Design Portfolio

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ELIA MAGARI Design Portfolio


ELIA MAGARI Washington University, St. Louis Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts School of Architecture M.Arch emagari@gmail.com



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KNOT HOUSING

SEMPERIAN PAVILION

Desert Retreat

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metro-link

hotel

community center

chapel

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DOOR 68-69

RESUME

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resume

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LUMINAIRE

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exhibition competition

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CITY BLOCK

BOATHOUSE

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chapel

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PLACE OF PRAYER

Gainesville, FL Spring 2014 Professor Alfonso Perez

SITE PLAN

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ASSEMBLY DETAILS CONCRETE ROOF

ROOF BEAMS

HANGING ROOF STRUCTURE

CONCRETE PANELS

PRE-FAB COLUMN SYSTEM

GLASS PANELS SCAFFOLDING SYSTEM

PIN JOINTS

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CHAPEL // 9


PLAN

SECTION A

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CONCRETE ROOF

HANGING ROOF STRUCUTRE ROOF BEAMS

SCAFFOLDING

CONCRETE PANELS

COLUMN SYSTEM

GLASS PANELS

CHAPEL // 11


community center Buenos Aires, Argentina Fall 2015 Professor Gerrado Caballero

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The initial approach to this proposal was analyzing the existing edge conditions of the site. Located in the La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires, this zone marks the edge of the “city proper�, the edge of the neighborhood itself, the hard edges of the Riachuelo River and the levee, the highway, and the frayed edges of the surrounding informal settlements. The city itself is disconnected from the water, utilizing it’s highly contaminated coast for industry rather than recreation.

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BRIDGING URBAN EDGES

This proposal is intended to break down these edges and re-imagine the levee on site as a public boardwalk to reconnect the city with the water. The geometry of the proposal is derived from the movement of the existing highway, designed to mediate the edge conditions on site in order to provide solutions for the two main demographics in the area: the gentrified area to the north and the people of the shantytowns to the south.


riachuelo river informal settlement

levee highway

sand silo

informal settlements gentrified area

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form The curvilinear ramp acts as an extension of the levee, born of the geometry of the highway. The composition is designed to embrace the people of the informal settlement, who are so often forgotten by the city. By facing the shantytown and creating a large open plaza, this proposal works to welcome and accept these people by providing flexible, open spaces to be utilized as necessary.

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structure The bridge itself becomes a crucial tool for the project as it acts as the shelter and structure for the large multipurpose space. The multipurpose space hangs from the bottom of the highway using a tensile system to account for natural movement from the bridge. By using the highway (a typically disconnecting intervention) as the unifying element for the whole project, the space beneath becomes activated with activity to reconnect the city with the water.

COMMUNITY CENTER // 15


levee

existing road

plaza seating reception + administration classrooms restrooms restaurant + kitchen multipurpose space

sand silo

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the inbetween The space between the programed spaces and the multipurpose space becomes the cornerstone of activity and circulation.

COMMUNITY CENTER // 17


HOTEL

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A Mediation of Urban DICHOTOMIES

New York City, NY Fall 2013 Professor Tom Smith team: Corina Ocanto

The city of New York and especially the Washington Square Park neighborhood is one comprised primarily of a series of dichotomies which this hotel intends to mediate. It acts as a buffer zone between the heavily populated and commercialized Broadway St and the more local 4th Ave, which houses many of the NYU campus buildings. By the delicate balance of maintaining and respecting the neighborhood while injecting something new which intends to mesh the two populations, this Hotel acts as a joint which holds together the edge conditions of this neighborhood with very specific needs.

Population density

building age, by year

residents age 18


Basic

Vertical program distribution

Primary vertical weave + rotation

horizontal weaving of public

adjusting residential spaces to woven public spaces

adding circulation

public massing

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nightlife

restaurant lounge

South meeting rooms event space

East garden spa gym plaza

ATRIUM

North

CAFE LOBBY PUBLIC ART GALLERY

West 20


SKY GARDEN

entry HOTEL // 21


METRO-LINK St. Louis, MO Spring 2015 Professor Zeuler Lima

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Interstitial Landscapes: The Delmar Divide

DELMAR BLVD.

edges

funnel

The city of St. Louis faces various issues of North-South connectivity. Delmar Blvd is one of the most evident instances of such division, with its northern edge marking the lower income residential areas and its southern edge delineating the higher income areas.

