PORTFOLIO Elena Smirnova
EDUCATION Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA M.Arch, Graduate School 2014 – 2017
Moscow Institute of Architecture, Moscow, Russia Bachelor degree in Architecture 2010 – 2014
Barcelona Institute of Architecture, Barcelona, Spain International Spring School, City and Society in the Post-Industrial Glocal Age April, 2011 – May, 2011
PUBLICATIONS
EXHIBITIONS
InProcess 22, 2017 Published in Pratt Institute’s InProcess 22 Design Studio 4
Green Week Exhibition, Pratt, NY, USA, 2017 Cromwell’s Creek / Multi-functional complex in the Bronx
InProcess 21, 2016 Published in Pratt Institute’s InProcess 21 Design Studio 2 + Computer Media I
ASA EXPO 2017, Bangkok, Thailand, 2017 ‘Reconsidering Dwelling’ HOME-LY International competition / short-listed entry
SKILLS COMPUTER
LANGUAGES
Rhino Revit ArchiCAD AutoCAD Vectorworks SketchUp Maya Maxwell V-Ray
Russian English
OTHER Drawing Photography Modeling
Photoshop Illustrator InDesign AfterEffects MS Office
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native fluent
WORK EXPERIENCE BĂźroNY, Brooklyn, NY, USA
www.burony.com Reference: Gisela Baurmann gisela@burony.com
Architectural Intern Projects: Townhouse extensions, Interior design, Museum Competiton: - participated in all phases of the design and construction process. - 3D visualization, conceptual diagrams - prepared drawing sets for DOB and LPC - participated in pre-construction, pre-installation, and regular progress meetings with the design team, clients, consultants January, 2017 - May, 2017 Summer 2016
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CAZA, Brooklyn, NY, USA
www.cazarch.com Reference: Libo Li libo@cazarch.com
Architectural Intern Projects: Baler Hospital, City Center Tower - along with a team developed a range of materials such as preliminary plans and conceptual diagrams for presentation to the client - built and printed 3D Models summer 2015
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Sergey Skuratov Architects Company, Moscow, Russia www.skuratov-arch.ru Reference: Angelica Gorobets gorobets@skuratov-arch.ru
Junior Architect Projects: Garden Quarters Residential Complex, Private Country House - prepared technical and approval drawings
March, 2013 – August, 2014
OTHER RAD K-13 / Rising Architects and Designers program Brooklyn, NY, USA, 2016 Volunteering for Citizen Schools program
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TABLE OF CONTENTS ACADEMIC PROJECTS Housing in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Fall 2015 | Critic: James Slade
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Cromwell’s Creek, Bronx Fall 2016 | Critic: Meta Brunzema
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Primary School and International Media Center Spring 2015 | Critic: Gisela Baurmann
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Residential Project Spring 2014 | Critics: Vladimir Kiselev, Nadejda Voskresenskaya
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COMPETITIONS Polycultural Campus | Home-ly International Competition
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Red Square Pavilion | naturecity International competition
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Clip-ON | Library International Competition
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WORK EXPERIENCE Residential Project | Garden Quarters 2013-2014 | Sergey Skuratov Architects
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Residential Projects in Brooklyn 2015-2017 | BüroNY
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OTHER Elemental Studies
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Drawings
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HOUSING IN BAY RIDGE, BROOKLYN Fall 2015 | STUDIO 3 | Critic: James Slade Daily route through the residential spaces as a set of experiences, based on lighting, natural and textural conditions. DAILY ROUTE
open field
deep forest
summer
autumn
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SPACES STUDIES collage The house that inspires to feel. The project embraces the idea of the housing infilled with the gradients of different spatial conditions: from dark to light, from water to dessert, from forest to field, from day to night, from spring to fall etc.
yoga
open sunrise-sunset-air
cafe
close forest-shadow-nest
ground water-fog-cave
swimming pool
RESIDENTIAL UNITS wrapped by different spaces
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ELEMENTAL STUDIES: LIGHT/TEXTURE/MATERIAL CONTINUATION: inside / outside
PRIVACY: close / open
GROUND LEVEL: underground / ground / above ground
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PLAN It starts with the living unit - the apartment. All apartments face east (sunrise) and west (sunset), neighborhood (public) and inner terraces (private). The route from the apartment to the entrance leads through several experiences: Japanese gardens, water pool, lawns, wooden decks, rocky amphitheaters and narrow bridges between trees.
