Matthew Coulombe - Architecture & Design Portfolio

Matthew Coulombe

Architecture & Design Portfolio

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Selected Works

mattcoul@outlook.com

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732-609-5914

New Jersey Institute of Technology Bachelor or Architecture

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Minor in Environmental Studies & Sustainabilty

Professional Experience.

Nastasi Architects Architectural Designer

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Hoboken, NJ

Project Manager

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2016-18

Construction Manager

Zubatkin Owner Representation

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New York, NY

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2015

Project Management Intern

William F. Loftus Associates

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Edgewater, NJ

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Field Engineering Intern

Related Experience.

Kip Island Exhibition Center Metsa Wood Plan B

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International Design Competition |

Honorable Mention

International Design Competition

Chicago Architecture Biennial Chi Design

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CTRL+SPACE Porto Pool Promenade

International Design Competition

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International Design Competition

2014-15

Contents.

Kip Island Exhibition Center International Design Competition

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Honorable Mention

828 Park Avenue Nastasi Architects

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Under Construction

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SD, DD, CD, CM

Vernacular Abstractions

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New Jersey Institute of Technology

111 Washington Street Nastasi Architects

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Under Construction

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SD, DD, CD

Sub: Porto Pool Promenade

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International Design Competition

Abroad: European Operations New Jersey Institute of Technology

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Universita di Siena

Other Professional Work

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304 Garden Street

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Under Construction

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521 Newark Street

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Pending City Approval

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Kip.

Kip Island Exhibition Center | Kipsala, Latvia International Design Competition | Teammate: Austin Crowley Honorable Mention Submitted to the Bee Breeder’s Kip Island Auditorium International Design Competition, this proposal received one of six Honorable Mentions and was featured on the exhibition center’s website.

The Riga Exhibition Center, located in the capital of Latvia, is one of the largest venues in the northern region of Eastern Europe. Seeking a design to expand the facilty’s program to include an audtiorium, conference rooms, additional exhibition halls, and additional parking, the exhibition center sent an open call for proposals, one of which would be considered for construction. Our proposal for the redevelopment of the Kip Island Exhibition Center provides a holistic approach to expanding upon the programmatic demands on the existing confitions.

Recognizing that the current complex does litle to engage visitors from any approach, activation of the site as a whole became a driving factor for the design. The complex is re-worked to become one homogeneuous entity that maintains the existing program capabilities while also providing additional exhibition and semi-public spaces.

The transformation from a loosely bound collection of buildings into a singular system is made possible by enveloping the current halls in a new mass, which is then manipulated to provide exterior gathering spaces, multi-height spaces, and most significantly a variety of access points. To engage both visitors and the general public alike, this proposal introduces an observation tower centralized within the complex. This iconic gesture provides views of the Riga skyline and complements the spires and belltowers just across the river.

This redevelopment scheme re-activates the site as a whole to maximize the exhibition center’s potential to becom an even greater amenity to visitors and the local community.

Rhino 3D, V-Ray, AutoCAD, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop

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Kip

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The existing buildings on the site are poorly oriented and are surrounded by parking The existing exhibition hall at the center of the complex is re-imagined as an expansive naturally lit hall wtih a glazed ceiling and an exposed structural system.

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the existing site presents a loosely bound collection of buildings that do little to engage visitors from any approach

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a site-wide mass is deployed to absorb the existing buildings and create a coherent exhibition complex

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the mass is lifted up to accomodate various access points to the existing exhibition halls

manipulate.

an extensive ground plane is manipulated to encourage the occupation of all areas of the site

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an observation tower becomes the central node for the complex and complements the iconic

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exhibition existing exhibition hall is re-finished and new connections are made to breakout spaces, courtyard, cafĂŠ, and parking deck

courtyard a landscaped courtyard acts as a shared exterior space for the existing research center and the exhibition center programs

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dining area is relocated to southeast corner of site underneath the main plaza. direct public access encourages interaction with the exhibition center as a whole

conference rooms are placed adjacent to small exhibition areas to accomodate informal breakout programs

small exhibition spaces overlook the main space and are loosely enclosed to encourage continuous circulation throughout the center

landscape an extensive, undulating exterior plaza engages all edges of the site and offers open-air and shaded areas for the public to gather

