Christopher Testa_GAUD+ Portfolio by Christopher Testa

CHRISTOPHER TESTA

SELECTED WORKS PRATT INSTITUTE | GAUD++

CHRISTOPHER TESTA M.ARCH PRATT INSTITUTE GAUD+

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SELECTED WORKS TABLE OF CONTENTS PRATT GAUD ++ OLYMPIC BODY PARTNER | ERIK-NEVALLA LEE SPRING 2015

PLASMATIC TREE FALL 2012

HYDROPHILIAC FALL 2012

TENS[ION] [INT]EGRITY SPRING 2013

FAB CUBE FALL 2013

TRIGGER SPRING 2013

FACETED | FURIOUS FALL 2012

LAGER HOUSING FALL 2012

CORTAR | BARRA-FUNDA TEAM: ELISA FENG + LINDSAY SCHRAGEN

LI-FI

FALL 2012

PROFESSIONAL + VISUAL WORK NAIOP + HICKOK COLE SUMMER 2011

VISUAL STUDIES + EXHIBITIONS SPRING 2015

ABROAD STUDIES + PUBLICATIONS URBAN VIGNETTES | ROME, ITALY STUDY ABROAD SPRING 2011

OLYMPIC BODY PARTNER | ERIK-NEVALLA LEE SPRING 2015

OLYMPIC BODY | FETISH TOWER // ARCH 601 // DESIGN STUDIO I : FUNDAMENTALS Professor Peter Macapia Site | Tokyo, Japan SPRING 2015 DESCRIPTION This studio looks at the design of the tower focusing on structural morphology, space, and program and the problematic relation of the tower in relation to the street concerning the changing nature of the city along four major axes of concern. First structure and space, the use of innovative software, topological optimization, and structural analysis to speculate on different construction and spatial logics regarding the combination and assembly of buildings. At the same time, students will be encouraged to constantly reflect how an architectural practice requires socio-cultural principles that contribute to the possibilities of architectureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relevance to the environment and including the political nature (polis) of the urban environment and the way in which the tower is both an important kind of solution, a problematic icon/symbol, and a global reality that requires many kinds of innovation and transformation but also, finding how its possibilities might intersect and redefine specifically local attitudes rather than being technologically a global symbol of capital. Specifically, this project aims to deal with the polemic of hosting the Olympics, specifically a site for the athletic housing for Tokyo 2020. Through the use of the vertical tower, this project aims to address culturally specific issues of the nuclear family, and lack of intimacy space for both natives of Tokyo, and participants of the 2020 games.

OLYMPIC TOWER // TOKYO BAY

// TOKYO BAY

KEY INFRASTRUCTURE // SITING

// FETISHIZING THE HUMAN BODY

PRECISION // PEAK PERFORMANCE + PHYSICAL FORM Michaengelo’s slave series | Bart Hess + Lucy McRae “Body Architecture” Atelier Bow-Wow, Made In Tokyo

OLYMPIC TOWER // TOKYO BAY

// TOKYO BAY

KEY INFRASTRUCTURE // SITING

OLYMPIC TOWER // TOKYO BAY

PRATT GAUD | M. ARCH VERTICAL OPTION STUDIO VI

OLYMPIC TOWER // TOKYO BAY

PLASMATIC TREE FALL 2012

PLASMATIC TREE // ARCH - 611 // DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA I Professor Benjamin Martinson FALL 2012

DESCRIPTION As a preliminary investigation into the various techniques for digital modeling in Maya, this course and the work completed dealt primarily with the modeling of tiling systems. The system which was developed had a subtle shifting of aperture which was integrally designed within the original tile. As a complete tiling system, the investigation of representation began with still image rendering and composite renders and ended with an animation of the system at work. Here, single rendered images were combined into animation footage generated from within Maya. The animation as a technique was captured in a single three-dimensional state in a 3-D print, the last part of this study series in tiling.

PLASMATIC TREE

PRATT GAUD | DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA

PLASMATIC TREE

HYDROPHILIAC FALL 2012

HYDROPHILIAC // ARCH 601 // DESIGN STUDIO I : FUNDAMENTALS Professor Jason Vigneri-Beane Site | Bogardus Plaza, Manhattan FALL 2012 DESCRIPTION This Public Bath Project located in lower Manhattan plays with a relationship of edge and boundary between the public and private sectors of everyday life in an urban environment. A re-imagined program attempts to soften the edge between these public and private zones in its relationship between surface and volume, and the ground plane shaped below. The supporting drawing is meant to serve as a mapping of overall process geometry in creating the models throughout the semester. Highlighting the cuts, folds, and rotational angle of the placement of units is logged in this two-dimensional mapping. The two overlay drawing keys show the elevation properties across the units in their overlapping blend. These drawings show the range of these geometric properties over time which is reflective in the resultant surface undulations of the pavilion.

HYDROPHYLIAC

EXTENT OF ENCLOSURE

FULL ENCLOSURE

TRANSPARENCY_VIEW TO STREET

CONNECTION TO SUBWAY

ENTRY VIEW INVERTED WATER COURT

WATER MEETING URBAN EDGE

HYDROPHYLIAC

FULL HEIGHT OF ENCLOSURE

ADMINISTRATION|SERVICES

REWORKING OF SIDEWALK PATTERNING

MORPHOLOGICAL POOLING FORMATION // DEVELOPMENT

// POOLING SURFACE + UNITIZED CANOPY STRUCTURE

HYDROPHYLIAC

+ +

// CONTEXTUAL PRESSURES

// LOWER MANHATTAN | BOGARDUS PLAZA

+ +

+TRANSITION

+ +

+ +MAXIMUM DEPTH OF POOL

+ENTRY LEVEL

+TRANSITION

// DIAGRAM STUDIES | WATER BOUNDARIES, OPACITIES, CONTOURS, AND ENVELOPE

CO R MA TIC RA OG

EV OL UM

HYDROPHYLIAC

// WATER STUDY

RIVER DELTA FORMATIONS This study of water and land properties at river delta locations across the world focused in on various natural occurrences and formations. With aerial photographs, a formal study was completed which determined ordering principles for these formations. The connections between

EXTENSION + SPREAD EDGE CONDITIONS WATER CIRCULATION

SOURCE + CONNECTION

EROSION AND DEPOSITION

// UNIT POPULATION | ARTICULATED SKIN

// NILE RIVER DELTA _ PRECEDENT USE AND FLOW

land and water inspired questions of the characteristics of erosion and deposition, flow and spread, and a branching out of rivers and streams. These fundamental principles were considered when organizing programmatic relationships on the site for this pavilion.

