Lisa Knust | Graduate Design Portfolio

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the seamless LISA KNUST Architectural Portfolio Selected Works

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE a plan hybrid that merges a landscape aerial with a pre-19th century plan and 20th century plan and speculates on a dog-dominated world

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

04 FRAMED NATURES ACTIVATED AIR RIGHTS

12 DISCONTINUOUS CONTINUITY MUSEUM EXPANSION

22 MATTER, MAKING + TESTING CONCRETE FABRICATION

28 RESIDUAL LUMINOSITY TABULA RASA

36 PROLIFIC PROFILES ADAPTIVE REUSE

42 PROFESSIONAL WORK ARCHITECTURAL INTERNSHIPS

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FRAMED NATURES ACTIVATED AIR RIGHTS ARCH 602 Instructor, Nathan Hume Partner, Riley Engelberger Location, New York City Nominated, Pressing Matters 10

Situated in the Lower East Side of New York City, Framed Natures examines the issue of food waste and production through the implementation of a brewery that fuels a food bank pantry. The spent grain waste of the brewing process is a highly nutritious grain medium that can directly be reused in the production of bread related food products and meals, and directly distributed through the project’s food pantry or purchased in conjunction with the brewery.

This program works to negotiate the overarching themes of the project, namely the frame. Developed through a rigorous process of layering, a series of frames and subsequent frameworks are developed and either reinforced or eroded through the buildup of other mediums. This layering process develops a sense of veiling that carries throughout the entirety of the project, and through a consistent immersion in nature, the building works to dissolve boundaries of public and private, internal and external, and reinforces the idea of nature being a public commodity for all, a different approach from how nature is typically handled in built environments - where it is often relegated only to exterior, controlled spaces.

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ACTIVATING AIR RIGHTS

RETHINKING A PROFILE kahn hybrid drawing, above | perspective plan, right a drawing exercise hybridizing kahn’s castle plans offered a means of developing and establishing new ideas of poche, profile, and seaming; these methods were applied through plan to curate a new typology of space, blurring the seams between public and private zones and weaving together occupiable and nonoccupicable programmatic functions into one cohesive building system

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FRAMED NATURES

[ food pantry distribution counter ]

[ courtyard seating ]

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ACTIVATING AIR RIGHTS

barley / hops storage

fermentation lab

spent grain chute

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FRAMED NATURES

roof terrace grain kitchen beer hall

public roof garden

private dining room food pantry dining hall food pantry kitchen mashing facilities

public garden food pantry grab-and-go counter

NORFOLK SECTION hyper-layering to understand relationships between the frame, profile, and material veiling and seaming

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ACTIVATING AIR RIGHTS

THE DINER + THE SERVER both diners and servers of the brewery and food bank are immersed within a new type of nature in the city, seamless transitions of internal and external as they deliver or receive a beer or a spent grain dinner

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FRAMED NATURES

PHYSICAL MODEL developing depth of facade, build-up of material, and connection back to the frame materials | pla 3D prints hydro-dipped with spray paint, metal mesh, basswood strips, model moss, model sand

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DISCONTINUOUS CONTINUITY MUSEUM EXPANSION ARCH 501 Instructor, Daniel Markiewicz Location, Philadelphia Published, Pressing Matters 9

In re-imagining an archive extension to the Penn Museum, Disconnected Continuity looks at the potential of the “fourth wall” and completing the Stoner Courtyard. This fourth wall is established through a meeting of three points of extension, and guided by the three sets of program incorporated into the overall addition. The first extension comes from the east wing of the courtyard, expanding the current administration and education facilities present; the second is from the west, building upon preexisting gallery and exhibition space. The final wing emerges upward from underground, maximizing upon its untapped potential for secure, climate-controlled archive storage. Collectively, the result is a continuous and seamless loop around the courtyard, despite its appearance of disconnect above ground. This adds to the sense of slippage and suspense intended to promote framed views that conceal and reveal the existing museum dependent on the viewer’s position. While this slippage breaks the overall mass of the addition, the facade continues, an invisible thread that visually connects the three extensions into a cohesive whole. The expansion establishes a new gate to the Stoner Courtyard, highlighting the museum’s re-branding, while still paying homage to existing museum and its rich history.

