JOSHUA NAPUTI
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
JOSHUA NAPUTI 6343 Langham Way Drive Houston, TX 77084 (C): 7134083100 (E): jnaputi322@gmail.com
EDUCATION: 2017
Bachelor of Architecture
University of Houston - College of Architecture and Design
2012
Associate of Arts
Lone Star Community College - Cyfair
SKILLS
Computer Software SketchUp, AutoCAD, Revit, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop
Traditional Skills
Hand Drafting, Hand Rendering, Diagrammatic Sketching
AFFILIATIONS
2013 - 2017 Alpha Rho Chi Cleisthenes Chapter (APX) College of Architecture and Design - University of Houston
- As President, gained Leadership Skills and Problem Solving through delegating Chapter Functions and Activities. - As Vice President, gained communication skills and multi-tasking through the involvement of various committees and members. - As Superintendent, gained coordination and planning skills through setting up Chapter Events. - As Secretary, gained strong work ethic and cooperation through assisting the Chapter in its various functions.
2012 - 2013 American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) College of Architecture and Design - University of Houston
ACHIEVEMENTS 2012
Honorable Mention - Student Art Exhibit Lone Star Community College
2011 Gensler Endowment
Lone Star Community College
COMMUNITY SERVICE 09/2014
University of Houston Parking Day
- As a Group Member in this Design-Build Project, knowledge of construction and welding was gained resulting in more understanding of structure.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS EDUCATIONAL DESIGN Rainard School K-12
Meant to redesign the Rainard School Campus, this design utilizes an open public spaces to drive the organization of the classrooms and the different structures. Students traverse the design through open walkways and staircases as they are always immersed in the landscape.
COMMUNITY & MIXED-USE DESIGN The ARC Center
The Artist, Resident, and Cultural Center (ARC Center) is to be a destination along the streets of Winter and Silver Street Studios. Holding many Galleries spaces along with an Interior Market area, the ARC Center caters to the local Artists of the Community.
Emancipation Theater
Located along Dowling Street in Houston’s 3rd Ward, this project is to rejuvenate the Community with family friendly entertainment. Composed of two theaters, they sit on strip of Pop-Up Shops for local artists and business as well as a Cafe.
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN The Vertical Metropolis
A city of cities, the Vertical Metropolis takes place in the distant future where all man’s infrastructure has been recycled for a new era of living. Towers sprout from the earth housing all the necessities of life needed for this new, wise society of people.
Exterior Rendering - The ARC Center (Artist and Residents Cultural Center)
EDUCATIONAL DESIGN
RAINARD K-12 SCHOOL To embody the client’s value of community within their school, the design will create spaces where students can interact with one another outside the classroom. Students from the various age groups will be able to converse with other students as well as their faculty in an open environment. The design will utilize the landscape in such a way that the students and faculty are immersed within a forest environment promoting a sense of exploration and discovery.
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TIMBERLAND DRIVE Drainage ditch
UPLAND DRIVE
SITE PLAN 20’
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80’
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SECOND FLOOR PLAN 20’
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INTERMEDIATE MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN 20’
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LEGEND 80’
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ADMINISTRATION CATERING PRE-K PRIMARY ELEMENTARY
9 SCIENCE 11 MUSIC 13 ASSEMBLY
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CENTRIA PERFORMANCE INSULATED METAL PANELS
GRESPANIA CERAMICA COVERLAM STONE
GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES INSULATING GLASS UNITS - TINTED
HUNTERDOUGLAS TUBRISE EXTERIOR SCREENS & SUN LOUVERS
SCOFIELD DECORATIVE CONCRETE CHROMIX COLOR-CONDITIONED CONCRETE
ACOUSTIGREEN FUSION WALL PANELS
ACOUSTICAL SURFACES MICROPERF ACOUSTICAL PANELS
ENTRY SPACE 10’
20’
ELEVATION B 40’
CLASSROOMS - ELEVATION A 10’
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40’
COMMUNITY & MIXED-USE DESIGN
THE ARC CENTER The Artist, Resident, and Cultural Center (ARC Center) is to be a destination along the streets of Winter and Silver Street Studios. Holding many Galleries spaces along with an Interior Market area, the ARC Center caters to the local Artists of the Community. The Center also has classroom spaces for Artists and Residents to learn from one another. A Black Box Theater and other amenities allow other Artists to use the Center as well.
