Jon Carlo Ardila - Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

BACHELOR OF DESIGN IN ARCHITECTURE

CLASS OF 2023

SAIC - THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO

FINE AND STUDIO ARTS, FASHION DESIGN

1/4” = 1.0’ scale basswood and plexi tower model. 2020. Design 3, Professor Kourtney Baldwin.

ROLLINS ART

CIVIC + CULTURAL CENTER

Academic Site: Winter Park, FL.

Spring 2022 - Professor Lee-Su Huang

Individual Work

Rollins Art is situated at the corner of New England and S. Knowles Avenue in downtown Winter Park, FL. and serves as a detached extension to the Rollins Museum of Art. This institution focuses on displaying works from local artists and performers as a way to connect to Winter Park’s most vulnerable neighborhood; offering residents a creative hub within Winter Park’s affluent downtown corridor. Through exploration into what constitutes public and private space in the urban context, this project begins to contemplate how architecture can be a driver for change; bridging the gap between equity and the accessibility of art.

Early concept drawing and sketches.

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Early volumetric process sketch

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The form-finding process produced a calligraphy that mimicked a ribbon in which walls became protective shells.

rhythm of monolithic walls and strategic openings helped resolve the need for gallery rooms with diffused light.

Working to map the explicit and implicit boundaries surrounding the site was crucial for this project, as many of these invisible boundaries make lasting impacts on the experiences of low-income residents in the surrounding historical Hannibal Square neighborhood.

Human circulation and the city grid were important considerations during the initial design phase. Overlaid cuts into the base layer provided a speculative guide into how occupants would enter from the street and move within the space.

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Conceptual site mapping of downtown winter park & site. Mixed media, graphite, ink on bristol board

1/16” = 1.0’ scale basswood and wax volumetric process model

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1. Entrance and Lobby

2. Gallery Space I Gallery Space II Performance Space 3. 4.

The lower level of Rollins Art is reserved for civic gatherings and also houses a performance space. Large swaths of glass walls with minimal obstruction gives these lower spaces the required daylight needed for public functions. The second level’s darker spaces protect physical art from the damaging UV rays of the Sun through light diffusion.

Interior render of the second level gallery space

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A set of diagrammatic sections

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Interior render of the lobby and reception space

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E. New England Avenue

The general layout of Rollins Art is meant to hug the existing structures immediately to the West. By positioning the building this way, more outdoor public space is created for visitors and for students coming from the main campus to the South.

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First level floor plan

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1. Lobby and Entrance

2. Performance Space Resource Library Art Storage

3. 4. Auditorium 5. S. Knowles Avenue

THE CHELSEA ARTERY

HOUSING + DENSITY Academic

Site: Chelsea, Manhattan, NYC.

Fall 2022 - Professor Alfonso Perez-Mendez

Co-op Work, Partnership with: Melos Shtaloja

The Chelsea Artery is a proposal for an intergenerational neighborhood encompassing the entirety of two New York City blocks. Located in the Chelsea neighborhood of NYC, the Artery focuses on ideas of place-making and architectural porosity as a way to solve issues of neighborhood identity and urban intensity; problems that have become evident due to Chelsea’s rapid hyper-gentrification.

A winter garden acts as a central corridor illuminating the interior public space as well as providing respite from the cold winter months to residents and visitors alike. Mass Timber is considered for a majority of its construction, as issues of sustainability within materiality further increase and as reliance on mineral-based extractive construction dwindles.

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Aerial render of proposal in context

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The Chelsea Artery is situated in a highly contested neighborhood where land value threatens the cost of living for many long-term residents. This neighborhood proposal offers 75% affordable and senior housing for the majority of the program.

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Exploded isometric render of structural systems and programs

Q An exploded isometric render explores the different systems of structure and programs of the institutions and housing volumes.

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Balcony Tectonics and Ribcage Structure

Housing Skin

Mass Timber Structural Members

1. Health and Medical Plaza 2. Chelsea Sports Center

3. Chelsea Theatre 4. Elementary School

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The main atrium of the Winter Garden is used for civic functions and public celebrations; further providing a potential space of place-making for the neighborhood residents.

