Contents Studio & Projects
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Resume
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Senior Thesis
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Hornell Incubator
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103 Anderson Ave (Honorable Mention)
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Homes for Change
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Marina Piccola
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Alfred State Memorial
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Kawneer Library: Rochester
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Sorrento Visitors Center
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Extrapolative Sculpture
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Emergency Shelter
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Urban Sketching
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Photography
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Contact
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Keith Cordova 37 Frazer Drive Greenlawn, New York 631 804 2469 Cordovakm27@gmail.com
Education
Work Experience
Skill Set
Alfred State College, Suny College of Technology
JM2 Architecture
Autodesk Revit Autodesk AutoCAD Sketchup Mac OS Windows OS Adobe Photoshop Adobe Indesign Adobe Illustrator Hand Rending Hand Drafting Urban Sketching Photography Construction Documents Customer Service
Alfred, NY
Bachelor of Science, Architectural Technology May 2014
Architecture Club Vice President Senior Year
Student Leader Representative Senior Year
Sant’anna Institute Italian Studies / Study Abroad Sorrento, Italy, 2013
Ward Melville High School East Setauket, NY Regents Diploma, June 2009
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Farmingville, New York Junior Architect May 2014 - Present
Donaldson Organization Happauge, New York Pre-Construction Assistant Summer 2012, Winter 2012, Summer 2013
Express Lake Grove, New York Sales Associate Summer 2012
Pacific Sun Lake Grove, New York Sales Associate Summer & Winter 2010 & 2011
4 yrs. 4 yrs. 2 yrs 9 yrs. 10 yrs. 4 yrs. 1 yrs. 6 mths. 4 yrs. 6 yrs. 4 mths. 4 yrs. 4 yrs. 4 yrs
Awards
Interests
Honorable Mention: 103 Anderson Ave Rochester Sustainable Design Competition
Architecture Automotive Computer Technology Drawing & Sketching Music Photography Watercoloring World Travel
Dean’s List: Senior Year
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Senior Thesis: Kings Park Photography Center Problem Statement: Photography as an art form has become underappreciated due to the advancements in technology. Photography originated as a tool for artists. It then evolved into a form of art that, compared to the rest, is more involved with technology. Photography has advanced alongside technology as it progressed through time. An article from The Journal states that photography today has advanced so immensely that anyone has the ability to consider themselves skillful. As a result, photography has depleted from being a form of art, involving human expression and individuality. When one skill becomes weak, another skill will inevitably take its place. In the current situation with photography, these skills are originality, innovation, individuality, and human expression that must fill this void.
5 Concept Statement: Design a building that will offer the ability for people worldwide to explore the highest level of photographic art and knowledge in photography through creative methods of expression and inspiration from the buildings historical location, resources, and learning spaces.
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Kings Park Psychiatric Center: KPPC was a former state-run psychiatric hospital that operated from 1885 to 1996. Today the park stands as a graveyard representing a forgotten era. Portions of the site exist as a park with trails. The Blvd is used as a means of egress for vehicles traveling north or south. Proposals to redevelop the site have proven to be controversial due to the need of high density living to compensate for the environmental clean-up costs and return a profit. Buildings on the campus, such as 93, attract art students, Photographers, and Urban Explorers creating interest today due to its history, purpose, and current conditions.
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8 Studio V Fall 2013
Hornell Incubator Prior to designing an incubator, a group project was conducted to design a new Master Plan for Main Street in Hornell New York. The Hornell Incubator serves as a resource for individuals with college degrees, and local individuals looking to starting a new business. The incubator offers three main zones. Of these three zones they are the “think tank,� support, and rest. All three of these spaces offer the ideal resources for every individual part of the incubator to successfully develop their business. All support spaces promote group interaction as well as connecting each startup with other businesses outside of the incubator.
9 Office spaces are linked together while the sleeping spaces are separated from the other two zones. Since sleeping spaces are connected directed to the office space it grants quick access from either. The sleeping spaces are set back from Broadway to offer privacy while being nearby a parking lot in the rear. The support space is closest to Broadway to promote interaction inside and outside of the incubator. The goal of the incubator are assisting in the development of successful startup businesses and to promote these businesses to remain local in Hornell. With constant activity within the incubator, it will bring livelihood to Broadway as a whole.
