RYAN DUNCAN KOELLA
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO SPRING 2014
ABOUT THIS BOOK
You are holding a collection of my architectural work.
This ensemble of images, sketches, drawings and diagrams provides a brief survey of my design style and process. Design is a product of creative process; architectural design combines many processes, including research, representation and construction. I feel that architecture should express these processes, imbue spaces with the richness of understanding, and render them accessible to the user. Architecture need not be esoteric.
Enjoy.
ABOUT ME
Education
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, M.Arch
Philadelphia, PA
Certificate in Real Estate Development
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, B.S.Arch Buffalo, NY
Minor in Economics
Summer Study Abroad in Barcelona, Spain
Professional Experience
JAMES CLEARY ARCHITECTURE, Intern Brooklyn, NY
Assisted with Schematic Design, Construction Docs. Residential Additions/Renovations
UNILAND DEVELOPMENT CO., Design Intern Buffalo, NY
Assisted with Code Research & Concept Design Residential Communities, Mixed-use Districts
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Awards SCHMITZ TRAVELING SCHOLARSHIP University at Buffalo PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP University at Buffalo
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2011 2008-2012
2014 2012
2011-2012
INTRODUCTION
3 CONTENTS MAURICE CHAIR 2012 EMBEDDED FABRICS 2013 TIME-BASED ARCHITECTURE 2011 TRIPARTITE FLOWS 2013 NASHVILLE DELTA DISTRICT 2014 PATH COMMUNITY 2011 VISUAL STUDIES ABROAD 2011 EMPYREAL REPETITION 2012 CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY 2011 CONTENTS ISLAND[S] IN-FORMATION 2014
ISLAND[S] IN-FORMATION
ROOSEVELT ISLAND, NEW YORK CITY
ACADEMIC PROJECT, SPRING 2014 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MARION WEISS, PROFESSOR
This project re-imagines the Cornell Tech educational campus on Roosevelt Island for a future with rising water levels and flood hazards, and the research opportunities that future brings.
The presence of the East River, with its fast currents, flooding, and rising levels, is of equal importance to the land on which Cornell’s Tech Campus will be built. Thus, the project adapts the island’s geography to accommodate the river’s water and create a stronger connection with the two neighboring boroughs. A raised pedestrian axis responds to rising water levels and allows for the introduction of water channels beneath, for transportation and research use. Additional channels in the mass provide a connection between users and the East River, light, air, views, and research areas.
Done In Collaboration with: Sarah Blitzer
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6 8 36 M ft³ OF FILL
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13.70 M ft³ OF FILL
DRY RIDGE
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EMBEDDED FABRICS
PUEBLA, MEXICO
ACADEMIC PROJECT, FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ENRIQUE NORTEN, PROFESSOR
This proposal initiates a dialogue between urban and landscape conditions, and how the former notion of a boundary between the two fabrics can be exploited and expanded. The vibrancy of urban life in historic Puebla is embedded within this new confluence of park and streetscape. Park landscape flows over embedded program creating a new realm of raised public access within existing trees and as a part of the city’s roofscape. The public program includes a library, student center, and theater.
To strengthen this new realm and enhance the place-making effects of the intervention, infrastructure around the park is re-thought. The bus station is raised up above the street, bringing commuters into the mixture of park and city. This also allows for a new submerged street underneath the park landscape to emerge from under the bus loop, easing traffic on the opposite side of the park.
Done In Collaboration with: Joshua Jordan, Peter John Martinez
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17 EMBEDDED FABRICS BRAVO PLAZA MARKETS FACILITIES STUDENT CENTER BIBLIOTECA LECTURE THEATRE MYSTERY BOX CAFE MAIN GALLERY THEATRE GALLERIES PARK UNDERPASS PLAZA PLAZA CENTER BIBLIOTECA THEATRE EXTENSION GALLERY BUS HUB 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 BREAKOUT GALLERY MUSIC PLAZA BRAVO PLAZA MARKETS FACILITIES STUDENT CENTER BIBLIOTECA LECTURE THEATRE MYSTERY BOX CAFE MAIN GALLERY THEATRE TREE WALK 01. TREE WALK 02. BREAKOUT GALLERIES 03. LOOKOUT 04. LIFTED PARK 05. BUS HUB 06. AUTO UNDERPASS 07. MUSIC PLAZA 08. BRAVO PLAZA 09. MARKETS 10. FACILITIES 11. STUDENT CENTER 12. MINI BIBLIOTECA 13. LECTURE THEATRE 14. GALLERY EXTENSION 15. CAFE 16. MAIN GALLERY 17. THEATRE LOOKOUT LIFTED PARK UNDERPASS BUS HUB above park street 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
NASHVILLE DELTA DISTRICT
NASHVILLE,TN, USA
The Delta District offers a fresh paradigm for urban growth by embracing the complexity of becoming both a local enclave and regional destination showcasing civic health and resilience. Through sensitive phasing of green infrastructure and mixed-use development, and a robust stance on the notion of “complete streets,” the Delta District draws international and national visitors, engages regional Nashvillians, and establishes a standard for active local living. Whereas Nashville once maintained a rich urban fabric and connected civic life, it is now sprawling due to post-WWII suburbanization and auto-centric national policy. The new district recalls the civic qualities of Nashville’s historic public square and Printer’s Alley, promotes “livable city” ideals, and provokes a new generation of healthy and resilient city life.
