janie-spenser ngo undergraduate portfolio b.arch. syracuse university
selected works 1 2 3 4 5 6 compartment community syracuse, ny first year studio
housing the fashion industry skaneateles, ny second year studio
googie redux syracuse, ny third year studio
adaptive envelope manhattan, ny fourth year studio
travel sketches new york city london, uk.
metal & furniture design ring catchall geode chair
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compartment community syracuse, ny first year studio
programmatic elements contained within the site are designed to share one common language rather than appearing as separate entities. food court, shopping center, performance space, and parking garage are integrated into each other, creating fluid transitional moments through surface treatment and flow of interstitial spaces.
compartment community downtown syracuse, ny
[1]
[2]
[1] physical study models [2] section; ink on mylar & illustrator [3] conceptualized space; photoshop & illustrator [4] schematic diagram
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[4]
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housing the fashion industry skaneateles, ny second year studio
design for a live-work space with a ubiquitous computing device in mind. by creating a network of communication between occupants that is constantly in flux, dynamic relationships are produced between spaces for garment design, production, fitting & modeling, as well as sales and shopping.
housing the fashion industry
zone 2
zone 1
skaneateles, ny
[1]
hyper visual & verbal digitally connected
information transmission between zones & users
[1] rendering; cinema 4d & photoshop, [2] schematic diagrams; illustrator, [3] computational/schematic diagram; illustrator [4] physical study models [5] design sketches
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[4]
input tagging growth
[3]
[5]
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googie redux syracuse, ny third year studio
examining and reviving the declined american diner typology in downtown syracuse. situated at an island junction of intersecting highway routes, the diner is a pit stop for visitors, offering hospitality and long strip windows for viewing the ongoing, constant traffic. seating spaces are segmented into zones of operation−during daylight hours, the night section is closed off and vice versa−allowing for maintenance around the clock. a bar pit acts as a mediating point of transition between the two zones and provides a more social setting for visitors.
googie redux syracuse, ny [1]
[2]
[1] plan; autocad & illustrator [2] rendering; cinema 4d & photoshop [3] section; rhino & illustrator [4] physical study model; spatial sequence
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adaptive envelope system
manhattan, ny fourth year studio in design collaboration with david ascher
re-skinning 1095 avenue of the americas in midtown manhattan in a manner that presents a sustainable, efficient, and innovative improvement in facade technology. this series of varying office and conference room sizes & heights framed by deep pod shells serve as light shelves that diffuse natural light into the core of the building, while creating hollow spaces between rooms for passive ventilation which allow stack effect within the building’s dead spaces to travel through the building and be released out through the roof.
adaptive envelopes manhattan, ny [1]
arrangement 1
arrangement 2
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C
A
C B
70’-0
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offices
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C
95’-0
125’-
arrangement 3
B 100’-
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B
120’-
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75’-0
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conferences
width
9’-2”
14’-2”
19’-2”
24’-2”
height
10’-0”
9’-8“
9’-4”
9’-0”
[2]
[1] elevational pattern & floor plate arrangement diagrams; rhino & illustrator [2] solar radiation studies; ecotect [3] interior rendering; rhino & photoshop, [4] stack effect diagram; rhino, autocad, illustrator
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[4]
travel sketches nyc urban studio
“‘he was as tough and romantic as the city he loved. behind his black-rimmed glasses was the coiled sexual power of a jungle cat.’ i love this. ‘new york was his town, and it always would be.’” --woody allen, manhattan
grand central terminal; new york public library; dutch pavilion; the frick collection; cloisters; ney york municipal building.
travel sketches london international study “from the top of the bus she could see the vast bowl of london spreading out to the horizon: splendid shops with mannequins in the window, interesting people and already a much bigger world.� --julia gregson, east of the sun
king’ cross station; st. pancras hotel & station; st. george’s church; royal naval hall, greenwich; westminster abbey; st. paul’s cathedral.
metal design ring catchall eyeball
geode chair
industrial design
in design collaboration with shawn conte & edith gawler
janie-spenser ngo
261 adams street boston, ma 02122
education
e: jane.ngo@gmail.com p: [617] 990-4662 www.janie-spenassi.tumblr.com
2008-2014 syracuse university -- syracuse, ny
bachelor of architecture
thesis: colliery necropolis -- city for the dead, museum of mining urban studio: new york city. ramona albert international study: london, uk. joris pauwels teaching assistant: sekou cooke, arc 500 furniture design & detailing course
2002-2008 boston latin school -- boston, ma
high school diploma
experience
red cross volunteer, varsity volleyball, swimming, indoor track & field, band
2011 choo & company, inc. -- quincy, ma -- intern
assisted in creating design & architectural work documents helped develop new web site layout & graphic concepts
achievements
exhibition: new london architecture, “field explorations,� london, uk awards: john & abigail adams scholar, national latin exam [summa cun laude]
2011 syracuse university architecture -- syracuse, ny -- exhibitions team designed exhibition layouts & presentation display methods for gallery fabricated necessary exhibition furnishing & installed exhibition material
2010-present architecture reading room -- syracuse, ny -- research assistant locate & scan architectural documents/articles for course databases assist faculty members with research & education supplements organize material sample inventory & working drawings archive
2006-2008 saturday success -- boston, ma -- tutor
tutored underclassmen in english, literature, mathematics, earth science
fabrication 3d printer concrete foam cutter laser cutter metal woodshop
manual
acetone charcoal collage graphite ink/marker watercolor
skills digital
adobe suite autocad cinema 4d ecotect rhinoceros vasari
janie-spenser ngo e: jane.ngo@gmail.com p: [617] 990-4662 www.janie-spenassi.tumblr.com