NAOMIPATEL ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN PORTFOLIO
NAOMI PATEL Architect in Training
59 Winchester Drive East Windsor, NJ 08520 609.468.2585 naomispatel@gmail.com behance.net/naomispatel
O BJ E C T I V E
EDUCATION
To work in an environment that pushes the current limits of my abilities and allows me to gain from the knowledge of my peers. I also want to take the skills I have acquired in school and do what I can to help those around me. Through different work experiences and especially my time with AIAS Freedom by Design, I have gained a passion for helping others. Architects have a great ability to use their skills to make a real difference in the world and that is what I plan to do.
New Jersey Institute of Technology
E X PE R I E N C E
3.8 GPA
Bachelor of Architecture 3.6 GPA College of Architecture & Design Albert Dorman Honors College Hightstown High School High School Graduate
McKay Architecture and Design
Summer 2014
PR OFESSIONAL SKIL L S
Architectural Intern
New York, NY
Adobe Suite:
Worked on site documentation, project bidding and construction documents & rendering on projects of multiple scales. PH Design Architectural Intern
Summer 2013 Brooklyn, NY
Contributed on a competition entry; assisted with construction documents, renderings, site documentation & miscellaneous office tasks Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture Architectural Intern
Summer 2013 Brooklyn, NY
Assisted with exhibition showcase work, site documentation, construction documents & miscellaneous office tasks AIAS Freedom By Design Director
2013- Present Newark, NJ
Led the student run organization, with the goal to impact the lives of people in our community through modest design and construction solutions. In 2014, I led the team in redesigning a courtyard for an underpriveleged Newark high school. I also led our board of 5 members to create and hold a Facade Redesign Competition for students at NJSOA. in 2015, we began work on creating a DIY Emergency Handbook for families to better prepare their homes and families for natural disasters.
2010-2015 Newark, NJ
2006-2010 Hightstown, NJ
Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Dreamweaver Microsoft Office: Word Excel Powerpoint Autodesk: Revit Autocad Rhinoceros Google SketchUp
AWAR DS Leadership Service Award 2015 For commitment to running AIAS Freedom by Design and completion of serveral FBD projects Magna Cum Laude Honors Award
R EFER ENCES References available upon request.
2015
CONTENTS UNDERGRADUATE WORK
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URBAN NEXUS
10
ARCHAEOLOGICAL WALK
18
RESILIENT SUBURBIA
23
RETHINKING BUILT ENVIRONMENTS
SERVICE WORK
27
321 BERGEN STREET COURTYARD
PROFESSIONAL WORK
31
DRAFTING WORK
33
RENDERING WORK
URBAN NEXUS Washington Heights, NY Spring 2015 Situated in a culturally and typologically diverse environment, the project performs as a nexus shared by three user groups; the public, the jewish community, and Columbia students. By allowing the public to traverse through the site, a common space is created that can generate interaction between disparate inhabitants of the surrounding neighborhood. The public program uses continuous, open and enclosed spaces to carve and define the synagogue and research facility. This manipulation keeps the two contrasting programs isolated while simultaneously tying them together through common spaces and visual connections.
