Giancarlo Montano Portfolio by GvMontano

Giancarlo Montano Seven Projects

Introduction

Letter of Intent

Hello! Over the course of my career, my understanding of the built environment has centered around the idea of value. Where does a society place its values? What resources have value? What determines a person’s value and how does that give them the right to more or less resources? All of this is physically manifested in our built enviroment and is especially evident in Los Angeles. We are in a very special time where this idea of value has to be reevaluated. As an Associate at Frederick Fisher and Partners, I had the privilege of being involved with a slew of institutional projects. I started with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles - Commons Project in Schematic Design and took that all the way to Construction Documents through a pandemic and delayed Plan Check Approval. I started as a designer and grew into a role where I was coordinating all the consultant meetings, making the client and consultant presentations and working on the drawings. This project is now under construction, and it is exciting to see the drawings and renderings become reality. My previous experience has been in offices that focus on institutional work and hospitals, as well as a three and a half year stint working in construction for the Army Corps of Engineers. These experiences have sharpened my tools for project design and delivery, and I am looking forward to calling upon those experiences to inform the work I do in the future. I am at a place in my career where I am reflecting on my values and how I can align my time and energy with those values. I believe that everyone has a right to housing, safety and equal access to opportunity. I believe that we are intelligent enough to align our built enviroment with ecosystems and not impose ourselves onto ecosystems. We should have access to multiple modes of transit, have thriving communities and have a place to call home without fear of safety or affordability. I am looking for architecture firms, organizations and people who are working at this intersection. I feel strongly that my skills and talents should be used towards shaping this reality in whatever capacity, large or small. With that, I humbly submit my resume and portfolio for your consideration.

Sincerely yours, Giancarlo Montano

GIANCARLO VENGCO MONTANO

email: gvmontano@gmail.com address: 909 S Serrano Ave Apt 15 Los Angeles, CA 90006 phone: (972) 998.0831

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Curriculum Vitae

FREDERICK FISHER & PARTNERS - Associate, March 2018-July 2023 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA: Lead Coordinator on Project Team from SD to CD’s, under construction Rollins Innovation Triangle, Winter Park, FL: Lead Coordinator during CUP Approval and SD Getty Center Staff Cafe, Los Angeles, CA, Lead Coordinator during SD and DD MACHADO SILVETTI - Designer, September 2016-January 2018 Vietnamese German University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Designer on project team for completion of Construction Documents Aeon Luxury Living Master Plan, Cairo, Egypt: Designer on project team for the completion of Conceptual and Schematic Design HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN - Digital Skills Instructor, August 2016 Digital Skills Course, Co-taught a course of digital design tools to incoming students of the Harvard GSD VINCENT BANDY ARCHITECT - Architecture Intern, June 2015-August 2015 Herman Miller New York Showroom, New York, NY: Project team member US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS - Architectural Tech, September 2009-July 2012 San Antonio Military Medical Center Fort Sam Houston, TX: -Received the Department of the Army Achievement Medal for Completion of San Antonio Military Medical Center. -Kept track of the LEED account to ensure a LEED Silver Rating. Battlefield Health and Trauma Fort Sam Houston, TX: -Extensive involvement in LEED Account to bring project towards LEED Silver certification JONATHAN BAILEY ASSOCIATES - Junior Designer, May 2007-July 2009 West Kauai Medical Center Waimea, HI -Involvement in production of design documents Millom & Brampton Community Center Millom, Cumbria, UK, -Production captain of Dallas team for Predesign and Schematic Design

EDUCATION HARVARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN Master in Architecture I Spring 2016 -PLATFORM 7 Publication+Exhibition, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2015 -Study Abroad Studio in Berlin with Frank Barkow and Arno Brandlhuber, Spring 2015 -Living Anatomy: An Exhibition About Housing, 2015 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Minor in Architectural History, Summa Cum Laude, 2008 -May 2008: AIA School Medal and Certificate of Merit from the Henry Adams Fund for Excellence in the Study of Architecture -TEXFILES Issue 02, University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture, 2008 PUBLICATIONS -Poor but Sexy: Berlin, the New Communal, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2016 -Brunnenstrasse 9, Frank Barkow and Arno Brandlhuber, 2015 -Living Anatomy: An Exhibition About Housing, 2015 -PLATFORM 7 Publication+Exhibition, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2015 -TEXFILES Issue 02, University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture, 2008 -Interior Design Magazine, “Herman Miller Fashions a Towering Presence in New York City’s Flatiron District ” 2016 -The Los Angeles Times, “The Natural History Museum’s Major $75-million transformation set to open in 2024” Renderings, 2022 GUEST CRITIC -Harvard Graduate School of Design, Career Discovery -Woodbury University School of Architecture, Mid and Final Reviews

