Maria Petrova Professional Portfolio by Maria_Petrova

Maria Alexandrovna Petrova Professional Portfolio

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Design-Build and Construction Small-Scale Residential and Commercial

North Park Elementary Addition and Renovation

Stack House Custom Home

Queen House Residential Addition

Stillwater Area Public Schools Long Range Facility Planning

The Farm - Lincoln Heights Jail RFP Adaptive Reuse

21st Century Development: Malcolm Yards Research

Custom-designed and constructed carriage-style garage doors in herringbone pattern. Cedar and douglas fir. (2021)

Design-Build and Construction Work Year: 2020-2022 Location: Minneapolis, MN Firm: Independent Contractor Work Team: Phil Winger

Cedar Fence and Patio Project 2021 This 3-phase project included design and construction of a 120 feet fence, a 130 square feet of paver patio and a 300 square feet of matching paved driveway. The fence was constructed out of beautiful clear cedar and finished with a coat of stain. It features 3 custom gates, including a 9-foot-wide double-swing gate over the driveway. Each rough cedar post was completed with a custom-made copper cap. The hardscape features Borgert La Losa pavers in Sterling Gray color and was carefully fit between the structure and around an existing concrete path.

Historic Purington Patio 2022 This seemingly simple 16’x12’ patio features reclaimed Purington pavers sourced from Historic Stone Company in Minneapolis. Some of the pavers had to be hand-picked from a mixed rubble mound together with the property owner which formed a very personal relationship between the owner and the material. Due to the reclaimed nature of the pavers a special care had to be taken in order to fit each paver into a uniform herringbone pattern.

Front Desk Design-Build 2022 Custom front desk project for a prominent mechanical engineering firm in Saint Paul. This L-shaped desk features a combination of fine polished materials to reflect the values of a precision-oriented engineering culture. Stainless steel counter and highlighted metal mesh panel give homage to the man-made machinery, while the wooden panel brings-in the warmth and natural component to the space. The desk surface features a waterfall style laminated top and side.

North Park Elementary Scope: Addition and Renovation Year: 2018-2020 Location: Fridley, MN USA Firm: Cuningham Group Team: Jennifer Garman, Daniel Grothe, Amanda Weiker, Jennifer Strodola, Darryl Pratte

Project Description: Cafeteria and classroom additions, partial renovation and playground design for an existing elementary school. The goal of this project was to expand but also to transform a traditionally-designed educational facility to support 21st-century learning needs. This was achieved by re-defining traditional classrooms into a dynamic and transformable combination of spaces such as commons, group rooms, and focus-booths. Diversity of learning environments will enable more active learning and support a variety of teaching styles.

Responsibilities: Performed Construction Administration duties including submittal reviews, responses to RFI’s, construction site visits, and coordination between the consultants and the construction team. Played support role at the end of Design Development and in the final stages of Construction Documentation - primarily in the development of exterior and interior details. 9

Cafeteria Addition Classroom Addition Major Renovations CAFETERIA ADDITION

Existing

NEW ENTRY PRE-K

ADMIN

KINDERGARTEN EXISTING BUILDING COMMONS

KINDERGARTEN

KINDERGARTEN PRE-K

First Floor Partial Floor Plan

School’s evolution towards 21st century learning practice required a dramatic transformation of their traditional classroom spaces. One of the key challenges of this project was successful integration of the new construction into the existing fabric of spaces and systems. Many aspects of this integration had to be addressed during the Construction Administration stage as they contained hard-to-foresee or concealed conditions. This required new construction as well as reconfiguration of the existing spaces.

Left top: Cafeteria interior view Left bottom: Learning studio Interior Above: Second floor of classroom addition - Learning Studios [Visualizations by others]

Top: Rendering of Classroom Addition [by others] Bottom: In-field mortar selection for mock-ups

Construction photo of Classroom Addition

To execute designer’s vision, a careful review of shop drawings, assemblies, and samples was required. Several envelope conditions needed revision or supplemental instructions throughout the construction process, a few of them - coursing at the corners and mortar selection. The main facade brick appeared quite warmer in color than the original design intent and required several mock-ups to find complementing mortar. The originally planned 1/3 running bond would lead to undesirable corner condition and was replaced with traditional 1/2 bond.

East Elevation of Classroom Addition [in collaboration with others]

Complete Corner Window in Learning Addition with Brick Pilasters and Bench

7/A784 Detail at Corner Window Bench

Wall Section through the Corner Window

Brick Pilaster Detail at the Corner Window Revised Per Contractor’s Feedback.

