96e03db80cf9677e7768b6/SECTION_ENVELOPE-1_03_FINAL_Page_2.jpg" /> <img width="7200" height="4800" width_o="7200" height_o="4800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1fb5b8e57338e3f6252f047a4a9d889e75b1b63b044189b815782430c0fca95/FINAL-PRESENTATION-46.jpg" data-mid="179950909" border="0" alt="Facade types" data-caption="Facade types" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1fb5b8e57338e3f6252f047a4a9d889e75b1b63b044189b815782430c0fca95/FINAL-PRESENTATION-46.jpg" /> <img width="10800" height="7200" width_o="10800" height_o="7200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50d726b35e92c5c31144da0f30da10e218c475da9a88bc2e8b0b39d8700b873f/PERSPECTIVE_INT_OFFICE-AREA_FINAL.jpg" data-mid="179949357" border="0" alt="Interior office perspective" data-caption="Interior office perspective" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50d726b35e92c5c31144da0f30da10e218c475da9a88bc2e8b0b39d8700b873f/PERSPECTIVE_INT_OFFICE-AREA_FINAL.jpg" /> <img width="6174" height="3396" width_o="6174" height_o="3396" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd4bde7794514c123c3fb705418232bacadfc060c1f560d18a2933ddddf53ad7/SECTION-PERSPECTIVE_FINAL.jpg" data-mid="179949471" border="0" alt="Section perspective" data-caption="Section perspective" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd4bde7794514c123c3fb705418232bacadfc060c1f560d18a2933ddddf53ad7/SECTION-PERSPECTIVE_FINAL.jpg" /> https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Outdoor-Kitchen Mon, 15 May 2023 21:43:51 +0000 Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Outdoor-Kitchen Outdoor Kitchen Design/Build Research Studio Tulane University Profs. Emilie Taylor Welty &amp; Jose Cotto 2021This design-build studio partnered with a local farm to construct an outdoor teaching kitchen.Sugar Roots Farm is a teaching farm in New Orleans that educates K-12 students on ecological stewardship and food production. This design-build studio partnered with Sugar Roots Farm, in collaboration with the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design at Tulane University, to construct an outdoor educational kitchen. I and my 23 classmates worked with the farm to realize a multipurpose space for educational programming and food processing. The structure features secure storage, ample counter space, and a washing station. An entrance ramp leads to a boardwalk that looks out over a flood-mitigating bioswale. Along the kitchen’s eastern edge, a series of screen-walls with signage identify Sugar Roots as a fun, educational, and change-oriented organization. The structure serves as a welcoming entrance to the farm that signals their mission. <img width="1500" height="860" width_o="1500" height_o="860" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26f9200ee8766a44120962e5fdd4a7ed68f3dc372fcb9ed8e29c224dc86bc151/FINAL_farm-view.jpg" data-mid="179953058" border="0" alt="Front perspective" data-caption="Front perspective" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26f9200ee8766a44120962e5fdd4a7ed68f3dc372fcb9ed8e29c224dc86bc151/FINAL_farm-view.jpg" /> <img width="1500" height="918" width_o="1500" height_o="918" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28b6f166a04bdf81fdd219b506a4b881091289f48a54be5bae771351382f8a8f/FINAL_entrance-view.jpg" data-mid="179953029" border="0" alt="Street perspective" data-caption="Street perspective" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/28b6f166a04bdf81fdd219b506a4b881091289f48a54be5bae771351382f8a8f/FINAL_entrance-view.jpg" /> <img width="3281" height="2101" width_o="3281" height_o="2101" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf868a3a8f43f3c393d4185297810d1ac253f5f9dc216a14d16e5b93514d7099/04_massing-diagram_alt.jpg" data-mid="179954398" border="0" alt="Massing diagrams" data-caption="Massing diagrams" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf868a3a8f43f3c393d4185297810d1ac253f5f9dc216a14d16e5b93514d7099/04_massing-diagram_alt.jpg" /> <img width="3839" height="2640" width_o="3839" height_o="2640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8d3c4bc356ce2de433fd606351be86ce54c480a5bb285d19aca20d920fe3091/06_plan.jpg" data-mid="179954485" border="0" alt="Site plan" data-caption="Site plan" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8d3c4bc356ce2de433fd606351be86ce54c480a5bb285d19aca20d920fe3091/06_plan.jpg" /> <img