Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio by Cutler Patierno

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PATIERNO

UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

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EDUCATION 2019

Cal Poly Architecture Study Abroad/ Tokyo, Japan

2018

Cal Poly Architecture Study Abroad/ Switzerland

2015

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

PROFILE I am a highly motivated and energetic design student that takes pride in every project that I work on, and every artifact that I produce. I am looking for a full-time job as an architectural designer, in a firm that looks to impact the future of human existence through the design and construction of the built environment.

INTERESTS Personal Surfing Fitness Travel Art

SKILLS

Software Rhinoceros Grasshopper Sketchup AutoCad Lumion Revit Cura Sefaira Bongo Enscape Fusion-360 VRay Render

Professional Commercial Multi-Family Public Works High-Rise Res.

-Architecture and Design Traveling Program / Fall 2019

-Architecture and Design Traveling Program / Summer 2018

-Bachelor of Architecture / Graduation, June 2021 -Sustainable Environments Minor / GPA 3.35

EXPERIENCE 2021

LEED Green Associate

2019

AO Architects / Orange, CA

2020

Solomon Cordwell Buenz* / San Fransisco, CA

2020

Foundation for Interdisciplinary Studies (FIS) Project

-LEED Accredited, U.S. Green Building Council

-Architectural Design Intern / Summer 2019

-Spring+Summer 2020 / *Canceled due to Covid-19

-Construction Management Senior Project Consulting

COMPETITIONS Representation Photoshop Illustrator Powerpoint Indesign Fabrication

Laser Cutting 3D Printing Hand Drafting Metal Working Wood Working CNC Routing

REFERENCES Tom DiSanto Architecture Studio Professor / M:OME -tdisanto@calpoly.edu

2020

Uni-Encamp International Architecture Design Competition

2020

Villanova University Real Estate Investment Competition

2019

Design / Build Construction Management Competition

2018

Blank Space / Fairy Tales Narrative Competition

2018

Meow Wolf Immersive Art Proposal Competition

-First Place / Kashmir, India / Advisor: Tom DiSanto

-First Place / Project Architect / Advisor: John Day

-Project Architect / Reno, Nevada / Advisor: XL Construction

-Architectural Narrative Entry / Advisor: Tom Fowler

-Art Installation Competition Entry / Denver, Colorado

AFFILIATIONS

Michael Heinrich Principal Architect / AO Architects -michaelh@aoarchitects.com

John Day Real Estate Competition Advisor -jday12@calpoly.edu

WHO I AM

PROFILE | INTERESTS | SKILLS | REFERENCES

2019

Cal Poly C.A.E.D. Student Council

2015

Cal Poly National Scholastic Honor Society

2015

Sigma Nu Fraternity

-College of Architecture and Environmental Design -Vice-President 2018-2019 / Recruitment Chair 2017-2018

-5 times Deans List

-Recruitment Chairman Board

WHAT I DO

EDUCATION | EXPERIENCE | COMPETITIONS | AFFILIATIONS

TABLE OF CONTENTS CUTLER PATIERNO B.ARCH PORTFOLIO

BALANCING ACT

TEMPORAL PARASOLS

8 PUZZLE

PEELING

HUMAN ARK

STUDIO PROJECTS

SELECTED WORKS 2018-2021

Library of the Future, Homeless Health Clinic, New Urban Ecosystem Oakland, California, USA Reinvigorating a community using spaces intended to create a peaceful coexistence in a divided demographic. Winter and Spring 2019

Deployable Camping Structures, Rethinking a Himalayan Pilgrimage Site Kashmir, India First Place Winner for Uni-Encamp International Architecture Design Competition Winter 2020

Permanent Family Residence, Kinetic Live-Work Studio Spaces Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan Artist residency creating a new vision for style and fashion through diverse artistic intersectionality Fall 2019

Maskerspaces, Studios, Presentation Spaces, Research Facilities Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA Creating an architectural narrative through mixed media interpretation, site analysis, and environmental concerns Fall 2018

