PORTFOLIO OF WORK 2016
SYDNEY COCHRAN sydneycochran33@gmail.com +1 443 350 2444 @yendysss
CURRICULUM VITAE
PRATT INSTITUTE, B.ARCH, Highest Honors ( 2016 )
SYDNEY COCHRAN sydneycochran33@gmail.com +1 443 350 2444 @yendysss
EDUCATION
PRATT ROME PROGRAM ( Spring 2015 ) PRATT TRAVEL STUDIO: PUERTO RICO ( Fall 2014 ) PRATT TRAVEL STUDIO: CHINA AND JAPAN ( Summer 2014 ) PRATT PRE-COLLEGE : FINE AND STUDIO ARTS ( Summer 2010) STUDIO LYON SZOT ( June 2016 - Present )
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
315 GALLERY ( May 2015 - Present ) PENTAGRAM ( June 2016 ) LEONG AND LEONG ( June 2016 ) CAROLYN SALAS, ARTIST ( June 2016 ) KOUTSOMITIS ARCHITECTS ( May 2014 - March 2016 ) VOXL MEDIA ( March 2013 - August 2014 ) FUTURE EXPANSION ARCHITECTS ( Summer 2012 ) STUDIO GUEST JUROR FOR 2ND YEAR DESIGN, PRATT INSTITUTE ( Fall 2016 )
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
TEACHING ASSISTANT, GREGORY MERRYWEATHER, PRATT INSTITUTE ( Fall 2015 ) TEACHING ASSISTANT, DANIELLE WILLEMS, PRATT INSTITUTE ( Fall 2012 ) TEACHING ASSISTANT, JUSTIN SNIDER, PRATT INSTITUTE ( Fall 2012 ) EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, HIGHEST HONORS ( 2016 ) Presented by Pratt Institute at the 2016 Graduation Awards Convocation Ceremony
DEGREE PROJECT DISTINGUISHED PROJECTS REVIEWS ( 2016 ) HERITAGE BALL SCHOLARSHIP ( 2015 ) Presented by the AIA and The Center for Architecture in honor of Adam D. Weinberg, Director of The Whitney Museum of Art.
DAVID MANDL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ( 2015 ) CORVO MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ( 2015 ) MARTIN RICH AWARD FELLOWSHIP, PRATT ROME PROGRAM ( 2015 ) M.O. & R.PRATT, JR. TRAVEL FELLOWSHIP, PUERTO RICO ( 2014 ) JUNGE MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ( 2014 ) WINNEMORE ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP ( 2013 ) PRATT INSTITUTE PRESIDENTIAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP ( 2011 )
AWARDS
LETTER OF RECCOMENDATION
Gregory Merryweather, Architect LLC GREGORY MERRYWEATHER, ARCHITECT LLC 258 258 Hall Hall Street Street Brooklyn, York 11205-5003 11205-5003 Brooklyn, New New York greg@gmarcllc.com greg@gmarcllc.com 917-734-9056 917-734-9056 04.11.2016 Re: Sydney Cochran To Whom it May Concern, Sydney Cochran was in my Arch202 Second-Year Undergraduate Design Studio in the Spring of 2013. In the studio, the students were asked to engage many architectural and pedagogical issues in the design of a medium-sized institutional building in an urban setting. Throughout the semester Sydney was a, if not the, leader of the class. She had a maturity and professionalism that was outstanding for a student at that phase in their undergraduate education. Her design work was very controlled and complete as well as creative and farreaching. I found myself using her work as an example for other students on several occasions. As she has continued through her undergraduate work at Pratt, I have had the opportunity to see her work in upper level studios and have not been surprised by her continued success. In the Spring of 2015, she was a student in Pratt’s program in Rome, Italy while I was teaching there. Her thoughtful and unique approach to the work again set it apart from the field. Upon returning to New York, in the Fall of 2015, I asked Sydney to be the teaching assistant for my second-year studio. Sydney was a thorough and decisive force in the studio and many of my students commented on how helpful Sydney had been over the semester. I am confident that she would be a strong addition to any professional setting and am pleased to recommend her. Please feel free to contact me if you have any further questions concerning Sydney.