FIRST INDUSTRIAL BUILDING SILVER STREET STUDIOS
EDWARD STREET
PARKING LOT (97 SPACES)
SAWYER YARDS
PARKING LOT (111 SPACES)
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SITE PLAN 1’:1/32” 20’
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LEGEND 5 STUDIO 6 REHEARSAL SPACE 7 BLACK BOX THEATER 12 RESTROOMS 13 MECHANICAL ROOM
SECOND FLOOR PLAN 1’:1/16” 20’
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LEGEND 1 LOBBY 2 ART MARKET 3 GALLERY 4 CAFE 8 SCULPUTRE & GRAFFITI GARDEN 9 EXTERIOR THEATER 10 VIEWING PLATFORM 11 ADMINISTRATION 12 RESTROOMS 13 MECHANICAL ROOM
FIRST FLOOR PLAN 1’:1/16” 60’
VISITING ARTISTS
EDWARD STREET
ARTISTS
RESIDENTS
OTHER ARTISTS
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A problem with the area is that there is a lack of community and connection between not only the residents and artists but a relation to the overall Houston area. The site is within a unknown area of art and the need to activate the site for its Artists and Residents is needed but also to let this site be known and be part of the Houston Culture
The site is mainly tranversed through the main street, of Edward Street with the parking lots that lay on either side of the site being means of connecting the Site to main roads of Sawyer and Silver Streets. The site also allows itslef to adhere to being a location where people from First and Sixth WArds can interact as well as Visiting Artists can communicate with the Current Artists of Winter and Silver Street Studios.
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The site was divided according to the general circulation that connects the Site to different areas of its surroundings. This creats a sense of connectivity and makse the Site a destination.
Program was divided to accomadate both the Resient and the Artist that the Site adheared to. But also gave oppurtunities to allow other Artists around Houston.
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VIEW TO FIRST INDUSTRIAL AND HOUSTON
VIEW TO ENDS OF THE SITE
SILVER STREET & WINTER STREET STUDIOS
HOUSTON (SKYLINE)
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The context of the site is generally horizontal with the long side facing North and South. This and the site’s dock high foundation can be used to form another means of connectivity to the site and give context to the building
The 2 pieces of Program (Residential Program and Artist Program) was then laid on the site according to the circulation of the Site. this created a defined entrance to the site as well as adhere to the general horizontal layout of the surroudning buildings.
The bars of Program was then shifted to create a view to the Public Space that is remaining in the Site. This allowed to create spaces within the breaking points of the bars where they separate or join together.
To reconnect the Artists and the Residents of the surrounding areaback with the Houston culture, the Site will be the bridge that connects them. This is solved by creating this space to allow both the nieghboring people and others to interactwith onanother. Moreover, through the use of a Viewing Platform a person can stand and take advantage of the site’s natural view to the Houston Skyline
COMMUNITY & MIXED-USE DESIGN
EMANCIPATION THEATER The idea behind this design is to reactivate the area and to bring back what the Dowling Corridor had in the past. The site once held a theater and a restaurant as a place for entertainment for the community. This historical context is the driving force that created the Program for the design. As for the general function and form, the idea of having the theaters being these shifting masses looming over the restaurant and the pop-up shops was another factor. The lifting of the theaters provided enough space for the restaurant and shops to be seen and reactivate the Dowling Corridor.
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The idea behind the project was centered around the design being the bridge that connects the community with the rest of the Dowling Corridor in attempts to reactivate the area.
With the idea of having the Dowling Corridor grow with more buildings, an internal focus of the design became another concept for the design. The sides of the site will be left for more structural or service areas of the building.
For the overall design to anchor itself and be integrated into the Dowling Corridor, an direct path through the site was created for this connection. This path became the spine of the design general circulation.
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The resulting division becomes the 2 Theaters for the design. One of the blocks will be pushed back to define an entrance for the building.
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To connect the 2 Theaters a bridge was incorporated into the design to be the connecting piece that units them.
In order reactivate the Dowling Corridor, the addition of a restaurant and pop-up shops were included. In doing so, the theaters rose upward to give the lower level the square footage for the shops and restaurant.
BASTROP STREET
DOWLING STREET
THEATER
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BASTROP STREET
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
THE VERTICAL METROPOLIS A city of cities, the Vertical Metropolis takes place in the distant future where all man’s infrastructure has been recycled for a new era of living. Towers sprout from the earth housing all the necessities of life needed for this new, wise society of people. Utilizing passive and efficient design, the Vertical Metropolis compacts itself to no longer harm the earth while creating a better living condition for its inhabitants.