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MUSEUM EXPANSION

UNDERGROUND, ABOVE GROUND choisy, above | aerial and , top right | level three plan, bottom right discontinuous continuity explores the curiosity of seams through a massing that above ground appears disjointed, but below ground reveals itself to be a seamless whole; comparison of an underground view to the more typical plan representation highlights this relationship and the way mass and program establish both these connections and moments of slippage

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DISCONTINUOUS CONTINUITY

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MUSEUM EXPANSION

administration offices

underground archive storage

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academic classrooms

archive cleaning + preservation lab

DISCONTINUOUS CONTINUITY

academic classrooms

public courtyard with sunken plazas

underground archive storage

archives offices

SOUTH STREET SECTION a break down of programmatic zones and their spatial relationships to one another and to the existing museum; additionally, this section illustrates the ways in which the underground archives can be viewed from the exterior courtyard

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MUSEUM EXPANSION

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DISCONTINUOUS CONTINUITY

PHYSICAL MODEL physical studies of mass, facade, and ground relationships through a build up a various mediums materials | pla 3D prints covered in laminated bristol, black paint, and wood veneer

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DISCONTINUOUS CONTINUITY

THE FOURTH WALL glimpses of stoner courtyard through the slipping seam work of the expansion

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MATTER, MAKING + TESTING CONCRETE FABRICATION ARCH 732 Instructor, Richard Garber Partners, Riley Engelberger, Lauren Hanson, Madison Tousaw In Collaboration, Northeast Precast

Precast concrete has helped to simply and expedite the construction process of many modern day buildings. However, the process of precast has, in many regards, come to a standstill. It is often limited in its design capacity and typically requires excessive amounts of formwork that can only be used one time. This concrete seminar looked at challenging such shortcomings of the precast industry.

Formwork was fabricated through the use of plasma cutting stainless steel, offering the potential for re-usability. The formwork was standardized so as to have the ability to be manipulated, altering the design without the need for a new formwork. Using this as a base, blockouts could be inserted to eliminate profiles in specific zones or to introduce a variety of apertures and or fenestration within a panel. Blockouts could further be used to form a panel with a corner condition. This corner was strategically developed so that such panels could connect through a simple flipping of the same cast panel, once again reducing the need for additional formwork and material. As a result, this single formwork can provide hundreds of panel variations without the need for additional formwork and provides proof of concept that precast panels can be manufactured in a way that promotes re-usability and design flexibility.

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CONCRETE FABRICATION

ADAPTABLE + REUSABLE FORMWORK parts assembly, top | panel variations, bottom stainless steel is utilized to create a formwork that is able to be reused and modified for each unique panel this offers greater flexibility in facade design and reduced fabrication costs

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[ panel variations ]

[ corner variations ]

MATTER, MAKING + TESTING

SHOP DRAWINGS real-life understanding of rebar sizing, meshes, and placement, lifter locations, and bill of materials

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CONCRETE FABRICATION

PROTOTYPE APPLICATION speculation on how the precast panels could be manipulated and assembled on a full scale building facade

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MATTER, MAKING + TESTING

FABRICATION + FINAL PANELS various stages and pieces of on-site fabrication compared to the textures and form of the final panels

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RESIDUAL LUMINOSITY TABULA RASA ARCH 502 Instructor, Andrew Lucia Location, Philadelphia Nominated, Pressing Matters 9

Images, now more than ever, play a crucial role in our daily lives. They form the landscape we navigate every day; a collage of light and color, people and places. This idea of image and collage thus became the core elements of rethinking the marketplace and what is means to be a commodity The resulting collaged market was synthesized from three qualities: the commodity of light, specifically investigating the idea of color and the role of advertisement; the urban condition of bisecting Philadelphia’s orthogonal city grid; and a market typology of roofing and light permeation. Together, qualities of these studies were blurred, blended, and collaged through Boolean operations producing a “residual” byproduct. Such operational residue is evident on the facade through the form of external screens, seaming the structure to reveal the hidden consumeristic nature of the image beneath.

