ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO FÉLIX D. SAMÓ
LEED GA, ENV SP, CAPM
“Black Sand” from Drawing Sites seminar with Dasha Khapalova
CONTENTS
/Representing Sustainability
/Bradley Court
/Learning from Fine Dining
/9837 Belmont
/Recorded
/Building Practice
/Chiptonite
/Urbananas
/Overcoming Carbon Form
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Project Type / Masters Thesis
Institution / Cornell University
Team / Independent under the direction of Katharina Kral & Chris Leong; Thesis Advisors - Jonathan Oschorn & Caroline O’Donnell
Software/Tools / Rhino, 3D
Printing, Wood and metal shop work
REPRESENTING SUSTAINABILITY: A Home for Aging
Sustainability and environmental design are often positioned as the indisputable answer to the many problems we now face as a result of carbon modernity. While more responsible measures are imperative in order to overcome carbon forms and establish a paradigm shift in energy and construction, the symbols we now associate with sustainability, such as wind turbines, extensive greenery, and natural materials, no longer effectively identify projects that align with the necessary efforts; inversely, projects that lack the charisma or the established aesthetic of the aforementioned symbols are more likely to remain unrecognized as expressions of sustainability. Furthermore, as the architectural object can never exist devoid of its context, individual interventions in the built fabric must always be considered in relation to the culture and environment that they are a product of, regardless of how conscious or “green” they might claim to be. Through an exploration of architecture that operates between the scales of the self and the room, a practice of representation as a dialogue between different mediums and scales, the leveraging of procedural values of study and analogous application, and the implementation of an iterative process of composition, prototyping, and deployment, Program Walls was developed as a spatial intervention within the domestic realm. Nevertheless, its primary components transcend their presented medium and scale, with attention placed instead on architectural thinking and how it relates to sustainability, materiality, form, and flexibility. In this manner, the developed artifacts and spatial organizations deployed in A Home for Aging not only speculate a future housing fiction but also begin to contribute towards a discourse that champions an embedded consideration for sustainability over the posthumous incorporation of ornaments or costly premiums, regardless of the recognition and enticement the latter might more feasibly gather.
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Previous: Close Up of Bedroom Area with Modified Furniture Layout
Clockwise from Top Left: Series of Unit Perspectives Taken Using a 1/2” Scale Model of Two Different Units at Different Inhabitation Stages
OF RESEARCH
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Top Right: Massing Model of Building Assembly within Existing Context
Rest of Page: Series of Edited Views of Unit Model at Different Inhabitation Stages
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Top Row: Typical Mass Timber Unit at Four Stages Throughout the Day (Short-Term Transformations)
Bottom: Section through Mass Timber Shelf Assembly Showing Different Units and Combinations
Project Type / ProfessionalContracted
Company / Maedo Architects
Team / Gladys Makabenta and Troy Goudzwaard
Role / Project Manager & Designer
Software/Tools / Revit, AutoCAD, Lumion, Enscape, Bluebeam, Microsoft Suite
BRADLEY COURT
Bradley Court is a $20MM, 3.4 acre campus renovation project located in El Cajon, California. In addition to site improvements and interior remodel of the two existing buildings, the primary scope consists of the addition of a second 1-story skilled nursing facility and a new 66-bed, 3-story assisted living facility. The assisted living facility, named Bradley Terraces, is in active development as a prototype that combines prefabricated and site-built components in conjunction with Siena Terraces, located in Auburn, California. With these contrasting sites and their diverse climate and topographical conditions, the first two deployments are being utilized as test beds for a new prefabrication-forward healthcare model able to be quickly adapted, approved, and constructed across a multitude of sites. A predominant consideration for placement and context was present at the Bradley Terraces deployment, modifying the site-built components and exit routes in response to the sloping site and matching the language of the existing buildings in materiality and color.
