Nicholas LoCicero
University at Buffalo School of Architecture MArch 2.5 Candidate
Nicholas LoCicero University at Buffalo School of Architecture Fall 2009 - Spring2013 MArch 2.5 Candidate
62-51 Alderton St. Rego Park, NY 11374 cell: 347.853.4642 email: nick@locicero.net
The Living Wall is a collaborative project in the freshman year. It consisted of taking a 6'x6'x8' box and transforming it into an inhabitable space that could provide 6+ sleeping spaces. After a number of iterations 7 students worked together to build the project full scale and then installed at Griffis Sculpture Park outside of Buffalo,NY.
Expanding a Community Expanding a Community is a design proposal scheme for the Buffalo-Erie County Botanical Gardens. The gardens acted as a client during the semester and provided a design challenge. The Expanding a Community scheme looked at incorporating the gardens into Olmstead's South Park to create a greater community presence.
Construction Technology In Construction Technology two projects were analysed for their construction methods. Using the information available a section of each building was chosen to be reproduced as a detailed axonometric drawing.
Derived Rhythm The project is an expansion on the Strip District in Philadelphia. The expansion was designed to include a market and an office building to the strip. A natural and man made pattern were chosen and abstracted. These two abstracted patterns were superimposed on one another and used to derive a rhythmic form for the building.
Art Work A collection of art pieces created using a variety of techniques and mediums. Completeted as part of an art minor at the University at Buffalo. A variety of classes were taken including, figure drawing, thematic drawing, typography, lithography as well as digital media classes.
Fall 2010 Spring 2010
The Living Wall
Spring 2011
Beacon of Learning is a library specializing in rare books. The library is to be located at the University at Buffalo's North Campus. The library is to be a fixture on the campus to be seen and identified as a place for learning and study.
Spring 2011
Beacon of Learning
Fall 2011
Plant to Plate is an apartment building designed as an advertisement for the growth and development of urban farming in a commercial district of Buffalo. The project incorporates terraced farming as well as a culinary institute to teach locals how to cook sustainably.
2011-2012
Plant to Plate
Fall 2012
Table of Contents
Derived Rhythm
1.2 Acres 0.6 Acres 0.2 To Feed One Person Half of the Diet of One Person Area of the Site
Massachusetts Avenue Project The mission of the Massachusetts Avenue Project is to nurture the growth of a diverse and equitable local food system and promote local economic opportunities, access to affordable, nutritious food and social change education.
Wilson Street Urban Farm Wilson Street Urban Farm is a family-operated urban garden. Their goal is to make fresh, local, naturally grown produce readily available to residents on the East Side. We encourage community participation and desire to help people in the neighborhood. Queen City Urban Farm
Queen City Urban Farm
Fall 2012
Common Roots Farm - CSA
Queen City Urban Farm
QCF has been growing vegetables to increase the availability of healthy, fresh, and affordable foods to children and families in the neighborhood. Crops are cultivated primarily on vacant land where homes once stood. Common Roots Farm - CSA
Common Roots Farm-CSA
Common Roots is a new 2012 upstart farm in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood of Buffalo’s East Side. They are just starting out, and looking for some members of a full-season CSA.
The goal of Plant to Plate is to Change The Way We Cook. By the year 2050 we, as a planet, will need another landmass the Size of Brazil to support how we eat today. We need to be conscious about what we cook and where our food comes from. Urban Farms are becoming more common; we must be conscious of this and take advantage of it. Buying mass-market produce comes from a great distance versus the locally grown organic produce we can get.
