Ezra Rossi Undergraduate Portfolio
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Diaspora - Mix-use Towers and Community Center Fall 2018 - Design VII Group Work Professor Joshua Treadway Gaiety Park - Prark Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL Summer 2018 - Health and Wellness Individual Work Professors Allen Watters and Carl Beers Communal Shelter - Community Center Pleasant Street Historic District, Gainsville, FL Spring 2018 - Design VI Group Work Professor Stephen Szutenbach Healing Landmark - Mix-use Tower Lake Nona, Orlando, FL Fall 2018 - Design VII Individual Work Professor Joshua Treadway Solid Cloud - Bird Sanctuary Fall 2018 - Design VII Individual Work Professor Joshua Treadway Rural Retreat - Bike Station Wekiva Springs State Park, Orlando, FL Fall 2017 ►♫☼│◘││ Design V Individual Work Professor Joel Setzer The Scar - Multi-family residential, Education, and Health and Wellness UCF Downtown Campus, Orlando, FL Spring 2019 ►♫☼│◘││ Design VIII Individual Work Professor Kourtney Baldwin
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Diaspora
Demographic diversity and assimilation define the borough of Queens as it is one of the most culturally diverse areas in the United States. The diaspora of people from all over the world has transformed Queens into an area where respite is a common factor for thousands of people. The assimilation of cultures for those native to the land of Queens and also for foreigners has enrich the culture of the urban fabric.
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Site
Sunnyside Yard, Queens, New York City, NY
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Fall 2018 - Senior Year
Professor
Joshua Treadway
Team
Erickson Diaz, Samuel Inojosa
Program
Three towers; residential, educational, and business. All connected by a bulding that holds public spaces
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Towers Incorporation
Towers Footprint
Anchor
Loop Path
Inner Circulation
Outer Circulation
Northeastern Entrance
North Entrance
Existing terrain
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Education Tower - Longitudinal Section
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Demographics
Landmarks
Transportation
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Retail Space - Business Tower’s Podium
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Gaiety Park
The incorporation of three programs that use water as their main stimulant create harmony to the mind, body, and spirit of individuals in the Florida Hospital. The aquatic therapy pool deals with the body portion of individuals, allowing them to restore physical strength. The sound of the cascade alleviates the mind by cancelling unwanted noise for those seeking to spend time on the reduced-size soccer fields. lastly, the outdoor yoga studio alludes the spirit to heal and assimilate itself by the reflection of water.
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Site
Florida Hospital, Orlando, FL
Term
Summer 2018 - Junior Year
Professors
Allen Watters and Carl Beers
Program
A park containing an outdoor yoga stuio, an aquatic therapy pool, and a recreational soccer field
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1 - Kitchen / Cafe 2 - Restroom 3 - Lobby
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Outdoor Yoga
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Therapy Pool
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Recreational Space
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Communal Shelter
Pleasant Street Historic district had a strong walking culture that was mostly associated with door to door selling of handmade objects such as silverware and antique tools. These objects were the technology of the past. Our design utilizes and resembles a motherboard, a currenr piece of technology, as a mean to reconnect the community to its almost lost culture of integrating and sharing technology. The 5-story library is the core of the intervention as it integrates the old generation to the present generation of people through the utilization of technology.
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Site
Pleasant Street Historic District, Gainsville, FL
Term
Spring 2018 - Junior Year
Professor
Stephen Szutenbach
Team
Daniel Bennett, Kimberly Hurst, Sarah Scotchie
Program
Four buildings containing a library, an educational complex, a gymnasium, a daycare, and a gallery
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Culture
Perception
Public Areas
Landscape
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Gallery
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Study Carrels
Digital Lab
Longitudinal Section
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Healing Landmark
Lake Nona is a medical city that attracts people from different regions in Florida, many of these people are temporary inhabitants that seek relief from a sojourn filled with difficulties and pain. Many others are local medical staff that live their lives trying to help and save others. The creation of a landmark for both temporary and permanent occupants is the main approach on this project. Having green communal areas inside and outside the tower would allude occupants to share unique experiences regardless of their time spent in the tower.
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Site
Lake Nona, Orlando, FL
Term
Fall 2018 - Senior Year
Professor
Joshua Treadway
Program
A tower that contains residential apartments, studios, a museum, a theater, and a school
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Studio Garden (interior)
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Studio 1 - Stairs 2 - Elevators 3 - Studio
Residential 1 - Stairs 2 - Elevators 3 - Lobby 4 - Living Room 5 - Kitchen 6 - Master Bedroom 7 - Bedroom 8 - Closet
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Museum
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Solid Cloud
A week long experiment using two materials with opposite properties. Foam has the flexibility and porousness to create intricate lighting and forms. Differently, cement is a W which resembles heavieness and structure. The foam absorbs the cement mix which then sets inside the foam allowing it to remain in a specific shape.
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Term
Fall 2018 - Senior Year
Professor
Joshua Treadway
Program
Bird sanctuary
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Rural Retreat
The landscape of Florida is extremely diverse as it is Wekiva Springs State Park. Recognizing the terrain’s transforation over time allows for an affluent understanding of its scale and composition. The scars and burns of three trees define the history of their immediate surrounding on which the interventions sit.
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Site
Wekiva Springs State Park, Orlando, FL
Term
Fall 2017
Professor
Joel Setzer
Program
There are three interventions in this project. The main intervention is a bike station that contains a workshop, a store, and overnight rentals. the other two interventions are a resting pavilion and a lookout pavilion
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Movement
Landscape Synergy
Terrain Transformation
Alternative Path
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Longitudinal Section
Axial Section
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The Scar
In 1930 started a discriminatory practice of fencing off areas where banks would avoid investments based on community demographics, specifically AfricanAmerican communities. The community of Paramore has suffered a detraction of worth and space due to the redlining practice. This practiced was abolished in the 1960s; however, today, more than 50 years later, the scars of redlining still segregate the paramore community. Introducing three interventions that utilize a horizontal structure as their main mean of circulation and public interaction breaks the idea of segregation and introduces the idea of unity.
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Site
Parramore Community, Orlano, FL
Term
Spring 2019 - Senior Year
Professor
Kourtney Baldwin
Program
Three buildings that hold health, educational, and residential spaces all connected on their second floor
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Gallery Space
Bridge Connection
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Northeast Corner
Entrance
South Elevation
Pedestrian Experience
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Longitudinal Section
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BIOGRAPHY A highly motivated international student that constantly seeks greatness. Looking fordward to learning more of the extensive knowledge that architecture offers, and excited to witness my educational and professional growth. My desire of designing compelling spatial solutions has led my interest in the field to only increase.
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