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Previous: Exterior Perspective View Left: Modified Ground Floor Plan and Full Campus Renovation Site Plan
Top Right: Complete Building Front Street
Perspective
Bottom Right: Sections Cutting through Front and Back of Building
EV V A N EV EV EV V A N EV VAN LANDSCAPE 9' 0" 5' 0" 9' 0" 5' 0" 9' 0" 5' 0" 12' 0" 9' 0" 16' 0" 24' 0" 18' 0" E O R A C 5N O A C 50 25' 0" 25' - 020-0 900-924' 0" 16' 0" 3' 0" 1 - 5 - 2 - 8 - 0 310---18' 0" 25' 0" 20 240 50 18 - 0 25 - 0 90 9' 0" P 9325+/- 92'-1" 48' 11 1/2"+/- 92'-0" 56' 3" +/- 53'-10" 5BUILDING 1SKILLED NURSING (EXISTING) TO REMAIN 6,950 SF BUILDING 3SKILLED NURSING (PROPOSED) 11,048 SF BUILDING 4 ASSISTED LIVING (PROPOSED) 26,515 SF AREA OF SAFE DISPERSAL BUILDING 2SKILLED NURSING (EXISTING) TO REMAIN 6,500 SF N89°35'39"W 284.06' N00°21'46"E 556.02' N00°29'13"E 352.26' N89°40'47"W 99.72' N26°4500W 24659 N78°13 08" E 73 44 E BRADLEY AVE SAMS HILL ROAD LANDSCAPE A-1.1 10 A-1.1 11 A-1.1 12 N O R T H S R A TATEOF CALIFORN 3 E - 1-2 L T CENSED ARCHITEC REG ED 321 NORTH RAMPART STREET SUITE 101 ORANGE, CA 92868 P:714.937.1985 F:714.937.1989 CONSULTANT SEAL CLIENT APPROVAL SHEET TITLE Project Number: Drawn By: Issue Date: SHEET NUMBER FACILITY PLOT DATE TIME 900 NORTH ROCK HILL RD. ST. LOUIS, MO 63119 0 0 M C:\Users\felix\Documents\Bradley Court Transition C are_felixCVRMU.rvt A-1.0 OVERALL SITE PLAN 20090 FDS 675 BRADLEY AVE., EL CAJON, CA 92021 1/10/2023 BRADLEY TERRACES ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ARCO CONSTRUCTION 1/16" = 1'-0" A-1.0 OVERALL SITE PLAN 7'-0" H. CHAIN LINK FENCE EXISTING 7'-0"H. CHAIN LINK FENCE EXISTING STORAGE SHEDS EXISTING CONCRETE PATIO FIRE APPURTENANCES PROPERTY LINE SETBACK BIO-BASIN CMU RETAINING WALL (SEE CIVIL FOR HEIGHT) LANDSCAPE ASPHALT PAVING BICYCLE PARKING EV CHARGER AND UNDERGROUND CONDUIT GENERATOR ENCLOSURE W/ 8'-0" H. SOLID GROUTED CMU W/ PLASTER COVERED TRASH ENCLOSURE PER COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO STANDARDS 10' X 35' LOADING SPACE EXISTING CONCRETE SIDEWALK 1. SEE CIVIL DRAWINGS AND PLUMBING DRAWINGS FOR THE LOCATIONS OF THE UTILITIES CONNECTION AND THE INVERT ELEVATIONS. 2. FIRE HYDRANT, SEE CIVIL DRAWING FOR THE REQUIREMENT & VERIFY WITH LOCAL FIRE MARSHAL FOR THEIR REQUIREMENTS REGARDING THE SPACING OF THE FIRE HYDRANT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONNECTION 4. SEE CIVIL DRAWING AND PLUMBING DRAWING FOR SITE DRAINAGE. 5. SEE LANDSCAPE DRAWING FOR THE IRRIGATION AND PLANTING DETAILS. 6. PROVIDE SITE ACCESSIBLE ACCESS AT EACH DRIVEWAY APPROACH. 7. ACCESSIBLE PATH OF TRAVEL AS INDICATED ON PLAN IS A BARRIER-FREE ACCESS ROUTE WITHOUT ANY ABRUPT LEVEL CHANGES EXCEEDING ½ IF BEVELED AT 1:2 MAX SLOPE, OR VERTICAL LEVEL CHANGES NOT EXCEEDING 1/4 MAX, AND AT LEAST 48 IN WIDTH. SURFACE IS STABLE, FIRM, AND SLIP RESISTANT. CROSS SLOPE DOES NOT EXCEED 2% AND SLOPE IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL IS LESS THAN 5%, MAINTAINED FREE OF OVERHANGING OBSTRUCTIONS TO 80 MIN, AND ABOVE 27 AND LESS THAN 80 ARCHITECT SHALL VERIFY THAT THERE ARE NO BARRIERS IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL. 8. ALL WORK MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY WITHIN A 100-FOOT RADIUS IF ANY ARCHAELOGICAL ARTIFACTS, EXOTIC ROCK (NON-NATIVE), OR UNUSUAL AMOUNTS OF SHELL OR BONE ARE UNCOVERED DURING ANY ON-SITE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. CONTRACTOR SHALL RETAIN A QUALIFIED PLACER COUNTY PLANNING SERVICES DIVISION AND DIVISION OF MUSEUMS TO REVIEW THE ARCHAELOGICAL FIND(S). GENERAL NOTES OVERALL SITE PLAN KEYNOTES 11 12 14 16 17 18 4 3 12 6 3 5 14 14 15 14 12 5 14 15 13 15 8 13 5 13 15 12 15 6 6 18 16 4 14 17 15 17 18 18 12 5 6 10 1 11 4 4 18 14 12 12 5 16 12 12 1 2 UP R. C C F F B B A A 4 4 5 5 