NEAL FRANCISCO DOSSANTOS Academic & Professional Work Samples 2020
01 NEAL FRANCISCO DOSSANTOS mixed-use vertical development robert cowherd, mark pasnik thesis - spring 2016
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2016 thesis excellence award winner in the attempt to find a new paradigm for what could be a civic social condenser in the city, this thesis is exploring congestion as a means to amplify the conditions of urban life. towers project themselves upward without a regard for their massive implications on the cities they occupy. with the vertical frontier becoming the most valuable real estate across the world, the questions of civic engagement and cultural consciousness become apparent in the sky.
02 NEAL FRANCISCO DOSSANTOS mixed-use vertical development robert cowherd, mark pasnik thesis - spring 2016
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2016 thesis excellence award winner A particular typology of high density within the city — continuously overcoming the conventional boundaries of human agglomeration — can allow an unprecedented enhancement to the civic realm. This new typology, an urban metropolitan vernacular, can incorporate many of the typical amenities, typologies, and urban facilities of a successful contemporary community within its vertical development.
03 NEAL FRANCISCO DOSSANTOS Mixed-Use Development- Retail (KPF) Kohn Pedersen Fox Bangkok, Thailand
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Status - Under Construction One Bangkok Zone 02 retail podium aims to capture the attention of users with a variety of forms and experiences, encouraging them to explore and meander through the site. The result is a human-scaled and natural experience, with a lively and energetic atmosphere that focuses on around-theclock activities. The design also offers a clear meditation between the retail and tower programs, which were approached with a careful attention to forms and material. Zone 02 retail strives to foster a vibrant atmosphere with different clusters of activity; the retail seeks to engage users, providing them with a sense of discovery. Zone 02 office tower is a crucial component of the site. It’s position offers exceptional views to the South and West, especially to Lumphini Park.
Project Team: Forth Bagley - Managing Director Trent Tesch - Design Principal Neal DosSantos - Project Designer Kazuki Katsuno - Design Director
04 NEAL FRANCISCO DOSSANTOS Mixed-Use Development- Retail (KPF) Kohn Pedersen Fox Bangkok, Thailand
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Status - Under Construction One Bangkok Zone 03 plays an important role in establishing the development’s reputation, catering to high-end luxury users, including guests and residents of the Ritz-Carlton. The zone demands a restrained and thoughtful architectural response. The concept is focused on a stately, high-end retail experience, continuing the classy retail experience of the exterior into the arcade of the building. Zone 03 is anchored by major public spaces on either end, and act as elegant companions to the high-end hospitality, residential, and office experiences of the entire block. The office tower itself is immediately striking for its rational and elegant form. The vertical black fins accent the facade and provide sun protection while aesthetically matching the materiality of the podium.
Project Team: Forth Bagley - Managing Director Trent Tesch - Design Principal Neal DosSantos - Project Designer Kazuki Katsuno - Design Director
05 NEAL FRANCISCO DOSSANTOS Mixed-Use Development (KPF) Kohn Pedersen Fox Hong Kong
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Status - Competition Entry ‘Tree House’ is a design that celebrates the cultural legacy of the old Hong Kong airport and surrounding residential community. Our design pulls the conventional center core office tower apart, infusing the inside of the building with activity and green spaces. The result is a tower and podium that are holistically blended together, and which extend the infrastructural and green connections of the lower podium up into the highest levels of the tower. Project Team: Forth Bagley - Managing Director Trent Tesch - Design Principal Neal DosSantos - Project Designer Kazuki Katsuno - Design Director
06 NEAL FRANCISCO DOSSANTOS Mixed-Use Development (KPF) Kohn Pedersen Fox Singapore
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Status - Active Design Changi has secured itself as a global hub of aviation. Through the addition of Terminal 5, Changi Airport is anticipating added capacity for 50 million passengers per year. Breaking down the monotony of a traditional airport roof called for an extraordinary exercise in scale, with an amalgamation of small panels that create a beautiful experience inside and out. In breaking down the scale of the roof, opportunities for natural light and live vegetation throughout the airport are in abundance to allow T5 to exist as a new symbol of Singapore’s global aspirations. Project Team: Forth Bagley - Managing Director Trent Tesch - Design Principal Neal DosSantos - Project Designer Richard Kim - Design Director
07 NEAL FRANCISCO DOSSANTOS Mixed-Use Development (KPF) Kohn Pedersen Fox Singapore
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Status - Competition Entry The Holland Village precinct feels seamlessly part of it’s neighborhood - with traditional foods, vibrant street life, and small scale architecture. The Village supports 24 hour street-life, and creates a new neighborhood typology that is active and changeable 365 days a year. This means accommodating pop-up stores, event spaces, and building flexibility to create seasonal features that draw the crowds of Singapore. The two key residential towers express a simple form through a dynamic facade expression. The wall-type illustrates a capacity for capturing lush greenscape up the tower, while allowing residents to enjoy the tropical weather of the climate. From both the scale of the skyline and the scale of the human, the development creates a vibrant & energetic atmosphere in the heart of the city.
Project Team: Forth Bagley - Managing Director Trent Tesch - Design Principal Neal DosSantos - Project Designer Kazuki Katsuno - Design Director
08 NEAL FRANCISCO DOSSANTOS super-tall hotel mark pasnik, carol burns 4th year - spring 2015
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2015 design excellence award winner the super-tall hotel tower becomes a dynamic representation of scale at the level of the city, and that of the occupant. the long faces of the tower were subdivided into a unit grid, which was then extruded based on formulas that attributed green balcony space and indoor space accordingly. every unit was aggregated successively, so that each resident is offered a unique experience in the boston skyline.
09 NEAL FRANCISCO DOSSANTOS theodor-heuss bücherei joachim dörr 4th year - fall 2014
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2015 BSA academic design showcase winner this schöneberg library is a response to the culture, time, and place of a young city in flux. the formal conceptions of this urban strategy were developed in part as a series of scaled site models, and the architecture derived from the needs for a definitive stance on necessary library functions. the offset glass facadal-panels reflect the surroundings as if they were moving mirrors, and a twisting stairway core guides the occupants up and down the bibliothek’s levels.
10 NEAL FRANCISCO DOSSANTOS theodor-heuss bücherei joachim dörr 4th year - fall 2014
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2015 BSA academic design showcase winner since the fall of it’s wall, berlin has been a cultural hub in central europe; thoroughly attracting a strong attention in contemporary architecture. this comprehensive work clarifies a definition of urban design, through cohesive design research and construction documentation.
11 NEAL FRANCISCO DOSSANTOS archaeological museum weldon pries 5th year - fall 2015
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the sequence of the city is encompassed in a gesture that completes the pathway from taksim square to the sea. in reflection of the life of the city of istanbul, the architecture that results is representative of the history of the city and the middle east. as a museum of archaeological history, this project houses massive relics in a disparate state, saving them, restoring them, and showcasing them to the world. the resultant architecture is one fully intertwined with the history of the city of istanbul at the center of europe and asia.
12 NEAL FRANCISCO DOSSANTOS artist’s residence elizabeth ghiseline 3rd year - summer 2014
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the landscape of jamaica plain is indicative of a true retreat in an urban setting. The residence overlooks jamaica plain, and sweeping motions along the hillside follow the path of the sun as it moves over boston. much of the home is buried, and sunlight leaks in from above to create a subtle atmosphere. the residence is ultimately divided into space for living, space for working, and space devoted to the fostering of inspiration.