Christopher Andras Selected Works Cornell University Bachelor of Architecture 2018
477 Poplar Street Laguna Beach, CA 92651 +1 714 206 0867 cma228@cornell.edu
Education Cornell University
2013-2018 Bachelor of Architecture Minor in Design and Environmental Analysis Concentration in Theory and Building Technology GPA 3.6
Cornell Study Abroad
Rome, Italy | Spring 2016 Madeira, Portugal | Spring 2017 Zagreb, Croatia | Fall 2017
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Architecture Career Workshop Director’s Award | Summer 2012
Sage Hill School
Newport Beach, CA | 2009-2013 High Honor Roll – four years GPA 4.3
Awards Disney Scholars Program Award Scholarship - 2013-2017
Marx|Okubo Scholarship 2015
Innovative Minds Competition Honorable Mention 2015
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Architecture Workshop Director’s Award 2012
Publications Cornell AAP News featured photography, 2017
Cornell Website
featured photography, 2017
Cornell AAP website
featured student work, 2014
Thread Magazine cover photography, 2014-2016
Risley Revue
photography, 2014
S.O.M. States of Mind photography, 2014
Christopher Andras Related Experience Paulo David Architectos
Architectural Intern | Madeira, Portugal | Summer 2017 Developed 3D models, plans, and sections for new vehicular tunnel and boutique hotel in Funchal. Directed fabrication of models.
Anders Lasater Architects Architectural Intern | Laguna Beach, CA | Summer 2016-2017 Developed parametric Revit families, construction drawings, and renderings for high end residential projects.
Marx|Okubo
Architectural Intern | Irvine, CA | Summer and Winter 2013-2015 Designed office layout, developed method to visualize and analyze construction costs for podium style construction in greater Los Angeles area.
Weiss/Manfredi Independent photographer | Ithaca, NY | 2015 Documented project Cornell Sesquicentennial Grove throughout the year for Weiss/Manfredi marketing department.
Cornell in Rome
Lead photographer | Rome, Italy | Spring 2016 Documented Cornell in Rome during study abroad semester program.
Steinberg Architects Architectural Intern | Los Angeles, CA | Summer 2013 Constructed model for Sage Hill School Science Building project.
Architecture Class of 2018 Representative
Student leadership liaison | Cornell University | 2013-2017 Elected position to represent architecture class in monthly meetings with chair of the department and dean of Cornell AAP. Revised Cornell AAP Studio Culture Policy.
Anabel’s Grocery Design and Fabrication Team
Construction Director | Cornell University | 2015-2017 Designed interior space for new student-run grocery store at Cornell. Completed 3D modeling and fabricated point of sale counter. Produced marketing materials including rendering, logo, and promotional graphics.
Folio Editor in Chief | Cornell University | 2017-current Organized FOLIO team with Cornell Architecture department chair, Andrea Simitch, to produce 5 folios for architectural studios, to be published February of 2018.
3D Modeling Workshop
Workshop leader | Cornell University | 2017 Organized workshops for Rhino topography modeling and manipulation with 2nd year B. Arch studio coordinators, professors Ruben Alcolea, João Almeida, and Leslie Lok.
1818 Collier Flintlock Revolver Research
Member | Cornell University | 2017-current Research reconstructing a working model of rare 1818 Collier revolver with professor Ben Nicholson.
Zagreb Bathhouse
Zagreb, Croatia
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Caniçal Marine Biologist Hermitage Caniçal, Madeira, Portugal
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Anabel’s Grocery
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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Algaeponics
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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Architectural Aquarelle
New York City, NY
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Allotment
Berlin, Germany
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Flexure
Montezuma Wetlands, NY
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Biowarmth
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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Croatian Bathhouse Zagreb, Croatia | bathhouse 14,000 m2 | Fall 2017 Prof. Saťa Begović and Danica Selem A derelict wagon workshop has the potential for redevelopment that reconnects the peripheries of the old and modern Zagreb city centers. Using the bathhouse as an exploratory program, citizens and visitors alike can experience a sensory garden: various social and invigorating baths designed to be engaging and intergenerational.
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Caniçal Marine Biologist Hermitage Madeira, Portugal | residence, laboratory 100 m2 | Spring 2017 Prof. Paulo David and João Almeida The easternmost point of the Portuguese island of Madeira is the intersection of tectonic rifts responsible for the volcanic islands. Ponta de São Lourenço is a natural reserve on a site of polarity: the northern side is extremely steep and windy, the southern side is calm and pleasant. Duality, polarity, and isolation inform the program: a hermitage for a marine biologist to live on the reserve and a research center to archive. Material choices are influenced by the folded, layered igneous rocks that define the landscape.