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03
0’
48’
SITE PLAN
N
EL. +175’
SYNAGOGUE
RESEARCH FACILITY MTA
ACCESS Jewish community Columbia students
TOWER
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PUSH TO ARTICULATE PUBLIC SPACE
MASSING MIMICS SLOPE
PUSH FOR EXTERIOR SPACES
ACCESS Public
PUBLIC ACCCESS
PULL TO ARTICULATE MAIN SPACES
D
8 1
C
7
C
1
UP
UP DN
4 5
UP
DN
B
5. assistant’s office 6. conference room 7. kitchen 8. office
2
3
UP
B
2
4
6
3
3
2 UP DN
4
A
1
A
PROGRAM N
PROGRAM
1. plaza 2. public vestibule 3. cafe
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PROGRAM 0’
16’
LEVEL S5 PLAN EL. +175’
1. subway entry D 2. auditorium 3. synagogue entry 4. research entry
0’
16’
GROUND LEVEL PLAN
EL. +252’
1. sanctuary 2. ballroom 3. outdoor terrace 4. restroom 5. office 6. conference 7. kitchen 8. office
N
0’
16’
LEVEL TWO PLAN EL. +282’
PROGRAM 1. public entry 2. subway entry
0’
16’
SECTION AA
0’
16’
SECTION BB
0’
16’
SECTION CC
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06
0’
16’
SECTION DD
07
EPDM AND ADHESIVE LAYER MOISTURE BARRIER 4” RIGID INSULATION 1” INSULATED GLAZING UNITS 6” ALUMINUM MULLIONS
CONTINUOUS ALUMINUM CONNECTOR LED STRIP LIGHTING 1” TRANSLUCENT POLYCARBONATE PANELS
32’-0”
5/8” GYPSUM BOARD 5 1/2” METAL STUD
1/2” WOOD PANELS (2) 5/8” SUBFLOORING 18” HOLLOW CORE WAFFLE SLAB RADIANT TUBING INTEGRATED MEP SYSTEMS
6” ALUMINUM MULLIONS COPPER FLASHING
1” TRANSLUCENT POLYCARBONATE PANELS CONTINUOUS ALUMINUM CONNECTOR LED STRIP LIGHTING
0’
8’
WALL DETAIL
08
0
15’-0” 17’-0”
0’
15’-0” 17’-0”
DETAIL MODEL SHOWING PUBLIC THOROUGHFARE AND PRIVATE SPACES
4’
09
03 10
ARCHAEOLOGICAL WALK Evora, Portugal Fall 2014 Situated in a busy thoroughfare of historic Evora, Portugal, the archeological museum aims to remain a thoroughfare for the public, as well as draw in visitors through a main public way that allows for visual and physical interaction of the public and the museum. Through grand carves made into the extrusion of the built form, natural light and connections to the outside are made to keep the museum connected to its historic context.
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0’
32’
SITE PLAN
N
96’
Extrusion of Site
Carve Out Covered Walkway at Street Level
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Retain Existing Pathways
Maintain Green Space at Wall
Carve Out Courtyards
Carve Along Paths for Views and Connection
Auditorium
Lobby
UP DN
Admin
(+12 ft)
DN UP
Shop
DN
UP
Permanent Exhibition Space UP DN
(+14 ft)
UP DN
Permanent Exhibition Space DN
Service
0’
16’
N
FIRST LEVEL PLAN (+12/+14 FT)
0’
16’
PATHWAY ELEVATION
0’
16’
NORTH ELEVATION
13
0’
8’
SECTION PERSPECTIVE
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15
1/2” Corten Panel Continuous Steel angle for Mounting Panels Air Barrior 50” Concrete Beam
5/8” Gypsum Board 3 1/2” Metal Stud Recessed Strip Lighting
Metal Frame Hopper Windows 2” Insulated Glazing Units Sill Flashing 15” Hollow 2-Way Slab w/ Radiant Tubing (2) 5/8” Subflooring 1/2” Wood Panels
50” Concrete Beam 2” Batt Insulation 5/8” Gypsum Board
Metal Flashing and Drip for drainage of Rain Screen
2” Insulated Glazing Units Thickened Edge Slab with Radiant Heating + Cooling 0’
16’
DETAIL WALL SECTION
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LOWER LEVEL EXHIBITION SPACE
SKIN glass curtain wall corten panel corten grills
PROGRAM public
CIRCULATION museum
public pathway
public
museum staff
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RESILIENT SUBURBIA Union Beach, NJ Fall 2014 This urban proposal for a new Union Beach is a comprehensive strategy of resilient design, from large scale hydrological strategies that affect the entire coastal area to small scale neighbor oriented water management. The new housing develepment is designed within a berm built to withstand the 100 year flood levels. The existing density of the town is replaced and increased within the berm through the various housing typologies. By creating a completely new type of living that is both protected from water and in harmony with water, it can be seen not only as an exciting and economically efficient place to live but also a place of refuge during the inevitable storms that devastate these shore towns.