The Winter Garden thoroughfare bifurcates the ground floor to allow an ‘arterial’ passageway and connection to all public interior ground floor spaces and institutional programs. This also creates an alternate footpath between 9th and 10th Avenue.

The existing Chelsea Park would be re-imagined to offer more space for leisurely activities. The current recreation spaces would be rehoused in the large Chelsea Sports Complex.

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Ground floor plan

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Urban park concept drawing

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The urban park encompassing two thirds of the southern block offers residents year-round public space as well as a natural buffer to soften the urban intensity of the neighborhood towards the West.

The pathways laid out on the urban park abstractly mirror the Winter Garden’s meandering layout.

Perspective render from urban park

Urban park ground floor plan

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BUNGALOW YAKISUGI

FISHERMAN’S RESIDENCE

Academic Site: Cedar Key, FL. Fall 2021 - Professor Jamie Lindsey

Individual Work

Occupying an isolated section on the main island of Cedar Key, FL., Bungalow Yakisugi is a fisherman’s residence situated on the Southern banks of the main channel at the end of an abandoned railroad trestle. This home offers a place for the weary fisherman to rest while sheltering its residents from elements; both the sweltering Florida Sun and the rising tides of the Atlantic below. Constructed using the Japanese wood-treating methods of Yakisugi, or Shou-Sugi-Ban, the charred wood helps with the home’s weatherproofing and resilience to mold and decay.

A series of basswood parti models were used as a method to explore the relationship between the Florida landscape and construct.

During high tide, residents are able to dock close to the home’s entrance. Large planar surfaces act as shading mechanisms.

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Early concept drawing. Graphite, ink, marker

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Series of parti models. Basswood and Museum board

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Analytical mapping of the site in Cedar Key, FL.

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Early concept sketch

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Interior render of main living space

QAnalytical mapping of the site and surrounding context. Sunlight, wind, landmarks and paths were considered the benchmark elements for starting to understand the site.

QThe main living area is the central corridor for the entire residence and is where other spaces branch out from a connected series of raised bridges.

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QIn the early stages of concept, the residence took inspiration from fishing village homes, often propped up on wood piles or stilts to avoid rising tides.

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QMuch of Florida and Cedar Key is ‘karst’ terrain, an underlying water-soluble limestone layer full of holes, caves, and underground rivers. Above this is predominantly sandy soil and clay.

QRaised bridges connecting the sleeping quarters allow for these spaces to stay separate, providing ample room for privacy and solitude.

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Exterior render of sleeping quarters.

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Exterior render of breezeway bridges

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Set of sections through living space

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An angled and over-extending roof provides plenty of shade after a long day of fishing in the Sun. Elements of pre-fabrication in construction is considered so as to not disturb the local flora and fauna.

Fisherman’s Residence

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Bungalow Yakisugi - Fisherman’s

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The residence is lifted off the ground and sits on Shou-SugiBan treated stilts. This method of burning cedar helps weatherproof without the use of chemicals.

An angled roof system is deployed to maximize shade and minimize heat gain from the Sun. Elements of passive cooling strategies are employed to reduce energy consumption within the residence.

1/16” = 1.0’ basswood scale model Above

Fisherman’s Residence

Architecture Portfolio

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DELANCEY HEIRLOOM

URBAN HOMESTEAD + HOTEL

Academic

Site: Lower East Side, Manhattan, NYC.

Fall 2022 - Professor Alfonso Perez-Mendez

Co-op Work, Partnership with: Melos Shtaloja

Historically, the Lower East Side was an area of Manhattan where the first wave of immigrants settled. Recently, it has become one of the fastest growing neighborhoods in Manhattan becoming a hotspot for tourism which has greatly benefited the local economy. Unfortunately, with notoriety comes rent increases and gentrification, forcing many of the long term residents to seek home elsewhere. The Delancey Heirloom offers a possible solution by investing in the neighborhood, becoming a resource of knowledge that is passed down to future generations and giving the locals a place to gather and grow.

The Lower East Side neighborhood’s main corridor Delancey Street highlighted in red.

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Diagrammatic map of the Lower East Side neighborhood and site

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Site elevation and analytical site mapping of public transportation and main corridor

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Bracketed parti drawings to explore form for the proposal

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An analytical site mapping shows the main routes of transportation on Delancey Street, the main pedestrian corridor. The site is situated predominantly amongst the urban housing projects close to the East River.

