Michael Da Silva
undergraduate portfolio New Jersey Institute
of
Technology
MichaelDa Silva 732 272 2648 111 Locust Avenue West Long Branch, New Jersey 07764
Experience
Education New Jersey Institute of Technolgy BA Architecture - Minor in Sustainability
Food Service
3 years
Waiter 2015 Management
Food Service - Manager
Skills Autodesk Revit Grasshopper Illustrator
Rhinoceroes Photoshop Lightroom
Awards Sonnenfeld and Trochia Architecture Design ScholarshipNew Jersey Institute of Technology 2013
3 years
Construction
2 years
Flooring - tile, hardwood, laminates Siding - Cedar Shingle, Azec, Aluminum
Languages English Portuguese Spanish French
Native Speaker Native speaker Fluent Moderate Fluency
Content Work I / Urban Housing
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Work I I / Rural Education
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Work I I I / Urban Agriculture
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Work I V / Photography
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An Exploration of the typical Row house Typology
A multi - generational scho ol lacated in India
An Exploration of the typical Row house Typology
A selection of photographs
Newark - NJ Row Housing Newark is a cirty like any other, in constant motion endlessly shifting to suit the current need of its inhabitants. This idea of shifting to meet programmatic needs became a driving factor in the design. This project is about more than just redesignning a facade. It is about carefully reallocating space to both increase floor space while improcing the quality of the space itself. The building was treates as a single mass and any shifts that occure on the front will have an effect on the rear. This idea of shifting was also translated into the language of the apertures
Rural Education Center
Mass
Circulation Shift
Veneer Wall
Rural Educat
Programatic Shifts
Aperture Shift
Skylighting
Skylighting
ionRural Center Education Center Modasa, India
This multigenerational scho ol set in a small farming community near Modasa, India is to serve as a primary scho ol and a civic center for the local community
Site plan
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1-Classroom 2-Office 3-Resource 4-Cantina 5-Pavilion
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1-Classroom 2-Office 3-Resource 4-Cantina 5-Pavilion
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1-Classroom 2-Office 3-Resource 4-Cantina 5-Pavilion
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Urban Agriculture Govenor’s Island, NY The design intent was to establish a sustainable model for urban agriculture. While much of rural populations migrating to urban areas there is a pressing need to source fo od locally and to set a model for doing so sustainably. The facility utilizes both rainwater collection and solar harvesting to minimize its impact on the site without giving up efficiency of production. Much of the energy used by our existing food industry is delegated to trasportation and packaging. Those costs are minimized in this scheme by tapping into an existing ferry network. Everything produced on the island can be shipped to Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. This facility will serve as a prototype to spur innovation and educate the public ,escpecially the youth, on where their fo od currently comes from and how this new model of farming will help future generations.
This proposal aims to create a model of sustainable urban farming. This design was generated through a seriers of clear and concise reponses to social, enviormental and geographical conditions. The aim is to maximize the amount of produce that can be grown while leaving as minimal of a fo otprint as possible on the existing site and its resources. This is done through a careful study of existing conditions and ultilizes parametrics in order to quickly generate many variations and quantify their efficiency in order to select the variations that perform at optimal levels. This emphasis on the performative aspect of the work is at the heart of the design process and drives the project. Through this optimization process a formal language is refined and employed throughout the site with specificity to local conditions. This allows the system to be adaptible and potentially allow it to be employed elsewhere.
Existing Transportation
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Energy Usage
Rural Population 100%
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Food Production
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Packaging + Shipping
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Site Selection
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Assembly Panneling Gasket Steel Clip Steel Structure
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Solar Optimization
Solar Power
Drainage
Rotating Crops
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Water Collection
Photography The image crystalizes architecture into its most basic form. From this locked perspective we percieve the work as captured by the photogtapher. Through photography one can convey emotion, a sense of place, a mo od and many other concepts which may only be expressed visualy
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