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Food Cycle
Harvest
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Cook
CARROTS
CORN
Plant Height: 1 foot Growth Period: 2-3 months Soil Depth: 1-2 feet Sun requirement: Full Exposure
Plant Height: 6-8 feet Growth Period: 2-3 months Soil Depth: 4 feet Sun requirement: Full Exposure
GREEN PEPPER
LETTUCE
BROCCOLI
CABBAGE
Plant Height: 2 feet Growth Period: 2 months Soil Depth: 1-2 feet Sun requirement: Full exposure
Plant Height: 2 feet Growth Period: 1-3 months Soil Depth: 3 feet Sun requirement: Full exposure
CUCUMBER
EGGPLANT
Plant Height: 2 feet Growth Period: 2 months Soil Depth: 1-2 feet Sun requirement: Full Exposure
Plant Height: 3 feet Growth Period: 2-3 months Soil Depth: 2 feet Sun requirement: Full exposure
Plant Height: 3 feet Growth Period: 4 months Soil Depth: 1-2 feet Sun requirement: Full exposure
PEAS
STRAWBERRIES
SQUASH
TOMATO
Plant Height: 1 foot Growth Period: 2-3 months Soil Depth: 1-2 feet Sun requirement: Full exposure
Plant Height: 2 feet Growth Period: 2-3 months Soil Depth: 2 feet Sun requirement: Full exposure
Plant Height: 3 feet Estimated time to grow: 3 months Minimum soil depth: 2 feet Sun requirement: Full exposure
Plant Height: 3 feet Growth Period: 3-4 months Soil Depth: 2-3 feet Sun requirement: Full exposure
The entire top layer of the building is oriented to the south to have maximum sun exposure. The shifts back allow for the creation of terraces and the shifts under the building allow to keep the existing parking on the site. The shifts demanded an angled structure that allows for a lighter amount of structure that provides lateral bracing.
Fall 2012
Plant Height: 2 feet Growth Period: 2-3 months Soil Depth: 2-3 feet Sun requirement: Full exposure
Measures of Sustainability Solar Hot Water Collector
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Vents Close to Reatain Heat
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Passive Solar Shading
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60º Summer Solar Design Angle
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Cisterns Collect Rain Water Runoff
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30º Winter Solar Design Angle
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Thermal Mass Gives off Heat at Night
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Measure 1: Design and Innovation The entire top layer of the building is oriented to the south to have maximum sun exposure. The sun is used to passively heat the building and allow a small amount of crops to be grown on terraces
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Measure 2: Regional/ Community Design The building site is on the main Elmwood avenue Bus Line. The site is on a main commercial strip that allows for foot traffic exposure for the Culinary Institute and the Restaurants within.
Measure 3: Land Use and Site Ecology
The site is a mild Brown field or alternately a “Tan Field.” The building site re-uses an exisiting parking lot. The program of the building provides a live work environment for the students and staff of the Culinary Institute. The building increases the residential density from about 10 homes per acre to 16 households with a a maximum occupancy of 115 people in 0.2 Acres increasing the density about 10 times. 4
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Measure 4: Bioclimatic Design The entire top layer of the building is oriented to the south to have maximum sun exposure. A second Double skin was developed to allow for stack effect ventilation in the summer, and passive heating of a pasive solar water collector as well as passive solar heating of thermal masses to offset heating costs in the winter.
Measure 5: Light and Air
The building is oriented to the south to allow the most amount of sunlight for gorwing surfaces. The skin system allows for natural ventilation of the entire mass.
Measure 6: Water Cycle
Water is collected through a gutter system and fed through the structure into a series of cisterns. The cisterns provide water to individual floors using gravity. The water collected is used for flushing toilets and watering plants. 7
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Measure 7: Energy Flows and Energy Future The double skin system is used to create a bubble effect that allows for the mass to be brought to a termperature that is easily heated or cooled from within each unit
Measure 8: Materials and Construction
The concrete used contains recycled fly ash. All steel used in the project was recycled. The building louvers and rain screen use boston valley terra cotta a locally sourced material.
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Measure 9: Long Life, Loose Fit
The double skin provides a sustainable feature that can be reused if the buildings are converted. The structure is towards the exterior providing non load bearing interior walls. The buildings could be retrofitted as offices or other apartment configurations.
The Measures of Sustainability were used to indicate what environmental steps were taken in the creation of the project. Many measues in the project were addressed by the same systems. Each measure was carefully considered in the placement and the design of the project.
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Fall 2012
The building has a performative secondary double skin system that allows for ventilation and air circulation to passively cool the space. In the summer the Skin opens to allow for cooling using the stack effect cooling the space up to 10 degrees allowing for the units to be cooled further if needed.
