ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO M A R I LY N ST E P H A N O U
INDEX Resume
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Shared Ecology Beyond Borders
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WTE Housing
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SHIFT
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Social Reconnection
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marilyns@iastate.edu 111 Sheldon Avenue, Unit 1 50014, Ames, IA, USA (515) 520-2351 14 Victoros Oungo Street, 2480, Tseri, Nicosia, Cyprus (00357) 99993836
ACADEMICS
AFFILIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Iowa State University | NAAB Accredited Ames IA | Rome IT August 2015 - Present
NOMAS | Iowa State University Chapter National Organization of Minority Architecture Students
Bachelor of Architecture
Vice President 2016 - Present
WORK EXPERIENCE
Volunteer
Ioakim - Loizas Architectural Office Nicosia CY May 2018 - August 2018
Dean’s List
Architectural Intern
Assistant Librarian
College of Design Library Iowa State University Ames IA August 2017 - May 2018
Call Center Agent
Evresis Call Center LMD Nicosia CY June 2017 - August 2017
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Cyprus Red Cross Nicosia Cy 2011 - 2016 College of Design Iowa State University Fall 2016 - Present
REFERENCES Sharon Whol
Assistant Professor, Architecture | Urban Design swohl@iastate.edu (515) 294-8913
Andrew Gleeson
Languages
Lecturer, Architecture agleeson@iastate.edu (515) 291-6914
Software
Bosuk Hur
Fluent | English & Greek Autocad, ArcGIS, Rhinoceros, Sketchup, V-Ray, Adobe Suite, Sefaira, Microsoft Office
Lecturer, Architecture bhur@iastate.edu (515) 294-5676
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Shared Ecology Between Borders Nuevo Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico Fall 2018 Professor: Ivonne Santoyo-Orozco Team: Marilyn Stephanou & Madeline Bany
The project of the US Embassy in Mexico City raises ecological awareness of the consequences of building the border wall between the US and Mexico. The negative effects that the border wall will have on the ecosystems they share, surpasses political matters that the US finds to be problematic. Building this wall in order to fix our political problems, will have severe implications on wildlife and vegetation throughout this region and is not worth the temporary fixes it could potentially create. The border wall will interrupt animal migrations of several species, resulting in extinction of various large cats, birds, butterflies, reptiles and more. The building of the wall, will also change the course of rivers and disrupt wetlands through its process. The silt runoff as well as flooding and erosion caused from the construction will harm many rare and native plants, such as cacti and cypress trees. The embassy puts an emphasis on the landscape, by bringing many of the endangered plants in and around the building and also brings awareness to many of the animals whose migration paths would be interrupted. It experiments with the tension in the relationship between the US and Mexico and their shared ecology, by playing with shared spaces and separations in how you move through the site and how you interact with the landscape.
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Basement Level
Ground Level
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Office Space
Basement Underground Paths & Lounge
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Threshold Between Building & Green House Garden
Rooftop Cafeteria
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WTE Housing
Hell’s Kitchen, New York, NY, USA Spring 2018 Professors: Andrew Gleesen Team: Marilyn Stephanou & Alyanna Subyano Trash takes many forms – recyclables, compostables, hazardous, etc., all of which are required to be sorted and transported, with infrastructure and humans playing a direct role in the process. As New York City aims to send zero trash to landfills by 2030, while still exporting some 24,000 tons of discarded material every day, waste reduction poses to be an immense challenge for the city. The framework of this architecture is waste reduction. This includes the breakdown of four typologies - landfills, compost gardens, waste to energy practices, and zero waste initiatives all of have a direct effect on the infrastructure and its relationship to New York City. At the core are also the inhabitants and the environment. Both of which are interconnected and designing for one means designing for both simultaneously. This building aims to provide a safe, clean, and sustainable environment for all people to live and enjoy; an oasis away from the unhealthy sediments accumulated on the streets of New York City.
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Site: Hell’s Kitchen, New York, NY Non-Recyclable - Elizabeth Waste Management Transfer Station, located in New Jersey Paper - Taken to Visy Paper Mill in Staten Island and then sold to Domestic and International Recyclable Metal, Plastic, Glass - Taken to Hugo-Jersey Transfer Station, located in East Jersey City, New Jersey
Based on 2013 data
Average Refuse/Person in NYC
Refuse Disposal Destination
NYC Residential Waste
NYC Commercial Waste
The average person in Hell’s Kitchen produces about 44 pounds of non-recyclable refuse and 16.5 pounds of recyclable refuse per month, whereas the average American produces 130 pounds of refuse every month.