Respectfully yours
Gregory Merryweather Adjunct Associate Professor with CCE, Pratt Institute
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES
JOHN SZOT Partner at Studio Lyon Szot john@studiolyonszot.com 917-331-2883
KAREN BAUSMAN, AIA, FAAR Karen Bausman + Associates 125 Park Avenue | Floor 25 New York, New York 10017 kbausman@karenbausman.com 212-243-0910
JACK BARRETT Director at 315 Gallery 312 Livingston Street Brooklyn, New York 11217 jack@315gallery.com 609-462-4287
INDEX OF WORK
PROFESSIONAL
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STUDIO LYON SZOT
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PENTAGRAM
002
VOXL MEDIA
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KOUTSOMITIS ARCHITECTS
UNDERGRADUATE THESIS
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Episodic Transience: Mexicali’s Placelessness
UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS
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Rhizo-phoria: San Juan Revitalization Zone
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Analysis: Nodal Nolli
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Rome: Tourist Vortex
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Columbia University Boat House
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San Andreas Fault Viewing Platform
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Grand Street Dormitory
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Beijing Youth Performing Arts Center
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Chinatown Library
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STUDIO LYON SZOT JUNIOR DESIGNER SHACKBURY CIDER HEADQUARTERS AND PRODUCTION FACILITY This project, the transformation of an old creamery into a modern cidery, focused on preserving the nuances and character of the old Vermont barn while creating new zones for production, storage, administration, and public gathering. A new loading dock simultaneously creates an exterior gathering space, and a fluidly connected tasting room and patio look into the prodcution area.
**North and East rendered elevations showing tasting patio
*level one plan
*patio studies and final configuration, details and renderings
PENTAGRAM VISUALIZATION FREELANCER INCUBATOR SPACE Redeveloped and improved renderings for public release of Incubator concept and interior design scheme. Working under the direction of Natasha Jen, tasks included modeling and rendering the modular furniture kit, as well as re-rendering and photoshopping interior views of Incubator Space.
*furniture kit (input: modeling of furniture kit in Rhino, rendering of furniture kit with Vray)
*incubator shop (input: improvement of post-processing including lighting, atmosphere, and entourage)
VOXL MEDIA VISUALIZATION INTERN FUEL TANK RE-USE Worked with a small team to develop images for a competition to redevelop a series of South Korean fuel storage tanks into a multi-use cultural zone. Tasks included modeling and photoshopping images to include lighting, atmosphere, and entourage.
*exterior view (input: post-processing including lighting, atmosphere, and entourage)
*interior view (input: post-processing including lighting, atmosphere, and entourage)
KOUTSOMITIS ARCHITECTS ARCHITECTURAL INTERN SAINT NICHOLAS NATIONAL SHRINE AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER Designed by Santiago Calatrava At this internship position, I worked over the course of two years with a small team to develop construction documents for the St. Nicholas National Shrine at the World Trade Center site. The project was designed by Santiago Calatrava, who’s office worked in conjunction with the architect of record, Koutsomitis Architects. My input included drafting in all areas of the drawing set, including plans, sections, elevations, interiors, details, schedules, code compliance, and specifications. Position also included the tasks of code research and material research. Programs utilized include Autocad and Rhino.
*site image (no input: image created by others in office, here for project context)
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF ST. NICHOLAS GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH AT THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
FESTINA LENTE, LLP 713 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10021 TEL: 212-452-1046
KOUTSOMITIS ARCHITECTS, PC
65 EAST 96 ST. SUITE 4A NEW YORK, NY 10128 TEL: 212-807-0944
THORNTON TOMASETT GROUP
1700 MARKET STREET, SUITE 17 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 TEL: 267-238-4000
MG ENGINEERING 116 WEST 32 ST. NEW YORK, NY 10001 TEL: 212-643-9055
6/19/2015
EWS & GL
6/29/2015
A20B/C1-C8
EXTERIOR WALL SYST EWS-2 RAIN SCREEN PIECE PLAN
1/4'' = 1'-0''
100% CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS 08.31.2015
A6.1 *rain screen partial elevation and piece plan
*wall section and partial elevation showing stone cladding assembly
EPISODIC TRANSIENCE: MEXICALI’S PLACELESSNESS THESIS RESEARCH AND DEGREE PROJECT CRITICS: JOHN SZOT + KAREN BAUSMAN The U.S. Mexico border is the most crossed border in the world, and with much of the border zone consisting of harsh desert conditions, many towns and cities have developed along its edge, not for the geographical and geological benefits, but rather as a result of the unstoppable complex flows that occur on such an international border. These complex flows are in constant fluctuation, making many of the cities which are born from these flows, of a strongly transient nature. These cities are defined more by what moves into, through, and out of them, rather than the rooted elements within their physical territory. With this, the architectural identity of many border cities seems to remain undefined. What then is the architecture of a transient border city? It is possible that this architecture is one that is directly related to the constant fluctuations that occur within a city, and one that is the result of the cultures of need, opportunism and informality that are strongly present in such volatile conditions.