Fall 2012
Passive Solar Shading
60ยบ Summer 60ยบ Summer Solar Design Angle Angle Solar Design
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Solar Hot Water Collector Vents Close to Reatain Heat
Cisterns Collect Rain Water Runoff
30ยบ Winter Solar Design Angle
Fall 2012
Thermal Mass Gives off Heat at Night
The skin closes in the winter to create a protective bubble that can be heated through a hot water solar collector that can radiate heat and heat into the space. The units are partially heated by passive solar gain using a thermal mass. The east and west facades have a terra cotta rain screen. The west facade has terra cotta louvers that track the sun to provide shading.
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The building’s skin self adjusts keep itself at an ideal temperature, opening up on a warm night or closing itself off in the rain or snow. The culinary Institute takes cues from many modern institutes and incoporates them such as state of the art kitchens, modern media techniques of performance cooking and out door grilling stations.
Fall 2012
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1 Double Skin Skin System
2 Structural Beam- Connects Skin to Structure
3 Fritted Glass Sliding Screens
4 Cisterns
5 Concrete Waffle Slab-5’x5’ Units
6 Growing Space Inverted Waffle Slab Units
7 3 inch Concrete Topping
8 Site Cast Concrete Beams Create Moment
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Connections at columns
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10 Caissons
The building’s elpiptical shape demanded a more complex structure. Due to the shifts at each floor columns would have to be placed through out. To avoid this and give the building a lighter intervention with the ground, angled columns were implemented that began to form a truss. The angled columns provided lateral bracing. Eliptical beams run the entire length of the skin system tying the structure together and completing the system.
Fall 2012
The top levels of the housing building are dedicated to urban farming. The terraces are staggered to allow for more light penetration. Each unit within the Housing complex has gardening space. The larger 2-3 Bedroom units at the south facade of the building have larger growing spaces to accomodate multiple people or families. Each gardening space has a barbecue pit to encourage cooking what was just grown. Three units are split level tow of them being three level s. The op level of these units are dedicated to a growing space. The Other unit is two levels incorporating some growing space at the second level. These levels are divided because the lower portions of the unit ave sun blocked by the culinary institute.
Fall 2012
Turning Radius Accessible Circulation Accessible Elevators Area of Refuge
FLUES
UNIT 3
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WATER
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WATER
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WATER
UNIT 2
UNIT 1
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MAINS: GAS + WATER
METERS
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Gas Boiler + Hot water Tank
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Radiant Heat Through Floor B
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Fall 2012
METERS
The building’s main heating system is a decentralized radiant floor system. Each unit is served through the main services core. The ground floor plan consists of two ramps as the main access points to the buildings both bridge gaps that allow the form to pass into the earth. The culinary institute has a staggered floor plate part of it hitting grade with a public cafe the other par being 5’ below grade.
Beacon of Learning
Paths of Circulation
Desired Views
Circulation & Entry
Types of Traffic
Types of Traffic
Motor Vehicle
Motor Vehicle
Pedestrian
Pedestrian oetry
Special Collections
Beinecke
Rare Books Archives
Poetry Beinecke Library Study Space
Book Core Circulation
Proposed Library
Books
Proposed Library Offices
Study Space
Fall 2010
Cyber- Cafe
Rare Books
Archives
Poetry
The goal of this project is to create a fixture on campus that represents a center of learning that focuses the attention on the rare book collection and provides ideal spaces for study. The site is a central location on campus that has sites to the lake and other campus locations. An ideal solution had to be derived from precident study on and off campus.
Book Core Circulation
HIGHEST
Book Core Exhibition Space Offices Individual Study
Communal Study Computers Cafe Storage
The land around the building was graded to be a walkable surface. The program was arranged so as to have a large amount of study space, ample storage and display space for books and a large number of office spaces. The cafe and exhibition spaces were added to enhance what could be done in the library such as poetry slams, presentations and other events.
Fall 2010
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Fifth and Sixth Floor
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First Floor
Basement
Second Floor
HIGHEST Ground Floor
There are two main entrances one slightly below grade as well as one at the second floor that sits at the top of the hill that the library is built into. The book core pierces through the building. It is devoid from the building only connecting a certain points by catwalk to emphisize the precious nature of the books.
Fall 2010
The library when lit from within shines like a beacon in the night. The patterning created by the skin provides an effect that people will notice and draw them to events within the library. Due to the iconic nature of the building and the special treatment that must be given to the books a skin system was developed to both house the books while it shades any shelving within the book core itself.