UNIT EAST-WEST
UNIT GARDEN 9
SPATIAL SECTION
SECTION_NATURE-FUNCTION
SECTION_NATURE-FUNCTION
underground underground part.ing,storage part.ing,storage
MATERIAL MOOD MATERIAL MOOD wnkeup wnkeup
brookfast brookfast
meditation meditation
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meditation meditation
rooftop -public space
rooftop -public space
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PANORAMIC VIEW Public level GROUND-SKY transition The Tower is detached from all other activities with the water pool. Infilled with the amenities, the route from the ground to the sky gets more open and quiet with each floor.
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PLAN
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PANORAMIC VIEW Residential level GROUND-SKY transition
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Cromwell’s Creek Fall 2016 | STUDIO 5 | Critic: Meta Brunzema - Creek as a connection space within the community / as a void that can be infilled with new activities / as a constantly evolving, floating, and adaptable process rather than a static, finished object. - The “creek” floats through space on all levels and plays the role of a bridge between different activities.
PROGRAM DIAGRAM | SECTIONS
PROGRAM DIAGRAM
creek: possibilities for the growth adoptable space
WEEKDAYS: - coworking spaces (isolation) - renable offices - bike’s parking lots - lunch zones
BASIC
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A century ago Cromwell’s Creek in the Bronx formed many activities for the surroundings: it gave the place for leisure and for work: nice shady corners for picnics, gardens, zones for manufacturing and production were located along its banks. The new multifunctional complex is designed around public zone “Creek” that goes through the whole project. As the river served different needs and it’s bank’s could be adjusted due to different needs - with the sand dunes, decks, bridges, the same way this public zone is the constantly modifying space, that can be modified with steps, furniture, movable walls and partitions, flower beds and shelves.
SPECIAL OCCASION’S EXPANSION:
WEEKEND: - bridges - stairs - family time - performance stage - neighborhood markets - outdoor theater
- ice rink (winter) - holidays - farmer markets - flee merkets - exhibitions, seminars (combined spaces)
GROWTH I WEEK DAYS WEEKENDS
GROWTH II
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PERSPECTIVE VIEW
SECTION 1-1
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GROUND FLOOR Plan
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20'-0"
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20'-0"
O Public Amenities -12'-0"
20'-0"
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Ground Floor
20'-0"
0'-0"
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Public Zone
20'-0"
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PRIMARY SCHOOL AND INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CENTER Spring 2015 | STUDIO 2 | Critic: Gisela Baurmann Conceptual approach is based on Frei Otto’s experiments
Frei Otto | form-finding thread models
“The analogue model finds the minimal path system, that is, the system connects a distributed set of given points, thus the overall length of the path system is minimised. Each point is reached but there is a considerable imposition of detours between some pairs of points. The system is a tree (branching system) without any redundant connections.” Frei Otto, Apparatus for computing minimal path systems, Institute for Lightweight Structures (ILEK), Stuttgart, 1988
Experimental project based on the connections that occur within the primary school. Where is the boundary between individual / small group and public activities? The classes (nests) are semi enclosed spaces can be combined with other classes or activities. Teachers and student are encouraged to explore the possibility of connections between class rooms and art classes, labs and so on. The design allows to use the space separately or to combine several rooms into one.
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TREAD MODELS Experiments | Analysis Possible connections between nodes and cross-sections.
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SITE ANALYSIS Demographics of New York City
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SITE ANALYSIS International centers and Tourist attractions
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SITE ANALYSIS Activities for children
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SITE ANALYSIS Transportation - Public routes
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FLOOD RESEARCH Flood diagrams | Hurricane Sandy 2012
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PROGRAM DIAGRAM Circulation continuously wraps around all program units: classrooms, auditoriums and recreational facilities.
