Graduate Portfolio

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irini ZHUPA

Graduate School of Architecture Syracuse University

education

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Master of Architecture, May 2013 (expected) GPA 3.7

Study Abroad | Syracuse University of Florence Thesis Citation for Excellence: Edge Urbanism Design Studio Teaching Assistant Graduate Teaching Assistant: Digital Media Intro to Arch Drawing

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, May 2009 GPA 3.6

Study Abroad | Roma, Firenze, Vicenza

experience

Ayers Saint Gross, Baltimore, MD { Seasonal 2010-12} Architectural InterN, IDP Enrolled

University of Maryland, Edward St. John Learning and Teaching Center {Phase: SD}

Conducted research on learning spaces. Designed Presentation material for client.

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LEED GA

Confidential Client: Middle East {Phase: DD} Served on a design team for Design Development of Master-plan through Revit.

Collaborated with Structure Engineer for the structural modifications of projects.

UNCG: Student Housing {Phase: CD} Produced construction documents.

Conducted materials research for interior design development.

Graduate School of Architecture Syracuse University 443.880.5243

1056 Lancaster Ave, Syracuse, NY irini.zhupa@gmail.com

Frostburg University {Phase: SD} Collaborated in Schematic Design Phase.

RFI clarification {Phase: CA}

William Taylor Architects,Syracuse, NY Architectural Intern/ Graphic Designer

{Part time 2009-2011}

competitions

Finalist: ERM Fellowship Environmental Resources Management {s. 2011} Permeable Modules: Rethinking Public Space Finalist: King & King Design Competition Comprehensive Studio, Team Project {s. 2011} Food Systems- CNYRMA food hub. Renovation and addition of central food hub in NY Finalist: Architecture For Humanities Design Competition - THE HUB Charleston {f. 2010} Team Project: Placed third.

publications Hydrological Processes Magazine, Graphics for publication {f. 2012} After Autopia: Visions for Light Rail In the Motor City, Editor and Contributor {s. 2011} SOA Publication: THE HUB Charleston {s. 2011} Graduate Sessions: Preston Scott Cohen Exhibit {s. 2010}

exhibits Architect’s Work: Preston Scott Cohen | Collaboration in Exhibition Design {s.2010} AIA -South Carolina: THE HUB Charleston {s.2011}

table of CONTENTS

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edge URBANISM MArch Thesis Award fall 2012

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prototype site FELLS POINT The channels possess multiple functions that serve all three industries: 1, they expand the social waterfront, they cleanse the water, and become the breeding ground for new industries. All of which give financial benefit to the city.

Fells point becomes the first prototype site of the Masterplan;an affluent neighborhood which can easily accommodate the channel, without major infrastructural damage or damage to the social fabric. The channel is relatively minimally invasive; the proposal works with the existing landscape.

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graduate HOUSING ROOSEVELT ISLAND, NY

Visiting Critic Studio _ SLADE Architecture, NYC fall 2012

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2 BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR FAMILIES OR STUDENTS 750 SF

SHARED LOUNGES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WITH VIEWS OF MANHATTAN

BUILDING CURVES TO MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF SUN LIGHT THAT ENTERS THE UNITS, AS WELL AS TO MAXIMIZE THE VIEWS TO THE CITY

VIEWS OF COMPLEX COURTYARD

METAL MESH SCREENS USED FOR SHADING OPERABLE SHADING SYSTEM

STUDIOS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS 500SF

PRIVATE GARDENS: LOW MAINTENANCE PLANTS DO NOT REQUIRE IRRIGATION

graduate HOUSING HOUSING PROJECT FINDS WAYS IN WHICH A SIMPLE MODULAR GRID CAN GENERATE THE OUTMOST VARIETY AND COMPLEXITY IN THE FACADE. EACH FLOOR REORGANIZES THE MODULAR UNITS, ELIMINATING SPECIFIC ONES TO CREATE SHARED LOUNGE SPACES FOR ITS TENANTS. 23

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CNYRMA FOODHUB SYRACUSE, NY COMP STUDIO spring 2011

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CNYRMA FOODHUB The Central New York Regional Market Authority complex is comprised of several sheds which house rented spaces for individual farmers and three commission houses which rent out loading dock spaces to larger distributors.

The market has the potential to act as a major distributor on multiple scales. It is already a vital source of produce for Onondaga County but does not act as a distributor to its full potential on a smaller scale. The farmers’ market is located just a few blocks from a lower-income residential community that is in great need of easily available fresh produce.

This great resource is blocked off from the community by several hundred feet of industrial wasteland comprised of a number of abandoned warehouses, chain link fences and unfriendly terrain. Currently it is this physical barrier which breaks the flow of the food cycle stages and acts as a direct inhibitor, causing a rift between the DISTRIBUTION [farmers’ market] and CONSUMPTION [community] stages of the food cycle.