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12 Sustainable 103 Anderson Ave Sustainable Design Competition (Honorable Mention Award) Design A Design Competition was offered by the owner of Art Walk Tile in Rochester, New York. When designing the three apartments, it was intended to relate back to NOTA. The Fall 2013
design contrasts from the neighboring building to emulate the very diverse and unique neighborhood of the art district. In addition to the design I wanted to have slight characteristics of neighboring buildings around the site to relate back to its placement. The idea of implementing a newer design to the neighborhood to compliment the devise area will spread new ideas for current and future homes. My approach to the floor plan was based off of several factors. One was to ensure an immense amount of natural light. The bedrooms receive the morning light; the living room, dining room, and kitchen receive the evening light which was planned accordingly.
13 The clerestory windows offer the ability for all three units to receive northern light. The three units were designed to have similar floor plans to reduce cost. Utilities were laid closely to one another to cut down on piping. Sustainable systems were implemented to reduce the new structures footprint, energy use, and harvest water. Recycled wood would be used for flooring and furniture and the exterior is finished with fiber cement panels to promote sustainable materials.
14 Sustainable Site Relationship: Design A saw tooth roof design related to the apartments to the neighboring commercial buildings across the street on Anderson. The brick related back to the existing building Fall 2013
that is sharing the same lot as the apartments. The metal from the vertical shades as well as the curtain wall reflected the industrial appearance from neighboring buildings. Added green space relates to the important lifestyle of the NOTA that has over time changed the area in a positive manner. The patio gives the resident a space to be able to view out while covered. The contrasting apartments relates to the diverse & creative appearance that the NOTA conveys with their homes and businesses.
15 Target / Neighborhood of the Arts (NOTA): The targeted market would be those who see the uniqueness of the NOTA. The character and attention to detail the neighborhood portrayed with its home and businesses is astonishing. The target would be those who would become involved with the NOTA to promote growth, improvements & sustainability. The target is towards but not limited to people who have a college education and/or run a small business. With the start of these three apartments, it will go towards the growth of the NOTA. The new apartments will promote the desire of living and visiting the unique neighborhood. In time, the greater interest will create more people to relocate or invest into the NOTA. With higher wealth moving into the area it will increase the value and size of the NOTA.
16 Studio V Fall 2013 Partners: B.Deschamps M.DiRado S.Gillick D.Hallmark S.Hickey J.Perry
Homes for Change The ”Houses for Change” initiative, created by the School of Architecture and Design, proposed a challenge to create a solution for slum development in urban areas. About 1/3 of the world’s population live in slums and there is an increased need for slum housing. For our development, we wanted to research and incorporate a way to keep urban sprawl at a minimum. Houses for Change allowed for a selection of a site, while also requiring that economic possibilities, materials, construction process, and cultural context be handled carefully. Santa Cruz, Bolivia, as one of the fastest growing urban developments, presented an interesting opportunity. Since it is developing so fast, urban sprawl is almost imminent.
17 The design was based on four homes, with a central community center. This would be repeated throughout the site to make many small communities within one giant community. Allowing for private, semi-private, and public areas, gives the residents a feeling of owning their own area, all while sharing a central area. The idea of a tree as a symbol of growth in the community also presented itself as a simple way to create community gathering space at either end of the development.
18 Studio V Fall 2013 Partners: B.Deschamps M.DiRado S.Gillick D.Hallmark S.Hickey J.Perry
Using paper tubes for designing and building structures has endless benefits. Paper tubes are structurally strong, waterproof, and being that it is an industrial material, it can be fireproofed. These hollow tubes are formed by strips of paper that are saturated in glue. They’re re-usable and easily recycled, creating an endless life cycle. Paper tubes can be made in any diameter, thickness, or length. They’re inexpensive, replaceable, low-tech, retain color, and produce virtually no waste. They can be used as the walls, structural framing, or the furniture to a building.
19 REALBIO is an innovative plant based polyurethane foam developed by REALFORM Technologies. REALBIO has replaced 20% of the petroleum in foam, and is progressively working on removing 100% of the petroleum in foam. REALFORM products are cost effective, sustainable, lightweight, and flexible in design.
20 Studio Sorrento Spring 2013 Partner: S.Hickey R.Kelly C.Knoppo K.Perry S.Rice
Marina Piccola Re-Design The project involved a Master Plan to redesign the current main port in Sorrento Italy. The port would be designed to promote more traffic and increase tourism. n addition the design would reflect from Sorrento’s rich culture and history. The design called for adding a second level for foot traffic along the walk for docking boats. A music venue stage to bring events close to the water. A restaurant was relocated closer to the water to allow boats to dock next to it.
21 A main piazza focused on a radial design to guide traffic from a elevator south of the site. A underground parking lot was placed to remove the site of parked cars which also added another piazza for the public. A yacht club was designed to promote a higher class of tourism. The main dock was increased in length ending with a new lighthouse. The lighthouse was proposed to be the new icon of Sorrento. The design came from an abstraction of the Procession; a historical ritual where the churches dress in white robes and walk the streets with lamps at night.
