COLLECTION OF WORK
rafaelarmendariz.com
CONTENTS 03 _Curriculum Vitae 06 14 18 24 28 36 44
_Hotel+Art Museum: A Thing-Inside a Thing-Inside a Thing _Network Incubator _Desert Living: AIA 2019 Housing Ideas Competition _Valge Laev: Opera by the Sea Competition _Destination Distillery _ Columbus Historical Society _Master’s Project: Program and Anti-Program
56 _Professional Work 60 _Hand Drawings
CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION: The Ohio State University [Fall 2019-present] Master of Architecture Graduate Fellow Expected Graduation: Spring 2021 GPA: 3.94
University of Nevada, Las Vegas [Fall 2014-Spring 2019] Bachelor of Science in Architecture [Minor in Real Estate] 2018 Dr. Robert Fielden FAIA Medal Winner [top graduating student] Summa Cum Laude GPA: 3.84
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Knit Studios [formerly SH Architecture] - Las Vegas, NV [June 2016-July 2019]
Design Associate Has worked on design, construction documents, zoning packages, marketing, and community outreach presentations for projects varying in scale and scope. NCARB AXP Hours: 2,500 [73%] Practice Management : 164 hrs [100%] Project Management : 11 hrs [03%] Programming and Analysis : 293 hrs [100%] Project Planning and Design : 739 hrs [68%] Project Development and Documentation : 1523 hrs [100%] Construction and Evaluation : 68 Hrs [18%]
INVOLVEMENT:
American Institute of Architecture Students [2015-present] Ohio State University Chapter [2019-present] University of Nevada, Las Vegas Chapter [2015-2019] Chapter President [2017-2018] Chapter Vice-President [2016-2017] Events Coordinator [2015-2016] National AIAS Council of Presidents Delegate [2017-2018] FORUM Conference Site Selection Committee [2017-2018] American Institute of Architects [2016-2019] Associate Member - Las Vegas Chapter AIAS Liaison to the Board of Directors [2017-2018] AIA-AIAS Mentorship Program Co-Founder [2016] National Architectural Accrediting Board [2017-present] Member of the NAAB Accreditation Review Forum 2019 Steering Committee Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society [2017-present] University of Nevada, Las Vegas Chapter
SKILLS:
04
Strengths Has had leadership training that includes experience in roles that have allowed for growth in communication, management, organization, public speaking, and community engagement. Trained and has experience in communicating ideas through a variety of different media. This includes, traditional architectural sketching, contemporary digital methods, verbally, and written. Software Proficient in Revit, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, Rhino 3D, Lumion Experienced in Grasshopper, V-Ray for Rhino, AutoCAD Architecture, SketchUp
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Design Awards AIAS Design Excellence Award 5th Year [2020] - “Destination Distillery” + RECOGNITIONS: UNI Opera by the Sea [2020] - Short Listed AIA Nevada Honor Award - Academic Category [2019] - “Desert Living” AIA Nevada Honor Award - Academic [2018] “NARA Community Campus.” AIAS Design Excellence Award 4th Year [2018] - “NARA Community Campus.” AIAS Design Excellence Award 3rd Year [2017] - “Network Incubator” AIAS InStudio Portfolio Competition - 2nd Place [2019] Academic Awards Fielden Medal [2018] - Given to the top student at UNLV School of Architecture. The Ohio State University Graduate Fellowship [2019 and 2020] Leadership Awards AIA Nevada Associate Member Award [2018] AIAS Chapter Honor Award [2017] - The highest honor given to an AIAS chapter. Publications of Work/Contributions Contributor to the NAAB 2020 Conditions of Accreditation. Billboard 1, the inaugural UNLV School of Architecture Publication [2018] Innovation Magazine, UNLV’s research publication [2019] Vertex, the inaugural UNLV School of Architecture Publication [2018] Work featured in the City of Las Vegas development plan [2018] Architecture Las Vegas Magazine, “Designers of the Future” Article [2017] Presentations Tenth Int. Conference on Sport & Society [2019] [Invited but did not attend] Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents Meeting [2018] Chosen as one of two students at UNLV to represent the entire university
