https://www.stellabennett.com/home daily 1.0 2024-04-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/2410857d-6301-43d0-a522-0d489374f927/Untitled-Artwork.jpg https://www.stellabennett.com/resume daily 0.75 2024-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/4c28a4ef-bf33-4870-958a-42700b560ff1/IMG_2935.jpg https://www.stellabennett.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-04-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/8172fc62-0624-4f05-afbf-28c73dd18af6/IMG_1042.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/6920f745-f01c-40b3-9372-50712db6957f/IMG_6203+%281%29.jpg https://www.stellabennett.com/illustrations daily 0.75 2024-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/ca1a6191-8866-459f-bfc2-b177726999ab/sustainability_issue_cover.jpg Illustrations The Chicago Maroon Sustainability Issue 2021 cover. Hand drawn in Procreate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/16f43225-ae64-4576-a75e-c914b4c10c92/british+colonialism+legacy.jpg Illustrations Patterns of Colonialism visualization submitted as a piece of a group project for Critical Spatial Media: Visualizing Urban, Planetary, and Environmental Change ENST 23517. The project centered on the visual, visceral and textural legacy left by colonialism around the world, told through the story of the the British Raj in India. Handrawn in Procreate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/7878ddb6-0fa6-4c65-995a-198319338b1f/Untitled_Artwork+3.jpg Illustrations The Chicago Maroon Graduation 2023 Issue cover. Hand drawn in Procreate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/8d3997dc-3a02-48c0-a052-fc451dcb4506/oil+floating.jpg Illustrations Projections and Impressions of the Global Shipping Industry project submitted as the final portion of my project for Projections in the Vivosphere ENST 24194. The project focused on the implications of the modern shipping industry on material and knowledge circulation in the Anthropocene. Oil paint on canvas, digitalized and manipulated in Illustrator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/c8a1f6f8-c943-4dd0-bb9d-f694ec20f2cd/Fatima+comic+01+Artboard+1.jpg Illustrations 1/2 Fatima Warrior Princess comic trip submitted as the graphic portion of the final project for Epic Religion: The Ramayana to Game of Thrones GLST 26802. The written element described how the Islamic epic humanized and dimensionalized women in a world written for men. Hand drawn in Procreate and manipulated in Illustrator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/7ca890cd-2f50-4621-ac70-06e639e5480f/nyc+soccer.jpg Illustrations Expositions Magazine graphic for an issue 2 article about pick up soccer in New York City. The illustration shows inked soccer players playing a pick up game in the Socratic lyceum, reflecting the new urban philosophies blossoming from the phenomenon. Hand drawn in Procreate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/60d88883-3307-4eeb-b58b-def4c1d92625/Fatima+comic+02+Artboard+2.jpg Illustrations 2/2 Fatima Warrior Princess comic strip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/815fa942-0313-453b-b377-6e5083516439/IMG_2946.jpg Illustrations Expositions Magazine graphic for an issue 2 article on Roman architecture in northern California. Inked flames against a graphite classical Roman temple. Hand drawn in Procreate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/5cb59b0e-f2d5-409e-9c93-91f1980a82e3/IMG_9007.jpg Illustrations Charcoal study of a child playing in water. Compressed charcoal and pastel on paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/a4328ed3-b853-4a91-8fd8-9d9236ac89fe/Untitled-Artwork+2.jpg Illustrations Portrait of my mother, part of a series of family portraits done for our stairwell. Hand drawn in Procreate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/e2d10639-75cb-4be8-8450-ad889fa32e66/Untitled_Artwork+1+%282%29.jpg Illustrations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/d25cd52a-6875-4920-aa79-66d6f9139d60/IMG_8934.jpg Illustrations Study of an African fertility doll. Graphite and chalk on paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/fa27de0d-b723-42a0-919c-f0886b6e0356/Untitled-Artwork+1.png Illustrations Graphic for Firebird article on Mitski. Hand drawn in Procreate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/d61156eb-550e-498c-be24-fb9a87cbb2cd/Untitled_Artwork+2.jpg Illustrations Expositions Magazine graphic for The Mayor's House in El Paso, Texas, by Eli Wizekovich in issue 6. Hand drawn in Procreate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/5c445b52-665e-4b7a-8f0c-157fb3098fdc/Untitled_Artwork+26.jpg Illustrations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/ed3dbc6d-0c77-4dca-b667-933b3bb0c5e8/Untitled_Artwork+1.jpg Illustrations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/9884145c-8d75-4f9f-8b85-5af8271c4b58/Untitled_Artwork+10.jpg Illustrations Brand graphic for Cicero Learning. Hand drawn in Procreate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/dbfa5010-0e62-4f82-8902-9580c00e0249/high-five.jpg Illustrations Graphic for Cicero Learning. Hand drawn in Procreate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/330512cf-7a9e-4ea3-bfa8-aa9e7db53bda/Untitled_Artwork+5.jpg Illustrations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/5dbe09c9-9f2e-49a2-b3ef-6afed4f07ee9/Untitled_Artwork+4.jpg Illustrations https://www.stellabennett.com/drawings daily 0.75 2024-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/81effc7c-2a6f-4099-a623-769019907fcc/archdraw+1.jpg Drawings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/1712774851678-F5DRPVKS272BR991DKIF/archdraw4.jpg Drawings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/2aaac59a-7cba-4ed9-8d80-679926d4fcef/archdraw+3.jpg Drawings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/1b9a9afc-0ee8-4694-b872-3fd3ac24eb32/archdraw+2.jpg