Joseph Mozdzanowski Design Portfolio 2021
THE GENESEE 1-4
CAMPUS WEAVE 5-12
BELOW PARK 13-18
PLANES THAT FOLD 19-22
FREELANCE 23-28
THESIS:REAL SPACE 29-30
THE GENESEE PROJECT: WATER RESEARCH LAB AND COMMUNITY CENTER LOCATION: LOCATION : GENESEE PARK, ROCHESTER, NY DATE: SPRING, 2018 The Genesee Water Research Lab and Community Center situates itself along the Genesee River and interacts with it’s natural and public contexts. The park attracts visitors of all ages and is enjoyed through numerous activities. The routes and areas which users visit most frequently within the site determined the project’s form and placement. The site was first analyzed of how different users engage the area and what directions they traveled from. After diagramming through observation and social media, study models were constructed by abstracting previous diagrams. The forms and programs of the final model iteration seek to draw users in while not obstructing previous routes or activities. The ground floor consists of a public exhibition space and library with a cafe on the far side. Private programs such as offices and a classroom are on the second floor. The subterranean water research lab accessed by a tunnel to the right of the main entrance is nestled underneath an elevated grass surface along the river to encourage public traffic and remain unnoticed by users directly above.
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CIRCULATION AND ACTIVITY
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CAMPUS WEAVE PROJECT: NEW ARCHITECTURE BUILDING AND ROBOTICS LAB LOCATION: LOCATION : SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE NY DATE: SPRING, 2020 IN COLLABORATION WITH GREGORY WINAWER The School of Architecture has an established reputation of constant activity and production; however, few students and faculty external to the program experience such activities from their conception to construction. The Campus Weave aims to reveal the process of design to those passing through it while using light and air strategies to create a healthier studio environment. Students were tasked with creating a new type of concrete joint system to be used throughout the project. Inspired by the weaving of a basket, a stackable concrete joint wraps around structural columns and gradually opens as one moves through the space. The atrium serves as a connecting axis to link off campus living with on campus academic life.
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INITIAL PROGRAM
SPLIT
Fenced off parking lot closed to public
Massing split in half to allow foot traffic
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CARVE
Massing shifted outward to engage users
Massing carved to connect adjacent contexts
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CONCRETE WEAVE FACADE EVOLUTION The concrete weave started as a sealed stackable system. It was then broken down and rescaled to fit the structural needs of the project. Iteration 5 depicts an interior and exterior weave condition where holes are punched into the weave. Iteration 6 depicts the weave shifting to allow for interior permeability between the atrium and other programs.
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FINAL WALL TYPES
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BELOW PARK PROJECT: PROGRAMMED SUBTERRANEAN OPEN AIR PARK LOCATION: LOCATION : 95TH- 98TH AND PARK, NEW YORK, NEW YORK DATE: FALL 2019 IN COLLABORATION WITH LUCA MCLAUGHLIN The areas of Park Avenue located between 95th and 98th street are zoned with residential housing and no communal space. Much like the rest of Park Avenue, people are constantly moving which forms a highway like environment of human circulation. By examining code violations which are broken every day, the decision weas made to move specific circulations underground. Below Park revitalizes the old Park avenue Metro North tunnel by creatiing a multi seasonal subterranean open air park. The park is equipped with vendor spaces, a public ice skating rink which also functions as a CSO drain, a restaurant, and a Park Avenue museum which utilizes the original tunnel structure. The newly proposed train tunnel runs directly under the old, moving towards the user until slipping under the site. In order to provide increased air and light to the programs, one lane has been removed from each side of the avenue along four blocks which also aids the connection between users above and below the space. Tree tops sit at street level and draw users into the space. Run off and rain water drains into the program filling the lake and CSO drain. Future plans aim to connect the project to the four, five, and six lines along Lexington Avenue.
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PRELIMINARY DESIGN COLLAGES
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FINAL RENDER
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PLANES THAT FOLD PROJECT: STUDY MODELS INSPIRED BY THE UM MUSEUM OF ART DATE: SPRING,2018 The pictured constructs were inspired by studying Allied Work’s University of Michigan Museum of Art. The constructs attempt to capture a sense of weight along with a primary, secondary, and tertiary understanding of structure. The use of materials showcase planar, linear, and volumetric properties which each physically support one another.
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Tertiary support suspends floating masses. Light vs heavy.
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Continuous folds further light vs heavy, thick vs thin. Large cantilevered folds give the illusion of floating.
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FREELANCE PROJECT: SET DESIGN FOR PAPER CINEMA LLC LOCATION: LOCATION : VIRTUAL (PHYSICAL LOCATION TBD) DATE: SPRING,2021 (IN PROGRESS)
During COVID-19, numerous Broadway performers have been out of work. Paper Cinema LLC proposed to create a short film showcasing these performers to have a place to collaborate while adhering to COVID-19 regulations. The client approached us to design a space that replicates the atmosphere of a night club to be used as a backdrop for the dancers. We then constructed a 180 degree set design which is backlit by three high definition projectors and lasers.
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THESIS:REAL SPACE PROJECT: REAL SPACE LOCATION: LOCATION : CORNELL TECH, ROOSEVELT ISLAND, NY DATE: SPRING,2021 (IN PROGRESS)
From the beginning, light, which is a conductor of color, has represented the most significant concepts including knowledge, realization, and even a higher spiritual entity. The very definition of enlightenment implies a greater understanding of something…a depth of comprehension, as it were. Light is color, and color is light. The very spaces which we inhabit are defined by variances of color within light, whether they transition from white to black, blue to black or any color within our visible spectrum. According to Donald Judd, “Terms like ‘warm’ and ‘cool’ are used as description, but also as thermometers of feeling.” Color also deceives and blankets its intricacies under general terms. Orange, for example, is completely subjective from person to person; both are imagining a different shade, yet both are orange. Albers contends that “Experience teaches that in visual perception there is a discrepancy between physical fact and psychical effect” which queries how the most important and objectively subjective element of design is consistently neglected within architecture. Color is all too often an afterthought to what has been designed; but color, light, and architecture must be considered in tandem. Real Space intends to manipulate visual senses while defining real space through the study of light and color over a 24 hour period. Additionally, light and color as symbolism, as well their ability to preserve, contrast, and complement their contextual environment will be explored.
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CATALOGUE OF DESIGN