ACADEMIC
WORKS
Project development by Karisma Dev and Felix D. Samo under the direction of Greg Corso, Kyle Miller, and Daniele Profeta Employing fine dining as a vehicle for research and design, this thesis explores the relationship between food and architecture. We accept fine dining as the ultimate intentional convergence of food and architecture, intended to create an experience that stimulates the senses while executing the principles of gastronomy; gastronomy here is defined as a study of the relationship between food and culture and the practice of producing, preparing and consuming high quality food. Our research focuses on an array of dining and food spaces and the processes through which they are created and defined, placing particular importance on space, form, and aesthetics and how these facets mobilize and manage behavioral dependencies on latent infrastructures and ritualistic patterns. We are executing small scale analyses including object studies, examining the effects of environmental manipulations and collaborating with different culinarians to dismantle and challenge both traditional and unconventional rules and practices of consumption. The project will ultimately be presented as a fully curated and executed dining experience in which a series of interventions that exaggerate or undermine the attributes of consumption will be tested. Additional information at: kafeco.wixsite.com.
Previous Page: Series of functional objects that speculate on the manipulation of human behavior. Far left, top to bottom: Deatil of dinnerware models; Representation of the dining table to; Representation of the dining table to speculate on the conditions of discomfort. Far right, reading clockwise: Video still illustrating forced social interaction between diners; Use of the Absoptive Dessert Plate; Consumer at the Lock-In Table. Models completed by Karisma Dev and Felix D. Samo.
Far left: Diner easily moving the Posture Chair,. Far right, reading clockwise: Diner attempting to lift the Heavy Soup Bowl; Dining totem exploring the relations between human cognitive recognition and common dining forms and figures. Models completed by Karisma Dev and Felix D. Samo.
340 VANDERBILT 9837 BELMONT AVE. STREET
Project development by Karisma Dev under the direction of Florian Idenburg and Karilyn Johannsen. In a studio led by co-founder of SO-IL, Florian Idenburg, the current development site of 340 Vanderbilt Avenure, located in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, was used as a site for speculative study. for a blackbox theatre and artists residences. In collaboration with SOHO Rep, a communitybased repetory theatre company, this project proposal tackles issues of waste in the theatre production industry by creating a catalog for a second-life to take place. By displaying objects, in the form of props and stage sets, along the main facades of the theatre, those passing by are made aware of the vast quantities of waste accumulated, while simultanesouly being prompted to contribute to the reuse of objects. The formal strategies of this project implement a system of private versus public functionst that can be found within living and performing (aptly addressed as the acts of living and performing). By categorizing the certain programs along a spectrum, a campus of buildings has been created within this site to allow for maximum public engagement when found to be fit and appropriate, while also providing creating freedom in the form of resulting yards of performance.
Previous Page: Model image of the main staircase. Far Left (reading clockwise from top left corner): Close up model images; Model documentation set up; Theatre space of the model. Models designed and built by Karisma Dev.
PRIVATE
PERFORMING
CATALOGING
BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN: BLACK BOX THEATRE
LIVING
GROUND FLOOR PLAN LOBBY
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1’ : 3/32”
1’ : 3/32” N
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+5’
+5’
+5’
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Far Left (reading clockwise from top left corner): Ground floor plan; Section; Overall sectional model model; Conceptual diagram. Models designed and built by Karisma Dev.