Progress photos of interior features such as: built-in benches, teaching wall and learning cove.

Interior Elevation - Learning Commons with built-in cove space

Detail - Cove Lighting

Interior Elevation - Kindergarten Casework

Rendering - Kindergarten Learning Studio [by others]

Construction Photo - Kindergarten Learning Studio

Stack House Scope: Custom Home Year: 2016 Location: Los Angeles, CA USA Firm: Rachel Allen Architecture (now RADAR) Team: Rachel Allen, Karina Contreras, Man-Yan Lam

East elevation: street side

North elevation

West elevation: backyard

South elevation Above: Design elevations Left: View from the site

Project Description: Located on a steeply sloping site in the heart of an upcoming neighborhood of Eagle Rock, this project was a collaboration between the architect, local developer and general contractor. This project had to navigate a complex natural as well as regulatory terrain: from California energy code and fire regulations, to local hillside ordinance and zoning restrictions. Resulting 3-story “stepping” scheme does not only naturally follow site but also capitalizes on its main advantage - views towards Los Angeles.

Responsibilities: Full spectrum of architectural services from Schematic Design to Permitting. This included: initial design graphics, visualization, programming, code review, client and consultant meetings, design development and materials selection, construction documentation, coordination with geotechnical, civil, and structural engineers, submission of construction documents to the city, and coordination with regulatory instances. 15

Early design massing and program diagrams

Diagram presented to the Department of Building and Safety for compliance with height limits

Excerpt from Design Development - Selection of materials and color-schemes for bathrooms

Setbacks and height limits diagram

Street-side rendering (in collaboration with others)

Level 2 Floor Plan

Level 3 Floor Plan

Level 1 Floor Plan

Basement / Garage Level Floor Plan

The resulting design features a stack of volumes of three stories over a nearly-completely subterranean garage. Vertical mobility is provided with a sun-lit stairwell and supplemented with an elevator traveling up to the second level. The Master bedroom is located on the highest level and accessed via a steel staircase from the living room. Each level has a terrace with views towards the city. Living space, located on the second level, additionally open up onto an intimate and secluded back yard.

Construction progress photo - Retaining walls and foundation

Quinn Residence Scope: Second Story Master-Bedroom Addition Year: 2016 Location: Los Angeles, CA USA Firm: Rachel Allen Architecture (now RADAR) Team: Rachel Allen, Karina Contreras, Man-Yan Lam

Above: Construction elevations and sections Left: Completed project

Project Description: Second Story addition to a charming home in the heart of Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. The five-hundred feet interior space houses the new master-bedroom and bathroom. The suite is complimented with a covered deck providing additional space for leisure or work, offering beautiful views onto the famous Griffith park but protected from the hot California sun.

Top Left: Early Design diagrams showcasing the program volumes Top Right: Early design massing rendering Left: Design development floor plans Bottom: Selected exterior details Next Page: Completed project

Ground floor

Second floor

This addition required a careful and strategic insertion of the access stair that would not compromise or dramatically reduce the existing spaces. Abundance of light and space were some of the favorite aspects of the existing master bedroom to the client. Playful interlocking between the different functions and a slight cantilever of volume helped to win the inches necessary for these properties without compromising the classic style.

Stillwater Area Public Schools Long Range Facility Planning Scope: School District Masteplan Year: 2019 Location: Stillwater Area, MN USA Firm: Cuningham Group Team: Kathy Wallace, John Pfluger, Todd Larson, Judy Hoskens, Dustin Schipper

This page: Fourteen existing schools and facilities currently operated by Stillwater Area Public Schools. Left: Graphic representation of the district’s boundary and the facilities’ footprints.

Project Description: The district of Stillwater invested into a long-range study of their facilities to address changes in their student population as well as to identify transformations needed to support 21st-century teaching and learning. In order to propose a solution taking into account the diverse population of the district, eight community workshops were supplemented by conversations with the district administration, site visits to each facility, demographic studies, and surveys of school principals and facility managers.

Responsibilities: Site visits, utilization and program assessment of each building, data visualization, assistance with workshop planning and graphics, presentation of materials to the Community Design Team, facilitation of tables during workshops, design of the final report.

