MODUPEOLA THOMAS Portfolio
Table of Contents
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS
PERSONAL PROJECTS
Project 1
Project 6
Project 11
MOBILE NETWORK
KEDI
HAND DRAWINGS
Project 2
Project 7
Project 12
MAKING WHOLE
URBAN FOREST
Project 3
Project 8
FLUID OBSTRUCTOR
COCA EXPANSION
Project 4
Project 9
DESERT MUSEUM
HAN RESIDENCE
Project 5
Project 10
FABRI- CORN
CRYSTAL ARMATURE
ART INSTALLATION
MOBILE NETWORK NOMAS 2013 Design Competition Academic Project Location: Indianapolis, IN Year: 2013 Project Objective: To conserve and respect the existing site context while breathing new life into the previously run-down neighborhood of Kings Park. The approach taken to redevelop the Kings Park area is a Transit Attracting Development or TAD that strengthens the core with community supportive programs such as community farming, sports, commercial services etc. which attract multiple means of transportation to the surrounding community with emphasis on the more environmentally friendly methods such as walking and biking. The building gently rises above the ground blending into the generally low heights of the surrounding buildings which ultimately creates an inviting environment for visitors to the area. The different nodes of the building signify the different programs represented in the facility. Professor in charge: Charles Brown Competition Design Team: Modupeola Thomas, Patrycja Dragan, Tom Ishida, Yiyang Ming, Olivia Bolton, Lei Yang and Jiao Song Contribution: Site analysis, final design proposal, physical model building
Site Plan
Ground floor Plan
SECTION
MOMENT tree line
When people and cars are moving on the same level, we need green space to seperate them
Building contained in the landscape
If cars can move at a lower level, the ground space for people will not be disturbed.
Landscape connects two buildings
Water recycling strategy Roads for bikers and pedestrain can also be seperated.
Landscape may extend in to the building
MAKING WHOLE NOMAS 2014 Design Competition Academic Project Location: Divine Lorraine Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Year: 2014 Project Objective: To design a youth based facility that will “fundamentally change lives�. The design should generate a redevelopment plan that incorporates historic preservation of the existing Divine Lorraine Hotel, adaptive reuse, and sustainability metrics. Drawing heavily on the concept of multiple intelligences, the design intent is to create clusters of spaces for different activities accommodating various programs across these intelligences. A void space that extends from the existing hotel courtyard and ties back to the larger urban context organizes the program and creates paths and landscapes through these different spaces. The new Diving Lorraine campus is a place of healing for children and families that were once broken to be made whole again. Professor in charge: Charles Brown Competition Design Team: Modupeola Thomas, Nasim Daryaee, Joseph Vizurraga, Olivia Bolton, Chelsea Cole, Kelsey Alex, Rolando Lopez. Contribution: Site analysis: GIS mapping, data anaylysys and programming, presentation diagrams
1. Residences 2. Great Stairs 3. Elevated Walkway 4. Common Ground 5. Concert Hall 6. Playground
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2nd floor Programe Plan 10
1. Sculpture Park 2. Performance Room 3. Dance Studio 4. Practice 5. Concert Hall 6. Urban Farm 7. Hydroponics 8. Classroom 9. Elevated Classroom 10. Green Roof 11. Classroom 12. Lab 13. Music room 14. Music room
1st floor Programe Plan
1. Great stairs/ Public plaza 2. Study lounge 3. Sculpture garden 4. Amphitheater 5. Urban Farm 6. Thinking rooftop 7. Outdoor gym 8. Playground 9. Water retention pool/ skate park 10. Sports fields Site Plan
FLUID OBSTRUCTOR Academic Project Location: Chain of Rocks Bridge, Mississippi River, St. Louis, MO Year: 2013 Professor: Derek Hoeferlin Prohect Objective: Design an observatory for a scientist on the Chain of Rocks Bridge for the observation of flowing water through man-made and natual obstructions in the Mississippi River. Investigation models comprising of four different surface types with pyramid- shaped geometries fused to them are used to study the way varying volumes of water react when obstructed by these geometries. The pyramids play the role of the obstructions in this study, so the same design language is employed when designing the observatory for the scientist on the bridge. The observatory takes the form of fused pyramids growing from the bridge down to the bottom of the Mississippi River below it. The living and working space for the scientist is connected to the bridge, while the other parts below the bridge serve as obstructions to the flow of the river water which is the focus of the scientists’ study.