Exterior perspective render from the Williamsburg Bridge

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Urban Homestead + Hotel

The Delancey Heirloom’s main face can be seen from the existing Luther Gulick Park, where recreation spaces offer areas for residents to engage in sports activities. Allowing the open area event space (1) to face the park, residents are able to enjoy music events while occupying the park below.

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Structural exploded isometric

Diagrammatic section drawing

Structural Ribcage Skin

1. Open area event and music space

2. Education center Low-income housing Hotel 3. 4.

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Delancey

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Urban Homestead + Hotel

THE LANGSTROTH

APIARY + LIBRARY

Academic

Site: Savannah, GA. Spring 2022 - Professor Lee-Su Huang

Individual Work

Its name derived from Langstroth beehives which are usually made of wood and consist of stacked supers, The Langstroth is a hybrid apiary and agricultural library in the heart of Savannah, GA. Located on one of the original downtown plaza squares, this proposal serves to offer food security and agricultural sustainability to the local Savannah economy while tripling as a center for education. Sitting perpendicular to Savannah’s Oglethorpe grid, its cantilevered green roof provides a visual and occupiable public extension into Telfair Square. An apiary and community garden is interwoven into the systemic ramp system that becomes one of the main circulatory spaces of the architecture.

Wood, foam, and plastic tube process model

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A diagrammatic process model maps the circulation through the public square and main passageways through the architecture. Using malleable plastic tubing with wire, allowed for different variations in volume and shape to accommodate human movement.

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Exercise in site mapping allowed for an exploration into materiality and tectonic relationships. This was the foundation for what would become the underlying Mass Timber structure.

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The Sendai Mediatheque was used as one of the precedent studies for its construction innovations and hidden tectonics.

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Site map drawing. Graphite, oil pastel and India Ink on heavyweight watercolor paper

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Precedent study model. Basswood and metal rods.

Further modeling was done to understand the importance of respecting the Oglethorpe plan in relation to the surrounding context. Main avenues for larger scale circulation were mapped as well as speculative movement of the bees for the rooftop apiary.

The final iterative model for the proposal sought to break down the spaces in a series of grids to better resolve the constructibility of the Mass Timber structure as well as provide a rough layout for how the wall system would work in relation to its overall composition

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Wood, tulle, and thread process model

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Final iteration of model for architectural proposal. Laser cut wood, museum board, and chipboard

The Langstroth

Green Roof System

Floor Slabs

Public Ramp and Modular Study Pods

Mass Timber Tectonic Structure

QReferencing overall gestures of the library’s plan, the public square was redesigned with considerations for human pause and reflection spaces as well as the overall ease of circulation. Native vegetation and trees such as the Southern Magnolia, would be planted to introduce more native plants, reduce invasive plant species, and provide pollinators easy access to their food source.

The extreme jutting of the green roof acts as an extension towards the green space of the public square. It was important for there to be a continuation of publicly accessible green spaces in a city that is quickly developing.

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Plaza plan and series of floor plans

Exterior perspective render from Telfair Square

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The large main atrium space exposes the Mass Timber structure of the library and provides a space for quiet contemplation and reading. The interior is designed so as to mimic the fluid nature of a traditional langstroth hive.

Section through the primary atrium space and library stacks

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Section through the different levels of the public ramp system

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Exterior render of the public ramp area and modular study pods

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The public ramp system provides food security to local residents, housing a community garden that would be easily pollinated by the apiary on the same level. This open space also provides an additional pocket urban space.

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QApiary spaces are strategically placed on the green roof to provide bees a sanctuary above the streets. This allows them easy access to the agricultural ramp space as well as the urban square where pollination is essential.

Q A total of six green roof spaces sit atop the library. Most of these green roof plots house agricultural systems that act as community vegetable or herb gardens. The public plaza just west of the library is designed primarily around human circulation. A water feature is included in the space to soften the visual and auditory transition from street to garden.

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Exterior render of one of the apiary spaces on the green roof Section perspective render cutting through the main atrium and beekeeping areas

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Final 1/16” = 1.0’ scale model. Laser cut basswood, plexiglass, and chipboard.