SKILLS Revit Rhinoceros Autocad Adobe Creative Suite Bluebeam Revu Sketch Up Enscape V-Ray Physical Modeling Hand Drafting CERTIFICATIONS LEED AP (Legacy) Currently Pursuing Licensure in Architecture

REFERENCES David Mateo - Director of Operations at Frederick Fisher and Partners, dmateo@fisherpartners.net David Manzano - Senior Associate at Frederick Fisher & Partners, davidm@fisherpartners.net David Ross - Partner at Frederick Fisher and Partners, davidr@fisherpartners.net Mariana Ibañez - Thesis Advisor at Harvard GSD, Architecture Chair at UCLA

01 NHM 02 Rollins 03 Hobart 04 LOWRISE LA 05 FAM 06 Synecdoche 07 Berlin

Project 01

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles

The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Commons The Natural History Museum Commons began with the idea of the Cabinet of Curiosities as a means to connect with the community of South Los Angeles. It is a counterpoint to the otherwise solid and serious exterior of the main building, valuing transparency and demonstrating more explicitly the contents inside. The program replaces the non-code compliant Jean Delacour Theater with a new Auditorium and Lobby to receive guests coming from the southwest corner of the site. It also connects to the existing main entrance via a Welcome Center that facilitates the gathering of larger groups.

Giancarlo Montano

Figure 1.1 View of Main Entrance from Southwest Corner

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Figure 1.2 Auditorium with Open Theater Seating

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aining the taining the express express written written permission permission and and consent consent of of Frederick Frederick Fisher Fisher & & Partners, Partners, Architects, Architects, nor nor are are they they to to be be assigned assigned to to any any third third party party without without obtaining obtaining said written permission and consent.

Project 01

The Natural Natural History History Museum Museumof of Los LosAngeles Angeles

Frederick Frederick Fisher Fisher & & Partners, Partners, Architects Architects reserves reserves its its common common law law copyright copyright and and other other property property rights rights in in these these plans. plans. These These plans plans and and drawings drawings are are not not to to be be reproduced reproduced in in any any form form or or manner manner whatsoever whatsoever without without first first obtaining obtaining the the express express written written permission permission and and consent consent of of Frederick Frederick Fisher Fisher & & Partners, Partners, Architects, Architects, nor nor are are they they to to be be assigned assigned to to any any third third party party without without obtaining obtaining said said written written permission permission and and consent. consent.

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Acoustic Treatment, Insulshield, Black

Dark Paint PNT-14 DET619, Celluloid Fabric Wrapped Panels AWP-02 Maharam, Milestone Pewter

Stage Floor Tongue & Groove Maple

Figure 1.5 View of Lobby and Cafe

Giancarlo Montano

Polished Concrete

The new Auditorium will feature retractable seating to open up the space for a multitude of functions. As a designer, I put together client presentations to communicate the design intent for a myriad of topics, ranging from the interior palette of the theater to theater portal iterations. The Theater will be supported by a Lobby and Cafe that reach out to the community lawn. This fully glass facade took months of coordination between the structural engineer and the design assist as well as working with the glass manufacturer to come up with a glass recipe to reduce energy costs.