Fall 2010
Fall 2010
The image above shows the main campus approach to the library. The Section shows the walkable surface of the building as well as outdoor terraces that can be used by the students. The current site on the campus is a large open green space where many activities are held. Part of the goal of the library was to replace much of these communal spaces.
Derived Rhythm
Completed in collaboration with: Rebecca Brower, Nathaniel Heckman, Franz Heine, Sergio Taveras, Christa Trautman, and Lauren Walsh
Spring 2010
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The inital two precedent forms that were chosen, completed by myself and Sergio Taveras, were then combined into one project. This project was then considered structurally and broken up into modules weighing less than 250lbs each. Each module would be assembled on site at the Griffis Sculpture Park.
Fall 2010
Structural plans and elevations were drawn up to determine the amount of material each module would require. Studies of specific connection details were required to understand how the modules would be assembled. The modules were built and transported via flatbed and pick-up trucks and brought to the site for aseembly.
Expanding a Community Expanding a Community
Permanent Entry 350 sqft Tickets / Info Desk 213 sqft Gift Shop 137 sqft
Mechanical Equipment 21,498 sqft
Living plant Exhibits/ The Meridian
Maintenance 11,829 sqft
Radial Expansion Perimiters Bathrooms 420 sqft Staff Work Space 5,900 sqft
Existing Public Library Existing Botanical Gardens
Classrooms 3,501 sqft
New LEED Certified Building Main Facility Radius
Event Space 2,326 sqft
Library Extension Field Facility & Garden Lake Facility Radius
1000 ft
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150 ft 50 ft 200 ft 100 ft 25 ft
Changing Exhibits 2,782 sqft
Spring 2012
Moveable
The Buffalo-Erie Country Botanical Garden resides in Olmstead’s south park. The gardens are very divorced from the park which has been converted into a golf course. This proposal analysed different locations within the park for expansion and what programs could reside within these areas of expansion based on time.
Thailand
Florida
Yangtze
Buffalo
Mongolia
Peru
Cuba
Galapagos
Malaysia
Panama
Demonstration Garden Planting
Humid Climate Annual Flowers
Temerate Climate Annual Flowers
Tropical Climate Annual Flowers
Lake Facility
Field Facility
Due to the nature of the park and the need to be able to change and grow temporary structures would be used within the park and more permanent structures used within the gardens. The park facilities had a lifespan of approximately 6 months with units that could be changed within a week or a month. The Structures have a light intervention with the ground and ould be changed with the seasons.
Spring 2012
Library Facility
Summer Arrangement
Portable Classroom with chair modules Autumn Arrangement Winter Arrangement
Operable Skin: Entry-Exit
Portable Structure with Wheels
The Expanding a Community scheme was developed as a proposal for the expansion of the Buffalo-Erie County Botanical Garden. The scheme uses temporary structures to expand into the park at certain seasons to attract the community.
North- South Section
There are a numerous amount of different organizations of the units that could be changed by season or additions added for shows. The skin is desined to be an ETFE to allow for the most light for the plants. The skin is operable in multiple locations to allow for entry, exits, connection points and ventilation. Due to the ephemeral nature of the scheme different techniques were used such as collapsible chair modules as well as portable units that could be hauled or pushed on wheels
East- West Section
Expanding a Community
Fall 2010
Construction Technology Construction Technology 1. Foundation 6 1/2” Structural Concrete slab on Grade Beams on Pilecaps & Piles per Structural W/ 2’-0” R-10 Rigid Insulation at Perimeter on vapor retarder sheeting on granular fill to B.O. grade beam on prepared Subgrade. Rebar Places 16” o.c. 2. Wall Type 5/8” Protection O/R-10 Rigid Insulation on drainage mat on Fluid Applied Hot Rubberized Asphalt Membrane on C.I.P. Concrete Wall 3. Floor Assembly 4” Concrete Topping Slab on R-21 Rigid Insulation (Sloped to drain where structural slab is level) on drainage composite on protection sheet on hot rubberized asphaltic membrane with fabric reinforcement on composite metal deck on steel structure 4. Wall Assembly Rainscreen Metal Wall- Metal Siding on vertical 1” ‘Z’ channels on breathable wall membrane attached to studs with screws