REFERENCES: Eric Strain, FAIA
Associate Professor, UNLV School of Architecture Principal, assemblageSTUDIO - Las Vegas, NV eric@assemblagestudio.com 1.702.756.9428
Todd Gannon, PhD, AIA Architecture Section Head, Ohio State Univ. Knowlton School of Architecture gannon.14@osu.edu 1.614.688.2176 Jeffrey Kipnis Professor, Ohio State Univ. Knowlton School of Architecture kipnis.1@osu.edu 1.614.247.7612 Eric M. Roberts, AIA President & C.E.O., Knit Studios - Las Vegas, NV ericr@knitstudios.com 1.702.341.2225
HOTEL+ART MUSEUM
“Thing-Inside a Thing-Inside a Thing” PROGRAM: COURSE: INSTRUCTORS: LOCATION:
Master of Architecture - The Ohio State University ARCH 7410 Advanced Arch. Design I, Fall 2019 Erik Herrmann and Sanhya Kochar Cincinnati, OH
RECOGNITION:
Model exhibited at the Columbus Center for Art & Design Featured in the Knowlton School’s End-of-the-Year Show
The “Thing-Inside a Thing-Inside a Thing,” is a project that uses the spatial qualities of nesting systems to merge hospitality with art. Located in Downtown Cincinnati, this art-hotel is formed out of the tension created between normative volumes and curvilinear tubes. The color scheme is inspired by the projection of red, green, and blue light onto the different surface conditions, further accentuating the conflicting dichotomy.
06
Out of the tension, interstitial zones emerge. In upsetting the dualistic system, the dichotomy of the viewer’s experience is also disrupted. The desired privacy of a hotel guest and the thoughtful inquisitiveness of a gallery patron collide as they move around, inside, and back out of the atrium-void that courses throughout the building.
Part I: “A Thing” [a scale-less “toy”]
Part II: “A Thing Inside a Thing” [a folly/shrine at the scale of a human]
08
Part III: “A Thing-Inside a Thing-Inside a Thing” [an “Art-Hotel” at the scale of a city]
Gallery Spaces & Hotel Balconies
10
North Elevation
“Chunk” Model
12
NETWORK INCUBATOR PROGRAM: COURSE: INSTRUCTOR: LOCATION:
Bachelor of Science in Architecture - University of Nevada, Las Vegas AAE 380 Architectural Design I, Fall 2016 David Baird, AIA Las Vegas, NV
RECOGNITION: 2017 AIAS National Design Excellence Award Featured in Vertex: a Compendium of Research and Design, a compilation of student work at the UNLV School of Architecture
“
14
The ethnographic research has a huge impact on the final product... Exterior renderings are wonderful, can give a vibrant picture of how the building relates to the context... As far as design and graphics- they were communicated very clearly! ... benchbecomes a wall, becomes the ceiling! Very well executed... - AIAS 2017 Honor Awards Jury
A network incubator focuses on empowering entrepreneurs through building their professional network. While incubators usually focus on setting up infrastructure, the most successful are those that emphasize institutionalized networking. This model was selected to capitalize on the positive business environment created in Las Vegas through favorable tax incentives as well as the site’s proximity to three of the city’s major economic influences: McCarran Airport, the Strip, and UNLV. Swenson 51’s design was derived to encourage points of interaction between the users. To accomplish this, the
building is bifurcated into two zones. The entrepreneurial journey starts in the subterranean incubator, the primary work space, which is designed to facilitate collaboration internally among the entrepreneurs. As the entrepreneur journeys to the surface, they find themselves in the most prominent physical feature, the “Networking Chamber.” This event space serves the business’ primary function, to grow the user’s professional network. This creates a processional form that reflects the entrepreneur’s own journey from start-up to success, celebrating the many interactions and connections made along the way.