Done In Collaboration with: Jon Hein, Hope Richardson, Eric Wong, Helen Yu
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ULI GERALD D. HINES STUDENT URBAN DESIGN COMPETITION, 2014
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GREENWAY - PHASE 1
These corridors of informal retail activity are established first, connecting and piggy-backing off established landmarks in the neighborhood.
LOW-RISE DEVELOPMENT - PHASE 2
3-story town houses and single-loaded buildings reinforce the Greenways with permanent program and residents.
DEVELOPMENT DENSITY - PHASE 3
Mid-rise apartment buildings capitalize on established neighborhood demand, and bring a productive density.
. SEPARATED PATHS
To ease traffic flow on the Greenways, pedestrian and bicycle routes are separated.
B. COMPLETE STREETS
Enriched avenues with increased surface permeability help storm resiliency and promote community health
C. SPONGE PARK
Sponge parks located off the Greenways collect and retain water in a flood event. The parks are activated by “floodable” program: playgrounds, fitness, and picnic areas.
D. ROOF DRAINAGE
Pitch of town house roofs bordering Sponge Parks help facilitate water collection.
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TRIPARTITE FLOWS
NEW YORK, NY
ACADEMIC PROJECT, SPRING 2013
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SHAWN RICKENBACKER, PROFESSOR
This proposal for an air remediation system located in SoHo focuses on the 340,000 tons of greenhouse gases produced by shipping about 18 Million tons of waste off the island of Manhattan. An additional 1.5 million tons of methane is produced by organic waste in landfills. The proposal would bring that organic waste to a local biochar and syngas production facility instead.
The facility uses various aspects of biochar production, including providing fertilizer for planting, filtration to trap pollutants in the exhaust and outside air, and the heat from the furnaces to temper inhabited space. The program mix of exhibition, education and research is housed in a raised mass with roof and interior planting areas and an active floor plenum that moves polluted air to filters and eventual exit through the roof. Passers-by are directly exposed to the functioning system in the public realm and within the program space, further bringing this issue of air pollution and remediation to light.
Done In Collaboration with: Michael Buckley, Daniel Greenspan
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24 -50% CO2 Emissions SYNGAS -66% Transport Emissions YOUR APPLE CORE PICKED UP BY MUNICIPAL FOOD WASTE TRUCK TAKEN TO A LOCAL BIOCHAR FACILITY PYROLIZED INTO BIOCHAR Adaptable System -50% CO Emissions SYNGAS -66% Transport Emissions YOUR APPLE CORE PICKED UP BY MUNICIPAL FOOD WASTE TRUCK TAKEN TO A LOCAL BIOCHAR FACILITY Adaptable System -50% CO2 Emissions HEAT SYNGAS Less Landfill Emissions -66% Transport Emissions YOUR APPLE CORE PICKED UP BY MUNICIPAL FOOD WASTE TRUCK TAKEN TO A LOCAL BIOCHAR FACILITY PYROLIZED INTO BIOCHAR Adaptable System
TRIPARTITE FLOWS
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-50% CO2 Emissions HEAT SYNGAS Less Landfill Emissions Air Filtration Crop + Biomass Production LOCAL FACILITY PYROLIZED INTO BIOCHAR USED TO FERTILIZE AND FILTER AND GROW YOU ANOTHER APPLE -50% CO2 Emissions HEAT SYNGAS Less Landfill Emissions Air Filtration Crop + Biomass Production -66% Transport Emissions TO A LOCAL BIOCHAR FACILITY PYROLIZED INTO BIOCHAR USED TO FERTILIZE AND FILTER AND GROW YOU ANOTHER APPLE -50% CO2 Emissions HEAT SYNGAS Less Landfill Emissions Air Filtration Crop + Biomass Production -66% Transport Emissions TAKEN TO A LOCAL BIOCHAR FACILITY PYROLIZED INTO BIOCHAR USED TO FERTILIZE AND FILTER AND GROW YOU ANOTHER APPLE
26 DRYER SYNGAS POWER STATION SOIL MIX BIOMASS DROP-OFF BIOCHAR PYROLISIS BIOMASS DROP-OFF MARKET SOFTSCAPE BIOCHAR SKILL SHARE EXHIBITION READING SPACE LAB AUDITORIUM CAFE CLASSROOM Shenandoah Switch Grass Cheyenne Sky Switch Grass Heiliger Hain Switch Grass Graceful Cattail Tall Cotton Grass Crepping Mazus Groundsel Bush ROOF PATH UNPLANTED AREA PLANTED ROOF
TRIPARTITE FLOWS
TIME-BASED ARCHITECTURE
BUFFALO, NY, USA
ACADEMIC PROJECT, SPRING 2011
This exploration into institution design started with precedent study using diagrams and physical models to relay spatial information over time. In these precedents, it was clear that different occupant groups interact throughout the day in varied, but specific spaces, with varied exposure to internal and external views. Spatial-temporal investigations continued into space design, drawing from the formal “ribbon” of occupant time paths generated in the precedent study.
