GIDIONY ALVES
ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO MArch, 2022 Rhode Island School of Design
CONTENT Sound Moiré
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The Redhook Silo
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Remediation of Altgeld Gardens
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IBS Sample Drawings
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The Geoid
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Drawings
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Pavilion Model
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A Home for the Blind
An Aquatic Center
Raising Voices
Drawing Compilation
Across Dimensions
Ink Procreate Pencil
The Square
“Rain has a way of bringing out the contours of everything; it throws a coloured blanket over previously invisible things; instead of an intermittent and thus fragmented world, the steadily falling rain creates continuity of acoustic experience” - John M. Hull
CONCEPT: For a sighted individual, vision allows the capacity of capturing, perceiving and recording spaces; whereas, emotion, culture and history of the self complete the inhabitation of spaces. For a blinded individual, the absence of vision allows a greater capacity for hearing which allows them to inhabit spaces similarly through acoustics. Focusing on ability rather than inability, this residential design aims at maximizing the blind inhabitant’s ability for echolocation through the superposition of solid and void, presence and absence: moiré patterns, experienced through sound. The acoustic patterns are an instrument of continuity and mapping which allow the blind individual to inhabit their home with pride and authorship.
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Sound Moiré
A Home for the Blind
Studio: A Home for The Blind Competition Instructor: Kyna Leski, 2022 2
ECHOLOCATION + LOCATION Void solid void solid: Privacy and noise filtration are achieved through the densification and layering of voided walls which consist of columns spaced at multiple intervals dependent on privacy needs. Densities of the columns shift as the body positioning of the inhabitant changes which allow spatial discernment through echolocation of the changing densities.
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MODEL INTERIOR 1
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INTERIOR + EXTERIOR Upward and downward circulation suggest exterior and interior transitions. The roof welcomes rainfall as an acoustic blanket that accentuates the arrangement and continuity of the interior.
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MODEL INTERIOR 2
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A EXISTING PLAY AREA B EXISTING GARDEN C FRONT DECK D SUN RM E DINING RM F KITCHEN G G BEDROOM H LAUNDRY I BATH 1 J LIVING RM K INT COURTYARD L STORAGE M BATH 2 N FITNESS RM O M BEDROOM
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RESIDENCE + SITE Selected location of residence welcomes community engagement: volunteering to care for the blind inhabitant. The sound of children playing, birds chirping from surrounding greenery and psithurism are not only enjoyable sounds but provide a sense of rythm and time.
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MODEL EXTERIOR
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“Despite their considerable potential to foster community life, level social differences, and empower ordinary americans, municipal pools rarely realized their full promise as public places” - Jeff Wiltse
CONCEPT: The Redhook waterfronts in New York saw a vast transformation from a wildlife sanctuary with waterfronts occupied by abundant native vegetation and native wildlife to a waterfront occupied by maritime industrial activity that completely devastated its natural environment. With the halt of maritime activity, demolitions led by upscale businesses has also destroyed its historical industrial identity.The goal for this project is to memorialize these histories into a contemporary aquatic center that allows human and nature to coexist together as a collective and charged ecosystem which simultaneously accepts the inevitable future of sea level rise.
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Redhook Silo
An Aquatic Center
Studio: Pooling Between Behaviors and Environments Instructor: Rachely Rotem, 2021 In collaboration with Katie McLeod
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CASE STUDY DRAWING Formal + Informal + Visible + Invisible: At Tainan Spring, the formal, informal, visible and invisible are deeply rooted in a site that has experienced a historic transformation. Formality relates to the idea of confinement and control within the city. Through a process of deletion, the site transforms into something that is informal: openness and freedom, signified by the remnants of what once stood. The visible is defined as the park’s physical porosity: a rejection of an enclosed structure represented by structural ruins, and the flow of visitors within the space. This porosity and movement also gives way for new penetrations, some visible and some invisible. 11
MAIN ENTRY WETLAND POOL FRONT DESK
YOGA + FITNESS
INDOOR COMMUNITY POOL
OPEN COMMUNITY SPACE
OUTDOOR NATURE ONLY POOL
MECH LEARNING CENTER
ART + MUSIC
SHOP
CAFE
EXTERIOR NATURE + HUMAN POOL
AQUATIC CENTER PLAN
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ARTIFICIAL REEFS
EXISTING PIER
PLANE 1
THE CURVE
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The slopes of the curved roof prioritize access to native and migrating birds seeking refuge and shelter from the urban landscape.Controlled areas with subtle slopes allow access for locals to enjoy views of the waterfront. Enclosures below provide fish habitat for aquatic life to thrive. The entire structure will be underwater in the distant future which will continue to support aquatic life.