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ISSUE DATES ISSUE FOR II - 100% SCHEMATIC DESIGN AGENCY SUBMISSION - I BID SET AGENCY SUBMISSION - II GMP BID SET

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DATE 10/23/20 06/15/21 09/10/21 10/13/21 10/22/21

The Theater Portal underwent several design iterations to take into consideration issues of exiting, size of machinery that we go through for 5 maintenance, initial desires for transparency that evolved into desires for full blackout, and acoustic separation from a potentially loud lobby. The final iteration uses travertine at a datum line above the door frame as an economical way to announce the entrance and reference a material that is throughout the site 10"

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The Welcome Center connects the new Lobby and Auditorium to the Main Entrance. We coordinated the consultants and exhibit designer to accommodate an 80 ft long mural, Barbara Carrasco’s “Sin Censura,” as well as a reconfiguration of a diplodocid found in a copper deposit in Utah. Since DOUBLE FIREWALL DOOR SECTION the original building is4 a Type1A construction, a double fire wall between the new and existing buildings had to occur. This 5

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ENVELOPE DETAILS As indicated

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Frederick Fisher & Partners, Architects reserves its common law copyright and other property rights in these plans. These plans and drawings are not to be reproduced in any form or manner whatsoever without first obtaining the express written permission and consent of Frederick Fisher & Partners, Architects, nor are they to be assigned to any third party without obtaining said written permission and consent.

Giancarlo Montano

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A3.33

A3.03

A3.31

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Project 02

Rollins Innovation Triangle

Figure 2.1 Museum Facade

02 Rollins Innovation Triangle The Rollins Innovation Triangle in Winter Park, Florida, connects the Alfond Inn to the proposed Rollins Museum of Art and Crummer Graduate School of Business. with a project manager and Lead Designer, I assumed the Project Architect role and coordinated the CUP and Schematic Design Drawings while guiding a team of two designers with drawings, renderings and presentations.

A3.02

RELOCATED WATER & FIRE SERVICE BACKFLOW PREVENTER WITH REMOTE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTIOIN

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APPROX. LOCATION OF EX. HYDRANT

A4.01

NEW ENGLAND AVE

PROPOSED REMOTE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTION MUSEUM ENTRY PLAZA

ROLLINS MUSEUM OF ART

ALFOND INN

LAWRENCE CENTER

13' - 3"

ROOF EQUIPMENT AREA

MUSEUM MAIN SKYLIGHT

EVENT LAWN

PLAZA

TRASH COLLECTION

CANOPY ABOVE

BOLLARDS

KNOWLES AVE

SKYLIGHT

A3.01

PARKING LOT

SITE TRANSFORMER

A3.01

INTERLACHEN AVE

A4.01

EVENT SPACE PLAZA

CONDOMINIUMS

ROOF EQUIPMENT AREA

BOLLARDS CRUMMER GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

PROPOSED WATER & FIRE BACKFLOW PREVENTER

01 A3.02

LYMAN AVE

PROPERTY LINE

PROPOSED REMOTE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTION

EXISTING SITE TRANSFORMER

Figure 2.2 Rollins Innovation Triangle SUNTRUST GARAGE

Project 02

A OCCUPANCY CONFERENCE ROOM 835 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:15 O.L.: 56

B OCCUPANCY CONFERENCE ROOM 121

686 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:15 O.L.: 46

VESTIBULE 300 SF

LARGE STUDY/SEM./CONF. 686 SF EDUCATION CENTER 835 SF

B OCCUPANCY CONFERENCE ROOM

59 SF ENTRANCE LOBBY 1,055 SF

COMMUNITY OUTREACH LOUNGE

SMALL STUDY/SEM./CONF.

727 SF

253 SF

CURRICULAR GALLERY

COLLECTION GALLERY

539 SF

554 SF

GALLERY

A-3 OCCUPANCY GALLERY

470 SF

WATER SERVICE

6109 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:30 O.L.: 204

160

57 SF CLOSED STORAGE

GALLERY

2,564 SF

416 SF

CENTERLINE OF PUBLIC WAY

253 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:15 O.L.: 17

CENTERLINE OF PUBLIC WAY

STEAM GEN & RO 81 SF

98 FT (MAX 400 FT S OCCUPANCY)

188

120

B OCCUPANCY BUSINESS

ELEV MACHINE RM 71 SF

298 SF | LOAD FACTOR 1:150 O.L.: 2

WK AREA / REG./ TRANS.

STOR.

PACK CRATE

333 SF

236 SF

298 SF

SHOP STOR.

IT/SERVER

ELEV

158 SF

249 SF

175 SF

TRASH

MUSEUM LOBBY 2,028 SF

87 SF

A OCCUPANCY CONFERENCE ROOM

120

LOADING DOCK 1,008 SF

772 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:15 O.L.: 52

STORAGE, MEP

5,696 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:300 O.L.: 19

ELEC.

