Selected Works 2010-2015 | Maggy Checo

MAGDALENA CHECO

SELECTED WORKS 2010-2015

MAGDALENA CHECO

SELECTED WORKS 2010-2015 BERNARD AND ANNE SPITZER SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

“STRUGGLE TO SKETCH THE FLOW THAT ALREADY EXISTS INTACT IN MIND” JACK KEROUAC

Magdalena Checo Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture magdalena.checo@gmail.com Selected Works from 2010-2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS Year 5

Thesis Project - Museum of 19th century art 1-10

Year 4

Torugart Pass, Border Crossing 11-16 College of Mount St. Vincent 17-24

Year 2

Precendent Study II 25-26 Garden Refuge 27-30

Other Projects

Construction Tech Independent Study Design Build Artwork

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THE QUEENSBORO MUSEUM OF 19TH CENTURY ART

THESIS 2014- 2015 PROFESSOR BROWN

WINNER OF THE MATTHEW W. DELGAUDIO AWARD CHOSEN BY THE FACULTY AWARDS COMMITTEE AND GIVEN BY THE NEW YORK SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS TO THE BEST COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN OF THE CLASS OF 2015 2

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Thesis Project | 2015 | Professor Brown

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As Long Island City and the rest of New York rapidly develops, a new skyline replaces the old which attracts many upper-class outsiders. But what about the rest of us, the lower class and those who have always been here?

We see our city changing and leaving us out of the picture. We don’t need more condos overpopulating the already crowded city. Instead of Silvercup’s proposal to make this site a tall multi-use condo/retail building, I have designed a Museum. A new source of education for the neighborhood, somewhere to visit and enjoy, next to existing residences and low income housing. Hoping to keep the integrity of this small art community, this adds to the Museum Mile of Queens with PS 1, Socrates Sculpture Park, The Museum of the Moving Image and small galleries in between. With a new arts education center, the school kids of the area have somewhere to go and learn after school.

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Thesis Project | 2015 | Professor Brown

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Parking & Foundation

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Thesis Project | 2015 | Professor Brown

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Axonometric Scale : 1/16” - 1’

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TORUGART PASS BORDER STATION SPRING 2014 PROFESSOR STIGSGAARD IN COLLABORATION WITH MAN TUNG

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This project was a student design competition, the â&#x20AC;&#x153;2014 ACSA/AISC Steel Design Student Competitionâ&#x20AC;?. In which the professor chose the site and the students would design a border crossing station using steel.

The site chosen was the Torugart Pass in Kyrgyzstan.

90,000ft2 Barrier

Two directions, Two buildings

Shifted for Views

Public & Private

Top- Views & Sun exposure

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Through this enclosure that limits the passage of the public on either side we have tried to create a more controllable and safe crossing than what is currently existing while keeping a tourist friendly environment that engages the landscape.

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Torugart Pass Border Crossing | Spring 2014 | Professor Stigsgaard

Curtain Glass

Section (B): Construction

Structural Frame

Perforated Metal

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Assembly Diagram

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Steel Girders with Lateral Bracing 15’ - 0” O.C.

Steel Column with Lateral Bracing 15’ - 0” O.C.

Steel Girders with Lateral Bracing 15’ - 0” O.C.

Steel Truss Girders with Metal Drop Ceiling 15’ - 0” O.C.

Y-Columns with Concrete Foundation 15’ - 0” O.C.

Roof +50’-0”

Third Floor +40’-0”

Second Floor +23’-0”

First Floor +0’-6”

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Torugart Pass Border Crossing | Spring 2014 | Professor Stigsgaard

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Torugart Pass Border Crossing | Spring 2014 | Professor Stigsgaard

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COLLEGE OF MOUNT ST. VINCENT

DORMITORIES FALL 2013 PROFESSOR KREVLIN

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The College of Mount St. Vincent is located in Riverdale, Bronx. The campus is heavily forested and gated. It has a view to the Hudson River.

