Priyanka Vashee
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Priyanka Vashee | Architectural Portfolio Professional + Student Works (2014 - present)
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Student Work 10 Harlem Cultural Center for Performing Arts 18 Marfa Marketspace
Table of Contents 2014-2020
22 Austin Waterfront Event Center 30 Salone del Mobile Exhibition : Under the Canopy 34 Living Beyond Borders : Paris Housing Study 42 Food for Thought Truck : Nursery of Knowledge 46 ZARA Headquarters: Office Renovation
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Professional Work
Other Work
56 30 Van Ness: Mix-Use High Rise
74 Romeo and Juliet Wine Label Competition
60 University of California Riverside: North District Housing
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64 Pomona College: Rains Athletic Center
78 Kiribati Floating House Competition
68 Pomona College: Language Immersion Residence Hall
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Priyanka Vashee
Architectural Designer
Experience 20+ months
Designer Technical II | July 2018 - Present Architecture, interior design, and urban planning firm specialized in residential high-rise, mixed-use, and higher education throughout California and Hawaii. • 30 Van Ness - Mixed-Use High Rise | San Francisco, California Phase: Concept Design to Schematic Design • UC Riverside - University Student Housing | Riverside, California Phase: Design Development - Construction Documents • Pomona College Rains Center- Recreational Gym - Claremont, California Phase: Design Development - Construction Documents • Pomona LIRH - Student Housing + Dining Hall | Claremont, California Phase: Winning Competition Bid 6 months
Email : priyanka.vashee@gmail.com Address : 1435 Larkin Street Apt. 11 San Francisco, CA 94109 Phone : 214.724.8595
I am an architectural designer seeking opportunities to learn and grown in a creative environment. I am detail oriented, passionate, and love to experiment with graphic design.
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Solomon Cordwell Buenz | San Francisco, California
Weiss/Manfredi Architects | New York City, New York
Intern | June 2017 - December 2017 Collaborative architecture, landscape, and urban design firm rooted in sitesensitive higher education and civic projects. • In charge of physical models for proposal meetings • Composed graphic presentations for clients • Utilized Revit and Rhinoceros 3D programs for digital modeling
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Merriman Architects & Associates | Dallas, Texas
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Wright Group Architects-Planners PLLC | Carrolton, Texas
Intern | June 2016 - August 2016 Architecture firm in downtown Dallas focused in restoration, retail, and civic projects. • Designed and implemented graphic booklets for client meetings • Drafted wall section details, plan details, and schematic design plans Intern | June 2015 - August 2015 Architecture firm specializing in elementary and middle school design • Collaborated with designers and planners in schematic design
Recognition
Education
Design Distinction Award
University of Texas at Austin
Design VI | Spring 2016
Bachelor of Architecture May 2018
University of Texas School of Architecture: Visual Resources Photography Exhibition
École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville
Spring 2016 “Through the Pinhole: Exploring Space, Material, and Light”
University of Texas at Austin School of Undergraduate Studies: Undergraduate Writing Assistant August 2014 - December 2014
Volunteering / Interests Solomon Cordwell Buenz Event Organizer Solomon Cordwell Buenz Design Meeting Committee Field Constructs : Duck Blind in Plain Sight
Austin, Texas | Fall 2015
Chinati Weekend | Marfa, Texas Docent | Fall 2015
AIA Homes Tour | Austin, Texas Docent | Fall 2014
Graphic Design, Illustrations, Horticulture, Baking, Reading, Scale Figures
Fall 2016
Skills Revit Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Rhinoceros 3D Enscape Render Laser Cutting Maxwell Render Sketchup AutoCAD DataCAD Drawing Diagrams/Infographics Model Building
References *Available upon request
Scale Figures
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Harlem Cultural Center for Performing Arts - 2017
Zara Office - 2018
Nursery for Knowledge - 2018
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Kiribati Floating House - 2019-2020
Under the Canopy - 2018
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Harlem Cultural Center for Performing Arts Harlem, New York Professor : Hilary Sample Partner : Valeria Landeros Advanced Design : Spring 2017 (4 months)
Inspired by the rich culture of dance and theatre in Harlem, we wanted to create a center for performing arts which connects the different generations residing in the residential neighborhood of Hamilton Terrace. This project includes two main performance spaces which extrude out like arms towards the street and an informal, open-air theater to celebrate Harlem through dance, music, and art. To assimilate the multiple generations, a senior center, daycare, and flexible market-space open at the ground floor as a destination for the community to collaborate. Dynamic ramps unite the multiple programs to generate a social landscape, beginning with an entrance from the Hamilton Terrace Neighborhood. These ramps weave throughout the project
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to animate the center with constant motion, inciting every person to become part of the performance of the building. The ramps designed create an architectural porosity and moments of spacial suspension reflected in the porous metal facade system. Color was incorporated in the design of the façade and interiors as an intuitive way to navigate the performing arts center. Influenced by Luis Barragan’s color theory to celebrate color as an expression of everyday life, we were inspired to represent the vivacious culture of Harlem with bright hues of magenta, purple, and green. An undulating metal, mesh panel system reveals interior movement and performing arts programs through multicolored panels.