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ized observation tower offers visitors rtunity to view the Riga skyline in the

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management office area includes open and private workspaces, kitchen and baths, conference rooms, and is accessible directly from the parking deck

exhibition parking

existing exhibition hall retrofitted to boast an expansive glass roof. new connections are made to landscaped plaza, auditoriums, parking deck, and observation tower

new parking deck accomodates 700+ parking spaces for employees and visitors

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to encourage the use of the enter at various scales, multiple access points have been created throughout the plan: N

auditoriums flexible meeting rooms offer the option to combine into larger spaces and are accessible internally or via the manipulated landscape

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the existing main entrance location is maintained, now accessed from the landscaped plaza to accomodate large volumes of visitors on foot. exterior stairs provide additional access to the smaller exhibition areas above

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a secondary entrance is created at the northeast corner of the site to provide direct access to the small exhibition and breakout areas

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the parking deck has direct access to the main exhibition hall, office spaces, and observation tower with bridged connections to the other exhibition spaces

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the new cafĂŠ may also serve as an entry point to the southern exhibition hall

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An extensive, undulating exterior plaza engages all edges of the site and offers open-air and shaded areas for visitors and the public gather. Where the landscape elevates above the ground plane, a public cafe space greets visitors on the south end and creates a new ticketing and entrance area on the north end.

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Park.

828 Park Avenue Condominiums | Hoboken, NJ Nastasi Architects | Under Construction | 2017-2019 Lead Designer, Project Manager, General Contractor SD, DD, CD, CM As with many new construction projects located in Hoboken, this project is driven by the demands of high density in a confined city. At 828 Park Avenue, this challenge was exasperated by a historic 4-story row home built in 1872 that would be required to remain as part of City approvals.

Using this condition as a catalyst for a design approach, the design aimed to absorb and integrate the native masonry shell, rather than conceal or burry it, to create a truly uniquie high-end condominium building. The four condos would sprawl across the atypically wide site around the relic, but new City ordinances deamed the first floor unhabitable by residents following the disastrous effects of Hurricane Sandy. The building then grew upwards, surpassing the height of the existing shell, to safeguard the tenants and better mitigate potential flood waters.

The final design was a composition of these spatial challenges, constructability and sensitivity, old and new, and real estate market demands. Following City approvals, our firm was selected to manage construction on the 10,000sf project as the General Contractor. This phase of work presented the opportunity to understand and negotiate contracts, prepare detailed construction schedules, track and manage subcontractor payments and bank requisitions, facilitate the ordering and procuring of materials and equipment, and most significantly experience first-hand the complexities of translating a conceptual design on paper to it’s built form.

Sketchup 3D, Thea Render, AutoCAD, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word

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Park

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The 25’ wide existing row home stands alone on the site 13’ away from it’s neighbor to the south. This site condition yielded the design of a side addition in this intersitital space, where the stark but complementary differences between the old and new entities would be on display.

The typical condo floor plan describes how the existing masonry shell is absorbed into the finished space.

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The interiors of the condos are designed to accentuate the relic and it’s 19th century masonry walls and juxtapose it against sleek, modern textures. Raw steel beams and extruded posts frame the thresholds between the old and new volumes.

The uppermost condo sits where the roof once did. It’s plan therefore is free of any masonry partition and exploits the full site width for a light-filled and open layout. A fragment of the existing parapet and cornice peak above the finished floor and, because this top floor is set back from the street, is repurposed to enclose a private terrace.

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The design in it’s final form is an expression of the modern construction and materiality of the new volume and it’s complementary integration of the site’s native structure. The massing of the addition is sculpted to unapologetically announce itself as new, but also to sensitively not overshadow the existing facade and it’s rich presence on the streetfront. The uppermost condo is setback to maintain the original roof line on Park Avenue.

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Construction began with a full gut of the row home and the installation of a new metal-framed floor system. Essentially two construction projects until the partial demolition of the southern masonry wall, the rehab of the interior of the shell and the new construction of the external addition moved at different paces and required an ever-evolving phasing plan.