WOOD SHOP

455 SF

484 SF

120

188

267 SF

223 SF

149

SHIPPING/RECEIVING 115 SF

TRASH 141 SF

FLEX AUDITORIUM/EVENT SPACE

875 SF

B OCCUPANCY MEDIUM CLASS ROOM

880 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:20 O.L.: 44

421 SF

44 155 154

HUD. 95 SF

772 SF

2161 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:7 O.L.: 309

2,160 SF

STOR.

LARGE CONF.

A OCCUPANCY EVENT SPACE

MEDIUM CLASSROOM

149

LOUNGE

25 PER FBC 1028.1, EXCEPTION 1, STAIR PERMITTED TO EGRESS ON LEVEL OF EXIT DISCHARGE

WALK IN FRIDGE

73 SF

B OCCUPANCY CONFERENCE ROOM

CONF. CAFE/KITCH.SERV.

308 SF

308 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:15 O.L.: 21

451 SF

149

70 FT (MAX 300 FT B OCCUPANCY)

149

GTH > 1/3 LEN 27'-0" X NAL GO OF DIA

HUD.

FAC.

90 SF

307

TEAMING TEAMING

56 ELEV

145 SF

102 SF

173 SF

ELEV MACHINE 42 SF

STAIR 215 SF

281

24'-2" X > 1/3 LENGTH OF DIAGONAL

26' - 1"

ADMISSION 156 SF

MEDIUM CLASSROOM

LARGE CLASSROOM 1,505 SF

ADMISSION IT/SERVER

156 SF

59'-4 "

393 SF 181 SF

ADMISSION

160 SF

1,521 SF

ELEC. MEP

149

275 SF

WELCOME CENTER 5,239 SF

MEDIUM CLASSROOM 1,213 SF

ADMISSIONS/ALUM.

CENTER

236 SF

773 SF

150

1,521 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:20 O.L.: 77

STORAGE & MEP EQ ROOM (TOTAL)

A OCCUPANCY MEDIUM CLASS ROOM

1575 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:300 O.L.: 6

1166 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:20 O.L.: 59

B OCCUPANCY (TOTAL) 8,785 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:150 O.L.: 59

25' - 0"

LARGE CLASSROOM

A OCCUPANCY LARGE CLASS ROOM

ADMISSIONS / CENTERS WAIT. 488 SF

1,166 SF

81' - 4" 61'-4 "

Rollins Innovation Triangle

CENTERLINE OF PUBLIC WAY

A OCCUPANCY LARGE CLASS ROOM

1213 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:20 O.L.: 61

16505 GSF | LOAD FACTOR 1:20 O.L.: 76

CENTERLINE OF PUBLIC WAY

Figure 2.3 Ground Level Code and Exiting Analysis 01

LVL 1 EXITING PLAN SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-0"

I was in charge of doing code research for the state of Florida and jurisdiction of Winter Park. in working with a code consultant, we determined the most appropriate design of a building with multiple occupancies that did not break the square footage threshold for Type IIb Construction.

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Figure 2.4 Event Center Courtyard

Figure 2.5 Crummer Graduate School of Business Welcome Center

Hobart Condo Project 03

Figure 3.1 Kitchen KITCHEN

Hobart Condo Giancarlo Montano

I have the privilege of working with my friends and neighbors on their condo renovation in Koreatown. The couple wants to redo their bedroom and bathroom suite to include a walk in closet and knock out the existing wall that separates their kitchen and living room. I have guided them through the design process while facilitating the conversation with the contractor on budget and scope as well as going through various phasing exercises to orchestrate design, lead times on materials, and time under construction.