HYDROPHYLIAC

// SECTION DEPLOYMENT // SURFACE

HYDROPHYLIAC

PRATT GAUD | M.ARCH CORE STUDIO I

HYDROPHYLIAC

TENS[ION] [INT]EGRITY SPRING 2013

TENS(ION) (INT)EGRITY // ARCH 602 // DESIGN STUDIO II : CONTEXT Professor Carla Leitao Site | Peck Slip, Manhattan SPRING 2013 DESCRIPTION This studio engaged exercises that created a definition of character for spaces through tensegrity modeling. Subtle markers of connection attempt to substitute techniques of subdivision and compartmentalization made through vertical partitions and lines of active tension. Work completed this semester dealt primarily with the understanding of architecture as context driven in its spatial complexity. The forms generated were meant to be responsive to multiple site conditions and pressures as well as particular to program characteristic. Keeping active tension as an organizational logic helped to bring concepts of structural mathematics to the forefront of this project, continually using tensegrity modeling as a representational means to generate new forms within the project.

DESIGN STUDIO II: CONTEXT STUDIO

TENS(ION) | (INT)EGRITY

// SPINE MODEL STUDY | MOVABLE TENSION

CONCEPTUAL MODEL // PHYSICAL TENSEGRITY Screen grabs from a video sequence by Igor Lukyanov studying the potential flexibility and movability of a system of spinal tesegrity. The model was used as reference for further conceptual modeling.

TENS(ION) | (INT)EGRITY

PRATT GAUD | M.ARCH CORE STUDIO II

TENS(ION) | (INT)EGRITY

FAB CUBE FALL 2013

FAB CUBE // ARCH - 712 // DIGITAL FABRICATION IN ARCHITECTURE Professor Jeffrey Tarras | Associated Fabrication FALL 2013

DESCRIPTION The project brief for this fabricated element was to digitally model and physically fabricate a piece using CNC techniques learned throughout the semester. Having used positive and negative molds in previous assignments, this investigation used similar processes to design and create a perfectly mirrored and matched surface. The interior pieces were designed so that when they are touching there is no visible profile in the closed state of the bench. Surface treatment of the inner pieces is intended to be mirror-like, achieved with a high gloss layering of black paint. This creates a material difference between inner and outer elements. The mitering of the outer joinery of the plywood frame allows for a seamless edge so that all complexity is displayed once opened.

FAB CUBE

// CONSTRUCTION + FINAL ASSEMBLY

PROCESS SURFACING

FAB CUBE

PRATT GAUD | DIGITAL FABRICATION

FAB CUBE

TRIGGER SPRING 2013

TRIGGER // ARCH - 851 // ARCHITECTURE + FILM Professor Maria Sieira SPRING 2013 DESCRIPTION This seminar is designed to be a background in the history of film and architectural scholarship by reading architecture theory texts concerned with cross-disciplinary work. The study throughout the semester was on film as if it were architecture--making space with moving image--as though playing up the time and psyche components of architecture. The film itself was a two minute investigation of a contemporary narrative. Just as the films chosen throughout the semester, the film that was produced is formally complex in the cinematic strategies it employs. The multifariousness of film makes it an ideal conduit for engagement of cultural discourse in connection to moving image. In creating a two minute short film, the course implemented strategies are utilized to create a cohesive visual story in moving image.

TRIGGER

TRIGGER Brooklyn, NY Digital still 5 min film Featuring Melissa Braxton Pratt Institute, 2013

TRIGGER

TRIGGER SHOOTING SCRIPT VOICE OVER BLACK Coffee. Phone. Keys. Shoes. CUT TO: Int. Apartment Building The sun slowly enters the bedroom We see a woman in the room, facing away from camera Ext. Apartment Building Cigarette. INT. APARTMENT BUILDING - AFTERNOON We focus on a window frame as light slowly enters the space of a bedroom. The room slowly floods with light, revealing the small room with posters lining the walls. Enters: A woman fully dressed in her coat. She walks to the foot of her bed and stares out of the window. CUT TO: EXT. APARTMENT BALCONY Not sure how much time has passed, but we see her smoking a cigarette on the balcony. She seems calm yet focused, removed from her immediate context. CUT TO: INT. APARTMENT She walks from inside her room, puts on her gloves and grabs her keys. She closes the curtain. EXT. STREET OUTSIDE APARTMENT She walks toward the intersection. We see her from behind as she passes a bus full of people emptying out. We are unaware of where she is going. CUT TO: INT. SUBWAY We see her from various angles and perspectives, cutting footage that feels choppy and inconsistent. The camera shows security footage of the subway platform with people looking over watching for the train. She is seen standing by herself waiting for the train. The train arrives.

PRATT GAUD | ARCHITECTURE + FILM

TRIGGER

FACETED | FURIOUS FALL 2012

FACETED | FURIOUS // ARCH - 711A // PARAMETRIC SYSTEMS + FORM Team | Shayna Cooper, Milad Showkatbakhsh + Chris Yu Professor Robert Cervellione FALL 2013 DESCRIPTION Exhibition: 01.24.2014 - 02.20.2014 Bending the Rules is an exhibition featuring the semester long investigations generated throughout the course Arch 711A. This seminar focused on the use of parametric design tools to model and simulate material behavior, specifically adaptive foldable structures. The design and conception of this project blended computation design tools as well as traditional techniques of paper folding. Utilizing advanced computation methods and design tools allowed for complex fold and cut patterns to be generated and simulated at large scales in order to predict real world behaviors in aluminum. Both analog and digital models were created simultaneously to provide feedback and correction. The exhibition is the final testing phase where the project was realized at full scale by means of CNC fabricated etched and scored aluminum The final result addressed issues such as machine tolerance, structure, full scale production, and assembly control.