While Callowhill embraces a vibrant scene of street art, yet another form of imaging, this marketplace offers itself up as a blank slate for the community to decorate and define themselves. Together, the building stands as a collage of image, building, and community, reflecting on the image within society today and speculating on its role within the future.

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TABULA RASA

PHYSICAL TO DIGITAL hybrid texture maps, left | isometric, right textures were derived from physical qualities of callowhill’s identity and the consumer market that exist there today - such textures were then digitally manipulated and further developed upon so as to suggest a new way of considering a market of images and its spatial and graphic implications within the callowhill neighborhood

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RESIDUAL LUMINOSITY

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RESIDUAL LUMINOSITY

BUTTONWOOD PERSPECTIVE SECTION interrelationship of program, natural and artificial lighting, and the market’s position on the viaduct

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TABULA RASA

GROUND LEVEL PLAN site context in relation to the viaduct and bi-section of buttonwood street

IMAGES DOWN BELOW a 10-year projection of how the building will age through the community’s application of alternative imagery mediums

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RESIDUAL LUMINOSITY

SECOND LEVEL PLAN interior / exterior relationships through the proposed viaduct park integration

IMAGES UP ABOVE integration of digital imagery and screening along the public rail park further enrich the meaning of imagery within the community

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PROLIFIC PROFILES ADAPTIVE REUSE ARCH 601 Instructor, Hina Jamelle Location, New York City Nominated, Pressing Matters 10

In establishing a new connection within the community, both residents of the building and residents of the community find a source of uninhibited knowledge and play, coming together as one through the power of education.

Transformed throughout the years by various forms of knowledge and play, the Sunshine Theater makes its final transformation, taking its rich, accumulated history and reinvesting it into the youth through the intersection of education and play. Situated within the heart of a vibrant urban fabric, this new residential reuse is perfectly positioned to bring together all ages, blurring the boundaries between work and play, and instigating a renewed interest in knowledge and its ability to provoke both curiosity and delight. Growing vertically from the theater’s original profile, the residential addition introduces new profiles that playfully shift and grow amongst themselves, indicative of its dynamic community role and the growth it aims to instill into visiting youth. Internally, these profiles translate into playful poche that embrace and engage both residents within their homes, and students in the classroom.

Cumulatively, the new Sunshine Theater breaks the mold of the busy New York hustle and bustle, introducing a new urban haven of easy going play and learning.

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residential lobby resident lounge front courtyard youth center entrance youth center lobby interactive stairs back courtyard restrooms janitors closet light shaft / vertical void sunshine theater cascades high school houston street playground

GROUND LEVEL PLAN site proximity and access to local parks and school, right

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TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL LEVEL PROGRAM studio unit 1 - bedroom unit 2 - bedroom unit resident elevators public elevators fire stairs community workspace community lounge outdoor terrace public restroom ADA compliant unit

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RESIDENTIAL PLAN typical plan, top | ADA plan, left understanding unit interrelationships + overlap between public and private zone, and ADA complicancy

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ADAPTIVE REUSE

FORSYTH STREET SECTION public space grows vertically and is present throughout the project, allowing private space to infill around public zones

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PROLIFIC PROFILES

public roof deck

two-bedroom unit

studio unit

one-bedroom unit resident lounge

K-12 classrooms preschool classroom

resident entry

children’s center entrance daycare facilities

SECTIONAL CUTAWAY the reuse breaks down into programmatic shafts that encourage interrelationships between public and private zones

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PROFESSIONAL WORK ARCHITECTURAL INTERNSHIPS Summer 2021 Office, EwingCole Location, Philadelphia Typology, Healthcare

At EwingCole, I assisted on a variety of projects, ranging in scale, location, and stage of design. These projects were predominantly in the healthcare sector, but included exposure to K-12 as well. Personal tasks ranged from site analysis and diagrams, to RFP schematic design, interiors development and visualization, to custom furniture design. The included work is a brief sample of some of the material I worked on during this time.

Fall 2021 Office, Almost Studio Location, Brooklyn Typology, Education; Model Fabrication

I collaborated with Almost Studio this past fall at the recommendation of a previous studio professor. This project featured an exhibition design at the Yale School of Architecture Gallery, on display spring 2022. My role included translating existing CAD plans into a detailed 3D model and a physically fabricated model of the YSOA Gallery space. The physical model has been a critical element of the design process, allowing the office to quickly test layout schemes for the exhibit.

