Daniel Bassolino | Architecture Portfolio 2023 | Gensler

Daniel Bassolino

Architecture Portfolio 2023

ABOUT ME:

I am an enthusiastic, selfmotivated and hard working individual. I maintain an optomistic attitude and enjoy collaborative design. I am open-minded and an active listener, making me swift and eager to pick up new skills. I am most interested in sustainability and societal impact within architecture.

HOBBIES

Sketching, Hiking, Chess, Rock Climbing, Traveling, Theater, Journaling, Backpacking

REFERENCES

Chere LeClair Professor, MSU 406.539.3191 cleclair@montana.edu

Mike Everts Professor, MSU 406.600.5850 meverts@montana.edu

DANIEL BASSOLINO

ARCHITECTURE STUDENT

EMAIL: djbassolino@gmail.com

PHONE : (720) - 525 - 0140

ADDITIONAL INFO

Address: 407 Winterthur Way, CO 80129

LinkedIn: : linkedin.com/in/ danieljamesbassolino/

SKILLS / PROFICIENCY

-Rhino 3D

-Adobe Indesign

-Auto CAD

-Revit

-Adobe Photoshop

-Adobe Illustrator

-Enscape

WORK/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Resident Advisor

Proficient Proficient Intermediate Intermediate Intermediate Basic Basic

Montana State University | Bozeman, MT | 8/2021 - Present

-Guided floor of 40 freshmen through their first year of college

-Worked in collaborative environment with large staff

-Developed time management and communication skills

Music and Memories Program Coordinator

Someren Glen | Littleton CO | 1/2017 - 1/2019

- Conducted interviews with dozens of older adults and compiled music playlists for individuals to aid in memory function

-Developed leadership and hospitality skills

Special Needs LEGO Camp Counselor

Southridge Rec Center | Highlands Ranch CO | 8/2017, 8/2018

-Guided special needs youth through LEGO construction projects

-Deescalated heated situations involving participants

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Art in Architecture

Expected May 2024

GPA to date: 3.86

High School Diploma

May 2020

Cumulitive GPA: 4.0

Montana State University

-Architectural Design Studios

-Analogue and Digital Graphics Courses

-Environmental Controls + Daylighting

Skyview Academy

-AP Environmental Sciences

-AP World History

-National Honors Society

March 1, 2023

Hiring Manager

1225 17th Street

Suite 150

Denver, CO 80202

Dear Hiring Manager,

I would like to express my interest in the Summer Architecture Intern position as a junior in the Architecture program at Montana State University. My motivation and curiosity surrounding the pursuit of sustainable, communal design spurred my interest in Gensler, and I would be thrilled to learn from and contribute to your goals of net zero carbon buildings.

Throughout my college education I have had the opportunity to engage in a variety of design prompts centering around social and environmental engagement, equipping me with the design thinking to contribute to new and ambitious design projects.

Incorporation of indoor spaces with the natural world has been a guiding principle for me as evidenced in my portfolio. In addition to this, I have had the opportunity to engage in daylighting and artificial lighting design, as well as prepare construction documents for a variety of projects using Revit and Rhino3D.

Gensler’s stance of sustainability as a “moral and business imperative” is incredibly inspiring to me. Architecture provides an incredible opportunity for social enrichment and global change and I would love to learn and grow in a firm that is striving for just that. I am a highly motivated and enthusiastic person and am excited to expand my knowledge on the possibilities of architecture as an art form, social influence, and ecological support.

I am eager to speak further about Gensler and your Summer Intern position. Thank you for your time and I greatly appreciate your consideration.

Best,

Daniel Bassolino

Tessellation

Light

Conceptual

pondered how these obstructions may even affect the shape of the areas where the water was diverted and could thus erode the isolating the phenomenon of water intensity in my final Abstract creek and reconstructing the creek in a way that make the often experience. Additionally, this inquiry also led to me considering how obstruction when they are wading through the creek, leading to people to see their own personal impact on the creek simply by to be one of my favorite parts of this semester, sparking my observations and show them in a different way.

Parametric Design

YEAR 1 + FABRICATION

STORY MILL WORKSHOP

Objective: Reconcile tension between natural and historical preservation within the oldest buildings of Bozeman, MT

Project Date: Spring 2023

Instructo r: Laura Salazar + Pablo Sequoro

Story Mill, one of the first buildings in Bozeman, was constructed in the late 19th century atop a vast wetlands. Further wetlands were filled to make way for new agriculture, initiating the systematic destruction of a once thriving ecosystem. Bozeman, Montana’s history is rooted in this agriculture and is a critical aspect of its identity, while subsequently holding the natural beauty of the Gallatin Valley as its main commodity. The project focuses on contributing to both ecological and historical preservation of the site. The building aims to preserve the history of the site by nesting itself withina neglected on-site storage building, reengaging its interior and exterior. The envelope aims to establish a new condition between old typologies, weaving industrial materials with natural ones and becoming a multi-storied vertical gardens capable of housing a variety of community based events within the context of both Story Mill and the Bridger mountain range.