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SKETCHES Intersections | Connections | Spaces
TREAD MODELS Close-up photo
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SKETCHES Classroom | Nest Form-finding process of two interconnected spaces.
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PHYSICAL MODEL | 3D PRINT Classroom | Nest
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PHYSICAL MODEL | 3D PRINT Connections between classrooms
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PHYSICAL MODEL | 3D PRINT On site
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FIRST FLOOR Plan | 3D models
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SECOND FLOOR Plan | 3D models
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PANORAMIC VIEWS From the Battery Park | From the Staten Island Ferry
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RESIDENTIAL PROJECT Spring 2014 | Critics: Vladimir Kiselev, Nadejda Voskresenskaya Modular housing system
Housing project based on the modular system. Units split into private and public categories. Each residential element - tower / bar / arch are formed from a combination of different units. The circulation nodes work as a link that holds all elements together.
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MODULES Elements | Combinations
Housing
Residential facilities: halls/auditoriums/ party spaces
Green zones
Public facilities: stores/sport/ beauty
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PANORAMIC VIEWS
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TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL LEVEL Plan
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LIVING MODULES 3D Models
2 bedrooms apartments
1 bedroom apartments
Living units
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POLYCULTURAL CAMPUS International competition Textures of memories
The project is aiming to create a poly-cultural zone on the campus territory* where students from different towns and countries could experience the connection with their homeland and study other’s cultures through the traditional crafts and arts. *This model could be applied to any diverse community - school, neighborhood, district, town. C R A F T - L A Y E R S The term craft is used to describe the specific decorative or utilitarian art that was traditional in someone’s house / family / town. Students from different lands could bring their “artifacts” that illustrate their home-idea: - tiles, pieces of fabrics, wooden panels, paintings, plates, books, shelves, rocks etc. It is also possible to create something on-site with the use of traditional stock and vernacular techniques: - painted patterns, tailoring, modeling, origami, welding, mosaics, knitting, color palettes etc. This constantly updated public place with the collection of private home-idea layers H O M E
L A Y O U T
There aren’t any particular divisions on different cultural zones, the campus is divided by functions. As a real home, it consists of usual areas: - Kitchen: cafeterias with the national cuisine and cooking classes food festivals - Living rooms: for the national music classes and performances, traditional holidays celebration, international fairs, table games, movie theater, and traditional theater stage - Home offices: the place where shops and studios located (wood, metal, modeling), handicraft stores, museums (opportunities for the apprenticeship for the art students) - Library: with the foreign languages books and language classes - Bedrooms: semi-private zones for the meeting with friends
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SPATIAL DIAGRAM
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RED SQUARE PAVILION | NATURECITY International competition Endless combinations
Simple starting kit of units - as the atoms from which anything could be built In the middle of megapolis they represent the natural elements:
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DESIGN CONCEPT Combinations | Prototypes
tree
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LIGHTING CONCEPT Northern lights
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3D VIEW
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CLIP-ON LIBRARY Little free library Design Competition / along with Ok Bun Lee Library that could be easily installed in public spaces.
Section B
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Section A Section A
9.25
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PLAN
PERSPECTIVE VIEW (OPTION)
A single piece of steam pressed plywood finished with an oak veneer
Built-in LED lighting strip Book Stand 0.75
Built-in lighting strippressed plywood A singleLED piece of steam finished with an oak veneer
A single piece of steam pressed plywood finished with an oak veneer A singleLED piece of steam Built-in lighting strip pressed plywood finished with Book Stand an oak veneer
Plan Level Small books under H:9”
Typical bench (parks, bus stops) Typical bench (parks, bus stops)
SECTION A
SECTION B
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0.75 4.00 0.75 0.75 4.009.00 0.75
Plan Level
Oversize books Small books under H:9”
0.75 9.00
0.75 12.00
Seasonal greenery Plexiglass Oversize books door Sliding plexiglass Seasonal greenery
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Areas for bookmarks and flyers Plexiglass Areas for bookmarks Sliding plexiglass doorand flyers
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0.75 12.00 6.00 0.75 0.75 6.00
Built-in LED lighting strip
Clip-On library is made of one single piece of steam-pressed plywood. Curves make natural pockets to be filled in with books and magazines. The shelves are enclosed with the translucent glass panels. Linear LED-lighting is wrapping the whole element, going in and out - bringing the light in the glass boxes and illuminating the bench at the same time.