Perspective of interior ramps in senior center
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Ramp from Hamilton Terrace
Open-air Theater Dance Hall
Auditorium Children's Theater Elevator Core
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Seniors Center
Site axonometric + scale figures of demographics
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Dance Hall Floor Plan
Section through senior center
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Benta's Funeral Home
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Harlem School of the Arts
Site elevation + perspective of interior courtyard + perspective of roof performance space + detail facade elevation + perspective of entrance from Hamilton Terrace (from left to right) 16
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Mixed-use Housing
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Marfa Marketspace Marfa, Texas Professor : Judith Birdsong Design V : Fall 2015 (2 months)
Located next to the famous Chamberlain Building by Donald Judd in Marfa, Texas the Marketspace is a roof structure which explores the relationship of ground and sky while providing a train stop for the new Metro route. Organized around a central pathway, the train stop and market are a flexible space where light creates areas for gathering. Two distinct materials categorize the roof into a concrete mass for market spaces and wooden slatting to symbolize the rhythm of the train. To enhance the experience of the mass, the concrete plane sits into a grid of
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columns which exposes at each structural crossing, forming moments of congregation beneath the warm light. Light chimneys pull up as a celebration of the beautiful Marfa sky as the slatting of wood structure generates an intuitive guide towards the Crowley Theater. These moments of mass in the roof carve spaces for vendors as well as shape places to admire Donald Judd's furniture. Finally, to complete the symmetry of earth and light, the materiality of the ground plan undulates with gravel as a reflection back to the local Marfa culture.
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Austin Waterfront Event Center Design Distinction Award
Austin, Texas Professor : John Blood Design VI : Sound Building : Spring 2016 (4 months)
Nestled in the lush waterfront of Lady Bird Lake, the Austin Event Center invites people to participate in the rich downtown environment by reinvigorating the neglected running and biking path near South 1st Street. With the introduction of an occupiable roof, the cultural center creates an urban balcony to seamlessly connect the experience of landscape and architecture to bring people up, around, and down towards Lady Bird Lake. The Event Center consists of a main congregation hall, auditorium for TED Talks and other lectures, and flexible gallery spaces for classrooms and art exhibits. Beginning at the reimagined wooden deck
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at South 1st Street, people journey down through the lush landscape and into the lobby at the level of Ladybird Lake. The precession up into the main congregation hall is mirrored by the movement down into the supporting programs to reorient people to the beautiful waterfront and mimick the dynamic landscape surrounding the lake. As people enter into the Event Center from the running and biking path, the experience of land and water is synthesized with the continuation of the materiality of the boardwalks on the ground floor. Structurally, an exposed wooden Glulam system supports the undulating form of the occupiable roof to challenge the boundaries of exterior and interior through materiality.
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Primary Structure Glulam beams
Secondary Structure Glulam joists
Tertiary Structure Decking + Glulam columns
Bay model structural diagram (middle) + detail photographs of bay model (right)
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Perspective of boardwalk on Lady Bird Lake
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1. Concrete Footing resting on Concrete Foundation Pier 2. Drainage Pipe 3. Foundation and Floor Assembly: 4. Interior Partition Assembly: 5. Retaining Wall Assembly 6. Second Floor Assembly 7. Glulam Column Assembly 8. Curtain Wall Assembly 9. 8” Glulam Diagonal Bracing: Pinned Connection with Anchor Bolts 10. 30” depth Glulam beam 11. 14”-22” depth Glulam Joists (varies) 12.Occupiable Roof Assembly 13. Gutter 14. Glass Railing Assembly with welded steel handrail
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Salone del Mobile Exhibition : Under the Canopy Bali, Indonesia Professor : Primo Orpilla Advanced Interior Design Studio : Spring 2018 (3 weeks)
Inspired by the tropical paradise of the Bali landscape, the Under the Canopy exhibition shapes a meditative retreat for those seeking refuge from their busy lives. The exhibit forms an undulating roof structure which molds to circulation through and around a main meditative space. This enclosure creates an abstracted canopy of the Bali Teakwood rainforests and explores the relationship of four senses: sight, touch, sound, and smell with the interaction of graphic prints. As one enters under the canopy, the glowing print creates an intuitive guide through a shelter structure which embodies the beautiful water culture in Bali. People are encouraged to curl and listen to the sea while transcending their everyday
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lives. Benches pull out of the exterior structure to form reflective spaces as they are reminded of the smell of sea through mist. Continuing the circulation around the shelter, a sandbox provides an interactive moment to modify and touch the beaches of Bali. Finally, suspended chairs inspired by hammocks create a swinging motion, similar to the island breeze, as people gaze up and admire the Bali canopy. Graphic prints were developed as a representation of native trees prevalent in the Teakwood rainforests and local flowers utilized in healing ceremonies. Color was incorporated as a celebration of the beautiful landscape and as an expression of the vibrant culture in Bali.
