SEAN DOUGLAS FALCONER SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE PORTFOLIO
SEAN DOUGLAS FALCONER One of my favorite aspects of architecture is working with a team to see an idea come to fruition, and in the process myself and the team learning something new. This could be called learning through design. It is something I’ve come to love about architecture. This portfolio displays projects in which I learned through design during my Master of Architecture at Syracuse University. Thank you for your time and consideration
Without empathy, that subconscious in-feeling, no architectplanner can produce anything but a stillborn environment for his clients, however logically and carefully worked out and consistently constructed. Without such in-feeling the listener or reader can hardly partake in the collective, baked together memories of another human being, who inevitably must tell of them in the outwardly disordered way that life is really live. Empathy must be hoped for, cherished. - Richard Neutra (Life and Shape)
CONTENTS 1.0 WIDE WATER POINT 2.0 LIVE/WORK HOUSING 3.0 CREEKWALK BRIDGE
1.0 project year type collaborators site
brad lynch visiting critic studio fall 2013 vacation residential — 2743 widewater lane skaneateles lake, ny
The goal of the studio was to create a client and design to their programmatic needs: The clients, an older family of four, wanted a year round small cabin on Skaneateles Lake with room for guests. The cabin was sited to leverage sun exposure and frame the best views of the lake. By angling the main axis southwest and pitching the roof overhang sun exposure was maximized during the winter and minimized in summer months. This angle also framed the best view of the southern glacial gorge meeting the lake. The cabin itself reacted to the dichotomy of the site, the forest and lake. The guest wing was embedded beneath the forest floor. It becomes part of the forest with a tree invading its space. The kitchen and living area open to the lake with glass that can be slid open to create a seamless transition outside. Splitting these two spheres are the service spaces. This includes the stairway up to the master suite. The master suite is a floating volume, which hovers between the lake and forest with a view of each. Material took precedent from the traditional Upstate New York stone farmhouse; slate and reclaimed barn wood with modern additions of plywood, finished concrete floors, and black ionized steel hardware. From the forest entrance to the leveraged views of the lake the cabin works with the site to fulfill the needs of the client.
WIDE WATER POINT
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2.0 project year type collaborators site
comprehensive studio spring 2013 mixed-use gamze kahya (aydÄąn, turkey) 212 E. fayette street syracuse, ny
212 E. Fayette street is 50,000 SF of mixed use live/work housing on the site of an underappreciated park in downtown Syracuse. The site is strategically situated along one of the city’s main transportation lines. An intervention of densification along this route will further augment the current trend of downtown repopulation and revitalization. At the loss of the park, the ground floor is designed as an urban piazza with square footage for shops and a restaurant. In addition, two elevated courtyards and a green roof terrace rise above the piazza. All residences and offices are formed around these outdoor leisure spaces to create outdoor courtyards. This openness is reflected in the building facade. The facade presents a series of gaps to facilitate the flow of air and sun exposure into the interior of the project. The corten steel facade, strong corner form, and low height blend the project into the city.
LIVE WORK HOUSING
2.2
EXISTING
PROPOSED
REN
EAST
WAREHOUSE
S. FAYE
TTE
WAR
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ENGAGED PUBLIC SPACE x 3
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EAST
S. FAYE
TTE
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WAR
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COMMERCIAL
SITE
CONNECTIVE CORRIDOR
CIVIC/PUBLIC
2.4
PROGRAMMATICALLY STACKED, & COHESIVE MEDEVAL PIAZZA TYPOLOGY
Overall organization follows the mediaeval piazza typology while the piazza cohesively slips under and into the project; coaxing the city in
Shifting mix-use residences and offices optimizes circulation
2.6
2.6
Wind analysis presented a design impetus to create a courtyard/atrium project to facilitate natural ventilation
A series of sliding sun shades provide relief from the southern sun and privacy on the most public face of the project
WEST ELEVATION SCALE 1/16':1"
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8
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+69.00
living room
+58.00
storage +47.00
gym
gym
+36.00
piazetta +14.00
lobby 1
piazza
restaurant kitchen
exhibition
Âą 0.00
-11.00
SECTION B
SCALE 1/16':1" 0'
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2.10
3.0 project year type collaborators site
pedestrian bridge spring 2012 infrastructure — onondaga creek, syracuse
The project’s goal was to create a structurally optimized connection between a foot path at water level and the city above at street level. Through structure optimization modelling a form of forces could be visualized and components calculated and sized. Compressional and tensile forces are on display as separate structural systems; steel tubing and steel cable. The result is a pedestrian ramp-bridge which provides the Creekwalk a connection to the downtown of Syracuse.