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movement

pause

This proposal, located at an existing Metrolink station, is intended to serve all demographics including metro users and local residents of both neighborhoods. The site currently faces many connectivity issues in relation to the streetscape.


bottleneck effect

vehicular accessibility

bus walking radius

zoning

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metro stop bus stop marketplace abandoned train station Delmar Blvd Entry DELMAR BLVD.

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organization The proposal is organized using two open market buildings anchoring the edges of the street and adjacent parking lot. The large interior plaza features a long, shallow continuous slope to buffer the metro station with the city.

50-70 ft 30-45 ft

sugar maple

20-40 ft

yellowwood

15-25 ft

dogwood

eastern redbud

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Desert Retreat Sahara Desert, Algeria Spring 2012 Professor Jairo Vives

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THE PROCESS OF SOLITUDE

This intervention located in the midst of the Sahara Desert is based on the concept solitude as a process or transition from societal desires to introversion. The process is seen as a movement from larger, open, public spaces, to smaller, enclosed, private spaces. There is, though, a moment of “breakthrough�; the crucial epiphany in which the occupant is no longer concerned with society and is ready to move into seclusion.

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Breakthrough occurs in the gallery space, found at the apex of the two axes. The main gestures were derived from the landscape, encompassing ideas of predominant wind direction, physical site elements and the movement of the sun. Negotiating the dynamic forces of nature using porous walls which allow wind to filter through but keep the hot desert sun out.


Section A

Section B

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COMMON SPACE

B

MEDITATION SPACE

ENTRY

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Semperian pavilion Spring 2014 Professor Alfonso Perez

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hanging glass box

calligraphic studies explorations of calligraphy and composition

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SLATTED rib system

glass overhead

hanging glass panels

opaque walls

Siteless and programless, the hanging glass box is an exploration of material connections to understand the basics of creating a singular space. A simple box, this project became critical in defining hierarchical relationships within the framework of Gottfried Semper’s Primitive Hut. In utilizing a large scale tensile column system as the primary structure, the focus of this space lies in how to connect to these columns to contrast the light and heavy moments. This creates an effect where the elements which make up the pavilion appear to be floating.

Main structure

ground

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Hanging assembly process of hanging the glass walls on the tensile system

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roof assembly

SEMPERIAN PAVILION //

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SECTION PERSPECTIVE 32

elevations


structural detail

SEMPERIAN PAVILION // 33


KNOT HOUSING Seoul, South Korea Fall 2014 Professor SungHo Kim

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BRIDGING THE CREEK

FRAME CREEK

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PUBLIC MOVEMENT

SEMI-PUBLIC MOVEMENT


Cheongeycheon Creek

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This site on the Cheongeycheon Creek in South Korea was once covered completely covered by a massive highway. The city spent billions of dollars to excavate the site. In working in this location, it was extremely important to respect the creek while trying to provide qualities that the site doesn’t have.

site plan

This housing project is based on providing entirely unique views to each unit while creating a new urban edge through the circulatory spaces throughout.

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street entrance

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ground floor

first floor

second floor

KNOT HOUSING // 37


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section 1

section 2

KNOT HOUSING // 39


movement The movement through the project emphasizes the movement of the creek and the experiential qualities of the city. It is comprised of a primary longitudinal gesture with secondary transverse movements intersecting. The public spaces weave the private spaces together to create a spatial knot tying the ideas together physically and conceptually.

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spatial knot circulation woven through plan and section to create knot in public areas

third floor

second floor

first floor

ground floor

full construct

KNOT HOUSING // 41


museum

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space for the work of Richard Diebenkorn

Berkeley, CA Spring 2015 Professor Robert McCarter

This museum is designed to store and exhibit the work of a sole artist, Richard Diebenkorn.

how do we view art? The building is designed with a strong prescribed itinerary of art viewing in which each gallery builds on the previous. The sheer scale of the paintings (ranging from 6-8 ft in height) demands a specific strategy for viewing. In order to see the full composition one must view from afar but Diebenkorn’s work transforms as the viewer gets closer, revealing the layers and complex subtlety of the brush strokes.