In-progress Undergraduate Architecture Thesis. New York City, New York, USA This thesis aims to define what it means to be Human through the narrative of Humanity facing ultimate oblivion. Fall 2020 - Present

PROJECT BLURBS

PROGRAM | LOCATION | DESCRIPTION | COMPLETION DATE

01 BALANCING ACT

BALANCING ACT RECONNECTING A DIVIDED COMMUNITY, WITH A PUBLIC LIBRARY OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, USA

INTRODUCTION Oakland, California is undergoing a unique transition period in which tension amongst the community has arisen. Over the duration of the past few years, the East Bay has seen a widening gap between rich and poor and the displacement of people who are low-income and of color. A once cultural hub of the Bay Area now faces a dim future of gentrification. The Gentrification of Oakland has caused the displacement of many Oakland natives leaving them homeless and without direction. This hasn’t happened out of nowhere, its the result of decades of deliberate actions: disinvestment, a lack of affordable housing construction and preservation, as well as a tech-fueled Silicon Valley boom have created the divide of the city. These actions have remade neighborhoods into places where socioeconomic diversity is little to non-existent. In order to foster a robust community centered around the public library, information and shelter must be made available to all walks of life. ADVISOR: JEFF PONITZ 2019

REFLECT PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE In order to create this space that benefits a vast range occupants the form of the building is divided into based off of a hierarchy of need for privacy and purpose to those visiting the library. In this manner, occupants of all kinds feel that there is a space for them, through the creation of a welcoming area of diverse peoples. BLOCKS The way in which these spaces is divided is into 4 different “Blocks” which separate unique programmatic functions. The 4 Programmatic block elements are: 00-(RE)STORE, acts as the storage for data and tangible books controlled and accessed by robotics and artificial intelligence. 01-DISCOVER, the entry into the building and the most dynamic and public space. 02-GATHER, includes a robot cafe and auditorium providing space for co-mingling and relaxation. 03-REFLECT, this block contains the most private spaces, intended to be the areas in which individuals can go for co-working and individual study.

HUBS Interjecting programmatic “Hubs” are included in the project that intersect through the floating “Block” elements. These spaces provide not only structure for supporting the building, but structure for supporting the success of the community goals. These 3 Hub elements are:

GATHER DISCOVER

(RE)STORE

TECHNOLOGY, The Peaceful Coexistence of diverse backgrounds is coordinated through the inclusion of new and emerging technologies being incorporated into the library for accessibility to all. These technologies can help to reintegrate the community of Oakland and help the diverse population meet in a technological middleground . NATURE, to balance the introduction of technology, nature is added to the building composition to give relief and retreat from sensory overload of the technological future. Offering a connection back to the environment, and one another. CIRCULATION, the primary means of travel and ventilation between the program Blocks. PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT “BLOCKS” AND “HUBS”

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FINAL DESIGN RENDERS

SITE | EXTERIOR | INTERIOR

LONGITUDINAL SECTION TECHNOLOGY HUB NATURE HUB BLOCK 03 “REFLECT REFLECT” BLOCK 02 “GATHER GATHER” BLOCK 01 “DISCOVER DISCOVER” BLOCK 00 “RE-STORE RE-STORE”

GFRC STRUCTURE

STRUCTURE

BLOCK 03 01

GFRC

BLOCK 02

BLOCK 01

EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC BLOCK 01, 02, 03

01 -INSULATION /ACOUSTICS -Providing climate and noise volume comfort for the interior of the building 02 -WATERPROOFING BARRIER -Hydrophobic barrier and protection from the elements 03 -STEEL FRAME CONSTRUCTION -Main structure of facade system and connection to Block Structure 04 -STEEL MULLION SYSTEM -Steel members that provide connection for horizontal glass panels 05 -PRECAST GFRC PANEL -Glass-Fiber Reinforced Concrete panels are used in order to provide a rigid form and aesthetic while maintaining lightweight composition.