D D E E A.3 A.3 A.6 A.6 B.3 B.3 B.5 B.5 B.7 B.7 F.3 F.3 F.5 F.5 F.7 F.7 G G G.3 G.3 G.6 G.6 H H A102 A104 A106 A108 A110 A120 A118 A116 A114 A112 1 1 2 2 3 350 1216' 0" 12' 0" 12' 0" 12' - 0" 12' 0" 12' 0" 12' 0" 12' 0" 48' 0" 12' - 0" 12' 0" 12' 0" 12' 0" 12' 0" 12' 0" 12' 0" C.1 C.1 E.1 E.1 105 109 110 101 103 102 A-2.4 1 A-11.4 1 A-11.4 2 118 123 122 119 121 MED 116 107 101 A106 A108 A110 102 106 117 119 120 121 123 110 109 A112 A114 A116 A A A A A C D H H D C A A A A A 1 A-5.0 1 A-5.0 2 A-5.0 2 A-5.0 3 A-5.0 3 A-5.0 4 A-5.0 4 A-5.0 5 A-5.0 5 A-5.0 6 A-5.0 6 A-5.0 A104 A118 122 118 111 104 111 A-11.0 1 A-11.1 A-11.6 1 A-11.8 A102 A120 124 SC107 POST INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL OF ACCESSIBILITY (I.S.A.) AT FRONT ENTRANCE, MOUNTED @ 60" A.F.F. TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE SIGN. ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC COURTESY TELEPHONE TO BE AVAILABLE AT NURSE STATION. ALL SINGLE USER TOILET ROOMS ARE TO BE IDENTIFIED AS "ALL GENDER" TOILET FACILITIES BY SIGNAGE. S G R TATEOF CALIFORN 3 N 1-31-2 LICENSED ARCHITEC O REG AED CONSULTANT SEAL CLIENT APPROVAL SHEET TITLE AND UNPUBLISHED WORK OF THE ARCHITECT DUPLICATED, USED OR DISCLOSED WITHOUT Project Number: Drawn By: Issue Date: SHEET NUMBER FACILITY 900 NORTH ROCK HILL ST. LOUIS, MO 63119 A-2.1 OVERALL LEVEL FLOOR PLAN 675 BRADLEY AVE., EL CA 92021 1/10/2023 BRADLEY TERRACES ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ARCO CONSTRUCTION 1/8" = 1'-0" DNU SD-2.3 A-2.1 OVERALL 1ST FLOOR REFLECTED CEILING PLAN N O R T H 1
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Project Type / Undergraduate Thesis
Institution / Syracuse University
Team / Karisma Dev & Felix Samo under the direction of Greg Corso, Kyle Miller and Daniele Profeta; Studies Resource CollaboratorsChanel Gaude & Avanthi Dev
Software/Tools / Rhino, Wood and metal shop work, Plastics Works, Textiles, Coding
LEARNING FROM FINE DINING
2020 Syracuse School of Architecture Thesis Awards Jury: Honorable Mention.
Utilizing fine dining as a vehicle for research and design, this thesis explores the social structural hierarchies resulting from centuries of developmental tendencies of human behavior. We accept fine dining as the ultimate convergence of food and architecture, intended to create an experience that stimulates the senses while executing the principles of gastronomy, here defined as a study of the relationship between food and culture and the practice of producing, preparing and consuming good food. By applying architecture as an agency to study the shaping of human behavior, the thesis operates at the 1:1 scale, producing physical models that address the effects of cognitive engagement while implementing the design techniques of functionality, material instability, and counter figuration.
The research explores how fine dining mobilizes and manages behavioral dependencies on the latent infrastructures and tacit rules that define any given space. In a study of fine dining, the manipulation of human behavior and the ritualistic patterns can become normalized through total architectural control, presenting a platform by which other experiences can therefore be executed. The following design thus aims to emphasize ten chosen traditional and unconventional rules and practices of consumption by exaggerating their attributes, leading to a fully curated and executed dining experience that tests a series of interventions within fine dining.
More on: Learning from Fine DiningThesis Website
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Series featuring an array of objects challenging the preconceptions of dinnerware while maintaining their functionality intact. Interventions in the series include plates, bowls, utensils, cups and napkins, among others.