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SITE OVERVIEW
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VE/AE Flood Barrier Simplified Barrier Contextualized Sea Wall
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0’
4000’
Union Beach Sea Wall
Identify houses in danger from projected sea level rise
0’
16’
ZONE ONE SECTION
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Demolish buildings and prime land for redevelopment
Recontour land and construct protective berm
Build Hydrological Infrastructure: Constructed Wetlands + Bioswales
Construct in four phases from one story homes up to ten story tower
WETLANDS RECREATIONAL SPACE
0’
16’
ZONE FOUR SECTION
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0’
256’
N
SITE PLAN
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Full scheme of housing development from small scale single family homes to 10 story housing complex
N
0’
16’
ZONE ONE PLAN Zoomed in plan of single family housing clusters at ground level
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RETHINKING BUILT ENVIRONMENTS Governors Island, NY Fall 2013 This project is an exploration of what happens when the normative relationship of environment and architecture is challenged. In most cases, built space forces a change in the natural environment. What if architecture is seen as a piece of a whole, to be integrated into an existing system. When architecture is considered tertiary to the land and water it inhabits, a more integrated system can be achieved. By finding and creating space within already existing conditions, architecture can be more seamlessly integrated into an environment.
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N
0’
8’
Water Wall Building Plan
1”x1” Tile 6” Concrete Panel 6” Batt Insulation Waterproofing Membrane Drainage Growing Medium
Reflective Aluminum Panel 1” Insulated Glazing Unit Polished Concrete Wall Influent Piping System
0’
2’
WATER WALL SECTION DETAIL
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NATURAL WATER SYSTEMS
NATURAL LAND CONDITIONS
PENINSULA
HILL
VALLEY
CAVE
ISLAND
RUNOFF
PRECIPITATION
POOLING
FLOWING
EVAPORATION
INTEGRATION OF BUILT SPACES
WATER WALL
GROUND
MEDITATION
STEAM
SPACE
POOL
FOUNTAIN
PIER
ROOM
0’
26
8’
BUILDING SECTION AA
POOL SECTION PERSPECTIVE BB
B
A
A
N
0’ B
8’
BUILDING PLAN
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321 BERGEN ST COURTYARD Newark, NJ Spring 2014 For our first project as a student run community service organization, Freedom By Design undertook the redesign of a courtyard for Bard high school early college, a public school in Newark. The building was once an elementary school so the existing conditions were insufficient for the high school students that now inhabit the space. We decided that seating of adequate height would be the perfect way to encourage use and give the space a new appearance. We also implemented benches with integrated planters and raised gardens into the design, which allowed the students to start a community garden. We fabricated all the seating off site and brought them to the school to be installed.
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Existing images of courtyard
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B
A
COURTYARD PLAN
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Constuction drawings for wooden seating over existing concrete