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Anabel’s Grocery Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 100 ft2 | Spring 2017 Center for Transformative Action Anabel’s Grocery is a project that aims to combat food insecurity at Cornell University. This student helping students initiative is a student designed and operated grocery store conveniently located on campus open since August, 2017. The design of the space strives to be welcoming and warm in its material palette and to ensure students feel comfortable. The design team is responsible for the layout and design of the space as well as construction of the point of sale counter and shelving. A POP - UP Shop was opened in Willard Straight Hall to test the sale system and raise awareness of Anabel’s upcoming opening. In collaboration with Alisa Tiong, Alexandra Donovan, Anders Evenson, Vicky Chen, and Natsuko Suzuki
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Algaeponics Rand Hall, Ithaca | Pavilion 42 ft2 | Spring 2017 Prof. Rychiee Espinosa Featured project: ArchDaily, The Best Student Design-Build Projects Worldwide 2017 Algae (Spirulina) can form strong symbiosis at the human scale. We designed a pavilion with vacuum-formed algae pods that provides shelter and nourishment. Each of the pods is able to be aerated through a system of tubes. In collaboration with Laura Kimmel, Cristina Gonzalez, Sisi Yu, Ruby Kaur, and Yao Mi
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Architectural Aquarelle New York City, NY | gallery, exhibition 16,000 ft2 | Fall 2016 Prof. Mark Morris Watercolor rendering can be used to explore the development of space. After a fire, the American Watercolor Society and the Salmagundi Club are left with the original brownstone facade along 5th Avenue. The site is constrained by large neighboring apartment towers, which obstruct direct light. The new construction maintains the historical bar and billiards room program, but adds demonstration, inspiration, and auditiorium spaces. An oblique structural wall references the New York City grid shift off the NorthSouth axis, and provides opportunities on each floor for specific programmatic interventions. Two structural strageties are employed: a suspended structure respects the original brownstone facade, while structure in compression provides gallery spaces.
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Allotment Berlin, Germany | museum 40,000 m2 | Fall 2015 Prof. Andrea Simitch The Kulturforum in Berlin hosts a number of cultural and artistic venues including the Nationalgalerie’s 20th century art collection. This museum serves to fill the underutilized public plaza and provide connection between the Tiergarden to the north and the canal to the south.
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Flexure Montezuma Wetlands, NY | visitor center 5400 sq ft | Fall 2014 Prof. Sasa Zivkovic Flexure is a selectively permeable membrane to allow transport on different scales. Flexure seeks to change how visitors interact with the site. Drained in 1817 during the construction of the Erie Canal system, birds on migration stop at the wetlands during the summer months to feed on exposed mud flats and increased vegetation growth.
Water regulation is commonplace to maintain vegetation balance. It is clear that the driving force in the wetlands is water management. A modified rammed earth embankment with a folded plate canopy invites birds and humans alike. Flexure controls the flow of water to temporal pools to attract birds to the site.
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Biowarmth Ithaca, NY | reading pod 1.5 m2 | Fall 2014 Prof. Sasa Zivkovic Biowarmth capitalizes on an individual’s body heat and the site specific micro-climate to insulate a reclining occupant. The armature is constructed within a $100 budget (only $75 used) using one plywood sheet, piano wire, and recycled plastic bags. We achieved a temperature difference of 25° F to provide a comfortable climate controlled space for reading or resting after a long day in studio. In collaboration with Jeremy Bilotti and Kate Chen
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Harp Sponge Siteless machine | abstraction marionette Fall 2013 Prof. Val Warke and Jim Williamson The harp sponge is a carnivorous sponge that exists off the central California coast at depths around 11,000 ft. I analyzed the spatial mating behavior and mechanism that allows the sponge to capture prey. Through abstraction, those actions were studied to create two mechanisms: one that can capture stray people and one that can be operated to create a drawing. This drawing was then interpreted through analog models and drawings to create a hermitage for a scientist that studies harp sponges.
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Tunel Pestana Junior Funchal, Madeira, Portugal | Infrastructure 50,400 m2 | Summer 2017 Paulo David Arquitectos Tunel Pestana Junior connects the Madeiran expressway system with the urban core of Funchal. The false tunnel proposal provides protection from falling rocks while framing the views of the intense landscape that defines Funchal.
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Shell House Dana Point, CA | Residential 7,300 ft2 | Summer 2016 Anders Lasater Architects The Shell House is a series of nested shells that enclose program and create niche spaces for services spaces while allowing opening for lighting. Parametric families, renderings, and plans developed in Revit.
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House on Kings Road Newport Beach, CA | Residential 4,000 ft2 | Summer 2016 Anders Lasater Architects The House on Kings Road functions around a core with a skylight that brings daylighting into the lower level. Renderings developed in Revit and Photoshop.
The chosen architectural style is Modern and is inspired by the classic architectural language of mid 20th century, California modernism as seen in the works of Richard Neutra, and Rudolph Schindler in Los Angeles, Palm Springs, and elsewhere along the California Coast.
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