Throughout the whole process of design, the grid was a constant element of examination. This structural model explains the tectonic language of the library as well as the general layout of the green roof in an effort to test shading strategies.

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LOVE IS

QUEER COMMUNITY CENTER

A.I., Mathematica, and Game Engines

Academic Site: Orlando, FL.

Summer 2022 - Professors: Karla Saldaña Ochoa, Lee-Su Huang, Adil Bokhari

Graduate level option studio

Individual work

Love Is, was an exercise in using data crawled with Mathematica paired with A.I. algorithms and game engines in order to synthesize technology’s role in influencing the design and planning of the built environment. This transformation from data to information then became the basis for an intervention in downtown Orlando, FL. under the I-4 overpass. Data crawling prompts were focused around the Pulse Nightclub tragedy in order to gain insight into the surrounding community’s thoughts from June 12, 2016. Social media posts and Tweets were combined to inform atmospheric elements of the speculative architectural proposal.

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Using Mathematica and specific key words, Twitter was data crawled resulting in a postcard of associated images and a wordcloud displaying relevant words based on frequency of mention in the source data. The keywords used were: Love is Love, Orlando Strong, Pulse Nightclub, Orlando United.

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Pulse data crawl postcard and wordcloud (left), series of six RGB Vector and Sentiment Analysis

SOM’s

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Atmospheric collages from data crawled images

From the crawling data, SOM’s or Self Organizing Maps were made in Mathematica to visually illustrate the relationship of thousands of tweets; one for RGB values, and the other based on Sentiment Analysis.

Precedent architectural works were run through a Grasshopper script to voxelize them, binding the elements to 10’ x 10’. Chosen works include: Maison Bordeux, Ando 4x4, Capsule K House, Villa Shodan, Case Study House 22, Mobius House, Kaufmann Desert House, Peconic House, Delta Shelter, Double House

VR program Gravity Sketch was used as an A.I. and computational storytelling instrument to situate the elements at human scale. This allowed the creation of ‘occupational traces’ to see how these objects could begin informing larger scale architectural systems. These elements then became part of the speculative intervention in question.

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Grid of voxelized

tural typologies (left) and chosen typologies (right)

Gravity Sketch VR renders tracing ‘human occupation’

2. Overhead level

3. Infrastructural level

LOVE IS GARLAND ALLEY

Chosen elements from the voxelization phase were used to resolve programs and space allowing for speculative assemblies for walls and overhead conditions. Inspiration was derived from Japanese re-purposing of unused spaces; particularly neglected areas under highways. This brought about prototypical ideas of alleyways, its modern applications, and how this site’s transformation into a safe space for the Queer community in Orlando can begin to minimize its marginalization.

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The main alleyway serves as a large concourse where a winding organic platform connects the areas directly East and West of the interstate. This open-air passageway would accommodate an ever changing cluster of modular programming. The only permanent programmatic installation would be the community center.

Exterior Aerial atmospheric render using Unity Game Engine

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Interior renders of the main alleyway; bottom level (left), and upper level (right)

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A speculative atmospheric aerial render shows the architecture assimilating with and overtaking the local context.

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Interior atmospheric renders using Unity Game Engine

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The interior atmospheric render shows postcard created during the data crawling

shows the main alleyway and organic platform highlighting its material and light qualities. Both renders were inspired by the original crawling phase. These are both products of further developing visual aids to help support the element of storytelling for this project.

Game Engines

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CHIMNEY OF HARPOCRATES

CREMATORIUM + MEMORIAL

Academic Siteless

Spring 2023 - Professors Donna Cohen + Nina Hofer

Individual Work

The Chimney of Harpocrates is a speculative project in a hypothetical quarry site. With the help of A.I. image generators, OpenAI’s Chat GPT, and other A.I. tools, the main purpose of this exercise was to create an architectural proposal with A.I. as co-author. The site context and structural materiality was created solely using A.I. Image generation as a way to understand the visual design limitations of AI as well as its limitations with assisting the overall workflow of the designer . Later research devled into more involved programs like Veras to then begin using AI Plug-ins to alter renders in real time.

