Ryan B. Lewandowski B.S. Arch, University of Virginia, 2008 M. ARCH I - Advanced Placement
Ryan B. Lewandowski 83 Fort Greene Pl. Apt 2 Brooklyn, NY 11217 rblewandowski@gmail.com 434.610.8508
Project Index
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Last Supper
aural garden installation
ARCH 301 2
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community development center
ARCH 402
peruvian transportation hub
ARCH 541
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parametric rapid prototyping
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student study center
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light & art kunsthal
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ARCH 302
DIS Copenhagen
IATH
siggraph convention pavilion
2x3.5 Lamp
business card lamp shade
Ennead Architects
nyu langone medical center
Photography
personal observations
Last Supper
Aural Garden Installation w/ Daria Supp & Lili Trenkova New York, New York
Fall 2010
Home to the outdoor music area and animated by visualizations from animators and filmmakers, the Aural Garden featured an architectural installation designed and built by Ryan Lewandowski, Daria Supp, and Lili Trenkova. One of the new programs at the 5th annual Last Supper Festival, the canopy installation defines a new and more intimate, yet open space within the canyon-like alley of the outdoor area at the 3rd Ward. The black-lit 3000ft of cotton string weaves a net-like surface that shifts in form and definition as the perspective changes. While basing itself off the hyperbolic surface that is created with the spandex shapes suspended above, this fluctuation creates an energy in the space that plays with the music and dance atmosphere, creating a synthesis of the mediums and demonstrating the transformative effects of architecture.
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install day 1
install day 2
Through the process of the project, I held the lead position for install day 3
I was the co-creator, lead designer, and coordinator for this project. The on-site fabrication of the installation occured the few days leading up to the Last Supper event, with many co-workers and friends coming out after work to volunteer each night . As expected, the effort of weaving string ten to fifteen feet above the ground proved to be an interesting challenge.
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After the desired black light effect was conceived, a series of material tests were required to find a string that reacted to black light. A surprisingly diffcult effort, we tested poly-twine, clothesline, nylon rope, and others, until we discovered a locally made cotton mason line that reacted with the perfect glow. The installation has since become a permanent fixture at the 3rd Ward in Brooklyn and was featured in the December 2010 issue of Specialty Fabrics Review.
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ARCH 301
ARTS & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER Associate Professor William Williams Brooklyn, NY
Fall 2006
Located in the culturally segregated neighborhood of Crown Heights, this multi-function design problem was aimed at understanding a complex past in order to address its current and future potential. Looking to the surrounding urban context, I found inspiration in the unifying visual rhythm of the neighboring brownstones. By reflecting this rhythm at the scale of the building’s program, the intent of the design is to establish a unifying dialogue between community members through its use.
ryan b. lewandowski / academic
A community kitchen and food co-op are the primary programmatic drivers within the design. Through the personal act of cooking and having a meal together, stories and lessons are shared creating a cross-cultural dialogue that brings the different local cultures together. The table for cooking and eating becomes a symbol for this interaction and is carried throughout the rest of the building to facilitate its many other functions.
ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2006
ground floor plan
urban rhythm site plan
first floor
second floor
third floor
fourth floor
fifth floor
ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2006
3/16th scale laminated basswood and chip model 18” x 18” x 22”
Taking advantage of the sectional nature of the design, a physical model was created using laminated layers of chipboard and basswood. The building was constructed in removeable units of a structural band and its accompanied programmatic ribbon to create an interactive viewing experience that allows one to dissect the internal workings of the building. ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2006
ARCH 402
MASTER PLAN TRAIN + BUS STATION Associate Professor Dean Abernathy w/ Scott Mitchell & Sebastijan Jemec Ollantaytambo, Peru
Spring 2008
Working in collaboration with COPESCO, the World Bank, and the city of Ollantaytambo, our semester studio was the beginning of a multi-year effort towards studying the threats from increased tourism in the Sacred Valley. The ancient town of Ollantaytambo sits at a critical juncture between the bus and rail system for tourists en route to Machu Picchu and faces growing international economic pressures. Our work intended to propose a schematic master plan and new train station that accommodates international interests and local needs while preserving the town’s physical history and cultural ideals. ryan b. lewandowski / academic
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10m
50m
100m
machu picchu enlarged
ollantaytambo sacred valley diagram
tourist route
calca urubamba
pisac
chinchero
cuzco
The devised masterplan proposed relocating the rail line to the opposite side of the river, allowing a new road for the heavy traffic to take it’s place. With the new rail station located down river near the more modern town of Rumira, the traffic can be rerouted around Ollantaytambo instead of through it and encourages future growth to occur away from the historical town center. During out time in Ollantaytambo, we were encouraged to explore new methods of recording our experience. Focusing on the sounds of traffic, water, and music, I recorded numerous video clips throughout the town. This audio experience was then translated into a diagramatic timeline of my trip, inspired by the quipu, a traditional Incan method of record keeping with knots.
