SOmi Delano Master
of
SELECTED WORKS University of Pennsylvania Architecture + Master of Engineering delano@design.upenn.edu 267-736-7471
soMi delano
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education 2012 – 15
university of pennsylvania, school of design mASTER OF ARCHITECTURE M.ARCH sTruCTures TeaChing assisTanT (2013 - 15)
philadelphia, pa
2006 – 10
queens’ college, cambridge university b.ENG & M.ENG civil, structural & environmental engineering M.eng projeCT, foundaTion engineering: “surging on jaCked-in piles” DEVISED METHOD TO IMPROVE THE SPEED OF PILE INSTALLATION. METHOD NOW USED IN INDUSTRY royal aCadeMy of engineering leadership award (2008) – naTional award To 30 sTudenTs eleCTed presidenT, CaMbridge universiTy afriCan Caribbean soCieTy (2008)
cambridge, uk
employment OCT 15 – dATE JUN – AUG 14 MAY – AUG13
SEP 11– JUN 12
architect, yost grube hall architecture
portland, or
developed prograM Massing sTudies for a Mixed-use CoMplex To MaxiMize sunlighT and views developed reviT Model of a CoMMuniTy College wiTh MulTiple building faÇade CoMponenTs CreaTed ConsTruCTion doCuMenTaTion drawings for CoMMuniTy College building infrastructure consultant, lagos state government ensured CoMplianCe To design Code on ConsTruCTion of lagos lighT rail projeCT reCeived CoMMendaTion froM governor for reporT on iMproving loCal CapaCiTy
lagos, nigeria for
infrasTruCTure projeCTs
JUL – AUG 11
intern, ato architects
lagos, nigeria
developed arChiTeCTural drawings for residenTial buildings and ChurChes JAN – MAY 11
graduate structural engineer, price & myers llp
london, uk
designed sTruCTures and sCulpTures inCluding 23M (76’) sTeel sCulpTures by wolfgang buTTress deTailed ConneCTions for joinTs in bridges and sCulpTures JUL – AUG 09
research student, giken (silent piler manufacturer)
kochi, Japan
led a TeaM of 9 To iMprove speed of pile insTallaTion proCedures
program eXperience adobe suiTe (illusTraTor, phoToshop, indesign) MiCrosofT offiCe suiTe Maya
auToCad skeTCh-up reviT
rhinoCeros grasshopper vray
reference thomas roBBins, assoCiaTe prinCipal yosT grube hall arChiTeCTure 707 washingTon sT | porTland, or 97205 ToM@ygh.CoM | 503-221-0150
riChard farley, division viCe presidenT jaCobs 2301 ChesTnuT sT | philadelphia, pa 19106 riChard.farley@jaCobs.CoM | 215-569-2900
nanako umemoto, prinCipal rur arChiTeCTure pC 28 s washingTon ave | ny 10052 nanako@reiser-uMeMoTo.CoM | 212-421-8880
Professional work CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE // Salem, OR // YOST Grube Hall // 2014
This
$28M
is a
expansion for
Chemeketa Community College. The
expansion will provide new
facilities and
for
the
machining programs,
electronics
and
renovation
improvements
automotive,
for
visual
communications, welding and drafting/engineering.
I
was part of a team of three
designers.
Revit
and
I
developed
Sketch-Up
the building.
I
the
model of
also produced
renders for the proposal which were used during group design crits.
There was a strong focus
on the design details such as the placement of mullions and
RE F O ERE N N LY C E
shading devices.