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Artificial intelligence program DALL-E 2 was used to generate the project’s site context through careful prompt writing. These initial images were then expanded within DALL-E to extend its overall dimensions using prompts that were specific to the desired final aesthetic.

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A.I. progressive generation image expansion process.

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Final expanded images

QThe final expanded images were then collaged in Photoshop after choosing certain vantage points from the 3D model. This was done to create perspective renders with the goal of saving time in post-processing, and using storytelling devices from graphic novels and comic books to explain the itinerary of the project through the eyes of the protagonist.

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Quarry sketch from site visit

Above Chimney of Harpocrates

A class excursion and site visit to the Cervaiole quarry in the this precious resource is excavated. Upon returning from Cervaiole,

the Province of Lucca, Italy, was essential in understanding the unique material properties of stone, as well as the process by which Cervaiole, the class visited Henraux Spa where the marble from this quarry is processed into various architectural design elements

Crematorium + Memorial

Great care was taken into the scheme of the crematorium so as not to disturb the ‘accidental’ qualities of the speculative existing quarry. A processional itinerary was chosen to mirror the heirarchy of a comic book within the architecture itself.

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Isometric render and plan showing spatial sequences of the proposal

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Crematorium + Memorial

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LEAVE NO TRACE

As part of the narrative process of this project, a comic book page was created to visually explain the itinerary of the proposal. Each panel in the comic strip corresponds to a specific view within the proposal and frames the main character as they walk through the crematorium.

Three spatial moments are programmed in the architecture of the proposal to inspire moments of self-reflection within the occupants.

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Q Images made in DALL-E and textures made in Runway ML were digitally collaged with renders from Rhino to create these panel illustrations.

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Comic panel illustration made with A.I. generated images. Digital collage.

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Isometric diagram guide showing rendered spatial reconstruction locations

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Reflection chamber

Observation deck

Incinerator

The incineration chamber of the crematorium is used by occupants to erase secrets written on paper. As one approaches this space, smoke from the burning vessel at the end of a conveyor belt can be observed through an intentionally placed window facing the front of the vertical chimneys. To compliment the material qualities of the site, the proposal seeks to use Corten steel, concrete, and wood in its construction.

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Section and section perspective cutting through proposal longitudinally

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Runway ML

QTexture images were manipulated, expanded, and upcaled using A.I. program Runway ML. These textures then became part of the final comic panel spread.

QCompletely new seamless textures were created in Runway ML from word prompts. These texture images then became part of the final Rhino materials library.

Veras

QUsing A.I. plug-in Veras, specific views were run through an image generator directly in Rhino using word prompts.

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Alternate variations using different vantage points were tested to experiment with rendering limitations recording successful and failed attempts.

ILLUSIONE OTTICA

VITRINE

Academic Site: Vicenza, Italy

Spring 2023 - Professors Donna Cohen + Nina Hofer Individual Work

Situated at the intersection of Fogazarro and Corso Palladio in the city of Vicenza, Italy, Illusione Ottica was an exercise in vitrine typology and adaptive re-use of an existing storefront. A program in line with Italy’s rich history with craftsmanship was chosen for this project: bespoke eyeglasses.

Different vitrine typologies within the city of Vicenza were studied to determine which characteristics best fit for the store’s programming. The ‘cove’ typology was chosen for this specific site as it hugs the corner of a busy pedestrian intersection.

Plan drawings of precedent vitrine typologies.

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The tectonic window system of the vitrine needed to be placed within an already existing structural frame.

Sketching was used to generate variations of different door mechanisms that could also serve to display eyeglasses.

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Exploded isometric of window systems.

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Process sketches of revolving door mechanism.

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Plan of vitrine proposal showing adapted ‘cove’ entrance typology.

Bottom Left Perspective street render highlighting tectonic system.

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South elevation render

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Inspired by 2D optical illusions, the goal of this project was to bring architectural elements into the proposal that would help maintain a sense of illusion in a three-dimensional space. Light diffusion and colored glass panes for the vitrine windows give the overall proposal liminal qualities.

The cove typology was chosen to invite pedestrians into the vitrine. Since this site sits at a predominantly pedestrian intersection, the most important consideration was human interaction and visual intrigue at the street level.

