Sydney Yakowenko Portfolio
Cover Drawing: Hand drawn sketch - inside exposed concrete shell of Sydney Opera House
Resume
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Relevant Work Experience and Skills 2-3
Media City
Media Center in Harlem, New York 4-11
The MarketPlace
Marketplace at the Arboretum, State College 12-17
Site Cloister
Aledia da Mata, Site Cloister in Portugal 18-21
Piranesi Competiton
Contemporary Baths at Hadrians Villa 22-25
PA Community Art Center Metal Arts Community Center 26-29
Library Studies
Sendai Mediatheque Models 30-31
Hand Drawings VISCOM 32-33
Projects
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Education Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
College of Arts and Architecture Pursuing Bachelor of Architecture & Smeal College of Business Certificate GPA 3.72
2017-2022
Scholarships & Recognitions Alma Heinz and August Louis Pohland Scholarship Design For Life Exhibition Honorable Mention - Premio Piranesi Competition Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society
2021 2021 2021 2017
Work Experience Architectural Intern at Robert Marino Architects, Brooklyn, NY Drafted existing building orthographics to prepare for design built scale wooden models of working projects, sat in on design meetings, and worked on construction documents.
Summer 2021
Research Assistant, State College, PA Collaborative Practices Project Collected research on collaborative practices in design pedagogy. Performed a literature review of all the data collected.
Summer 2021
Research Assistant, State College, PA Celebrating the Global Majority: Precedents in Architecture Project Wrote publication collecting works of under-represented architects. Reached out to Architects and gathered information and media about their projects. Reformated drawings and designed the layout of the publication. Created a website for the publication Digital Fabrications Laboratory Assistant, State College, PA Work and assist with computer softwares, 3D printers Lasercutters and CNC Routers GIVE Volunteers, Zanzibar, Tanzania & Chang Mai, Thailand Construction, Permaculture, and Education -Volunteer Helped to lay ground work for two new classrooms of local school. Helped to lay ground work for an organic teaching farm at the local primary school. Worked in an English class teaching computers, specifically Microsoft Office, to women creating a new business. Habitat For Humanity, Roanoke, VA Construction Worker -Volunteer Built and constructed houses for families in need. Worked on building the framework, roofs, sheds, drywall, demolition and painting of houses.
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Personal
2020-2021
2018-Present
2018-2019
2013-2021
Sydney Yakowenko B. Arch Penn State
s.a.yakowenko@gmail.com (732) 540 0204
email phone
100 Beekman St. Apt 2c address New York, NY 10038
Skills [P]roficiency / [K]nowledge
Graphic
Hand Rendering P Microsoft Office P Photoshop P Illustrator P InDesign P Rhino P Vectorworks P SketchUp K Rhino Vray K AutoCAD P Revit P
Physical
Woodshop P Welding P Blacksmithing K Lasercutting P 3D Printing P CNC Routing P
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Media City ARTISTIC CORE is a theme that not only runs through Harlem but also the Mixed Media Art Center at the corner of 125th and 5th. The CORE is a dominant presence that my building relays not only conceptually but also physically. To suspend the Core there are 4 structural and funtional columns that act in two ways, as a vertical shaft for Technical Systems and they also act as public elevators to service the vertical means of transportation throughout the building. The floating box sustpended on the four columns is the main mixed use space of the project. It serves as the soundstage, screening theater, and rehersal space and is able to transform to the needs of the user internally, Externally it is the main element that the exhibition space revolves around and it is able to be read from the street due to the led screens it supports. Third Year 22 Weeks Computer Drawings Professor- Juan Ruescas and Juan Antonio
Floating Box
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Project 1
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Program 1 Trap and Pit 2 Dressing Rooms 3 Greenroom 4 Mechanical 5 Private Bathroom
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Program 6 Performance Theater 7 Storage Room 9 Performance Theater Foyer
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Program 23 Exhibition Space 24 Audio Lab 25 VR Lab 26 Computer Lab 27 Public Restrooms
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Screening Theater Extended Seating
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Screening Theater Mezzanine Only Seating Sound Stage Reduced Seating
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Screening Theater Mezzanine Only Seating Rehersal Space
Screening Theater Mezzanine Only Seating Rehersal Space
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Project 1
Studio Space Perspective
Exhibition Space Perspective
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The Marketplace A sucessful marketplace takes into consideration, who they serve, when they serve, and what they serve in order to maintain a steady customer base. When programing and designing this marketplace near the arboretum at penn state, it was important to identify these categories. Who: This market is designed to serve both college students and state college locals alike, by offering fresh food stands, prepared food stands, teaching plots, and hearths for food experience to occur. When: This market is designed to be open all day, all times of year with indoor/outdoor market stalls, a large roof to shelter users from the elements, space for different activites and experiences to take place as well as hearths for warmth outdoors during cold months. What: This market is designed with three zones of service divided to allow ease of use and accessibility for patrons. The Prepared foods are designed to occupy the outer zones, and fresh foods make up the main market space with plenty of seating, both indoor and outdoor for users. Prepared food stalls will rotate to highlight different local resturants and businesses which will maintain interest in the market periodically as the what changes over time. Fourth Year 15 Weeks Computer Drawings Professor- Juan Antonio and Vincent Morales
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Parking View Exterior Perspective
Prepared Food Interior Perspective
Stadium Seat View Exterior Perspective
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Plans by Season