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Consultant
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9' - 6"
Roof 131' - 0"
Level 2 115' - 6"
Level 1 100' - 0"
PERF METAL SUNSCREEN
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4000 L ancas ter Drive NE S alem, OR 97309
elevation showing the panelling details
Chemeketa Community College
PERF METAL SUNSCREEN
5' - 0"
COMPRESSOR 6' - 4 3/8"
SPRINKLER
CIVIL TOOL CRIB
MATERIAL PREP & STORAGE
ELECTRICAL
SEMINAR
HEAT TREAT
FINISHING SHOP ROLL-UP WINDOW
PROGRAM STORAGE PLASMA CUTTER + COMPUTER
HALLWAY + LOCKERS
CNC + EDM LAB
LATHE SHOP
MILL SHOP
VENDING
WOMEN
JANITOR CLOSET FAMILY FEC
STUDENT LOUNGE
QUALITY ASSURANCE LAB
RAPID PROTOTYPE
ELEV ROOM RECYCLING
PHENOLIC LOCKERS
MACHINING LOCKERS
ELEVATOR
MEN 3' - 3 1/2"
MACHINING COMPUTER LAB ENTRY HALLWAY ENTRY
MACHINING PROGRAM STORAGE
LOBBY
ENTRY CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM
OUTPUT ROOM
DRAFTING LAB A
DRAFTING LAB B
IAS OFFICE
first floor plan showing different classroom types
PACK CAVITY W/ SOUND ATTENUATION BLANKET STEEL DEFORMED TRACK
CONT METAL CASING BEAD
CENTERLINE STUD ON PLANNING GRID MODULE OR AS DIMENSIONED CEILING PER SCHEDULE
SOUND ATTENUATION BLANKET @ S SEE PLANS FOR PARTITION TYPE
1
3" = 1'-0"
STEEL 1" 'Z'S @ 24" O.C. SPAN (2) FLUTES MIN. TACK WELD TO DECK
18 GA 'Z' CLIP @ 24" O.C., SPAN (2) FLUTES MIN. TACK WELD TO DECKING
INSULATION STEEL DEFLECTION TRACK W/1" DEFLECTION SPACE
1/2" DEFLECTION SPACE
SEE PLANS FOR PARTITION TYPE
INSULATION 4' W. EA. SIDE OF PARTITION @ 'S'
CEILING PER SCHEDULE
SEE PLANS FOR PARTITION TYPE GYP. BD./STEEL STUD
ACOUS SEALANT @ S
HEAD TRACK: 20 GA. W/2" DEEP LEG W/(2) #8 TEK SCREWS TO 'Z' CLIP @ 24" O.C. SCREW GWB TO WALL STUDS MIN. 1/2" BELOW TRACK LEG.
PARTITION TYPE AS SCHEDULED. S=SOUND ATTEN. BLANKET
STEEL STUD INSULATION @ 'S' 5/8", TYPE X GWB EA SIDE
CENTERLINE STUD ON PLANNING GRID MODULE OR AS DIMENSIONED
INSULATION @ 'S'
TOP OF SLAB
STUDS EXTEND TO ACOUSTICAL TILE CEILING
2 1/2" STEEL STUDS ALTERNATING @ 48" O.C. & PAIR AT EA. DOOR JAMB STEEL DEFLECTION TRACK W/1" DEFLECTION SPACE
0' - 6"
FASTEN RUNNER TO CLG SUPPORT @ 2'-0" OC THRU NEOPRENE BLOCKS
STEEL ROOF / FLOOR DECK SEE SECTIONS FOR TYPE
0' - 6"
STEEL ROOF / FLOOR DECK SEE SECTIONS FOR TYPE
SUSPENDED TILE CEILING NEOPRENE FOAM TAPE CONT BETWEEN BLOCKS
SOUND ATTENUATION BLANKET 4'-0" EA SIDE OF PARTITION AT "S" WALL TYPE
FLOOR OR ROOF SYSTEM: CONC &/OR STEEL DECK W/FIREPROOFING
STEEL 1" 'Z'S @ 24" OC SPAN (2) FLUTES MIN. TACK WELD TO DECK.
WALL LATERAL BRACING: 12 GA STL WIRE @ 5'-0" OC BOTH SIDES, EXTEND AT 45 ANGLE FROM C PARTITION HEAD TO STRUCTURE ABOVE
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Wall Type P - Studs Braced to Roof/Floor Deck 1 1/2" = 1'-0"
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Wall Type P - Studs Extend to Roof/Floor Deck 1 1/2" = 1'-0"
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Wall Type A 3" = 1'-0"
wall connection details
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Professional work Mayasem visitors’ center // saudi arabia // YOST Grube Hall // 2014 This
is a proposal for a visitors
center for a new residential complex
planned
in
Saudi
Arabia. The Visitors’ Center serves
as
a
show
room
to
potential clients informing them of the kinds of housing and recreational facilities that are available.
