Selected Works by Alexandra Bojarski-Stauffer

Alexandra Bojarski-Stauffer SELECTED WORKS

2012

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Pudong Skyline, Shanghai, China. Recipient of the Gordon Summer Travel Fellowship. I lived in Shanghai China for two months during the summer of 2011, completing a critical analysis of how the design of Shanghaiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infrastructure facilitates an exponentially growing urban population in relation to the sustainable issues that lay a foundation for a healthy future.

contact: Alexandra Bojarski-Stauffer bojarski.design@gmail.com (816) 695-7647

Design, where concepts and materials align...

...meaning falls into place.

Art and Literature 28 - 33 Architecture Studio Projects 12 - 27 Parametric Design 10 - 11

Fabrication 8 - 9 Design-Build 6 - 7 Built-Work 4 - 5

Built-Work

All Souls Episcopal Church and Community Center

Skylight

Tulane City Center Project Team Leader/Designer

Altar Wall

Collaboration

RuffWorks Studio John Williams Architecture LLC

Altar Furnishings

Client

The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana

Sarcristy

5500 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA

The Project

The adaptive re-use of a Walgreens store, the All Souls Episcopal Church grew out of the post Katrina efforts to provide relief, hope and spiritual counseling to returning residents. The community center is a locus of inspiration, providing a place where local organizations hold meetings, and provide computer, literary, music, and tutoring programs for children in the surrounding neighborhoods.

Vestry Altar Stage 1

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The Design Solution

The unique altar serves as the architectural and spiritual focal point of the sanctuary. Re-claimed wood from de-constructed houses in the Lower-Ninth Ward serves as the primary construction material, using the natural variation of the color and quality of the material to create an intricate woven-like composition.

Responsibilities

Managed team of designers and construction crew. Produced schemetic design drawings and models, site survey and analysis, construction documents, final renderings, and photographs for publication. 4

1 - Side view of Stage 2 - Altar Framing System

3 - East Elevation 4 - Completed Altar

5 - Construction Crew 6 - Altar Framing System

7 - Plan View of Altar Stage 8 - Axonemetric of Altar Construction

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Design-Build

All Guardians Institute Cultural Arts Center Tulane City Center Phase I Team Leader/Designer

Collaboration

RuffWorks Studio Rockwell Group

The Project

Dating from the 1880â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, the Indian traditions combine drumming, dancing, and call and response chants from West Africa with intricately beaded costumes inspired by Native Americans; in honor of the first Americans who extended assistance and shelter to African Americans during the slavery era.

Responsibilities

The Design

A multi-functional facility was conceived to provide a classroom, storage and performance space. The project was successfully completed within the $50,000 budget. Wrapping the wood frame structure with an aluminum roof paneling system provided an inexpensive solution to protecting the enclosure from the punitive elements. Hardie board, a durable yet pliable material crafts the curve-linear form of the stage and exterior cladding system. Opaque glass panels enclose the interior workshop space adjacent to the stage.

History

The mission of the Guardians Institute is to preserve, promote and celebrate the folk life traditions of the Mardi Gras Indians through a variety of educational workshops that promote literacy and physical well-being while preserving traditions such as the beading and crafting of Mardi Gras Indian suits, drumsong, and dance.

1 - Multi-Use Recreational Space 2 - Guardians of the Flame Indian 3 - Interior Rendering

Led a team of designers in phase 1 of schematic design providing site analysis, renderings and a visioning document to raise funds for construction of the project completed in the Summer of 2012.

4 - Exterior Rendering 5 - Site Analysis 6 - Interior Floor Plan 7 - Construction Images 8 - Completed Structure 5

Fabrication TUBE-HAUS

PROJECT TEAM CO-LEADER of Architects’ Week, a long standing tradition of Tulane University’s School of Architecture week-long, design and build group project.

The Problem

The groups were asked to create an installation based on sensory interaction. Considering green options, the installation must be contained within a footprint of 64 square feet and a volume of 1,000 cubic feet. Each group was allotted a busget of $350 for the project.