width="4627" height="1715" width_o="4627" height_o="1715" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b12723910e51afce02319f12f94c5e22813b526cfdb55dbe4a448faac56ed86/07_long-section.jpg" data-mid="179954515" border="0" alt="Section" data-caption="Section" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2b12723910e51afce02319f12f94c5e22813b526cfdb55dbe4a448faac56ed86/07_long-section.jpg" /> <img width="4790" height="3299" width_o="4790" height_o="3299" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28de33759ab7abedf459c3c92ad6f949a03e4f717bd7c667d1e4b88bf8417e8b/14_water-diagram.jpg" data-mid="179954525" border="0" alt="Water management" data-caption="Water management" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/28de33759ab7abedf459c3c92ad6f949a03e4f717bd7c667d1e4b88bf8417e8b/14_water-diagram.jpg" /> <img width="2000" height="1324" width_o="2000" height_o="1324" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aaf75c3ee40cdf0b97f4671032f31e1229c12226a85d5da271db465273194a38/18_perspective.jpg" data-mid="179954527" border="0" alt="Perspective" data-caption="Perspective" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aaf75c3ee40cdf0b97f4671032f31e1229c12226a85d5da271db465273194a38/18_perspective.jpg" /> <img width="1140" height="760" width_o="1140" height_o="760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c5b9e33b8746447a33ff3384d160934e6a8d020fd2f52b921ef8be2e4be1613/Sugar-Roots_Final-Review-3-of-66.jpg" data-mid="179954549" border="0" alt="Pavilion during final review" data-caption="Pavilion during final review" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c5b9e33b8746447a33ff3384d160934e6a8d020fd2f52b921ef8be2e4be1613/Sugar-Roots_Final-Review-3-of-66.jpg" /> https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Preserve-and-Protect Mon, 15 May 2023 21:43:51 +0000 Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Preserve-and-Protect Preserve and Protect Design Competition In collaboration with Deirdre Nolan &amp; Abigail Kaage 2020 Reimagining the museum as a “living archive” that engages with coastal ecosystems and communities.Museums are often understood as static spaces, but what if a museum created a visitor experience that is neither fixed nor climate controlled? With a rich array of wildlife, Living Museum is a catalogue of and monument to the diversity of New York’s coastal ecosystem. It demonstrates how museums can proactively respond to our changing climate. An open-air tower of scaffolding and metal mesh, its materials are repurposed from nearby construction sites and serve as a habitat for native species. Its foundation is amphibious, with a hollow concrete slab attached to telescoping pylons that rise and fall with sea levels. With the exception of the occasional researcher, the museum is free from human interference: visitors engage with it from a traveling educational center that also serves as a gallery and research facility. Living Museum questions the notion of our traditionally static institutions, reimagining them as active participants in preserving our environment. This competition entry was shortlisted and exhibited in the Glasgow Science Centre in 2020. <img width="5100" height="2517" width_o="5100" height_o="2517" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f550e6cd7aa41ba4b0e2e20bcb842169fe64ebd03ea15e7ee6d30387bd9b0a70/Section_FINAL_adapted-for-portfolio_012223.jpg" data-mid="179955130" border="0" alt="The museum supports a number of native species." data-caption="The museum supports a number of native species." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f550e6cd7aa41ba4b0e2e20bcb842169fe64ebd03ea15e7ee6d30387bd9b0a70/Section_FINAL_adapted-for-portfolio_012223.jpg" /> <img width="3600" height="3600" width_o="3600" height_o="3600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c0a32f833aa4039e7a1be9b294677df1fad8e3e7438d68d8bfa1654e2c5a420/Monument_Render_Final_Downsize.jpg" data-mid="179955080" border="0" alt="This &quot;archive&quot; floats in the NYC harbor." data-caption="This &quot;archive&quot; floats in the NYC harbor." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c0a32f833aa4039e7a1be9b294677df1fad8e3e7438d68d8bfa1654e2c5a420/Monument_Render_Final_Downsize.jpg" /> https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Gateway-KC Mon, 15 May 2023 21:43:52 +0000 Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Gateway-KC Gateway KC ULI Design Competition In collaboration with Catherine Brizo, Alden Copley, and Alexander Kalb 2021 For a century, Kansas City served as Gateway to the West, a hub connecting the coasts of America.The East Village, a neighborhood in downtown Kansas City (KCMO), remains a fissure between the city’s renewing downtown to the west and divested communities to the east. My project team proposed transforming this expanse of parking lots into a vital gateway to downtown—a vibrant, linear park and dense urban node that stitches the neighborhoods around downtown together after generations of estrangement. Our strategy pivots around three “pillars”—opportunity, community, and sustainability—leveraging innovative technology and highlighting community resources to create a sustainable and equitable gateway to KCMO. <img width="3315" height="2145" width_o="3315" height_o="2145" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8f6fec563964e83bcccb5cbdfff0e376dcbb2db3b70ce807fbe8330b49b612d7/Site-plan_annotated_FINAL.jpg" data-mid="179957529" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8f6fec563964e83bcccb5cbdfff0e376dcbb2db3b70ce807fbe8330b49b612d7/Site-plan_annotated_FINAL.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73b781b254e85bb8b5f1c82a5d4397368444a04538cc7c922d7aca67db37b7ea/intro-board_ULI.jpg" data-mid="180081179" border="0" alt="Existing conditions" data-caption="Existing conditions" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73b781b254e85bb8b5f1c82a5d4397368444a04538cc7c922d7aca67db37b7ea/intro-board_ULI.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/15ef8a3901d5dc55463399e58214f76d5da50bfca319c5c439ca31b3af44b777/phase-1-phase-2.jpg" data-mid="180081587" border="0" alt="Phased development" data-caption="Phased development" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/15ef8a3901d5dc55463399e58214f76d5da50bfca319c5c439ca31b3af44b777/phase-1-phase-2.jpg" /> <img width="7200" height="4050" width_o="7200" height_o="4050" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd4be623f22fed6325c020fb60341fa9ce42d8607d152ea6272203cbbd036f91/Render3.jpg" data-mid="180081254" border="0" alt="Perspective of east plaza" data-caption="Perspective of east plaza" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd4be623f22fed6325c020fb60341fa9ce42d8607d152ea6272203cbbd036f91/Render3.jpg" /> https://giulianavg.cargo.site/W-O-R-M Mon, 15 May 2023 21:43:52 +0000 Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty https://giulianavg.cargo.site/W-O-R-M W. O. R. M. (Wandering Outpost for Revelatory Meandering) M.Arch Core Studio City College of New York (CUNY) Prof. John Cunningham 2020 Examining the intermingling of past and present, celebrating a historic structure while also testing its boundaries. This rehabilitation project reimagines a community/athletic center as a site of exploration and perambulation. Located in Midtown Manhattan, W.O.R.M. (Winding Outpost for Revelatory Meandering) integrates four prewar historic buildings into a whole that interrogates the relationship between near and far, past and present. Much as Gordon Matta-Clark’s Conical Intersect encourages a reinterpretation of buildings as an interplay of voids, W.O.R.M. features a series of cuts and tunnelings that disrupt as much as they open up to a new expression of communal space. A winding stair spirals up through holes bored into the floor plates, linking activities found on different floors to each other and back to the street, allowing for a meandering experience of the center. <img width="3375" height="2250" width_o="3375" height_o="2250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/242c803aa2394dfde4a26238c030644f6ae419897d3b58db53127c976f077927/RENDERING_sm.jpg" data-mid="180081722" border="0" alt="Perspective" data-caption="Perspective" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/242c803aa2394dfde4a26238c030644f6ae419897d3b58db53127c976f077927/RENDERING_sm.jpg" /> <img width="3400" height="2200" width_o="3400" height_o="2200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9e38f56a96552a1047184232cea19fb402c3cf7e1aabf965f0ba18f9f68596c/Massing-Diagrams_1page.jpg" data-mid="180083253" border="0" alt="Concept Diagrams" data-caption="Concept Diagrams" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9e38f56a96552a1047184232cea19fb402c3cf7e1aabf965f0ba18f9f68596c/Massing-Diagrams_1page.jpg" /> <img width="5643" height="4063" width_o="5643" height_o="4063" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d340f9cb49a62046d7aa5db2be75dc38e7c31c1e2f4cd19348469b19473b0262/SECTION-ISO.jpg" data-mid="180081892" border="0" alt="Isometric Section" data-caption="Isometric Section" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d340f9cb49a62046d7aa5db2be75dc38e7c31c1e2f4cd19348469b19473b0262/SECTION-ISO.jpg" /> <img