CREEK WALK BRIDGE
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3.4
bending of deck
w 12 x 14
small steel supports
steel cables
main steel supports
EDUCATION
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Master of Architecture Candidate Cumulative GPA : 3.6 Cutler Scholarship Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Student Committee Real Estate Design & Development Seminar and Studio, NYC Produced a series of architectural projects through the architect as developer model
Summer 2013
STEALTH.unlimited: Architect’s Work Exhibition, Co-Curator Team designed, curated, and constructed exhibition of works by Rotterdam based architecture firm
Spring 2013
Raumlabor Berlin: Monster Truck Design & Technology Workshop Assisted Berlin architecture firm with the construction of mobile community platform for Syracuse
March 2013
River-Walk Field Study in San Antonio, Texas Performed a mapped typological study of the San Antonio’s Riverwalk through graduate studio grant Copenhagen Field Study in Copenhagen, Denmark Analytically diagrammed the spatial connection between bell towers and squares in Copenhagen Archipiélago: Airport as Farm Design & Technology Workshop Tasked to Design section of a retrofitted airport for food production by Medellín collective HOBART COLLEGE : GENEVA, NY Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies: Emphasis Studio Art and European Studies Study abroad: Rome, Italy with a focus on the Arts and Architecture Cumulative GPA : 3.3 Dean’s List
SKILLS
Spring 2014
October 2012 March 2012 October 2011
May 2011 Spring 2010 2007-08, spring 2009, 2010 - 11
Geneva Heroes Volunteer: Mentored high school students
Spring 2009
Hobart College Tennis Team
2007 - 2008
COMPUTER FABRICATION RepRESENTATION LANGUAGE
Revit, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Rhino 3D/V-Ray, Sketch-Up, AutoCAD 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Woodworking, Model Crafting Mono-print, Charcoal, Oil stick, Free-hand sketching, Drafting Italian and Spanish (Functional Proficiency)
RESUME EXPERIENCE
Graphic Designer At FTS OFFICE SUPPLY : Fulton, ny Designed advertisements for clients and in-house website management Visual Arts Curator Assistant : Geneva, NY Digitalized projector slides, photo documented, and helped manage the gallery space and reception desk for the HWS Visual Resource Center and Davis Gallery at Hobart and William Smith Colleges Gallery Intern at The Warehouse Gallery
International Contemporary Art Center of Syracuse University
May 2011 - July 2012 September 2010 - November 2010
June 2010 - August 2010
Helped manage the gallery space and reception desk, assisted with construction of exhibits GRAPHIC DESIGNER AT THE OFFICE OF AOD : GENEVA, NY Designed multimedia and posters for campus-wide programs SALES ASSOCIATE AT CLARK’S SHOES Assisted customers, facilitated commissioned sales and special orders, helped with store operations TEACHING
TEACHING ASSISTANT FOR ARCHITECTURAL REPRESENTATION II (Lior Gallili) Taught Photoshop, Illustrator, AutoCad, and Rhino 3D tutorials, led formal reviews and graded work TEACHING ASSISTANT FOR ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY 134 (Jonathan Massey) Led two weekly discussion sections, aided the Professor during lecture, proctored and graded exams
HONORS
2nd Place in Arcbazar.com Basement Remodel Competition Honorable mention in Arcbazar.com Living-room Remodel Competition Participated in Empire State Marathon Relay
September 2009 - December 2009 May 2010 - December 2012 January 2013 - May 2013 July 2012 - December 2012 Summer 2013 Summer 2013 Fall 2011
Thank you!
Sean Falconer 2014 Syracuse University M.Arch. I SDFalconer@gmail.com 315.440.6193 www.FalconerDesignWorks.com
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Sean Falconer SDFalconer@gmail.com 315.440.6193 www.FalconerDesignWorks.com