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Alfred State Memorial This was a hand render only project with no use of computer based modeling. The memorial was based off of the theoretical idea of a cataclysmic collision striking Alfred State. The memorial was to evoke emotion and to be as powerful as the crater that was left behind after the collision. The memorial required to have a method of displaying 35,000 names. The parti of this memorial was the Four Stages of Grief. For each person that was to go through memorial would encounter a space that would aid them in going through the four stages. These four stages consisted of denial, anger, depression, and acceptance. The names were to be engraved in glass blocks which also served as a space that could store and display items left behind for the dead. The image of blurred personal items behind the glass of the names would evoke a greater experience.
23 The glass cubes followed a radial path which centered on an reflective pool. The reflective pool was behind the stage of a amphitheater. This outdoor seating area could be a place in which people may gather for public speakers or a place to embrace the image of the entire site of the glass cubes. The two large structures on each side of the amphitheater seating would be space for utilities, elevators, Water closets and an indoor gathering space as well. These two structures would also be the connecting points for a cloth canopy to cover the seating from direct sunlight and rain. The height of these structures were also a mark for those entering the memorial to give a hint of what they might expect once they have passed the stages.
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Kawneer Library This studio project was based off of a Kawneer Competition which called for designing a library of the future. Today libraries have evolved from being just a storage for books. Libraries from research have now become a space of community, a place that not only offers learning from reading, but a place to build a stronger community from CPR training to a place for younger teens to play video games. The project called for renovating an existing library and replacing its Facades with Kawneer Projects.
25 My professor modified its instructions to the site that he selected for us which was located in Rochester NY. Instead of knocking down or recreating a Facade for the Rundel Library, a new library was to be created on a empty lot next to the existing library. This new idea for the project involved connecting the new library with Rundel through an existing tunnel system in Rochester.
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The empty lot was idea for optimizing alternative energy such as turbine energy from the river. In addition solar energy was obtained with Kawneer curtain wall systems that had photovoltaics cells that absorbed the suns energy to power the library. The design of this library was to create multiple zones of learning without the spaces conflicting with one another. Loud spaces that involved the most amount of interaction between the community was at the ground level. The second and third levels held quiet spaces that would not be disturbed by the more open social zones. Private study rooms were also implemented to give the maximum amount of quiet studies for one or two individuals. The third floor also was the location for staff offices, break room, book repair, digitizing room, and other spaces.
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28 Studio II Spring 2012 Partner: Tyler Fox
Sorrento Visitors Center This was the first group project which involved the class creating a visitors center located in Sorrento Italy. The requirements for the building called for specific spaces to host such as a gallery of historical content, a computer learning center, media room, gift shop, and several office spaces for employees. The concept of the building was two telescope forms that crossed to which focused and framed two main views. These two important views framed Mt Vesuvius, and the Island of Ischia.
29 The building was placed on columns to continue the idea of telescopes being on a post support system. The crossing of the building also had the idea of an “x� marking the location for visitors to start their journey in Sorrento. The building was also developed to have sustainable concepts such as water collection, solar power, local materials and minimizing a footprint on the site.
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Extrapolavtive Sculpture This project called for creating a 3D sculpture based on a well known 2D piece of artwork. The artwork had to be from the early 20th century before WWI, with dynamism or cubism roots. I selected a piece by Piet Mondrain, with its well known painting of primary colored squares that are framed with heavy black lines. I then created a 3D frame that would house the primary colored cubes, which I placed at different distances so at every side the image would be different in pattern and depth.
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Emergency Shelter The goal of this project was to be able to create an all in one living unit out of a shipping container. This containers purpose was to be prefabricated with the basic living needs such as a space for cooking, sitting, bathing, and sleeping. The shelter would only be the size of the standard shipping containers found at shipping port. The container would be designed simple enough that once delivered it can be assembled quickly to which serve its purpose as a temporary home for those affected by a natural disaster. This container would have a second floor rise from the top with a roof that would unfold and supply a thick mesh covering. The mesh would give protection from outside elements but offer the flow of fresh air. The angled roof pitch would serve as a water collection and stored for later use.
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Sorrento Italy These are several examples of my sketches during my abroad semester in Italy, spring 2013. The course consisted of our professor going over methods of quick sketching techniques as well as water coloring. Simo Capecchi gave several lessons regarding urban sketching techniques and water coloring. Simo Capecchi has a PHD in sketching and is known for her water coloring and sketches throughout Italy and the Urban Sketching community worldwide.
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Examples of photography while studying abroad in Italy. Locations: Germany, Italy, and London.
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