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Portfolio 2014 Philadelphia, PA Temple University ArchitectureTRANSCRIPT
1-4 MANaYUNK WATERFOWL OBSERVATORYPASSYUNK ST. RITUAL HOUSEVIA FLAMINIA AQUEDUCTSPORTAGRIDPORTA PORTESE STUDIOCARPENTER ST. LIBRARYPATTERNING POROSITYLAND ART GENERATORINDEPENDENT WORK
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Top left: BaswoodTop Right: Aluminum Bottom Right: AcrylicBottom Left: Paper
manayunk waterfowl observatoryA series of paper foldingexercises was performed asan introduction to space-making and inhabitability. The same steps performed in paper were then modeledwere then modeledin multiple materials inorder to compare theirdiffering charactersiticsof light, privacy, structuralintegrity and tactility.
Site plan: Main St. / Tow Path - Manayunk Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Section West
Section East
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Image: Rendering of observatory and its location between the Towpath and Main Street
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MANAYUNK WATERFOWL OBSERVATORY
After examining theprevious materialstudies, wood wasemployed as the main component for the observatory. This allowed the inhabitant allowed the inhabitant the ability to experience a natural, comforting, and concealing spaceto observe waterfowl as they please.
Left Column: Xerox Transfers on VellumRight Column: Sectional Studies on VellumRight Image: Hidden LineAxonometric of ShearWallsWalls
The Ritual House beganas an introductory exercise in programming space. Starting from the assignment of a ceremony termed the “formal dinner party”,“formal dinner party”,the traditional ritualsof a classical dinner partywere examined and theninterpreted into a seriesof section drawings. These sections were then translated into a then translated into a series of shear wallswhich envelope the space as well as create a physical reference of the rituals of a formal dinner party.
passyunk st. ritual house
Left: 1/8th Scale Model Photos Right: Site Plan - South Philadelphia 6
7 Top: First Floor Plan | Bottom: Southeast Section
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passyunk st. ritual houseThe final result is a seriesof concrete shear wallsinfilled with brick and glasswhich reflect the pace of the ritual occurring insideas well as mediate betweenthe colliding city grids occuring the colliding city grids occuring outside. By employing theMaster/Servant spatialconfiguration, the servantsof the Formal Dinner Partyare able to navigate and tendto the parties’ guests in aseamless and hidden fashion.seamless and hidden fashion.The house is fully occupiable at all times withfull living quarters, a patioand a green roof restingwithin its structure.
The first in a series of fast-paced and partneredstudio exercises conductedin Rome, Italy. The ViaFlaminia Aqueducts wasinspired by the prototypicalRoman Aqueduct and itsRoman Aqueduct and itsability to enable water to travel for miles, utilizingonly the power of gravity.The Aqueduct was adaptedto support a mixed usefacility located in a previouslyabandoned block of Rome.abandoned block of Rome.
Top: Site Analysis Diagrams ofVia FlaminaMiddle: Location Plan of Site in Rome, ItalyBottom: Collage of AqueductInsiration
All work made in collaboration withAll work made in collaboration withAmanda Mazid
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VIA FLAMINIA AQUEDUCTS
Top: Hidden Line Site Plan | Right: Sections through Aqueducts | Middle: Section North | Bottom: Section East11
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VIA FLAMINIA AQUEDUCTS
The result is a mixed usecomplex consisting of parkspace, market space, aninformal forum, residential,commercial, and galleryspaces. The Aqueducts are allowed to pull water are allowed to pull water down from the nearby hill in order to sustain the various green spaces throughout the site, as wellas transport the users tothe various spaces and thenearby metro line.nearby metro line.
Top Image: Rendering of site plan and location onVia FlaminiaBottom Image: Renderingof aqueducts and buildinginteraction
PORTAGRIDThe Second in a seriesof exercises conducted in Rome, Italy, was for a Modular market space inhabiting a previously chaotic and derelict openair market. The marketair market. The markethad previously been occupied by illegal semi-permanent structures which were rigid and lackedadaptability. Our solutioncalled for a simple grid system to be built and system to be built and modified with which the market vendors could temporarily house theirgoods.
Clockwise from top Left:SIte Plan of Porta PortesePhotograph of the PortaPhotograph of the PortaSite Plan of InterventionRendering of Intervention in useDiagram of intervention Structure
All work completed in collaborationwith Saleem Barczynski
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PORTAPORTESE STUDIOThe third in a series ofexercises conducted in Rome, Italy, was chosento be a recording studio, practice space, and outdoormusic venue located betweenthe Tiber river and Portathe Tiber river and PortaPortese. The program waschosen due to the areashistorical, musical backgroundit being home to a family ofinfluential opera singers.The space was broken downinto programmatic volumesinto programmatic volumeswhich were then arrangedthroughout the site by orderof privacy, volume, and noise level.