quipu street sound diagram
personal experience ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2008
rumira
proposed station
ancient city center
existing rail line
existing station
proposed train route existing bus route proposed bus route proposed pedestrian path
ollantaytambo master plan
game 01
game 02
game 03
game 04
game 05
‘block game’ siting studies
Designed in collaboration with Scott Mitchell and Sebasitjan Jemec, we sited the train station down river from the town to establish a new node for commercial activity, alleviating traffic through the sensitive Incan sites. Reminiscent of Incan terracing and the local market vernacular, the station is spatially organized by a series of rammed earth walls and glu-lam structures to create a low impact design that integrates itself into the surrounding landscape. The addition of a wide cathedral like stair running the length of the station becomes a place of interaction and provides an open connection to the neighboring marketplace.
ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2008
broken roof
+ structure
+ public amenities
+ walls
+ terrace
bus terminal
ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2008
train station
class geometric & surface explorations
ARCH 544
PARAMETRIC RAPID PROTOTYPING Associate Professor Earl Mark
Spring 2008
The intent of this course was to learn the underlying principles of parametric modeling and various methods to fabricate these ideas quickly and efficiently. In utilizing Microstation’s Generative Components, we studied a myriad of pattern making, fractal designs, and complex surfaces. These studies developed into a personal exploration of wrapping a double sin-curve surface around a cylinder. Once acheived, I created a representation through laminating multiple sections of cardboard to produce its form, which has since become a favorite lamp shade.
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transaction modelBased "draw the polygon" { feature drawPoly GC.GraphFunction { Definition = function (Point pointList){ //procedure to draw any closed polygon of unspecified number of points
radius = 4; degr = 0; degrinc = 2; index = 0; Cscalar = 0.3; zval = 0; resolution = 0.0;
Polygon arbitraryPolygon = new Polygon(this); arbitraryPolygon.ByVertices(pointList); }; } }
// Initiate Drawing of Circle while number of degrees less than or equal to 360 transaction modelBased "graphic function to find Z value given x and y coordinates" { feature surfProg GC.GraphFunction { Definition = Point function(Point startPoint, double Cscalar, double degr, double resolution, double degrinc){ // Gets sin wave along x-axis and y-axis for z from x and y of startPoin // Works well for Cscalar set to 1.0 with Resolution set to 0.5
while (zval <= radius * 2) //(resolution * (degrinc*5)) { while (degr < 360.0) { // Determine x value and y value of Point
Point returnPoint = new Point(); double height; double distx, disty;
distx = Cos(degr) disty = Sin(degr) distx2 = Cos(degr disty2 = Sin(degr
height = Cscalar * (Sin(Degrees((degr * .9425) / 6)) + Sin(Degrees((startPoint.Z ) * 3))); distx = Cos(degr) * height; disty = Sin(degr) * height; returnPoint.ByCartesianCoordinates(baseCS, startPoint.X + distx, startPoint.Y + disty, startPoint.Z);
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radius; radius; degrinc) * radius; degrinc) * radius;
// determine a point for the current value of distx and disty. xval = distx; yval = disty; xval2 = distx2; yval2 = disty2; resolution = Sqrt((Pow((xval - xval2),2) + Pow((yval - yval2),2))); zval2 = zval + resolution;
return returnPoint; }; } }
pt1.ByCartesianCoordinates(baseCS, xval, yval, zval); pt1 = surfProg(pt1, Cscalar, degr, resolution, degrinc); pt2.ByCartesianCoordinates(baseCS, xval, yval, zval2); pt2 = surfProg(pt2, Cscalar, degr, resolution, degrinc); pt3.ByCartesianCoordinates(baseCS, xval2, yval2, zval); pt3 = surfProg(pt3, Cscalar, degr + degrinc, resolution, degrinc); pt4.ByCartesianCoordinates(baseCS, xval2, yval2, zval2); pt4 = surfProg(pt4, Cscalar, degr + degrinc, resolution, degrinc); drawPoly({pt1, pt3, pt4, pt2});
transaction modelBased "draw cylinder" { feature polygon01 GC.Polygon { Function = function(){ // Procedure makecircle to draw a circle as a series of line segments Point originPoint = new Point(); Point pt1 = new Point(); Point pt2 = new Point(); Point pt3 = new Point(); Point pt4 = new Point(); double degr, degrinc; double radius, radians; double distx, disty; double distx2, disty2; double xval, yval, zval; double xval2, yval2, zval2; double resolution; double Cscalar; int index;
