] design portfolio
[AUSTIN CROWLEY undergraduate
[ njit . njsoa . undergraduate architecture portfolio]
[ABOUT ME professional experience + project experience]
Professional Experience [ 1 ] Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill LLP - Architectural Intern 14 Wall Street, New York, NY Summer 2015
[ 2 ] Present Architecture - Architectural Intern 66 West Broadway, New York, NY January 2015-Present
[ 3 ] Combo+Colab - Architectural Intern 74 Bruen Street, Newark, NJ Januray 2015-May 2015
[ 4 ] Studio for Urban Architecture + Design - Architectural Intern 74 Bruen Street, Newark, NJ May 2014-December 2014
[ 5 ] Gates Architectural Design Inc. - Architectural Intern 132 Landing Rd, Landing, NJ July 2013-February 2014
[ 6 ] Judy Donnelly Architecture - Architectural Intern 79 Mt. Rascall Rd, Hackettstown, NJ Summer 2013
[ 7 ] Guest Critic at NJIT School of Architecture
Second + Third Year Final Project Guest Critic 2014-2016
Competitions Porto Pool Promenade
CTRL_ Competition, Porto, Portugal February, 2015
Chi Design Center for Architecture Chicago, Illinois September, 2015
Skills
Autocad [9 years]
Rhino 3d Modeling [5 years]
3ds Max [1 year]
Revit +BIM [1 year]
Vray Rendering for Rhino [5 years]
Vray Rendering for 3ds Max [1 year]
Physical Model Making [5 years]
Adobe InDesign [5 years]
Adobe Photoshop [5 years]
Adobe Illustrator [5 years]
Sketching/Conceptual Design [5 years]
Communication Presenting/Collaboration
Projects Experience in the Workplace [ 1 ] Moynihan Station Renovation
Task: Resiliency Green Roof Studies Architect: Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill LLP - New York
[ 2 ] Moynihan Station Renovation
Task: Skylight Structural Bracing System Integration / Lighting Studies Architect: Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill LLP - New York
[ 3 ] Varna Library Competition
Task: Concept Design through Final Production of Competition Architect: PRESENT Architecture - New York
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[CONTENTS from urban to rural]
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PROJECT LIST [ 1 ] [CIW] Center for the Innovative Workplace [pages 6-12] Warrington Plaza, Hoboken Waterfront, NJ Fifth Year Comprehensive Studio, 2015
[ 2 ] [Millenial 3] Mixed-Use Tower Complex [pages 14-18] Williamsburg, Brooklyn Fourth Year Options Studio, 2015
[ 3 ] [IBC] Ironbound Branch Library [pages 20-22] Ironbound District, Newark, NJ Third Year Design Studio, 2014
[ 4 ] [CADE] Chi Design Center for Architecture Ideas Compeitions - Chicago Architecture Bienniel [page 24] Chicago Architecture Bienniel Independent Study, 2015
[ 5 ] [ECO] Ecology Center - A Study on Building Life Cycles [pages 26-28] Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ Fourth Year Options Studio, Fall 2015
[ 6 ] [SUB] Porto Pool Promenade Ideas Competition [pages 30-34] Porto, Portugal Independent Study, 2015
[ 7 ] [IIS] India Intergenerational Elementary School [pages 36-28] Gujurat, India Third Year Design Studio, Spring 2014
[ 8 ] [RE-] Re-Thinking Rural - Architectural Thesis [page 40] Montague, NJ [Rural NJ] Fifth Year Pre-Thesis Studio - To Be Completed Spring 2016
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[CIW center for the innovative workplace] 01
Center for the Innovative Workplace [diverse work environments for a diverse community community] CIW is a physical and metaphorical urban link located on the Hoboken waterfront, which challenges the modern day workplace and questions what environment makes the most productive space. The answer lies in the fact that we all work differently in different environments, so we should be designing all different types. This project deals with three,of these
environments, consisting of secluded, fast-paced, and colaborative. Abstracting each of these environments into the building form found a great way to link the ferry terminal, the park, and the city street into a new structure which conforms to the urban notions of the city. The bridge brings new ofďŹ ce innovations to Hoboken as well as the Greater New York City area. 06
[Western Facade Entrance Render]
Shell + Enclosure System The tubes steel struss is enclosed through a system of teak wood infill panels, as well as a glass storefront curtain wall system
Cores + Workplace Zones The cores are centrally located, dividing up the main lecture spaces and work zones. Circulation + Second Floor The lofting second floor wraps over the ground floor connecting with lecture spaces and collaboration zones.