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DRAFTING WORK McKay Architecture & Design Apartment Renovation 44' - 5"
18' - 5"
D203 2' - 6"
3A EXISTING STAIRCASE 20
D204
1A
KX 1
UP 3' - 0"
New F.P.S.C Entry Door, 1.5 hr rated
2' - 6"
4"
W/D
CL
3A
D207
BATHROOM 204
D208
D205 2' - 6"
1A
D201
5' - 3"
W206 New Door in Existing Opening
REF
Patch Existing Wood Flooring throughout as required
DEN 205
80 SF REF
9' - 0"
W201
1A
10' - 6"
10' - 6" VIF
Apt #2 D202
W207
D206
W202
LIVING/ DINING ROOM 21
BEDROOM 206
17' - 3"
5"
CL
DN
8' - 2 1/2"
Existing Fire Escape to Remain
11' - 3"
BATHROOM 200
1' - 11"
10"
5' - 0"
5' - 0"
3A
1' - 8 3/4" 2' - 10 1/4"
3' - 4"
New Washer/ Dryer Combo. Provide S.S. Pan underneath
1' - 7"
New Plumbing Stack for CW/ HW/ Waste/ Gas
8' - 9 3/4" VIF
W203
New Mechanical Ventilation 75CFM
New Tile Floor in Bathroom
Existing Stair to Remain
KITCHEN EXHAUST 150CFM
New Tile Floor in Bathroom
3' - 0"
New Fixtures on New Rough-In
New Fixtures on New Rough-In
W205
See A-801.00 For Details
W204
DW
M
EXISTING STAIRCASE 20
L5
D
1' - 6"
L5
EQ 6"
EQ
EQ
L3
L4 BATHROOM 204 EQ
1' - 3"
D
TR
D
EQ
4' - 9"
L1 SD
H= 8' - 4"
D
EQ
F2
L2
2' - 6"
DEN 205
EQ
KITCHEN 203
L1
H=11' - 2 1/2" L1
2' - 8"
H=11' - 2 1/2"
EQ
LIVING/ DINING ROOM 21
L1
Reflected Ceiling Plan Level 2
6' - 10" L3
EQ
F1
EQ
H=11' - 2 1/2"
EQ
L3
New Smoke Baffle
House Design
NEW WINDOW, OVERALL SIZE 9' H X 11' 2" W, WITH 3'H X 6' 8"W OPERABLE DOORS
NEW WINDOW, OVERALL SIZE 9' H X 11' 2" W
NEW WINDOW, OVERALL SIZE 9'H X 11' 2" W, WITH 9'H X 3' 9"W OPERABLE DOORS
NEW WINDOW WITH OVERALL SIZE 13' 3" H X 9' W WITH 7'H X 3'W FOLDING DOORS WITH FIXED GLASS TRANSOM W103
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Elevation South
4' - 9"
SD
D
AP
EQ
To Above
L4 L1
BEDROOM 206 H=11' - 2 1/2"
3
EQ
EQ
L1 EQ
EQ
H= 7' - 2"
EQ
BATHROOM 200
EQ
L1 1' - 4"
9' - 2" VIF
New Kitchen with Sink, Gas Range, DW, (2) Undercounter Refrigerators
3' - 9"
Construction Plan Level 2
Ex1 TO Ex1 BELOW
House Design
69' - 4" 26' - 0"
11' - 2"
11' - 2"
12' - 0"
9' - 0"
SCUPPER
GREEN ROOF
11' - 1"
R2
PI TC H
SLIDING DOORS TO BE FULL HEIGHT + WIDTH OF ENTRYWAYS
1B
W201
CORRIDOR
D203 D204
DN
D201 3A
+10'-0"
12" DEEP SHELF MASTER BATHROOM
4
SECOND BEDROOM
20' - 0"
D205
W LAUNDRY ROOM D
FLOOR METAL GRILL FLUSH WITH FINISH FLOOR FOR RADIATOR FIN TUBE
W202
MASTER BEDROOM
4
OPEN TO BELOW 2
A-802.00
24" MILLWORK 7'-7" H
5
20' - 0"
D206
H TC PI
H.P.
FLOOR METAL GRILL FLUSH WITH FINISH FLOOR FOR RADIATOR FIN TUBE
W203
3 2
A-804.00
5A
4
2 D202 1
5
18' - 2"
3
DN
SECONDARY BATHROOM
A-803.00 4
TERRACE
3
3
15
6
H.P.
8' - 4"
R1
.
4' x 6' SKYLIGHTS
PIT CH
PI TC H
.
H TC PI
CH PIT
1B
1 A-802.00
1 A-804.00
19' - 6"
SCUPPER
2' - 0"
R1
24' - 0"
SCUPPER
24' - 2"
Construction Plan Level 2
N
House Design CEDAR SIDING 1X6, T+G, STAINED, COLOR TBD
PANELED ELEMENTS TO MIMIC WINDOW
CEMENT PANELS (HARDIE OR EQUAL) COLOR + SIZE TBD
NEW WINDOW , OVERALL SIZE 13' 3"H X 9'W WITH 7'H X 3'W FOLDING DOORS WITH FIXED GLASS TRANSOM
Elevation North
13' - 8"
NEW WINDOW, OVERALL SIZE 9' X 11' 2" WITH 7' 10"H X 3 1/2'W OPERABLE DOORS ON HINGE
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RENDERING WORK 24
pH Design - OC Memorial Competition
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McKay Architecture & Design - Barn Design
Milk Trout - Oceanside Resort Design
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