The Design Solution

Amplifying Sound

The Form

Recycled cardboard tubes from Tulane’s School of Architecture digital output lab were, held in place by more than 1,300 permeated holes.

The tubes acted as amplifiers projecting sound outward, which created a paradox between the implied privacy of form and the realized transparency of verbal communication.

An intricate 12 sided truncated cone, creates an enclosed space. One unobtrusively enters a hidden door embedded within one of the 12 sides.

Collaboration

Fellow leader Jason Levy Jing Liu of Solid Objectives, a NYC based firm.

With the support of Zachary Sarandos, Brad Rohman, Alia Soomro, Devin Reynolds, Liz Kovacevic, John Coyle, Madison Baker, Dennis Palmadessu, Tayson Ng, Akeem Martin, Zach Kauffmann and Lucces Velle

Framing Views

Orientation

Projecting Light

The interiors of the cylinders were painted three glossy colors, while the structure was painted a matte black to create a stark contrast against the bright pinholes, which framed views of the outside world.

The density of the tubes were arranged in relation to the orientation of the exterior context amplifying the sensory of experience of within.

At night the visual experience reverses when solar lights are activated, causing the structure to perform like a colorful beacon on the quad.

Parametric Design

The HYPER-CUBE

Angle: 230

The Technology Challenge

The Concept

The design concept of this project explores the hyper dimensional planespace of a hypercube. Using Grasshopper, a design scripting application for Rhino, the three-person team used algorithmic logic to create a complex composition of solids and voids that fills a 3D space in the form of a 2ft cube.

HYPER-CUBE

In the exercise, a cube within a cube is rotated continuously, the vertices of which are lofted to create a series of planes rotated about the cubeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s center.

ADGM 6800 - Advanced 3D Modeling (Professor Hiroshi) Group: Wanhao Cui, Rebecca Bradley, Alexandra Bojarski-Stauffer

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Angle: 230

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The resulting architecture is a pliant configuration of surfaces that exploit connections between intersections within the design.

The product of these intersections becomes an interstitial space contained simultaneously within all of the rotated cubes at the same moment, creating multiple adjacent zones of proximity.

Studio

Keller Center of the Urban Arts A NONDC (New Orleans Development Collaborative ) Project

The Challenge

Eight students worked as a design team in collaboration with New Orleans community leaders to create a new vision for a blighted Central City neighborhood. The project calls for the rehabilitation of an entire city block upon which the NORD Keller Center, abandoned after it was damaged by Hurricane Katrina, and a ramshackle corner store, known for supplying amenities for drug addicts and dealers in the immediate area, are situated.

The Vision

Our responsibility as architects in the field of cultural education rely on determining which features of our ever progressing industrial civilization represent the best and lasting values and should therefore be cultivated to form the nucleus for a new tradition. Proper distinction of cultural values can only develop through steadily improved education.

Education seeks to teach the application of cultural standards that result from a selective process of defining the essential values of life. A community improves as a cultural whole when individuals are given a chance to contribute their own variation of distinct cultural values that develop a healthy, diverse and integrated pattern for living. “The architecture that we produce will inevitably reveal the degree to which we have been able to show respect for the developing social pattern which we are apart of, without devitalizing our individual contribution to it,” Walter Gropius.

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PHASE I

Keller Square Park

The urban renewal of the site includes creating a park-like setting that consciously connects with the Mahalia Jackson Elementary School providing shaded seating, a jungle-gym, and a multi-use full function basketball court.

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ROME STUDIO

LANDS of SUPERIMPOSITION A new URBAN STRATEGY

I spent a semester abroad in Rome living and working in a former 17th century convent that is part of Borromini’s St. Agnese church on the Piazza Navona. The curriculum is equivalent to Fourth year and includes design studio, a drawing course, a history of the city course, and a structures/technology course.

CREATING PLACE using FIELD OPERTIONS

CONCEPT EVOLUTION DIAGRAMS and MODELS: Response to local forces, shifting from architectual to urban concepts.