Drawings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/d8ea5cf3-3a6a-4f15-b4f3-6fcf81330355/arcg+draw+5.jpg Drawings https://www.stellabennett.com/urbandesign daily 0.75 2024-04-15 https://www.stellabennett.com/urbandesign/utrecht monthly 0.5 2024-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/2d7bcfbc-c755-4f3e-b05f-8c3dc9c1eb4c/LBBC+2023+3-IsleM+Masterplan.jpg Stella Bennett - Utrecht https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/c6befa57-a322-4b1f-b78f-c1526cc16727/utrecht+building.png Stella Bennett - Utrecht A public theater/convention center I designed as the center piece for the island created by the Merwede canal system. It is inspired directly by Roman temples and echo's the circularity of the island it rests on. Behind it two medieval-inspired towers rise up at the fork in the canal, marking the double-bridge entrance to the island. https://www.stellabennett.com/urbandesign/edgewaterunderline monthly 0.5 2024-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/8b088568-2a33-4120-822e-682b8139c7a6/spread+2.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/421d5174-b0b0-4535-af32-1bf94f0d1014/key.png Stella Bennett - Edgewater Underline Key: This is the master key to my master plan, indicating the materials included, bike path inclinations, and registered community centers. The master plan focuses most specifically on the infrastructure design of the bike path and cross streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/10f10600-1383-472f-b684-43dc17ca0484/spread+1+of+4.jpg Stella Bennett - Edgewater Underline Section 1/4, from Irving Park Rd to W Montrose Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/886741bd-6fa0-47b3-a4e0-480f27fbab06/spread+2+of+4.jpg Stella Bennett - Edgewater Underline Section 2/4, from W Montrose Ave to W Lawrence Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/1712932536153-F17YTJ2J1AF3IV42NWAH/cross%2B1.jpg Stella Bennett - Edgewater Underline Cross section: This cross section shows the relationships between the different types of infrastructure involved. It illustrates how the bike path might hang from the tracks when crossing intersections, how the trains might interact with the bikers, and how the underneath space is formed by all of this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/072a8929-e3d8-48f6-9c41-49270cfe5533/1.jpg Stella Bennett - Edgewater Underline Initial Plan: This is a full map of the stretch of north Chicago that my projects involve. The key details how each intersection will be treated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/849f7a3e-84cd-409f-a537-d5cdb927f946/drawing+1.png Stella Bennett - Edgewater Underline Earlier Rendition: This sketch was part of an earlier phase of this project in which I considered sinking the vehicular intersections underground in some places in order to free up the ground level for pedestrians and bikes. This idea was born from my curiosity about the potential of expanding Chicago's underground road system, as well as the time I recently spent in Bologna, IT which routinely closes its downtown to cars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/f8fb064a-88f8-4aa9-9b29-3b69ecab0661/spread+3+of+4.jpg Stella Bennett - Edgewater Underline Section 3/4, from W Lawrence Ave to Foster Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/1e5e0058-39ef-4bd0-9d4f-e6ac3518972d/perspective+1.jpg Stella Bennett - Edgewater Underline Perspective: This is a perspective shot of the underline as it would look from a bike passing the small playground to the right. In the distance, the bike ramp up to train level is visible, as well as the color-coded biking and walking paths. Pencil sketches show possible permutations of the pillar art installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/5339bfca-97ee-4c49-b611-ba803c574bd6/drawing+2.png Stella Bennett - Edgewater Underline Lake Shore Trail Connection: Not included in the master plan is a proposed connection between the bike path and the lake shore trail which ends at Melrose beach. This would extend biking possibilities for all the bikers on the trail and connect them into Edgewater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/0e038716-f9c6-40cc-bb9d-4f6dad55002e/spread+4+of+4.jpg Stella Bennett - Edgewater Underline Section 4/4, from W Foster Ave. to Bryn Mawr Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/e61d82cb-a9d5-435e-9658-d3698f37b334/perspective+2.jpg Stella Bennett - Edgewater Underline Perspective: This perspective drawing shows a newly renovated Argyle Station and a pedestrianized intersection which avoids the need for an elevated path. This street underwent something similar in 2015 with limited success, I propose delineating the car and pedestrian roads even further and aiming to make drivers feel the least comfortable in this space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/8f118431-903c-491e-8ff1-d764845f4cd3/drawing+4.png Stella Bennett - Edgewater Underline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66040e85824150250383530a/64dc125f-f787-4ff4-9edc-6de364dedb59/drawing+3.png Stella Bennett - Edgewater Underline Art Installation: In order to memorialize the role of the old red line tracks, built in 1916, as well as the life of the community since then, I propose a community run public art installation under the new tracks. The renovated tracks are built with striking concrete pillars, placed 100 meters apart all along the section of track I'm dealing with. I think that muralizing each pillar to represent a subset of the community would create a cohesive, complete, and beautiful memorial to the old red line. Community centers are marked in a purple outline on the master plan, denoting groups to contact to decorate the pillars. To tie this project together I propose assembling a small team of public artists to help execute the community's ideas.