The design of a hospice and birthing center represents a complex and potentially conflicting mixture of programs, the challenge being to develop interconnectivity between the occupants of the building and between different ends of the spectrum of life. Two responses to this challenge are an interlocking program organization and centralized shared spaces to foster an interconnectivity between all groups of occupants. Hospice, birthing, and public program massing are locked around shared programs, using those spaces as connection points between occupants.
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO MARTHA BOHM, PROFESSOR
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MAURICE CHAIR
PERSONAL PROJECT, SPRING/SUMMER 2011
This chair design is influenced by the Craftsman Style of joinery and wood-work. The joints of the Maurice Chair employ some complex interlocking resolutions, and the wood is kept clean to display the Red Oak and Maple grain. It was completed over two weeks, working in the woodshop at the University at Buffalo.
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PATH COMMUNITY
BUFFALO, NY, USA
ACADEMIC PROJECT, FALL 2011
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO NEREA FELIZ ARRIZABALAGA, PROFESSOR
This proposal for 18 residential units questions conventional organization of living and retail spaces in a mixed-use project. By increasing the “street” length up into the site, inhabitants gain a rich density of both retail spaces and living units, all connected by a spiraling arterial of urban life. This increases the potential working community within the site and fosters small, self-owned business.
Each unit has a small retail space fronting the path. The living areas of the units are above and below the path. Goods spread out on large rotating doors extend out into the walkway space, attracting passers-by. The experience of the walkway is varied: double-height spaces or perforations in the building mass to the courtyard and a planted edge accompany the liveliness of the storefronts.
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EMPYREAL REPETITION
em· pyr· e· al [em-pir-ee-uh l, em-puh-ree-uh-l] adj.
1. pertaining to the sky; celestial: empyreal blue. 2. formed of pure fire or light: empyreal radiance.
Through a strata of translucent planar forms, qualities of light, space and view converge to imbue the atmospheric and ethereal in units of housing and a health spa. The project begins to explore the co-habitation with “other”, alternative geometries. Indistinct forms experienced through the strata of planes break from conventional visual language to generate a new means of interaction between programs and individuals. The spatial effect achieved is bodies suspended in a glowing milieu, visually connected by vague adjacencies, and more clearly through breaks in the planar language.
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VIENNA, AUSTRIA ACADEMIC PROJECT, FALL 2012
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MATIAS DEL CAMPO, PROFESSOR
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FRAMING LAS MENINAS
Las Meninas, painted in 1656 by Diego Velazquez, delves into the relationships between framing and reflection, and how these are combined to create an ambiguity between virtual and real images, but also between viewer and object. Velazquez operates through the carefully calibrated organization of figures relative to the architectural space of the painting. Picasso’s 58 renditions painted in 1957 show multiple compositions using elements of the original painting. Picasso’s pieces flatten the virtual and real to position elements together, fracturing the multi-centered composition.
This installation piece brings the idea of reflection and framing into the city landscape. Several iterations are produced, using the composer, objects, the urban landscape, and the public as object, subject or viewer. It was located on a reflective wall in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona.
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BARCELONA, SPAIN ACADEMIC PROJECT, SUMMER 2011
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, STUDY ABROAD DENNIS MAHER, PROFESSOR
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CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY
ACADEMIC PROJECT, SPRING 2011
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO CHRISTOPHER ROMANO, PROFESSOR
Construction plans and sections were studied to draw this axonometric section, including notation and outline specifications. Drawings were completed in 2D, no 3D models were used.
Croffead House, Clark & Menefee Architects
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