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WORK EXPERIENCE | GARDEN QUARTERS 2013-2014 | Sergey Skuratov Architects Preparation of the detailed assembly drawings for on-site production
Image courtesy of A. Gorobets
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Building 3.4 First floor | Plan
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Buildings 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 3D Model
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Building 3.6 Elevation
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WORK EXPERIENCE | GREEN HOUSE AND ROOFTOP ADDITION 2015-2016 | BüroNY Drawings, diagrams, sketches, 3D modeling, renderings
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KEY
4'-9"
4'-0"
10'-3 1/2"
UP 8'-5 1/2"
4'-2 3/4"
REAR YARD - 2'-2 1/2"
9"
FLOWER BED
- 0' 9 1/2"
~4'x2' BLUESTONE PAVERS AND REUSE EXISTING
NEW SLIDING DOOR
7" 2"
NEW RETAINING WALL CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE OR CMU W. BLUESTONE FACING
STRUCTURAL STEEL POSTS
NEW STRUCTURAL WALL 6" CMU W. SHEET METAL FACING 4" RIGID INTERIOR INSULATION PLASTER BOARD FINISH
22'-0"
20'-5"
3" 4'-2 3/4"
7'-8 3/4" 4"
Recessed Shelf
8'-10 1/8"
New Built-in Wardrobe
DEN
A
NEW STEEL STAIRCASE SIDE STRINGERS OPEN TREADS METAL GRATING
NEW SLIDING DOOR
3'-6"
3'-3" 4'-2 3/4"
6'-6"
2'-0"
4"
EXERCISE ROOM SD
21'-0"
- 2'-1/2"
3'-4 1/2"1/2"
BASEMENT
8'-5 1/2"
9'-11 3/4"
A
8'-8"
4'-2 3/4"
2" 7" 1"
STRUCTURAL STEEL POSTS
PROPERTY LINE
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BASEMENT - NEW CONSTRUCTION PLAN
REAR PROPERTY LINE
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ALL DIMENS TO BE VERI ON SITE
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First Floor Plan_Proposed SCALE 1/4"=1'-0"
DRAWING TITLE:
BASEMENT PROPOSED
SCOPE OF WORK: CONSTRUCTION OF 104.5 SF (4' 9" x 22' x 9') HORIZONTAL EXTENSION OF BASEMENT FLOOR WITH METAL DECK ON THE ROOF (PARLOR LEVEL) AND STEEL STEPS WITH OPEN TREADS THAT REPLACE THE FIRE ESCAPE LEADING INTO REAR YARD
SCALE:
1/4"=1'-0" DATE: 2016.09.27
KEY
2016.03.11
PARTITION TYPES
PROJ. NO.