Inside
Visitors’
the
Center are theaters, offices and multi-purpose
lounges
clients can be hosted.
where
There
are
two office blocks next to the
Visitors’ Center where Full-Time Employees will work. SCHEME 3 STREET VIEW FROM SOUTH
TO PARKING
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B
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C
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VESTIBULE
1500
A
UP
2
OFFICE WORK ROOM
OFFICE
OFFICE
SMALL CONFERENCE
SMALL CONFERENCE
KITCHEN
OFFICE
OFFICE
4500
SHAMAYEL OFFICES
EXEC/ W. TOILET JAN.
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
3.1
UP
1500
CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISION
3
4500
ELEC.
OPEN ABOVE LARGE CONFERENCE M. TOILET
1500
4 VESTIBULE
5
TO COURTYARD ground floor plan for office block0
6
1
2.5
CONSTRUCTION OFFICE BUILDING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
5m
revit design work row house addition // PHILADELPHIA, PA // Critic: Franca trubiano
METAL CAPING INSULATON LEVEL 3 23' - 6" LEVEL 3 REAR 21' - 0"
BRICK DRIP SILL
CONCRETE MASONRY UNIT
LEVEL 2 13' - 6" LEVEL 2 REAR 11' - 0"
36" X 72" WINDOW
WEEP HOLES @ 2" O.C. 8" X 8" X 16" CONCRETE BOND BEAM
LEVEL 1
16" FOUNDATION WALL
2' - 0" GROUND 0' - 0"
1 1/2" RIGID INSTALLATION 6" CONCRETE FLOOR GRAVEL 32" X 16" FOUNDATION FOOTING
LEVEL BASEMENT -6' - 6"
1" GRAVEL 2 1/2 " INSULATION
1
North Wall Section 1/2" = 1'-0"
LEVEL T.O. ROOF 34' - 0"
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2
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ADD201
LEVEL 3
LEVEL 3
23' - 6"
23' - 6"
LEVEL 2
LEVEL 2
13' - 6"
13' - 6"
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 1
2' - 0"
2' - 0" GROUND
GROUND
LEVEL BASEMENT
LEVEL BASEMENT
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-6' - 6"
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YOKOHAMA REDUX // a revised proposal for
YOKOHAMA, TOKYO // 2-Person COLLABORATION Project // Critic: nanako umemoto (rur Architect
yokohama port terminal
ture)
The occasion of the Yokohama Port Terminal 1995
competition
in
was a watershed for the
discipline in many respects.
A
new generation of architects seized it as a platform to explore emerging modalities in design, design technology, and delivery which would in the ensuing decades
become
through
which
the
medium
and
against
which much of contemporary practice played out.
This
re-engaged
project
Yokohama
with
nostalgia
Design
neither negativity.
nor proceeded
phases.
in
Firstly,
a
three formal
analysis of a significant entry in the competition was made.
The
second
taking
the
derived
phase
involved
design
principles
from
the
analysis
and creating a design model that became the basis for our proposal.
This
involves a shift
from the analytical mode to the projective mode.
The
third phase
was the deliberate introduction, at
three
distinct
scales
and
using three different systems, of discrete programmatic elements into
the
continuous
models
analyzed in the previous phases.
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yokohama redux
object > cast > remodel
reference > re-interpret > remodel
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a revised proposal for yokohama port terminal
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yokohama redux
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a revised proposal for yokohama port terminal
3RD YEAR STUDIO | SPRING 2015
OBJECTS
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FIELD
PRIMARY RIB STRUCTURE
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Elevation showing continuous structural diagrid through terminal and towers Spring2015_Portfolio__Layou8_toPrint.indd 10
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A Post-Scientific Museum of Geology CENTRAL PARK, NYC // 3-Person collaboration Project // Critic: Ferda Kolatan
Throughout
history,
science
has tried to better understand our
world
logically
by
attempting
to
nature.