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This means the work requires two distinct viewing experiences: up close and afar. The museum satisfies this need by puncturing the galleries to create visual thresholds and connections between each space. The strong contrast between the gallery walls and the art walls helps to build the layered reading of space while providing a textured relief from the purity of the typical white gallery wall.


circulation The itinerary begins at the top of the site and each gallery steps down in section through a series of thickened thresholds that house stairs and ramps. This elongated ramp procession allows the occupant to take a break from art viewing and partially or fully exit the building into the garden through an interstitial space.

The garden acts as the unifying thread between the gallery spaces and the support spaces. The sequence terminates at the museum cafe, which is nested within the garden.

LEVEL 01 LOADING DOCK

PAINTING STORAGE

Cafe

Office + Administration

MECHANICAL

SERVICE TUNNEL

galleries

introduction gallery

research library

bookstore

guest services entry

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Museum in a garden The garden spaces are integrated into each gallery space using visual and physical connections. The west side is the urban garden, featuring a more hardscape approach while the east garden (above) is more traditional, acting as a plaza and landscape relief

section through entry, gallery + cafe MUSEUM // 45


Luminous roof The galleries are situated in an east/west orientation and are lit by a luminous ceiling outfitted with a series of skylights. The skylights run north/south in order to harvest and bounce the transforming east/west light. The overhangs at each end are elongated to prevent early morning and late afternoon sun from entering the galleries. The curved geometry of the roof fins bend and smooth the incoming filtered sunlight. The

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second filter, perforated aluminum skrim, further scatters the light to wash the space with a tempered and even effect. In response to the sloping conditions of the site, the galleries step down so that the roofs wont cast shadows on each other. The heavy loads of the roof assembly are transferred to the concrete shear walls, which act as the structure and also house the HVAC system.


skylight structural steel beams perforated aluminum skrim bent metal light bouncing fins

thickned circulation threshold

HVAC art wall

service tunnel

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wall

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PLEATED VIEWS

Spring 2014 Professor Alfonso Perez

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The pleated wall acts as a view and light modulator that utilizes ideas of essential space making and human scale to give the occupant a sense of interiority. Interiority describes how the occupant can feel protected within a space. A range of wall thicknesses and perforations at specific scales can affect the feeling of interiority.

A simple primary rib system and a secondary panel system, which in conjunction work to frame a variety of views and shifting experiences of the two faces of the project. From facade to interior, the perforations work to allow for views to the sky, views outward and views inward.

Panel Typologies

viewing up

interiority

viewing out

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Boathouse

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A TRANSLATION OF MOVEMENT IN ARCHITECTURE

Gainesville, FL Fall 2012 Professor Martha Kohen

This boathouse, designed for the UF Crew Team, was derived from the movement of the athletes, both in and out of the water. In studying the boat, there is a very apparent balance and shear. Crew members can maintain a constant state of tension and balance while working toward a common goal. Using these ideas, the two categories of program were held in tension, creating an intermediary space.

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Similarly to the boat, there are patterns of balance and unity in the movement of the body. The movement of the joints is equal and opposite (while the legs are extended, the arms are contracted). They are constantly in tension but the motion is rhythmic and smooth. This sequence of movement, which is both fluid and rigid simultaneously, influenced construct through tectonic and structural decisions.


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b

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TECTONIC STUDIES sections illustrating the tectonic and structural systems, focusing on the joint between juxtaposed elements. These decisions were inspired by the movement of the rowers.

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SECTION A: BOAT STORAGE

SECTION B: TRAINING FACILITIES

BOATHOUSE // 53


City Block New York City, NY Fall 2013 Professor Tom Smith team: Corina Ocanto

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high line

High Line Dissection

Located in Chelsea, this city block encompasses the identity of cinematics. Because of the zoning restrictions and proximity to the High Line within this neighborhood in flux, focusing on the energy and directionality of this successful public park became the primary motivator for the organization of this massively scaled project. Of the main issues, the most important became the interaction of the school and residential programs. Both of which require a certain level of privacy, by integrating the two through the interior courtyard, the two demographics interacted through visual and physical connections while still maintaining their distinct programmatic needs.

