OliviArc Design

An arc’s purpose is different from an arch. Rather than connecting and supporting weight for an opening, an arc will show progression and stories for new openings.

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About

OliviArc

Architecture is widely regarded as a discipline that blends STEM and the visual arts, combining functionality with creativity.

Most architecture portfolio websites showcase only an artist's most recent work to support internship and job opportunities. Through OliviArc, you will explore a real-life portfolio that documents the artist's growth and development over time. Rather than presenting only final outcomes, it highlights the creative journey, allowing viewers to witness progress while fostering a deeper connection between the artist and the audience.

Olivia Baek

Founder

Sophomore at LaGuardia High School, NYC. Focusing on how sound affects the construction and modeling of architecture

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Crescendo

Nature in Architecture is heavily based on the human experience of moving within the buildings. The focus is less on the scenery but the relationship all throughout. The main objective for each piece is ultimately, how will the building work and engage with its surroundings? Architecture is a way to converse between people who never met face to face, but rather, through connections they left behind Past the world wars, architects were allowed to design based on scale due to

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Imaginations of Reality

Architecture, compared to other fields in the visual design categories, seems to fit more with STEM than with design. It exists at a harsh intersection between art and science, between the subjective and the objective. It blends aesthetics, which is heavily culturally driven, with mathematics and hard physics. Despite the common understanding of architecture, is it in any way connected to history or the humanities? Architectural styles consistently have to adapt to the techn

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Notion of Visible Sound

Through architecture, the world explores objectives spanning from movement, nature, to silence and emotions. While some come from history, others are shaped by human behavior and the environment around it. This piece begins with sound, something invisible yet deeply cultivating personal growth and memories. It carries emotion, direction, and presence, and shines through even in silence. This piece explores architecture through listening. Inspired by the overall anatomy of an

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Portfolio

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Philosophy

My Approach

Oliviarc reflects more than just a dream for architecture: it represents personal growth and connections. An arc is a transition from two points, a movement, much like a journey to which one may become. Arcs show balance and strength, transforming weight into something graceful. In this way, Olivia becomes one with the structure- through identity, Oliviarc is a representation of the connection of ambition and design, and where every curve holds possibilities.

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