Bridged Truss Structure The 3D truss system supsends the structure over the river as a bridge would. The structure spans 140’.
Resiliency + Landscape The landscape of the CIW consists of a series of canals which relieve the river of excess floodwater, re-connectin the city again with the water in new ways.
Substructure The landscaping rests on a series of piles in the ground, which allow for the movement of the river into the canals durign floods.
Perspective View The integration of the elements above makes CIW a viable solution to a creative work environment on the Hoboken waterfront.
[Main South Entry, South Wing Ground Floor Cafe]
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[Western Entry Lobby]
TEAK WOOD FACADE ENCLOSURE
STEEL TRUSS FRAMING 2 “ SPRAY FOAM INSULATION CUSTOM MILLWORK FOR DESKS
MECHANICAL DUCT LOCATED IN PRE-FAB CONCRETE SLAB GLASS CURTAIN WALL STOREFRONT SYSTEM SPIDER CLAMPS ON CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM
ACCESS PANEL FOR DUCT/ELECTRIAL RACEWAY
SECONDARY TRUSS SYSTEM FOR LOAD TRANSFER
[2 -Bay Partial Detail Elevation + Wall Section]
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[Physical Model ]
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[MILLENIAL 3 an urban mixtape] 02 1.0
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Site Division
Transportation Terminal
School Volume
Housing Volume
Concourse Extension
Public Spaces
Millenial 3 Towers [embracing mixed-use culture + community community] Millenial 3 Towers located on the vacant bus terminal in Williamsburg, Brooklyn attempts to reect the vibrant arts and music community of the city street. The Towers entail a large concourse which ramps the public off the streets of Brooklyn and up the 55 story tower complex.
The towers are programmed to house 450 apartment units, a high school, several auditoriums, performance spaces, and theaters. The concourse gives birth to many of these artistic spaces, and houses a large number of bars, lounge areas, and opportunities for residents in the the building to meet new pedestrians who wander up into the concourse. 14
[Conceptual Perspective Section through Concourse school area]
Bar Art Studio 11th Floor
Theater
5th Floor
8th Floor
Lounge
Concourse Plan
S 5th Street
Havemeyer Street Concourse
Terminal Brooklyn Queens Expressway
School Lobby Housing Lobby Concourse
Plaza Playground
Broadway Housing Lobby School Lobby
Ground Floor Plan
[Section through bridged concourse and school concourse towers,; Ground Floor and cocnourse plans]
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[Views from aerial facade, train station plaza, and from the Brooklyn Expressway]
[Views from interior music school concourse, and theater lobby]
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[IBC re-designing the study environment] 03
Ironbound Branch Library [re-designing re-designing the study environment environment] Located in the Ironbound District of Newark, this new proposal for a public library calls for a design which caters to the heavily diverse cultures of the district and the strong sense of community. The design challenges common library circulation methods, and blends interior and exterior conditions to make busy city life with slow paced focus.
general stacks / study areas
Interior green spaces create small secluded areas which resemble the interior court yeard conditions of the Ironbound’s city blocks. These spaces are quiet, private, and extremely well for focusing on tasks at hand. It is very common to see residents reading and thinking in these spaces, so it was a successful concept arguement to design the library with these intentions.
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[Perspective Longitudinal Section]
[Physical Model photos above, + view of quiet reading area below]
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[CADE architectural stadium] 04
[CTBUH HQ] [High School of the Arts]
Chicago Center for Architecture [a stadium for the architectural process] This competition sparked a design for a new architectural school in downtown Chicago. Our proposal was to expose the process of architecture in the way that the Colosseum exposed ancient Roman cultures and processes for their society. Architects have a unique method of moving throught the ranks, and to show its interesting process could subjugate a
raw view of the world of architecture. Taking the public from the physical transition of young students at the bottom to the HQ of the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat at the top. Once hidden labs such as the classic model shop and printing room are expressed as raw entities and displayed in a collaged manner. Added creative program is included such as the GrafďŹ ti zone and Model Display room.