and disks on continuous 5/8” R-3.8 Minimum Insulating Sheathing on 8” or 9” metal studes at 16” o.c. at braced frame location sto cover steel w/ R-13 Batt insulation on 5/8” GWB W/ Vapor Retarding PVA primer at interior 5.Floor Assembly Floor Finish Materal on 3” Composite Metal Deck W/ 2 1/2” Concrete Topping on Steel Structure W/ R-19 Batt Insulation W/ Cementitious Soffit board on Furring Channels 6. Roof Assembly Single-Ply PVC Membrane on 1/4” Overlayment Board on R-21 Rigid Insulation on Vapor Barrier on 1 1/2” Metal Deck on Sloped Steel Structure (w/hung ACT ceiling where scheduled) 7. Roof Assembly Single Ply PVC Membrane on 1/4” Overlayment Board on R-21 Rigid Insulation (Tapered to Slope Unless Structure is Sloped) on Vapor Barrier on 1/4” Underlayment Board on 1 1/2” Perforated Metal Deck on Steel Structure Exposed
University of Washington Conibear Shellhouse The Miller Hull Partnership
1. Footing (1) 9’ x 13’ x 10” with 10 #6 Bars in the long direction and 10 #6 Bars in the short direction (2) 36” x 12” Continuous Site Cast Concrete with 3 #5 Bars in the Long Direction (3) 1’ x 4” x 1’ with 2 #5 Bars (4) 4’ x 3” x 5” Follows Shape of Steps 12
2. External Wall Below Grade 12 x 16 x 8 in outer Wythe 3. External Wall Above Grade 8” x 16” x 8” CMU inner Wythe with 3 #5 reinforcing 48” o.c. Vertical Reinforcement at corners and openings and horizontal reinforcement at 16” o.c. Vapor Barrier 2” rigid insulation 2” Air Space 8” x 8” x 4” CMU outer Wythe 4. Fire Place 16” x 8” x 8” CMU 2 #5 in grouted cavity with 9 gauge wire ties 16” o.c. vertical
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5. Windows Ground Window- Two 8” lintel 2 course high with 2 #5 reinforcement beyond grout solid Two 12” lintel 2 course high CMU, with reinforcement in bond beam 12 inch bond beam with 2 #5 reinforcement passing through, Through wall flashing with length of lintel Weep 32” o.c. Cast concrete sill, steel sash windows with insulated glass
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6. Ground Floor Assembly 4” Thick concrete floor slab wire mesh reinforcement Vapor barrier 4” Compacted sand fill
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7. Second Floor Assembly 4” Gypsum board 3” x 5” edge beam for joist to rest on 2” x 10” joists at 16” o.c. ¾” plywood subflooring ¾” finish wood flooring 1 x 6 tongue and groove 8. Stair Stair landing slab reinforcement clearance ¾” from sides Stair Site cast concrete with #5 at 12” spacing 9. Clerestory 1/8” Glass set in sealent in sash block MET Sash cut Bond Beam continuous 8” lintel block with 2 #5 bars grout solid Lintel 2 course 8” CMU lintel block with 2 #5 grout solid, extend 8” past each side of opening
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10. Celing 2” x 4” joists at 16” o.c. Batting insulation ¾” Gypsum Board 11. Roof Built up roof on 5/8” decking ¾” Bolts at 16” o.c. through 2 x 8 with ledger 2” x 8” joist 48” o.c.
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12. Porch Roof 2” x 6” wood tongue and groove decking Built up roof on 5/8” plywood decking 2” x 8” joist
Croffead Residence
Clark and Menefee Architects
Derived Rhythm
Nature Pattern
Textile Pattern
Abstraction
Application
Abstraction
Application
Fall 2011
Applied Form Transformation
A natural and man made pattern were chosen and then abstracted. These abstracted elements were overlaid on one another and visualized in a model. This repeating and formulaic form was then rotated and stretched to create the rythmic form of the building.
Egress
Program
Caffe / Bar Office Restaurant/ Lobby Market Building Systems
The building slopes at a 1:20 grade over the site. The entry to the building is split. The market place slopes down into the ground and the roof of the market becomes a walkable surface. A grid system of windows was used to create places for natural light to enter the market. Each of the floor plates in the building is walkable and the angled form becomes the service system
Fall 2011
Structure
Floor Plates with Structure
Glass
Mullions with Screen
Glass
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The building is predominantly glass, which allows for continuity in the rythmic form. This allows allows for a huge amount of sun to enter the office. This sun must be filtered so it is not too blinding and the residents of the building can be productive. A screen system was applied to the skin of the building. The screen used performs much like blinds do but is embeded within a double glazed skin. The double glazed skin also provides thermal insulation for the winter.