16
Level 3 “Networking Chamber” Plan 0
20’
60’
DESERT LIVING COMPETITION: LOCATION: PARTNER: CRITIC:
2019 Housing Ideas Competition Henderson, NV Dominic Armendariz Eric Strain, FAIA
RECOGNITION:
2019 AIA Nevada Design Merit Award - Academic Category
“ 18
A well-thought out solution for an infill site... - AIA 2019 Design Awards Jury
To live in the Mojave Desert is to be engaged in a perpetual dance, with every movement a choreographed response to the harsh conditions that prevail. In this waltz, the desert always leads. The current state of housing in Southern Nevada opts for expediency and short-term affordability over resiliency. The Henderson Townsite was an early product of this mindset. The homes were built to provide temporary, wartime housing for magnesium miners and were intended to be demolished during peacetime. Seventy years later, time and the desert have taken its toll, leaving much of the remaining homes dilapidated beyond repair. As Downtown Henderson is poised
for a renaissance, developers and prospective homeowners will look to this once prominent neighborhood for housing options. Dancing in the Dustland intends to redirect the course of urban sprawl through impactful intervention. By creating a replicable model for sustainable living that respects its place within a greater context, the building can serve as a catalyst for future redevelopment. Housing 6 units and one community room on a quarter acre site, the project brings a level of density to an area of the Las Vegas Valley that has been characterized by single family development.
Two Bedroom
One Bedroom
Unit Plans
Wall Section
20
Townhouse
Bird’s Eye
Courtyard
22
VALGE LAEV
The Estonian National Opera House COMPETITION: 2020 Opera by the Sea Competition LOCATION: Tallin, Estonia ADVISOR: Beth Blostein, AIA RECOGNITION:
Shortlisted for 2020 Opera by the Sea Competition
The Valge Laev, or “White Ship,” is a conceptual opera house that draws upon the unique correlation between music and Estonia’s struggle for independence to create a cultural hub that will serve generations to come. The nation’s history is the story of a people and culture that have endured a millennia of foreign occupation. The “Valge Laev,” or “white ship,” was a symbol of hope for a small sect of desperate Estonians under Tsarist rule. During Marxist rule, the adage resurfaced as a metaphor for liberation. The bloodless “Singing Revolution, started at the nearby Tallinn Song Festival Grounds and swept through the Baltics, inspiring it’s people to declare independence from the Soviets. The form is inspired by the “piratica” - Oeselian ships, documented in the Livonian Chronicle in the late 10th and early 11th Century. These vessels harken
Oeselian Piratica
24
to a time when the Estonians, particularly the Oeselians of the Island of Saaremaa, were a powerful seafaring people. The Valge Laev was designed to transcend its role as a concert venue. A tower, housing institutional and office programming rises above it, creating an economic and a cultural foundation for the opera. The opera’s flytower holds the diverse set of programmatic elements together. Additional office rent would supplement the opera’s income while a performing arts school would help to establish an opera culture within the city. The glass flytower would create a both metaphorical and visual connection between these additional programs and the opera. As generations of Estonians utilize the site an opera culture is created, thus disrupting the elitist preconceptions of the art.
Valge Laev Concept
Tier 3 [712 seats]
Tier 2 [523 seats]
Restaurant + Tower Circulation Tier 1 [130 seats] Restaurant Orchestra Level [1000 seats]
Stage
Tier 1 [186 seats]
Orchestra Level [819 seats]
Exploded Axon
View into Fly Tower
26
DESTINATION DISTILLERY PROGRAM: COURSE: INSTRUCTORS: PARTNERS: LOCATION:
Master of Architecture - The Ohio State University ARCH 7410 Advanced Arch. Design II, Spring 2020 Todd Gannon, AIA and Beth Blostein, AIA Kris Hager and Shriya Ravishankar Columbus, OH
RECOGNITION:
2020 AIAS National Design Excellence Award Featured in the Knowlton School’s End-of-the-Year Show
The “Confluence Distillery” is a destination distillery located at the convergence of the Olentangy and Scioto Rivers. At the scale of the city, this distillery is a whole object on a peninsula. At the scale of the building, the program is distilled into distinct elements organized around a central core. As a linchpin, the core is a barrel storehouse that establishes a connection with each space, the city and itself. While the core bridges the schism between whiskey production and other
28
programs [a distillation education center, bar and restaurant, whiskey museum, and tasting room] some spaces reach out to the city while others are concerned with the core. Circulating through the building, there is a continuous oscillation between the programs, culminating with the tasting room overlooking the skyline. This moment completes the experience, driving home continuous back-and-forth of embedding users in distillation and reorienting them relative to Columbus.