[Public Viewing Theater + Model Displays]
[Youth Programs]
[Collage Views of Model Display room, GrafďŹ ti Zone, and Concept Diagram above]
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[ECOlogy + building life cycles] 05
Liberty State Park Ecology Center [a study on building life cycles] Liberty State Park will be a very, very different environment in the next 30 years. Undergoing several feet of ood waters from the rising sea level will challenge the site and its wetlands into providing newly sustaining ecosystems and habitats for its current species. This studio asked to question the life cycle of buildings, and whether or not this would be a suitable site to
build. My project questions the current life cycle of buildings, and how this one would change over time to succumb to the changing environment. My building would function initially as a wildlife ecology center, and then as the sea level rose it would adapt to allow in the environment, and form an internal wetland condition to house endangered ecosystems 26 looking for shelter.
Experiencing Today [2014] 2014 2014] The initial use of the space is as an Ecology Center in which observers will be meshed with the environment in an attempt for them to understand it better. As time continues however, new functions will begin to take over the spaces within the building, giving users the opportunity to watch as habitats are created.
Identifying Tomorrow [2040]
Planning for the Future [2080]
The original use of a normative Ecology Center has somewhat changed, transforming the space into a more natural environment. The building is controlling ground water and fresh water output from the wetlands, and storing some of it for the creation of an inner constructed wetland.
At this point in time, nature will have claimed some of the ecology center, forming it into new habitats and ecosystems within the site. The ecology center will be completely meshed with the environment, not giving a true distinction of which is which. However, the building will continue to house a constructed wetland and control tides coming across the site and into the freshwater wetlands.
‘Green’ Panels clamped to Enclosure system
Panelized Zinc Cladding System
Site Poured concrete wall
Glass Handrail Concrete Circulation Pathway Pre-Cast Perforated Concrete Panels Pile Shaft for Joint Flexibility Cilculation Pathway Pile
Circulation Pathway Footing
Arm Section 01 Scale : 1/4” = 1’-0”
[Walkway Cross Section Above, Longitudinal Constructed Wetland Section Below] TIDAL MARSHES
FRESHWATER MOVEMENT (COMMON)
TIDAL MARSHES
TIDAL MARSHES
TIDAL MARSHES
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ESTUARY STREAM
ESTUARY STREAM SALTWATER MOVEMENT (WITH SEA LEVEL RISE) FRESHWATER WETLANDS
Hardwood Forests
FRESHWATER WETLANDS
FRESHWATER WETLANDS
FRESHWATER WETLANDS
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Barriers
Systems
Location
as Program
The hardwoods create a natural barrier between the tidal marshes and the fresh water wetlands RISING SEA LEVEL TIDE DIRECTION
A tributary is located between the two systems, controlling water flow between both areas
The tributary acts as perfect site area, as it is the first line fo defense for saving the fresh water
A pathway xtending from existing site pathways will exist across site, meeting the the middle for a hierarchy above the river underpass
SUB [Porto Pool Promenade CTRL _ Competition] 01
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Sea Level Rise
Australia
China/Japan
Middle East
Africa
Europe
South America
‘Green’ Panels clamped to Enclosure system
North America
Scale : 1/32” = 1’-0”
(amount of wetland areas)
Site Plan
Regions Containing Vital Wetland Ecosystems
SUB is an ideas competition submitted Our answer relied on a simple motion of dunking Estuary proposal Stream to re-think the city of Porto, Portugal’s an upside down bucket into a pool of water. connection with the Duoro river. This riverfront Inside, a natural air pocket is created. We used Tidal Marshes access houses the city’s major activities such as pre-fabricated masses of concrete modules to 02 events, and even theatrical events, cultural take on this air bubble effect, and create multiple Freshwater Wetlands watersports. As a large highway has now layers of connection between the city and the cut-off their interaction, how do we re-imagine river. These pods would house swimming areas, this conversation? observation areas, and small retail areas.
