Nic Hnastchenko Architecture Portfolio by Nic Hnastchenko

Nic Hnastchenko Architecture Portfolio

Master of Architecture | 2015 | Kansas State University

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Kansas State University | Manhattan, Kansas 2010-2015 (Anticipated Graduation) Master Of Architecture | Minor In Leadership Studies

CAD Technology Center | Golden Valley, Minnesota Summer 2011 | Architectural Content Specialist

Modified and built Revit families to ensure compatibility with Autodesk Seek. Gained experience building complex, parametric Revit families.

Perkins+Will | Chicago, Illinois Summer 2012 | Architectural Intern

Tested innovative design and energy analysis programs for feasibility of being used. Built Revit families for 3D graphics and rendering, as well as detail components and drawings. Created tutorials for 3DS Max and Revit. Summer also included site observation and LEED Certification.

design LLC | Minneapolis, Minnesota Summer 2013 | Architectural Intern

Assisted in the design and documentation of a high school gymnasium. Work included schematic design, design development, and client presentations.

Helix / Architecture + Design | Kansas City, Missouri Summer 2013 | Architectural Intern

Worked as part of a design studio creating project diagrams, renderings, 3D prints, and conceptual designs. Refined and optimized the Helix Revit template, and built a library of materials for high quality Cloud renderings.

Centro Studi | Orvieto, Italy Spring 2014 | Study Abroad

Spent the semester traveling the beautiful country of Italy, taking in as much culture, architecture, and food as I could. While also learning about every detail of Italian and Roman history through art, architecture, and travel.

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Shell Amphitheater | Shawnee, Kansas

Kansas State Rowhouse | Manhattan, Kansas

3rd Year | Rhino | 3DS Max | Photoshop | Illustrator

Annexing the Site: Carving | Chico, California 5th Year | Rhino | Photoshop | ILLUSTRATOR

Study Abroad Sketches | Orvieto, Italy 4th Year | Pen | Moleskine

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Figure 1 Site context

Figure 2 Residential entry plaza

Timber in the City Red Hook, New York

3rd Year | Rhino | 3DS Max | Photoshop | Illustrator Divide Building by Use + Push back from the street

Split + Offset Tower

+ Separate public and manufacturing

Curve Towers to Maximize Views Tower Plans + Curve roofs to increase span

+ Communal spaces, apartments, and core

For this project I was challenged to design a building using timber construction to begin the revival of the Red Hook area of Brooklyn. This is a multi-use mid-rise that features a bike shop, a timber processing plant and a digital manufacturing space, in addition to a residential mid-rise. To react to the various site conditions the residential entry is located along the streets with less traffic, which also to maximizes views towards the lower Manhattan Skyline. The bike shop is located along the busiest street to maximize use and traffic as well as being located as close as possible to the nearby metro station for ease of access. This building features a community plaza and green space which will work to aid the revival of the surrounding Red Hook community.

Figure 3 Evolution diagrams

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To reflect the Timber Structure of the tower, the facade of the building is also made from timber. This undulating pattern was derived from the natural pattern of wood grain, and opens and closes to reflect the interior space. The big openings frame views out of the building from the living room spaces, and the thin openings provide privacy in the bedrooms of the apartment. This timber facade also functions as a sunshading device, and blocks harsh summer sun, while letting in light during the cold winter months.

Figure 4 Community plaza with open space, seating, and a projector screen for movies

Cross Laminated Timber Panels are also used within the tower as they form the interior walls of the apartments. In a similar way that paper has additional strength when given a slight curve, these cross laminated timber panels form the walls that follow the curve of the tower to provide additional structural stability while also preventing sound from traveling to neighboring apartments.

Cross Laminated Timber Panels

are used for the core and floor plates in this

residential tower. Timber Beams provide structure the lower floors of this tower and communal decks for residents. Within these floor plates, there are also double height community spaces accessible from every floor.