King + King, Design Competition Finalist: In Collaboration with:

Elvira Ibragimova

PHASES OF CONSTRUCTION

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

WALL SECTIONS

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WOODWARD LIGHT-RAIL STATION URBAN STUDIO fall 2010

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Environmental Resources Management Permeable Modules: Rethinking Public Space spring 2011

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Finalist: ERM Fellowship

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Lake

Woodward Ave, and the light rail line, is the spine that these modules branch off. The Woodward light rail line acts as a storm water collection system, and dumps the filtered water in the Detroit River. The GREEN RAIL line shrinks the size of Woodward Ave, limiting the large number of cars that come downtown to encourage pedestrians to use the light rail.

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The research led to the design of permeable modules that could strategically and slowly over time replace the impervious modules of downtown. These modules would enrich the downtown materials palette. The modules would include: green surfaces, PERMEABLE concrete and asphalt and torn up rubber.

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RETHINKING PUBLIC SPACE

“Re-Paving Detroit� seeks to employ storm water management strategies as a means of REMEDIATION and as a way of relieving the sewer system load.

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Grosse Pointe Farm

Highland Park

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Highland Park

Detroit

Hamtramck Hamtramck

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Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe Park Grosse Pointe Park

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Belle Isle Belle Isle

Dearborn Dearborn

Canada Melvindale

Dearborn Heights Melvindale Dearborn Heights

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IMPLEMENTATION OF PAVING MATERIAL

paving DETROIT RETHINKING PUBLIC SPACE

Surface permeability studies revealed that downtown Detroit suffers from lack of permeable paving. The current palette is very limited: brick, concrete, and asphalt with a very limited use of green space. The lack of storm water management has many negative effects to the city. The combination of storm water and sewage increases the cost of the purification process, therefore increasing the cost of water to the citizens of Detroit.

engage THE ALLEY

AMPLIFYING THE FORGOTTEN RESIDUAL SPACE URBAN STUDIO fall 2010

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Retail

Sun Deck

Bus Ticketing

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rain garden

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outdoor dining 18’

bus lane

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foot path

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Bike Shop

Administration

Ticketing

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bike path

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walking trail

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concourse

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Photoshop: Nicole Blasetti and Irini Zhupa Annotation and Section by: Irini Zhupa

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engage THE ALLEY AMPLIFYING THE FORGOTTEN RESIDUAL SPACE

Proximity to materials study

Grappling with the frictions between a historic city center and its developing surrounding suburbs, THE ALLEY reaches beyond the walls of a transit hub and injects connective corridors across the cityscape. Just as iconic church spires pierce the Charleston skyline, so do the cobblestone and brick-clad footpaths that meander through the dense street front of the downtown business center. These iconic alleyways are the connective tissue of the city; often overlooked, they reveal scalar shifts of intimacy, views, and spaces as well as moments of discovery among the dense urban fabric.

THE ALLEY brings the traditional footpaths into a community landscape that is genuine and specific to Charleston and its transit needs. Public spaces carve through the landscape of the transit hub heightening senses as the form flows around you creating intimate spatial moments with the building, surrounding city, and passing individuals. Undulating walkways, bike paths, and transit rails weave through the urban plaza to frame historical views of Charleston across the new landscape.

The materials of the landscape, whether it is metals and masonry or wood and natural gardens, intertwine to form a natural field condition shaped by the surrounding city, flows of pedestrians, and unique spatial experiences.

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Finalist:

Architecture For Humanities- THE HUB Charleston In Collaboration with:

Nicole Blasetti Nathan Aleskovsky Thomas Poore

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Rendering: Nicole Blasetti Photoshop: Irini Zhupa

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... merging to form a natural field condition shaped by the character of Charleston’s historic footpaths.

Experiential View Program Program

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Transit

Traffic Patterns pedestrian pathways programma volumes

View Service

Retail

pedestrian bicycle access

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PublicTransporta Transportation Public light rail bus transit

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Public spaces carve through the landscape of the transit hub creating intimate spatial moments. “Soft-scape” and “hard-scape” intertwine to form a natural field condition shaped by sun patterns, wind conditions, and environmental forces. Undulating walkways, bike paths, and transit rails weave through the urban plaza to frame historical views of Charleston across the new landscape.

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travel SKETCHES FIRENZE, ITALIA fall 2011

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TEATRO BIBIENA MANTUA, ITALY

PALLADIO MANTUA, ITALY

FIGURE DRAWING SYRACUSE, NY

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THANK YOU! IRINI ZHUPA, MARCH GRADUATE PORTFOLIO SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

CONTACT INFO: IRINI.ZHUPA@GMAIL.COM 443.880.5243