“Folding”

“Enclosure”

In this project we analyzed how an urban space in Rome could be transformed into an EVENT -driven public space by shifting the ground plane.

“Lifting”

URBAN INTERVENTION This urban intervention becomes a driven public space that encourages artistic creativity. The lack of public gathering space on Rome’s urban fringe inhibits the possibility for creative activity to occur. This “landscraper” intends to provide a destination at the end of a long pathway, a “living-park” in three dimensions. Ramps provide a multi-linear pathway that embraces, frames and intersects art studios, galleries, and an open air-theater stage. This intervention intends to blur the interaction between inside and outside, as the ramp becomes the structure, the structure becomes the pavilion, and vice versa.

SITE: the Suburbs of ROME The site’s seemingly difficult physical constraints lend to its potential assets. Isolated within the interior of an irregularly-shaped residential block in Rome, the site is surrounded by several disparate and aging apartment buildings. It is essential then, to create a strong and unique identity for the Rome site itself, one that establishes its own internal landscape and respite from the haphazard conglomeration of buildings that surround it.

“Carving”

SURFACES, EDGES, INTERSECTIONS Porous Block

Avenue Entrance

The proposal focuses on the creation of a central landscape that meets the street edge drawing the visitor in. This landscape is defined at its edges by blocks of potential gallery and workshop spaces for local artists. Paths carves through the masses create porous edges that filter circulation through the site. Ramps span between the gallery masses, creating a large covered terrace to protect its entry lobbies. On the East side, a hard-scaped entry court provides a dramatic “front door” for the project, accommodating a formal drop-off point from the main Avenue.

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“Carving”

SPONTANEOUS CREATIVITY

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A new URBAN LANDSCRAPER / EVENT – driven public spaces

TULANE UNIVERSITY School of Architecture DSGN410 - Del Signore / Lin STUDIO

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“Lifting”

SPONTANEOUS CREATIVITY

A BOJARSKI-STAUFFER

A new URBAN LANDSCRAPER / EVENT – driven public spaces

TULANE UNIVERSITY School of Architecture DSGN410 - Del Signore / Lin STUDIO

:: LANDS of SUPERIMPOSITION ::

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SPONTANEOUS CREATIVITY

A BOJARSKI-STAUFFER

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TULANE UNIVERSITY School of Architecture DSGN410 - Del Signore / Lin STUDIO

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INTEGRATED STUDIO CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE

A Cultural Heritage Museum

The Civil Rights Institute seeks to promote the concept of democracy while teaching the history of the civil rights movement as it occurred in New Orleans. Situated within the context of Oretha Castle Halley Blvd. the backbone of a once thriving African American community, the institute will become a focal point for civic engagement. The program calls for both a permanent and temporary exhibition gallery space, a community meeting area, an auditorium, archive, library and administrative offices. The design concept of the building draws upon the method of arrival and circulation of the visitor as he or she engages with the history of the movement.

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In an all-air system, an air handling unit in a fan room circulates air through a filter and thermostatically controlled hot water and chilled water coils to condition it. The conditioned air is then sent through the ducts to the occupied spaces of the building. As the used air is returned through the ducts, some of the air is diverted by dampers that regulate the draft in air ducts by exhausting some of the air outside. An equal amount of fresh air is then drawn in through an outdoor louver and added to the stream of return air. Over half of indoor air quality problems result from inadequate ventilation and filtration. Filters remove suspended impurities from the air supply. Building codes specify the amount of ventilation required for certain uses and occupancies in air changes per hour or in cubic feet per minute per person.