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SINAI HOSPITAL

ANALYTICAL SITE DIAGRAMS ewingcole | sinai hospital, baltimore a series of site diagrams were conducted upon the site and existing hospital orientation to understand the site conditions and its building constraints, solar orientation, and new site views; these diagrams assisted in the development of preliminary massing proposals for the client

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HEALTHCARE

PHASE 1 HOSPITAL FACADE + GREEN PLAZA ewingcole | goucher college hospital, baltimore; left a quick design charrette for a phased hospital RFP; the proposal specifically focused on facade design, materiality, and site integration, including a green plaza and campus circulation

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GOUCHER COLLEGE HOSPITAL

PROGRAMMATIC ANALYSIS

PLAN + SECTION PROGRAMMING ewingcole | goucher college hospital, baltimore a series of building sections and plans were utilized to graphically break down distribution of program across 8 levels of varied medical services

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EDUCATION

EXISTING FLOOR PLAN almost studio | radical: italian design existing floor plan of the yale school of architecture, including the gallery space that was modeled for exhibition layout studies, highlighted above

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YALE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE GALLERY

PHYSICAL MODEL almost studio | yale school of architecture exhibit, new haven documentation of the gallery model throughout the fabrication process; the model was done entirely in white to offer visual dominance of added model exhibit pieces materials | MDF, laser cut bristol, fine corrugated paper, basswood strips, acrylic, white paint

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un SEAMED The body of work within the seamed and the seamless aims to examine and reflect upon my growth over the years, both personally and professionally, through a series of tangential seams. Through this time I have pursued many threads of design of which many elements have overlapped from one project to another.

Other times, these design inquires are left, often unresolved, in the past with a particular project.

Much like life, the art of design confronts us with many choices, one of the most fundamental being: What do we pursue and what must we leave behind?

This collection illustrates the peculiarities of my mind and the process in which I develop and refine design work. Sometimes this process appears seamless; a cohesive collection of thoughts and actions; threads of interests stitched across several bodies of work. At another glance, this work is frequently punctuated: a failed design attempt or an idea brought to rest. These are the scars of the field and the work I produce, the seams and fissures that most designers never reveal.

However, it is through these failures and misalignments that I have developed myself as a designer.

Through the seamed I have learned more about myself and the world around me, and a result, I have more appreciation for seamless when it appears. For without the seamed there would not be a seamless, and with the seamless there must be the seamed.

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CONTACT M| 812 . 598 . 5472 E | lisa@knusthome.com A | Philadelphia, PA New Haven, CT

LISA KNU ST CURRICULUM VITAE

PROFICIENCIES

EDUCATION

INVOLVEMENT

MODELING

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN

PENN CHARITY FASHION SHOW Spring 2022 | Runway Design + Fabrication

Rhino Grasshopper Maya Revit ZBrush SketchUp 3D Scanning GRAPHICS Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Auto CAD Keyshot V-Ray Enscape

Fall 2019 - Present | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Master of Architecture, expected spring 2022

BALL STATE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING Fall 2015 - Spring 2019 | Muncie, Indiana Bachelors of Science in Architecture Minor in Interior Design Summa Cum Laude

EXPERIENCE

FABRICATION Laser Cutting 3D Printing CNC Milling Physical Modeling

REFERENCES DANIEL MARKIEWICZ FORMA | New York City daniel@formany.net 203 . 570 . 8397 Studio Professor at the University of Pennsylvania

DORIAN BOOTH Almost Studio | Brooklyn dorian@almost.studio 207 . 251 . 0288 Collaborated together on a YSOA Exhibition; oversaw physical model construction

MODEL BUILDER FOR ALMOST STUDIO Fall 2021 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Model for Exhibition at the Yale School of Architecture; interpreting CAD drawings into 3D digital modeling, material preparation, and fabrication of physical model of the gallery space INTERN AT EWINGCOLE Summer 2021 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Involved in early schematics on various healthcare project; Worked on developing building diagrams, preliminary schematic design proposals, rendering and visualization efforts, and facade and fenestration development DESIGN MENTOR FOR BALL STATE’S COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE + PLANNING Fall 2018 | Muncie, Indiana Mentored department underclassmen with various software including: Rhino, Grasshopper, Photoshop, Illustrator, Revit, Keyshot, etc; Maintained and assisted in the operation of laser cutters.