*research chapter
Mexicali, Mexico is a defining example of a transient border city. It is 10 times larger than its U.S. counterpart, and it has become the number one drop off point for Deportees from the United States, reaching 100,000 deportees each year. It is a city that has an official population of around 700,000, but estimates speculate that the true population could be upwards of 1,000,000. This is a city that on any given day may have more than 30% of its population existing in a state of transience. This state of transience belongs to those being deported from the U.S., those trying to enter the U.S., those passing through Mexicali to another border town, those with no real roots in the city of Mexicali, or those in the process of accepting Mexicali as their home. These conditions of transience will endure and recede only in reaction to the international and social influencers from which they were born.
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THE NEW RIVER : MEXICALI scale: 1000’ = 1”
*drawing of Mexicali and the The New River pathway
Along with this strong transient population, Mexicali holds The New River within its territory. The New River, though having a history of varying extremes of environmental and social impacts, is a persistent and unstoppable, physical connection between Mexico and the U.S. Its once highly polluted waters flow north, through the city of Mexicali, and into the United States. Because of its polluted nature, the city of Mexicali contained the river within an enclosed culvert and covered it with a new city boulevard. With extreme improvement in water quality over the past 10 years, the river’s containment exists as an unnecessary infrastructure stunting the civic potential that the river holds.
CULVERT: MEXICALI scale: NTS
*river culvert analysis and unfolded potential diagram
Housing and support for the Migrant and Deportee population of Mexicali, in dialogue with a public park along uncovered portions of the New River, would be an architecture of transience for the city. Connecting the ephemeral, opportunistic, and informal qualities of migrant life with the lasting beneďŹ ts of a revealed waterway, would provide for both the fluctuating city population, and the potential for an expandable civic identity in regard to the city, the river, and its people. The site selected for this intervention lies at the point where The New River reaches its last lengths of containment and daylights as it crosses through an opening in the border fence and into U.S. territory. Directly next to the site is the Port of Entry into Mexicali, where over 40,000 people pass through every day, and where tens of thousands of deportees are dropped off each year. It is at this point where deportees would be presented with the opportunity to ďŹ nd shelter, and a degree of comfort, in a territory that has the small luxury of being positioned next to an uncovered waterway. It is also at this point where people of the surrounding neighborhoods of Mexicali would seize the opportunity to utilize the open spaces provided around the uncovered waterway for open markets, festivals, public gathering, and daily use as a public park.
*partial plans of transient moments accross site
As both the transient and permanent populations of Mexicali come to intersect at this point, the architectural language of the condition has the opportunity to expand both South, further into the city of Mexicali, and North, crossing the barriers that exist, into the U.S.
*site plan at U.S. - Mexico Border
The landscape of the territory is oriented in relation to the strong presence of both the Border Crossing Point and The New River.
*image showing speculative build-up of housing and infrastructural systems
Placed lightly in between these two forces are elevated base structures for which deportees have the opportunity to build up their own temporary or long term shelter. Layers of uniform material act as a starting point for creating private spaces, which can then be developed based upon the need and opportunism of the occupants.
*transient elements of deportee housing system at varying degrees of build-up
This ephemeral material is a green mesh of varying degrees of rigidity that, depending on its orientation, distorts and ďŹ ghts the strong presence, and horizon created by, the U.S. Border fence.
*formal study field **select formal study objects
Pathways, and the visual presence of the same ephemeral material used to build up the ďŹ eld of shelter, extend into the surrounding areas, creating linkages between the city, the river, the transient population, and the U.S. city of Calexico to the North.
Along the opened culvert, proďŹ les of the border fence as points of infrastructure, and areas of engagement with the waterway, are attached and embedded into the existing river culvert to present the opportunity for public activation.
