PORTFOLIO | 2016
F or my loved ones , those gone and those yet to come . W hile time may do us part , your memory shall forever shape my thought .
david andrew gallo
546 B rent R d . R aleigh , NC 27606 | 980-233-1760 | dagallo @ ncsu . edu
E ducation N orth C arolina S tate U niversity | B achelor of E nvironmental D esign + A rchitecture | 2010-2014 N orth C arolina S tate U niversity | B achelor of A rchitecture | 2015-2016
A wards M asonry S ociety S cholarship | 1 st place (G roup C ompetition ) | S pring 2013 L ouis S ullivan M asonry C ompetition | 3 rd place (G roup C ompetition ) | S pring 2013
W ork E xperience P lasma S tudio (B eijing ) | I ntern | S pring -F all 2015 JG H andyman LLC | H andyman A ssistant + P roject V isualizer | S ummer 2008-P resent F ossil | R etail S ales A ssociate | S pring 2013-2014
S kills EXPERT | R hino | M axwell R ender | P hotoshop ADVANCED | S panish | S ketch -U p | A uto C ad | R ender [ in ] | V- ray | M icrosoft O ffice | I n D esign | I llustrator INTERMEDIATE| G rasshopper | H and M odeling | H and D rawing BEGINNER | R evit
E xtra - curricular A ctivities & H obbies PERSONAL EDUCATION | H istory | P olitics | E conomics | P hilosophy ART | C arpentry | S culpting | P ainting TRAVEL | C hina , S pring -F all 2015 | C olombia , S ummer 2014 | F rance +S pain , S ummer 2010 | C olombia , S ummer 2007 LEADERSHIP | D esign C ouncil P resident , S pring 2012-2013
R eferences P ietro S carpa | P roject A rchitect at P lasma S tudio | ps @ plasmastudio . com E va C astro | P artner at P lasma S tudio | ec @ plasmastudio . com E rin S terling L ewis | P rofessional S tudio P rofessor | erin @ insitustudio . us T homas B arrie | A dvanced S tudio P rofessor | tom _ barrie @ ncsu . edu
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A n I nstitute for C ontemporary A rt
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P lasma S tudio I nternship
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A n I nformation P avilion
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F all 2015 | P rofessor E rin L ewis | ~ 65,000 sqft
E very first friday of the month , downtown raleigh displays the city ’ s creativity .
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H ow does this institution become a part of the city and its culture ?
DEFINING CLIENT’S VALUES “...The Warehouse District is developing into Downtown’s innovation hub with several companies calling the area home. The abundance of art galleries and maker spaces will be bookended by great public spaces at Nash Square and Raleigh’s Union Station. The area will be
where transportation, innovation and public spaces connect...” -City of Raleigh’s Downtown Masterplan Vision
“Contemporary is a pretty broad term and open to interpretation.
Here’s how we see it.
Contemporary is work that is
emerging...that encourages participation and dialogue. ...CAM Raleigh
takes inspiration from the city around it. Constantly growing, reinventing, respecting traditions, but willing to revise them...” -Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh Story Book
DOWNTOWN RALEIGH SKYLINE
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C an the site be reshaped to stitch pedestrian movement ?
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C an its form be constricted on the site to enhance ground level interaction ?
DEFINING SITE STRATEGY
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LOWEST POINT ON SITE END OF MOVEMENT POINTING TO STATION
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A nd as it spirals up , how is it released in order to frame the city for its users ?
BREAKING OUT OF THE BOX
RELEASE
HIGHEST POINT ON BUILDING
CAM-RICA ART ALLEY
DOWNTOWN RALEIGH
CAPTURING VIEWS OF CONTEXT
FRAME
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H ow does the path take users through a journey
PROGRAM
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A LINEAR ORGANIZATION ALLOWS A CLEAR EXPERIENCE FOR VISITORS AND INHABITANTS
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RATHER THAN CONCENTRATING FUNCTIONS ALONG THE CIRCULATION SPINE, FRAGMENTING THEM ENHANCES AN EXPERIENCE THAT VALUES BALANCE AND DIVERSITY.
Lobby Critique Space 1 Office Set 1 Gallery 1 Classroom 1 Art Store
A 32’ WIDE SPIRAL, WITH A SITE RESPONSIVE GEOMETRY, BEGINS ITS ASCENSION NEAR THE LOWEST POINT ON THE SITE.
Lounge Office Set 2 Drawing Studio Gallery 2 Painting Studio
AS IT COILS UP, A LIGHT WELL IS PRODUCED TO PROVIDE LIGHT INTO A MIXED CHAMBER OF STUDENT-FOCUSED PROGRAM. THIS IS THE ARTISTS’ LAIR.
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from the intimacy of an artist to the formality of an institution ?
Office Set 3 Classroom 3 Critique Space 4
Gallery 3 Critique Space 3
Office Set 4 Classroom 4 Gallery 4
Classroom 2 Digital Media Studio Critique Space 2 Film Studio
UPON REACHING ITS MAXIMUM HEIGHT, THE SPIRAL UNLEASHES ITS BIDE TO FORM A SERIES OF CANTILEVERS SHAPING VIEWS TO AND FROM THE CITY.
Cafe Office Set 4 Gallery 5
Lab Support Gang Lab Critique Space 5
IT IS DURING THE SPIRAL’S RELEASE AND RETURN TO THE SITE’S CONSTRICTION THAT ITS LINEAR TUBE-LIKE QUALITY IS MADE MOST EXPLICIT.
Auditorium
Information Hall
Administration Hub
UPON RETURNING TO THE GROUND, THE SPIRAL DOUBLES ITS WIDTH TO CONTAIN ITS LARGEST SPACES AND POINTS TOWARDS THE LOCAL ICON OF SPEED, THE TRAIN STATION.