+5’
B
A
SECTION AA 1’ : 3/32”
Final project completed by Karisma Dev, Anna Korneeva and Andres Feng under the direction of Fei Wang. Located in Xiong’an, China, this kindergartensenior center strives to enhance the interaction between the distinct age groups to serve the behaviors and needs of each. This project is formally divided into three sections: the existing structures - previously housing units; the top path which serves as a playground and open space for kindergarteners and seniors to explore a safe, elevated environment in which they cannot get lost; and the objects that interject themselves between the existing infrastructure and the path. Interaction is promoted between the two groups and the methods of connection are prevalent on a variety of scales (i.e. staircases that connect the ground floor to the second floor; mutual floors that are shared between the objects and the path; etc.). The path remains private through the highlighted modes of transportation. Additionally, each program within the bounds of the project alludes to the surrouding programs at smaller, more refined scales. The offered programs are rooted in the need-based condition of Xiong’an. A new city with decreasing levels of childbirth, decreasing overall population levels and the annually increasing price of education, this center focuses on the functionality of an allinclusive learning environment. Addressing the use of a range of senses (materiality, colors, format of programs), children and seniors alike can feel safe in a fun and playful learning environment.
Previous Page: Exploded plan axonometric of the project within context. Top left to right, top to bottom: Program diagrams. Bottom left to right: Perspective within the Gymnasium; Perspective within the Library with a view of the interjecting elevated path; Perspective within the Auditorium and through the ramp; Perspective within the Library with a view of the interjecting elevated path. Diagrams completed by Karisma Dev; perspectives completed by Karisma Dev & Anna Korneeva.
Previous Page: drawing.
Oblique
Far left: Detailed section of the gymnasium. Far right, reading clockwise: Final proposal structural model illustrating the each object (color coded), existing buildings (white), and the interjecting path. Oblique completed bby Karisma Dev; Detailed section completed by Karisma Dev; model completed by Karisma Dev & Andres Feng.
Final project completed by Karisma Dev and Felix D. Samo during the Syracuse University Florence Program for the School of Architecture under the direction of David Shanks. This project explores the multiple functions of Le Murate, a public housing and cultural space converted from a prison located in Florence, Italy. Addressing the socio-environmental needs that have become increasingly evident since the Florence Flood of 1966, this project serves as a water-retention basin during the wet season to host excess rainwater runoff from the surrounding Tuscan Mountains. During the dry season, the trenches become recreational spaces for social activities (including a playground, skatepark, garden, pool-top cafe and amphitheatre). A particular interest was paid to the manners by which materiality and spatial organization could act as datums for changing environmental conditions, such as the calcification lines created from sitting water on the black marble of the trenches, rusting of the weathered-steel arch walls, and the formation of isolated piazzas defined by wells containing floating flags that register the groundwater levels and serve as community markers for the current conditions. Throughout this project’s development, a large amount of research was conducted about the timeline of spaces, materials and the people’s needs.
Previous Page: Exploded isometric. Far left, reading top to bottom: Section through a ground-water well and flooded trench; Site plan. Far right: Iterative models exploring the groundwater wells and arch walls with covers. Drawings and model completed by Karisma Dev & Felix D. Samo.
Far left: Details of the final proposal model. Far right, top to bottom: Exploded isometric illustrating the varied uses. Drawings and model completed by Karisma Dev & Felix D. Samo.
Far left: Perspective in the amphitheatre. Far right: Persepctive showing the skatepark flooded. Perspectives completed by Karisma Dev & Felix D. Samo.
STAGES OF USE
SEC
Exploratory studio project completed Karisma Dev, Felix Samo & Nusaibah Khan under the direction of Dillon Pranger & Caroline O’Donnell. Utilizing America’s favorite snack’s packaging, CHIPTONITE repurposes the deceptively minimal, and non-recyclable plastic-aluminum composite of chip bags. Composed of several layers of different types of resin-plastic and aluminum films, each layer is heat pressed and laminated onto one another, making them as close to being a singular material as possible. Compositionally operating as an excellent thermal, moisture and air barrier, this material is incredibly strong and pliable, making it easy to open and resistant to any superficial damage. Cheap raw materials and production processes, as well as easy availability, create an abundance of construction material waiting to be utilized.
HOW
This pavilion is a response to the City of Dreams design competition which takes place at Roosevelt Park in New York City, NY.
RA
ISOMETRIC
Previous Page: Study model of the chip-bag blanket being folded, stacked and unfolded.