sjabbawy@ewingcole.com

215 . 776 . 7261 Previous Employer for summer internship

AGGREGATE PUBLICATIONS Spring 2018 - Spring 2019 | Co-Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Chair AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS Fall 2016 - Spring 2019 | President + AIA Student Rep.

AWARDS JAMES SMYTH WARNER MEMORIAL PRIZE Spring 2021 | Highest Studio Standing, Second Year DALES TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP Winter 2021 | Exceptional Overall Portfolio Design WARREN POWERS LAIRD AWARD Spring 2020 | Highest Academic Standing, First Year BLTa DESIGN COMPETITION Spring 2020 | 2 nd Place Group MKM STEEL COMPETITION Spring 2018 | 1 st Place Individual DEAN’S LIST Fall 2015 - Fall 2021

PUBLICATIONS + EXHIBITIONS INTERN AT RATIO ARCHITECTS Summer 2018 | Indianapolis, Indiana Master and site planning and preliminary schematic design of K-12 renovation and addition; Assisted in construction documentation and administration of the KAR Global Headquarters.

SAUL JABBAWY EwingCole | Philadelphia

STUDENT AMBASSADOR Fall 2020 - Present | Weitzman School of Design

INTERN AT LAMAR ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN Summer 2017 + Winter 2019 | Newburgh, Indiana Worked on a vast array of project phases, including: schematic design, project development, rendering and visualization efforts, construction documentation, and client relations for retail, office, and religious projects.

RADICAL: ITALIAN DESIGN Spring 2022 | YSOA Gallery Model PRESSING MATTERS 9 Summer 2021 | Discontinuous Continuity SPECULATIVE COLLECTIONS EXHIBIT Spring 2020 | Penn Museum Discontinuous Continuity AGGREGATE PUBLICATIONS Fall 2018 | Gary Transit Center

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO: MY INSPIRATIONAL FRIENDS AND FACULTY AT WEITZMAN, MY IMMENSELY SUPPORTIVE PARENTS WHO HAVE MADE THIS DREAM POSSIBLE, MY BEST FRIEND WHO HAS SUPPORTED ME THROUGH THICK AND THIN AND CONSTANTLY ENCOURAGES ME TO BE A BETTER VERSION OF MYSELF. THIS BODY OF WORK WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU.

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REFERENCE SCENE: WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE

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FRAMED NATURES DELANCEY ELEVATION KAHN HYBRID DRAWING PERSPECTIVE PLAN NORFOLK SECTION SCENE: THE DINER + THE SERVER PHYSICAL MODEL

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DISCONTINUOUS CONTINUITY SCENE: SLIPPING SEAMS CHOISY AERIAL LEVEL THREE PLAN SOUTH STREET SECTION PHYSICAL MODEL SCENE: THE FOURTH WALL

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MATTER, MAKING + TESTING SCENE: STAND ALONE PARTS ASSEMBLY PANEL VARIATIONS SHOP DRAWINGS PROTOTYPE APPLICATION FABRICATION + FINAL PANEL

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RESIDUAL LUMINOSITY SCENE: CONSUMERISTIC RESIDUE HYBRID TEXTURE MAPS ISOMETRIC CUTAWAY BUTTONWOOD PERSPECTIVE SECTION GROUND LEVEL PLAN | DOWN BELOW SECOND LEVEL PLAN | UP ABOVE

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PROLIFIC PROFILES SCENE: A NEW SUNSHINE RESIDENTIAL PLAN SITE + GROUND LEVEL PLAN FORSYTH STREET SECTION SECTIONAL CUTAWAY

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PROFESSIONAL WORK ANALYTICAL SITE DIAGRAMS PHASE 1 HOSPITAL FACADE PLAN + SECTION PROGRAMMING EXISTING PLAN DRAWINGS PHYSICAL MODEL

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