AmberGalko B.S.Arch, M.Arch, M.S.Arch
PORTFOLIO selected design works 2008 - 2014
Date, 2014
Summer 2011
Project Name, Location
Spring 2012
Spring 2013
Fall 2013
Spring 2014
Fall 2014
Date, 2014
The intent of this project was to design a Quaker friends school to be located in Jamaica Pond Park. The classrooms are located along the curve of a swale facing Jamaica Pond. When approaching the school via car, the administrative building stands surrounded by public parks and paths. The gardens are the roofs of the classrooms which are set into the hill, each with a distinct view of the pond and recreation areas. The classrooms and administrative areas are connected through a lofty double heighted space that leads down into a common reading area. The end result is clear, private classroom setting that works to connect the children to the nature that exists outside of their classroom.
Concept Sketch
Concept Model
Quaker Friends School, Jamaica Plane, MA
Summer, 2011
The main conceptual idea for this theater design was to re-route the circulation of the site and allow a more direct and public access from the U-Bahn stop Spichernstrasse at the south of the site. The theater is located in between the two existing school buildings with two main entrances, one facing north to connect with the existing circulation of the site, and one facing south to welcome people coming from the subway or Bundesallee. This position allows it to be seen from the southern approach up to the site, as well as allow it connect to the existing theater side stage to provide a new ticket area.
Building Section
Theater Addition, Berlin, DE
Final Massing Model
Final Detail Model
Elevation
Facade Section
Spring 2012
Flexible Triple Decker Revitalization, East Boston, MA
How can Boston’s unique typology of triple decker housing be transformed to incorporate flexibility in order to respond and adapt to the evolving needs of the user, as well as enhancing and strengthening communal connections?
The current triple decker (left) is compromised of 10% common space. Using flexibility to reduce and optimize the unit size, the common areas may be increased to 30%
10% Common Space
30% Common Space
Spring 2013
Flexible Triple Decker Revitalization, East Boston, MA
Room Configuration Diagrams
Spring 2013
Engineering Innovation Building, Tucson, AZ
The Engineering Innovation Building is the newest addition to the University of Arizona. It is a multi-disciplinary research laboratory where students, researchers, and professors are free to collaborate and share ideas. The hot - dry desert region that Tucson is located in requires a thoughtful and passionate approach to building shading. This building form is designed to shade itself, thus substantially reducing the amount of direct solar gain hitting the envelope. As a result the energy use and cooling costs are drastically lowered
Fall 2013
This design is located in Hunt’s point New York City, one of the poorest regions in the entire country. This multi-use complex proposes a sustainable, high-performing architecture that is used as a visual backdrop to the public spaces that it creates. Evolutionary design encompasses a revolutionary core: this design conceals the revolutionary ideas of sustainability in an evolutionary site that harmonizes with the neighborhood, allowing for immediate acceptance by the residents and neighborhood, followed by gradual realization of the true value of sustainability
Evolution Revolution, Hunt’s Point, NY
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Rentable Retail and Office Space 400-Unit Mixed-Income Residential Headstart Pre-K Performance Space Grocery Store Event Space Commercial Kitchen
Spring 2014
This complex is to use an innovative Variable Refrigeration Volume System to heat and cool the spaces. This VRV system will capture excess heat rejected from the kitchen and redistribute it to heat the performance and event spaces in winter, and to heat the domestic hot water in summer. By re-using the otherwise wasted heat, the system’s efficiency is greatly increased, reducing the building’s energy use and carbon emissions.
Evolution Revolution, Hunt’s Point, NY
Spring 2014
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