Far left, top to bottom: Full scale model being unfolded; Site isometric. Far right, top to bottom: Perspective from the eastern edge of the park; Perspective within the pavilion. Models completed by Karisma Dev & Felix Samo; drawings completed by Karisma Dev, Felix Samo & Nusaibah Khan.
HOW IT’S MADE TRANSPORTATION
HOT LAMINATION
HOW IT’S MADE
VERTICAL FORM-FILL SEAL MACHINE
TRANSPORTATION
TRANSPORTATION & DISTRIBUTION
HOTMATERIAL LAMINATION RAW EXTRACTION
Top to bottom: Project site section with vignettes of potential activities happening within; Illustrated life-cycle assessment, describing the beneficial approach of the regenerative design of the chip-bag blanket into a building unit.
WASTE COLLECTION
VERTICAL FORM-FILL SEAL MACHINE ISONOMER RESIN ALUMINUM
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POLYPROPYLENE POLYETHYLENE
CONSUMER WASTE
TRANSPORTATION & DISTRIBUTION
INCINERATION
BLANKET ASSEMBLY 2-PLY LAYERING OF UPCYCLED CHIP-BAGS INTO A STANDARD TWIN-SIZED BLANKET UTILIZING 96 CHIP BAGS
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COMPACTED BLANKET WITH JOINTS THAT PROVIDE STRUCTURAL STABILITY
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COLLECTION & WASHING
INCINERATION
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2-PLY LAYERING OF UPCYCLED CHIP-BAGS INTO A STANDARD TWIN-SIZED BLANKET UTILIZING 96 CHIP BAGS
PROCESS CAN BE COMPLETED AT A VARIETY OF SCALES, RANGING FROM DOMESTIC TO COMMERCIAL
TRANSPORTATION
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COMPACTED BLANKET WITH JOINTS THAT PROVIDE STRUCTURAL STABILITY
HOT LAMINATION
COLLECTION & WASHING
COLUMN
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BLANKET ASSEMBLY
MODULES STAKED AS A COLUMN FOR THE USE IN THE PAVILION - STACKING QUANTITY IS ARBITRARY (1-2 CAN BE USED AS A SEAT)
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ACADEMIC
DOMESTIC PLAYGROUND
Project development by Karisma Dev under the direction of Katharina Kral. Domestic Playground attempts to address the issues surrounding the lack of efficient housing that focuses on issues of mental and physical health for ossupants. This project posits that by analyzing natural movements of the human body and actively incorporating design decisions that address potential cognitive responses through a basic understanding of the functions of living within the domestic realm, we can create a playground for design to address notions of physical and mental health. By inherently embedding notions of sustainability through conservative allocations of spaces, allocating soft, hard and flexible programs and strategically extending the usable lifespans of spaces, healthy affordable housing can become actively more achievable for a wider audience of inhabitants. The construction strategies for this project explored the implementation of mass timber as a solution to sustainable construction and material processes.
Previous page: axonometric.
Exploded
Far top left, reading clockwise: Perspective of the site; Second floor plan showing all unit types; Longitudinal section; Diagrams outlining an analysis of the occupants bodily movements and speculative programmatic assemblies; Study models of a 1-bedroom unit; Interior perspectives of kitchen and bedroom. Drawings and models produced by Karisma Dev.
