Work Sample Kemuel Peña
“Modern design is a balance between art and science, along with the simultaneous action of replacing complicate ideas for complex ones.” Kemuel Peña
INWOOD PARK TOWER New York, NY Inwood Park is the northern gate to Manhattan. This tower serve as an iconic structure welcoming people into the city and helping relieve some of the housing needs in this area. Also I see this park as been a bit underused so the additional program will add more life to this area of the park. The design is a parametric tower that mimic the fluidity of the river. In addition, the tower divide itself to provide views, air, and light to the inner tower. The tower view from different angles provides a new revelation of movement as it serve as an iconic piece for northern NYC.
CENTRAL, CHURCH OF GOD Newburgh, NY Renovation of a former gun range. The renovation was a 12,000 sq. ft. project with a very limited budget. I serve as the only professional designer for the project in charge of all design and submissions. I also represented the church before the building department and zoning board.
Schematic design of possible allocation of activities for the outside. The building host a daycare, bible school for children and adults as well as many community programs for adults and youth. The floor plan needed to accommodate the sanctuary, classrooms, large multipurpose lobby area, kitchen and administrative offices. The final design counted with a 450 seat sanctuary, 5 classrooms, Audiovisual room, 5 offices, conference room and a kitchen.
OFFICE BUILDING Upstate, NY This project show a simple one story office building with a quite design that uses day lighing as maain ilumination source.
Upstate office interior day rendering
In the night rendeing we can see how the building feels open even at night.
Upstate office interior night rendering
AQUAPONIC CENTER Detroit, MI The project houses a aquaponic center along with an aquarium. This large building opens to welcome visitors and the sun hoping to create an ecosystem good for healthy live growth.
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