SONYA FEINSTEIN Academic Portfolio 2020
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ACADEMIC WORK 4
RESUME
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SOUTH QUAY RING
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THE OLYMPICS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
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URBAN INCINERATOR AND PUBLIC BATHS
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BROOKLYN LIVE/WORK/FARM TOWER
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ECO-BLOCK
46 FLORENCE STUDY ABROAD 48 PART I SPAZIO DI INSTALLAZIONE GALLERIA 54 PART II MONTESSORI SCUOLA 58
EYES ON THE GRID PAMPHLET
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PHASED REVITALIZATION: RETENTION BASIN
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URBAN GREENHOUSE
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BRIDGE OBSERVATORY
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EDUCATION PRATT INSTITUTE
SONYA FEINSTEIN
August 2018 - Present Master of Architecture
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS August 2013 - May 2017 Bachelor of Science in Architecture Minor in Urban Design
Architecture | Urban Design
CONTACT
DISTINCTIONS
(914) 462 - 6107 213 Union Avenue Apt. 4D Brooklyn, NY 11211
ARCC KING MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
sonya.feinstein@gmail.com sonyafeinstein.com
SIDNEY KATZ AWARD FOR DESIGN EXCELLENCE
Recipient, Spring 2020
Recipient, Spring 2020
GAUD INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS DIRECTED RESEARCH AWARD Recipient, Spring 2020
AIA CENTER FOR ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AWARD Recipient, Spring 2019
SAM FOX SCHOOL EXCELLENCE IN CRAFT AWARD Recipient, Spring 2017
REFERENCES
SKILLS
DAVID ERDMAN Chairperson + Associate Professor, Pratt SOA derdman@pratt.edu
DIGITAL MODELING Proficient in Rhinoceros, Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Keyshot, Maxwell, 3DS Max, and Unity. Working knowledge of Grasshopper, Maya, GIS, and V-Ray.
DON KOSTER Senior Lecturer, Washington University in St. Louis Design Practice Leader, Arcturis dkoster@wustl.edu
ADOBE SUITE Proficient in Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, and After Effects. FABRICATION Model making, wood fabrication, 3D printing, casting, hand drafting, metal fabrication, and set design.
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WORK EXPERIENCE PRATT INSTITUTE OFFICE OF THE DEAN BROOKLYN, NY Graduate Teaching Assistant to the Dean of Architecture | December 2019 - July 2020 • Conducted research for multiple publications by Dean Harriet Harriss including her chapter on women in the Bauhaus for the Routledge Companion to Women in Architecture and Harriss’s book Greta Grossman Magnusson, the definitive book on the Swedish designer whose status and influence has been largely ignored. • Built websites for the Pratt SOA Towards an Equitable School initiative and the Mistresses of Architecture archive.
BPM CONSTRUCTION GROUP BROOKLYN, NY Freelance Architectural Designer | January 2018 - December 2019 • Drafted apartment layouts and lighting plans for small residential projects and apartment buildings. • Conducted site visits during construction administration.
PRATT INSTITUTE GAUD OFFICE BROOKLYN, NY Graduate Assistant to the Chair of Graduate Architecture | September 2018 - December 2019 • Created advertising and branding materials for the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design. • Designed presentations for lectures and events for the Chair of Graduate Architecture. • Drafted workspace layouts for studios in AutoCAD.
ARCTURIS ST. LOUIS, MO Architectural Designer | May 2017 - July 2018 • Worked on the project team for the Reading Friends of Aledo School from schematic design through construction administration. • Designed schematic programming and analyzed office layouts. • Developed construction sets in Revit. • Built physical models for The Armory and The Boys and Girls Club of St. Louis. • Created presentation materials for projects ranging from civic RFPs (St. Louis XFL Bid), master plans proposals (The St. Louis Armory), storefronts (Wells Fargo Branch of the Future), laboratory buildings (Helix Biotech Incubator), theater spaces (ESI Auditorium), and boutiques (Adam Foster Fine Jewelry).
