2024 Architectural Portfolio

MICHAEL RAY MALONJAO ARCHITECTURAL

MICHAEL RAY MALONJAO

ABOUT ME

I was born in Makati, Philippines, raised in Florida, and currently residing in New York City, post pandemic. After leaving the military, I pursued a civil engineering degree, through school and work experience for three years, then switched to industrial design, and architecture, to satisfy my right brain creativity. I’m hands-on, team-oriented person, comfortable leading or following as a situation requires. My goal is to find a position where I can continue to learn, while contributing to the success of the organization of which I’m a part.

LANGUAGE FLUENCIES

English Tagalog

EDUCATION

Senior, City Tech (CUNY), Bachelor of Architectural Technology, Class of 2026

2021 - 2023: LaGuardia Community College (CUNY) Associates of Applied Science, Industrial Design

2017 - 2020: Hillsborough Community College, Civil Engineering, 65 credits

ACADEMIC AWARDS

2024 Dean’s List, City Tech

2023 BNY Mellon Scholarship, City Tech

2023 Goldman Sachs 10KSB Fellow, LaGuardia CC

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Revit | AutoCAD | Rhino | 3ds Max | Solidworks

V-Ray | Photoshop | Illustrator | InDesign

Microsoft Office

WORK EXPERIENCE

2015 - 2023: various engineering and architectural positions (see resume).

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

2013 Helicopter Repairer, PFC, US Army Honorable Discharge

CONTACT

michaelray.malonjao@mail.citytech.cuny.edu

STEP UP

SUMMER PAVILION P. 12-15

P. 4-11

PADDLEFISH P. 24-27

BUTTERFLY VAULT P. 20-23

SUMMER

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SKETCHES P.

STEP UP

CITY TECH / DESIGN III / FALL 2023

Instructor: Prof. Rain Wang

Building Type: Community Center

Location: Redhook, Brooklyn

A community center containing athletic facilities, library, classrooms, exhibition hall, and a park, deriving its name from its design concept of “stepping up” towards higher education.

Inspired by the Chichu Art Museum, Step Up’s design, though visually formidable on Dikeman St (the higher socio-economic side), changes its personality to a more approachable presentation on Wolcott St (the lower socio-economic side).

This concept, presents an architecture metaphor wherein the more and less affluent members of the community can begin to relate to the concerns of each other through shared architectural spaces, where privilage and hardship can converge.

The architectural layout of the building revolves around the organizing concept of a series central skywells that penetrate through the levels, leaving appropriate places for the public and private functions.

DIKEMAN ST

WOLCOTT ST

AERIAL VIEW

SUMMER PAVILION

CITY TECH / BUILDING TECH I / FALL 2023

Instructors: Profs. Ramsey Dabby & Esteban Beita

Building Type: Wood Pavilion

Location: Bloomingdale, New Jersey

Manual working drawings for a modern Japanese teahouse. The stair and brick veneer wall section were added as an academic excercise.

Designed by: Esteban Beita Solano

SUMMER RESIDENCE RENDERING

CITY TECH / RENDERING CLASS / WINTER 2023

Instructor: Prof. Esteban Beita

Building Type: Residence

Location: Theoritically Hamptons, Long Island

In this course, we created photo-realistic renderings for a given design of a summer residence. We learned to use a combination of animations and interactive 360-degree panoramic views to create computer-generated scenes, viewed and explored as virtual and augmented reality.

FRONT YARD

BACK YARD

LOFT BEDROOM

BEDROOM 2

SCAN TO VIEW VIRTUAL REALITY

360 PANORAMIC SHOT

HOLOCAUST MUSEUM BUTTERFLY VAULT

J&M STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS / PRECAST CONCRETE PROJECT / 2017

Architecture Firm: PGAL

Structural Engineer: Amado G. Malonjao, PE

Manufacturer: East Texas Precast

Building Type: Museum Expansion

Location: Houston, Texas

The Lester and Sue Smith Human Rights Gallery is used for the teaching and outreach efforts of the Holocaust Museum, where human rights are at the heart of their mission.

My involvement in this project, under J&M Structural Engineers, was responsibility for creating the erection drawings and details for our client, East Texas Precast. The custom pattern on the precast wall was made with different sand blasting textures and grades to expose the aggregate on the surface.

Using AutoCAD, I created solutions for the layout of the precast wall panels designed by the architect. I learned about architectural finishes, pile foundations, rebars, stirrups, steel connections and weldings. I also learned how to calculate the center of gravity of different geometrical pieces for locating lifting inserts for stripping, handling, and erecting precast members.

DISNEY SPRINGS PADDLEFISH

ALTEC INC. / GLASS & GLAZING PROJECT / 2016

Architecture Firm: Daroff Design Inc.

General Contractor: Barton Malow

Glass Installer: Altec Inc.

Building Type: Restaurant

Location: Lake Buena Vista, Florida

The Paddlefish at Disney Springs, formerly known as Fulton’s Crab House, gets a bow-tostern transformation and offers a whole new seafood-centric dining experience.

Under Altec Incorporated, a glass and glazing subcontractor, I was responsible for cost estimating and creating AutoCAD shop drawings.

I contributed value engineering suggestions, including an alternative for the glass and aluminum (without comprimising the window’s low-E performance and U-value) to the general contractor for submission to the owner and architect. My suggestions were accepted with a cost reduction of 10 percent on our contract amount. I also proposed a powder coating custom finish of the aluminum frames to meet the project’s generic specifications.

RIVERFRONT VIEW

MAIN ENTRY VIEW

SKETCHES

CITY TECH / BUILDING TECH I / FALL 2023

Instructors: Profs. Ramsey Dabby and Esteban Beita

Context: Lettering, Lineweight, Isometric, Oblique, Perspectives.

CITY TECH / DESIGN III / FALL 2023

Instructor: Prof. Rain Wang

Context: Intial sketches for community center.

TEACH ON THE BEACH / ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION / SUMMER 2023

Advisor: Prof. Elizabeth Parks

Design Team: Kada Clyne, Jubaida Riche, & Michael Ray Malonjao

Context: Intial sketches for a community center.

CIRCADIAN MOOD LAMP

LAGUARDIA / DESIGN STUDIO / SPRING 2022

Product Type: Floor & Desk Lamp

Material: Aluminum, Forged Carbon Fiber

Target Market: Home Office, Students, & Regions with less daylight.

Circadian Mood Lamp simulates the sun’s daylight during darker times of the year, helping the user’s circadian rhythm and It improving wakefulness, sleep, and alertness.

Inspired by Dyson Solarcycle Morph floor light, Circadian Mood Lamp takes the shape of an aircraft wing, which is engineered to be lightweight and aerodynamic. The concept is to minimize material and produce a sleek and sculptural design for a product created at a market value. I am currently in the process of fabricating it...