Below: Shot of Object Studies
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Clockwise from Left: (1) Course 2: Heavy Soup Bowl in Poured Cement, (2) Course 2 Prototypes Cast in Plaster, and (3) LockIn Table in Recycled Plywood and Fur with Sitting
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Clockwise from Bottom Left: (1) Immersive Dining Experience Mockup Scale Model with Lights, Scent and Sound Installations, (2) Course 3: Absorptive Dessert Plate, and (3) Immovable Chair Weighing 100+ lbs
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Project Type / ProfessionalContracted
Company / Independent Work
Team / Karisma Dev & Felix Samo
Role / Project Manager & Designer
Software/Tools / Rhino, AutoCAD, VRay, Enscape, Adobe Suite
9837 BELMONT
9837 Belmont is a 4,000 square-foot two-phase renovation project located in Los Angeles, California. Formerly a medical facility, half of the project site has been transformed into the office headquarters for an environmental engineering firm, while the other currently remains occupied by a retail tenant. The concept for this project utilizes several existing datums established by pre-existing structural elements within the space: the longspan structural beams, fenestration, and horizontal surfaces. Drawing from Florian Idenburg and LeeAnn Suen’s The Office of Good Intentions, Human(s) Work, the modern workspace has transformed from our post-war understandings and functional needs of the 9-5 office environment to a highly flexible machine that provides resources for efficiency and adaptability. This office blurs the lines between a highly-structured workplace environment and a site for exploration and collaboration, factoring in the evolving needs of employees while encouraging diversity and accessibility.
This project is currently in construction and is in process of becoming LEED certified, with an expected end date of May 2023.
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Below: Perspective of View of Proposed Exterior Renovation Scope, Presented to the City of Bellflower as Part of an Awarded Grant Application
Counter-Clockwise from Top Left: Series of Photographs
Documenting Front Building Area from Existing Condition, through Demolition Phase and to Current State of Development
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BELMONT STREET
FLOOR
1 SCALE: 1’= 1/4” NOTES: 1. WINDOWS 2. TO BE
PLAN
ADENMOOR AVENUE 1 A B C D E F 2 3 4 5 BUILT-IN BENCH BELOW EXISTING STRUCTURAL BEAM ABOVE PORTICO ABOVE EXISTING STRUCTURAL BEAM ABOVE EXISTING STRUCTURAL BEAM ABOVE COUNTER WITH CABINETS BELOW EDGE OF CURB BELOW. COUNTER WITH CABINETS BELOW EXTERIOR PLANTER OWNER OFFICE 185 SF EMPLOYEE OFFICE 02 93 SF EMPLOYEE OFFICE 01 93 SF 19’8 1/2” 13’6” 6’-3” 9’-11 3/4” 9’-11 3/4” 1’-9 1/4” TYP. 20’1/4” 19’11 1/2” 23’10 3/4” 3’-10” COPY/PRINT ROOM 58 SF CONFERENCE ROOM 187 SF ENTRANCE & LOUNGE 251 SF EMPLOYEE WORKSPACE 504 SF EXISTING TENANT SPACE KITCHEN 428 SF REAR HALLWAY 60 SF REAR ENTRANCE 29 SF 39’- 11 3/4” 4’- 2” 16’ - 2 3/8” 10’ - 1/4” 9’-2” 7’- 8 1/2” 8’-0” OUTDOOR STORAGE & TRASH 27 SF TENANT EXTERIOR STORAGE 22 SF EXTERIOR STORAGE CLOSET 51 SF OWNER RESTROOM 40 SF EMPLOYEE RESTROOM 84 SF 101 201 208 210 211 209 202 203 204 205 206 207 102 103 104 106 107 108 105 2 AA-201 1 AA-303 2 AA-303 3 AA-303 2 AA-302 1 AA-302 AA-301 2 AA-301 1 AA-301 3 3 AA-201 1 AA-201 9 AA-501 1 AA-401 5 AA-403 8 AA-501
Plan View Detailing Proposed Area of Work and Future Expansion Area
Series of Proposed Front and Back Exterior Elevations, and Details 26
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NORTHERN ELEVATION 3 EASTERN ELEVATION 2 SOUTHERN ELEVATION 1 SCALE: 1’= 1/4” SCALE: 1’= 1/4” SCALE: 1’= 1/4” CABLE SUPPORTS 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D E F 9’-10 1/2” 7’-0” 2’-11 3/4” 7’-0” 7’-0” 7’-0” 4’-0” 4’-0” 4’-0” 6’-0” 39’-0” 41’- 8 3/8” 16’-5” 16’-5” 7’-0” 7’-0” 10’-0” 7’-4 1/4” 2’-0” 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 GUTTER OUTLET AND DOWNSPOUT EXISTING JUNCTION BOX DUAL-DIRECTION EXTERIOR WALL-MOUNTED SCONCE CANOPY WITH FULL-LENGTH COPING DUAL-DIRECTION EXTERIOR WALL-MOUNTED SCONCE DUAL-DIRECTION EXTERIOR WALL-MOUNTED SCONCE EXISTING JUNCTION BOX EXISTING TENANT SPACE EXISTING TENANT SPACE EXISTING JUNCTION BOX NORTHERN ELEVATION 3 EASTERN ELEVATION 2 SOUTHERN ELEVATION 1 SCALE: 1’= 1/4” SCALE: 1’= 1/4” SCALE: 1’= 1/4” 