Architecture|Design Portfolio 2014
SYLVESTER AGYEI New Jersey Institute of Technology College of Architecture and Design Bachelor's In Architecture Graduated May 2014
Portfolio Directoryy 1 Archaeological Center | Museum
Évora, Portugal
2 Public Relink | Hackensack Transit oriented Development
Hackensack, NJ
33 The City Century Center | Multi-Service Community Center
Hackensack, NJ
4 Iron-Bound Branch | The Spiral Library
Newark, NJ
5 Thinking-Gazing-Writing | A Writers Studio 6 Urban Farmhouse Market |
Paterson , New Jersey
7 The Nexus | New York High Line
1 Archaeological Museum / Évora, Portugal This Archaeological Museum act as an extension from the old city to the new given site. The form or shape is derived from carrying two main lines from the old city that intersect to form axes on the given site. Circulation in the park is organized through a network of paths that occupies most of the site. Starting from the main entrance of the park (South), a visitor encounters two possible routes, each with its own distinct qualities and characteristics. The first route connects the shortest possible entries to the book store, and the cafe areas which eventually lead to the open roof top terrace that overlooks towards the open public plaza below. This route is an inseparable part of an educational visit to the museum as one navigates his or her way through the site.
CONCEPT MODEL STUDIES
SCH HEMATTIC PROGRA RAM SKETCHESS SCHEMATIC PROGRAM
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ROOF PLAN
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EXTENDED EXTE END NDED RAMP P TOWARDS TOWA WARDS THE MUSEUM MU USE SEU EUM
CAFE SPACE
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Gift Shop Entry Toilets Storage Cafe Roof Top Terrace Courtyard Ramp/Entry Reception Main Lobby/Waiting Temporary Exhibition Galleries Service Electrical/Mechanical Public Plaza/Play Ground/Green Space Public Outdoor Court Yard
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Reference library, archive and digital resource center Workshop, Storage
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Service/Loading/Unloading
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Lecture Hall
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Entry Curators and Researchers
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Administrative offices Mechanical Storage Commercial Spaces Water Playground
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RELINK Hackensack Transit Oriented Development 2 PUBLIC Master Plan -Hackensack, NJ Group Members Sylvester Agyei, Tyler Tourville, Nick Vicinio)
By taking advantage of existing infrastructure and urban voids, a new civic center is created for the people of Hackensack. The bus terminal is coupled with a proposed light rail extension to provide a multi-modal transit hub that will connect Passaic, Bergen, and Hudson Counties. Adjacent to the new terminal is a large public square surrounded by dense, mixed-use devel- opment and important public amenities like City Hall, the Fire Station, a new museum and a new elementary school. The scheme is further reinforced by a proposed pedestrian link to the waterfront which aims to ground the plan and give it cultural significance.
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recreational complex
Parks Schools
downtown retail
office complex
Jobs
Access to Regional Infrastructure
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GROUP WORK
NJT Phase
Husdon-Bergen Light Rail Northern Branch Corridor Project proposed link Passaic-Bergen Light Rail Project
Scale : 1:950 ft
Hospitals
Regional Connectivity
NJT Rail Line
Hackensack Rehabilitation Plan (2012)
Tempe Arizona Transportation Center
Haluchère Mobility Hub, Nantes, France
Office
Pioneer Courthousee Square, Portland, Or Teachers Village, Newark, NJ
Removed Site Buildings
Community Org.