SAM FOX GIVENS HALL WOODSHOP ST. LOUIS, MO Shop Monitor | July 2015 - May 2017
DON KOSTER, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP ST. LOUIS, MO Portfolio Editor | June 2016 - September 2016
FORT GONDO COMPOUND FOR THE ARTS ST. LOUIS, MO Gallery Assistant | July 2015 - August 2016
RAJNI ALEX DESIGN BRONXVILLE, NY Design Intern | May 2014 - August 2014
MENDELSON GROUP INC. NEW YORK, NY Design Intern | May 2014 - August 2014
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SOUTH QUAY RING Studio of Experiments London, UK Spring 2020 The South Quay Ring framework plan achieves benchmark built goals for hyperdensity while implementing a pedestrian loop, improving mobility across the site. The loop creates a topology of interstitial niche-like spaces for flexible public programming at a range of scales from large public buildings and promenades down to micro scale interventions.
Above: Intervention Plan Opposite: Isometric Aerial 6
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PUBLIC SPACE Above: Detail of Public Path, Waterfront, And Interstitial Public Spaces
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Above: Urban Profiles Below: Waterfront Programming
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MOBILITY Improved Bike/Metro/Bus/Pedestrian Infrastructure
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BUILDING USE Above (Left to Right): Building Use, Residential Housing Type, Residential Building Height
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LOOP VIEW View between and underneath residential buildings along loop.
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OVERALL AERIAL
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THE OLYMPICS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE Radically Reallocating Olympic Investment and Designing the Afterlife of its Infrastructure Tokyo Bay Fall 2019 In this unorthodox olympic strategy the focus of the program is not the infrastructure but the potential of the artificial landfill island site postolympics. The Olympics in the Anthropocene repositions the relationship of the human to the landscape, as the site is designed to prioritize rice terraces and positions the human in a reverent relationship to the agriculture. The rice terraces form a series of islands that visitors can view from the canals between. Olympic programming is minimized to not interfere with rice farming - existing on temporary floating platforms that can be removed and relocated after the olympics.
Above: Site Plan 14
Exploded Site Program Retaining Walls, Canal System, Desallination + Plumbing, Artificial Rice Paddies, Island Circulation + Floating Olympic Islands
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SITE PLAN
SCALE : 1:1000
FLOATING PROGRAM VIEWS OF OLYMPIC STAGES IN CANALS
TERRACED RICE FIELD
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Top: Left: Olympic event site map. Right: Perspectival views, agricultural site plan, terraced rice field typology. Top: Left: Olympic Event Site Map. Right: Perspective Bottom: SectionsViews, throughAgricultural site programSite Plan, Terraced Rice Field Typology. Bottom: Sections Through Site Program 17 9
Top: Left: Olympic Event Site Map. Right: Perspective Views, Agricultural Site Plan, Terraced Rice Field Typology. Bottom: Site Model Excerpt
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SECTION 01A POST-OLYMPICS AGRICULTURE PROGRAM
SECTION 01B OLYMPIC PROGRAM - TRACK + VOLLEYBALL
SECTION 02A POST-OLYMPICS AGRICULTURE PROGRAM
SECTION 02B OLYMPIC PROGRAM - DIVING POOL
SECTION 03A POST-OLYMPICS AGRICULTURE PROGRAM
SECTION 03B OLYMPIC PROGRAM - STADIUM
Sections Through Site During and After Olympic Games Left: Agricultural Post-Olympic Programming. Right: Temporary Olympic Programming. 19
Top: Left: Olympic Event Site Map. Right: Perspective Views, Agricultural Site Plan, Terraced Rice Field Typology. Bottom: Site Model Excerpt
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Artificial Island Exploded Diagram Rice Paddies, Rebar, Soil, Plumbing, and Retaining Walls. 21
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Above: Site Location Map, right model in extents highlighted Above: of Chunk Site Model Left and Below: Chunk Map, Model above of Floating Program Below: Olympic extentsOlympic highlighted
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URBAN INCINERATOR AND BATHS Partner: Sophia Kountakis CAP Studio New York, NY Spring 2019
Rock Formations Top: Concrete and Wax Cast Model. Bottom: Building Axon. 24
The Urban Incinerator and Public Baths is located in Soho New York City and seeks to integrate public works into public life. The public bath component capitalizes on energy production on site and responds to municipal desires for engagement and wellness. Referencing geological typologies like mountain peaks and hot springs, the new civic “outcropping� creates an iconic and uncanny urban mountain range with a hidden interior Grotto n NYC.
