Ran Ben Shaya portfolio by Ran Ben Shaya

Ran Ben Shaya

architecture Portfolio

Ran Ben Shaya \ resume RIBA I AA Diploma Candidate 2021 Architectural Association School of Architecture

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EXPERIENCE NATIONAL SERVICE

A one of a kind cultural center that employs deaf-blind,deaf and blind individuals. Sign language interpreter and marketing Sign language Interpreter working with the Deaf-Blind ensemble‘Not By Bread Alone’ theater show. Manager of all Presenter content And social media of the Na Lallygag Foundation.

INTERNSHIP

Internship in an Israeli startup company. Techso - a medical simulation company currently developing medical simulations and 3d printed medical model for the medical sector. I was involved in the design process of the medical simulations and 3D printed model production.

NA LAGA’AT CENTER JAFFA PORT ISRAEL May 2012 - February 2014

TECHSO TEL-AVIV ISRAEL February 2014 - April 2014

EDUCATION HEBREW UNIVERSITY SECONDAY SCHOOL

Completed a full Israeli ‘Bagrut’ Matriculation with a 4.0 GPA.

AA SHCOOL

Scheduled to Complete first year of the five year AA Diploma program and continue on to the second year intermediate school.

JERUSALEM ISRAEL August 2007 - 2011

UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM LONDON UNITED KINDOM September 2015 -

AA VISITING SCHOOL

ACTIVE MATTER | AUGMANITY LAB REHOVOT ISRAEL April 2016

Active Matter is a five-day workshop exploring the opportunities arising through the convergence of material design in both macro and micro scale. Learning from innovators of materials as well as from nature’s aptitude for adaptation and integration.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS LANGUAGES ENGLISH HEBREW

Nationality

FRENCH (EUROPEAN CITIZEN) ISRAELI

PHOTOSHOP

CINEMA 4D

ILLUSTRATOR

AUTOCAD

INDESIGN

RHINO

AFTER EFFECTS

FINAL CUT PRO

CONTENT

building analysis

stage storage system

mappa mundi

formal composition

Monument Smog

Transcendent towers

piraneisian limbo

Rendezvous

paradox

building analysis

the old sacristy of san lorenzo

“Tell me frankly, Donato, who is more worthy of praise: he who in the lists blows the trumpet, or he who clashes most in the fight? But you, who are so proud of your many triumphs, should also silence that chatterbox crowd and go to work in peace; then you will gather great store of the most worthy praises, because then you will be what in truth you are and do yourself most good” - Fillipo Brunelleschi

The project analyses the geometrical and proportional composition of the building as intended in it’s initial design by Filippo Brunelleschi and it’s process of change through time with Donatello’s ornamental additions to the building. Through a series of interpretative drawings, it is possible to speculate and begin to understand the consequences of intervention of an individual that from an artist’s perspective, disregards the overall architectural composition

Plan | Section | Elevation

As The Poet Intended

Through a linear perspectival drawing ,known as Brunelleschi revolutionary invention, the experience of the geometrical sequence the governs the space can be reconstructed, disregarding any additions made to the initial design. The Old Sacristy is quite the opposite of simple, however, in order to fully understand the geometrical purity and gradual transition from rectilinear geometry to spherical geometry, this building requires a particular viewpoint that doesn’t exist today considering it is being occupied by a marble table obstructing the perfect linear perspective from the center of the building.

From Geometrical Sequence to Framing Artworks

The Old Sacristy serves as a paradigm for the unfortunate occasion in which an external intervention of another architect or artist is imposed on an established design composition of a building. Considering the nature of Brunelleschi’s work as an architect and Donatello as a sculptor, naturally the architect will look at the space he is designing as the bigger whole - a composition, while the sculptor will focus his attention on the composition of his artwork within the building. This is fundamental difference in which remains as a scar on the building, fragmenting and altering the experience of the space; ” The balance between additions and the architecture of the space as a whole was still committed as always to the specialists’ subjective capacity to grasp the character of the setting..”

Override

Looking into the length to which Brunelleschi went to create or more accurately invent his syntactical system of architectural elements, it becomes clear how meticulous every detail of every aspect of the building have been monitored and calculated into this equation in which any slight change or addition breaks the balance. Donatello’s additions to the old sacristy are clearly breaking that balance they undermine and distance the building from it’s creator and from the genuine spatial experience he attempted to construct. Perhaps where an architect sees a geometrical sequences as a system or methodology of design, an artist (Donatello) may see potential framing envelopes for his artworks.

stage storage system

Redefining the domestic role of the closet

Original Floor Plan - Keeling House / Denys Lasdun

After several iterations of possible designs for the Keeling House focusing on redesigning the closet/storage as a core element of a traditional house, the concept of looking at a domestic space as constant, open volume emerged. In this concept, the furniture - mobilis - define the space. in a similar way in which a theatre stage utilizes different functions and layout to a constant open space ( the stage it self). Shifting the scale of the closet as a furniture element in a house to a scale in which the closet becomes part of the fundamental structure of a house, a system that defines and organizes the space.