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Residential

60%

commercial

Film School

civic

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11%

6% 56


CITY BLOCK // 57


Theater

Residential Bridge

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Library

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site plan

10th ave

11th ave high line

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EXHIBITION COMPETITION

YEAR END SHOW

St. Louis, MO Spring 2015 team: Nikki Elman, Zachary Reichert + Jeffery Lee

The Year End Show is a presentation of graduating masters’ student work. The use of a lightweight 3-dimensional wood framing system allows for the students’ work to be exhibited in a way that is not distracting. Sizable boards allow for an immersive experience, encouraging viewers to move through the growing system. By hanging

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the drawings from the frames, a porous environment is generated giving the space a light, airy atmosphere. This floating simplicity is achieved through the multivalent carved joint. This play on traditional Japanese joinery allows each member to be connected in a variety of positions.


carved wood joint

wood members student drawings

CHRISTIAN KORTA

DONKEY KONG

12'1"

6'0"

steel rods

ROLANDO LOPEZ

ROBIN SPARKLES

fold here ROBIN SPARKLES

ROLANDO LOPEZ

6'0"

7'0" 8'0"

DP

OTHER

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rigging in order to hold each element in place to utilize the CNC router, it was necessary to design a rig which could be easily adjusted to the specific proportions of each member

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module typologies

Module 01

Module 02

Module 03

2”

2”

1/4”

flip mill time |

2:35

flip 6:42

2:35

EXHIBITION COMPETITION // 65


door

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Living hinge

St. Louis, MO Fall 2014 Professor Jaymon Diaz living hinge (n): a thin flexible hinge made from the same materials as the two rigid pieces it connects

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cut type b

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cut type c

cut type b

t

bol

cut type A

nut


borads hardware

total: 156 total: 468

6"

4'7"

2'11"

x 234

x 13

x 13

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2 1 3

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bending each wooden member is flexible enough to bend minutely at the bolted joint. torsion is prevented by introducing several bolted points of connection along the vertical dimension

DOOR // 69


Luminaire

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SUSPENDED VESSEL

Spring 2013 Professor Lucky Tsiah

This lamp is designed to allow for a filtered light which is ideal for a night time bed side lamp or reading. It is constructed of a glass cylinder (where the light source is contained) which is suspended from wood panels using metal fasteners and wire. The bedroom includes a dark wood bed frame which compliments the dark finish of the wood used in the lamp. The table has reflective qualities which will enhance the brightness of the light. The white accents of the room also compliment the use of frosted glass which houses the light source.

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frosted glass

metal suspension system

wood structure system

wood housing

complete construct

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resume education

experience

Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO August 2014- December 2016 GPA: 3.82

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) San Fransisco, CA Intern Architect Summer 2016

Study Abroad Buenos Aires, Argentina August 2015-December 2015

Forum Studio St. Louis, MO Intern Architect Summer 2015

University of Florida Gainesville, FL August 2010- May 2014 Magna Cum Laude GPA: 3.65

Graduate Research Assistant Washington University in St. Louis Summer 2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant Washington University in St. Louis 312/412 Undergraduate Studio Spring 2016, Stephen Leet 318 Graduate Studio Spring 2015, Ersela Kripa FabLab Monitor Washington University in St. Louis Fall 2014-Present Ft. Lauderdale Vegetables LLC Ft. Lauderdale, FL Freelance Model-maker/ Renderer Summer 2012 creating digital models for urban farming proposals

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software

awards/extracurricular

AutoDesk Revit AutoCad EcoTect

Awards

3D Modeling Rhinocerous Grasshopper Google Sketchup Rendering V-ray Brazil Maxwell Adobe Photoshop Illustrator Indesign

Approach student magazine published in magazine, 2015-2016 Museum project Year End Show Competition Winner with team: Nikki Elman, Zachary Reichert + Jeffery Lee Spring 2015 Juried Exhibit of Outstanding Student Work curriculum review, Spring 2013 City Block project UF Architrave Magazine published on magazine website, Fall 2012 Door Window Stair project published in magazine, Spring 2014 City Block project Extracurricular Teaching Assistant Undergraduate Studio Design 4, University of Florida Spring 2014, Martin Gundersen Undergraduate Studio Design 3, University of Florida Fall 2013, Albertus Wang Fall 2012, Mark McGlothlin University of Florida Architrave Magazine Head Photographer, Fall 2012-Spring 2013 Member, Fall 2013- Spring 2014 AIAS (American Institute of Architecture Students) Member, Fall 2012- Spring 2014

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ELIA MAGARI Washington University, St. Louis Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts School of Architecture M.Arch emagari@gmail.com


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