Brookview INFRASTRUCTURE Early Oak-Land Afton-Lake… Rutherford TECHNOLOGY AND HARDWARE Elementary Childhood … Middle Sc… Elementary Elementary TECHNOLOGICALLY ENHANCED SYSTEMS

Lily Lake 4.00 Elementary 5.00

Andersen Stonebridge Stillwater Lake2.00 Elmo 3.00 Stillwater 4.00 5.00 Middle 5.00 Area High … 4.00 Elem. 5.00 Sc… Elementary… 1.00

3.00 4.00

Average of of Assessment AssessmentValues Values Average

General Assessment: 5 5 4

3 2 0 1

Brookview Early Oak-Land Afton-Lake… Rutherford Elementary Childhood … Middle Sc… Elementary Elementary

SITE

SYSTEMS

Average of Assessment Values

Lily Lake Elementary

Andersen

COMMUNITY / OFF-SITE

Stillwater Stonebridge Stillwater Lake Elmo Area High … Elem. Middle Sc… Elementary…

BUILDING

INTERIORS AND FINISHES

Assessment by Category: 5 Average Assessment Values by Category School 4 3 2

Early Childhood Family Center Afton-Lakeland Elementary Andersen

1 Brookview Elementary 0

4 3

Lake Elmo Elementary School Lily Lake Elementary SITE

SYSTEMS

COMMUNITY / OFF-SITE

BUILDING

INTERIORS AND FINISHES

Rutherford Elementary

Average Assessment Values by Category 1 Stonebridge Elem. School 5 Oak-Land Middle School Early Childhood Family Center 0 Stillwater Middle School Afton-Lakeland Elementary 4 Stillwater Area High School Andersen Brookview Elementary

BUILDING

COMMUNITY / OFF-SITE

INTERIORS AND FINISHES

SITE

SYSTEMS

Gap Lake Analysis - assessment of facilities according to district Educational Facility Standards. (Power BI graphics by others) Elmo Elementary School

A score of 1/RED means that a facility does not meet district standards in its current condition, a score of

2 / Stor 3/YELLOW meansMech a facility may not meet all criteria of district standards but is still workable, a score of During the early design workshops, Community Design Team generated district-wide facility standards to Rutherford Elementary 5/Green means a facility perfectly meets district standards. align facilities with their1 vision for 21st century learning. Principals or facility managers of all the buildings Stonebridge Elem. / Music were surveyed withArt“Gap” analysis to assess how well each building meets these standards. One of the most Oak-Land Middle SchoolScoring was carried out by Principals or building leaders, and reflects their perspectives prominent findings of this analysis was drastically substandard condition of Lake Elmo elementary school and 0 School the Stillwater urgentMiddle need for its replacement. Basement

Lily Lake Elementary

BUILDING

Stillwater Area High School

COMMUNITY / OFF-SITE

INTERIORS AND FINISHES

SITE

SYSTEMS

A score of 1/RED means that a facility does not meet district standards in its current score of and Program Andersen Elementary School.condition, Example ofa Utilization study of the existing Each building wasofcompared using 3/YELLOW means a facility may not meet all criteria of district standards butfacilities. is still workable, a score Bluebeam and Power BI data analysis tools. 5/Green means a facility SPED perfectly meets district standards. Mech

Stor

Interv. /Band

GYM

Mech

Speech /SPED

Cafeteria

Stage

1st Grade

Social Worker + SPED

1st Grade

SPED

Kindergarten

Inst. Coach / Intrv/ School Psych

Green Room

Kindergarten

Pre-K

5th Grade

197 5th Grade

Conf.

Wrk. Room

Stor

Kitchen

Media Center

Stor

Advent. Club

Scoring was carried out by Principals or building leaders, and reflects their perspectives

Kindergarten

Rec Nurse ept. Princ.

Ground Level

Mech

197

Long Range Planning process was organized around 8 community workshops with groups of 40-80 people representing the diverse makeup of the district including students, teachers, administrators, local business owners, and parents.

District Priorities by School: PURCHASE AVAILABLE LOT

NEW

EXISTING

Example of site-specific solution for re-building of Lake Elmo Elementary school without disturbance to the existing school’s operations

While identifying individual needs for each building was an important part of the planning, setting district’s priorities was a crucial step towards implementation. These were identified throughout the workshops and finalized with a vote by the Community Design Team

The Farm - Lincoln Heights Jail RFP Scope: Adaptive Reuse Year: 2017 Location: Los Angeles, CA USA Firm: Rachel Allen Architecture (now RADAR) Team: RAA, AgenceTer, Runyon Group, Hanson LA, American Leadership Academy

Project Description: A vibrant team of architects, developers, and landscape architects in collaboration with local charter high school came together to create a new vision for an abandoned historic landmark - Lincoln Heights Jail. The project is located on a bank of LA River and just a few miles from Downtown Los Angeles. The resulting design proposed a variety of hotel, residential, and retail programs intermixed with public recreation spaces and a new charter high school. Some of the prominent public features being: a youth boxing gym located where the historical gym used to be, a rooftop garden for children and public use, and a youth-ran radio tower.