Skin Detail Fall 2011
The library when lit from within shines like a beacon in the night. The patterning created by the skin provides an effect that people will notice and draw them to events within the library. The Section shows the amount of space dedicated to the book collection. One of the greatest complaints from librarians interviewed for this project was an insufficent amount of space for display and storage.
Fall 2011
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Fourth and Fifth Floor Plan
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Third Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
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Market Plan
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North West Section
Ground Floor Plan
North West Elevation
Fall 2011
North East Section
The image above shows the main campus approach to the library. The Section shows the walkable surface of the building as well as outdoor terraces that can be used by the students. The current site on the campus is a large open green space where many activities are held. Part of the goal of the library was to replace much of these communal spaces.
North East Elevation
Art Work
A View to the Arts is an interactive wall mural that consits of 31 differently sized "chalk boards". The project began as a proposal to the managers of the Center for the Arts Building at the University at Buffalo. The piece was proposed as a way for the students of the building to express themselves. The art piece is located in a high traffic location that attracts many different types of students, ranging from visual artists, to muscians, actors, dancers, as well as non art majors. These chalkboards provide a surface for expression that is not typically common within a school setting.
Nicholas LoCicero 62-51 Alderton St. Rego Park, NY 11374 Cell Phone: (347) 853-4642 E-Mail: nick@locicero.net
Education
University at Buffalo, School of Architecture and Planning Anticipated Bachelors of Science in Architecture with a minor in Art, May 2013
Fall 2009 - Spring 2013
F.H. Laguardia High School of Music, Art and the Performing Arts
Graduated June 2009
Graduated with a Regents Dipoloma with a major in Visual Arts
Work Experience
Summer Intern, Stonehill & Taylor Architects and Planners
31 West 27th St, 5th floor, New York, NY 10001
June-August 2009 - 2012
Model building for clients, Site visits with architects to survey existing conditions for projects, Designed signage for a restaurant, Detail Drawings in AutoCAD, Designed renderings for bid presentations in Photoshop and Rhino using VRay, Responded to Field Inquiries during construction with Construction Sketches, Was responsible for the management of project submittals and Scheduling Meetings, Creating Industrial Design prototypes in Rhino3D, Creating Public Assembly Plans for Restaurants & Worked with State Building Codes. Significant Projects: Jumeirah Essex House - New York, NY, J 130 Medical Center New York, Presbyterian Hospital, NoMad Hotel - New York, NY, & New Yorker Hotel - New York, NY.
Print Lab Technician, Digital Media Group University at Buffalo School of Architecture
February 2012 – Present
Running Plotters, Printers, Scanners, Answering technical questions regarding printing & other problems
Skills
Software & Crafting Experience Drafting: AutoCad for Windows and Mac, Autodesk Revit, 3D Modeling: Rhino 3D, Sketchup, Autodesk Revit, Rendering: V-Ray for Rhino and Sketchup, 3DS MAX, Parametrics: Grasshoper 3D, Design: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Sketch Book Pro, Analysis: Ecotect, Autodesk Revit, Office: Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Sound: Audacity, Video: Flash, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Website Creation: HTML, Dreamweaver, Rapidweaver, Power Tools, Wood Working tools, Laser Cutting, 3D Printing, & CNC Routing.
Extra Curricular Actvities
January 2012 - Present American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) I am a member of University at Buffalo Chapter of the AIAS. I served on the Executive board as the Special Events Chair. I helped organize the annual Beaux Arts Ball, a joint fundraising event between the Architecture and Planning departments. I also created other fundraising and membership raising programs. January 2010 - April 2012 Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity, Senenmut Chapter Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity is the only national co-ed professional fraternity for architecture and the allied arts. I was responsibile for the creating and maintaining of our chapter’s webpage, and as Publicity Chair, I was responsible for holding and running weekly meetings, creating advertising material, and speaking on behalf of the fraternity in a manner that promotes the chapter’s professionalism.