Second Floor Platform Detail

Wall Section: D5-7

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Scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2019, this project will stand as an exemplification of the potential for sensitive yet expressive interventions into the dense and historic fabric of the City of Hoboken.

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Vernacular Abstractions | Newport, Rhode Island New Jersey Institute of Technology | Prof: Adam Modesitt This project is deeply rooted in the unprecedented transformation of residential architecture in the late 19th century America. The Shingle Style, as it came to be known, is characterized by re-combinations and hybridizations of American vernacular elements, such as gables and porches. The building wrapper, in this case comprised of shingles, integrates building elements into fields of pattern and craftwork. The Shingle Style stretche conventional vernacular systems until they were no longer recognizable, and instead became sets for invention and play.

This semester-long study of the Shingle Style and it’s collection of elements culminated in the design of a new country inn sited in Newport, Rhode Island and addresses contemporary interpretations of the vernacular.

Arguably the most dominant element in Shingle Style architecture is the roof. In the playful spirit of this breed of architecture, the roof plane is imagined and deployed as a design tool, rather than an inevitable performative necessity. Thus, the roof plane is established as a formal tool that may express program, blur thresholds, and manipulate depth. The notion of the roof plane is abstracted and re-deployed by creating an “unrolled” building surface that contains these planes as a series of oblique lines.

The resulting design is grounded in the patterning of facades and textures of the 19th century Shingle Style homes and expands upon it to produce an abstracted exercise of scale, depth, and occupation.

Rhino 3D, V-Ray, AutoCAD, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop

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Plywood Sheathing & Shingles

Joist/Stringer

Rigid Insulation

Vapor Barrier

Metal Hanger

Floor Joist

Cavity Insulation

Plywood Risers & Treads

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The intersection of the oblique lines presented the opportunity to create hybrid elements, where, in this example, the performative and functional criteria of a roof, stair, and opening create a new system all together. The result is a hybrid of function, aesthetic, materiality, indoor, and outdoor.

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Early studies investigated the effects of oblique lines, abstracted from roof planes, on typical balloon/stick style framing. An understanding of tectonic consequences from the conceptual operations was established.

1-D Operation Simple Extrusion

3-D Operation Unrolled Continuity

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West (Water)

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East (Entry)

The process transformed as it began to engage building scale. Rather than a simple 1-D extrusion, the oblique lines are now deployed on an unrolled surface that may be reassembled to form the massing. These lines permeate into the building perimeter and dictate depth, materiality, and user experience.

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Where the envelope is recessed, a system m of vertical ver wooden fins shade the interior spaces, while le creating contrast from the shingled walls.

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The shingled skin creates a portico directly accessible by the main lounge that overlooks the bay.

The centralized lobby and common spaces feature double and triple-height spaces where visitor circulation and lounging is veiled by varying facade articulations

The water-facing, southern edge oof the inn opens up to accommodate modate a partially partial covered exterior event space.

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Gable Queen 600 sq ft

Criss Loft 550 sq ft*

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Shingle Suite 800 sq ft

Corner Pocket Loft 600 sq ft*

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Crow’s Nest Loft 700 sq ft

Newport Queen 520 sq ft

Although applying the obliques to the general massing is a large-scale operation, the effects of this abstraction are perhaps most pronounced when viewed on a per-unit basis.

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Cross Loft 550 sq ft*

Shingle Single Plus 320 sq ft*

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Shingle Single 320 sq ft

Gable King 680 sq ft

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Fishtail Loft 680 sq ft*

Captain’s Loft 720 sq ft

Each sleeping unit is affected differently by the abstraction with varying square footages, exterior materiality, levels of enclosure, and (considering it’s purpose as a marketable country inn) unique identities.

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Wash.

111 Washington Street | Hoboken, NJ Nastasi Architects | Under Construction

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2016-2019

Lead Designer, Project Manager SD, DD, CD Situated on the corner of Hoboken’s most lively crossroads, the new construction project at 111 Washington Street fills the void of a site that has remained undeveloped for decades. Washington Street serves as Hoboken’s main promenade of local and foreign cuisine, boutique shops, daily necessities, as well as the most sought after residential property. Accordingly, the program at hand specified the addition of 14,000sf of residential over 8,000sf of commercial/retail.