Responsibilities: Development of programming, regulatory and zoning analysis, coordination with the development team for program and budget alignment. Program graphics and plans, sections, and elevations in collaboration with the landscape team (AgenceTer). 27

Program Diagram (in collaboration with AgenceTer)

HOTEL

RETAIL PARKING

Section through the hotel portion of the building and adjacent LA river (in collaboration with AgenceTer)

ROOFTOP MECHANICAL

Lincoln Heights Jail RAA Zoning summary ZONING: Urban Innovation per CASP Site Area SF(approx): ALLOWABLE FAR ALLOWABLE GSF EXISTING FAR EXISTING TOTAL GSF Occupied roof GSF HOTEL, (approx): LIVE/WORK, RETAIL TOTAL GSF (+ ROOF)ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE South Elevation (in collaboration with AgenceTer) BONUSES NEEDED: Community Facilities SF to achieve bonuses: BASEMENT PARKING EXIT ONLY

PROJECT ? River Buffer Zone 146,845 19 213 ft 1.5 Without bonuses CITY GARDEN 220,267.5 1.56 18 298 ft ROOF GARDEN 229,120 21,000 can only be Included trough community benefit program 1 13 831 ft RIVER GARDEN 250,120 29,853 4,975 2

(E) Building Footprint Max Lot Coverage for Existing Building in River Buffer Area Max Building Height Open Space Requirement:

2.1 development program

40,280 50% per CASP 2‐32 75'‐0"

1sf open space per every 16sf of residential space; 1sf of open space per every 48sf of non‐residential spac 125 to public) [CASP Chapter 2.4 Open Space, C, 1‐10] space if open

Live/work unit with iconic cross-bracing elements (Hanson LA)

Use Classification Urban Agriculture Commercial Office Commercial Hotels Restaurants and Bars Retail and Personal Services Residential‐Multi‐Family (AKA "Live") Light Manufacturing and Assembly (AKA "Creative Office") Live/Work Entertainment, Exhibit & Cultural Facilities Recreation Facilities and Spectator Sports Schools, Colleges, Tutoring, and Vocational Technical Training Basement Programs: TOTAL Proposed programs:

64 852 ft2 LINCOLN GARDEN

Site and Landscaping Diagram (AgenceTer)

Limit per code Limit SF (E GSF) Limit SF (Added Roof) Proposed SF Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited 10% 22,912 25,012 6K4 4H6$$$$$0#B#<-/(#+?$/'->'&( 100 rooms 100 rooms 100 rooms 10% 22,912 25,012 20% 45,824 50,024 37,518

Notes 14,000 0 70,300 8,600 9,100 5000 sf pe

15%

34,368

Unlimited

Live + 40% Work 10% 10%

48115.2 22,912 22,912

52525.2 25,012 25,012

52,000 7,000 11,000

Unlimited

34,600

0 If more ho 0 affordable

40,500 247,100

In order to offer the most to its community while maintaining financial viability, the project strove to find a balance between market-rate programs and public amenities. A careful review of local zoning regulations as well as a push-and-pull collaboration between the development and architecture team helped to strengthen and fine-tune the proposal for both: the vision and viability.

East Elevation (in collaboration with AgenceTer)

Per CASP(2 only

MALCOLM YARDS 21 CEN

Purchased Land in Early 2000’s to build Research Park 2014

2015

2016

Zoning C Conversa Began

THE WALL COMPANIES

METRO STATION OPENED

TOWERSIDE MWMO MINN. DESIGN CENTER PARKS AND RECS CRWD

2014

Sept 2014 Green 4th MWMO The Cornerstone Group PPERRIA Design Center

June 2015 District Systems Budget Overview MWMO

2015

DISTRICT SYSTEMS KICK-OFF

Dec 2014 District Systems Overview MWMO+ Metropolitan Design Center

21st Century Development: Malcolm Yards Scope: Research Year: 2019 Location: Minneapolis, MN USA Firm: Cuningham Group Research Team: Jeff Mandyk, Lucas Glissendorf, Jesse Turck, Dustin Schipper, Jen Garman Case-study Team: Dustin Schipper