BLOCK STRUCTURE

01 -ROOF STEEL MEMBRANE -Transfers roof load of each Block through the steel facade collumn grid 02 -STEEL HUB STRUCUTRE -Loads are transferred from the blocks to the ground through the steel hubs that carry the weight of the building 03 -FLOOR STEEL MEMBRANE -The loads from each Block are distributed to the Hub structure through a triangulated I-beam geometry that mitigates the distance the girder needs to span STRUCTURAL DETAILS

STEEL FRAME CONSTRUCTION

WALL SECTION

CHUNK MODEL

S 02 W 03

05 06

1/4” = 1”

-BASSWOOD -WOOD -CHIPBOARD -3D PRINT PLA -ACRYLIC GLASS -CARD BOARD -MUSEUM BOARD

01 -20mm GFRC PRECAST PANEL UNIT -hydrophobic sarking membrane 02 -600mm STEEL WIDE FLANGE I-BEAM 03 -DOUBLE GLAZING -trapezoidal, 6mm float glass + 16mm cavity + 6mm float glass 04 -POINT SUPPORT 05 -CUSTOM SPIDER CONNECTION -spanning steel structure to glazing 06 -ROCKWOOL INSULATION -infill between facade structural steel 07 -ACOUSTIC INTERIOR PANELING -connected to steel superstructure, 08 -HVAC INTEGRATION 09 -ACTIVE LIGHTING SYSTEM -task lighting in auditorium space 10 -SUSPENDED CEILING -acoustic interior panels, interior roof 11 -STEEL DECKING 12 -STEEL MULLION SYSTEM -facade connect to steel superstructure 13 -I-BEAM CONNECTION -connection of steel superstructure in floorplates to circular Hub girders WALL DETAILS

ORIGINAL DRAWING 1/2”=1’

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02 TEMPORAL PARASOLS

TEMPORAL PARASOLS DEPLOYABLE CAMPING STRUCTURES FOR A PILGRIMAGE SITE IN THE HIMALAYAS KASHMIR, INDIA FIRST PLACE WINNER UNI-ENCAMP INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION

OBSERVATIONS The current situation on the site is troubled with a lack of architectural organization. This lends the site to problems like circulation inbetween camp dwellings, access to proper hygiene stations, and lack of coordination for waste removal. These challenges are all made more difficult due to the remote nature of the yatra path, making it hard for travelers to pack out the trash and materials that they packed in, and still continue on their spiritual and religious journey. DESIGN CONCEPT The way in which the architectural problems on the site were met was through designing 3 unique modular structures. These would be deployed onto the site to meet the unique needs in the categories of Accommodation, Community, and Service. In doing so, these structures would help to organize the area around the yatra path at Sheshnag lake in a programmatic way. Through this efficient organization, circulation paths and open spaces were included to promote community socialization. ADVISOR: TOM DiSANTO 2020

PARASOL STRUCTURES The 3 unique modular structures used origami -like folding techniques in order to be collapsible for storage when not in use. The kinetic parasols enable the structures to be deployed on-site creating a maximized interior space with a minimized site footprint.

these units help to emit smoke from the central fire pits while additionally protecting from weather elements. When the Community modules are being made ready for storage the structural core of the unit is pulled inward towards the center utilizing a crank and tension system.

ACCOMMODATION By minimizing the space needed to house all of the pilgrims on the site there is an opportunity to create open space in the middle of the accommodation blocks. This organization of spaces help to create multiple degrees of privacy for the pilgrims, while also allowing the structures to warp along the rugged and condensed camping location.

SERVICE The Service module acts as not only the sanitation and husbandry for the site, but also the carrier for all the units in the storage and delivery phases of construction. Because of the need for a flat surface for the sanitation services, this module has a rigid base that is placed on the site and held level by adjustable legs that attach to the ground. Service units are spread out evenly across the site to make sanitation services most efficiently available to the pilgrims.

COMMUNITY The Community modular unit is the tallest of the parasol structures with an open plan in order to maximize space for gathering and communal connection. These structures act as a focal point for the pilgrims to arrive at for langar meals as well as for meeting their fellow travelers and engaging in prayer. The form of

When it comes time for removal and storage, this module collapses the roof structure to the center, similar to that of the community unit. However, rigid walls are folded up from the base to create a shipping carrier for removal from the site.