FACETED | FURIOUS // BENDING THE RULES

39”

96”

233.86”

233.87”

39”

48”

FACETED | FURIOUS // BENDING THE RULES

// CONSTRUCTION + FINAL ASSEMBLY

PROCESS SURFACING

FACETED | FURIOUS // BENDING THE RULES

102

PRATT GAUD | PARAMETRIC SYSTEMS + FORM

FACETED | FURIOUS // BENDING THE RULES

103

LAGER HOUSING FALL 2012

LAGER HOUSING // ARCH - 703 // URBAN MIX STUDIO Professor Craig Konyk Site | Astoria, Queens FALL 2013 DESCRIPTION The East River waterfront area is currently under intense developmental pressure. Large-scale high-end residential defines the waterfront as a vast creative and innovative locale within the City. The task of this studio was to envision a creative housing solution that is sympathetic and supportive of the vibrant, messy, and often chaotic present that is the edge condition of Hallets Point in Astoria, Queens. The studio took a direct approach to the concept of “Mixed Use” by selecting from a “menu” of site conditions and public programs coupled with a mixture of middle class housing arrangements. Given a program of micro-brewery and equal mix of one to four bedroom units, the project is intended to comfortably house these varied tenants seamlessly. The arrangement of living units aims to maximize communal living space outside of the private interior of the apartment blocks. The intended “mixing” produces an eclectic and complementary community. Splitting entrances along the edge of the inner courtyard and facing balconies, the experience from within these apartment units is one of heightened activity due to the visual adjacency to these public core spaces. Referential to the industrial and residential context at the water’s edge, the project is an amalgamation of use and icon, production and living.

106

LAGER HOUSING

107

// MASSING + FORMAL STUDIES // HOUSING

EDGE CONDITIONS + DEVELOPMENT Massing studies and models mapping land use and ownership at the waterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sedge. Progress series of landscape + form.

LAGER HOUSING

FIXED METAL PANEL

INT FINISH GRADE PAINTED ALUM CLOSURE SMOKE SEAL FIRESAFING INSULATION STEEL DL ANGLE CONT STEEL TUBE PTD STEEL CLOSURE PANEL INSULATION WL CONNECTION TO SLAB PTD STEEL CLOSURE PANEL

ROUGH FINISHED CONCRETE

INT FINISH GRADE PAINTED ALUM CLOSURE SMOKE SEAL FIRESAFING INSULATION STEEL DL ANGLE 4" CMU STRUCTURAL WALL

CONT STEEL TUBE

PTD STEEL CLOSURE PANEL INSULATION WL CONNECTION TO SLAB PTD STEEL CLOSURE PANEL

ROUGH FINISHED CONCRETE

4" CMU STRUCTURAL WALL

LAGER HOUSING

// SECTION RELATIONSHIPS

SUB-SURFACE CONNECTIVITY // INTERIOR

LAGER HOUSING

118

PRATT GAUD | M.ARCH CONTEXT STUDIO III

LAGER HOUSING

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CORTAR | BARRA-FUNDA TEAM: ELISA FENG + LINDSAY SCHRAGEN FALL 2012

CORTAR | BARRA FUNDA // ARCH - 704 // COMPREHENSIVE STUDIO Design Team | Elisa Feng + Lindsay Schragen Design Professor: Thomas Leeser, Structural: Jeff Thompson Mechanical: Mark Melekshahi, Façade: Sameer Kumar, Sustainability: Elliott Maltby Site | São Paulo, Brazil SPRING 2014 DESCRIPTION Comprehensive Architectural Practice in Design, or CAP Studio, requires teams of students to design a building proposal from concept development through to construction documentation stages. Throughout the studio, Students were asked to consider sustainability, structure, mechanical systems, and building code regulations for specific project types. Conceptual developments occurred in tandem with the refinement of building systems. This project program being a slaughterhouse in São Paulo, Brazil brought on numerous design challenges. There are many politically driven and sustainably charged arguments which remained the consistent drivers of the conceptual design. Mechanical systems logic throughout the building, focused on ways in which to reduce energy consumption by means of usable energy created by a bio-gas process. Housing storage tanks within the walls of the project provides functional and efficient adjacency in correspondence with other aspects of the mechanical system. Public corridors of the ground floor are celebrated as the negative space created by the pods of usable programed space with a direct correspondence of roof island above, where the worker of the slaughterhouse can find respite.

Prevailing Winds W ind Fre q ue nc y (H rs )

NOR T H 345°

Location: SAO_PAULO/ CONGONHAS, BRA (-23.6°, -46.7°)

Date: 1st January - 31st December Time: 00:00 - 24:00

50 km/ h

hrs

1 5°

503+ 330°

30°

452 402

40 km/ h 31 5°

352

45°

301 251

30 km/ h

201 300°

60°

150 100

20 km/ h

<50 285°

75°

10 km/ h

W EST

E AS T

255°

1 05°

240°

1 20°

225°

1 35°

21 0°

1 50°

1 95°

1 65° SOU T H

122

Prevailing Winds_SUMMER

NOR T H 345°

W ind Fre q ue nc y (H rs )

Location: SAO_PAULO/ CONGONHAS, BRA (-23.6°, -46.7°)

Date: 1st December - 28th February Time: 00:00 - 24:00

50 km/ h

hrs

1 5°

112+ 330°

30°

100 89

40 km/ h 31 5°

Prevailing Winds_AUTUMN

Location: SAO_PAULO/ CONGONHAS, BRA (-23.6°, -46.7°)

Date: 1st March - 31st May Time: 00:00 - 24:00

50 km/ h

hrs

1 5°

180+ 330°

30°

161 144

40 km/ h

45°

NOR T H 345°

W ind Fre q ue nc y (H rs )