KITCHEN TILE TOTALS 008

WHITE TILE - KITCHEN _NICHE PERIMETER: 8 SF _NICHE VERTICAL SURFACE: 23 SF _WORK HORSE TILE = 36 SF _WORK HORSE NICHE PERIMETER = 11 SF _SINK WALL = 43 SF _WEST WALL = 90 SF _HORIZONTAL = 10 SF _220 SF

RED TILE - COUNTER _COUNTER = 25 SF _SINK = 2 SF

NEW BANQUETTE SEAT MILLWORK

NEW TILE COUNTER NEW MILLWORK UNDERNEATH NEW PANEL READY FRIDGE

TILE LEDGE 5 4

NEW STOVE (INDUCTION/GAS)

008

NEW FULL HEIGHT CABINET

Hobart Condo

NEW SINK

Project 03

Figure 3.2 Working Plan Kitchen

Figure 3.3 KitchenView South

TILE NICHES

KITCHEN

KITCHEN EL

ENLARGED DRAWINGS - KITCHEN 05/09/23 | As indicated |

PROJECT NAME

Figure 3.4 Kitchen View West KITCHEN - STOVE

Figure 3.5 Kitchen View East KITCHEN - WALL

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PANEL READY FRIDGE

FULL HEIGHT CABINETS

TILE NICHES

EXISTING DISHWASHER

KITCHEN TILE TOTALS WHITE TILE - KITCHEN _NICHE PERIMETER: 8 SF _NICHE VERTICAL SURFACE: 23 SF _WORK HORSE TILE = 36 SF _WORK HORSE NICHE PERIMETER = 11 SF _SINK WALL = 43 SF _WEST WALL = 90 SF _HORIZONTAL = 10 SF _220 SF

RED TILE - COUNTER _COUNTER = 25 SF _SINK = 2 SF

SINK

Figure 3.6 Workhorse Wall Elevation

KITCHEN ELEVATION EAST SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"

21 KITCHEN

2 1

2' - 6"

BATHROOM 39 SF

2' - 10 1/4"

2 007

BATHROOM TILE TOTALS WHITE TILE - WALL + TUB _BATHROOM PERIMETER: 188 SF _SHOWER WALL: 50 SF _HORIZONTAL SURFACES: 4 SF _NICHES = 1.3 + 2 + 10

3' - 0"

WHITE TILE - BULLNOSE _3 LINEAR FT @ 15 CM _11 LINEAR FT @ 5 CM

CLE MOUSE TILE - FLOOR _25 SF

3' - 0"

16' - 6 1/2"

_255 SF ~ (260 SF)

3' - 10 1/2"

3' - 6 1/4"

MAIN BATHROOM 61 SF

3' - 8"

007

6' - 6"

RECENTER EXISTING DOOR FRAME 1

DARK GREEN TILE - WALL (LOWER) _BATHROOM PERIMETER: 95 SF _HORIZONTAL SURFACES: 60 SF _NICHES/SINKS: 2 + 2.66 + = 4.66 ~ 5 SF _160 SF DARK GREEN TILE - BULLNOSE _38 LINEAR FT @ 15CM _9 LINEAR FT @ 5 CM

LIGHT GREEN TILE - BULLNOSE _32 LINEAR FT @ 15CM

Hobart Condo

3' - 0"

2' - 6"

3' - 0"

LIGHT GREEN TILE - WALL (UPPER) _BATHROOM PERIMETER: 153 SF _HORIZONTAL SURFACES: 4 SF _NICHE: 2 _160 SF

5 4

CLE CHARCOAL TILE - SINK _4 + 3.45 + 7.5 + 3.28 = _19 SF

Project 03

MA EL

SCALE

DESIGN DRAWING - LEVEL 1 OPTION 01 2

SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"

13' - 4 1/4"

FLUTED GLASS PARTITION

MEDICINE CABINET FLUTED GLASS POCKET DOOR

QUAD LIGHT SWITCH

HARDWIRED TOWEL WARMING RACK NICHE

3' - 0"

MAIN BATHROOM SOUTH ELEVATION SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"

Figure 3.7DRAWINGS Bathroom Drawings ENLARGED - BATHROOM 05/09/23 | As indicated |

PROJECT NAME

MAIN BATHROOM SHOWER & TOILET SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"

3' - 8"

007B

BOTELLA TILE

4' - 0"

BOTELLA TILE

3' - 0"

BOTELLA TILE

ESMERALDA TILE

MAIN & GUEST BATHROOM ELEVATION SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"

007A

007B

REMOVE TUB

REMOVE TOILET AND SINK

REPURPO SE WALL FOR NEW SHOWER

REMOVE WALL

REMOVE LIGHTS

REMOVE VANITY/SINK

REMOVE LIGHTS

REMOVE WALL

MAIN BATHROOM EAST ELEVATION DEMO

CALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"