The
explain
geological
object
is
often
viewed as something that can be fully grasped and understood by various scientific means and methods.
Our
proposal for a
“Post-Scientific
Museum
Geology�
to
this by
aims
provocative
confront approach,
traditional attempting
of
to
create
experience
a
that
becomes a medium for a new understanding of what nature is to us.
Tension
exists
between
objects in nature. creates
This
connectivity
different objects.
all
tension between
We aim to use
this idea of tension to curate and organize the spaces within the museum.
The
curation seeks to give the
individual
the
opportunity
to
make his own definitions of the
objects
on
display.
The
building uses irregular sectional changes to give the individual the opportunity to view objects from
multiple
perspectives
at
various points in space and time.
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Museum of geology
rock
contoured rock
drape surface over rock
museum form
deriving museum form
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A post-scientific museum
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FLOOR PLAN (P2) SHOWING CONTINUITY OF FLOORS AND INTERNAL SPACES 17
Museum of geology
1/4” STEEL PLATE STEEL Z-PLATE
18” PANEL
6” 4”
STEEL RIB 5/8” EXTERIOR SHEATHING
VAPOR BARRIER 3” INSULATION 4” COLD-FORMED FRAMING
PANELIZATION AND SUPPORT OF EXTERIOR CLADDING (D1)
A B C D
Cafe Exhibition Space Office Basement
Section (S1) showing structural support and lack of continuous floor slabs
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Museum of geology
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A post-scientific museum
1 2 3 4 5
Exhibition Room Offices Auditorium Ground Floor Mechanical Space
1 3 2 1 4 5
Section (S2) showing exhibition spaces carved into steel plates
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Shifting Hybrids // Transformations for a N TRIBECA, NYC // Critic: Hina jamelle
New Hotel & Residential Building
This
project
explores
branching,
texture
how and
misalignment can be used as parameters to create a mixed used residential and hotel building created
from
aggregating
individual units.
Branching,
is used to create
different programmatic spaces.
Seaming
the building gives it
texture these seams were also developed to form a system of interior furnishes.
Misaligning
the units gave the building more dynamism.
The
project is
8-story
covers
45,000ft2
contains
units
sizes.
Access
of
building, and different
to the residential
units is separate from general hotel
access
privacy.
to
The 1st
allow floor
for also
hosts a restaurant to increase commercialization building.
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of
the
shifting hybrids
MISALIGNMENT
+
+ BRANCHING
single unit
double unit
system for aggregation of units
S1
HOTEL UNITS
RESIDENTIAL UNITS
PUBLIC SPACE
4th Floor Plan - units transitionally grow, branch and misalign from each other 24
hotel & residential building
+97'
+85'
+73'
P2 +61'
+49'
P1 +37'
+25'
+13'
GROUND FLOOR +0'
STORAGE
LAUNDRY
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Section (S1) showing how branching and texture is used on interior walls 25
shifting hybrids
misalignment of units creating dynamism in building
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hotel & residential building
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Reception Lobby Public Multifunction Space Balcony Double Unit Single Unit
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5
4
3
3
1
2
Section showing lobby space, housing units and textured walls
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shifting hybrids
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hotel & residential building
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An inhabitable surface - seaming // nesting Critic: ali rahim
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Using
two
of
seaming
an
inhabitable
perform was a
techniques and
designed.
to
create
nesting
surface
multiple
to
functions
There a
nested surface
was
controlled
twisting
surface that appeared simple yet continuous. appears
to
connected through surface
seaming
Each surface
be with
distinctively the
seaming. qualities
other
Other such
as
twisting and pinching were also produced as a result.
pinching
3d print study of surfaces showing nesting and seaming qualities 31
SOmi Delano Master
of
SELECTED WORKS University of Pennsylvania Architecture + Master of Engineering delano@design.upenn.edu 267-736-7471
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