Ground Level Spring Plan
Roof Level Summer
Roof Level Gameday Plan
Ground Level Winter Plan
Split Level Section
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Birds Eye View Aerial Perspective
Split Level Section
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Project 2
Underpass View Interior Perspective
Roof Approach View Exterior Perspective
Produce Market Interior Perspective
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Aledia da Mata Site Cloister Creating a musealogical path to the Megalith by using the exsisting conditions to help enhance the Void. The Void is Discovered from using the central point of the megalith and extending it to connect to the edges of the rocks to create a cone of vision experienced from within the Megalith. This cone of vision becomes a “no build zone” to preserve the beauty experienced from the vastness of the gap in the rocks. Third Year 6 Weeks Computer Drawings Professor- Katsuhiko Muramoto
Concrete Bearing Wall Vapor Barrier Insulation Gypsum Board Corten Steel Wall Steel Stud Corten Steel Wall
Concrete Bearing Wall Vapor Barrier Insulation Gypsum Board Mullions Glass Corten Steel Wall Steel Stud Corten Steel Wall
Glass Air Gap Glass Mullions
Structure Section Diagram
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Project 3
Structure Plan Diagram
PRESERVING THE VIEW THROUGH THE VOID
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Exhibition Space Interrior Perspective
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1 Administration 2 Gift Shop 3 Storage Closet 4 Meeting Room 5 Cafe 6 Multipurpose Space 7 Researchers Offices 8 Bathrooms 9 Classroom 10 Exhibition Space 11 Archive
Site Section, and Floor Plan
In order to preserve the fantastic natural void of vision created by the stones when one is looking out from within the megalith, it was necessary to determine the allowable build zones in order to refrain from interfering with the natural void of vision experienced from within the megalith. Starting with the center point of the inside of the megalith, and connecting to the exsisting gaps between the stones in the stone formation created axis that determined the cone of vision from within the megalith. These axis thus dictated where the building site is allowed to be.
Concept Diagram and Site Plan
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Piranesi Our project focuses on linear circulation and hierarchy. As visible from the site plan, the linear elements in the villa provide organization of circulation for both people and water. The original aqueducts that feed Hadrians villa run from the canopo to the pecile. These exisiting linear elements in the villa informed our approach to the landscape design as well as the circulation throughout the project. The ancient roman water system was the key inspiration for the organization of program in our project. Purity takes place at the top, and it descends accordingly. Directly related to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, we created our hierarchy of programs and privacy. Restaurant, Spa, Gallery. As the first program in the hierarchy, the restaurant is fully transparent, inviting to everyone at the villa. The second program in the hierarchy, are the baths. The baths introduce the possibility of the connection between floors. The third and last program element is the gallery spaces. The skylight that exists over the roof allows for ample natural light within the space, without windows on any of the walls in order to protect the artwork displayed. The gallery space is the peak of privacy in our project. Fifth Year 1 Week Group Project - Competition Honorable Mention Computer Drawings Professor- Simone Bove
Concept Diagram and Site Plan
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Project 4
Exterior Rendering
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Bridge Rendering
Longitudinal Section
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Project 4
CIRCULATION
BATH
DINING SPACE
LOBBY
CIRCULATION
HOT STONE BEDS
BATH
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CHARCOAL SAUNA
ICE ROOM
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BAR
KITCHEN RESTROOMS
MECHANICAL RESTROOMS
Ground Floor Plan
Axonometric
Transverse Section
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PA Community Art Center
Preservation The project required to design an Art Center located in the back of the arboretum at Penn State adjacent to Hartley Woods. In addition, we were allowed to choose an art for our center to focus on. I chose metal works and based the concept of my building on the concept of the site. The arboretum is known for only housing Pennsylvania native plants, and this ideal is carried into the surrounding woods as well. Diminishing invasive species through controlled burning techniques to replant native trees in their place. The design of the Art Center started here with materials, using the ancient Jap-anese method called Shou Sugi Ban to char the wood of the exterior by exposing it to controlled fire which intern preserves it. Not only was the material inspired by the concept of the surround-ing area but also the drastically sloped roofs alternating direc-tions. Relating to the roofs of the woods, the tree canopies that overlap each other alternating directions and angles irregularly. First Year 6 Weeks Ink on Velum Professor- James Kalsbeek TA- Julio Diarte
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Sendai Meditheque Library Studies In analyzing The Sendai Mediatheque in Japan by Toyo Ito has three concepts which make up the whole building, Plates, Skin and Tubes. I studied the Tubes in particlar through physical modeling and explored how they represent the fluditiy of function of the building along with all of their other purposes such as, structure, circulation, temperature, and lighting. First Year 6 Weeks Wood and Cardboard Professor- Cathy Braash TA- Julio Diarte
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VISCOM Hand drawings of the Villa Stein in Elevation and in Plan, The Rufer House in Section and Plan, and the Uffizi a Sectional Perspective super imposed on a Plan. First Year Pencil on Velum Professor- James Cooper
Villa Stein
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Project 7
Rufer House
Uffizi
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Roanoke, Virgina
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Habitat For Humanity
Weaving, Thailand
Computers Classroom, Tanzania
Construction, Tanzania
GIVE Volunteers
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Sydney Yakowenko email s.a.yakowenko@gmail.com phone (732) 540 0204