ACCOMODATION COMMUNITY SERVICE YATRA PATH RIVER SITE PLANNING

HEXAGONAL PROGRAM TESSELLATION

01 ACCOMMODATION

Fully deployed accommodation block

Fully deployed accommodation unit

Unit is folded along lateral creases

Unit is folded to middle point

Unit ready for storage

02 COMMUNITY

Fully deployed community unit

Tension cables attach to structural core

Structural core pulls form inward

Tension cables pull structure around core

Unit ready for storage

Structure is lifted above the base

MODULAR PARASOL UNITS

ORIGAMI CONSTRUCTION AND STORAGE

Tension cables pull structure inward

Structure is collapsed to the center

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03 SERVICE

Unit prepped to store all modules

DELIVERY AND DEPLOYMENT

PARASOL DELIVERY FROM PAHALGAM TO PILGRIMAGE SITE

03 8-PUZZLE

8-PUZZLE

SITE

ARTIST RESIDENCY, CREATING STYLE THROUGH DIVERSE ARTISTIC INPUT SHIBUYA, TOKYO, JAPAN

PROJECT SCOPE This project began with the narrative of a client that had moved to Tokyo with the intention of developing on a very slim site in the fashion district of Shibuya. The goal of the project became the client’s reaction to the culture of fast fashion being created all around the world. Instead of continuing a trend of cultural dissociation and mass production, a space is designed where a new style and idea of fashion is developed from the convergence of unique backgrounds and the creations of diverse artists in residence. PROGRAM A permanent residence for a couple with a young child is combined with an artist residency which includes living and sleeping spaces as well as modular artist studio spaces. The modular studio spaces are intended to be customized by the artists in residence according to the differing needs and goals of the artist that occupy the space. Throughout the occupants stay, they will be matched up with other visitors in order to collaborate on combined projects that are then exhibited in the retail ADVISOR: CHRIS YIP 2019

gallery space on the ground level. Because of the highly public location on cat street in downtown Shibuya, the highlight design element of this project is the 8 modular artist studios. These studios become a window in which onlookers can glimpse into the process of creative collaboration that goes on in order to produce the items that are displayed in the gallery below. KINETIC SPECTACLE The idea of artistic collaboration is emphasized by utilizing a mechanical “forklift” system that arranges the studios according to which artists are working together on the current project. In this manner, the studios that have been customized are arranged with another artist’s studio to promote collaboration in a new shared space. The way in which these studio spaces shift in the vertical and horizontal direction is inspired by an 8-Puzzle, in which one vacant spot is moved in order for the different tiles to change location through simple shifting movements. From the ground level these shifts become a

spectacle for public viewership and a manifestation of the creative and collaborative journey that gives life to the creations that are on display in the retail gallery. 8-PUZZLE MOTIF The way in which this project becomes a spectacle for the public in the heart of the fashion capital of the world is a statement to how fashion and creation as a whole can find a new meaning. The advertised collaboration of artists and innovators coming together in a creative system becomes a metaphor for the slow and methodical Japanese “process” that is present in traditional craft. The project 8-Puzzle thus becomes a kinetic machine-like architectural form which is the personification of a new manufacturing process. A process inspired by design rather than profit and by creativity rather than mass production. This project occupies a very small site but becomes an important centerpiece in influencing the public to think differently about the fashion industry and the creative industry as an entire system.