31 5°

125

45°

108

67 56

30 km/ h

44 300°

60°

300°

60°

20 km/ h

54 36

20 km/ h

<18

<11 285°

285°

75°

10 km/ h

W EST

E AS T

255°

W EST

255°

1 05°

240°

1 05°

240°

1 20°

225°

E AS T

225°

1 35°

21 0°

1 20°

21 0°

1 50°

1 95°

1 35°

1 50°

1 95°

1 65°

SOU T H

Prevailing Winds_WINTER

NOR T H 345°

W ind Fre q ue nc y (H rs )

50 km/ h

hrs

1 5°

80+

Location: SAO_PAULO/ CONGONHAS, BRA (-23.6°, -46.7°)

Date: 1st June - 31st August Time: 00:00 - 24:00

1 65°

330°

30°

Prevailing Winds_SPRING

NOR T H 345°

W ind Fre q ue nc y (H rs )

Date: 1st September - 30th November Time: 00:00 - 24:00

31 5°

167+ 30°

150 133

40 km/ h

45°

hrs

1 5°

330°

40 km/ h

50 km/ h

Location: SAO_PAULO/ CONGONHAS, BRA (-23.6°, -46.7°)

31 5°

116

45°

100

48 40

30 km/ h

32 300°

60°

300°

60°

20 km/ h

50 33

20 km/ h

<16

<8 285°

75°

285°

75°

10 km/ h

W EST

E AS T

255°

1 05°

240°

1 20°

225°

1 35°

21 0°

1 50°

1 95°

1 65° SOU T H

W EST

E AS T

255°

1 05°

240°

1 20°

225°

1 35°

21 0°

1 50°

1 95°

1 65° SOU T H

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LAIRAGE: 5,800 SF

unloading

cattle holding pen (healthy) 800 SF

ante-mortem inspection 800 sf

cattle holding pen (healthy) 800 SF

waste water food equipment generator removal storage storage storage room 200 sf 200 sf 200 sf 200 sf cattle holding 200 sf pen (healthy) 800 SF corrall and raceway 3,000 sf

cattle holding pen (suspect/ condemned) 800 sf

dehiding 1,000 sf

head and extremity removal 2,000 sf

bleeding 500 sf

intake 500 sf

stunning 500 sf

hoisting 1,500 sf

SLAUGHTER HALL ( DIRTY AREA ): 10,800 SF

evisceration, viscera processing and splitting 3,000 sf

inspection 400 sf

chilling / hanging 2,000 sf

cutting / deboning 1,500 sf

packaging 1,500 sf

refrigerator 300 sf

PACKING HALL ( CLEAN AREA ): 8,100 SF

loading for delivery animal pathway employee public biogas & wastewater

freezing / delivery 1,500 sf

leather goods 2,000 sf

cafe 3,000 sf

deli 2,000 sf

meat market 2,000 sf

CORTAR BARRA FUNDA

mechanical mechanical 4,000 sf4,000 sf

WASTEWATER WASTEWATER TREATMENT TREATMENT

fermenter 3 35,000 cubic ftcubic ft fermenter 3 35,000

offices offices 200 sf 200 sf

conference conference room room offices offices 600 sf 600 sf 200 sf 200 sf locker rooms locker rooms 1,800 sf1,800 sf

offices offices 200 sf 200 sf

employee employee restrooms restrooms

locker rooms locker rooms 1,200 sf1,200 sf

restrooms restrooms 400 sf 400 sf

final storage tank 106,000 cubic ftcubic ft final storage tank 106,000 radius 35 ft height ft 10 ft radius 35 ft 10 height

fermenter 2 35,000 cubic ftcubic ft fermenter 2 35,000

offices offices 200 sf 200 sf offices offices 200 sf 200 sf conference conference room room 600 sf 600 sf

BIOGAS BIOGAS PROCESSPROCESS

fermenter 1 21,000 cubic ftcubic ft fermenter 1 21,000

ADMIN:ADMIN: 2,200 SF 2,200 SF crushing 12mm 12mm crushing gas storage gas storage desculpherisation chp desculpherisation chp

lobby / lobby reception / reception parkingparking 2,000 sf2,000 sf 50 cars50 cars pasteurisation 70°c / 60° min pasteurisation 70°c / 60° min storagestorage tank tank

coolingcooling tank 35°c tank 35°c

PUBLIC: 11,700 PUBLIC:SF 11,700 SF exhaustexhaust air manipulation air manipulation

CORTAR BARRA FUNDA

SKYLIGHT

>> TRACK SYSTEM

+ 24.0

DEHIDING

PROCESSING

ENVELOPE: STEEL FRAME STRUCTURE

>> HINGE POINT :: CONTINUAL TRACK SYSTEM

METAL MESH SCREEN

+ 5.0

CARVING OF INTERIOR + 12.0 FREEZING

DEHIDING STUNNING

DIRTY BLEEDING HOISTING

CLEAN

HEAD REMOVAL

BLENDING OF INTERIOR DIVISIONS + 0.0

+ 0.0

-10.0 + 3.0 -5.0

WORKER

+24.0

ADMIN

+ 12.0

CATTLE

+ 0.0

PUBLIC - 12.0

CORTAR BARRA FUNDA

BUILDING BOUNDARY

SERVICE ZONE [BIOGAS/STORAGE/ VERTICAL CIRCULATION]

PRESSURES FROM SURROUNDING

PUBLIC

SLAUGHTER HALL

PUBLIC

ADMIN

ADMIN 3 ENTRANCE POINTS PROGRAM + FIGURE GROUND ARRANGEMENT

SLAUGHTER HALL

DIVIDE ZONES INTO ROOMS

LEGEND BUILDING HEIGHTS 262-328 ft 197-262 ft 131-197 ft 66-131 ft 33-66 ft 0-33 ft

v LINA BO BARDI SESC POMPÉIA

BOURBON SHOPPING CENTER

SOCCER STADIUM

CORTAR BARRA FUNDA

TRANSIT STATION BARRA FUNDA METRO

PARQUE DE ÁGUA BRANCA

MONTHLY DIURNAL AVERAGES - SAO_PAULO, BRA °C

W/ m²

1.0k

0.8k

0.6k

0.4k

0.2k

-10

0.0k Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

DAILY CONDITIONS - 1st February (32)