Site model
Obstructions
Fluid investigation models
Investigation models in use with low, medium, and high water volumes.
93 flood- 57 feet Normal- 28 feet Drought- 7 feet
93 flood- 57 feet Normal- 28 feet Drought- 7 feet
Study model Plan and sections through study model Hand Drawing
Hand drawing- Plan
Final section model
Hand drawing - Section
DESERT MUSEUM Academic Project Location: Palm Springs, CA Year: 2014 Professor: Stephen Leet Project Obejective: Design a permanent exhibition museum for the works of the artist, Alberto Burri in the desert landscape of Palm Springs, California. The design of the museum is an open floor plan with angled slits in the external walls which provide a panoramic view of the dramatic desert landscape as a person moves around the gallery. These slits also allow natural light to fill the space while shielding the artworks from the harsh desert sun. The slits are inspired by geometries from the artists’ works.
North facing elevation
Entry Ticketing Shop Burri Exhibition Temporary Gallery Administration Storage
Site Plan
East facing elevation
Longitudinal Section
Mechanical
Diagramatic Program plan
Works of the artist, Alberto Burri that informed the design of museum space.
Cross Section
Exploded axon
FABRI-CORN Academic Project Year: 2013 Professor: Ken Tracey Project Objective: Design a digital and 3D model of a small object holder inspired by a natural texture. Texture: Kernels of a corn
3D digital model of container
3D printed model
KEDI
Korean Educational Development Institute Professional Project Location: Jincheon, Korea Type: Institutional Client: South Korean Government Year: 2012 Project Objective: The new research facility for KEDI is an active building in a picturesque landscape that responds to the urban edge to the north and wooded landscape to the south of Jincheon. The project was conceived as a lens that absorbs and magnifies light and views internally and externally. The KEDI project concept was developed through Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalytical theory of the “Mirror Stage” and the “Three Stages of Human Development.” This theory and strategy was the vehicle for the concept of an Educational Development and how architecture transforms and reflects the programmatic conditions. The floor plates are designed as continuous landscapes that perform as a mat typology with hyper sections. These thin layers become infrastructural and programmatically dense. The building is cladded with Fresnel Glass that allows spatial distortion within the perception of the viewers from inside and outside. The lens-like skin also allows light to penetrate into the depth of the building to achieve spatial transparency. Firm: Axi:Ome Principals in Charge: Heather Woofter and Sung Ho Kim Project Designers: Jaymon Diaz and Catty Dan Zhang Design Team: Modupeola Thomas, Chris Liao, Xuanchen Zhang, Zhengyang Wang, Uros Stanojevic, Adam Novack, Tianhui Hou and Davis Owen Contribution: prototyping and final model building
URBAN FOREST Professional Project Location: Shanghai, China Type: Housing Unbuilt Client: Aidong Zhang Architect Year: 2013 Project Objective: The Urban Forest project is part of the growing phenomenon of infrastructure and development in suburban areas outside of Shanghai, China, where large zones of land are quickly turned over in speculative housing and retail. The project maintains the natural ground plane as much as possible by building areas that sit on an infrastructure platform 2 to 4 stories high with housing and office blocks interfacing with the base. The parking and multiple retail and business layers allow for the uninterrupted continuation of the urban fabric into the spatial organizations. The floors, slabs and other building features can also be considered as an extension and continuity of the landscape. The Urban Forest spreads horizontally and vertically to create a more planted urbanism with dependent spatial organizations. Firm: Axi:Ome Principals in Charge: Heather Woofter and Sung Ho Kim Design Principal: Catty Dan Zhang Project Designers: Jaymon Diaz and Dimitris Gourdoukis Design Team: Modupeola Thomas, Tim Scolarici, Chris Liao, Xuanchen Zhang, Alex Kim and Zhengyang Wang Contribution: prototyping and final model building
Program diagram
Cross Section
Typical housing tower plan
Typical office tower plan
Study Model I
Site Plan Site Plan
Longitudinal Section