RESIDENCE CIRCULATION WORK STUDIOS GALLERY / RETAIL

8 PUZZLE DEVELOPMENT STUDIO PROGRAM SHIFT

MODULAR STUDIO

CONNECTED STUDIO

STRUCTURE | COMPOSITION | CIRCULATION

FLOOR 04

PROJECT DIAGRAMS

FLOOR 02-03

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GALLERY ENTRY THRESHOLD ENTRY FROM CAT STREET

SHORT SECTION

RETAIL GALLERY | LIVING | SLEEPING AREAS

04 PEELING

MAKERSPACE AND RESEARCH FACILITIES, THAT EMBODY A CHARACTER NARRATIVE ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, USA PROJECT ENTERED IN 2018 FAIRY TALES BLANK SPACE COMPETITION

CHARACTER NARRATIVE This project began with an interdisciplinary design charette in which our studio teamed up with Language Arts and Engineering Studies (LAES) students to create a character narrative and story. The character that we created was named Christine, she was a single-mother after her husband left her at the alter, and an ex-Olympian pole vaulter who quit what she loved, to be with her daughter. While she led an okay life she never got over her ability to trust and open up, and would spend quiet moments thinking of what could have been at a future Olympic games. THOUGHT TUNNEL Once this character was developed our group was tasked with creating a “space” that embodied this character and their feelings and existence. The tunnel of thoughts was a winding space that got smaller and more claustrophobic as you entered. Participants wer asked to write their feelings and confessions of any kind as they moved through the space. The writing on stickyADVISOR: TOM FOWLER 2018

notes posted on the walls became more revealing of the participants deepest conscious the further into the space. An abstracted version of this space is shown to the right.

SITE The next phase of the project development became site analysis. The proposed site was an old railway yard in Albuquerque New Mexico. The site was a barren landscape with only the old train tracks remaining as a token of an industrial past. A palimpset was created through layers of collaging in order to get a physical representation and understanding of the site from its past lives and its potential futures. PROGRAM The program that was required of the site was to be a research facility and makerspace campus. There was required spaces like auditorium, classroom, studios, laboratories, and collaborative work spaces. DESIGN INTEGRATION The next step in the design process was how to incorporate Christine’s

This proposed maker-space and disciplinary work facility will be a hub for tactile, creative, and imaginative growth and knowledge. Scholars, Professors, and visitors of all kinds looking to make new intellectual discoveries, enter the site by submerging themselves below the surface of the once used rail-house, opening them up to the secrets and knowledge that lies within.

Beginning with a character and narrative development process, a strategy by which to approach a design for the space emerged. A character that struggled to open up to the outside needed to peel away barriers in order to allow others in to understand inner knowledge. This concept translated into the site by peeling up the existing train tracks of the old roundhouse in New Mexico to create the defining structural support for the proposed building. Lifting the site in a strategic way to adhere to environmental and social benefits created a form by which program was placed: minimizing unnecessary circulation and maximizing daylighting to interior spaces.

PEELING

character narrative into the site with a space that embodied her life and meaning while adhering to the program that was required. This process was done by imagining the site as the dull and mundane life that Christine had painted herself with as a protection against her past achievements and traumas. The existing railroad tracks were thus “peeled” up to reveal a rich history and provide a space on the site for the desired program. The way in which the site was peeled was in a radial way as an homage to the past roundhouse and done so in a manner as to adhere to environmental concerns. (i.e. light, wind, entry)

What resulted is a form that is representative of Christine, and the site, opening up to the public and allowing them to find new meaning and knowledge from an unwanted past. This project was submitted in the Fairy Tales narrative competition This proposed maker-space in which it related to a not-so-far away future. Looking forward to disciplinary a and work facility time in which humans are scared of will be a hub for tactile, expressing themselves, and asking how we can encourage human unity. creative, and imaginative

growth and knowledge. PROCESS MODELS / PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT Scholars, FORM Professors, and visitors of all kinds looking

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CL AS S RO O M / L AB S

Humans Humans areare scared scared of of themselves. themselves. Top: View on Site

Fairy Fairy Tales Tales 2019: 2019: Architectural Architectural Narrative Narrative Competition, Competition, sponsored sponsored byby ‘Blank ‘Blank Space’ Space’

AERIAL VIEW OF SITE | ENTRY THRESHOLD

EXTERIOR RENDERS

‘AUTOPHOBIATIC’ ‘AUTOPHOBIATIC’