LIVING STANDING
COOKING
EATING
WORKING - LARGE
WORKING - SMALL
WORKING
RESTROOM USE
WASHING
MEDITATING
SLEEPING
DRESSING EATING/COOKING
WASHING EXTERIOR VIEWING - SMALL
LOUNGING
DOMESTIC BODY MOVEMENTS
SITTING
EXTERIOR VIEWING - LARGE
STRETCHING
PROGRAM ASSEMBLIES
SLEEPING
INDEPENDENT
WORKS
Competition project completed by Karisma Dev and Felix Samo. Nestled in the southern end of Bacoli, Museo Mirabilis is a contemporary art space that celebrates the history of the cistern and provides a platform for community and public engagement. While the project focuses on rehabilitating the cistern’s standing structure, it also begins to reimagine familiar forms and materials to create spaces within the museum and bring them to a contemporary state. Arches and water are thus continuously redefined to create a series of elements that are reintroduced to inhabit the project, define programs and establish a clear circulation path. The museum begins at the street level, where the narrow entry and nondescript exterior have been renovated to become a clear, unobstructed invitation. While the project’s footprint remains unaltered, the existing void and access to the roof terrace have been removed to free the main extrusion and allow the same to be sliced by glass panels echoing the interior geometries and to permit natural light and visibility into the project.
Previous Page: Perspective within the bookshop. Top to bottom, left to right: Longitudinal section; Floor plan illustrating a clear path of movement from the entrance at the top left corner to the exit at the bottom right corner; Perspective through open gallery; Perspective at ticket counter throuh to offices; Site plan. Drawings completed by Karisma Dev & Felix D. Samo.
POLYTECHNIQUE ENVIRONMENTAL, INC.
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Professional work projects completed by Karisma Dev & Felix D. Samo. A major client for Karisma Dev & Felix Samo, Polytechnique Environmental, Inc., an environmental engineering firm located in Los Angeles, California has provided opportunties for architectural and extra-architectural work to be completed. Early projects included creating a branding language and marketing platform for the company to establish means and methods of client outreach, public interface and standardize documentation formats. A major aspect of this project included the development of an active website, graphics for proposals and branding. Through on-going involvement with Polytechnique Environmental, Inc,. Karisma & Felix are able to apply their credentials as project managers, and complete and lead projects in sustainability driven by their knowledge aquired as Envision Specialists (ENV SP) and LEED Green Associates. Additional information at: polytechenv.com.
Previous Page: Logo developed for Polytechnique Environmental, Inc. Far left: Still images of the website developed for Polytechniqe Environmental, Inc.. Far right, reading clockwise: Ground floor plan; Details; Elevations for office renovation.
METAL COPING
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AA-301
AA-302
AA-301
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3 AA-201
1 AA-302
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4
STUCCO (SMOOTH FINISH)
8’-0”
7’- 8 1/2”
THIN BRICK VENEER
4”
6”
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1
2
5
2-HR RATED DRYWALL
BATT INSULATION
BATT INSULATION
SELF-FURRING METAL
EXISTING 2X4 WOO STUD BEHIND
CEMENT PLASTER BASE COAT
3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING
SELF-FURRING METAL
MORTAR
ADHERING MORTAR
METAL LATH & CEMENT SCRATCH COAT
STUCCO (SMOOTH FINISH)
CEMENT PLASTER BASE COAT 16’ - 2 3/8”
9’-2”
AIR/WATER BARRIER
EXISTING 2X4 WOOD STUD BEHIND
NOTES:
3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING
WATERPROOFING
1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHI
110
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111
RIGID INSULATION
RIGID INSULATION
WATERPROOFING
WATERPROOFING
1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING112
1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING
OUTDOOR STORAGE & TRASH 27 SF
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10’-10 3/4”
REAR ENTRANCE
109
EXTERIOR STORAGE CLOSET
108
1 EMPLOYEE RESTROOM 84 SF