width="3312" height="2493" width_o="3312" height_o="2493" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e37ab726ef19d548268836d0986d3e6052316aca8b631910e7e620de0a06efa/Facade-Detail-larger-no-anno.jpg" data-mid="180081789" border="0" alt="Facade Detail" data-caption="Facade Detail" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e37ab726ef19d548268836d0986d3e6052316aca8b631910e7e620de0a06efa/Facade-Detail-larger-no-anno.jpg" /> https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Cellular-Collisions Mon, 15 May 2023 21:43:53 +0000 Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Cellular-Collisions Cellular Collisions M.Arch Core Studio City College of New York (CUNY) Prof. Brad Horn 2019 How can we learn from medieval monastic architecture when designing for collective living? Nestled into a hill in Chatham, NY, Cellular Collisions explores whether the perceived disadvantages of cohabitation might be transformed into assets that spur housemates to reconsider their relationships with each other. The project considers the following questions: (1) What if the boundaries among private, collective, and public spaces become more porous? (2) How are we to conceive of the personal in a space that prioritizes the communal? (3) How might small, monastic bedrooms allow for individual contemplation while encouraging housemates to spend time in one another’s company? <img width="1948" height="1363" width_o="1948" height_o="1363" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6285b089dc01b7beded5e073eb7c74b5fb63a8841e1fb6e9c9b420acab5a6668/ext-render_from-back-2.jpg" data-mid="180159516" border="0" alt="Exterior perspective" data-caption="Exterior perspective" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6285b089dc01b7beded5e073eb7c74b5fb63a8841e1fb6e9c9b420acab5a6668/ext-render_from-back-2.jpg" /> <img width="3055" height="2432" width_o="3055" height_o="2432" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a99a51b6fc4032aa4b6a89c0ded003d91c587105b82d4e2f82ebfc26c66dcacf/01_Diagram.jpg" data-mid="181060206" border="0" alt="Spatial diagram" data-caption="Spatial diagram" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a99a51b6fc4032aa4b6a89c0ded003d91c587105b82d4e2f82ebfc26c66dcacf/01_Diagram.jpg" /> <img width="2552" height="2367" width_o="2552" height_o="2367" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7831a8686d99af7b0000024e8cd55315754391d0d9d09467ded3e4c818ad795a/11_Sketches_transparent.png" data-mid="181060328" border="0" alt="Concept sketches" data-caption="Concept sketches" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7831a8686d99af7b0000024e8cd55315754391d0d9d09467ded3e4c818ad795a/11_Sketches_transparent.png" /> <img width="4000" height="4000" width_o="4000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fc28ec228eccc3bc4d4fe88f656813387989de5ea4bc7ca7252357b1fc1f2350/230527_floor-plan.jpg" data-mid="180159448" border="0" alt="Floor plan" data-caption="Floor plan" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fc28ec228eccc3bc4d4fe88f656813387989de5ea4bc7ca7252357b1fc1f2350/230527_floor-plan.jpg" /> <img width="5100" height="2550" width_o="5100" height_o="2550" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a1d56a584a25627e98c230fdface832ccdcaf654c95fa7e3fe7e002338e8da2/5-13-21-section_sm.jpg" data-mid="181059634" border="0" alt="Section" data-caption="Section" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a1d56a584a25627e98c230fdface832ccdcaf654c95fa7e3fe7e002338e8da2/5-13-21-section_sm.jpg" /> <img width="2707" height="1649" width_o="2707" height_o="1649" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d3944efea6610dfa032c8bd7e0d7f8c26edcc15864a66605299836bfc9fa81ba/model-photo-2.JPG" data-mid="181060203" border="0" alt="Model" data-caption="Model" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d3944efea6610dfa032c8bd7e0d7f8c26edcc15864a66605299836bfc9fa81ba/model-photo-2.JPG" /> https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Exhibition-at-Robert-A-M-Stern Tue, 30 May 2023 16:19:03 +0000 Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Exhibition-at-Robert-A-M-Stern Exhibition at Robert A. M. Stern 2022 RAMSA Travel FellowNew York, NY As the 2022 RAMSA Travel Fellow, I traveled to Sicily to document the reuse of tuna fishery buildings.My fellowship proposal, titled “Mapping Memory: Linking the Landscape of Sicily’s Tuna Fisheries,” was linked to my graduate architecture thesis research. During the summer of 2022, I traveled to Sicily to document nine tuna fisheries and understand the ways they have been adapted for contemporary uses.