Bottom: Entry Threshold Top: View on Site

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FAIRY TALES ARCHITECTURAL NARRATIVE, BLANK SPACE COMPETITION 2018

One One human, human, anan architect, architect, had had a final a final idea idea to to trytry and and turn turn things things around. around. HeHe himself himself had had lost lost thethe ability ability to to bebe happy happy due due to to thethe fear fear of of failure. failure. HeHe yearned yearned forfor thethe days days of of inspiration inspiration and and designing designing without without fear fear of of judgement judgement and and isolation. isolation. HeHe thinks thinks of of thethe built built environment environment around around him, him, and and with with thethe lastlast drop drop of of passion passion forfor hishis craft craft that that had had once once brought brought him him soso much much happiness, happiness, hehe designs designs a building. a building. ButBut instead instead of of beginning beginning with with a drawing, a drawing, or or a a model, model, or or a computer, a computer, hehe picks picks upup hishis pen, pen, and and writes writes how how a building a building would would design design itself itself to to bebe happy. happy. Hoping Hoping that that it can it can teach teach him him tootoo to to bebe happy, happy, and and to to learn learn to to love love once once more. more.

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05 HUMAN ARK

HUMAN ARK

THE VESSEL OF HUMAN EXISTENCE, AN INQUIRY INTO HUMAN MEANING NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, USA IN-PROGRESS UNDERGRADUATE ARCHITECTURE THESIS

THESIS MANIFESTO This thesis aims to define what it means to be Human through the narrative of humanity facing ultimate oblivion. Humanity has become an existential threat to its own existence. Due to global climate change, the Earth has a specified extinction day in which the entirety of humanity will have perished with the only way to preserve the human race being traveling to space. Humanity must work together to create a vessel that will carry the last survivors of Earth, the last artifacts of the human condition. To access â&#x20AC;&#x153;Human Ark: Book 1â&#x20AC;?, the research paper and documentation of my thesis so far, scan this QR code:

ADVISOR: KAREN LANGE 2020-2021

What is gathered and included on this vessel as it travels into the next plane of human existence? What is the definition of our species and of all human culture? What does it mean to be human? EXPIRATION DATE This project is developed from the recognition that humanity is unable to comprehend the interconnected nature of our existence and our consciousness. This is due to many political, geographic, and systemic issues that are all centered around the problem that we are unable to set aside differences and work together as a single human species. For this reason, an expiration date of the human species is prognosticated. With an understanding that humanity will end because of global climate change on a guaranteed date, the next question becomes how to save a remnant of the human identity and the human condition. Humanity must now work together toward a common goal in hopes to save some part of human existence in the compressed time frame left on earth.

THE VESSEL The only way to preserve the human race is by going to space.Because of the little time before expiration, the most viable solution and savior of human existence is through the creation of a single spacecraft, rather than private national space programs. This vessel will carry the last survivors of earth, the last artifacts of the human condition. The creation of this vessel is a creation of a copy of human existence on earth, making it dependent upon the creation of a system based on equality and proper representation of the entirety of the human condition on earth. In order to ensure that the global public is present in the design, construction, and occupation of this machine, a global transportation system is designed to unify Earth. EXPERIMENTATION The documentation seen to the right is explorative research, and early stages of the design process for this project, with the final thesis to be completed in June 2021. THESIS ABSTRACT VIDEO

FRAMES FROM 5TH YEAR ABSTRACT SHOW

INTERSECTION OF TIME

TAPESTRY OF TRANSPORTATION

MAPPING THE UNSEEN | REPRESENTATION OF GIS DATA FOR NEW YORK CITY

EXPERIMENT 02

HUMANOID CHAIR RESIN FIBERGLASS

EXPERIMENT 01

RELICS OF HUMANITY

1” STEEL TUBE

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STEEL FOOTINGS

HUMANOID CHAIR

VELLUM FURNITURE DESIGN COMPETITION / FALL 2020

A NEW TREE OF LIFE

PROGRAM EXPERIMENT | RECYCLED E-CIGARETTES