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New Orleans STUDIO GALLERY HOUSE

Situated in New Orleans’ historic Marigny ditrict, directly East of the French Quarter, this house pays tribute to the front porch culture celebrated by local residents. Drawing from the colorful context of French architecture, the design provides a contemporary compliment to the neighborhood with its elongated shutters, columns and wrap-around porch. The house incorporates a steel frame system. Steel trusses span the house in cross section allowing a free-plan layout within. A gallery, cafe and offices compliment the street front, the second floor apartment is designed to frequently host entertainment. 22

BATHROOM CAFE MEDIA GALLERY

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South Elevation

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SIDE COVERED PORCH

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West Elevation

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East-West Long Section

Elysian Fields Ave. Elevation

North-South Cross Section

INTERACTIVE BOAT JETTY Gioiosa, Sicily.

NITRO SAGGIO SICILY LAB WORKSHOP A unique ten-day workshop in Gioiosa, Sicily, coordinated by Italian architect Nino Saggio. The workshop is a fast-paced, experimental prototype focused on the field of new information technology. I engaged in a design charette that incorporated the concept of utilizing wireless interactive networks that create augmented immersive realities through the interaction of autostereo-scopic systems, emotional and physical sensors.

Design Concept Activating an abandoned boat jetty, drawing Sicilians from the hillside to interact along a winding immersive path, culminating at the base to meet the Mediterranean Sea. Movement along the multi-level path triggers sensors that activate an illumination system embedded within the platform. This dock becomes an interactive hub of energy, activity and transport. Embedded with â&#x20AC;&#x153;smartâ&#x20AC;? sensors, incoming waves activate pistons within the dock supplying electricity to the small hill-side Italian town.

Tidal energy is produced through the use of tidal energy generators. These large underwater turbines are placed in areas with high tidal movements, and are designed to capture the kinetic motion of the ebbing and surging of ocean tides in order to produce electricity. Tidal power has great potential for future power and electricity generation because of the massive size of the oceans. These articles explore the potential energy of tidal power technologies.

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Artwork in Rome

Sketches completed while studying abroad in Italy.

A study of Van Gogh’s painting “Drinkers” on exhibit in Rome, Italy. Pencil.

View from an archway inside the Colluseum, Rome, Italy. Charcoal. Studies of Medieval Towers, San Gimignano, Italy. Pencil. 28

A study of two paintings by Surrealist painter Remedios, Varo. Graphite.

Published Writing PS1 MOMENTS

Proposal for 2012 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program AEDS | Ammar Eloueini Digit-all Studio Research and Writing Assistant AEDS proposal for the 2012 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program defines the concept of the courtyard within the urban context of the 21st century. AEDS considers the courtyard an urban oasis hidden within an urban fabric. This hidden gem, nestled inside an enclosure, references spaces such as the Alhambra in Spain and the French Quarter courtyards in New Orleans. The design stimulates a sense of adventure enticing the visitor to meander through a maze-like field condition of objects that distort the path to the museum. This anti-monumental approach reveals an acute awareness to the human scale encouraging a voyeuristic curiosity to explore and inhabit hidden “moments,” activating the entire courtyard throughout the day and into the evening. A stream of water carves a path between the objects, stitching together three main spaces defined by the experience of water, mist and vegetation. At night, diffused light is fragmented through the digitally fabricated pattern that perforates the Corian surfaces.

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MoMA Courtyard Proposal

Historically, these courtyards are concealed within a dense urban context. Openings in gates, walls and alleyways offer views of the courtyard from the street, revealing lush vegetation, fountains and a rich culture of detailed decoration. Likewise, thin slots in the MoMA wall allow the casual observer walking along the street a glimpse of the urban oasis, enticing one to enter and discover hidden “moments” within the mysterious setting. The site condition of the MoMA museum involves two urban grids that intersect at an angle, defining the unique triangular shape of the PS1 courtyard.

The site condition of the MoMA museum involves two urban grids that intersect at an angle, defining the unique triangular shape of the PS1 courtyard.

The proposal responds to the convergence of these two networks, drawing upon their rectilinearity to position the components with a certain directionality. This orientation informs the placement of the objects within an organic field condition of spaces that evolve over time.

An acute awareness of the human scale was explored throughout the project. The proposal presents an anti-monumental approach that informs the proportion of each object. Designed at three scales, the objects provide a balanced relation to the human body, to comfortably accommodate the visitor rather than overwhelm.