5 AA-303
COPING AT PARAPET
106
2
SCALE: 1’= 3”
207
OWNER RESTROOM 40 SF
EXTERIOR WALL
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SCALE: 1’= 3”
23’- 10 3/4”
WOOD BLOCKING METAL COPING
6”
1
4”
TOP PLATE
AA-401
DRYWALL
OWNER OFFICE 185 SF
NEW 2X4 STUD BEHIND
TRASH
AIR/WATER BARRIER
3
BATT INSULATION
RECYCLING
DW
AA-303 206
THIN BRICK VENEER
BATT INSULATION
MORTAR EXISTING 2X4 WOOD STUD BEHIND
ADHERING MORTAR
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105
KITCHEN 178 SF
METAL LATH & CEMENTITIOUS SCRATCH COAT
AA-501 BOTTOM PLATE
BOOKSHELVES
3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING
WATERPROOFING
INTERIOR BRICK VENEER DIVIDING WALLEMPLOYEE OFFICE
1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING
93 SF
MINI FRIDGE MINI FRIDGE
205
FREEZER
5
104
DRAWING TITLE SCALE: 1’= 1 1/2”
19’- 11 1/2”
EXISTING TENANT SPACE
EMPLOYEE OFFICE 93 SF
EMPLOYEE WORKSPACE 504 SF
60 MIL TPO MEMBRANE
204
2 AA-501
ADENMOOR AVENUE
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AA-303
EXISTING JOIST
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BRICK
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2
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COPING AT FAUX EXTERIOR COLUMN SCALE: 1’= 3”
AA-201 1-HR FIRE RATED DRYWALL BATT INSULATION
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2.6” GAF ISO BOARD EXISTING ROOF
AA-303
103ASSEMBLY 2.6”
2X4 WOOD STUD
2.6”
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BATT INSULATION
203
1” AIR-SPACE
1-HR WALL (WITHOUT PENETRATIONS OR WIRING)
COPY/PRINT ROOM 58 SF
8 AA-501
1-HR FIRE RATED DRYWALL
19’- 8 1/2”
102
CONFERENCE ROOM 187 SF
ENTRANCE & LOUNGE 251 SF
7
2X4 WOOD STUD
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DRAWING TITLE
AA-303
SCALE: 1’= 3”
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DEMISING WALL DETAIL (OPTIONS)
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SCALE: 1’= 1 1/2”
PLAN SCALE:
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WOOD BLOCKING
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201
METAL COPING
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PLANTER
PLANTER
AIR/WATER BARRIER 39’- 11 3/4”
BATT INSULATION STUCCO (SMOOTH FINISH)
1 AA-201
BELMONT STREET
1
STUCCO (SMOOTH
CEMENT PLASTER BASE COAT
EXISTING 2X4 WOO STUD BEHIND
CEMENT PLASTER BA COAT
SELF-FURRING METAL
3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING
SELF-FURRING META
RIGID INSULATION
RIGID INSULATION
WATERPROOFING
WATERPROOFING
1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING
1/2” PLYWOOD SHEA
GROUND FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1’= 1/4”
CABLE SUPPORTS
16’-5”
2’-0”
1
7’-4 1/4”
CABLE SUPPORTS
COPING AT PARAPET
2
SCALE: 1’= 3”
EXTE SCALE:
EXISTING JOIST TOP PLATE
BATT INSULATION
16’-5”
2’-0”
DRYWALL
THIN BRICK VENEER MORTAR
NEW 2X4 STUD BEHIND
ADHERING MORTAR
1
SOUTH ELEVATION
7’-4 1/4”
METAL LATH & CEMENTIT SCRATCH COAT
9’-10 1/2”
BOTTOM PLATE INTERIOR BRICK VENEER DIVIDING WALL
1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHIN
SCALE: 1’= 1/4”
5
9’-10 1/2”
SOUTH ELEVATION
DRAWING TITLE
6
SCALE: 1’= 1 1/2”
COPI SCALE:
2
SCALE: 1’= 1/4”
AA-501
60 MIL TPO MEMBRANE
2.6”
2.6” GAF ISO BOARD EXISTING ROOF ASSEMBLY
2.6”
1
WATERPROOFING
1-HR WALL (WITHOUT PENETRATIONS OR WIRING)
4’-0”
7’-0”
2’-11 3/4”
7’-0”
7’-0”
7’-0”
7 4’-0”
7’-0”
2’-11 3/4”
7’-0”
7’-0”
7’-0”
DRAWING TITLE SCALE: 1’= 3”
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DEMI SCALE:
CRAFT + RUIN
Semester-long project completed by Karisma Dev, Felix D. Samo and Erick Abinader in the Syracuse University London Program for the School of Architecture under the direction of Anne Munly, Davide Sacconi, and Owen Watson This project dissected the construction process of the Royal Albert Hall in London, England and primarily looked at reconstructing it through the use of a single material (foam core). As a secondary portion of this systematic exploration, the ruination of the Hall concerned a reimagination of the site as a ruin, assigning a narrative and social infrastructures that were not necessarily plausible. With the concept of Ruin came a thorough study of the structure’s timeline and its urban environment, including the ways by which they may be reexamined for more productive spatial uses.