Barrel Storage
Support Programs
Production
Circ.
Circ.
Square
Distillery vs Else
Core
Core
Ground Floor - Education
First Floor - Restaurant/Bar
Second Floor - Museum
Third Floor - Tasting Room
Reaching Out
Embedded
Wrap
Looking Out
Site Plan N.T.S.
30
6
1
2 5 4
3
Second Level Plan [Primary Level] 1/32” = 1’-0”
00 10 10 20 20 1. Entry Ramp 2. Vestibule 3. Whiskey Production (below)
50 50
4. Barrel Storage 5. Bar and Restaurant 6. Bottle Shop
8
5
4
3
Longitudinal Section 0
32
10’
20’
50’
1. Whiskey Production 2. Barrel Storehouse 3. Distillation Education Center 4. Bar and Restaurant
5. 6. 7. 8.
Whiskey Museum Observation Deck Tasting Room Rooftop Terrace
7
6
2
1
Tasting Room
Production 34
T.O. Slab - Level 4 170’-0”
Engineered Soil w/ barley Moisture retention layer o/ thermal insulation o/drainage layer o/ waterproof membrane Concrete Slab on Metal Deck Steel Beam Gyp ceiling Low-E Glazing
T.O. Parapet 157’-0”
Aluminum Coping Composite Metal Panel System Steel Beam Concrete Slab on Metal Deck Gyp ceiling T.O. Slab - Level 3 143’-0”
Steel Beam Interior Glazing Low-E Glazing
Concrete Slab on Metal Deck Steel Beam
Steel Beam Concrete Slab on Metal Deck Steel Beam Gyp ceiling
Low-E Glazing
T.O. Slab - Level 1 100’-0”
T.O. Slab 98’-6”
Concrete slab on grade Rigid Insulation @ perimeter 2’-0” x 6’-0” footing
big Wallsection Sectionscaled 1
5
10
COLUMBUS HISTORICAL SOCIETY PROGRAM: COURSE: INSTRUCTORS: PARTNERS: LOCATION:
Master of Architecture - The Ohio State University ARCH 8410 Advanced Arch. Design III, Fall 2020 Kay Bea Jones Aubrey Nelson Columbus, OH
RECOGNITION:
2020 MArch G3 Outstanding Student Award
36
The Columbus Historical Society’s place within Central Ohio should be more than a single artifact in the urban fabric. By establishing a hub that celebrates the history and heritage of all Central Ohioans, the CHS becomes more than a destination for the citizens of Central Ohio. The proposed site for the new CH) is situated in the neighborhood of Franklinton between two historic buildings, the Harrison House (the headquarters of General and later President William Henry Harrison) and Engine House No. 6. Both buildings are scheduled to be renovated to house allied functions.
The new building is designed to honor the existing buildings and urban fabric in addition to establishing itself as a new icon on the site. The blackened metal panels create a dark, neutral exterior as oppose to the surrounding brick buildings, making it clear that this was a new, contemporary object; thus, celebrating the age-gap among the buildings rather than hiding it. The standing seams provide texture to the building in a similar fashion to the surface texture of the weathered brick on the historic structures. Housing the organization’s main galleries as well as administrative space, the building acts as the linchpin that allows the landscape to unite the adjacent structures in a reinterpretation of the conventional campus.