*image showing extension of infrastructure system **sectional models showing variation potential of system
Santurce, San Juan is currently in a state of division. Zones within the city are qualified by years of default action and planning. Public transportation and tourist culture support the localization and “hard-line” district mentality. Pedestrian culture may be the missing variable, in order to blend these zones and create a more integrated city. “Rhizo,” to bring roots: Through the implementation of multiple scales and magnitudes of attractors, San Juan will be revitalized. The result will bring forth both cultural and ecological roots of the city. Spanning the nearly mile long site, “moments” currently found in :(ˈraɪzəʊ , fôr'ē-ə) strongly seperated districts, are “To bring roots.” Through the scattered, and then connected by a implementationtransitioning of multiple scalespathway. The pedestrian pathway works to encourage growth and magnitudes of attractors, San and integration of locals and tourist, Juans unutilizednature industrial district and commericalism, culture and industrialism, finally the land and will be revitalized. Theand result water.the cultural will bring forththeboth
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*views throughout project
Social Spot Talking Statue
Vietro di Emanuel
Church Museo di Roma
Palazzo Cancelleria END Social Center
Church Statue Piazza della Cancelleria
Campo di Fiore Teatro di Pompeo ruins in restaurant
START center of ancient Teatro di Pompeo
START END
INFLUX
*analysis of pathways and experiental performance for a section of rome **diagram of cyclical nature of performance and complimentary found geometry NOLLI PLAN SECTION 4
ROME, ITALY CRITIC: LAWRENCE ZEROTH COLLABORATOR: EMMA COLLEY This study, a precursor to the Tourist Vortex proposal, analyzes the 1748 map of Giambattista Nolli to determine strategies for altering the current Roman territory in a way that would enhance the already existing elements. The ideas of procession and pathway are used to identify moments of “performance and display” and “influx and dispersion” throughout the center of Rome. Whether concrete, expiriential, temporary, or permanent, these moments are in a continuous linking system enclosed within the interiors of the city. The area of primary focus is that of the intersection of social, cultural, political, and ancient displays.
INTERACTION CATALOG
DISPLAY
ANALYSIS: NODAL NOLLI
SYDNEY COCHRAN | EMMA COLLEY
INFLUX & GATHERING
INFLUX & GATHERING
FILTRATION AND DISPERSION
CAMPO DE’FIORI
Social Spot Talking Statue
Vietro di Emanuel
Church Museo di Roma
Palazzo Cancelleria END Social Center
Church Statue Piazza della Cancelleria
Campo di Fiore Teatro di Pompeo ruins in restaurant
VIA DI GROTTA PINTA
PIAZZA DELLA CANCELLERIA
START center of ancient Teatro di Pompeo
PIAZZA DI PASQUINO CORSO VITORIO EMANUELE II PIAZZA DI SAN PANTELEO
PIAZZA DEL BISCIONE
DISPLAY / PERFORMANCE -BEST SPOT TO PEOPLE WATCH -USEFUL AND USELESS ITEMS ON DISPLAY IN MARKET DISPLAY -STATUE OF GIORDANO BRUNO -CENTER OF ANCIENT FACING THE VATICAN TEATRO DI POMPEO -EXECUTION DISPLAYED -GEOMETRY STILL PRESENT IN THIS CENTER -MODERN THEATER IN PLACE -POLITICAL CENTER -DISPLAY OF HORSES USED IN PERFORMANCE DISPLAY IN THEATER -RUINS OF ANCIENT -FIELD OF FLOWERS TEATRO POMPEO EXIST IN BASEMENT OF RESTAURANT
DISPLAY / PERFORMANCE -DISPLAY OF ARCHITECTURE TYPOLOGY -MODERN PERFORMANCE VENUE -RELIGOUS DISPLAY IN BASILICA -MASS AS RELIGIOUS PERFORMANCE
DISPLAY -ORIGINAL TALKING PASQUINO -POLITICAL DISPLAY -FOOD AND WINE
DISPLAY / PERFORMANCE -PERFORMANCE OF THE AUTOMOBILE -DISPLAY OF POWER IN GRANDE AVENUE CUTTING THROUGH CITY -DISPLAY OF GOODS ABSENCE OF DISPLAY / PERFORMANCE -PARKED CARS -IGNORED MONUMENT -UNPLEASENT FOR PEDESTRIANS -UNUTILIZED PIAZZA
SECTIONAL COLLAGE CARS
NOLLI PLAN SECTION 4
SYDNEY COCHRAN | EMMA COLLEY NOLLI PLAN SECTION 4
*photographic collage showing social, cultural, political, and ancient displays **example of one of the hypothetical cityscape alterations
SYDNEY COCHRAN | EMMA COLLEY
From this analysis, studies then explored the ways in which the already present circumstances of social, cultural, political, and ancient displays could be enhanced through hypothetical alterations of the Roman cityscape. These hypothetical gestures focused on the elimination of the vehicle in many area, and the expansion of pedestrian walking, sitting, performing, and viewing spaces. These spaces use existing boundary elements already found in the cityscape to create nodes of cyclical and changing experiences.