LEGEND Comfort: Thermal Neutrality Temperature Rel.Humidity Wind Speed

Direct Solar Diffuse Solar Cloud Cover

°C

W/ m²

1.0k

0.8k

0.6k

0.4k

0.2k

-10

0.0k

CORTAR BARRA FUNDA

% 100

Weekly Summary

% 90+ 80

R e la tiv e H umid ity (% )

Location: SAO_PAULO/ CONGONHAS, BRA (-23.6°, -46.7°)

70 60 50 40

Prevailing Winds

Av e ra g e R e la tiv e H umid ity

NOR T H

Date: 1st January - 31st December Time: 00:00 - 24:00

50 km/ h

1 5°

95+ 330°

30°

85 75

40 km/ h 31 5°

30 20 10 <0

345°

Location: SAO_PAULO/ CONGONHAS, BRA (-23.6°, -46.7°)

45°

55 45

30 km/ h

35 300°

60°

25 15

20 km/ h

20 285°

75°

10 km/ h

4 8

W EST

E AS T

28 32

255°

1 05°

40 44 48

240°

1 20°

Wk 225°

1 35°

21 0°

1 50°

1 95°

1 65° SOU T H

W/ m² 1000

Weekly Summary

W/ m² 900+ 800

D ire c t S o la r R a d ia tio n (W / m² ) Location: SAO_PAULO/ CONGONHAS, BRA (-23.6°, -46.7°)

700 600 500 400

800

Prevailing Winds

Av e ra g e W ind T e mp e ra ture s

NOR T H

Date: 1st January - 31st December Time: 00:00 - 24:00

50 km/ h

°C

1 5°

45+ 330°

30°

40 35

40 km/ h 31 5°

300 200 100 <0

600

345°

Location: SAO_PAULO/ CONGONHAS, BRA (-23.6°, -46.7°)

45°

25 20

30 km/ h

15 300°

400

60°

10 5

20 km/ h

200 285°

75°

10 km/ h

12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40

4 8

W EST

E AS T

12 16 20 24

255°

1 05°

44 48 52

240°

1 20°

Wk 225°

1 35°

21 0°

1 50°

1 95°

1 65° SOU T H

EAST ELEVATION

03 1/16"=1'0"

WEST ELEVATION

04 1/16"=1'0"

CORTAR BARRA FUNDA

ROOF LEVEL +30'0"

BIOGAS RING +12'0"

GROUND FLOOR +0'0"

SLAUGHTER LEVEL -12'0"

ROOF LEVEL +30'0"

BIOGAS RING +12'0"

GROUND FLOOR +0'0"

SLAUGHTER LEVEL -12'0"

4 A301

SECTION | NORTH-SOUTH

01 1/16"=1'0"

4 A301

3 S212

HOISTING

STUNNING

BLEEDING

INTAKE

SECTION | NORTH-SOUTH 1/16"=1'0" 4 S212

CORTAR BARRA FUNDA

3 A301

ROOF LEVEL +30'0"

RESTAURANT LEATHER GOODS

PUBLIC SPACE RESTAURANT LEVEL +10'0"

KITCHEN + DINING

GROUND FLOOR +0'0"

3 A301

3 S212 ROOF LEVEL +25'0"

FLEXIBLE ADMIN SPACE

BAR

OFFICE STORAGE

CONFERENCE ROOM

RESTAURANT LEVEL +10'0"

OFFICES

DELI

GROUND FLOOR +0'0"

BASEMENT LEVEL -12'0"

1 A301

MEAT MARKET

LEATHER GOODS

CHILLING + HANGING

SECTION | EAST-WEST

03 1/16"=1'0"

SECTION | EAST-WEST

04 1/16"=1'0"

CORTAR BARRA FUNDA

2 A301

ROOF LEVEL +30'0"

MULTI-PURPOSE EVENT SPACE CONFERENCE ROOM

BIOGAS RING +12'0"

GRAZING

ADMINISTRATIVE

HA-HA WALL

GROUND FLOOR +0'0"

BASEMENT LEVEL -12'0"

ROOF LEVEL +30'0"

5 S212

BIOGAS RING +12'0"

GROUND FLOOR +0'0"

BASEMENT LEVEL -12'0"

3 A201

2 A203

BIOGAS

OPEN TO BELOW

BLEEDING

OPEN TO BELOW

HEAD/EXTREMITY REMOVAL PACKAGING/DELIVERY

OPEN TO BELOW

3 HOISTING

PACKAGING/DELIVERY

3.5

4 A203

OPEN TO BELOW

1 S201

DEHIDING

4.5

STUNNING

OPEN TO BELOW

4 A201

PACKAGING/DELIVERY

5.5

1 A202

2 A200

D CHILLING + HANGING

6.5

OPEN TO BELOW

SCREENING RM + CONF. RM

7.5 LEATHER SHOP 2 LEATHER SHOP 1 MENS PUBLIC SPACE

OFFICE

GROUND FLOOR +0'0"

OFFICE

WOMENS

8 OFFICE

4 A203

OFFICE CONF. RM

OFFICE

DELI

RESTAURANT

CAFE

OFFICE STORAGE

OFFICE

10 OUTDOOR CAFE 1 A200

1 S200

PARKING

CORTAR BARRA FUNDA

3 A201

2 A203

TEAM

BIOGAS

Christopher Testa

Lindsay Schragen Elisa Feng CONSULTANTS 2

DESIGN Thomas Leeser STRUCTURAL Jeff Thompson

MECHANICAL Mark Melekshahi

FACADE + DETAILING Sameer Kumar 3.5

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SITE AND SUSTAINABILITY Elliott Maltby

PROJECT 1 S201

Sﾃグ PAULO SLAUGHTER HOUSE

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Sﾃグ PAULO, BRAZIL BARRIO FUNDA

4 A201

CONTEXT PLAN 5.5

1 A202

2 A200

6.5 STORAGE

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DRAWING REVISIONS

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Date 9

05.10.14

Description Design Final

CONF. RM

RESTAURANT

SECOND FLOOR +12'0"

STORAGE

OUTDOOR BAR

TITLE 1 A200

1 S200

BUILDING SECTIONS 11

DRAWING NO.