Gemstone Formations Above: Chunk Model Details 25
GROUND FLOOR PLAN Incinerator Circulation/Spa Plinth Entry from Below
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ROOF PLAN Public Roof Programming, Spa Gems, and Dip Pools
LONG SECTION
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Top: Images of Cast Concrete Model Bottom: Plinth Plan 28
SOLAR DIAGRAM WINTER
SUMMER
SITE WATER MANAGEMENT
RAINWATER CATCHMENT SYSTEM AND FLOOD MITIGATION CISTERNS
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION
PRIVATE INCINERATOR CIRCULATION PUBLIC CIRCULATION
TRUCK CIRCULATION
NATATORIUM PROGRAM
INCINERATOR PROGRAM
Exploded Axon Systems Diagram Detailing Mechanical, Structural, and Facade Systems 29
HONORS Published in the Student Annual Architecture Models + Artifacts (S.A.A.M.A.) Spring 2020 Catalog 30
glass railing
floor finish glass ceiling with adjacent atrium exhaust systems concrete on steel decking slab incinerator exhaust stack
air conditionig ducts in steel peak
GFRC panels
steel panel structure steel structural truss
light well gems
glass window in aluminum frame
glass window in aluminum frame steel floor beams
steel wall beams
concrete peak
incinerator and equipment
concrete floor slabs
air conditioning units
structural concrete columns
air conditioning ducts pre-cast concrete panels for pools
salt water pools
water circulation systems
Left: Chunk Model Right: Exploded Chunk Diagram 31
Site Plan Plan of site in downtown Brooklyn highlighting major roads, subway routes, walkability, and accessability to greenspace and landmarks. 32
BROOKLYN LIVE/WORK/FARM TOWER High Rise Housing Studio Project Duration: 10 weeks Brooklyn, New York Fall 2018 The Live/Work/Farm Tower examines a new model for office and residential programming that incorporates small scale urban farming. The new tower typology has a western facing greenhouse, which weaves into the floor plates of the mixed use tower in Downtown Brooklyn. By designing an iterative casting technique, I used a series of models to study the bundled program and experiment with materiality, transparency, density, and light.
HONORS Selected for Pratt Sustainable Design Exhibition Spring 2020 33
Above: Iterative cast models exploring materiality, transparency/aperture, and bundled density Below: Left: Sketch of working elevation. Right: Rendered elevation.
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Above: Model detail of concrete pannel materiality - see callout at left Below: Plans of floors 21 and 22.
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Above: Section facing north through greenhouse and tower 36
Above: Construction detail of greenhouse connection see callout at left Below: Sketched concept views for floor plates, greenhouse elevation, and front elevation
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ECO-BLOCK Sustainable Form-Based Coding at the Block Scale St. Louis, Missouri Project duration: 14 weeks Spring 2016
Above: Iteration of single-family home. Opposite: Block model photo.
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Block plan East-West section through block facing South
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site research pamphlet
form-based code application
housing development
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experiential views
second floor
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1 Mixed-Use Apartments Two-floor apartments located on top of commercial spaces, has potential to become live-work housing
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Designed to a set form based code in order to create attractive, sustainable homes that key into the existing urban fabric.