TOURIST VORTEX ROME, ITALY CRITIC: LAWRENCE ZEROTH COLLABORATOR: EMMA COLLEY Through a focus on and analysis of major nodes surrounding the Capitoline Hill, at the center of Rome, a tourist vortex is developed that allows for a continuous flow of movement to and from each site of interest and through the surrounding city. The proposal revitalizes the area with pedestrian culture, which had been stunted by the facist era roadway running along the bottoom of the Capitoline Hill. A new museum, bus terminal, piazza, tourist hotel, and performance center act as nodes interacting with the new public spaces created.
*image of approach to site and the triad of extrances belonging to different times in Rome’s history
Views from within the newly integrated nodes frame objects and points of interest at other nodes throughout the surrounding site, overlapping the old and the new. *image from within new museum node, facing the Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele I
COLUMBIA BOATHOUSE NEW YORK CITY CRITIC: EZRA ARDOLINO COLLABORATOR: IDIL TONGUC To replace the existing inadequate Columbia University rowing team boat house, and to create interaction with the surrounding community, a new boat house is proposed that plays with the notion of “camoflauge.” This is a type of camoflauge that does not disguise the building into its surroundings, but rather has it interact with it in a new way. The strategy tries to create and attractor that fits seamlessly into its conext. Landscape, pathways, and the building envelope merge together, encouraging movement across the site and building itself.
*conceptual image of camoflauge technique
standing seam metal panels
opaque black glass
wood decking
transparent black glass
transparent panel
rails for decking
wood decking
opaque glass panel
solar thermal tubing (or PV panels)
AIR RETURNED under solid strip
HVAC metal stud
AIR PROVIDED
The strips of varying material that make up the camoflauged building envelope allow for light control on the interior, energy generation, and exterior walking and viewing space along the river. *diagram of materials and detailed section of building envelope
standing seam metal panels
wrap over panel
*day and night images showing how the building envelope strips reverse their effect
GRAND STREET DORMITORY NEW YORK CITY CRITIC: SAL TRANCHINA COLLABORATOR: AARON CHAU The idea of Home is established as a personal experience, unique to each individual. Though student housing is typically thought of as a temporary place away from ones home, the ability to establish control, ownership, and form an identity for a space, allows for the transformation of the dormitory from a temporary dwelling to a type of Home. This type of relationship to ones environment is guided by the layers of privacy willingly chosen by each individual. This freedom to connect between spaces of solitude, small groups, or larger communal areas provides the occupant with a level of social comfort.
*street view of dormitory
These dorm wide common spaces are at the heart of the dormitory community, providing the most potential for connection between residents .To reinforce the idea of the communal, and the potential for connection, a cut is made through the center of the building, displacing spaces from the solid rigid mass of the unit organization to create varying sizes of common spaces. These common spaces are connected through a ramp system, circulating up along the front of the building, where small pods of independent study space are scattered.
*interior views of private and communal spaces
Primary facade
Unit Facade
Primary facade
Unit Facade
EXTERIOR APPEARANCE
INTERIOR APPEARANCE
The proposal is at a balance with both order and the potential for spontaneous connections. The building’s facade reflects this balance with an exuberant exterior, and an interior that is both open and inviting as well as calm and comfortable.
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*facade diagrams FRONT FACADE
THANK YOU
SYDNEY COCHRAN sydneycochran33@gmail.com +1 443 350 2444 @yendysss