Main Gallery
Supporting Galleries 38
0
10
20
Ground Level Plan
60
2
1
section a-a 0
40
5’
10’
20’
3
6
4
1. Lobby 2. Auditorium 3. Main Gallery
5
4. Supporting Galleries 5. Archive 6. Roof Terrace
42
MASTER PROJECT: PROGRAM AND ANTI-PROGRAM PROGRAM: COURSE: PRIMARY ADVISOR: SECOND ADVISOR: LOCATION:
44
Master of Architecture - The Ohio State University ARCH 8420 Advanced Arch. Design IV, Spring 2021 Jeffrey Kipnis Curtis Roth New Orleans, LA
New Orleans is a city that exists at the intersection of program and anti-program. Program, meaning “pre-written” are the physical components of the built environment that contribute to the cultural and urban fabric in a prescribed way. Anti-program, on the other hand, are components that are not prescribed and may contradict or come into conflict with the program, but nonetheless are tolerated and in some cases encouraged. The chief example of this in New Orleans would be the buskers, or street performers. These interlopers, for the most part, exist where they want and when they want. This city hall seeks to reflect both elements of society. The interloper culture of New Orleans is confined to the gaps
in the urban fabric - on sidewalks, in alleys, and empty lots. To capture this in a civic building, it would need to be embedded into the fabric of the building. Running throughout the walls, above ceilings, and under floors is a network of secret passages completely unseen by its inhabitants. Billed only as service corridors, they are not advertised to the broader public, existing only through word of mouth. The passages, in addition to climbable perforated skin that wraps the curtain walls, lead to an accessible roof that embraces the kind of anti-programmatic activity that separates New Orleans from other major American cities. By embracing the formal and informal qualities of the city this city hall embraces what makes New Orleans unique.
1 3
2
Longitudinal Section 0 5’
46
20’
50’
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Secret Passage (Wall) Gallery Level 1 Gallery Level 2 Lobby Library/Document Room
4
6. Council Chamber 7. Office Space 8. Planning Room 9. Secret Passage (Ceiling) 10. Mechanical Room
8
7
7 9
6
5 10
Building Axon
Secret Passages 48
Gallery
Accessible Roof
WATCH: “The Mayor” - Short Film
50
52
54
PROFESSIONAL WORK Knit Studios - Las Vegas, NV [2016-2019]
DOWNTOWN NORTH LAS VEGAS LIBRARY CLIENT : STATUS : PROJECT TEAM :
56
City of North Las Vegas Unbuilt Eric Roberts, AIA - Principle in Charge Danny McGinnis, Assoc. AIA - Project Manager, Lead Designer Rafael Armendariz, Assoc. AIA, AIAS - Designer
Having long sat unnoticed in the shadow of the Strip and Downtown Las Vegas, the City of North Las Vegas’ blighted downtown core has become a neglected haven for crime, particularly along Lake Mead Blvd corridor. Seeing the need for redevelopment, the city developed a progressive master plan, dubbed the “Lake Mead Village West District,” to create a gateway into the downtown. The first project in this plan is the Downtown North Las Vegas Library, an adaptive reuse of an abandoned industrial building. The dilapidated property is to be transformed into a community hub that
transcends traditional library programing to include a makerspace and career center. Rafael’s role in the project carried on from initial schematics through final construction documentation. He worked with Danny McGinnis to layout the spaces before taking the responsibility of producing multiple design iterations using the layout and massing the two had created. The final concept featured an industrial palette of weathered and blackened steel, sealed concrete, natural wood, and exposed structure that would celebrate adaptive re-use in a city that is far too apt to demolish and start from scratch.
LAK
.
BLVD
EX
LAK
.
BLVD
AD E ME
LAK
SH
ON P ANSI
LAKE
LVD.
DB MEA
PU
LL
PU
LAK
AD E ME
.
BLVD
CIRCULATION
Form Finding (by Rafael Armendariz)
View from Lake Mead Blvd. (base render by third party, edited by Rafael Armendariz) 58
.
BLVD
EX
D.
D BLV
EA KE M
LA
G
IN IST
AD E ME
SIGNAGE
AD E ME
R OO R IND TDOO U
O
Programmatic Exploded Axon (by Rafael Armendariz)
60
HAND DRAWINGS
62
rafaelarmendariz.com