Cynthia George | Architecture Portfolio | 2020

C Y N T H I A H E L E N A G E O R G E

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO | 2019

CYNTHIA HELENA GEORGE (609)619-1127 CGEORGE@SYR.EDU

EDUCATION SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Bachelor of Architecture // August 2016-May 2021 (expected) // Syracuse, NY

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY FLORENCE: B.ARCH PROGRAM Semester Abroad Program // Fall 2019 // Florence, Italy

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY LONDON: B.ARCH PROGRAM Semester Abroad Program // Spring 2019 // London, UK

PEDDIE SCHOOL High School Diploma // August 2012-May 2016 // Hightstown, NJ

EMPLOYMENT ARCHITECTURE INTERN at CENTRO STUDI PROGETTAZIONE EDILIZIA

Fall 2019 // Florence, Italy Prepared conceptual diagrams and images for project presentations to be used for client proposals; Collaborated in refinement of conceptual design of ongoing projects within firm

ARCHITECTURE INTERN at IKON.5 ARCHITECTS

Summer 2018 + Summer 2019 // Princeton, NJ and New York, NY Developed presentation drawings and renderings for meetings with clients; Constructed detailed iterative and presentation models; Assisted in transitioning office expansion to a second location

OFFICE MANAGER at KATHLEEN M. KUTALEK, DDS, LLC

June 2013-August 2017 // West Windsor, NJ Prepared insurance claims and bills; Communicated with patients and dentists to coordinate treatment; Assisted with periodontal procedures; Helped develop office’s graphics and website

SKILLS DIGITAL

Rhinoceros // RevIt // SketchUp // AutoCAD // Adobe Suite // Diva // Grasshopper VRay // SU Podium // Microsoft Office // Keyshot // Materialise Magics

FABRICATION 3d Printing // Laser Cutting // CNC Milling // Woodworking

ANALOG Hand Drafting and Sketching // Hand Modeling

LANGUAGES English

HONORS ROBERT W. CUTLER SCHOLARSHIP

2019-2020 Academic Year // Syracuse University School of Architecture

CHANCELLOR’S SCHOLARSHIP

Fall 2016-current // Syracuse University

DEAN’S LIST

Fall 2016-current // Cumulative GPA: 3.824

AFFILIATIONS REPRESENTATIVE on DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION COMMITTEE

September 2019-current // Syracuse University School of Architecture Mediate between student body and school administration to support student needs; organize school events to promote community within the school

HEAD ART EDITOR of AMPHION MAGAZINE

September 2014-May 2016 // Peddie School Led selection of student-submitted art; Designed logo; Coordinated formatting and publication of annual literary and art magazine

MEMBER of OUTLAWS DANCE TROUPE

Fall 2018-current // Syracuse University Perform at and assist in organizing student-produced, hip-hip style dance showcases; Choreograph routines for organization’s performances

CYNTHIA HELENA GEORGE (609)619-1127 CGEORGE@SYR.EDU

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RITU[WALL]S

POLAR IMPETUS

LE MURATE LIBRARY

TOWER IN CENTRAL PARK

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TWISTED FAUX

MICROHOUSING ABOVE NOHO

PLAYTIME EXQUIS

DISTORTING MUSEUM ISLAND

BUILDING-UP THE CITY BLOCK

EXQUISITE REC CENTER

RITU[WALL]S: LE MURATE LIBRARY Italian architecture’s rich history exhibits the potential to inscribe ritual processions into the space in which they are performed for numerous religious settings. In his studies on ritual behaviors in religious settings, Pier Vittorio Aureli explains in his book, Rituals and Walls: The Architecture of Sacred Space, that “movement can only be enacted by imposing a limit, a stoppage in the form of either a freestanding object or a wall.”

This binding of ritual its environment can be applied outside of religious spaces, which is the catalyst of this design for a library for Universita degli Studi di Firenze’s Scuola di Architettura. Specifically, the design process focuses on the utilization of the wall as the architectural element which can have a repeated behavior inscribed into its form. Rituals within the library are distinguished by the source types which they engage with, as these archived materials require different storage and engagement procedures. Each of the three source groups, technology, materials, and books, are separated into individual ‘walls’ as buildings which differ in scale, wall specifications, and spatial experience. However, all three groups utilize mirrored ritual progressions perpendicularly to the layering of wall types within each building, engaging with the front and back edges of the wall’s cross section as a definitive beginning and conclusion of a ritual performance.