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D E F 7’-0” 2’-11 3/4” 7’-0” 7’-0” 7’-0” 4’-0” 4’-0” 4’-0” 6’-0” 41’- 8 3/8” 16’-5” 16’-5” 7’-0” 7’-0” 10’-0” 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 GUTTER OUTLET AND DOWNSPOUT EXISTING JUNCTION BOX DUAL-DIRECTION EXTERIOR WALL-MOUNTED SCONCE DUAL-DIRECTION EXTERIOR WALL-MOUNTED SCONCE EXISTING JUNCTION BOX EXISTING TENANT SPACE EXISTING JUNCTION BOX COPING AT PARAPET 1 EXTERIOR WALL 2 BRICK VENEER FAUX EXTERIOR 3 SCALE: 1’= 3” SCALE: 1’= 3” SCALE: 1’= 3” 3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING EXISTING 2X4 WOO STUD BEHIND BATT INSULATION WOOD BLOCKING METAL COPING AIR/WATER BARRIER WATERPROOFING RIGID INSULATION SELF-FURRING METAL LATH CEMENT PLASTER BASE COAT STUCCO (SMOOTH FINISH) 1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING 3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING EXISTING 2X4 WOOD STUD BEHIND BATT INSULATION 2-HR RATED DRYWALL WATERPROOFING RIGID INSULATION THIN BRICK VENEER ADHERING MORTAR WATERPROOFING 1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING METAL LATH & CEMENTITIOUS SCRATCH COAT MORTAR SELF-FURRING METAL LATH CEMENT PLASTER BASE COAT STUCCO (SMOOTH FINISH) 1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING 6” 4” COPING AT PARAPET 1 DRYWALL ABOVE PARTITIONS 5 EXTERIOR WALL 2 COPING AT FAUX EXTERIOR COLUMN 6 BRICK VENEER 3 SCALE: 1’= 3” SCALE: 1’= 3” SCALE: 1’= 3” 3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING EXISTING 2X4 WOO STUD BEHIND BATT INSULATION WOOD BLOCKING METAL COPING WOOD BLOCKING METAL COPING AIR/WATER BARRIER 3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING EXISTING 2X4 WOOD STUD BEHIND BATT INSULATION AIR/WATER BARRIER WATERPROOFING RIGID INSULATION SELF-FURRING METAL LATH CEMENT PLASTER BASE COAT STUCCO (SMOOTH FINISH) 1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING DRYWALL BATT INSULATION NEW 2X4 STUD BEHIND BOTTOM PLATE INTERIOR BRICK VENEER DIVIDING WALL TOP PLATE EXISTING JOIST 3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING EXISTING 2X4 WOOD STUD BEHIND BATT INSULATION 2-HR RATED DRYWALL WATERPROOFING RIGID INSULATION THIN BRICK VENEER ADHERING MORTAR WATERPROOFING 1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING METAL LATH & CEMENTITIOUS SCRATCH COAT MORTAR SELF-FURRING METAL LATH CEMENT PLASTER BASE COAT STUCCO (SMOOTH FINISH) 1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING THIN BRICK VENEER ADHERING MORTAR WATERPROOFING 1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING METAL LATH & CEMENTITIOUS SCRATCH COAT MORTAR 6” 4” 6” 4” EXTERIOR WALL 2 COPING AT FAUX EXTERIOR COLUMN 6 BRICK VENEER FAUX EXTERIOR COLUMN RELIEF 3 NORTHERN (FRONT) ENTRY 4 SCALE: 1’= 3” SCALE: 1’= 3” SCALE: 1’= 3” SCALE: 1’= 1 1/2” 2 AA-501 3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING EXISTING 2X4 WOO STUD BEHIND BATT INSULATION WOOD BLOCKING METAL COPING WOOD BLOCKING METAL COPING AIR/WATER BARRIER 3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING EXISTING 2X4 WOOD STUD BEHIND BATT INSULATION AIR/WATER BARRIER 3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING EXISTING 2X4 WOOD STUD BEHIND BATT INSULATION 2-HR RATED DRYWALL 3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING EXISTING 2X4 WOOD STUDS BEHIND BATT INSULATION 2-HR RATED DRYWALL 1-HR FIRE RATED DRYWALL 1” AIR-SPACE BATT INSULATION 2X4 WOOD STUD 1-HR FIRE RATED DRYWALL BATT INSULATION 2X4 WOOD STUD 1-HR WALL (WITHOUT PENETRATIONS OR WIRING) NEW 2X4 WOOD STUD DRYWALL THIN BRICK VENEER ADHERING MORTAR METAL LATH & CEMENTITIOUS SCRATCH COAT EXISTING STEEL BEAM WATERPROOFING RIGID INSULATION THIN BRICK VENEER ADHERING MORTAR WATERPROOFING 1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING METAL LATH & CEMENTITIOUS SCRATCH COAT MORTAR SELF-FURRING METAL LATH CEMENT PLASTER BASE COAT STUCCO (SMOOTH FINISH) 1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING 3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING 2-HR RATED DRYWALL 3” STRUCTURAL STEEL COLUMN THIN BRICK VENEER ADHERING MORTAR WATERPROOFING 1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING METAL LATH & CEMENTITIOUS SCRATCH COAT MORTAR 6” 4” 3” 2” 2”