With all on eyes on the development of this site in the Historic Central Business District, the building design was conceived as an interpretation of it’s notable context. Established in 1857, the Hoboken Bank of Savings has been a dominant presence on Washington Street made entirely of granite and glass, an atypical blend of materials for the City. The bank’s repetitious window bays on First Street are conceptually wrapped around the corner and appropriated onto the site’s blank canvas. The bays are raised up to create a band of commercial frontage across the full lot width.

The new building is constructed of steel, stone, and glass much like it’s neighbor. However, contemporary building practices -- including pre-fabricated metal bay projections, a limestone and aluminum rainscreen system, and expansive amounts of aluminum and glass openings -- differentiate the new facade with it’s minimalistic and sleak composition. The new site plan contains a 5-story mixed use principal building fronting on Washington Street and a 3-story residential building fronting on Court Street. The 20’ interstitial space between these buildings is utilized to become a semi-enclosed extension of the 2-story commercial space featuring an operable glass skylight. The resulting design is one that responds to and complements it’s context while providing a new modern structure to meet the City’s growing demands.

Sketchup 3D, Thea Render, AutoCAD, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop

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The repetitious bay windows on First Street are wrapped onto Washington Street and raised to create a continuous band of commercial glazing at grade.

The steel and glass bay windows are inspired by it’s neighbor’s but are modern abstractions of the elements.vvThe facade subtly reveals the programmatic layout within; two floors of commercial space with three floors of residential above.

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The interstitial space between the two buildings is utilized as a semi-enclosed extension of the commercial space with an operable glass skylight.

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The vast commercial space at grade is internally connected to a second floor of commercial space, and boasts a square footage count uncommon to this area of Hoboken. The residential floor plans generate three apartments per floor in the principal building and two per floor in the accessory building.

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Sub.

Sub: Porto Pool Promenade | Porto, Portugal International Design Competition | Teammate: Austin Crowley The Porto Pool Promenade was an international ideas competition created by the architectural platform CTRL+SPACE. The brief called for a design of a public pool that allowed the city of Porto to reconnect with the Duoro River. With a growing presence of tourism in the city, the design must offer new and innovative interactions with the water.

Conducted with a like-minded colleague, our design proposal SUB was a conceptual exploration of the limits to which the users could occupy the site. The proposal was inspired by the childhood act of submerging oneself under water with a bucket placed over the head. The pressure differential created presents the opportunity to “breathe under water.� Similarly, the design consists of three buckets that are submerged partially beneath the surface of the Duoro. These buckets allow users to occupy below the water level and gain access to private pools and spaces.

Above the surface, the buckets are sculpted to form shallow play areas that spill directly into the river.

A circulatory boardwalk links the masses and, at their junction, also sinks and again allows the users to experience an explicit visual connection to the world beneath the surface of the Duoro. The design promotes unique interactions with the river and offers a variety of different spacial qualities fit for leisure, recreation, and exploration.

Rhino 3D, V-Ray, AutoCAD, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop

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The composition of the “buckets� and circulatory pathway serves to promote curiosity of the Duoro River and encourage the exploration and occupation of the local amenity.

Shallow Pool

Conductive Heating / Cooling Pipes

Electrical Housing

Boardwalk Sunken Path / Pools

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Within the submerged concrete pods, users have the ability to play in and float on this new water plane as the depths of the river visually circulate around and above them.

At the junction of the three submerged pods, the boardwalk also sinks to allow large gatherings in an open-air sunken plaza. The top of the pods are sculpted to create shallow pool for leisure and recreation.

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Abroad.

Study Abroad: European Operations | Europe NJIT | Universita di SIena | Prof: Ersela Kripa Having been selected by NJIT’s CoAD Siena Study Abroad Program, I had the amazing opportunity to attend an eight week design studio in Europe. The program focused on exploring and comprehending the history of European cities and how the architecture itself evolved the cities’ cultures. We resided primarily in Rome and Siena and traveled to Florence, Venice, Tuscany, Paris, Barcelona, and other cities.

