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DOTTIE Pallet Parklet Cognizance Hybrid City Alexander Ave Anemoi Newark
CONTACT Phone: (347)791-9629 Email: licausi.nicholas@gmail.com Address: 99 Dorothy Ave, Edison, NJ 4
Nicholas LiCausi
EDUCATION
PURPOSE
2012 - Present Bachelors of Architecture at New Jersey Institute of Technology Albert Dorman Honors College Current GPA: 3.78
Position to further my skills as an architect and designer; gaining real world experience and continuing my education in a professional environment.
EXPERIENCE
COMPETITIONS
Fall 2016 Solar Decathlon China NJIT, NJ. Developed the master 3D model and oversaw the animation and rendering team.
Summer 2016 AIAS Freedom by Design Parklet Design, winner. Oversaw the design and building of a parklet using donated pallets and lumber.
Summer 2016 Vidaris New York, NY. Collaborated on highrise facade details and OSHA certification with on-site experience.
Summer 2016 Architensions, Design our Ryde, finalist. Coordinated to produce a diagrammatic video using after effects.
Summer 2016 Architensions Brooklyn, NY. Managed a diagrammatic video for the Design our Ryde competition.
Fall 2015 AIAS Freedom by Design UVSO daycare, finalist. Developed facade design in a charrette.
Spring 2016 Archimuse New York, NY. Developed contract set documents and physical models for various projects.
Spring 2014 NJIT masonry brick build, second place. Led the studio as the project manager and the liasons to the masons.
Summer 2015 SPB Architects Rocky Hill, NJ. Developed contract set documents and physical models.
AWARDS
Summer 2014 One Office Architects Brooklyn, NY. Collaborated on design development for the renovation of a villa in Spain.
Fall 2016 Award ceremony, Arcnet Architects inc. endowed scholarship. 2014, 2015, 2016 NJIT College of Architecture Design Showcase featured project. Fall 2015 India civic center published in a book of student work.
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D.O.TT.I.E. DIGITALLY OPERATED TECTONIC INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENT What: Professors: Location: With:
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Solar Decathlon China 2017 Adam Modesitt, Will Prince Dezhou, China Twenty-five architecture, interior, and industrial design students
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Chinese Vernacular
Chinese Chinese Vernacular Vernacular Muli-Generational Muli-Generational Housing Housing
American Vernacular
American American Vernacular Vernacular
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The The main main goal goal for for our our design design was was to to explore explore how how four four generations could live and coexist harmoniously together. generations could live and coexist harmoniously together. The The general general layout layout is is based based off off of of traditional traditional Chinese Chinese The Chinese vernacular house is known as the The American vernacular four square houseThe was Using these two formal characteristics the dedwellings with a modern aproach. central, dwellings with aduring modern Theto sign central, Siheyuan house, which means “courtyard sur- popularized the mid aproach. 1900s as a way incorporates these planimetric concepts by double-height space in house acts as a meeting space double-height space in the the house meeting spacea typical floor plan to create an interior rounded on all sides”. Its typology allows for maximize interior space on a acts smallaslot.a Comshifting for the family, framing special moments. Nooks and and the center courtyard to be a point of gathering monly framing the first floor contained the communal and communal, courtyard space. for the family, special moments. Nooks and and openings are used to create a playfulness and highlight the for the extended family. spaces while the second floor contained private openings are used to create a playfulness and highlight the roomsthe such as the bedrooms and bathroom. is directly flexibility flexibility of of the dwelling. dwelling. A A “memory “memory wall” wall” is directly connected to the central space. It stores and displays Nicholas LiCausi It stores and displays 8 connected to the central space. objects objects of of memory, memory, symbolizing symbolizing the the harmony harmony between between
the fourof generations. objects memory, symbolizing the harmony between the four generations.