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// Increment the number of degrees of revolution of the point degr = degr + degrinc; } zval = zval + resolution; degr = 0.0; } }; FunctionArguments = {}; } }
= physical prototype _ lamp shade
step 1
_ construct smart b-spline surface
step 2
_ parameterized guide lines
step 5
_ louver guides based on perspective project inspiration _ corrugated prototype
The cardboard lampshadeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s visual effect due to itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corrugated rotation inspired my final project, a study of visual focal points of transparency within a wall structure. By creating a point of influence, the wall structure can shift its directionality to accomodate a specific focal view point while maintaining a set form. While an early study, this conceptual idea began a personal inquiry of the human interface with a traditionally static element and the possible active building systems to create such an ability.
step 3
_ array points on surface
step 6
_ construct louver
step 4
_ perspective lines
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concept site plan
ARCH 302
STUDENT STUDY CENTER Associate Professor Charles Menefee Charlottesville, VA
Spring 2007
The semester long project was an investigation of public and private spaces through the experience of the student at the University of Virginia. The building becomes an active interface between the student at study and the student in transit through a dynamic facade created by individualized study spaces.
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Through a mixed process of intense writing and sketching, the projectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concept, program, and site emerged and developed. Anchoring itself on the backside of the psychology building along a popular student shortcut, the building extends through a wooded site that is the backyard for multiple existing university buildings. Viewed as a unique remnant of the natural terrain, the overall site strategy was to connect the student with their surroundings through a series of new paths and visual connections from the elevated study spaces.
ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2007
Considering the individual study carrel as the most basic unit of the design, I investigated the materials, light qualities, and spatial relationships with the goal of designing a space that can be personalized by manually changing its spatial and light qualities. The carrel serves as a module of space that is expanded to accommodate small group spaces and larger public lounges throughout the building.
base module _study carrel
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base x 2
module.02 _group study space
base
base x 4
module.04 _public lounge
bouldered wooded lawn wetland
Due to the varied terrain across the site, the three main exterior spaces have unique landscape strategies. A wooded lawn on the high ground, boulders on the hillside, and a wetland that maintains an existing daylighted drainage field.
ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2007
physical model 12” x 18”
D.I.S. SEMESTER ABROAD
Light_Video Art Kunsthal Professor Eva Frederikson Copenhagen, Denmark
Fall 2007
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r책dhuspladsen light study
darkness
light
color ryan b. lewandowski / academic
The driving concept was to create a connection between the general public and the art itself. The traditional nature of viewing most video and light art is very secluded and
ryan b. lewandowski / academic
gallery
entry
artist precedent studies
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projection
enclosure
division
pass-through
group
individual
Section A
Section E
Section D
Section C
Section B
Section A
Section B
Section C
Section D
Section E
IATH . SIGGRAPH
ROME REBORN BOOTH Associate Director Dean Abernathy w/ Sebastijan Jemec Los Angeles, CA
Summer 2008
In a summer long design/build project with former classmate Sebastijan Jemec, the concept of transparency is used to display both the structure of the design and the international technology used to create the exhibited Rome Reborn project. Given two weeks for construction, the booth was fabricated offsite and brought in for installation, requiring that it be modular, light weight, and of efficient construction methods.
ryan b. lewandowski / professional
prototypes
fabrication
â&#x20AC;&#x153;finishedâ&#x20AC;?