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The interior of Illusione Ottica houses a tectonic window system that doubles as a storage solution for the bespoke eyeglasses made on site. This storage system provides ample space for overstock and keeps every product within arms reach. Large sculptural ceiling panels were designed to mimic the undulating topography of the neighboring Dolomites. Recessed lighting above the sculptural ceiling panels provide diffused lighting, giving the interior a warm glow.

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Interior render Above

IL NIDO INVERNALE

PIGEON SANCTUARY + WINTER GARDEN

Academic Site: Vicenza, Italy

Spring 2023 - Professors Donna Cohen + Nina Hofer Co-Op work, partnership with: Sarah Gurevitch

Occupying a vacant lot just West of Vicenza’s city walls, Il Nido Invernale is a public community gathering space that also doubles as a pigeon sanctuary and winter garden. Many residents are able to use this space for neighborhood events or simply just enjoy the winter garden as an extension of the public park to the East.

Light quality for the pigeon loft and winter garden were elements that needed to be considered for this project. An occupiable roof garden would allow visitors to have an elevated view of the neighborhood and the outdoor event space.

Sketching was used as a form-finding exercise to determine the circulation of the public paths.

Process sketches showing plan and section views

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Digging deep into the surrounding landscape, visitors of Il Nido Invernale are led down into the main square of the public forum. Here, merchants and residents of the surrounding neighborhoods can take advantage of this free space to hold weekly markets and events.

The occupiable green roof of the winter garden and pigeon loft provides visitors an elevated view of the neighborhood and event space. A reflection pit is flanked with windows that lead directly into the submerged cafe space at the bottom level.

Overall exterior render showing the sunken center square

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Exterior render of the green roof and reflection space

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Plan drawings of the winter garden and pigeon loft

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Sun path diagram

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Interior render of the submerged cafe space

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Sanctuary + Winter Garden

The winter garden extends throughout every level of the structure, providing a green space even during the winter months.

ICARUS

LUMINAIRE Academic

Exercise in Designed Objects

Fall 2022 - Professor Hassan Azad Individual Work

Inspired by Greek Mythology and Icarus’ final flight - this wall sconce serves as a memorial to this cautionary tale of the dangers of hubris. Constructed entirely from basswood sheets, the structural elements of this wall sconce were painted white to resemble the skeletal remains of Icarus’ melted wings after he flew too close to the Sun.

Indirect diffused light

LED Mirrored Globe Bulb

5 Watt

500 lumens

5000k color temperature

The Sun, embodied by the sconce’s disc like shape and its radiating light distribution, is intended to captivate onlookers. The mirrored globe at the sconce’s centroid serves as a symbolic representation of man’s inclination towards conceit.

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Schematic design of luminaire

Bottom Left Render of finished luminaire

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Photographs of completed luminaire mounted on gallery wall

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B.A.D. BOX

Burn and Destroy - Designed Object

Academic

Site: Gainesville, FL.

Spring 2021 - Professor Jamie Lindsey

Individual work

Mapping instrument for site. This instrument explores various measurable levels of human interference when considering the natural landscape. Although most human interference may not be particularly destructive, this object begs to challenge that notion.

The B.A.D. Box is a portable burning instrument made to measure destructive human properties. A detachable shade is included so as to not accidentally ignite a fire while in storage.

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Burning Instrument. Basswood and plywood model with Fresnel lens.

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Concept drawing of instrument. Graphite, oil pencil, and Conte crayon on watercolor paper

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Photograph using instrument on site

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Early conceptual drawings were inspired by a lecture on the Vkhutemas School which subsequently inspired its minimal design and Constructivist aesthetic.

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Using the instrument on-site was prohibited as the land being surveyed was a state park. Paynes Prairie Preserve is a 21,000-acre savanna in Alachua County, FL. It is home to free-roaming bison and horses as well as deer, bobcats, and wild turkeys.

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OTHER WORKS

Pre-2021 - Paintings and Illustrations

Personal and Academic

Selected works while attending SAIC (The School of the Art Institute of Chicago) Concentration: Fashion Design and Fine Art.

“Nel Buio Della Notte”. Oil on canvas.

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