Perspective of interactive sandbox with floral pattern wall
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Canopy Perspective of entrance to exhibition
Shelter Structure + Furniture
Exploded axonometric drawing illustrating suspended canopy
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Perspective inside shelter structure
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Living Beyond Borders : Paris Housing Study Paris, France Professors : Igor Siddiqui + Gaelle Breton Partners : Julia Patterson + Annabel Cook + Nuzhaa Maghooa + Agathe Seroux Paris Advanced Design Studio : Fall 2016 (2 months)
Bounded by the intersection of four public transit systems, the Paris Housing complex looks to the future of public housing in order to eliminate borders and connect the land underneath the Peripherique highway. Bordered by a tramway line, major road, Canal D'Ourcq, and railroad lines, the land adjacent to Parc de La Villette, is seamingly divided by the Peripherique and neglected from the multiple transit systems. However, with the introduction of a shared ground floor for artist galleries, FabLabs, and flexible studio space, the hidden path under the highway can become a grand boulevard which expresses the bold Parisian artist culture. The linear housing system caters for live/work artist residents, and is organized by an orthogonal pattern which folds
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underneath the Peripherique to superimpose the two contrasting systems: transit and housing. Each housing line consists of a shared ground floor and a variety of one bedroom and two bedroom units. Public residential spaces and flexible gallery spaces open at the level of the Peripherique to reflect the artist culture back to the important road, while circulation pulls out to create a neighborhood environment. The interstitial space between each linear system provides a crucial moment for residents to interact and enjoy the creative atmosphere. Thus, the facade of each housing system is a humble representation of Parisian culture, allowing the lifestyle of the residents to shape the aesthetic nature of the building.
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Ground Floor Plan: 1. Art galleries underneath Peripherique 2. Flexible studio spaces 3. Public ground floor 4. Canal D'Ourcq 5. Interstitial public space for residents 6. Tram stop 7. Railroad
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Food For Thought Truck: Nursery of Knowledge Traveling Food Truck to Inner Cities Professor : Primo Orpilla Advanced Interior Design Studio : Spring 2018 (3 weeks)
The Nursery for Knowledge is a traveling community garden created to educate inner city children about plants and horticulture. As a food truck provides meals for people, the nursery grows healthy food for communities to eat while providing an after-school activity for students ages 6-9. Kids in inner cities living in poverty are statistically associated with poorer health, higher rates of learning disabilities, lower literacy and math performance, and higher risk of dropping out of school. Therefore, the mission of the truck is to stimulate children with knowledge so they can grow into successful people. Spacially, the existing food truck consists of a topographical ramp that leads to an
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inner classroom. Much like how fertilizer is utilized in fields to strengthen plants, the classroom nourishes the student's minds with information through fun infographics. The students can then enter the seed pod simulation which mimicks the growth of a seed. The dark light quality of the entrance into the pod portrays the early stages of sprouting while a tall ladder leads the kids to the top of the truck, similar to the first sprout of a new leaf. Finally, the top of the truck teaches students to cultivate plants through a greenhouse. This interactive collective space connects to the ground through a green wall where each student plants a seed and watches it grow through their lessons.