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T he resulting design has been fused from responding to a variety of forces :
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environmental , programmatic and the flair of an artist .
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W hether entering as a student or a casual visitor , the building takes you
O ne elevation is a more ordered narrative that reflects the building ’ s internal logic ,
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through an exploration of how we frame ourselves and the society around us .
Long, Outer Elevation
2 narratives, one that frames the relationship bewteen the urban context and program and the other that reflects the building’s internal organization.
while the other , embodies more emotionally the relationship between the site and program .
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Long, Outer Elevation
2 narratives, one that frames the relationship bewteen the urban context and program and the other that reflects the building’s internal organization.
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Short, Inner Elevation
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B y fritting terracotta onto glass , it allows program to
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respond to the light and the building to speak back to its context .
Section A-A
Section B-B
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C an layers of transparency give rise to a dialogue between
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the spatial relationships of the building and its urbanity ?
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P lasma S tudio I nternship
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F ebruary - A ugust 2015 | E va C astro | P ietro S carpa
D esign . V isualizations . D rawings .
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H ow does the inspiration of a flower meet the rationale of human industry ?
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Typology ‘6x4’: One single typology of stick 6 times repeated can create an tetrahedron.
Typology ‘12x8’: One single typology of stick 12 times repeated can create an octahedron.
Tetrahedron
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A n O rchid P avilion
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H ow does a fusion of circulation and children spaces give shape to a playful place ?
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A n U rban P layscape
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C an an iconography of form be rooted in
CIRCULATION THROUGH SITE
SAND PIT + ROCK CLIMBING WALL
CHILDREN RAMP + SLIDE
WALKWAY + ROOF SEATING
CHILDREN NETSCAPE
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program and blended with the flow of its site ?
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W hat if an island ’ s mountain could embody its agrarian culture , botanical diversity and a vision for the future ?
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P aths into the F orest
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H ow does its entrance operate as a nexus ?
P arking S upport
R estrooms T icketing + A dmin + I nformation G allery
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A n I nformation P avilion for the M ilan E xpo
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F all 2014 | I deas C ompetition | ~ 5,000 sqft
T he prompt was a competition of ideas on how to capture the spirit of the milan expo .
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T he stated purpose of the expo was to gather ideas on how to feed the planet , but i gave them an image of what i saw , a clash of illusion and hope . The central idea of this pavilion is to first establish an online-image sharing initiative where those involved in bringing the World Expo to Italy would be invited to share photos of themselves and their workplace. Coordinated by a team of artists and architects, these images would then be composed onto a piece of fabric that stretches the pavilion’s climb up to the sky. The pavilion’s morphology uses this tensile element to comment on the site and the historical icon of food, the pyramid. I believe the hope of this Expo is to encourage a global conversation on how we use modern technology to confront an ancient paradigm of concentration and its association with authoritative social structures. By using the internet, the pavilion is not dedicated to the image of a pharaoh, but to an embodiment of individuals working towards a global society. By using the imagery of a wormhole, the pavilion is not dedicated to top-down control, but technology that enables bottom-up liberation.
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
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SITE PLAN
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A mid a seemingly unstoppable trend towards increasing global inequality and state power , is this “ vanity fair ” a glimpse of our dystopia or the promise of a blossoming revolution ?
SITE GEOMETRY
INNER STRUCTURE
SPIRAL GEOMETRY
DOUBLE HELIX CIRCULATION
EMBEDDED SPIRAL
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A ffordable M ulti -F amily H ousing
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S pring 2014 | P rofessor T om B arrie | C ollaboration with D avid J i | ~ 400,000 sqft
W hat does family mean to us ?
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T he unit matrix is used to explore the shaping of a mixed - income affordable neighborhood .
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T he goal was a design that speaks to both individual complexity and social harmony .
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A variety of courtyard shaped micro - communities emphasize community engagement
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and provide semi - public space for individual expression .
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F all 2012 | P rofessor M att G riffith | ~ 13,000 sqft
W hen questioning myself what a media art center should look like , i decided to seek inspiration from the act of creating animations .
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A nimations are thought to depend on the “ phi phenomenon �, an optical illusion that is derived from a moving series of images .
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F rom there , I sought to design the building as an unfolding narrative of views that are framed by a continuous black plane and its rhythm of dynamic louvers .
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T he interior becomes a continous flow of form and circulation that has been shaped by responding to the geometry of the site .
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U sing dynamic louvers to respond to the sun is not only an appropriate response to the long east and west elevations , but also highlights the underlying theme of the design . 6” Wide Metal Gutter 3” Diameter Roof to Ground Drainage 5” - 2” Rigid Insulation Vapor Barrier + Plastic Sheeting Metal Coping 2” x 6” Wood Block Metal Flashing
2’ Wide Stainless Steel Louvers
3” Metal Studs 1/4” Metal Lath Sheets Brushed Stucco Typical Floor System 1/2” Terrazzo Floor Finish 1” Underbed 3 3/4” Curtain Wall Mullion
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1” Drainage Pipe 2’ Concrete Pavers Infill Gravel to level slope 4” - 2” Rigid Insulation 2” - 4” Wide Steel Tube Structure
1’ 6” Diameter Ventiliation Ducts Ceiling Suspension System
DYNAMIC LOUVERS
2” Steel Tube Structure 1/2” Fiber Cement Panel (Rough Finish)
2” - 4” Precast Concrete Panel 4” Wide Steel Angle
1’ Wide Light Fixture
5 1/2” Decking Composite 4” Wide Steel Angle Bolt Connection to Panel 4” Precast Concrete Panel Metal Flashing
UNFOLDING PLANE
Applied Brushed Stucco 6” - 4 1/2” Concrete Slab
1/2” Glass Railing
VERTICAL STRUCTURE
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