1 007A

6 007B

3' - 6" 6"

6" 2' - 0"

1' - 8"

ESMERALDA TILE BOTELLA TILE

1' - 9"

3' - 3"

4' - 0"

3' - 6" HEIGHT OF NICHE

007B

3' - 3" HEIGHT OF SINK FIXTURE 2' - 0"

4' - 6" HEIGHT OF SHELF WALL

LEVEL 1.2 7' - 11 1/2"

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3' - 6"

4 007B

2' - 6"

2' - 10 1/4"

3' - 0"

3' - 6 1/4"

3' - 8"

LEVEL 1 179' - 0"

2' - 6"

4 007A

AIN + GUEST BATHROOM EAST LEVATION

E: 1/2" = 1'-0"

007B

007A

1 007A

8' - 8 1/4" LEVEL 1.2 7' - 11 1/2"

1' - 2 5/8"

10 9/16"

QUAD LIGHT SWITCH

1' - 0"

8' - 0"

6' - 6"

2' - 4" NICHE

2' - 0"

3' - 0"

4' - 0"

3' - 0"

HARDWIRED TOWEL WARMING RACK

LEVEL 1 179' - 0"

M WEST 3

GUEST BATHROOM SOUTH SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"

GUEST BATHROOM NORTH SCALE: 1/2" = 1'-0"

DRAWINGS PREPARED BY GIANCARLO MONTANO FOR SIENA CHIANG AND BOAZ SENDER

Hobart Condo

PREPARED BY GIANCARLO Figure 3.8 Guest Bathroom South ElevationMONTANO FOR SIENA CHIANG AND BOAZ S

Project 03

GUEST BATHROOM - CLE-SHELL FLOOR, CLE-METAL SINK

Figure 3.9 Guest Bathroom East Elevation GUEST BATHROOM

PREPARED BY GIANCARLO MONTANO FOR SIENA CHIANG AND BOAZ SENDER

Figure 3.10 Main Bathroom East Elevation

PREPARED BY GIANCARLO MONTANO FOR SIENA CHIANG AND BOAZ SENDER

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MAIN BATHROOM

Figure 3.11 Main Bathroom View Toward North MAIN BATHROOM - VIEW

PREPARED BY GIANCARLO MONTANO FOR SIENA CHIANG AND BOAZ SENDER

LOW RISE LA Competition Entry Project 04 26

COMMUNAL COURTYARD Figure 4.1 Communal Courtyard

COCINA COURT LOW RISE LA “FO

LOW RISE LA Giancarlo Montano

Nora Leon, JB Baum and I participated in the LOW RISE LA competition in the middle of the pandemic. This proposal enacts principles of community, resilience, and dignity to reframe the Cottage Court. At the core of the project is a spectrum of spaces where casual connections can be fostered to create a diverse ecology of ideas and empathy between neighbors. Cocina Court is designed within the restrictions of a 50’ by 160’ lot with a typical five foot side yard setback. Each unit has origins in historic LA housing typologies: bungalows, dingbats, and single family homes. Observing the history and efficacy of these typologies, this proposal builds on the foundation of Los Angeles’ past to emerge as a renewed take on the “Missing Middle.”

COMMUNITY

Project 04

LOW RISE LA Competition Entry

COMMUNAL SPACE TABLES

COMMUNAL COURTYARD

Guava Papaya Passion Vine Tomatoes Peppers Squash Chipilin Kale Cabbage Potato Sweet Potato Eggplant

Sage Rosemary Thyme Oregano Mint Basil Yarrow Chamomile Cilantro

EDIBLE GARDEN PLANTERS

Figure 4.2 Landscape Plan Featuring Native Species and Edible Offerings Found in Central American Cuisine

SEMI PR

RIVATE PATIO

FRONT YARD COMMUNITY BENCH & EDIBLE GARDEN

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COCINA COURT LOW RISE LA “FOURPLEX” CATEGORY

DIGNITY - GROUND FLOOR

LAUNDRY AREA A set of four stacked efficient washer and dryers are available for tenant use

FIVE PARKING SPACES One space per unit on alley, with one additional space in front

Project 04

LOW RISE LA Competition Entry

GARAGE

SEMI-PRIVATE PATIO The three ground floor units have terraces separated from the main communal grounds by a low vent block wall. This allows privacy while maintaining connection to the public realm.