Photoshop Rendering: Approach

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Photoshop Rendering: project cuts into on-site building Level 1 -

Green Roof

South Section: rain gardens + greenroof wedged between building

SECTION A

1/8” = 1’-0”

STORY MILL VISITOR’S CENTER DANIEL BASSOLINO

East Section: overhang spaces for semi-enclosure

SECTION B

1/8” = 1’-0”

STORY MILL VISITOR’S CENTER DANIEL BASSOLINO

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Site Plan: Story Mill, Bozeman, MT

Worm’s Eye Structural Axonometric

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View of Story Mill from workshop space

DIGITIZED CONNECTIONS

Objective: Establish commons to address tension between the communities of Wooldawn and the University of Chicago

Project Date: Fall 2022

Instructo r: Mike Everts

Located on a busy intersection in Woodlawn Chicago, the project utilizes several digitized programmable screens oriented towards surrounding points of pause to create an adaptable space that is experiencable both in passing and in participation of community events.

By integrating an adaptable and strategically oriented media surface into the urban fabric of Woodlawn, a new form of public space is established where the local community has an opportunity to connect with areas and individuals that they are otherwise digitally and physically isolated from.

Daniel Bassolino

Photoshop rendering looking across MLK Drive

SECTION 2 1/32” = 1’-0”

SECTION 2 1/32” = 1’-0”

SECTION 1 1/32” = 1’-0”

Section through primary screens, facing stage

Detail Section: Primary Digital Screen WALL SECTION - APARTMENT SCREEN 1/16” = 1’-0”

“Cross cutting content” or CCC digital media that conflicts users personal beliefs. algorithims have reduced exposure to CCC by 15% and reduced viewership of said content 70%. This has established a condition of digital isolation, with different groups being separated in the physical and digital world.

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INITIAL MASSING

Based off program requirements

SPLIT AND ORIENT

Facing primary avenues of traffic

FLOATED WITH SCREENS

Mass public media such as billboards prove to be an incredibly effective way to introduce new ideas quickly to large amounts of people, with one study finding that 71% of Americans view billboards on a semi-regular basis. This public communication platform could be used for purposes aside from marketing, reaching large numbers of people quickly and developing a greater awareness beyond current digital and geographical borders.

Nested to make inhabitable

SPLIT AND ORIENT

Facing primary avenues of traffic

PERFORMANCE SPACE

Connecting split with community space

FLOATED WITH SCREENS

Nested to make inhabitable

PERFORMANCE SPACE

Connecting split with community space

FRAGMENT SURFACES

Each oriented towards “point of pause”

INHABIT DIGITIZED SPACE

Detailed to maximize interaction with public

APARTMENTS

APT. COMMON SPACE

MECHANICAL

COMMUNITY

CENTER

LOBBY

CAFE SEATING

BATHROOMS

KITCHENS

INDIVIDUAL

OFFICE SPACE

COLLABORATIVE

OFFICE SPACE

CIRCULATION

OUTDOOR

SEATING

Digitized Conections

METAL SIDING METAL SIDING (PATTERNED)

EXPOSED BLACK STEEL STRUCTURE

SEMI-TRANSPARENT LED PANELS

TERRACED GROUND GLASS INTERIOR WALLS POLISHED CONCRETE

View from stage

The physical model is used to visualize each individual screen, treating them as the primary organizational element that the remainder of the building conforms to. The contents of the screen remain abstract and gives room for the residents of UChicago and Woodlawn to establish what is projected on the screens on a day to day basis. The materials were chosen to emphasize the screens, either enhancing their effect or maintaining neutral tones to avoid diminishing the screens’ impact.

Digitized Conections

LUMINOUS FLOOR PANELS

Southern primary screen inset into apartment common spaces

WALDORF ELEMENTARY

Objective: Establish commons to address tension between the communities of Wooldawn and the University of Chicago

Project Date: Spring 2022

Instructo r: Jaya Mukhopadhyay

The Waldorf educational philosophy centers around holistic learning within a natural context. With this, integration of nature into learning and playing spaces becomes the guiding principal of the project, with indoor-outdoor classrooms anchoring themselves to the adjacent Bozeman creek. A large central atrium establishes a centralized circulation and play space with year long growing to provide access to nature throughout the long Montana winters. An extensive greenroof provides additional learning and performative spaces. The greenroof cuts through the atrium at a series of points, weaving the growing platform into the interior. Access to natural light is provided in the entirety of the building, with clerestory windows lighting classroom spaces while blocking unfavorable views into an alley and a busy street.