office - 90,092
- 90,092
Retail
office
Service
residential residential - 48,393
- 48,393
retail/other
- 42,600
- 42,600
retail/other
light industrial - 36,814
Grocery
industrial food relatedlight- 12,050
Restaurant
cultural
Public/Government
- 36,814
7,950 food- related
- 12,050
cultural
- 7,950
Residential
Existing Program 1”=250’
Demolished Program 1”=250’
Office Retail Museum Transit Center Restaurant Parking Residential School
162 Maywood115/day 770 Paterson 35/Day
753 Bergen Town Center 12/day
Office Retail Museum Transit Center
751/755 Paramus 23/day 752 Ridgefield 19/day
Nolli Map 1”=250’
Restaurant Parking Residential
772 East Rutherford(Stadium)
26,127 74,374
School
Neighborhood Program parking spaces retail spaces (sq/ft)
Existing routes
762 Paramus/New Milford 14/day
144 NY (PABT) 15/day 162 NY (PABT)115/day
1-20 21-50 50-85 86-110 111-140 141-180 181+
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772 Paramus(B.C.C.) 780 Englewood 34/day 755 Edgewater 23/day
297,703
322
585
140,043 577,792 149,114
1 bedroom (850 sq/ft) 2 bedroom (1,200 sq/ft)
297,703
74,374
total Introduced 1,286,402 sq/ft total removed 201,085 sq/ft __________________________________
Scale : 1:2500 ft 83 Jersey City 46/day 751 Cliffside Park/Edgewater
26,127
office spaces (sq/ft)
elementary school (sq/ft)
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Bus Routes
91/165 Westwood/Oradell
140,043
supermarket (sq/ft) housing units
Buses/Day
21,249
675
subtotal Sections: 1/32”=1’
1,085,317 sq/ft
The primary key reflection towards this concept development is the extension of the green zone,and bike paths along the old train tracks to the art center. The new proposed plaza extends towards the cultural center and the main entry plaza contains water features that attract people arriving from the Transit center. The north facing rear plaza is more informal and park-like and is designed so that it can accommodate a wide variety of outdoor performances in addition to providing wide scenic views of the park and surrounding landscape.
ROOF PLAN 1” = 125’
TERMINAL LOOKING WEST
PLAZA LOOKING EAST
Green Link and City Center 1”=250’
Bergen Museum of Art and Science
Welcome to Hackensack Bus-Train Connection
Sections: 1/32”=1’
The City Century Center | Multi-Service Community Center 3 Hackensack, NJ
This Center is an educational facility as well as a public resource that is available for school and public tours throughout the year. It becomes an iconic and a destination point at the civic center for visitors arriving from the hub. The center is composed of a small performance space with 160 seats, lounge, a cafe and a restaurant. In addition there are other necessary spaces such as rehearsal rooms and administration offices, as well as other programs like art galleries and a small library in the back. The goal of this art Center at is to preserve and educate visitors about Hackensack history and heritage; to restore the city art and science galleries which are currently stored online and provides a wonderful place for relaxation and entertainment for all the communities around Hackensack. The performance art center in Hackensack allows one to recognize signals that drive the creation of society through architecture; a place to entertain and interact with people, while learning from the cultural and historic life of the local people and the city.
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ENTRY LOBBY CAFE SEATING DISPLAY AREA MECHANICAL BATHROOMS STORAGE
FIRST FLOOR
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There are forces from four main corners to the site as people move directly to the hotel and those who are passing by the restaurant spaces. These forces converge at a point to create this organic shape that rises up to the high-line forming a stair mountain
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MECHANICAL BATHROOMS STORAGE COURTYARD HALL SEATING PERFORMING STAGE LOUNGE VESTIBULE CONTROL ROOM CHANGING ROOM PRACTICE ROOM
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MAIN CIRCULATION
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SECTION AA 3/32’’=1’-0
STRUCTURE
ROOF 51’-4’’
PRODEMA WOOD PANELS
3’-7’’
14’-0’’
STEEL BEAM
CONCRETE SLAB
28’-0’’
20’-0’’
From the grade level to the top platform is inseparable run-up of the entire spatial experience, starting with a performance hall, visitors will go through an open lobby on the first floor and instantly foresee the inner space carrying out the architectural volume of the performance hall floating above. With the main distinct circulation stair in the center of the space, eventually one arrives at the top level of the small performance hall giving a view toward the plaza in the distance towards the bus hub.