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Seed Pod Classroom Green Wall Topographical ramp to truck
Section through food truck illustrating seed pod simulation (below) + plan (above) 44
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ZARA Headquarters: Office Renovation Location Unknown | Office Test Fit Professor : Primo Orpilla Advanced Interior Design Studio : Spring 2018 (2 months)
ZARA's marketing strategy is centered around the idea of fast luxury fashion at an affordable price. The ZARA Headquarters visualizes this strategy through large central "catwalk" spaces which dynamically move people through and around the office like a fashion show. Inspired by the owner's humble start in Galicia, Spain, the floor plan takes on the bold geometry of Azulejo tiles which were founded in his hometown. These symmetrical tiles influenced the shape of each major fashion line at ZARA, Women's, Men's, Children's, and TRF, with breakout areas for meetings with clients and teams. The second floor becomes the area for collaboration with the majority of small meeting rooms, small shelters, and living room spaces that look out onto the
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first floor. In terms of materiality, the ZARA headquarters looks to the vibrant colors, bright textiles, and metallic surfaces to create a playful working environment. The main workstation areas are covered by a perforated metal mesh ceiling tile pattern, while each meeting room is clad with patterns from their recent clothing line. Programming Statistics: 450 Workstations 9 Focus Boxes 7 Chat Boxes 50 Collaborative Tables 1 Large Auditorium Stair (50 people) 1 Rooftop Garden 35 Meeting Rooms 37 Phone Boxes
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Professional Work
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30 Van Ness Mix-Use High Rise San Francisco, California Firm: Solomon Cordwell Buenz Programs: Photoshop, Revit, SketchUp, Illustrator, Enscape Phase : Concept Design - Schematic Design
The 30 Van Ness Tower is a mix-use, residential, retail, and office building at the intersection of the Hayes Valley, Civic Center, and Mission districts in San Francisco. This monument along the busiest streets in the city looks to connect the residential neighborhood with the rigid grid of the Civic Center through long winter gardens that open to Van Ness Avenue. These winter gardens form the central outdoor space for tenants in the office podium and provide a vibrant facade at the pedestrian level. The screen opens to allow for breezes through the office space without being fully exposed to the San Francisco climate.
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The facade of the tower looks to the Hayes Valley in terms of scale and materiality. The smaller articulation of the skin reaches down through the winter gardens, more tailored to the pedestrian experience. The top of the tower is sculpted to form a unique skyline as well as provide large balconies for the penthouse units. Throughout my time on the project, the building went from early Concept Design to 35% Schematic Design before it was sent out for Entitlements.
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Rendering of corner of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue
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University of California Riverside: North District Housing Riverside, California Firm: Solomon Cordwell Buenz Programs: Revit Phase : Design Development - Construction Documents
The University of California Riverside North District complex is an on-campus housing community which seeks to provide classrooms, apartments, and amenities for students. This is Phase I of the intervention, consisting of 2 buildings with approximately 1200 beds in 416 units. A central green pathway carves through the two buildings, creating a fun space for students to enjoy the warm California climate. The massing of each building snakes around central green courtyards that create private amenity space for residents. Structurally, the ground floor of the complex is Type 1A construction while
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the upper floors are a mixture of 3A and 5A, The ground floor assimilates with the existing buildings through the application of golden Norman bricks while the courtyards incorporate colorful cement plaster panels that create an identity for each green space. Throughout my time on the project, I worked on brick detailing, curtainwall details, and code system sheets for various submittals with DSA, and the local Fire Department. The project is currently going through Construction Administration and should be completely built in early 2021.
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Pomona College: Rains Athletic Center Claremont, California Firm: Solomon Cordwell Buenz Programs: Revit, Photoshop, Enscape Phase : Design Development - Construction Documents
The Pomona College Rains Athletic Center is a renovation and redesign of the existing Voelkel Gymnasium on campus. It consists of a student and faculty fitness area, locker rooms for visiting and campus teams, a strength and conditioning area for athletes, an office for the Pomona Athletics division and studios for group athletic workouts. The diverse program of the building is connected by a large monumental bleacher stair which uses repurposed wood from gym floors to create a collaborative space for students to study and interact.
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The main entrance of the building consists of a precast facade system which takes inspiration from the existing buildings on campus. The iconic Pomona red-tile roof allows the building to blend into the fabric of the campus, while the intervention of fiber-cement tiles introduces a new materiality to the college. Throughout my time on the project, the building has gone through Design Development and 100% Construction Documents. It is scheduled to break ground in summer 2020.