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Framed views encourage a voyeuristic curiosity to explore this mysterious setting, AEDS MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program Proposal 2012

These objects, placed throughout the field, distort the visitorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s path to the museum encouraging a voyeuristic curiosity to discover hidden moments throughout courtyard. The elements of water, vegetation and mist, define the environment of each space, revealing a distinct atmosphere as the visitor meanders through the oasis. Visitors are encouraged to use the courtyard throughout the day as an adventurer curiously exploring the space, or as a voyeur taking amoment to relax in one of the cabanas, watching the others pass by. At night, the experience of the courtyard is amplified by diffused and fragmented light from the objects, illuminating MoMAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s social events and weekly concerts. Courtyard Typologies

Plan Proposal

The largest objects become occupiable spaces. Diffused and fragmented light from the objects, illuminate MoMA’s social events. AEDS MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program Proposal 2012

The design pays particular attention to constructability and sustainability. Given the six week timeframe in which the installation must be erected, the ease of construction was carefully engineered. The challenge of this design considers how to honestly address the most efficient use of the chosen materials. AEDS conceived a prefabricated system to provide a realistic solution to minimum on-site assembly. The final design optimizes the use of the chosen materials. The proportions of the three main components are also derived from this careful consideration. At the end of the installation, the materials will be dismantled and recycled. Varying in height from eight to ten feet, the largest objects become occupiable spaces. These objects, which we refer to as “cabanas” are constructed using a lightweight 90” x 90” wood frame base open on two sides. A layer of white fabric softens the cabana interior. Recyclable Corian panels provide the exterior finish. The solid panelsframe the view to a certain orientation. Select panels of each object are perforated with a computer generated pattern.This pattern continues from one object to the next discretely connecting the elements with a continuous surface. The orientation of the pattern intentionally captures the quality of the water that streams past, drawing an elemental connection to the voyeur hiding inside. 32

After the project is deconstructed, the Corian panels will be 100% recycled by DuPont. Secondary objects with a 60 x 60 inch base, vary in height, further enhancing the exploratory experience, encouraging the observer to navigate through the field. Tables are designed with a 30 x 30 inch base, illuminated from underneath with LED’s. Variations in height provide a comfortable surface for books, coffee, and laptops during the day and cocktails at night. The stream of water, also illuminated with LED’s, provides a shimmering iridescent source of light in the evening. During the day, light filters through the perforated surface of the cabanas casting a playful shadow within. At night, LED’s imbedded in the structural layer of the frame diffuses light through the fabric, illuminating the interior. Light is directed and fragmented through the perforated surface to the outside activating the surrounding courtyard.

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The courtyard reveals lush vegetation, fountains and a rich culture of detailed decoration. AEDS MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program Proposal 2012

A cushion of red foam placed inside the cabana invites the visitor to hide within the space and become a voyeur, curiously peering out through the perforated view. The computer generated pattern cut in the Corian panels rediscovers the lost art of craftsmanship. Throughout history, craftsmen mastered the knowledge of the tools they had to meticulously create a design. This knowledge was gradually lost with the advent of the in industrial revolution and mass production. Today, AEDS seeks to revive the intimate connection between the craftsmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s knowledge of the tools and the art he creates. Using computer tools, AEDS masters the intellectual capacity of specific software to derive design from a particular logic. In this project, AEDS uses its knowledge of parametric modeling to create an ornamental decoration based on a simplification of mathematical proportions. By means of computational design, AEDS derives an organic interpretation of a Voronoi tessellation to create a performative surface.

The project intends to activate the entire courtyard throughout the day and into the evening inviting the visitor to meander through a maze-like field condition and occupy the objects. AEDS Proposal for 2012 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program was among the top five selected finalists. http://www.archdaily.com/tag/ammar-eloueini-digit-all-studio/ http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/yap/2012ny_ aed.html http://www.digit-all.net/inc/projects_detail 33