SECTION BB 3/32’’=1’-0
GEO-TEXTILE DRY BASE MEMBRANE RIGID INSULATION WOODEN FLOOR
Iron-Bound Branch | The Spiral Library 4 Newark, New Jersey The Spiral Library explores space as a ‘helix’, revolving vertically around a core atrium as it spirals upwards into its upper floors. The main reading spaces and community center are allocated along the path of rotation; delivering a continuous database of knowledge as occupants ascends through its levels.
Streets Converging
Spiral developing concepts
Interconnecting streets
Spiral revolving around a core atrium
Spiral
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SERVICE ENTRY
TOILET SPACE STAFF WORK ROOM
LIBERIAN OFFICE
TOILET SPACE
TOILET SPACE
CHILDREN SPACE
TOILET SPACE
COMMUNITY MEETING ROOM
STACKS
GROUP STUDY SPACE COMMUNITY SPACE/GALLERY
COMPUTER WORK STATION
STACKS
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LOUNGE
LOBBY TERRACE
ADULT READING SPACE
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EAST ELEVATION - ADAMS STREET
NORTH ELEVATION - WALNUT STREET
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Flanged steel sheet Batt insulation Duripanel board
Insulation
Gravel Waterproofing Membrane
Aluminum panel
15’-0”
Concrete floor Girder
Spider Joint
Double Skin glazed
15’-0”
Metal decking
Header
Aluminum louvers
12’-0”
Curtain wall anchor spandrel panel Bolt & anchor rod
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Weep-hole
SECTION BB
SECTION AA
5 Thinking-Gazing-Writing - A Writers Studio
The design idea is to create a distinctive studio space for a writer in a cornfield relating to how he “thinks, gazes, and writes�. The site is a void filled with preexisting corrugated metal containers in a middle of a cornfield. The basic program is set into three different viewpoints in terms how the artist uses the spaces. (Thinking-Gazing-Writing) The Circulation of this studio space is a gradual dramatic journey for his writing. The Artist “thinking befalls under an open aluminum roof during daytime; gazing occurs through corrugated metal containers with lights that glows at night. Lastly, writing occurs on translucent glass floor at dawn to prevent him from obstructions until he completes his book.
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Aluminum Roof with opening for Ventilation and sun gain
Gazing Thinking
Sun Control Panels with glass fins Single glazed Glass wall
Floor Slab Laminated tempered Glass Structural Support Steel Frame Grid Support Corrugated Metal containers on site
Extruded Aluminum Panels
Support Structure Laminated tempered glass (Thickness of 1-1/4�)
Side Wall Glass Shoe Steel Bridging Beam
Mild Steel support frame
Glass Floor
Aluminum Spring Flashing Structural Column
Custom Stainless Steel Base Connection
Writing
Farmhouse Market 6 Urban Paterson , New Jersey
The Urban Farmers market provides to the people of Paterson with fresh vegetables, meat and fresh fr uits through hout the year. It also adds to th he city’s growing enter tainment activity which includes a space for per forming ar ts and eatin ng sp pace to attract people to the market. The idea behind this Market comes from the overlapping of the city’s road, Passaic river and the surrounding areeas closer to the site. Thesee elements overlaps to form one unit which is thee market space on the ground level, per forming space and cafe on the second level. The courr tyard acts as an extension of ou utdoor terrace frrom the second floor, elevating the public intteraction with both the markett an nd the event space. The bridge is wh hat connects th he streeet, the peop ple and the market togetheer as one un nitt .
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POINT OF INTERACTION
Nodes
Passaic River City circulation Rail tracks
PEDESTRIAN PATH
SOLID/VOID
Highway/Main Road Density of people
MOVEMENT
Market site
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Nexus Project - High Line The concept is developed through precise circulation of the routs, movement of people 7 The New York, NY and key elements from the high line. The intent of this Nexus is to create a transition between the urban space and the high-line, and also a space that will serve as a memorable land-mark icon for the people who have passion for nature
There are forces from four main corners to the site as people move directly to the hotel and those who are passing by the restaurant spaces.
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