Study Model II
Buildings with bamboo forest and towers
Underground program and infrastructure
COCA EXPANSION Professional Project Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Type: Institutional Client: Center of Creative Arts Year: 2014, Work in Progress Project Objective: In Mendelsohn’s early plans,we find the gathering of educational spaces across the garden from the assembly spaces. In the garden’s interior is a library and kindergarten within which the children would be placed at the building’s center; framed by light and views to the natural surroundings. These basic principles guided the interpretation of the proposed renovation by considering the project a protected campus of natural and social spaces organized around the center court consisting of a playground on the upper level and an assembly space on the lower level. The structure of the courtyard serves as an opportunity for exterior and interior performance space to provide multiple types of performance and educational classrooms. In addition, COCA is an anchor in the urban life of the neighborhood. The scale of the proposed addition responds to the neighborhood and also restores the relationship of the curved roof to façadeon the eastern edge of the original Mendelsohn building. Stretching out to the natural limits of this urban and suburban site, the proposed plan integrates program spaces of various sizes, including a theater and black box connection and exposes the learning process of arts education to families that support their child’s pursuit of expressive communication through art. Firm: Axi:Ome Principals in Charge: Heather Woofter and Sung Ho Kim Design Principal: Catty Dan Zhang Project Manager and Coordinator: Jaymon Diaz Project Designers: Chris Liao and Tim Scolarici Design Team: Modupeola Thomas, Uros Stanojevic, Colleen Qiu, Borislav Tchatalbachev, Darwin Barnes, Yuelin Yu, Dandi Zhang, Yiming He Mikale Kwiatkowski and Tianhui Hou Contribution: prototyping and final model building
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Ongoing Practice: COCA
Design Proposal A : Parking Studies
Design Proposal A
Ongoing Practice: COCA
Design Proposal B
3.1
Ongoing Practice: COCA
Design Proposal A : Parking Studies
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HAN RESIDENCE RENOVATION Professional Project Location: St. Louis, Missouri Type: Residential Client: Lu Han & family Year: 2015, Work in progress Project Objective: Renovation of the single family house paying strict attention to, and abiding by all historic preservation laws. Firm: Axi:Ome Principals in Charge: Heather Woofter and Sung Ho Kim Project Manager and Coordinator: Jaymon Diaz Project Designers: Modupeola Thomas, Josh Chan, Tim Scolarici Contribution: measuring existing building, architectural drawings, final design`
Date: 09-15-2015 5515 Waterman Blvd. 2006 S. 8th St. St. Louis, MO 63104
Scale: Not to scale
Date: 09-15-2015 5515 Waterman Blvd. 2006 S. 8th St. St. Louis, MO 63104
Scale: Not to scale
Drawn by: JC Checked by: JD
Drawn by: JC Checked by: JD
FOR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN ONLY NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION
FOR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN ONLY NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION
Notes:_______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Proposed Section BB ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________
Notes:_______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Proposed Section AA ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________
Site Plan
Soth Elevation
First floor plan
North Elevation
Second floor plan
West Elevation
Third floor plan
East Elevation
open porch open porch
open openporch porch
open porch
open open porchporch open porch
open porch posts open porch posts open porch
posts
open porch
posts open porch open porch posts open porch posts
roof & railings sleeping porch sleeping porch roof &sleeping railings porch roof & railings
posts
roof & railings open porch sleeping porch roof & railings
curtains & blinds sleeping porch railings curtains & infill blinds
open porch open porch
open porch
open porch
open porch posts
open porch open porch posts posts
posts sleeping porch roof & railings
roof & railings
curtains & blinds
roof & railings infill railings curtains & blinds
curtains & blinds fenestration/enclosure infill railings