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2 A203

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4 A203

4.5 5

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5.5

1 A202

2 A200

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ROOF +25'0" - 30’0”

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CORTAR BARRA FUNDA

RM 09

RM 03

1,656 SF 4,140 CFM 3 FCU

989 SF 2,472 CFM 2 FCU

RM 04 2,260 SF 5,650 CFM 4 FCU

RM 07 RM 02

RM 08

1,835 SF 4,587 CFM 3 FCU

1,225 SF 3,062 CFM 2 FCU

UNDERFLOOR AIR VENTS (UFAD SUPPLY BELOW) TYP. FOR PUBLIC SPACES

RM 05 2,791 SF 6,977 CFM 5 FCU

RM 01

RM 06

845 SF 2,112 CFM 2 FCU

RM 07 1,759 SF 4,397 CFM 3 FCU R AIR TDOO M OU CF 20 5,8 R RIO CFM TE EX 5,820 U1 T, AH US HA EX

PPLY

SU PLY SUP AIR OR OUTDO CFM 71 17,4 OR ERI 71 CFM 2 EXT AHU AUST, 17,4 EXH

RM 06 1,856 SF 4,640 CFM 3 FCU AHU 2: 8'x8'x20' (ZONE 2)

FAN COIL UNIT (FCU) 18"x18" (TYP.)

AHU 1: 8'x8'x20' (ZONE 1) 2' WIDE DUCT CHILLER (60 TON) 8'x8'

NOTE: SUPPLY DUCT IN LOWER LEVEL, RISE TO 01 FLOOR

12"x60" CONC. COLUMN (TYP.)

M105

FCU (FAN COIL UNIT) TYP. FOR SLAUGHTER SPACES

ZONE 2: 17,471 CFM TOTAL SLAUGHTER SPACE EACH ROOM WITH FCU (SEE SCHEDULE)

8" CMU WALL WWM

BOILER ROOM 600 SF

SHOTCRETE

ELECTRICAL SERVICES 500 SF

SUPPLY AND SYSTEMS EXTRACT 1,907 SF

LOWER LEVEL MECHANICAL PLAN 01 1/32"=1'0"

DETAIL PLAN, HVAC + STRUCTURE SYSTEMS 03 1/4"=1'0" STORAGE TANKS

CRUSHING 12 mm

PASTEURIZATION

GAS STORAGE COOLING TANKS DESULPHERIZATION FERMENTERS CHP METHANE HEAT ENERGY

M102

AHU 1: 8'x8'x20' SITS ON LOWER LEVEL SUPPLY DUCT RISE TO 01 FLOOR (ZONE 1)

EDGE OF ZONE 1 BOUNDARY CUTS THROUGH TO LOWER LEVEL

VAV DIFFUSERS SUPPLY BELOW LEVEL DISTRIBUTE TO UNDERFLOOR AIR VENTS

ZONE 1: 5,820 CFM TOTAL PUBLIC SPACE UNDER FLOOR AIR DISTRIBUTION SUPPLY DUCT BELOW LEVEL RISE TO 01 FLOOR

FIRST LEVEL MECHANICAL PLAN 02 1/32"=1'0"

BIOGAS SYSTEM DIAGRAM 04 1/32"=1'0"

3" STRUCTURAL GLASS OPAQUE PAINTED COATING

STEEL KICK PLATE

GREEN ROOF ASSEMBLY WATERPROOFING

CONCRETE CURB

RIGID INSULATION CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE

#4 REBAR 12" O.C.

10" CMU 10" CMU

WELDED WIRE MESH SHOTCRETE

SECTION DETAIL 01 TRACK 1/2"=1'0"

3" STRUCTURAL GLASS COVER

ISLAND DETAIL 04 ROOF 1/2"=1'0"

LIGHTING FIXTURE HOUSING WET LISTED 6-12" CONCRETE SLAB

2' - 0"

W/ STEEL REINF.

2" ASPHALT CONRETE RETAINING WALL W/ STEEL REINFORCING 2" ASPHALT GRAVEL

POLISHED CONCRETE INTERIOR FLOORING

DRAIN DETAIL 02 TYPICAL 3/8"=1'0"

6" DIA. PERFORATED DRAIN PIPE

8" STEEL GRATE DRAIN COVER STEEL DRAIN CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE

2' - 6"

6" - 1' GRAVEL BASE 6" - 1' GRAVEL BASE

8' - 0"

DRAIN DETAIL 03 TYPICAL 3/8"=1'0"

FOOTING DETAIL 05 TYPICAL 1/2"=1'0"

CORTAR BARRA FUNDA

8" STRUCTURAL STEEL LINTEL

STAINLESS STEEL FRAME STRUCTURAL SILICONE

GLASS

10" CMU

SILL PROFILE

8" CURVED STRUCTURAL STEEL LINTEL FOR GLASS

UNDER FLOOR AIR SYSTEM

GLASS DETAIL WITHIN SLAUGHTER ROOMS 1 1/2"=1'0"

STAINLESS STEEL STRUCTURAL TUBING

FAN COIL UNIT

WRAPPED MESH WITH TIE BACK COIL SPRING

TENSIONED STAINLESS STEEL ARCHITECTURAL MESH SCREEN

VISITOR FLOOR + MECHANICAL SYSTEMS 1/2"=1'0"

FACADE SCREEN DETAIL 1"=1'0"

CORTAR BARRA FUNDA

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LI-FI FALL 2012

LI-FI // ARCH 805 // VERTICAL OPTION STUDIO Professor Sulan Kolatan Site | Atlantic Yards, Brooklyn FALL 2014 DESCRIPTION Current designs for agri-tectures seldom rise to the occasion as they place new technologies into old design strategies. A survey of the urban agriculture environments, however, points to the potential for an ambience of surreal beauty, where the absence of earth as an element of farming elevates the vegetable patch into a realm of precise abstraction. This un-soiled way of growing comes courtesy of hydroponics and constitutes the majority of urban farming activities. Freed from the ground, plants become design elements within a larger spatial instillation, creating new scenarios for flora in three-dimensional space. Trays, tubes, transparent plastic sheets artfully contain, nurture, and display natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bounty as never before. Together with the mostly white interiors which evoke another architectural type, these hyper-clean laboratory spaces are opposite of what we are conditioned to assume when thinking of urban farming. The majority of the program in this project is dedicated the necessary elements of an urban farm, wine laboratory, tasting room, learning facility, and infrastructure connection to the LIRR and existing subway connectivity of Atlantic Terminal.