AT PARAPET 1 DRYWALL ABOVE PARTITIONS 5 ROOF ASSEMBLY 7 EXTERIOR WALL 2 COPING AT FAUX 6 DEMISING WALL DETAIL 8 SCALE: 1’= 3” SCALE: 1’= 1 1/2” SCALE: 1’= 3” SCALE: 1’= 3” SCALE: 1’= 3” SCALE: 1’= 1 1/2” 2 AA-501 3/4” PLYWOOD SHEATHING EXISTING 2X4 WOO STUD BEHIND BATT INSULATION WOOD BLOCKING METAL COPING AIR/WATER BARRIER WATERPROOFING RIGID INSULATION SELF-FURRING METAL LATH CEMENT PLASTER BASE COAT STUCCO (SMOOTH FINISH) 1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING DRYWALL BATT INSULATION NEW 2X4 STUD BEHIND BOTTOM PLATE INTERIOR BRICK VENEER DIVIDING WALL TOP PLATE EXISTING JOIST 1-HR WALL (WITHOUT PENETRATIONS OR WIRING) WATERPROOFING RIGID INSULATION SELF-FURRING METAL LATH CEMENT PLASTER BASE COAT STUCCO (SMOOTH FINISH) 1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING THIN BRICK VENEER ADHERING MORTAR WATERPROOFING 1/2” PLYWOOD SHEATHING METAL LATH & CEMENTITIOUS SCRATCH COAT 60 MIL TPO MEMBRANE 2.6” GAF ISO BOARD EXISTING ROOF ASSEMBLY MORTAR 6” 4” 6” 2.6” 2.6” 27
NOTES: 1. USE OF DETAIL IS DEPENDENT ON ROOF ASSEMBLY SELECTED FOR PROJECT. COPING
Project Type / Studio Project Institution / Syracuse University
Team / Karisma Dev & Felix Samo
under the direction of David Shanks
Software/Tools / Rhino, Adobe Suite, Modeling, Collage
RECORDED
Recorded explores the multifunctional uses of Le Murate, a public housing and cultural space converted from a prison-turned-convent within Florence, Italy. Addressing the socio-environmental needs that have become increasingly more evident since the flood of 1966, the project serves as a water-retention basin during wet seasons to host elevated levels of both rainwater runoff from the surrounding mountainous context as well as from the rising Arno River. During dry seasons, on the other hand, the trenches developed to house the water become platforms for social activity to take place. In addition to the transitioning of the physical spaces over the seasons, a particular interest was paid to the manners by which materiality and spatial organization can act as datums for changing environmental conditions through elements such as calcification lines created from sitting water atop black marble trenches, rusting of the weathered steel arch walls, and the formation of isolated piazzas defined by wells. These last ones further contain flags that register the fluctuating groundwater levels and serve as community markers for the current conditions.
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Below: Ground Floor Activity Exploded Axonometric demonstrating waterdriven programmatic evolution through amphitheater, skate park, cafe, playground, and garden
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Top Left: Final Proposal Details showing well and flag with a concrete cover and rusted arches going down onto a black marble trench
Bottom Left: Final Proposal in situated in existing context
Right: Perspective Views showing project in its dry and flooded states
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(1) Exploded Isometric showing composite drawing, water runoff channels, arch walls, and concrete covers
(2) Short Section through amphitheater and showing reconstructed and preserved portions of Le Murate behind
(3) Ground Floor Plan cutting through arch walls and showing trench activity below
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Below: Ground Floor Activity Exploded Axonometric demonstrating waterdriven programmatic evolution through amphitheater, skate park, cafe, playground, and garden
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Project Type / Studio Project
Institution / Cornell University
Team / Karisma Dev, Nusaibah
Khan & Felix Samo under the direction of Caroline O’Donnell & Dillon Pranger
Software/Tools / Recycled Food Waste Materials, Grasshopper, Rhino, Adobe Suite
CHIPTONITE
Chiptonite repurposes the deceptively minimal and non-recyclable plasticaluminum composite material that creates chip bags. Composed of several layers of different types of resin-plastic and aluminum films, each layer is heat pressed and laminated onto one another, making them close to being a singular material. Compositionally operating as an excellent thermal, moisture and air barrier, this material is designed to be incredibly strong and pliable, making it easy to open and resistant to any superficial damage. These material properties were all tested and later leveraged to create a responsive pavilion in New York City that extended the bag’s life cycle by turning it into a self-supporting unit composed of 96 bags and then took it one step further by designing for disassembly and future use.