The structure of the program consisted of a design studio, an analytical history course, and an advanced graphics course. We mapped historical and contemporary urban fabrics and created complex diagrammatic drawings to understand the cities’ changes over time. An emphasis on hand produced material expanded our general knowledge of representation and challenged our most basic or artistic skills.

The final project for the studio was a renovation of the Sienese hospital-turned-museum Santa Maria della Scala. With a growing collection of received artwork and artifacts, the museum was in need of an expanded gallery that engages the public to experience all that the museum has to offer. The proposed design respected the existing structure and subtly modified the historical architecture to open up the museum and create a circulatory loop that gently responds to the site’s topography.

Rhino 3D, Illustrator, Photoshop, Hand-drawing, Watercolor

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Terrazza posteriore

Farnese Aviary on Palatine Hill

Strada secondaria

Spanish Steps

‘Big Bamboo’ Installation

Campanile e uccelli

Rome, Italy

Fontana dei Dioscuri

Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels & the Martyrs

Terrazza del Pincio

Beginning in Rome, our expeditions were documented through rigorous amounts of hand sketching. The goal was to develop the ability to translate what we were seeing to paper as not just an overall still-frame of our vision, but to begin to document the emotions felt in that moment and to capture the levels of depth and focus that we were perceiving.

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Sienese Porta della cittĂ Siena, Italy

Duomo di Firenze Florence, Italy

Uffizi Gallery Florence, Italy

Church of the Santissimo Redentore Venice, Italy

As we traveled across Europe, watercolors became a vibrant method of recording the physical and emotional qualities and the spaces visited. My series of watercolors was inspired by Surrealist artwork. While abroad I typically found myself at a loss of words; the architecture and scenery seemed almost dream-like. Thus, surreal, monochromatic renderings of the structures became my concept for recording my experiences. I was also interested in the use of negative space to define and accent the subjects.

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The existing exterior yard and breezeway is repurposed as an outdoor marketplace for local vendors.

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The existing atrium is extended to include the circulatory path below. A physical connection ins made as the ceiling is removed to create a multi-height union of the two spaces.

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The parade exits the museum eum through the main galler gallery space and emerges back into thee Piazza del Duomo to be greeted by the joyous songs of victory.

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A secondary entrance adjacent to the Piazzetta della Selva is re-imagined as an interior piazza with an open plan.

The renovation of Santa Maria della Scala required a delicate approach to century-old problems of circulation and user experience. Our design solution inserted classical architectural elements -- such as the loggia, piazza, courtyard, etc. -- into the plan of the museum.

The result was a continuous circulatory path that expands intermediately to accommodate large volumes of visitors, and at other points returns to the original width to allow access to the exhibits. These corridors are manipulated to provide visitors with small seating elements that peer into the adjacent showcases. The continuity of the plan enables the museum to once more hold parades through their hall for the famous horse race, the Palio di Siena, at right.

Before out departure, a public exhibit was held inside the museum displaying our final projects, sketches, and watercolors and was critiqued by local artists, architects, museum directors, and historical preservation officials.

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An underu underutilized passageway is reinvigorated to act as the new entry point to the ce celebratory promenade.

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Once finished, the raw concrete ceiling will be juxtaposed against white laquer cabinetry and wide plank white oak flooring.

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Common Roof Deck 1,210sf

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521 Newark Street Redevelopment | Hoboken, NJ Nastasi Architects | Pending City Approval | 2018Architectural Designer SD Designated as a part of the Southwest Hoboken Redevelopment Plan, the empty site at 521 Newark Street sits among vacant industrial buildings and workshops. The proposed design is for 36,000sf of residential over 3,000sf of commercial at grade and an elevated parking level.

Recognizing the atypical condition of a n elevated open-air parking level in the City of Hoboken, this became a driving factor for the massing and fenestration strategy. Treating the opening in the second floor as a carving or punch out of the upper 5-story mass, this idea was replicated across the facade to creates pockets of private occupiable terraces and setbacks. A cementitious veil was designed to wrap the massing and provide varying levels of shade and privacy for the residential units. This project is currently under review by the Redevelopment Agency to be adopted as part of the Southwest Redevelopment Plan.

Sketchup 3D, Thea Render, AutoCAD, Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop

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