COMMUNAL COURTYARD SEATING Table and benches are built into the planters for additional places to eat, work or gather

Figure 4.3 Ground Floor

POCKET TERRACE Five foot setbacks on of the site provides se gardens for planting, storage and persona

2 BD HOUSE

BENCH, FOUNTAIN, CITRUS GROVE, HERB GARDEN Mediating common ground at edge of site. Citrus grove offer fruit and shade to public

n the side emi-private , bike al respite

E UNIT

EFFICIENCY BUNGALOW UNIT

3 BD FAMILY UNIT

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MULTIPURPOSE ROOM Ability to convert rooms into extra bedrooms to accomodate different family types and living situations

GROUND FLOOR BEDROOM SUITE The three ground floor units have bedrooms and accessible bathrooms aging family members or people with disabilities

COMMUNAL OUTDOOR KITCHEN Grill and prep space is a shared amenity for the fourplex, promoting outdoor gathering and community. 95% of plantings on site are edible

31 COCINA COURT LOW RISE LA “FOURPLEX” CATEGORY

RESILIENCY

Project 04

LOW RISE LA Competition Entry

ALL ELECTRIC KITCHEN Kitchen includes induction stovetop and electric oven. All kitchens near operable windows to allow for cross ventilation. They are also partially separated from the rest of the unit so that heat from the kitchen does not alter the temperature of the entire apartment

LOW CARBON PLASTER Clay based plaster is 100% natural with no synthetic, concrete or lime additives. The process requires very little embodied energy by using naturally available materials

GREYWATER SYSTEM Grey water from sinks, showers, tubs and wa machines will be collected into an undergro cistern. Here it is filtered and used to irrigate gardens while water from toilets and kitchen will be separately plummed directly to sewe

Figure 4.4 Axonometric

34 °

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ashing ound e the n sinks er line

NATURAL CROSS AND STACK VENTILATION Operable windows throughout allow easy cross ventilation. Clerestory windows in high ceilings draw out rising hot air through stack ventilation

SOLAR PANELS Southern sloped roofs provide the optimum angle of incidence for solar panels. On other side of sloped roof is skylight to let in softer Northern light

TERRACOTTA PERMEABLE PAVERS Permeable pavers allow water to pass through loose crushed aggregate for easy stormwater runoff in the courtyard spaces

COCINA COURT LOW RISE LA “FOURPLEX” CATEGORY

Figure 4.5-4.8 Views

Project 04

LOW RISE LA Competition Entry

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Figure 5.1 Living Block Assembly

Project 05

FAM Collective: Radical Dwelling

FAM Collective: Radical Dwelling Design Collective with Stephanie Conlan, Julian Funk, Gregory Logan, Nancy Nichols, Elizabeth Pipal, Jen Saura, Christopher Soohoo, and Dana Wu in Collaboration with Niklas Maak

Giancarlo Montano

FAM is a collective of architectural designers, formed in 2016, based in New York City, NY, Cambridge, MA, and Los Angeles, CA. We endeavor to build spaces in which familiarity breeds empathy, and in which anyone can find respite from an increasingly hostile world. In addition to being former classmates at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, we are also, in various combinations, friends, roommates, professional collaborators, academic partners, and lovers. Our shared experiences and individual attitudes inform our work as we work together as equals. The project is a series of prefabricated block deployed to support a communal situation that connects back to the city. www.fam-collective.com

Figure 5.2 Aggregation

Project 05

FAM Collective: Radical Dwelling

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Figure 5.3 Aggregation

Project 05

FAM Collective: Radical Dwelling

Giancarlo Montano

Project 05

FAM Collective: Radical Dwelling

Figure 5.4 Ground Floor Plan

PLAN - LEVEL 1

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Figure 5.4 First Floor Plan

PLAN - LEVEL 2

Synecdoche: Exercises in Part to Whole Project 06

Figure 8.1 One Mass, Three Stitches, Four Objects

Figure 6.1 One Mass, Three Stitches, Four Objects

With Mariana Ibañez as advisor, this thesis explores the possibility of an architecture of scalar plasticity. One could argue that this has always been demanded of architecture, to inhabit and understand spatial conditions at many scales. This notion only becomes more relevant with the evolution of modeling tools and visualization that allows for a fluid, dizzying and sometimes terrifying design process. The project accepts this condition and gleefully lives within the narrative of scalar plasticity.