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Left: Closed Blanket Unit Prototype in Structural Form, Can Serve as a Seat and May Be Stadked Up to Create Pavilion Columns
Right: Fully Open Blanket Unit Prototype, Approximately Twin Sized Blanket
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Clockwise from Bottom Left: (1) Isometric View of Full Pavilion on Roosevelt Park, (2) Open/Unfolded Material Property Test Sketch Model, (3) Folded Material Property Sketch Model, (4) Perspective Collage from Inside the Pavilion, and (5) Perspective Collage from Nearby Path
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Left: DL1310 Elevation
Top Right: Projective Object
Bottom Right: Image Created through Object Abstraction
Project Type / Elective Studio
Project
Institution / Syracuse University
Team / Tirta Teguh & Felix Samo under the direction of Kyle Miller & Molly Hunker
Software/Tools / Rhino, Adobe Suite, Modeling, Collage
Work Published by Architect’s Newspaper
BUILDING PRACTICE
Building Practice was a Syracuse University event series stated for Spring 2020 that focused on the linkage of practical and theoretical knowledge as they relate to emerging architecture firms. Following an interview with the office of Young & Ayata and a study of their first built work, DL1310, Window Lines was developed considering the ideology and aesthetic of the office in conjunction with the highlighted window forms. The object attempts to continue an exploration of architecture operating in different scales, expanding on a dialogue between building, object, image and text.
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Project Type / Studio Project
Institution / Cornell University
Team / Karisma Dev, Aleksander
Dmitrashcuk & Felix Samo under the direction of Jesse LaCavalier
Software/Tools / Rhino, Grasshopper, Adobe Suite
URBANANAS
Using the banana as a symbol to represent produce growth, production, transportation, and consumption, Urbananas addresses the socio-political and economic disparities between low- and mid- to high-income families within Rochester, mitigating the discrepancies between the ‘bodega banana’ and the ‘Wegmans banana’ by exponentially minimizing transportation costs and the ensuing detrimental environmental effects through closedloop production and waste systems. In this manner, an adaptable system accommodates all necessary processes within a single hub.
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Left: Prototype Development Drawing showing typical programs and services associated with the primary hub and satellite sites
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Right: Deployment Drawings showing different configurations, program allocations, and site responsiveness
Project Type / Elective Studio
Project
Institution / Cornell University
Team / Karisma Dev & Felix Samo under the direction of Elisa Iturbe
Software/Tools / Rhino, Grasshopper, Adobe Suite, Analytical Site Surveying
OVERCOMING CARBON FORM
The Syracuse COE is a center for more than 200 entities that collaborate on the research of environmentally responsible technologies, the building itself serving as a symbol of sustainable design and functioning as a test bed for the promoted innovations. However, as the architectural object cannot be separated from its context, we need to understand the COE as a product of its history and environment, which inevitably render it as a carbon form. By looking at the history of Syracuse and the different formal and spatial ideas embedded in the COE, we can discern a method of carbon accounting that later enables a possible way to truly overcome carbon form.