Previous Page: Perspective of an occupiable space imagined from a post-ruin point of view. Far left, reading clockwise: Detail of the truss system; The detachable truss system taken off of the base of the model; Detail of the entry box at the Southern entrance. Far right: Projective drawing of the ruined Royal Albert Hall. Projective drawing completed by Karisma Dev, Erick Abinader, and Felix D. Samo. Model completed by Karisma Dev, Felix D. Samo, Erick Abinader & Nitya Charugundla. Perspective completed by Karisma Dev.
BIOCOMPOSITE RESIN
Project development by Karisma Dev under the direction of Marta H.Wisniewska In an attempt to challenge wasteful material practices, the development of these biocomposite resins pose the question: how can we create a biodegradable, food-waste-based material that is environmentally friendly and as durable as resingbased products? As a direct replacement to resin, potato starch, a naturally derived adhesive created from boiling peeled potatoes proved to be a promising alternative. When mixed with the correct amount of vinegar, glycerin and water, and dried at a consistent temperature, a potato plastic can be created. Successful tests were run when mixing similar amounts of ground eggshells to the potato plastic as to the epoxy resin.
Previous page: Close up of a potato-resin and eggshell disk. Far top left, reading clockwise: Traditional heat-set resin with a low density of eggshells introduced, improving the structural integrity by 15%; Potato Plastic sheet at a single ply (one layer); Potato Plastic sheet as a double ply (two layers), demonstrating the inability of the organic plastic to bind to non-organic materials at the given heat settings; Traditional heat-set resin with a high density of eggshells introduced, improving the structural integrity by 25% - 30%, posing a high potential for building material developments (structural or envelope components). Material samples created and tested by Karisma Dev.
STUDIE INTERMEDIATE INTERMEDIATE
The following series of intermediate studies explore the varying scales of architectural applications through form, materiality and space. As the common practice of architecture addresses occupiable spaces and studies of reasonable scales, objects become interactive components that fill spaces. The addressment of craft, culture and ambiguity become much more prevalent through this branch of architectural speculation. Supplementarily, methods of drawing representation are also explored as a way to highlight the subtle prevalence that varying methods have on understanding for the author and viewer.
Left Page: Project completed by Karisma Dev under the direction of Aurelie Frolet Hybrid water typology collage of a cistern and nymphaeum. Located within Chiesa Santa Croce in Florence, Italy, this collage address the inevitably of flooding since 1966. Santa Croce is one of the most susceptible points to high levels of flooding, as it also retains most of the overflow water from the Arno River as well as rainwater run-off. This collage speculates on open flooding. Right: Project completed by the ARC 500: The Slippery Floor class under the direction of Bejamin Vanmuysen, the 20192020 Harry der Boghosian fellow. As a culmination to this course, the class collectively explored and executed methods by which exhibition design could both interact with and entice the user through the conflicting ends of architecture: under-design and over-design. Through nuanced decisions (such as the intricately designed corian floor juxtaposed against the simple MDF flooring), the many spatial contradictions thoughfully executed to make the user hyper-aware of the environment’s degree of design. For more information: https:// soa.syr.edu/calendar/#!view/ event/date/20201009/event_ id/814
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