For my dorm I wanted to take advantage of this schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s connection to nature instead of separating it. It is raised 15 feet from the ground to avoid blocking the view from the ground level.

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College of Mount St. Vincent | Fall 2013 | Professor Krevlin

College of Mount St. Vincent | Fall 2013 | Professor Krevlin

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Faculty Suite

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College of Mount St. Vincent | Fall 2013 | Professor Krevlin

Single Dorm

Double Dorm

The Dorm rooms face West to the river and more wooded forest. Because of the Western sun I decided to apply movable and SHUPDQHQW ƫQV The shared areas break through both ends of the building to create a connection between the social space on the East created by

the other dorms and the view on the West.

These protrude out on the East to give a texture to both facades along with the Fins on the West.

The material intended for the facade are Quartz Zinc panels, to blend with the natural surrounding.

College of Mount St. Vincent | Fall 2013 | Professor Krevlin

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THE FLOATING OPERA PRECEDENT STUDY SPRING 2012 PROFESSOR BAGCHEE IN COLLABORATION WITH MAN TUNG 25

The Floating Opera (Shwimmbad Wuppertal) is a pool in Wuppertal, Germany that has a repetitive structure to serve its purpose.

The structure supports the seating and under the seating are entrances. At the center is the pool.

This building becomes a delicate bowl where all types of weight are considered. We made study models on the structure and learned the delicate nature of this building. The structure then inspired the Pool House of the next project.

Precedent Study II | Professor Bagchee

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GARDEN REFUGE FALL 2011 PROFESSOR BAGCHEE

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In this Garden Refuge a few troubled teenagers are sent to live in, I decided to make a tent-like communal space. Through closer living and relying on other people this would promote teamwork and cooperation. The living space is connected to the garden space and a green house.

We chose a garden tool and drew a represention of the movement of the tool vs. the body. For the pick axe there are two uses, to break and to dig. These create opposite movements, to throw down and to pick up. This refuge comes from that form. A building that comes out of the neighboring wall and goes back into the ground.

Garden Refuge | Fall 2011 | Professor Bagchee

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Garden Refuge | Fall 2011 | Professor Bagchee

Garden Refuge | Fall 2011 | Professor Bagchee

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OTHER PROJECTS

CONSTRUCTION TECH INDEPENDENT STUDY DESIGN BUILD ART WORK

CONSTRUCTION TECH II SPRING 2013 PROFESSOR LLONCH IN COLLABORATION WITH MAN TUNG 33

The Josephin Baker School is a primary school located in Le Courneuve, France. For this project we examined the material that puts this building together and how it relates to what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned. To do this we made 3D models that show the structural walls of the building along with a section of the typical insulation used for the roof in this building.

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INNOVATIVE MINDS

INDEPENDENT STUDY SPRING 2013 PROFESSOR STIGSGAARD IN COLLABORATION WITH MAN TUNG, MOE MYAT THU, SIMIT CHRISTIAN

“HOW DOES THIS RELATIONSHIP (BETWEEN ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD) INFLUENCE ARCHITECTURE AND ITS CONTEXT?” 35

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Independent Study | Spring 2013 | Professor Stigsgaard

This is a virtual school that can be easily installed and transported in developing countries, giving children and adults a fair opportunity in learning. The energy to power the courses come from the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Solar Umbrellaâ&#x20AC;? and the screens are Flexible LCD to allow change of height and position.

Independent Study | Spring 2013 | Professor Stigsgaard

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DESIGN BUILD FALL 2013 PROFESSOR WEINTRAUB

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Along with archiecture I try to keep up with my lifelong hobby of making art. The mediums Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve learned are oil paint, pen, pencil, ink wash, and watercolor. These are works done outside of school.

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Magdalena Checo Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Selected Works from 2010-2015

MAGDALENA CHECO SELECTED WORKS 2010-2015