Figure 5 Street side plaza and the ramp to community space, with the bike shop on the

corner

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Figure 6 Diagram showing the layering of the timber structure

Steel Cable Connection

Steel Plate Beam Connection

Steel Wall Plate Connection

Figure 7 Section cut through the bike shop (left) and manufacturing area (right) + manufacturing structural connections

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Figure 8 View from upper floor of IKEA

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Figure 9 View along Beard Street

Figure 10 Looking into the tower and manufacturing area

Figure 11 Aerial view of the tower

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Figure 12 Acoustic enclosure

Figure 13 Lowering to suite the performance

Figure 16 Flexible seating on hydraulics

Figure 17 Terraced seating

Figure 14 Drop down band shell

Figure 15 Drop down acoustic enclosure

Figure 18 Flattening of seating for dancing

Figure 19 Hydraulic stage for an orchestra

Figure 20 Pavers with a recycled glass Figure 21 Landfill cap traps methane gases aggregate guide visitors to the amphitheater below the surface

Figure 22 Methane is extracted from the Figure 23 Titanium oxide aggregates in the capped landfill and used as an energy source concrete panels filter pollutants

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Figure 24 Three columns support the acoustic enclosure that is suspended by the steel structure, which also supports the concrete enclosure panels

Figure 25 Site plan showing the sun dial sculpture, entry plaza, and parking lot

Shell Amphitheater Shawnee, Kansas

Rhino | Grasshopper | Revit | Cloud Rendering | Photoshop | Illustrator The objective of this project was to rethink the design process through the study of an exoskeleton that would be used as the formal basis of the design proposal. One of the most unique abilities that the dung beetle has is the ability to build a culture around something that is typically looked at as waste. With this in mind, I sought out all possible sites to located this amphitheater and decided to site it on a capped landfill, so that waste and methane gas that is produced on site beneath the ground could be used to power the building. Of the landfills located near Kansas City, I chose the Deffenbaugh Landfill for its unique location on the river, and the fact that it was already in the process of being capped. A sun dial sculpture located on the entry plaza gives visitors a sense of time and subconsciously guides them toward the amphitheater

Figure 26 Site plan showing views towards the river and Kansas City skyline

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Figure 27 A view from the interior of the amphitheater

Figure 28 A view from the second level of the office area looking out into the entry plaza

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Figure 29 A view from the entry plaza showing the sun-dial sculpture

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Merchandise

Offices

Entry Lobby Methane Extraction Tickets

Figure 30 Entry level floor plan

Entry Lobby

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Offices

Figure 32 Second level floor plan

Stage Storage

Figure 31 North-south section

Methane Extraction

Offices

Concession

Methane Extraction

Figure 33 East-west section through the lobby

Tickets

Green Room

Restroom

Methane Extraction

Stage Storage

Concession

Restroom

Figure 34 Third level floor plan with the green room and stage storage spaces

Offices

Methane Extraction

Figure 35 North-south section through the methane extraction space

Figure 36 Exploded structural axon diagram, showing the column, acoustic panels, steel

structure and concrete panels (bottom to top)

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Figure 37 Rowers bringing their shell into the building

Figure 38 Entry view looking towards Tuttle Creek Lake and the team meeting room

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Figure 39 Entry level floor plan

Figure 40 Lower level floor plan

Kansas State Row House Manhattan, Kansas

Revit | Cloud Rendering | Photoshop | Illustrator In this project, I was challenged to create a facility for the Kansas State womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rowing team, in effort to create a building as dynamic as the act of rowing, the form of the building is inspired by the rowing motion. The first building is the most public and features meeting rooms and coach offices, the second features team locker rooms and workout areas, and the axis connecting these two buildings creates views toward the races and also connects the building to the viewing area and launching dock. The clerestory window of these buildings project a ray of light that guides building users towards the water and areas for best viewing. Above the main axis is a green roof for additional seating.