&nbsp; In March 2023, I presented on my research at the Robert A. M. Stern architecture office in New York. (To see the video of my presentation, click here.) I also organized an exhibition in the office to display my drawings and photographs, shown below.&nbsp; All photos and videography courtesy of Robert A. M. Stern. <img width="6932" height="4181" width_o="6932" height_o="4181" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc6183f235e49dce2931727324817e5d70e39677a38b72a794e0fef4cdcb6236/2023-03-16-Fellowship-2022-Presentation-83.jpg" data-mid="182080855" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc6183f235e49dce2931727324817e5d70e39677a38b72a794e0fef4cdcb6236/2023-03-16-Fellowship-2022-Presentation-83.jpg" /> <img width="5260" height="3507" width_o="5260" height_o="3507" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e0ede852dc5a3ac16361424a869251a0b024f25ba0de3130b53049b6f3765806/2023-03-16-Fellowship-2022-Presentation-1.jpg" data-mid="182080786" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e0ede852dc5a3ac16361424a869251a0b024f25ba0de3130b53049b6f3765806/2023-03-16-Fellowship-2022-Presentation-1.jpg" /> <img width="5258" height="3505" width_o="5258" height_o="3505" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0531f906d371dd5eab71cc1740f135532e348dc2df8bb505a9c9593e6b344110/2023-03-16-Fellowship-2022-Presentation-86.jpg" data-mid="182080800" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0531f906d371dd5eab71cc1740f135532e348dc2df8bb505a9c9593e6b344110/2023-03-16-Fellowship-2022-Presentation-86.jpg" /> https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Material-Explorations Mon, 15 May 2023 21:43:52 +0000 Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty https://giulianavg.cargo.site/Material-Explorations Material Explorations Personal Work 2022 - Present Working with clay has informed my material-oriented approach to design. I have long been inspired by the idea of using clay as a building material. Recently, I’ve been getting to know it at a smaller scale: within a ceramics studio. In this practice, material properties inform the design rather than vice versa. Working with clay has been deeply grounding and also challenging. I often have specific ideas for what I want to make, only to find that the clay is not responding as I would like, or that the glaze finish looks funny. Yet, this is a practice in patience and open-mindedness, a long process of becoming familiar with clay’s quirks and qualities. <img width="1440" height="1093" width_o="1440" height_o="1093" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/488970d533a6c866a6aac5c557935d1444bfe44b9e9b9aad15cb163ef094befc/IMG_2479.jpg" data-mid="181058879" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/488970d533a6c866a6aac5c557935d1444bfe44b9e9b9aad15cb163ef094befc/IMG_2479.jpg" /> <img width="1680" height="1214" width_o="1680" height_o="1214" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41633c21d6e165740136a0c1919655e67db9a927a68b6b9ebc2a877388a9d8cc/IMG_2493.jpg" data-mid="181058886" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41633c21d6e165740136a0c1919655e67db9a927a68b6b9ebc2a877388a9d8cc/IMG_2493.jpg" /> <img width="1680" height="1147" width_o="1680" height_o="1147" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9313e2a25e8deaccfec004f3b35297765bbc29cdcba5f57a225f95b46c167a3b/IMG_2487.jpg" data-mid="181058884" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9313e2a25e8deaccfec004f3b35297765bbc29cdcba5f57a225f95b46c167a3b/IMG_2487.jpg" /> <img width="3003" height="2225" width_o="3003" height_o="2225" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3556ce118dc063b25201fb526b56cf8f11f7ac521d9b48a24c5160625f327131/IMG_2486.jpg" data-mid="181058880" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3556ce118dc063b25201fb526b56cf8f11f7ac521d9b48a24c5160625f327131/IMG_2486.jpg" /> <img width="3504" height="2336" width_o="3504" height_o="2336" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/019b6f5b3d811708ccea7337351de09654be7fbf031ffc11d75fa10844e9e86c/IMG_1242.jpg" data-mid="180442202" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/019b6f5b3d811708ccea7337351de09654be7fbf031ffc11d75fa10844e9e86c/IMG_1242.jpg" /> <img width="3504" height="2336" width_o="3504" height_o="2336" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69878aacf9e1ed376d8933b72907396db187498ede1e08c9d4a1468c7e587b3a/IMG_1289.jpg" data-mid="180442429" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69878aacf9e1ed376d8933b72907396db187498ede1e08c9d4a1468c7e587b3a/IMG_1289.jpg" />