work desk with hidden drawer

(serves as dining table extension)

dining table

(serves as dining table extension)

work desk dining table understage chair (x2)

vinyl storage drawer

turntable with speakers

scale: 1/50

work desk understage chair (x2)

vinyl storage drawer

bedside book turntable with shelf (x2) speakers

bedside book shelf (x2)

towel hanger

tilted mirror towel hanger

tilted mirror

Cushion drawer (for hosting)

Cushion drawer alcohol mini bar (for hosting) pantry

alcohol mini bar pantry

indcation of pneumatic cylinder lift

scale: 1/50

double bed

guest bed double bed

lamp

night stand lamp drawer

storage: linens / towels cleaning materials dirty laundry

bathtub

clothes drawer 1

night stand drawer

storage: laundry machine linens / towels cleaning materials dirty laundry

laundry machine

toilette

shoe drawer coffee cupboard

clothes drawer 2 clothes drawer 1

hook hanger (x2) scale: 1/50

guest bed

toilette bathtub

coffee cupboard

scale: 1/50

work desk with hidden drawer

shoe drawer

clothes drawer 2

hook hanger (x2)

scale: 1/25

Time based axonometric drawings, demonstrating multiple programmatic uses of the single volume space across different times of the day. In a similar way to theatrical stages, where the space is constant yet, changes purely by the function it has been assigned in a particular time. This project questions the role of rigid compartmentalization of the domestic environment and propose a new type of inhabitation that truly governed by time and functional necessity within a prescribed space.

le: 1/50

Unveiled Floor plan

Revealed Floorplan

h: 4.1 m

The floor plan is meant to emphasize the functional change of a single volume space, breaking away from the division of the flat into separate rooms with permanent functions or programs. This approach creates a space with over 4 meter ceiling height in what use to be a standard council flat (keeling house).

fyt1b2 mobilis | A house without a kitchen & a sofa | plans & sections | ran ben shaya

Model Scale: 1:20 | Plywood & MDF

Syringe - pneumatics system

MAPPA MUNDI

NOMADIC LIVING ON GLACIER LANDFORMS

Glaciers are one of the most dynamic and rapidly changing landforms to be found on earth. The glacier site I chose to interpret in this project is the Perito Moreno glacier in Patagonia; one of the only glacier in Patagonia which is in a state of rapid growth and recurring rupture (approximately 2 meters a day). Addressing the task of designing a moving city on a moving landscape questions not only how could a city / statement and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inhabitants move, but also how would it adapt and reconfigure according to the rapid change of a glacial landforms.

A0 Mixed Scale (Mappa Mundi) Line Drawing

ice printing mechanical arm

Ice carving mechanic arm

Hovering solar and wind energy supply station & local lighting supply.

Movement direction of glacier Movement direction of nomadic Settlement (people & buildings)

Glacier & Human Settlement Movement Diagram

Perito Moreno Glacier / Patagonia Argentina - Project Site

formal composition

Experimentation with repetitive forms

This Project explores the use of a repetitive form through various rotations and combinations designed to cluster and generate continuous spaces. The spatial strategy implied was based on the division of the building in to 2 different elements, clearly distinctive from each other: The black colored forms in the diagram represents the stacked core of the building and the white represents the clusters covering the skeletal core.

Speculative locations of collaged images within the proposed complex

White Foam Model - Scale: 1/500

Speculative Plan & Section

Beijing SmoG 北京烟雾

Beijing Smog 北京烟雾

Standart pollution forecast phone application commonly used on a regular basis by Chinese citizens

Global Air Quality Standart Good - 0 -50 AQI

1 of 1 0

10 miles

Pm 2.5 - Airborne particles 2.5 Micrometer in diameter, small enough to lodge in the human respiratory system.

Vehicle emissions and coal burning are the main source of Pm 2.5

Human Hair

Pm 2.5 particles in high concentration reflect a substantial part of visible light causing the smog To be higly visible within Beijing

near China

Beijing is situated on a plain by the meeting point of the Xishan and Yanshan mountains, preventing rapid air circulation and diffusion the pollutants in the air.

Beach Sand

summer

Winter

Weather Inversion Within Beijing’s complicated typographical and industrial aspects emerges a climatic issue known as weather inversion - a condition in which a dense layer of cold air trapped under a layer of warm air, preventing pollutants from dispersing out of Beijing. This condition is more severe in winter in relation to summer.

Warm Air

MONUMENT SMOG Inversion Layer

Cold Air Trapped Airborne pollutants

SMOG AS CULTURAL ICON OF BEIJING pm 2.5 | pm10 | o3 | so2 | no2 | co

eijing is not the most polluted city in the world, yet over the last decade it has become an icon of ‘airpocalypse’ - The smog capital of planet earth. It is a paradigm of the visual consequence of man made pollution, unleashing an industrial condition on which China’s energy supply , and infrastructure depends on. The smog is becoming part of the cultural identity of the city, affecting Beijing at every possible scale - from outer space to the particle composition in the air.