Figure 41 Form diagram

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Figure 42 Views from the team meeting room, which cantilevers over the lake

Figure 43 A view towards the lake from the indoor rowing machine

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Figure 44 View from the green roof located above the axis of circulation; this roof offers views towards the rowers racing on the lake below

Figure 45 A view looking down the axis of circulation

Figure 46 Structure diagram showing steel columns, enclosure, facade structure, and facade

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Figure 47 An aerial perspective of the park, showing the different levels of refuge in the center of the park

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Figure 48 A view looking into the fountain area from the space of refuge

Annexing the Site: Carving Chico, California

5th Year | Rhino | Photoshop | Illustrator

Figure 49 Trees around the corners of the park block views into the park

With technology advancing faster than we can keep up with, new information constantly being taken and added to the internet. With satellite technologies, Google has grown to become a watching eye over every inch of the earth as out privacy descends into technological oblivion. Not only is this information available to Google, but they are making this information available to any person who has access to a computer through programs like Google Earth, Google Street View, and Google Maps. I chose this site to be the site for a reaction to the overbearing eye of Google. Using Google Street View to look at permeability and refuge within these parks, I found this park in Chico to offer no refuge from the street and city that it is situated in. Responding to this, I sought to rethink this park in a way that provided refuge from the eyes of Google and the entire world.

Figure 50 A view looking across the area of refuge in the park

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Figure 51 Trees and programmed spaces were mapped out in the existing park and refuge was created in the center of the park

Figure 52 Trees and program are reorganized to reinforce the refuge created, circulation spaces were added, as well as other spaces to create spatial overlap

Figure 53 Programmatic elements are grouped into clusters to create spatial definition

Figure 54 Resultant forms create a curve to sweep a profile along to carve space from the

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extruded footprint of the park

Figure 55 The profile used to carve spaces for trees is reflective of the shape of the trees on

site, and allows for the trees to grow vertically as time progresses

Figure 56 The profile used to carve the band shell space was shaped so as to create an elevated stage in front of the spaces of refuge

Figure 57 Roof top refuge is shaped so as to create an edge condition similar to a railing, as

Figure 58 Parking spaces are shaped to allow for circulation on the street side of the park

Figure 59 Fountain space provides a place for the water to pool, a place for seating, and is

open to the sky

Figure 60 The profile used to carve for refuge features bench seating and is elevated from the ground to separate it from street level

Figure 61 The profile used to carve the circulation spaces was proportioned to create a hall based on human scale

Figure 62 The resultant form is derived from carving all of the necessary spaces from the extrusion of the park footprint

well as a space for seating

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Figure 63 Duomo di Orvieto | Orvieto, Italy | February 16, 2014

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Bar Beer Hall

Bar

Entry Brewery

Beer Garden

Figure 64 First level floor plan

Bar Beer Hall

Brewery

Skyline Beer Hall

Entry

Figure 65 Second level floor plan

Figure 66 Enclosure, facade structure, sunshading copper screens

Hop Box Brewery Kansas City, Missouri

4th Year | Revit (Cloud) | Rhino | Photoshop

Figure 67 Building defines street edge, void becomes the beer garden

Perforated copper patina sunshading screen provides protection from weather in the same way the polished copper brewing tanks protect the beer. A centrally located brewing area is visible throughout the whole building, and surrounded by the beer halls and beer garden, which run parallel to each other so that they can open up to create one dynamic space. Openings in the copper screen provide views into the brewery and out to surrounding areas. This building is located adjacent to the Kansas City River Market, with the entrances being located directly across from the exits from the River Market.

Figure 68 Extrusions to create views of the Kansas City skyline

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Rooftop Copper Screen Skylight 2.5”X4” Skylight Mullion Wood Block Support S6X17 Steel Girder Steel Bracket Connection W12X53 Steel Beam W10X33 Steel Column 30’ O.C. Steel Mounting Bracket/ Sunshade Outrigger 2.5”X4” Steel Mullion Supporting Copper Panel 3’X4’ Perforated Copper Panel (Patina) Railing Wood Flooring 2”X4” Wood Spacer