posts open openporch porch postsopen porch
sleeping porch roof sleeping porch roof&&railings railings sleeping porch
roof & railings
curtains & blinds infill railings infill railings curtains & blinds infill railings curtains & blinds
infill railings
infill railings fenestration/enclosure infill railings infill railings
infill railings
windows
open porch open porch posts
roof & railings sleeping porch sleeping porch roof & railings sleep
infill curtains blinds infill&railings railings curtains & blinds infill rail
curtain
infill railings fenestration/enclosure fenestration/enclosure infill railings fenestration/enclo infill rail
windows fenestration/enclosure windows
wind
windows
CRYSTAL ARMATURE Russia Competition 2015
Professional Project: Competition Location: Kalinigrad, Russia Type: Institutional Client: Urban Planning Bureau, by order of the Kaliningrad Region Government Year: 2015 Project Objective: To create a contemporary governmental complex on the “post-castle” area in a best possible balance with the history of the place and contemporary requirements to functions and image of the largest public building of the region, with restoration or other application of the castle Königsberg fragments (in particular, the western wing of the castle, related to the history of Russia). Firm: Axi:Ome Principals in Charge: Heather Woofter and Sung Ho Kim Design Principal: Colleen Qui Manager and Coordinator: Jaymon Diaz Project Designers: Modupeola Thomas, Borislav Tchatalbachev, Joshua Chan, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Yi Zhou, ZhaoYu Zhu Contribution: prototyping and final model building
Garage entrance
Bход Гараж
DN
DN вниз
classroom
classroom
UP
UP
DN
DN
EL. ±4.5M
education center
education center
Fairground ярмарочная площадь EL. ±0M
+15.6M plan
+15.6M plan
Loading dock / Trash area Погрузочный док / Площадь для мусора
DN
UP
WC Туалет
WC Туалет
DN
UP
Kids area
Дети область Trash area
Kitchen кухня
UP
WC Туалет
DN
WC Туалет
UP
WC WC Туалет Туалет
small conference room небольшой конференц- зал EL. +8.4M
UP
EL. +1.2M
WC Туалет
DN
WC Туалет
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DN
DN
Main foyer
Hallway/ flexible space Прихожая/ гибкое пространство EL. +8.4M
EL. +3.3M
DN
EL. ±0M
EL. +1.0M
Reception Приемная
DN
DN
stage этап
Tourist information center
DN вниз
DN
bar бар Castle Restaurant Ресторан Замка EL. +8.4M
UP
EL. +3.3M
EL. ±0M
Castle Restaurant Ресторан Замка EL. +8.4M Reception Приемная
Hallway/ flexible space Прихожая/ гибкое пространство EL. +8.4M
EL. +3.3M
EL. +3.3M
EL. +8.4M
bar бар
EL. +8.4M UP
EL. ±0M
Kitchen кухня
DN DN
EL. ±0M EL. -1.5M
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UP
EL. ±0M
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UP
WC Туалет
WC Туалет
Main Square Главная Площадь
Kitchen кухня
DN
Bakery Café пекарня -кафе
small conference room небольшой конференц- зал EL. +8.4M
EL. ±0M UP UP
WC Туалет
UP
WC Туалет
food hall кафетерий
UP
Service Area Зона обслуживания
Visitor drop-off area
WC Туалет
storage WC cклад Туалет
UP
UP
DN
lobby лобби EL. ±0M
UP DN вверх вниз
EL. +4.5M
EL. +8.4M
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UP
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Souvenir Shop
Fountain
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EL. +4.5M
UP вверх
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DN
Heart of City Pavilion « »
Museum of Archeology
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UP
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UP
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DN
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Museum of Rare Objects Музей Раритетов EL. +9.6M
Event Square
EL. -1.5M
EL. +8.1M
EL. -1.5M DN
Museum of Rare Objects Музей Раритетов EL. +9.6M
Specialized kiosks Специализированный киоски
EL. -1.0M EL. +1.2M
Museum Entrance DN
Specialized kiosks EL. ±0M Специализированный киоски
DN вниз
Garage entrance Bход Гараж DN вниз
DN UP вниз вверх
DN
UP
DN DN
DN вниз
EL. -2.4M
EL. ±0M
UP
UP
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DN
EL. +6.0M EL. +9.0M
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EL. ±0M
Temporary exhibition hall
EL. -3.3M
DN
EL. -1.5M
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UP
UP
DN
Music shop Музыкальный магазин
DN
DN вниз
UP DN
Bookstore Kнижный магазин
Recording studios Звукозаписывающие студии
DN
UP