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Panelized Zinc Cladding System
Site Poured concrete wall
Arm Section 02
Glass Handrail
Scale : 1/4” = 1’-0” Concrete Circulation Pathway
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Pre-Cast Perforated Concrete Panels Pile Shaft for Joint Flexibility
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Cilculation Pathway Pile
01. MASSING. Circulation Pathway Footing
02. SUBMERGE. 03. URBAN POOLS.
‘Obsolete’ can be defined as an object or body which has fallen into a state of disuse over time, due to a04. wide variety of conditions. In design, this word comes into play when a building CIRCULATION. can no longer provide for its intended functions: causing wasted space, materials, and money. This common current-day method of design however should be an obsolete method of 05.replaced PLAZA. designing, and by a much smarter and more precise means of design. As an advanced technological society, we have the capability to design buildings that will never become obsolete, taking on new functions and uses over time as outside conditions change. A building should be able to provide for several uses over time, taking environmental shifts and human based needs into effect. Through various life cycles provided in the Liberty State Park Ecology Center, multiple
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[Longitudinal Perspective Section]
adapt the various habitats surrounding the building and protect the fragile freshwater ecosystems from future sea level rise. Over time, it functions as an ecology center, a barrier system for the freshwater wetlands, and a newly constructed wetland habitat. Through these site integrated functions, the building will essentially never become obsolete to its site, no matter what cultural, political, or economic factors occur in society.
Removing Obsolescence Present Day Building Stages
Design
Construction
Use
Obsolete (Demolition)
Proposed Building Stages
Design
Construction
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CIRCULATORY PATH CONNECTION. The individually submerged pods are linked together by means of a processional pathway and plaza, which allow for access into each level of the complex.
PARTIALLY SUBMERGED POOLS. The pre-cast concrete pods are sculpted to allow for several shallow tide pools integrated into the roof slabs, meshing the hardscapes with the gentle edges of the Douro river.
SUBMERGED POOLS. These pools carved by the “bucket” effect below the water level create intimate swimming areas where the public can essentially “swim beneath the river”.
SUBMERGED PODS. Large pre-fabricated concrete modular pods are lowered into place near the river edge, yeilding interior air pressure to build up and prevent water from flooding inside the pods.
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[Interior Module Swim/Observatory Area]
Shallow Pool Boardwalk Electrical Housing
Conductive Heating/ Cooling Pipes Sunken Boardwalk
[Module Section]
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[IIS india intergenerational school] 07
India Intergenerational Elementary School [a centrally passive campus] This site in Gujurat, India creates a complex issue regarding the four month long monsoon season every year where the site is under about 14 inches of water. To deal with the site, this propsal uses the ood waters to it’s advantage, rising the campus above the constructed bioswale courtyard and using its discharge as methods of passive cooling for the campus structures.
The center green space creates an area to gather and stay cool during the dry months, and establishes a brand new ecosystem with thriving species of wildlife during the monsoon season. The water is naturally treated in the bioswale, dissolved into the ground, and collected and re-ďŹ ltered into the campus primary water source.
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[Campus Ground Floor Plan, Detail Perspective Section, Longitudinal Site Section, Classroom Unit Render]
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[RE-TR re-thinking rural densities]
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Re-Thinking Rural [a pre-thesis study on rural densities + cultures] This Pre-Thesis study was sparked due to a personal interest in the juxtapositions between rural lifestyles and the natural landscape. This Pennsylvania power plant located on the Delware River always interested me in its juxtaposed sense with the beatiful landscape it resides in, and I felt there was an exploration to be made here. With improved knowledge that density makes for more sustainable lifestyles, how do we incorporate these methods into rural lifestyles, for those who would not consider lives in urban areas?
We can approach the zoning of these rural areas as a first step. Montague, NJ is a rural county in northern NJ along the Delaware river. I believe this to be a fantastic site, where a study could be made to question Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City, and find it’s contemporary equivalent. This city would sustain mass transit techniques, create a more vertical sense of community, and integrate digital infrastructure.
Port Jervis 8,400
Montague, NJ
Suffern 10,273 Spring Valley 32,320
New York City
Hackettstown
8,400,000
9,607
Gladstone 2,587
High Bridge 3,604
Trenton 84,000
Philadelphia 1,500,000
Bay Head 1,005
Atlantic City 39,500
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