1_001
LEGEND
CONSTRUCTION TO BE DEMOLISHED
4'-9"
NEW PARTITION PER DETAIL
30'-0" to Rear property line 8'-9"
4'-9"
NEW 2 HOUR RATED PARTITION PER DETAIL EXISTING PARTITION TO REMAIN
26'0" to Rear property line 4'-0"
4'-4 1/4"
EXISTING DOOR TO REMAIN
5'-1 3/4"
11'-7"
NEW DOOR
9'-4 1/4"
NEW SCONCE NEW EXTERIOR SCONCE
E
SD
3'-6"
≥ 5"
NEW METAL DECK:
FIRST FLOOR
± 6'-9 1/2"
6" LUMBER SLOPED, SPACED AT 8", BLOCKING
8 1/2"
CEILING: SHEETROCK
1 1/2"
OPEN DECK ON STEEL BEAMS GUTTER TO CONNECT TO DOWN LEADER
PLASTER BOARD FINISH
7 1/2 x 3 1/2" LVL
STRUCTURAL STEEL PROFILE 8"X3" AS PER STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS
9 1/2 x 5 1/4" LVL
8'-2"
9'-0"
NEW BEAMS AS PER STRUCTURAL DRAWINGS
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SMOKE & CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR HARDWIRED RECESSED LIGHT FIXTURE
METAL GRATING 1" SLEEPERS 1 1/2" SLOPE WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE 3/4" PLYWOOD SHEETING FRONT: 9 1/2 x 5 1/4" LVL WITH 3" POST REAR WALL FASCIA: 7 1/2 x 3 1/2" LVL ROOF: 6" LUMBER, MINERAL WOOL, 2x4" CUTOUT DRAIN
ALL DIMENSIONS TO BE VERIFIED ON SITE
NEW ALUMINUM AND GLASS FACADE EXTENSION EXERCISE ROOM
STUDY
3'-6"
NT
- Participated in pre-construction, pre-installation, and regular progress meetings with the design team, clients, consultants - Reviewed local, state, and federal codes for changes that may impact design and construction
2 SLIDING DOORS 1 TILT AND TURN WINDOW
DRAWING TITLE:
EXISTING GROUND BACKYARD TO BE EXCAVATED
BASEMENT -2'-1/2" GUTTER TO SPILL INTO OPEN DRAIN AND CONNECT TO EXISTING HOUSE STORM
SECTION AA - EXTENSION
DRAINAGE MAT RIGID INSULATION
GRAVEL IN FABRIC FILTER
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TERRACE / REAR YARD -2'-2 1/2"
SECTION AA EXTENSION
SCALE:
1/2"=1'-0" DATE:
2016.09.25
2016.02.24 PROJ. NO.
1_001
A-203
WORK EXPERIENCE | GREEN HOUSE AND ROOFTOP ADDITION 2015-2016 | BüroNY Preparation of the detailed assembly drawings for DOB, 3D modeling, renderings
KEY LEGEND CONSTRUCTION TO BE DEMOLISHED NEW PARTITION PER DETAIL NEW 2 HOUR RATED PARTITION PER DETAIL
15'-0" 6'-0"
28'-8"
6'-0"
EXISTING PARTITION TO REMAIN
3'-0"
9'-0"
CABINETRY TO BE DEMOLISHED
EXISTING DOOR TO REMAIN
DOOR AND CASING TO BE REMOVED
NEW ROOF HIGHEST POINT 45'-11 1/2"
3'-5"
NEW CHIMNEY IN EXISTING FLUE
NEW DOOR
3'-6"
8'-1"
7'-0"
1'-0"
3'-1"
F
SD
VENT SMOKE DETECTOR
1'-0"
FOURTH FLOOR ADDITION 35'-11 1/2"
NEW AC UNIT
SMOKE & CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR HARDWIRED RECESSED LIGHT FIXTURE
3'-0"
EXISTING PARAPET WALL
10'-0"
11'-0"
CEILING MOUNTED LIGHT FIXTURE
SD
STEEL FASTENING
RECREATION ROOM 580 SF
THIRD FLOOR
THIRD FLOOR
51'-6"
21'-10 1/2"
13'-0" 40'-6"
SECOND FLOOR 3'-6"
SECOND FLOOR 11'-3"
DEPARTMENT OF BUILDIN SUBMISSION
2'-0" 13'-10" REAR YARD -4'-6"
7'-7"
4'-6"
5'-7 1/4"
FIRST (PARLOR) FLOOR 0"
BASEMENT
BASEMENT
-8'-9"
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SECTION A-A - PROPOSED
Section A-A_Proposed
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SECTION A-A_PROPOSED SCALE:
3/16"=1'-0" DATE:
2017.06.16
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PROJ. NO.
1_001
A-205.0
- Prepared set of drawings for DOB and LPC - Prepared drawings, 3D models and renders for the client review. Selected furniture, fixtures, and equipment - Communicated with manufacturers, prepared schedules, and cost of work estimates
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ELEMENTAL STUDIES: LIGHT/TEXTURE/MATERIAL 2015
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DRAWINGS 2012-2017
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Elena Smirnova esmirnova.arch@gmail.com 347.530.7354 el-ova.com 175 Quincy street, 4 Brooklyn, NY 11216