transport
assembly
A rigid â&#x20AC;&#x153;projection wingâ&#x20AC;? displayed images of Rome through its structure, serving as a way to attract attendees to the booth. With the exhibits set up along the perimeter, those interested were immediately engaged through interacting with the technology and designers of the project.
ryan b. lewandowski / professional / 2008
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top row
House of Cards
2x3.5 Lamp Shade New York, New York middle row
Summer 2010
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In an office wide challenge to re-use/repurpose/recycle the now obsolete Polshek Partnership business cards in a creative way, this lamp is made of 75 business cards with a small plexi bracket. The folded design utilizes the single orange side of the cards to produce an warm glow over the white exterior. A modular system of folding was used and by modifying the angle or direction of the folds, each of the three rows become unique. The design was awarded First Place by the partners.
bottom row
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Ennead Architects
NYU Langone Medical Center New York, New York
Fall 2008 - present
The NYU Langone Medical Center exists on a superblock located between First Ave and the East River in Manhattan. Originally planned and designed by SOM in the 40’s and 50’s, it has been continually added upon throughout it’s existence. Ennead Architects for the past three years has been working to map out a thirty year development plan to add a fully integrated center for acute clinical care and to the design of the Kimmel Pavilion hopsital, which will act as it’s centerpiece. My role in this project for the past two years has been very multi-faceted, although mostly focusing on design. My duties have ranged from completing the masterplan study, concept design for an elevator tower, and currently schematic design of the Kimmel Pavilion.
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NYU Langone Medical Center concept riverfront
OTHER FUT RENYULMC FUTURENYULMC NYULMC NYULMC DESIGN OFF OPTIONS
EXISTING EXISTING
MASTER FILE revit file structure
While development would ideally fall along a single line, this type of institutions growth is ultimately driven funds given by a donor and the vision that they may hold. Working in conjunction with CASE Design, we utilized Revit’s BIM capabilities to construct a 3D spatial/programming model that in real time can accurately calculate the program of the current conditions, as well as play through various building options for the 30-year master plan. Existing buildings and conceptual growth made up a kit of parts that could be plugged into the potential sites of development, creating a flexible tool to be used by the architect and the client to fully understand the medical center’s growth potential. For this masterplan, I was one of two employees working full time on this and among many other aspects was in charge of working with CASE Design to create and manage the Revit Model. the ‘kit’ of parts
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+800,000 GSF ACUTE CARE
+340,000 GSF RESEARCH
+100,000 SF
COGEN PLANT
+350,000 GSF RESEARCH
+350,000 GSF ACUTE CARE
+350,000 GSF RESEARCH
+300,000 GSF
ACUTE CARE
+240,000 GSF RESEARCH
solar shadow study completed by Atelier 10 facade concept sketch by thomas wong
design option study completed by myself
Ennead Architects
NYULMC ELEVATOR TOWER
frit glass _ 1
frit glass _ 2
frit glass _ 3
alt solid _ 1
alt solid _ 2
alt solid _ 3
This project will add four new elevators to the outdated Tisch Hospital to improve the flow and quality of experience for patients and visitors. Sited in the central courtyard of the complex, the elevator cabs will include windows that provide a view of the city and river during the ride. My role involved doing a series of facade studies during the concept design phase. Working one on one with a design associate, we discussed the idea of a pixilated pattern of glass that responded to a need for increased shading at the top. From here I investigated panel sizes/ratios and surface patterns through creating elevation drawings, 3D renderings, and elevator cab animations so that each aspect of overall identity and user experience was fully considered. ryan b. lewandowski / professional
final facade pixelation design
exterior view from above courtyard
Photography
Personal Observations I have come to value photography for its simple, yet powerful, ability to frame the world as I see it. My eyes as an architect are constantly exploring my surroundings to better understand the chaos of the modern city and find moments of beauty or clarity that are often overlooked by others. In this first series, I have looked to the monolithic glass towers of New York City as a canvas and frame. By focusing on what lies beyond this minimal surface, I have found what I view as a reinterpretation of its own surroundings. It is my hope that in creating these compositions of subtle yet dramatic beauty, which represent an experience of my reality, might serve as an inspiration for others to look forward with a new perspective. ryan b. lewandowski / personal
series 2:
in formation.
a sample comparison of nature and man ryan b. lewandowski / personal
series 3: the individual artist
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