DN DN
DN
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DN
EL. +3M
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Recording studios Звукозаписывающие студии
EL. -3.3M EL. -3.3M
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DN
Bookstore EL. +4.5M Kнижный магазин
EL. +3.3M
EL. +1.2M
UP
EL. +4.5M
DN
DN
EL. -0.4M
EL. +9.0M
UP
Music shop Музыкальный магазин
UP
EL. ±0M
DN
EL. ±0M
Ceremonial hall UP
UP
EL. -3.3M
EL. -1.5M
DN
UP DN
+9.6M plan план
EL. -4.0M
+9.6M plan план ±0M plan план
alkjf
EL. -5M
EL. -5M
EL. -5M
Garage Entrance Bход Гараж
UP
UP
alkjf
Rehearsal room Репетиция номера
Backstage за кулисами
Storage Хранилище
UP
Dressing room Примерочная
UP
UP
Rehearsal room Репетиция номера
stage этап
Backstage за кулисами
Underground Car Parking Подземная парковка
Storage Хранилище
UP
Dressing room Примерочная
EL. -15.5M
EL. -5.0M UP
Office space офисное помещение
Dressing room Примерочная
stage этап Underground Car Parking Подземная парковка
Workshop space Площадь цеха
Dressing room Примерочная
EL. -15.5M
Multi-Functional Hall УНИВЕРСАЛЬНЫЙ ЗАЛ
(1628 seats)
EL. -5.0M UP
Office space офисное помещение
Workshop space Площадь цеха
storage / technical space xранилище / технической космической
DN
Technical space Sound operator технической звук комнаты космической
Multi-Functional Hall УНИВЕРСАЛЬНЫЙ ЗАЛ
(1628 seats)
stor stor -age -age
UP
Control suite Контроль люкс
Technical Spaces Засценическое пространство l
Retails Розничные
Office Oфис
UP
wc
Office Oфис
wc
Ticketing Начисление оплаты
UP DN
snack bar
foyer фойе EL. -11.5M
EL. +3.3M UP
lounge
storage / technical space xранилище / технической космической
Wine Cellar EL. +3.3M Винный погреб
UP
storage Technical space Sound operator технической звук комнаты космической UP
Office Oфис
Ticketing Начисление оплаты
Control suite Контроль люкс
Technical Spaces Засценическое пространство l
Retails Розничные
Office Oфис
WC Туалет
WC Туалет
DN
wc
wc West wing ruins DN Западное крыло руины EL. -5.0M
UP
reception room прием
WC Туалет
WC Туалет
EL. +3.3M
DN
Wine Cellar Винный погреб
WC Туалет
UP
DN
foyer фойе EL. -11.5M
UP
reception room прием
Rest area Зона отдыха EL. +3.3M
EL. +4.5M
Archeological excavation site (ruins) aрхеологический раскопок
WC Туалет
UP
DN
EL. -5.0M
museum of rare objects
EL. -5.0M
EL. +4.5M
lobby / antique exhibition лобби / aнтичная выставка
UP
EL. -5.0M
West wing ruins Западное крыло руины EL. -5.0M
storage / technical space xранилище / технической космической
EL. -5.0M
antique exhibition aнтичная выставка
EL. -5.0M
storage / technical space xранилище / технической космической
UP
storage / technical space xранилище / технической космической
storage / technical space xранилище / технической космической
storage / technical space xранилище / технической космической
EL. -5.0M
EL. -5.0M
DN
storage / technical space xранилище / технической космической
storage / technical space xранилище / технической космической
storage / technical space xранилище / технической космической
EL. -5.0M
EL. -5.0M
storage / technical space xранилище / технической космической
DN
castle history gallery
UP DN
EL. +3.3M UP
DN DN DN
EL. -5.0M
museum of history
-5.0M plan план
UP
EL. -5.0M
DN
UP
UP
UP
EL. +6.0M
storage / technical space xранилище / технической космической
UP
UP
DN
DN
storage / technical space xранилище / технической космической
Southeast ruins к юго-востоку руины
storage / technical space xранилище / технической космической
UP DN
EL. -5.0M
UP
museum of rare objects
UP
UP
EL. -5.0M UP
EL. -5.0M
antique exhibition aнтичная выставка
DN
UP
Southeast ruins к юго-востоку руины
EL. -1.5M
lobby / antique exhibition лобби / aнтичная выставка
DN
specialized boutiques
event square
Archeological excavation site (ruins) aрхеологический раскопок
EL. +3M UP
UP
-5.0M plan план
+6.0M plan
castle history gallery DN
EL. +4.5M
UP
EL. +4.5M
UP
DN
кристалл (стакан) фасад crystal (glass) facade
специальный выставочный зал (Янтарная комната) special exhibition hall (amber room)
| Музеи
| museums
| офисы
| offices
| библиотека
| library
| ресторан
| restaurants
| коммерческие и розничные
| commercial and retail
| Общественного / лобби
| public / lobby
амфитеатр amphitheater
ярмарочных и подземная парковка fairgrounds and underground parking
археологические раскопки archaeological excavation
Театр theater
HAND DRAWINGS Personal project Primary Materials: Charcoal, graphite, ink and white acrylic.
DRAWINGS