House within a House House within a House House Within a House
Pushing and Pulling Pushing and Pulling Pushing and Pulling
Openings for Light Openings for Light Openings for Light
Use of the Exterior Use of the Exterior Use of the Exterior
Four generations living in the house are encouraged to utilize the house’s core or memory room for a more communal way of living. The massing is pushed and pulled to accomodate second floor program creating a connection between the exterior form and the memory room. The roof is pierced by two skylights increasing the vibrancy of the core. The first floor is carved away to create an logia, connections between exterior and interior program, and a contrast of materiality. licausi.nicholas@gmail.com
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The central, double-height space in the house acts as a meeting space for the family, framing special moments. Nooks and and openings are used to create a playfulness and highlight the flexibility of the dwelling. A “memory wall� is directly connected to the central space. It stores and displays objects of memory, symbolizing the harmony between the four generations. 10
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PALLET PARKLET DESIGN-BUILD COMPETITION
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The Parklet was designed to provide a communal space for NJIT students featuring two folding benches,W creating an interactive experience and multiple functions. During studio, the benches could fold up and become a pin up wall. After studio, the benches could fold down and form a social space. The parklet was designed to be an auxilary space for studio, a place to eat your food from the food trucks, and a manifestation of the efforts of the volunteers of AIAS Freedom by Design. 20
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Parklet built in the last two weekends of August, 2016. Pallets and lumber donated by Triangle Packaging and Prince Lumber. Special thanks to my friends and the volunteers of Freedom by Design for making this build possible.
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Stephanie Tran, Kevin Tan, Jeff Thomas and myself Nicholas LiCausi
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COGNIZANCE IRONBOUND BRANCH LIBRARY Professor: Joy Siegel Location: Ironbound, Newark, NJ Featured project Design Showcase 2016
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The vertical circulation is connected to a four story wall of books. An open floor plan allows the three zones to have their own identity in the design, creating multilevel interactions. 26
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A structure driven design process led to three volumes contained within an envelope. Each structure is respective to the program within, emphasizing the idea of past, present, and future. licausi.nicholas@gmail.com
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HYBRID CITY MASTER PLANNING Professor: Alessandro Orsini Location: South Bronx, NY Donovan Kirkland, Frank Deblasio, With: Viviana Gonzalez, and Lucas Koch
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Hybrid City integrates landscape and vertical structure where landscape is any horizontal fabric, natural or man made. Through the process of integration the city combines multiple systems to create a new whole that performs as a unit. The buildings are conceptualized as a vertical city block, allowing the spaces between the structures to remain green public space. It allows for a coexistence with the existing industrial program that had previously taken over the coastline, and now exist underground, with access through the corridors. The corridors become the streets within the block, creating access to the transportation networks and layers that have been delaminated within the site.
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private units communal spaces car circulation commercial industrial train station
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ALEXANDER AVE LIVE / WORK HOUSING Professor: Alessandro Orsini Location: South Bronx, NY
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Living and working in the same space fosters a sense of community. Small businesses owned by people who live in the building produce an engagement not found where commercial and residential are divided. Decreasing the separation between live/work forms a shared ownership where the user is more inclined to maintain their space. The building combats the negative aspects of gentrification with designed shared regions. They can walk or bike from their unit directly to where they work increasing chance encounters with other residents and reducing their ecological footprint. licausi.nicholas@gmail.com
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Shifting the connection from isolated living and working space will create eyes on the street to minimize antisocial behavior. This generates a safer space for the residences and the community. By shifting the scale of a vertical block to a horizontal skyscraper there are more eyes on the street. The height is limited to increase the connection to the ground plane and the existing urban fabric. Units delaminate from each other to provide individual and communal semi-private zones. The level of privacy of the terraces is based off of views and connections between units. 38
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ANEMOI NOAA RESEARCH FACILITY professor: Jesse Lecavalier location: Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Anemoi is a self-sustaining coastal field station that utilizes wind power with twelve wind turbines attached to rotating cantilever workspaces. Scientists' offices revolve around four central vertical circulation shafts that stradle the pier. Workspaces rotate according to the direction of the wind, or desired location for workspace functionality. 44
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observatory
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Helical turbines spin around the towers generating power for the research facility while blurring the facade. Bridges connecting the four towers offer communal spaces for the scientists. 46
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NEWARK GRADUATE HOUSING Professor: Michael Mostoller Location: Newark, NJ Jeffrey Thomas With:
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Units share a terrace that becomes a two story crenellation in the facade creating connections between apartments. Diversity of occupants is created by three unit typologies. 50
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A twenty-two story residential tower sits on the east side, and mixed use lowrise buildings sit along the other edges, maximizing solar gain to the central courtyard. licausi.nicholas@gmail.com
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The unit's facade is treated with a metal screen filtering light while providing energy through solar panels. 52
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Elevation of Eight Units
Metal Screen Grid
Four units share a terrace in which the two bottom units have a shared balcony while the two top units have juliet balconies.
Grid contrasts the units from communal and circulation space while highlighting the terraces.
Grid Divided into Solid / Void
Solid / Void Applied to Grid
Facade organized to maximize views out of the units and minimize obstructions.
Void space becomes openings for every room and and solid becomes solar panels to power the building. licausi.nicholas@gmail.com
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