MATERIALS & RESOURCES INNOVATION IN DESIGN INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY SUSTAINABLE SITES ENERGY & ATMOSPHERE WATER EFFICIENCY SPACE + OFFICES PUBLIC SHOWROOM/ PARKING LOT PARKING LOT CENTRO DOWNTOWN STATION SOLAR-POWERED EV PUBLIC GARDEN LEED SCORECARD METRICS USE OF DIRECT SUNLILGHT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR USE OF ELECTRIC LIGHTING POWERED BY SOLAR ENERGY GENERATED ON-SITE 40% OF OCCUPANTS THEIR TIME IN THE 12PM IN THE RESEARCH 30% OF OCCUPANTS THEIR TIME IN THE 12PM-3PM IN THE 15% OF OCCUPANTS THEIR TIME IN THE 6PM IN THE PUBLIC MATERIALS WORKSHOP 15% OF OCCUPANTS THEIR TIME IN THE IN THEMECHANICAL GLASS CARBON FORM CONCRETE STEEL LANDFILL PRODUCTION PROCESSING STONE QUARRYING ORE MINING BLAST FURNACE MANUFACTURING APPLICATION APPLICATION CARBON FORM CARBON FORM SECTION DETAIL WALL TYPE 02 MATERIAL COMPOSITION PROGRAMMATIC ASSEMBLY CARBON FORM CAN REFER TO SPECIFIC RELATIONAL FORM, ARCHITECTURE CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM ITS CONTEXT, FOR WHICH THE SYRACUSE COE AIDS REPLICATION OF CARBON FORM, ULTIMATELY CARBON FORM CAN BE DEFINED BY FORMAL AND SPECIFICITIES OF CARBON ENERGY ALTHOUGH THE SYRACUSE COE MOST EVIDENTLY APPEARS TO NOT BE A CARBON FORM AT THE PROGRAMMATIC RELATIONSHIPS, COUPLED WITH THE MUCH MORE COMPLEX UNDERSTANDING THAT SUSTAINABLE MODEL CONTEMPORARY CITY AND ARCHITECTURAL MATERIAL ASSEMBLIES, THE EXTRACTION PROCESSES SYRACUSE COE EVEN BEGAN ALREADY POSITION THE ON ENERGY AND SPACE IN ORDER TO PROCURE, MATERIALS THAT WOULD EVENTUALLY FORM THE
URBAN CONTEXT
SYRACUSE COE: CARBON FORM OR CARBON ENABLER?
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SYRACUSE COE: OVERCOMING CARBON FORM
CONSTRUCTION PROCESSES TRANSPORTATION TO SITE WOOD EXTRACTION PROCESSING AND PART MANUFACTURING PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURING TRANSPORTATION TO PROCESSING PLANT TRANSPORTATION TO PROCESSING PLANT SAND MINING TRANSPORTATION FROM SITE MATERIAL COMPOSITION INTERVENTIONS AT THE MATERIAL SCALE CAN BEGIN TO TACKLE IDEAS OF CARBON FORM WHILE THE GLASS COMPONENT OF THE COE HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS A NECESSARY GIVEN, ALTERATIONS TO THE EXTENSIVE USE OF CONCRETE IN FAVOR OF A MORE HOLLISTIC APPLICATION OF LOCAL TIMBER CONSTRUCTION ARE ABLE TO DIRECTLY COMBAT PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF CARBON FORM THROUGH REDUCTIONS IN TRANSPORTATION AND CONSIDERED MATERIAL APPLICATIONS FURTHERMORE, BY TAPPING INTO NOTIONS OF SHARING ECONOMIES AND DESIGNING FOR DISASSEMBLY, THE ESTABLISHED MATERIAL FLOWS CAN ALSO BE INTERRUPTED AS TO EXTEND THE MATERIAL LIFE CYCLES AND PROLONG CARBON STORAGE AT THE SITE UTILIZING THE COE AS AN URBAN PROTOTYPE, WE CAN BEGIN TO ADDRESS ISSUES OF TRANSPORTATION, ACCESSIBILITY, AND LANDSCAPING THE REMOVAL OF I-81, WHICH PREVIOUSLY DISSECTED DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE, ELIMINATES A SPATIAL HIERARCHY BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND THE THIS INTERVENTION ALLOWS FOR SUBSEQUENT APPLICATIONS OF DISPERSED BUS STOPS AND NATIVE GREENERY THAT ARE ABLE TO POPULATE THE SITE AND CREATE A NETWORK THAT PRIORITIZES THE INDIVIDUAL OVER THE AUTOMOBILE, EFFECTIVELY TACKLING IDEAS OF CARBON FORM SUMMER: DICENTRA EXIMIA (BLEEDING HEART) UPSTATE NEW YORK NATIVE PLANT FLOWERING PLANT WITH FERN-LIKE LEAVES MAXIMUM HEIGHT: 1-2 FEET SPRING: CLETHRA ALNIFOLIA(SWEET PEPPERBUSH) UPSTATE NEW YORK & VERMONT NATIVE PLANT FLOWERING SHRUB MAXIMUM HEIGHT: 6-12 FEET FALL: VACCINIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM (LOWBUSH BLUEBERRY) UPSTATE NEW YORK &CANADIAN NATIVE PLANT BERRY-PRODUCING SHRUB MAXIMUM HEIGHT: 1-2 FEET WINTER: SCIRPUS PERINUS (WOOLGRASS) UPSTATE NEW YORK NATIVE PLANT FLOWERING SHRUB MAXIMUM HEIGHT: 6-7 FEET URBAN CONTEXT NATIVE PERRENIALS: ABANDONED TRAIN STATION PROPOSED CENTRO STOPS PROPOSPED 43
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