1. design
portfolio
Rebecca Leroux

2. . performance space
. water works
. sun shade
. art gallery
. dance studio
. creative works
table of contents

3. Sited on the strip of
land that lies in be-
tween Chinatown and
the financial district,
this pavilion’s pattern
was inspired by tradi-
tional Chinese window
screens. This space
would allow for gath-
ering and would serve
as a gateway between
the two vividly different
spaces. It allows for a
covered space and an
open feel.
performance space

4. This natatorium is
for public use in the
Arnold Arboretum.
The concept behind
this building was
inspired by the layers
of the arboretum. The
facade mimics the
arboretum by allow-
ing most of the light
to come from the top.
As a visitor or athlete
to this building you
can experience each
layer both indoors and
outdoors.
water works

5. C
The siting of this struc-
ture intersects an exist-
B ing pathway. It was
B B designed so that you
Diving Pool
can still walk the existing
Open to Below
path, but now you over-
B look the lap pool as you
Mezzanine
Seating Area
B cross over. A secondary
B
walk way was created
Coaches Swimming Pool
Room Upper Rink
Office
A
Locker
Room
Locker
Office
Lobby to replicate a existing
one, but to recreate it by
Room
Office
allowing people to walk
Bath
Bath Lower Rink
Stor.
Mechanical above, at a different layer
Pool
A
60
Equip.
A of the arboretum while
A watching the skaters
skate next to you.
water works

6. In groups, we were chal-
lenged to create a shading
device for a hallway in our
department that catches a
lot of afternoon sun. Our
design was to use rotating
panels that could manipu-
late the light. The final built
piece was constructed of
recycled cardboard boxes &
newspaper, scraps of colored
acetate, dowels, and rubber
bands, keeping our project
green. Our design created
a modern stained glass feel
allowing for diffused light.
sun shade

7. This building is sited on
a fairly steep slope in a
unknown vineyard. The
design process began
with the vineyard as well
as the building. Both the
vineyard and the building
shaped each other. The
building’s dimensions
reflect the pattern and
system of the vineyard.
Later in the design, the
building shifts in this pat-
tern forcing the vineyard
to shift as well.
art gallery

8. This is designed as a gallery to
house a painting and a sculp-
ture. The two separate boxes
each have one light feature to
reflect the choice of painting
and sculpture. Albers Inter-
Gallery
Bar
Women’s Men’s
action of Color is a painting
D
Kitchen
Room Room
Office
created to bring the view-
ers eye upward towards the
Closet
light. In this, large, linear light
catches bring a soft glow from
above not to disturb viewing
of the painting. Henry Moore’s
Reclining Figure allows small
pockets of light, here reflected
in the lattice.
art gallery

9. While the building isn’t very
big, the visitors follow a
fairly long linear path. They
shift direction as the build-
ing shifts, both in plan and
in section, making note of
your change in functional-
ity. The vineyard interacts
with the building through
the seasons as the vines will
grow strong up the lattice in
the front of the building to
shade it in the warm sum-
mer and allow the southern
sun to shine through in the
winter.
art gallery

10. This building was designed
to function as a series of
studio spaces for the Anti
Gravity dance team in
Boston’s North End. Anti
Gravity has a unique style of
dance, in which they use un-
usual tools to allow them to
have a very new urban style.
This piece was designed
to be a box inside a glass
box, to allow for a perfor-
mance to be seen from both
sides. The performance of
the dancers, and the perfor-
mance of the everyday city.
dance studio

11. The buildings core runs
along the left hand side of
the building, acting as a
noise barrier to the rest of
the North End. The more
public programmatic pieces
run through the center of
the horizontal circulation.
People can walk around all
of the studio spaces and
have selected points where
they can get a peak of what
is going on inside. Other
times, people can only see
the silhouette of the dancers
through frosted glass panels.
dance studio

13. A small collection of
artwork done between
2005 and 2008.
From left to right:
water in movement (oil
pastels)
(oil pastels)
figure study (charcoal)
drawing from photograph
(charcoal)
(oil pastels)
shadow and light (char-
coal)
creative work