Beijing Smog 北京烟雾

Standart pollution forecast phone This projects, is an ongoing project attempting to investigate the cultural context on which smog thrives and application commonly used on a dominates the lives of Bejing’s inhabitants. The Initial stage focused on developing an iconography language regular basis by Chinese citizens

Global Air Quality Standart Good - 0 -50 AQI

to represent the smog both in it’s actual manifestation within the city and on the particle level which relates to the scientific and climatic criteria that determine the variation in visibility within the city and the severity of Inadequate air quality. The credibility of this project representing Beijing as a monument, a paradigm of the smog phenomena, relies on the particular relations ship between the city’s topographical and geographical position.

10 miles

Pm 2.5 - Airborne particles 2.5 Micrometer in diameter, small enough to lodge in the human respiratory system.

Vehicle emissions and coal burning are the main source of Pm 2.5

Human Hair

Pm 2.5 particles in high concentration reflect a substantial part of visible light causing the smog To be higly visible within Beijing

Beijing is situated on a plain by the meeting point of the Xishan and Yanshan mountains, preventing rapid air circulation and diffusion the pollutants in the air.

summer

Beach Sand

Warm Air

Inversion Layer

Cold Air Trapped Airborne pollutants pm 2.5 | pm10 | o3 | so2 | no2 | co

Winter

Renderings Produced with C4D

Animation link

Transcendent towers Experimentation with repetitive forms

Bagan, Burma / Project reference & Inspiration

Perspex Figurative Model This project features an experimentation process with repetition of a single element and gradual change of its scale. The speculative element i chose to work with was a curved infinity wall formed between the ceiling and walls of my bedroom. The process of speculation led me to form a surrealist cluster of tunnel / tower structures using digital 3d drawing and hand made water color palettes. Moreover, the duality of a structure geometrically functional in both vertical directions was intriguing to me in regards to how one could be able to explore and view such a structure.

Rhino 3D Models - Photoshopped Hand Made Watercolor Pallets

Piranesian Limbo

the dynamics of static objects

Production Method: CNC Milling Material - Blue Foam Dimensions - 40 x 50 cm

This project refers to and inspired by two key, contemporary artists who I find have an incredible ability of portraying a sense of spatial depth (Anish Kapoor) and dynamic motion in a static objects (Matt shlian). These key elements will be incorporated into a 3d model both featuring and disguising a section of G.B. Piranesi’s map / architectural plan of ‘Campo Marzio’ from which the surface of the model is produced. The goal is to achieve a sense of depth and motion while incorporating the use of an architectural plan (Campo Marzio) disguised as the textured surface of a topographic-like model. The challenge is in finding the right balance between dynamic geometries and surface curvatures and the existence of Piranesi’s plan within that balance. The notion of hidden spcaes correlates with the etchings Piranesi produced of Campo Marzio, as they were informed by the Roman empire ruins but primarily speculative and retrospectively experimental.

1st stage of base curvature modeling.

2nd stage of base curvature modeling.

The models are composed of two different sections of Piranesi’s ‘Campo Marzio plan’ in which I am testing the effectiveness and visibility / invisibility of the plans in different geometrical compositions and the interplay between different surface curvatures, geometric patterns and surface texture. Both of the final models start with the same curved based on which two different surfaces where applied for the CNC 3d models.

Model experimentation with back lighting - Translucency generated through CNC fabrication process.

Radial Surface Pattern

Linear Surface Pattern

Length of Eye Connection

5 4

Rendezvous

Diagrammatic mapping of human eye connection

Estimated Age Group

Rendezvous, an agreement between two or more persons to meet at a certain time and place. How often do we look into the eyes of a perfect stranger? How often do we really look at people walking right beside us in the street? This score attempts to amplify these moments of rendezvous and the moments in which it could have been. These rare moments our eyes meet with the eyes of another, the connection between complete strangers at a particular point in time and space. This score maps my attempted eye connection with 235 people within a time frame of one hour, of which 45 attempts were successful.

Gender

Eye Colour

rendezvous ran ben shaya

Diagrams produced with After Effects

The animation is framed within an iris, therefore the first stage show a gradual change in color to show the 4 different eye colors I noted

Iris breaks down and expands

Dots with momentary connections Symbolizing eye connection rendezvous between multiple individuals

Approaching a rendezvous between two individuals

Inner halo marked by dots indicates the specific moment of eye contact

Animation story board

Representation in context of a city scale - London and originating in South Bank center

Eye connections an individual in along a period of time

The vast amounts of eye connection rendezvous happening around us at the same time

Dot less lines represented attempted but unsuccessful eye connections

Animation link

Returning back to the initial iris as a way of concluding the animation

paradaox

dis / functional cermaics

After learning ceramic art for several years, I was only ever comfortable and experienced with functional decorative pottery that did not incorporate a specific artistic concept. I wanted to design a natural peice in which I could explore a different use of my ceramic skills. By stripping these pottery pieces of their practicality, I have used them as sculptural elements that preserve the illusion of functionality.