Figure 70 Model image along Main Street

Concrete Infill Metal Decking 1” Manko Triseal Spacer Glazing W/.5” Argon Gas Filled Gap Sliding Curtain Wall that Opens Beer Hall to Garden Wall Pocket for Sliding Curtain Wall

Steel Baseplate W/Bracket Connection to Column

Concrete Foundation Pad 72”X48”X18” Concrete Footing

Figure 69 Wall section (part of full set of construction documents)

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Figure 71 Entry from Main Street

Figure 72 Section cut through the beer halls

Figure 73 View from behind the bar into the beer garden

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Figure 74 Double section cut through the beer garden, brewing area, and entry vestibule

Figure 75 View into the brewing area from the upper beer hall

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Figure 76 View from the entry vestibule

Figure 77 View from the skyline beer hall

Figure 78 View from the park level entry

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Figure 79 Duomo di Orvieto | Orvieto, Italy | February 16, 2014

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Figure 80 Duomo di Milan, rooftop ornament | Milan, Italy | March 10, 2014

Figure 81 Duomo di Milan | Milan, Italy | March 10, 2014

Study Abroad Sketches Italy

4th Year | Pen | Pencil | Moleskine As part of the Italian History course during my time abroad, we would discuss politics, religion, art, culture, and how these items shaped architecture, and in return how architecture impacted each of these things. Each week there was a lecture about a specific city in Italy, and later that week, the learning would be reinforced first hand as we visited it. To accompany this learning I created a journal sketches and thoughts of all the places we visited and my experiences there. I found the attention to detail and beautiful craftsmanship of the in many of the Renaissance and Gothic Churches to be extremely fascinating, and therefore the subject of quite a few of my sketches.

Figure 82 Duomo di Orvieto Facade | Orvieto, Italy | January 26, 2014

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Figure 84 Trevi Fountain | Rome, Italy | February 16, 2014

Figure 83 Cattedrale di Santâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Andrea | Amalfi, Italy | February 22, 2014

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Figure 85 Villa Lante exterior garden | Viterbo, Italy | March 28, 2014

Figure 86 Villa Rotunda interior | Vicenza, Italy | March 12, 2014

Figure 87 Villa Rotunda by Palladio | Vicenza, Italy | March 12, 2014

Figure 88 Ara Pacis Museum, by Richard Meier | Rome, Italy | February 22, 2014

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BIO STATEMENT Nic Hnastchenko | Minnetonka, Minnesota | Kansas State University | 5th Year Spending my entire childhood in the house that my father designed, my decision to pursue architecture may have been influenced slightly by the fact that my dad was an architect; my mom on the other hand, was an artist and did everything that she could to get me to put my creativity onto paper for her to keep for herself. In my younger years, I spent countless hours sorting through the large tupperware box I had filled with Lego pieces building anything I could imagine; I also spent much of my time doing drawings (primarily of sharks, dogs and pokĂŠmon), precisely cutting anything I could get my hands on with my trusty pair of scissors, and combining these things to create anything with three dimensions. At 22 years old and coming into my final semester of the Masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Program at Kansas State University, I still very much enjoy drawing, sketching, painting, model making, and apply all of these things to my studies of architecture. In architecture, my passion is primarily found in sustainable design that blends in with the natural landscape; this past semester I took a seminar on Man-Made Landscapes and it opened my mind to alternative approaches to the integration of building and site, which gave me a new set of tools to approach the design process with. Looking ahead, I hope to find myself at a firm that not only pushes the limits of design, but one that also pushes the limits of my architectural knowledge, and lets me put my skills to the test so that they may grow to help me become a better student of architecture and asset to the team I will work within.

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PROFESSIONAL SKILLS Revit Architecture

Cloud Rendering

Family Creation

Vasari

3DS Max

Sketch Up

Rhinoceros 3D

Photoshop

AutoCAD

Illustrator

3D Printing

InDesign

Model Making Sketching Painting

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nic.hnastchenko@gmail.com | (952) 454 - 6940 www.linkedin.com/in/nicholashnastchenko/

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