PLANE 2
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“We have not waited for the government to come in and determine the cause of our illness. We may not have Ph.D. degrees, but we are the experts on our community.” - Hazel Johnson
CONCEPT: Altgeld gardens, a CHA public housing project, has been victim to years of environmental injustice due to poor zoning laws that allowed its construction over a highly contaminated site on the South Side of Chicago, segregated from the rest of the city. Before imagining what the future of Altgeld could look like, we examined how changes in policy could affect the city, the community, and the residents. This project involves the remediation of the land surrounding Altgeld and in turn the remediation of the harm done to the community along the way.
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Remediation of Altgeld Gardens Raising Voices
Studio: Cities Instructor: Jess Myers, 2021 In collaboration with Caitlin Dippo
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BACKYARD AS PRIVATE Direct and protected access to the outdoors year round. Winter gardens act as a direct extension of living rooms which can be closed off during winter months or opened up completely during summer months. They offer air filtration against the surrounding polluted air.
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FRONT YARD AS PUBLIC Front yards bring the community together. A Hazel Johnson Memorial Garden educates the Altgeld community on their historical fight against environmental injustices while also educating the community on the process of bioremediation. Plants are cared for by the community’s youth in partnership with other local youth programs. A community-ran greenhouse encourages self-sufficiency and community pride. shops and a cafe offer great opportunities for job training and employment.
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STEL STRUCTURE DIAGRAM
Tasked with researching specific materials which could be used for cladding and the structure of a simple office building design. Copper was used for the facade panels and steel was used for the majority of the structure. We were also tasked with determining structural loads, egress, mechanical systems and systems of energy efficiency.
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IBS Sample Drawings Drawing Compilation
Class: Integrated Building Systems Instructor: Jonathan Knowles, 2022 In collaboration with Zheng Xu, Isabel Manahl
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19' - 9"
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WEYBOSSET ST.
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Gidiony Alves Isabel Manahl Zheng Xu
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Description
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Ground Floor Plan Project number Date Drawn by Checked by
S102-1-01 3rd December, 2021 Author 23 Checker
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VRF machine on each floor Outdoor air system shaft up to the roof
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Duct system interwoven between steel joists
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ith VRF ERV System
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office design
MECHANICAL PLAN
Gidiony Alves Isabel Manahl Zheng Xu
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Description
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Mech. Plan Project number Date Drawn by
S102-1-01 24 3rd Decembe Author
WALL SECTIONS
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Sheet metal parapet flashing Tapered rigid insulation Cant strip Wood blocking Rigid insulation Cover board 4x4 tube beam Roof solar panels Purlin fixed w/ double cleat bracket
ROOF SECTION
GIZ IBS Office Design
Gidiony Alves Isabel Manahl Zheng Xu
Wall Sections-Roof Project number Date Drawn by Checked by
A107-2-01 3rd December,2021 GIZ Jonathan Knowles
A107 Scale
1/2”=1’
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The Geoid
Across Dimensions
Course: Analytical Drawing Instructor: David Ross, 2019
The manual transition of a 3D physical rock to a 2D digitally unfolded drawing and then translating the 2D drawing into a 3D digital rock with analytical drawings documenting and accentuating the process. 28
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Drawings
Multiple Media
Personal work Ink Procreate Pencil 30
A model exploring perimeters in conjunction with interiors. The Interior space is offset by a rectilinear void which becomes curvilinear towards the perimeter of the space; vaguely and subtly challenging the square.
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Pavilion Model Vague Square
Studio: Constructions Instructor: Evan Farley, 2020 32
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