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MORPHING OF CELL GEOMETRY // URBAN SURFACE Minimal surface cell structuring from grasshopper Connectivity + attachment

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VISUAL STUDIES + EXHIBITIONS FALL 2014 - SPRING 2015

NYC SOCIAL[SCAPES] // SOCIAL MEDIA EXHIBITION Professors Alexandra Barker + Alihan Polat FALL 2014

Social media applications have proliferated in the last few years. The growing ranks of Foursquare, Twitter, and Yelp users have generated a wealth of geo-tagged data. The City of New York has continued to expand the accessibility of data collected concerning issues related to public health and safety. Graphical, topographical, and interactive mappings present existing, projected, and speculative representations of these distribution patterns. Wifi[scapes] is a project which queries the past, current and projected publicly accessible wifi-scape of Manhattan. Using data gathered on free and fee-based wifi hotspots, subway hotspots, and telephone boot locations (planned by NYC as a network of future hotspot locations) from ArcGIS software, we generated comparative surfaces based on point densities of wifi coverage. Using the Grasshopper plug-in Mosquito, a collection of tweets that included the hashtags “wifi” and “wifinyc” provided the base for a visual comparison, highlighting the difference between directly serviced areas and areas with greater need of wireless coverage. Visualizations for the project were completed using ArcMap, ArcSchene, Rhino, Maya and After Effects.

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// ANIMATION SEQUENCE // 3D PRINT

WIRELESS COVERAGE TOPOLOGY OF MANHATTAN #WIFISCAPES Gallery opening and animations stills from a project on mapping and surveying the current landscape of wifi coverage in Manhattan. Instagram post by @next_top_architects

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ROBOTIC DRAWING | PIFAB

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NAIOP + HICKOK COLE SUMMER 2011

PROFESSIONAL WORK // HICKOK COLE ARCHITECTS // WASHINGTON, D.C. SUMMER 2011 NAIOP OFFICE OF THE FUTURE COMPETITION How is the modern workplace changing? Rapid and dramatic developments are remaking how we work. The technology we utilize continues to evolve at a break-neck pace. The modern office is adjusting to the “work everywhere” approach while ushering in a new generation of employees with different expectations and standards. Today, systems thinkers who explore all facets of sustainability, accessibility, material innovation, and technology shape the design of everything. The workplace is smack in the middle of this massive rethink. The Workplace of the Future 2.0 Design Competition asks the design community to imagine what our work lives will be in the next 10 to 15 years. Also shown: Professional models for various working projects during Summer 2011.

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PROFESSIONAL WORK | NAIOP COMPETITION

NAIOP OFFICE OF THE FUTURE COMPETITION | HICKOK COLE ARCHITECTS

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BALLPARK MODEL Washington D.C. Basswood + chipboard | Laser-cut model Residential complex near Nationals stadium in D.C. Hickok Cole Architects

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PROFESSIONAL WORK | HICKOK COLE ARCHITECTS

BALLPARK MODEL Washington D.C. Basswood + chipboard | Laser-cut model Residential complex near Nationals stadium in D.C. Hickok Cole Architects

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BALLPARK MODEL Washington D.C. Basswood + chipboard | Laser-cut model Residential complex near Nationals stadium in D.C. Hickok Cole Architects

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PROFESSIONAL WORK | HICKOK COLE ARCHITECTS

FORT TOTTEN Washington D.C. Basswood + chipboard | Laser-cut model Residential complex with commercial base Hickok Cole Architects

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URBAN VIGNETTES | ROME, ITALY STUDY ABROAD SPRING 2011

URBAN STUDIES // ROME STUDY ABROAD // FIELD SKETCHING Professor Erik J. Jenkins + Marina Kavalirek JANUARY - MAY 2011

DRAWN TO DESIGN : ANALYZING ARCHITECTURE THROUGH FREEHAND DRAWING These urban studies serve as means of understanding the need for, the role of, and the methods and techniques of freehand analytical sketching in architecture. The presentation of each drawing focuses on means of field sketching as an approach to and phase of architectural design. The conceptual goal of this approach is to use drawing not as illustration or depiction, but as exploration. These sketches were completed during an intensive study course based in Rome, Italy, Barcelona, Paris, and Istanbul. Rome specific studies were completed in a studio within the space at the University of Washington Rome Campus.

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Pencil + watercolor on watercolor paper This analysis uses overlap to depict multi-scaled observations drawn from Palazzo Pace, a building off of Piazza Navona. From rhythm to organization of bay and column, the drawing breaks down each of these elemental characteristics.

URBAN STUDIES | ANALYTIQUES

PALAZZO DELLA PACE Rome, Italy Drawing detail. Graphite + watercolor Project completed with Joanna Belanger and Andrew Laux CUA Rome Program, 2011

PALAZZO DELLA PACE Rome, Italy 24” x 33” Graphite and watercolor on 2ply Strathmore A watercolor analysis which mixes various states of the Palazzo throughout history. Using the base of a French plaques, this depiction is of the current structure as it exists today.

URBAN STUDIES | ANALYTIQUES

PALAZZO DELLA PACE Rome, Italy 24” x 33” Graphite and watercolor on 2ply Strathmore This drawing is a depiction of change and use of modern material to re-imagine the existing qualities of the palazzo. CUA Rome Program, 2011

PIAZZA COLONNA Rome, Italy The hand drawn analysis of the piazza takes into account its context within the city of Rome. The analytique layers information throughout the history of the eternal city, taking two historic Nolli maps to see the comparative treatment of the piazza over time. Other elements of the drawing dissect the spatial conditions in elevation, approach, and variability of use throughout the day.