COURSE: ARC 408 PROFESSOR: LUCA PONSI SEMESTER: FALL 2019 c/o TOTA HUNTER

LIBRARY RITUALS

obtaining new information and materials accumulation through processional layers engaging with multiple source types

TECHNOLOGY

RITUAL PROGRESSION

digital media collection computer labs tech rentals and printing

MATERIALS material archive workshop supply store

BOOKS paper collections study and reading spaces preservation lab and offices

STUDY MODELS cast in plaster

reference

search + select

collect

ELEVATIONS + SITE SECTION

SITE PLAN

FINAL MODEL cast in plaster

COLLECTION OF WALL VARIATIONS

PLANS + AXONOMETRICS

POLAR IMPETUS: TOWER IN CENTRAL PARK This tower implemented within the park is designed to bring attention to the impact of New York City on its surrounding environment, uplifting sustainable design with the potential for the tower itself to evolve and grow with the betterment of green technology. Seven subjects of environmental change are explored: waste, street congestion, water quality, air pollution, light pollution, noise, and future growth (broken down by level for each group participant). The design focuses on the dichotomy between negative and positive effects on nature, which can be understood through two interrelated forms and programs. Each system relies on the other structurally and programmatically to develop a complex discourse on how a super-urbanized area shapes its surroundings.

COURSE: ARC 208 PROFESSOR: MARCOS PARGA SEMESTER: SPRING 2018 c/o J. DE GRACIA, K. DO, J. HYMOWITZ, P. LIM, S. MARINELLI, + R. PERIWAL

FORMAL + STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

MODEL PHOTOS SCALE 1:50

TYPICAL SECTION

RENDERED IMAGES

SECTION + PLAN LEVEL -1: WASTE

TWISTED FAUX: DISTORTING MUSEUM ISLAND Based in the heart of Berlin, the location of this site has a history of a strong, definitive language of architecture.

This central borough of Berlin had many of these old, iconic buildings destroyed and was faced with the challenge to recognize the area’s history as well as the city’s need to develop to fit its future. This design of a community arts center uses the form and facade of the site’s previous, demolished building. These are then transformed into a new, unprecedented form thus interrupting the landscape of its surroundings.

COURSE: ARC 207 PROFESSOR: MAYA ALAM SEMESTER: FALL 2017 INDIVIDUAL WORK

FORMAL EVOLUTION

FLOOR PLANS ascending, L to R

UNROLLED

D SECTION

MICROHOUSING ABOVE NOHO: BUILDING-UP THE CITY BLOCK Located on the edge of the affluent NoHo neighborhood in Downtown Manhattan, the intervened block faces challenges with natural lighting in its 3-6 story infill apartment buildings with first level storefronts, and has a unique, private double-alleyway condition to the SE corner. These connected alleyways are developed into a public courtyard through the maximization and utilization of natural light and the carving-out of space around the courtyard, focusing on the wall as the operating element. The addition above the existing buildings will support young professionals in a wealthy environment, housing micro and studio apartment units in conjunction with a business center that features co-op spaces and job services; the program will affect the scale of operations based on lighting and form, as well as their location and interaction with the developed courtyard condition.

COURSE: ARC 307 PROFESSOR: RYAN BALL SEMESTER: FALL 2018 INDIVIDUAL WORK

URBAN BLOCK RE-CONDITIONING

UNIT PLAN OPTIMIZATION

STUDY MODELS

ELEVATIONS

FLOOR PLANS

ascending, bottom to top

RENDERED IMAGES

PERSPECT

TIVAL PLAN

PLAYTIME EXQUIS: EXQUISITE REC CENTER The increasingly dense living conditions in London pose a demand for alternate urban communities which are accessible from the city center. Currently under-utilized in stark contrast to the city, when redeveloped the Green Belt provides room for experimental architecture which will generate better self-fulfilling lifestyles.

As an homage to their unbuilt projectd, within this design, the definitive characteristics and relationships of distinguishable forms of OMA are deconstructed and densely layered while maintaining their identifying features. The recomposition is suggestive of a new hypercomplexity which generates a breadth of programmatic opportunities for self-fulfillment through leisure and creation. This peculiarity and playfulness in form and use propose a regenerative and self-sustaining urban ecosystem as an alternative to the existing conditions of London.

COURSE: ARC 407 PROFESSOR: DAVID SHANKS + JAD SEMAAN SEMESTER: SPRING 2019 c/o V. AGGARWAL, A. GUO, L. SPRAGUE, + L. ZHAI

3D COLLAGE TESTS

STUDY MODEL ANALYSIS

SERIAL PLANS + ELEVATIONS

LAYERING OF FORMS

ELEVATIONS

TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN

RENDERED IMAGES: EXPANDING COMMUNITY

SECTIONAL AXONOMETRIC

CYNTHIA HELENA GEORGE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE 120 HANKINS ROAD HIGHTSTOWN, NJ 08520 (609)619-1127 CGEORGE@SYR.EDU