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Section through Mixed-Use Building East-West section through building facing south. Instance of an apartment above with a restaurant below on the commercially zoned 14th street
HONORS Selected for Approach Undergraduate Archives Spring 2016
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SPAZIO DI INSTALLAZIONE GALLERIA Project duration: 6 weeks Fall 2016
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MONTESSORI SCUOLA Project duration: 6 weeks Fall 2016
FLORENCE STUDY ABROAD Fall 2016 47
SPAZIO DI INSTALLAZIONE GALLERIA Florence Studio Part I Piazza degli Strozzi Florence, Italy Fall 2016
Above: South Elevation. Opposite: Concept installation drawings. 48
HONORS Selected for Approach Undergraduate Publication Fall 2016
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Experiential Gallery Installment
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Sections Above: North-South cross-section of pavilion and Palazzo Strozzi facing East Below: East-West Section of pavilion with art curation scheme. 51
Plans Floor and roof plans with art curation scheme 52
Top to bottom: East elevation, rendered East-West section with installation., North elevation. 53
MONTESSORI SCUOLA Florence Studio Part II Ponte Ameriggio Vespucci Florence, Italy Fall 2016
Top: 1:50 scale classroom model. Bottom: Sketch of the interaction spaces between each classroom. 54
Above: Photos of deconstructible 1:100 scale classroom model 55
Left: Top: Right: Top to bottom: classroom sketch, exterior view of classroom model, render of classroom space. Right: Photos of deconstructible 1:50 scale classroom model 56
HONORS Selected for Approach Undergraduate Archives Fall 2016
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EYES ON THE GRID Urban Design Thesis Pamphlet Examining the relationship between cities and public policy, public safety, and public perception with regard to the closed streets of St. Louis. Spring 2016 - Fall 2017
Above: Schoemehl pot street closure Opposite: Pamphlet book 58
The implications of 1937 redlining in St. Louis can be traced along the borders of its closed streets.
Eyes on the Grid examines Saint Louis urban planning using primary sources from historic city maps, documents, and local St. Louisians; supplemented by the theories of Jane Jacobs and Oscar Newman.
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Excerpt from “Eyes on the Grid” Pamphlet 60
The most egregious implications of the street blockades and culs-de-sac have to do with access to public utilities and security. Firefighters don’t like the road blocks because it severely impedes their routes in an emergency. Police don’t like the road blocks because it makes isolated areas harder to patrol, encouraging crime in certain neighborhoods and streets where patrol cars can’t easily get through. For those reasons, having eyes on the street becomes even more crucial; but, with the roads blocked, neither of these securities are afforded to the neighborhoods that need them most.
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Above: Iterative concept sketches. Opposite: Map of Wells-Goodfellow major flood locations. 62
PHASED REVITALIZATION: RETENTION BASIN Urban Design and Landscape Architecture Intervention Project Duration: 8 weeks St. Louis, Missouri Spring 2017
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Above: Section through re-purposed foundations and perspectival study of water flow through site and locations of existing foundations. Below: Ideogram of re-purposed street.
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The Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood of St. Louis, is filled with deteriorating buildings and vacant lots.
The process of removing a vacant building in St. Louis is to raze it into its foundation, then cover it with a topcoat of soil. This process makes parcels extremely undesirable because the old foundations and leftover materials must be removed in order to rebuild. I propose to the City of St. Louis a new way of handling these properties that re-purposes the materials on site and aims to improve the value of the neighborhood.
Above: Conceptual images of phased intervention. 65
Too often public space projects will run out of funds or ultimately be unsuccessful in attracting people to use these spaces.
By establishing a clearly phased plan, attainable goals can be accomplished inexpensively and quickly. By constructing in phases, the project will have the ability to be evaluated at each step, problem solving throughout the process and budgeting appropriately to complete the construction.
Above: Sections through site over time. Opposite: Final intervention plan. 66
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URBAN GREENHOUSE 1001 Lafayette Avenue St. Louis, Missouri Project duration: 3 weeks Summer 2016
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Left: Top: Roof plan. Bottom: Site condition diagrams. Right: Multi-scale, perspectival site plan of local toxicity sources and siting of urban greenhouse.
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Left: Aerial model photo. Right: Model photo looking East. Bottom: South Elevation
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BRIDGE OBSERVATORY Biker’s Reclaimed Shelter Chain of Rocks Bridge, St. Louis, Missouri Project duration: 10 weeks Fall 2015
East-West section facing North 72
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Floor Plans Bridge level, sub-1 (public space), and sub-2 (sleeper capsules)
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1 pod occupied
2 pods occupied
full occupancy
Conceptual Diagram Conceptual study observing occupancy, foot traffic, and visibility on the Mississippi River.
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Cross-Sections North-South cross-sections facing East
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HONORS Selected for Approach Undergraduate Archives Fall 2015 Selected for Undergraduate Studio Exhibition Fall 2015
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CONTACT (914) 462 - 6107 sonya.feinstein@gmail.com sonyafeinstein.com