2016

Oct 2 First “Park

NTURY DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE

Change ation

Late 2017 Grand Rounds Conversation Began

2017

May 2018 Stewardship of Community - Green Blue Framework MWMO Towerside Innovation District 2017

2016 Stormwater k” Opened

2018

2017 Conceptual design of district stormwater MWMO BAR Engineering Metropolitan Design Center

2018 Comprehensive Plan Ammendment Approved Metropolitan Councel (Zoning Change)

16, Aug 2018

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING 2019

Aug 2018 Towerside Framework for Planning and Implementation Minnesota Design Center Towerside Innovation District

Jan 2020 Common Bond Opportunity for District Systems Financing Explored

2020

Dec 2018 The Wall Companies First Pans Developed

Project Description: 21st century development is an initiative to promote regenerative communities originally established in Minnesota with nationwide and global outreach. This project was one of the three case-studies put together by a team of 5 researchers to demonstrate local precedents and facilitate further dialog for regenerative development in Minnesota. A nearly year-long process of identifying “subjects”, collecting data, and formatting the studies culminated in a panel discussion at the 2019 AIA Minnesota Convention.

Responsibilities: Assistance with outreach to local developers/community makers, group workshops, survey design, individual interviews with developers, policymakers, and neighborhood organizations. Data analysis, representation and panel organization. group workshops, survey design, individual interviews with developers, policymakers, and neighborhood organizations. Data analysis, representation and panel organization. 31

E nerg y

Wat er

Living

Better

nerative Regen

Mat erials

Hea lt h + Ha p p iness

Beauty

Place

Equ ity

One of the 21CD greatest efforts was the creation of Development Matrix - a tool for community makers to evaluate their performance, identify opportunities and barriers, and learn from each other. 21st Century Development Matrix offers 5 levels of performance (Standard - Regenerative) over 7 Performance Areas that were originally based on the Living Community Challenge. This allows a simple outlook over the spectrum of possibilities in each category and an opportunity to identify potential monetary and policy-based barriers.

Degrees of Performance

Performance Areas Assessment Criteria

Monetary Barriers to Performance Policy Barriers to Performance

Malcolm Yards in Towerside Innovation District

Malcolm Yards is a mixed-use development by The Wall Companies located on 17 acres of a historic industrial site inside Towerside Innovation District. One of the signature visions of this development is a pursuit of Districtlevel systems for energy and water management. The district systems would serve 100% of the heating and cooling needs as well as managing storm water on site. These systems also have the potential to be expanded to neighboring sites and buildings. Phase one of Malcolm Yards Development includes 3 buildings: a food hall, an affordable housing multifamily apartment, and a mixed-use structure with a total of 285 residential units.

Towerside Innovation District is a collaboration of public and private partners that played a key facilitator-role of collaboration between The Wall Companies and a range of organizations with technical and design expertise for development of the district systems as well as acting as ina dialogue with public entities for their mmunitiesathat t go-between strives to provide p implementation and with representatives of the adjacent future. neighborhoods.

e Center fo or Sustainable Building B

This case study is a story of decade-long collaboration between private a developer and a range of private, public, and non-profit organizations in pursuit of communityoriented regenerative development. 21sstCenturyDevelop pment.org Page 7

Malcolm Yards Development Concept Diagram (not final Design) Bruce Jacobson at Minnesota design Center.

Malcolm Yards inside Towerside Innovation District (Based on: Towerside, Towerside Framework for Planning and Implementation, August 2, 2018)

The case-study revealed that many regulatory and monetary barriers related to district-wide water and energy systems were addressed or partially addressed through collaboration between the developer and multiple public and private entities. In particular, Towerside Innovation District facilitated a Memorandum of Understanding between the Wall Companies and two public enterprises for joint exploration and funding of district green and P stormwater Performan ce LevelsA Achieved: infrastructure. C Case Study

Standard

Go ood

Better

Living

Regen nerative

Place Limits to Growth Food Habitat Transportation

Water Energy Healtth + Happiness Civilizzed Environment Neigh hborhood Design Biophilia Resiliient Connections

Materials Material Plan Embodied Energy E & Carbon Waste

Equity Neighbo orhood & Access A Access to Nature Access to Com mmunity Services Investment Just Organizations

Beauty Beauty & Spirit Inspiration

The final summary of 21CD Matrix applied to Malcolm Yards with a more detailed breakdown of some sections demonstrating areas of collaboration and uncertainty due to either monetary or policy barriers.

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In nterviews with Jeff Elllard of The The Walll Companies