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Synecdoche: Exercises in Part to Whole

There is a literary device called synecdoche meaning a part representing a whole, the microcosm representing the macrocosm, the signifier for the thing signified, and the vice versa of all of these things. So if one were to say that there were many hands on the project, the hand is the part the represents the whole of the individual in that expression. It is the element that appears out of context until it is recontextualized to reveal that it is part of another system. It is through the lens of this device that the project aspires towards a scalar expansion and collapse to allow for multiple readings at multiple scales.

Project 06

Synecdoche: Exercises in Part to Whole

+ +

Figure 6.2 Automatism

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Figure 6.3-6.6 Four Three Dimensional Objects with Two Dimensional Stitches

Figure 6.7-6.9 Relative Scale of the Three States

Giancarlo Montano Figure 6.12 State Two, Halls for the Qualtiy Assurance of the Ink and Parchment

Figure 6.10 Four Objects

Figure 6.11 State Three, Cartographer’s Studio

Figure 6.13 State One, Forum for the Procurement of Ink and Parchment

Synecdoche: Exercises in Part to Whole Project 06

Figure 6.14 The Threshold Figure 6.15 The Threshold rescaled by Threshold

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Figure 6.16-6.17 The reorientation of the objects allows for multiple readings as it transforms from one state into the next. The stairs become walls, windows become ways of passage, and lintel become columns.

Synecdoche: Exercises in Part to Whole Project 06

Figure 6.18 One Mass Model

Figure 6.19 One Mass Model

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Figure 6.20 One Mass Model Close Up

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Project 07

Berlin: The Hof and the Tower

er lin

Figure 7.1 Postbank Site

To w er

Giancarlo Montano

The Study abroad studio focused on meeting the housing needs within Berlin, Germany, as the city faces a growing population that increasingly challenges traditional modesl of inhabitation. The proejct evolved into an intense study of the Berlin Block, known locally as the hof, and the tower as a means of accommodating a hyperdense population. The study began as an iterative formal process of finding a language derived from the consolidation of the hof and the tower, and then observing how there react on site. Then, a basic “unit” which is a serires of relationships between architectural elements, is inserted into the types.

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H fr of D om i s To as w so er ci at

22 m

H St of w re i et th Ed To ge we r

Project 07

H fr of w om it St h T re ow et e Ed r A ge wa y

Berlin: The Hof and the Tower

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Figure 7.2 Delirious Archipelago Figure 7.3 Up in the Tower

EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO THE CITY.

Project 07

Berlin: The Hof and the Tower

EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO PRIVACY.

EVERYONE HAS A RIGHT TO THE SKY.

Figure 7.4 Photos from Berlin Wonderland. From the Top: 1) Photo taken by Ben de Biel. Installation vor dem Bode-Museum, 1991 2) Photo taken by Phillip von Recklinghausen, Schonhauser Allee 5, 1991 3) Photo taken by Stefani Schilling, 1991

Figure 7.6 Site Proposal

Figure 7.7 Postbank Tower

Figure 7.8 Surrounding Hof Typology

Figure 7.9 Typology Study

Figure 7.10 Unit Organization Study

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Figure 7.5 Original Site

Project 07

Berlin: The Hof and the Tower

Figure 7.11 Square Spiral Stair of “Unit”

Figure 7.12 Landings Expand to become floors

Figure 7.15 Section Axonometric of Units Stacked Vertically

Figure 7.13 Insertion of Cores

Figure 7.14 Mirrored to Produce Communal Spaces Inside and Private Spaces on the Edges

Figure 7.16 Axonometric of Units Stacked Vertically Showing the Two Square Spiral Stairs Generating Communal and Private Spaces

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Communal Dining Room at 0 Meters Communal Kitchen at +0.6 Meters Private Space at +1.2 Meters Private Space at +1.8 Meters Figure 7.17 Plan Showing Elevation of Each Floor

Figure 7.18-7.20 From the Top: 1) Plan with Dining and Kitchen as Communal Space 2) Plan with Living Room and Work Table Room as Communal Space 3) Section