Portfolio by Michael Stone

Michael Stone Junior Architect

CONTENT 01

Governors Island

Govenors Island, NYC Case Study

East Harlem: 2046

East Harlem, NYC Preservation Studio Project

Operative Map

Barcelona, Spain Abroad Studio Project Undergraduate

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Youth Theater

Greenville, SC Synthesis Project Undergraduate

05 l Professional A hotel project worked on during summer internship

06 l Independent Extra elective working with materials, tools, and design

Govenors Island A case-study research project. Governors Island was a project in Additions, Interventions and Adaptive Re-Use course at Pratt Institute. The partially landmarked island, just south of Manhattan, provides a unique case where additions, interventions and adaptive re-use each have a role in this project. Today, the island struggles with direction as to how to revitalize the island while respecting the historical built fabric and thus, they are preparing plans to reinvest and develop it.

My group and I completed a survey of the existing and future building stock of the island. Below, you can see one of the many delapidated buildings recorded. There exists many others on the island in need of serious investment for rehabilitation. These unique buildings, such as below, provide the opportunity for creativity in envisioning a new use and function. The northern landmarked part of the island offers tax credits and minor advantages to using and rehabilitating property.

Temporarily, the island has found use of its acreage by adding park features. They are able to host temporary events and art installations in these open areas. Unfortunately, these events cannot financially sustain the island. Long-term, officials hope to transform these events into mainstays in order to gather more investing interest. To the right are some future renderings that offer a glimpse of what the current development plans hopes to achieve, including expanding open space uses and modern additions such as with the Cornell Tech buildings featured.

East Harlem: 2046 Studio The East Harlem studio was about a neighborhood beginning to deal with development pressures and demographic changes. Students were tasked to figure out the impact of these changes in regards to the historic and cultural fabric as well as how to approach the future development of the area. Collaborating with our variety of backgrounds, from planning to preservation, we offered our best proposals that will not only preserve the neighborhood but ultimately keep the cultural heritage intact.

Our work was developed through the initial research and understanding of the community. We looked at all existing plans in order to gain a better grasp of key issues currently existing in the neighborhood. A major factor of the area to consider was diversity, especially in regards to community culture and history. We then considered important factors, such as climate change, and globilization that might limit the availability of resources to the community. Our recomendations were then made in an a manner that we chose to approach the community. Our group took on the perspective of developers and recommendations ranged from new preservation programs to opening up a waterway along the street to Central Park. To the left: A picture stiched render to illustrate the possible future of East Harlem. Included in this image are proposals to deal with climate change, technology, and the needs of East Harlem community members.

Operative Map In this urban project, my partner and I developed our own mapping technique. We observed major pedestrian intersections to find areas of little movement and interest. These areas became space for our markets and were further developed into physical interventions. Since the area had been utilized by street musicians, we sought to create stages for the musicians to increase our new focal points and develop a new kind of site interaction that changes how people flow through the currently site.

The final vision contains the use of small sloping contours with material changes to seperate market, music, and pedestrian areas, extending your reach beyond the sharp boundary over the water. Left: Site sections running perpendicular to the length of the project area.

Youth Theater The synthesis project of my undergraduate studies was a childrens theater located in Greenville, SC. We were tasked to use the site, owned by the theater company, to design and develop a new home for the theater. This encompassed providing a space that satisfied all the needs for the theater to operate, educate, and provide assistance to the children.

The design was devised through the development of programttic spaces and each were connected to the site with contextual lines emphasizing importance of connections beyond the property lines. These connections aimed to create a special environment creating in between zones, and simple circulation.

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The sites relationship to downtown Greenville allowed for a unique design to create a standalone building that would become the become of the downtown community. Following the bookend, I designed a structure that stood out visually, but considered the children, their use, and navigation of the areas within the building.

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Professional Through my summer internship, I worked with a team members on a hotel brand project. The standalone brand hotel, located in New Jersey, provided a great opportunity to work with a team and increase my knowledge of design and development on hospitality projects.

I came aboard during the design development phase of the project. I was tasked with creating multiple drawings necessary for the design set including layout of guestrooms, section and plan details, and modeling and developing facade pieces. During the project I utilized Revit and Autocad programs to complete my work.

Independent Afforded the extra opportunities and time during my studies, I have taken advantage of courses offered to broaden my technical skills beyond my degree requirements. Additional coursework I have completed includes zwoodworking, metal work, and product design.

To the left: Two products from a general course that emphasized the understanding of using tools to create projects that help build understanding and skillsets. A functioning can crusher as well as a forged and mountable coat hook. To the right: A table designed and created in a metal working course. Developed for two people to use in small spaces. Bottom: A physical model component, developed to express a conceptual idea for the design project. A perfect balance between chaos and organization.