URBAN STUDIES | ANALYTIQUES

PIAZZA COLONNA Rome, Italy 24” x 33” Drawing detail. Graphite and watercolor on 2ply Strathmore Project completed with Joanna Belanger and Andrew Laux CUA Rome Program, 2011

SOKOLLU MEHMET MOSQUE Istanbul, Turkey This sketch above depicts a full courtyard and building section of the mosque, showing the intricate sequence of entry, path, and arrival, as well as a separation between sacred and profane space. A detail of sculptural and structural interlocking of stone and a key plan of the interior space are also shown in the drawing.

PUBLICATIONS | DRAWN TO DESIGN

VILLA ROTUNDA | VICENZA, ITALY

CASA MILÀ | BARCELONA, SPAIN

DRAWN TO DESIGN | THE EXQUISITE CORPSE

PUBLICATIONS | DRAWN TO DESIGN | THE EXQUISITE CORPSE

CASA MALAPARTE CAPRI, ITALY

THE NATURE OF ENTRY + THRESHOLD

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PUBLICATIONS | DRAWN TO DESIGN | THE NATURE OF ENTRY AND THRESHOLD

TOPKAPI SARAYI | ISTANBUL, TURKEY

FEATURED DRAWING SPREAD

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CHRISTOPHER TESTA

| CURRICULUM VITAE

67 CLIFTON PLACE, APT 1, BROOKLYN, NY 11238 860.280.6206 CHRISTOPHER.TESTA1@GMAIL.COM

SKILLS

3D MODELING

ANIMATION

_Rhino _Grasshopper _Maya _Revit -AutoCAD _Sketch-Up _123D Make

_After Effects _Adobe Premiere

EDUCATION

RENDERING / DRAWING _Mental Ray _Adobe Photoshop _Adobe Illustrator _Adobe InDesign _Keyshot _V-Ray

FABRICATION

OTHER

_Hand Modeling _Woodworking _Laser Cutting _3D Printing _CNC Milling _Robotics

_Photography _Microsoft Office _EcoTect Analysis _SmartFORM _HAL

PRATT INSTITUTE Masters of Architecture Candidate Spring 2015 | Cumulative GPA 3.936 | Merit Scholarships 2013 - 2015

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA Bachelor of Science of Architecture Spring 2012 | Cumulative GPA 3.89 | Graduated Magna Cum Laude

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UAP | URBAN ARTS PROJECT Architectural Designer | New York, NY | March 2015 - Present Select digital modelig of fabricated elements and building componentry including a large-scale wall assembly instillation and a stainless steel column design for a commercial lobby interior.

SCHWINGHAMMER LIGHTING LLC Architectural Lighting Designer | New York, NY | June 2013 - August 2014 Site focusing of high-end retail spaces such as Balenciaga, RRL, and Stella McCartney showrooms. Drafting of reflected ceiling plans and design drawings including millwork, cove lighting, fixtures, assembly details and product specfications.

HICKOK COLE ARCHITECTS Intern Architect | Washington District of Columbia | May - August 2012 Collaborated on the NAIOP Office of the Future Design Competition, produced professional physical models and worked on working projects in design development with Audodesk Revit construction documentation.

RUSSELL+DAWSON ARCHITECTURE+ENGINEERING Intern Architect | East Hartford, CT | May - August 2009 AutoCAD draftsperson for an office of Social Security and private residences in the greater Hartford region.

TRAVEL EXPERIENCE

ROME, ITALY Spring 2011 Four month intensive study abroad semester with Catholic University at the UWRC studio under Erik J. Jenkins. Extended travel and study in Northern and Southern Italy, Istanbul, Paris, and Barcelona.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

PRATT INSTITUTE | GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT Served as design teaching assistant for a third semester studio under Craig Konyk; organized administrative tasks, group model building, pin-up coordination, and participated in individual design consultations with students.

ADVANCED COMPREHENSIVE STUDIO | PRATT INSTITUTE Completed documentation drawings for a semester long group capstone studio project. Delivered a complete filing set under the guidance of structural, mechanical, ecological, and design consultants abiding by New York City code.

EXHIBITIONS

BENDING THE RULES EXHIBITION, PRATT INSTITUTE Material investigations from a scripting seminar were used to model and simulate real world behaviors of adaptive foldable metal structures. Course work focused on the use of parametric design in Generative Components to ultimately fabricate and construct full-scale iterations of resultant forms.

SOCIAL[SCAPES] CRITICAL GEOGRAPHY | HAZEL & ROBERT SIEGEL GALLERY Participated in a seminar on GIS, mapping, and the social geography of Manhattan. Selected gallery works included animation, graphic, 3D printed, and interactive maps based on live search queries through specific social media outlets | Fall 2014

PASSAGGI URBANI, EXHIBITION DESIGN, ROME ITALY Assembled and curated work completed throughout the studio for an exhibition in Palazzo Pia, University of Washington Rome Campus. Selected work included design analytiques, watercolors, digital video and still photography, Spring 2011.

HONORS/ ACHIEVEMENTS

EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD | PRATT GAUD+ Spring 2015

TAU SIGMA DELTA ARCHITECTURE HONORS SOCIETY Inducted to The Catholic University of America’s chapter of the Tau Sigma Delta, Spring 2012.

STUDENT LEADERS PROGRAM MENTOR Assisted first year students at The Catholic University through leadership training, Fall 2011.

RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT Troop 57, East Hartford, CT, 2007.

PUBLICATIONS

PRATT INSTITUTE INPROCESS 19, 20 + 21 Academic work included in Pratt Institute’s graduate architecture publication

DRAWN TO DESIGN: ANALYZING ARCHITECTURE THROUGH FREEHAND DRAWING (BIRKHAUSER, 2013) ERIC J. JENKINS Featured hand sketches and design analytiques from Istanbul, Turkey, and Rome, Italy.

THANK YOU

CHRISTOPHER TESTA M.ARCH PRATT INSTITUTE GAUD+

67 CLIFTON PLACE, APT 1, BROOKLYN, NY 11238 860.280.6206 CHRISTOPHER.TESTA1@GMAIL.COM