Model: atrium as indoor playground / workshop

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Year 2 Waldorf Elementary

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PROGRAM TOTAL AREA

Mimimim square footage placed on site

COURTYARD & GREENROOF Cut into massing and added greenroof to bring foilage and light into school

GLAZING & SETBACK Glazing of courtyard maintains foilage during long Montana winters

Section A: Classrooms and Atrum Daylighting

CONNECT GREENROOF

Cut-ins brings greenroof into lower floor and connects both halfs

DAYLIGHTING Light wells and clerestories provide daylighting throughout

STEP-DOWN ATRIUM Atrium form shifts to provide variable southern light, and lowers to creek

Section B: Atrium Steps Down to Creek Year

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Level 1: Orientation to Creek

Initial study models center around a variety of daylighting strategies and orientation of indoor-outdoor programming along Bozeman creek. Later studies expand on the initially condenced greenroof, wrapping it around the entire building. The roof of the atrium was altered to fluctuate between maximizing southern and northern light depending on programmatic needs, and was stepped down to divide the atrium space into three distinct programs.

Initial Massing Greenroof Study Atrium Structure Study

Response to creek

Greenroof + Atrium Interaction

TIPPET RISE ARTS CENTER

Objective: Extend mission of Tippet Rise to provide space for all to enjoy the arts in an outdoor context

Project Date: Fall 2021

Instructo r: Chere LeClaire

Tippet Rise is a 12,000 acre working ranch and outdoor art exhibition located under the Beartooth Mountains in Fishtale, MT. The Tippet Rise Arts Center is to act as an extension of the Tippet Rise outdoor gallery, providing an art exhibition and workshop space that meshes with its natural context. The site itself is situated along Bozeman Creek in downtown Bozeman, providing ample opportunities to incorporate foliage, running water, and natural lighting as a backdrop for a variety of art pieces.

The vision for the project was derived from an abstract modeling of the interaction between human-made structures and the natural world. The shadows projected off the model became the template for the modeling of the main gallery space, with the creek informing further design choices such as specific cut-ins and walkways that integrate the creek within the experience of the building.

Final Model: gallery space along creek

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Initial concept model + shadow study

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Initial conceptual models experiment with different methods of transforming the abstract model into an inhabitable space, first by using tension and suspension and then diffusion of light. The final study model became the blueprint for further iterations, with the shadows of the abstract model becoming the template for the main gallery’s design.

Final study model

The building’s roof steps down to divide the three programatic sections of the building: reception, gallery, and back of house functions. The east side is almost entirely fenestrated to connect occupants with the creek and on site trees, with the latter providing ample shading from harsh eastern light.

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Section through gallery along creek

Level 1: elevated gallery + exterior gallery along creek

Year 2 Tippet Rise Arts Center

CONCEPT STUDIES + FABRICATION

Objective: Explore methods of manifesting abstract ideas into inhabitable space

Project Dates: Fall 2020-Spring 2022

Instructors : Various

Throughout the first and second year of the program, a variety of short projects explore different concepts and methods of manifesting said concepts within a variety of different mediums. Using a mix of charcoal, graphite drawings, collage, 3D modeling and physical fabrication, a variety of artifacts are produced to create inhabitable spaces both physically and digitally.

Daniel Bassolino

Masonry Tile Tile in Rhino3D

Corner Tile

Initial Charcoal Light Study: Reflectance

Initial Charcoal Light Study: Aperture

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Final Charcoal Study: Textured Light

Year 2 Charcoal Light Studies

Translation of Final Charcoal Study into Rhino3D Model

Abstraction of Sound Projection

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Project 2

Projection of the Smooth and Striated

Final Drawing

found myself struggling to decide what direction to take each of my projects,

environment in question proved to be enough to kick start my design process, sparking explore a phenomenon or concept that I had previously overlooked. Two of my projects these periods of observation: the Abstract Drawing and the One-Person Space. an abstract drawing, I decided to return to the creek to see if there was anything how the water bent and created beautiful patters as it ran into various rocks river. I pondered how these obstructions may even affect the shape of the creek intensity areas where the water was diverted and could thus erode the banks infatuation led to me isolating the phenomenon of water intensity in my final Abstract of the creek and reconstructing the creek in a way that make the often invisible visual experience. Additionally, this inquiry also led to me considering how humans altering obstruction when they are wading through the creek, leading to the idea would allow people to see their own personal impact on the creek simply by being creek proved to be one of my favorite parts of this semester, sparking my creativity take my observations and show them in a different way.

The facade consists of a series of panels that rotate at various angles to provide a variety of lighting conditions within a space. These panels would then connect to a structure able to conform to a variety of different types of surfaces. The stairs take inspiration from the work of artist M.C. Escher, and continue indefinitely within multiple axes.

Daniel Bassolino

Thank You.

Phone: 720.525.0140

E-mail: djbassolino@gmail.com

Address: 407 Winterthur Way Littleton CO 80129

Year 2 Parametric Design