The majority of Hell’s Kitchen refuse goes to Pennsylvania with 48%, then 31% goes to Virginia, 11% goes to Ohio, 8% goes to South Carolina, and 2% travels to Connecticut and New Jersey.
Food scraps consist of 17.2% of residential waste in NYC. Followed by recyclable paper, cardboard, soiled paper, plastics, newspapers, textiles , metals, film plastics, glass, yard waste, PET/HDPE plastics and other recyclable papers.
Food scraps consist of 25.2% of commercial waste in NYC. Followed by cardboard, recyclable paper, soiled paper, textiles, plastics, film plastics, metals, newspapers, PET/ HDPE plastics and yard waste.
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07 | Penthouse - Second Floor 01 | Reception & Housing
06 | Penthouse - First Floor 00 | Entrance
05 | Green Roof & Housing
Basement | WTE Plant
04 | Housing
Studio Apartment One Bedroom Apartment 03 | Amenities
Two Bedroom Apartment
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ProSolve370e modules are coated with a superfine titanium dioxide (TiO2), a pollution-fighting technology that is activated by ambient daylight. The modules effectively reduces air pollution.
When these modules are placed in sites with high pollution emittance, such as Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx), Volatile Organic Compound (VOCs), and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), the facade modules disintegrate balance out the harmful toxins.
These facade modules are both decorative forms, and through minimal lighting and humidity, they reduce pollution and clean the surrounding environment by turning these toxins into controllable amounts of water and Carbon Dioxide.
Scale: 1�-0 =16’
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SHIFT
Reliable St, Ames, IA, USA Spring 2017 Professors: Bosuk Hur, Reinaldo Correa, Roman Chikerinets, Nicholas Senske, Andrea Wheeler Team: Architecture Studio “Reliable Street is a collective space in Ames that works across the disciplines of art, design, and business seeking to strengthen the connection between the public and place-making.” When the owners of Reliable St. artists’ collective approached our design studio, in order to make an outdoor structure that would be suitable for the surrounding environment and bring people of different generations together in order for them to converse. The horizontal structure, that was created by the collaboration of eighty seven students and the guidance of five professors, was broken up into three modules with circulation running across the entire design built. The design consists of different surfaces that are suitable for both rest and play. The structure is primarily made of 2 x 4 lumber wood, and also integrates the use of LED colored lights, that make the space even more enjoyable when visited in the evening. The design both considered the needs of the occupants but it also focused of the ability to create a space for both th e community and the arts. The main roles that I had through this entire experience was construction documents, as well as fabrication, assembly and lighting installation..
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SOUTH ELEVATION
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Module 1 Circulation
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Flat Surfaces
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Climbing Surfaces
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Social Reconnection Pigneto, Rome, Italy
Spring 2019 Professor: Simone Capra, Consuelo Nuùez Ciuffa & Marta Bertani Team: Marilyn Stephanou, Hannah Underwood & Aaron Lewis The aim of this project is to create a social hub in the neighborhood of Pigneto. Through our design, we are re-stitching the neighborhoods that surround the site. The four buildings are designed to be both suitable for their inhabitants, and able to expand the urban fabric of the neighborhood. Through direct paths that link the neighborhoods to the complex of buildings, the landscape becomes both a conduit as well as a destination for pedestrians. There is also a strong visual connection to the surrounding environment, as the buildings are elevated to give pedestrians a view of the Appennini Mountains as well as Cementerio de Verano. The architecture reflects this idea of pedestrian connectivity, by having porticos that allow the buildings to be more approachable. Due to the design of the porticos, public and private space becomes blurred rather than distinctly separated. This blurring effect is also evident in the roofs of all four buildings which slope gently, nearly equal to the slope of the landscape. Our project all together creates an appealing environment on the ground, as well as an interesting vista from the balconies of the surrounding buildings, as they can also experience this phenomenon from their elevated view. The design aims to reconnect Pigneto’s urban fabric physically, visually, and socially through our architectural and landscape interventions.
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Figure Ground Site Plan
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Pedestrian Circulation
Infrastructure
Views to the Site
Views from the Site
Site Access & Circulation
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Path through next to the Mausoleum
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View from the Library to the Exterior Social Hub
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M A R I LY N ST E P H A N O U marilyns@iastate.edu