A CENTURY HAS PASSED, AND THE PARASITIC CITIES OF OLD HAVE BECOME ALL BUT FORGOTTEN.
IMAGINE OUR WORLD TORN APART BY WAR AND POLLUTION. YOU‛RE STANDING IN THE MIDST OF FIRE AND BRIMSTONE, WITH A DYING FLOWER IN YOUR HAND.
NEW CITIES HAVE GROW UTILIZING WHAT HUMANITY KNEW ALL ALONG BUT WAS TOO STUBBORN TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT.
. SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES AND EFFICIENT DESIGN ECAME THE FOCUS THESE FUTURE CITIES
TAKING A DEEP BREATH OF SULFUR, YOU VOW TO PUT A STOP TO THIS BY NEVER LETTING IT HAPPEN.
URBAN DENSITY THIS ALLOWS PEOPLE TO ACCESS DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TRAVEL. BY STACKING MULTIPLE PROGRAMS IN A SINGLE STRUCTURE CONFIDES THE CITY AND DECREASES THE AMOUNT OF ENVIRONMETAL IMPACT THE CITY WILL HAVE.
VERTICAL CIRCULATION WITH THE RESULT OF HAVING DIFFERENT PROGRAMS STACKED ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER, VERTICAL MEANS OF CIRCULATION WILL BE THE OPTIMAL CHOICE. PLATFORMS WILL ASCEND AND DESCEND THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT LEVELS ALLOWING PEOPLE TO ACCESS DIFFERENT AREAS.
THEY MERGED THE ENVIRONMENT WITH THE URBAN LANDSCAPES. SOCIETY FOCUSED ON THE POWER OF PUBLIC SPACES TO CREATE A BETTER LIVING CONDITION.
ADVANCEMENT IN TOWER CONSTRUCTION ALLOWED THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMMATIC SPACES TO BE THE VERY STRUCTURE OF WHICH TO BUILD THEM.
PUBLIC SPACE PUBLIC SPACE WILL BE THE MAIN FOCUS OF EACH STRUCTURE. OPEN PLAZAS AND BRIDGES WILL HOLD LANDSCAPE DESIGN TO BRING THE ENVIRONMENT INTO EACH SPACE.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE THE STRUCTURES WILL BE AN ABSTRACT REPRESENTATION OF A TOWER AS THE FACADE IS BROKEN BY THE GROWING PROGRAM. THESE OPENINGS ALLOW SUNLIGHT AND WIND TO ENTER THE OPEN PUBLIC SPACES INSIDE. PLATFORMS RISE ABOVE THE GROUND AND THE TOWERS ARE CONFIDED AS TO LIMIT THEIR HORIZONTAL GROWTH ALONG THE SURFACE.
EVENTUALLY, THE CITIES AND THE TOWERS MERGED INTO A SINGLE ENTITY. THE GOVERNMENT BOUNDED THEMSELVES TO A SUSTAINABLE LIMIT FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE POPULATION.
ALL IN THE EFFORTS TO REDUCE THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON THE VERY EARTH THEY STAND ON.
GROWING PROGRAM EACH STRUCTURE WILL BE COMPOSED OF THE PROGRAM THAT IT CONTAINS. THIS ALLOWS THE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES TO FORM A SUPERSTRUCTURE. WHEN NEEDED, MORE PROGRAMS CAN BE ADDED TO THE MANY LEVELS AND FACES OF EACH PROGRAM OR STRUCTURE. * MERZBOU BY KURT SCHWITTERS
SITE SECTION 0’
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6000’
9000’
Government
GOVERNMENT TOWER Vertical circulation
GOVERNMENT Commercial Clinical TOWER
Public bridge
Residential AMSTERDAM
Public bridge
Commercial
Vertical circulation
COMMERCIAL TOWER
Residential
CULTURAL TOWER
Public bridge
Commercial Clinical Residential Vertical circulation
RESIDENTIAL TOWER
Public bridge Educational
CULTURAL TOWER
Religious
RESIDENTIAL TOWER Museums
Vertical circulation
COMMERCIAL TOWER
Public bridge Science Research
HEALTH TOWER
Hospital Vertical circulation
SITE PLAN 0’
2000’
4000’
8000’
HEALTH TOWER