Sydney Yakowenko Portfolio
Cover Drawing: Hand drawn sketch - inside exposed concrete shell of the Sydney Opera House
Resume
Relevant Work Experience and Skills 2-3
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Bureaucratic Limbo
Border Condition Intervention, JFK 4-9
Media City
Media Center in Harlem, New York 10-15
The MarketPlace
Marketplace at the Arboretum, State College 16-21
Site Cloister
Aledia da Mata, Site Cloister in Portugal 22-25
Piranesi Competiton
Contemporary Baths at Hadrians Villa 26-29
PA Community Art Center Metal Arts Community Center 30-33
Library Studies
Sendai Mediatheque Models 34-35
Hand Drawings VISCOM 36-37
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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Bureaucratic Limbo I began by thinking about how people such as, Nomads, travelers, and immigrants, move and cross borders. That interest in connectivity movement and travel, brought me to my fascination with airports. Airports not only represent the location in which they exist, they connect our world by actively engaging in a global transit network. This network transcends political, economic, and cultural borders and boundaries. My goal is to focus my research on international airports, specifically the customs and immigration sector. Existing border conditions contribute to the most discrimination, restrictions, and controversy out of any aspect of an airport. Thesis - Fifth Year 6 Weeks - In Progress Computer Drawings + Physical Models Professor- Yasmine Abbas
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Project 1
Concept Diagram of Bureaucratic Limbo
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FOREIGN PASSPORT
De-Boarding Plane DE-BOARDING PLANE
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Project 1
Walk to Immigration WALK TO IMMIGRATION
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PROBLEM STATEMENT: I am studying the space of Beauraucratic Limbo experienced at the border in an airport. Border conditions at an airport are often treated as an afterthought. These spaces only take into account the security needs of a border and tend to neglect the human needs. I want to find out how people and systems are affected by the transitional conditions at the border. In order to understand how these spaces can become a catalyst for connection.
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Customs Check CUSTOMS CHECK
Exit Airport EXIT AIRPORT
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De-Board Plane
De-Board Plane
Walk to Immigration
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Project 1
The Border Condition
Why Architects Should Care: “Borders permit a spatial approach to international or global politics by setting out the location of states and their absolute and relative distances from eachother” (Harvey Starr)
The Interstitial Space
Bureaucratic Limbo Defined: The space that exists between borders at an airport is a unique space, while physically you are in a place that is built on the land that is owned by a government, and the officials that are ushering you through the space work for the government, the space is a place of “Bureaucratic Limbo,” where you are politically in no-mans land. You have officially left one government, but not officially entered the next. The space of Bureaucratic Limbo is prominent in the customs and immigration spaces, but extends beyond, to a larger network outside of the restraints of four walls. Bureaucratic Limbo is the intangible interstitial space.
Starr, Harvey. “International Borders: What They Are, What They Mean, and Why We Should Care.” The SAIS Review of International Affairs 26, no. 1 (2006): 3–10. https://www. jstor.org/stable/26999290.
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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
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ARCH 480 - TECHNICAL SYSTEMS INTEGRATION SYDNEY YAKOWENKO
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Sun Angle 70°
SUMMER Photovoltaic Cells Green Roof
Photovoltaic Cells Placed on the skylight blocking the sun which lessens the heat entering the building during the summer whilst generating energy.
Buffer Zone
Green Roof Around the roof to mitigate water runoff, and filtering through the water plunging down gutters also giving a level of shading and heat absorbtion on the roof in the summer time to decrease the temperature in the building.
Cooled Space
Buffer Zone System Using the buffer zone system will greatly lower the energy needed to cool down the stationary theater spaces whilst the spaces surrounding are able to be at a less conditioned temperature due to the fact that they are currculatory spaces.
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Placed on the skylight allowing the sun to pass through which allows for radient heating from the sun during the winter months whilst generating energy.
Buffer Zone
Radient Heat Flooring
On the top two levels of the buffer zone space which allows users to be more confortable in moderatly stationary spaces.
Heated Space
Buffer Zone System Using the buffer zone system will greatly lower the energy needed to heat up the stationary theater spaces whilst the spaces surrounding are able to be at a less heated temperature due to the fact that they are currculatory spaces.
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Studio Space Perspective
Exhibition Space Perspective
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Project 2
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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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Project 3
Walk up Roof
Exploded Axonometric of Market
Gardening Plots
Firepit
Covered Dining Area Stadium Seating
Tailgating Fields
Market Area
Vendor Entrance
Rotating Local Restaurant Highlight ADA Access Ramp
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Compost
Ground Level Spring Plan
Split Level Section
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Project 3
Roof Level Summer
Plans by Season
Ground Level Winter Plan
Roof Level Gameday Plan
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Birds Eye View Aerial Perspective
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Project 3
Underpass View Interior Perspective
Parking View Exterior Perspective
Roof Approach View Exterior Perspective
Prepared Food Interior Perspective
Produce Market Interior Perspective
Stadium Seat View Exterior 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
In order to preserve the fantastic natural void of vision created by the stones when one is looking out from within the megalith, it In order to preserve the fantastic was necessary to determine the natural void of vision created by allowable build zones in order to the stones when one is looking refrain from interfering with the out from withinnatural the megalith, it void of vision experiwas necessary to determine enced from within the the megalith. allowable build zoneswith in order to point of Starting the center the inside ofwith the the megalith, and refrain from interfering connecting to the exsisting gaps natural void of vision experibetween themegalith. stones in the stone enced from within the formation axis that deStarting with the centercreated point of termined the cone of vision from the inside of the megalith, and within the megalith. These axis connecting to the exsisting gaps thus dictated where the building between the stones in the stone site is allowed to be.
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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PRESERVING THE VIEW THROUGH THE VOID
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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
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Structure Section Diagram
Structure Plan Diagram
Structure Diagram
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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 5
Exterior Rendering
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Bridge Rendering
Longitudinal Section
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Project 5
CIRCULATION
BATH
DINING SPACE
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HOT STONE BEDS
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CHARCOAL SAUNA
ICE ROOM
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KITCHEN RESTROOMS
MECHANICAL RESTROOMS
Ground Floor Plan
Axonometric
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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 8
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