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Pomona College: Language Immersion Residence Hall Claremont, California Firm: Solomon Cordwell Buenz Programs: Revit, Illustrator, Indesign Phase : Winning Competition Bid
The Language Immersion Residence Hall is an existing building on the Pomona Campus which seeks to integrate students who want to learn how to speak a foreign language with native-speaking students at the college. The program consists of a residence hall, dining hall, and the Center for Global Engagement. Spatially, the proposal of the housing complex, dining commons, and offices looks to the local campus architecture which carves exterior courtyards through each building. The housing scheme continues the long circulation axis through a central enfilade, and the setback along Bonita Avenue. The dining commons responds to the large, public Marston Quadrangle with
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a small patio to create a dialogue of open space. Since College Way is a pedestrianoriented street, the Center for Global Engagement extends to the sidewalk as a buffer between the large central dining courtyard and the heavy pathway. Finally, the housing scheme is carved at the ground floor to create protected corridors into the green courtyards. The competition further studied the components of each housing pod and it's relationship to shared amenities, bathrooms, and a native-speaking resident unit. This was one of the 3 schemes by Solomon Cordwell Buenz in the winning competition bid.
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Romeo and Juliet Wine Label Competition Juliet's Balcony, Italy Partner : Michael Quach Competitions for Designers: Winter 2018-2019 (1 month)
This label celebrates the love found from merging two separate entities. Montague and Capulet, Farina and Nilpeter, the families come together by a love of wine. The story takes place at the House of Capulet with Romeo sneaking up to see a glimpse of Juliet. The form of the label, inspired by windows from Juliet’s Balcony in Verona, frames the moment the romance begins between the two lovers. Throughout the label, the logos and titles of Farina and Nilpeter are scattered as design elements. The stage of Juliet’s Balcony pays homage to the history of William Shakespeare’s plays.
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The vibrant red and pink colour palette is derived from the red fruit and other flavours prevalent in the wine. Each stained glass window highlights important characteristics of the wine like the characters of a play. Nightshade adorns the frames of the window as a symbol of the faith between Romeo and Juliet. The frame of the label and logos of Nilpeter and Farina are hot foil stamps on natural paper. This element of printing reflects the high quality of the wine and the important relationship between Nilpeter and Farina. The outer frame is embossed for relief.
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LE-Tree Sutton Hall, University of Texas at Austin Professors : Keith Simon + Matthew Tanteri Partners : Julia Patterson + Shelby Schaefer Environmental Controls I : Fall 2015 (3 weeks)
The LE-Tree ornaments the trees in front of Sutton during the day while creating a unique installation at night. It seeks to rennovate space with the introduction of a sleek, operable pendant to create an interactive lighting experience. With the placement of multiple, double-hanging pendants, users are able to move each lighting fixture to create his or her own lighting density as a visual and auditory microcosm away from the busy plaza. The form of the lighting fixture consistis of two geometric pendants hung from a long chain. Inspired by the warm
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glow of lanterns, each pendant is wrapped with a frosted ply mesh polyurethane patterned skin to create a diffuse, ambient light. These pendants are constructed of a light gauge steel frame which is exposed when illuminated. A sliding latch opens the pendants and encourages the user to reach in and illuminate the LED light. Finally, to complete the visual and auditory experience of the LE-Tree, a wind chime is attached to the inside of the steel frame to transform the dismal environment underneath the trees.
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Kiribati Floating House Competition Tarawa, Kiribati Partner : Janet Ni Young Architects Competition : Winter 2019-2020 (2 months)
As the first country projected to be underwater due to climate change, Kiribati needs to become resiliant. Despite the government urging relocation, the locals loyally remain on the islands. In an effort to resist the forces of the rising tides, the Kiribati people plant mangrove trees, relying on the complex root systems to form a vegetal net that keeps the waves at bay. These trees inspired the language of the floating house. The project looks to the mangrove as an architectural precedent and spatial model. The architecture of the home adopts the formal language of the mangrove as well as the structural. Root-like piers and mooring poles reach deep into the seabed, elevating
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the homes at normal sea levels and allowing them to float atop the water in flooded conditions. In terms of sustainability, the house consists of wood structure taken from the local Kiribati environment. The concrete floor slabs contain a cavity which purifies and pumps waste water from the house, as well as catches rainwater from torrential storms. The top of each structure is made up of solar panels to provide electricity for the house. Finally, the form of the structure reaches out at moments to provide shelter for exterior walkways, shade from the harsh sun, and breezeways to allow in cool air.
Perspective of making space (left) + perspective through exterior corridor (right) 79
Solar panels Compost toilets Mooring pole Rainwater House
Vegetation buffer for flooded conditions Floor slab
Utu (extended family)
Water cavity Piers
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Sustainability axonometric of bathroom
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Ground Floor Plan: 1. Kitchen 2. Dining 3. Making Space/ Flex bedroom 4. Bedroom 5. Bedroom N 6. Bathroom 7. Bathroom
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Section perspective of house (left) + select scale figures (right) 82
Elder Family Member
Kiribati Girl
Kiribati Boy
Fish
The end
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Priyanka Vashee
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