Clockwise from Top Left:Site Plan on the Tiber RiverProgrammatic Volume ArrangementFirst and Second Floor Plan
All work completed in collaborationwith Saleem Barczyinski
Left: Site plan Between the Tiber River and Via Portuense | Top Right: Site Photos | Bottom Right: Site plan of Intervention15
PORTA PORTESE STUDIO
16Top Left: Sections through Intervention | Top Right: Interior + Exterior Renderings | Bottom: Section of Intervention in Site
Located in South Philadelphiaon the site of an existingill-equipt library, the Carpenter Street Library was developed to meet the needsof a growing neighborhood anda changing library culture. Operatinga changing library culture. Operatingas a series of model building exercises,the library began as a series of studiesat 1/32 scale which increasedin size and detail through 1/4 scale. Asthe models increased in size, so did theapparent needs and requirements of the design.
CARPENTER ST.LIBRARY
Top Left: Study Models in 1/32 Scale | Top Right: Sketch of Section Cuts through Library | Bottom: Programmatic Study Model17
Top: Site Plan Model | Middle: Perpective View of Site Plan Model | Bottom: Perspective View of Programmatic Study Model 18
Top Left: 1/4 Scale Model Terrace | Top Right: 2nd Floor Interior | Bottom Left: 1st Floor Interior | Bottom Right: 1/4 Scale Exterior Perspective
Top Left: Curtain Wall Section Detail | Middle: Curtain Wall Cable Detail | Right: Wall Detail Perspective | Bottom Left: Floor Slab + Joist Detail 20
Lecture Stairs
Cafe
Lobby / Check out
Adult reading area
Patio
Left: First Floor Plan | Right: Basement - 4th Floor Plans + Site Plan21
winter
Section West
summer
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CARPENTER ST. LIBRARY
Top Left: First Floor Rendering | Top Right: 2nd Floor Rendering | Bottom: Exterior Perspective23
PATTERNING POROSITYStemming from an investigation of patternsfound in nature, the Grasshopper plug-inwas utilized to reproduce the qualities and characteristics foundcharacteristics foundin our chosen natural patterns. The patternselected was found in a cross-sectionof a cat’s tooth. The qualities of direction, division, and individualdivision, and individualunits were reinterpretedthrough the Grasshopperplug-in’s parameters.After achieving thedesired results in 2Ddrawing form, the studiowas assigned a section was assigned a section of curtain wall and givenpartners to further adapt the designs.After a series of iterative processes and conversion of the2D drawing informationinto 3D objects, theinto 3D objects, thedesigns were CNCmilled into styrofoamwhich was installedinto the curtain wallat Temple University’sArchitecture Building.
*Project featured on*Project featured ondesignboom.com
Left: Morphology Drawing of Design Process | Right: Axonometric of Stryofoam Panel in Curtain Wall 24
Left: Section of Styrofoam Panel in Curtain Wall | Right: Photographs of Panel in Curtain Wall
PATTERINING POROSITY
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The Land Art GeneratorInitiative hosted in the City of Copenhagencalled for artists anddesigners to developnew forms of renewable,inhabitable energy on ainhabitable energy on asite in Refshaloen, off ofCopenhagen Harbor. TheProject began as a series of site analysis experiments,gathering data from the locationand plugging into Grasshopperfor tangible visual results.for tangible visual results.I chose to examine the frequencyand trajectory of different types ofship travel throughout the site. Theseresults were reflected in drawing formas well as a CNC milling into a woodpanel. The results were then used incollaboration with two teammates’collaboration with two teammates’studies as a parameter for the human-interaction throughout the site.
LAND ARTGENERATOR
Left: Site plan of Refshaleoen, Copenhagen | Right: Grasshopper Drawings and CNC Millings of Ship Travel
LAND ART GENERATOR
The results of our collaborative effort are a self-sustaining, energy-generating machine which utilizes Bio-Remediationtechniques to harvest and cleanthe soil of the current industrialinfill site. Once the land is returnedinfill site. Once the land is returnedto its natural, clean state, the siteand the machine become inhabitablefor the citizens of Copenhagento enjoy.
STIFF HOLLOWROPE
A series of structuralmodels, made in assistance to former Penn ChairmanPeter McCleary.All models explorethe relationshipthe relationshipbetween tensilestructures, hyperbolicshapes, and their ability to create occupiable space.
Top: Plans and Sections cut through Stiff Hollow Rope Model | Bottom: Stiff Hollow Rope Model #2
INDEPENDENT WORKTop Left: Unfolded Issue of Doppelganger Zine + Laser cut Stamps | Bottom Left: 13 - 2”x64” Issues | Right: Images of Pairings found inside Zine
31 Left: Mixed Media Piece for Professor Bob Trempe | Top Right: Laser Cut Plane made from Scrap Basswood | Bottom Left: Laser Etched Sign
