ANDREW MAGNUS
an architectural workbook in New York, NY dated 2022
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Bronx Bridge Housing academic studio p. 4
Waq’f Watershed academic studio p. 10
Cathedral to the MTA academic studio p. 18
Riyadh Bank Tower professional experience p. 24
Hillside Senior Living professional experience p. 30
Holland Tunnel Circus building technologies p. 32
Philodendron Canopy computational design p. 36
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ANDREW MAGNUS EDUCATION
Columbia University GSAPP, New York Master of Architecture / May 2022 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Bachelor of Arts, Biochemistry; Bachelor of Arts, History of Architecture / May 2019 Cumulative GPA: 3.97/4.00
EXPERIENCE
Skidmore Owings & Merrill - New York (SOM) Architectural Intern / Summer 2021 • Design Development for a high rise office complex including rendering, facade detailing, material selection, coordination with consultant engineers, and client presentations. • Construction Administration for a large-scale transit hub expansion in New York including systems testing, product verification, and shop-drawing validation.
Architecture in Formation (AiFNY) Architectural Intern / Summer 2020 • Interfaced with community and non-profit groups to respond to a public-private partnership RFP for Bronx mutli-family housing development • Curated marketing materials as well as social-digital media postings for a community center and gym in Staten Island GSAPP Makerspace & Fabrication Lab Student Monitor / Fall 2019 - Present • Produced training and promotional materials (SOPs) with the Training Committee for new workflows. • Assist students working with model making techniques incl. resin casting, concrete composite and moldings, CNC, woodworking, printing and laser-cutting.
Vanderbilt University Campus Planning and Construction Planning Intern / April 2017 – August 2019
• Updated architectural and engineering standards to streamline contractor approval processes • Drafted landscaping masterplan for the 24-acre West End Neighborhood, including lighting, accessibility, water storage, and canopy coverage plans • Developed multimedia and web platform for FutureVU, focused on accessibility and inclusion in campus spaces, and with LEED accreditation
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• GSAPP Abstract – 7 Projects Selected for Publication (2019-2021) • Lila W. Van der Smissen Fellowship, GSAPP • Editor-Contributor of LACUNA, a student-led online quarantine zine • Finalist in mOOO Competition: ISO[NATION]: A New Working-Living Typology
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BRONX BRIDGE HOUSING Multi-generational housing co-op Melrose, South Bronx Fall 2020 Alexa Greene Eric Bunge (nArchitects)
A new typology for aging-inplace, and a re-imagining of the city block that fights the narrative of ‘towers in the park.’ Bronx Bridge housing rebuilds the South Bronx around cultural institutions like the Bronx Documentary Center, and brings the outdoors inside at every level
Interior, Night View
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The Bronx Bridge proposes a hybrid typology for housing meant to enrich the lives of local Melrose residents. The design links towers of microunits and flex-able apartments with senior and resident services. In this hybrid geometry, eight towers share a plinth and semipermeable courtyard, creating a microcosm of and echochamber for urban life on the block. The plinth plan shows how services, like healthcare, dining, and education, are woven into the block. At the typical upper floor plan, multifamily flex-able units are found at the corners, and microunit towers in between. Because each tower has a unique system of private occupancy and public movement, systems of room and armature are coordinated in concentric bands at the flex-able tower. We found that by pressing as much dense functional utility into a central armature zones plumbing, storage, public circulation, we were allowed more freedom at the outer ring to freely experiment with rooms and combinations of living
arrangements. In these living spaces, we imagine move-able walls, with minimal effort for installation, that would be better suited to changing extended family structures that exist in the Bronx already. For microunit towers, a non-linear accessory stair doubles as a meeting space. Senior living units are more defined by specific parameters due to limitations by HPD and SARA (Senior Affordable Rental Apartments) qualifications. The design allows for aging in place, by ensuring a sliding scale for different care needs.
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Accessory Stair as Generation Connector
Typology Diagram, Corner Perspective
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Typical Tower Plan, Section
Site Plan, Aerial
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WAQ’F WATERSHED Master-plan process for a hamlet Islamberg, New York State Spring 2021 Yi Liang Ziad Jamaleddine (L.E.FT Architects)
A spiritually-centered rural settlement is re-imagined as a Waq’f (collective endowment land-use model) that collects and res-purposes mobile home components to create multigenerational dwelling to embed water and ground autonomy for future decades.
Re-Assembly Method
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12 Water Systems Analysis
Local Watershed as Social Condenser
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14 Site Plan: Housing
Community Land Trust Process
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CATHEDRAL TO THE MTA Civic decision-making node Brooklyn Heights, NYC Fall 2021 Laurie Hawkinson (SM+H Architects)
In a congestion priced-out city, the Cathedral to the MTA seeks to be the city’s new seat for equity in infrastructure decision-making by centering participatory design. The proposal offers a transit node and last-mile dispatch center to collectivize city solutions
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20 Triptych: Delivery, Meetings, Ceramics
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22 Exterior Perspectives
Plan - mid level
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AL-INMA BANK HEADQUARTERS Urban tower and amenities complex Riyadh, K.S.A. Summer 2021 Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM)
As an intern with SOM, I developed and documented the enclosure profiles working with engineering and structural consultants, produced visualizations for clients and in-house meetings, and coordinated rhino-inside-revit modeling to complete an eightweek DD deliverable.
Exterior Pespectives
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Rhino-inside-Revit Detail
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HILLSIDE SENIOR LIVING EXTENSION Proposal for SARA development Inwood, Manhattan Summer 2020 Architecture in Formation
As an intern with Architecture In Formation (AiFNY) I created publicfacing content for senior living proposal at 51 Hillside Avenue in Inwood, Manhattan. I worked with developers and community leaders to produce and organize support materials for presentations to HPD and DHCR submittals.
Site Perspective:, Stack Chart
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HOLLAND TUNNEL CIRCUS Enclosure for a museum New York City Fall 2021 Curtain Wall with Daniel Vos (Heintges)
This enclosure system proposal abstracts the vertical patterning of artist Philip Taaffe’s 1983 Undercurrents and wraps it around an unused vehicle plaza at the Holland Tunnel Circus to house a museum dedicated to the collaboration of New York City and New Jersey.
The cruciform geometry maximizes the zoning bulk volume, and is softened with tapered sides to maintain short-range vehicle visibility. Due to its changing incline, the curtain wall system, which is itself made of four standard panel types, must adjust to different slopes and curvatures, and does so using a snap-bracket at its stack and split joints. In addition to a hot-bent double-glazed IGU, the panelization of the facade include an ultra-high performing concrete that can be warped to accommodate vertical fins.
Art-to-Facade Process, Section
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Detail Section, Detail Plan
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PHILODENDRON CANOPY Machine Learning Parasol for NYC open streets New York City Spring 2021 Generative Design with Danil Nagy (Colidescope) Ryan Hansen, David Hu
The spread of COVID-19 in New York City in March 2020 was an intense and unforeseen interruption into the lives of millions of its residents, as well as the thousands of businesses that depend on the social and communal qualities of the urban environment to survive. Following the lockdown, the Open Streets program was started as a way to safely incentivize a new communal atmosphere where social distancing was at the forefront of everyone’s mind. New York introduced guidelines
that allowed businesses like cafes and restaurants to expand their seating into the now empty streets, giving them a much needed respite from the dearth of interactivity in the wake of a pandemic. The program introduced certain parameters that must be met in order to facilitate a safe dining experience for the customers, and with these guidelines and goals in mind, we decided to involve ourselves in the very architectural questions that these new gathering spaces pose.
Process
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Result Solution Space
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