Teva Kaplan Portfolio
Acknowledgments:
01, 02: in collaboration with colleagues at Corgan
03 , 04, 06: in collaboration with colleagues at Concordia Architects
05: Ladakh Arts & Media Organization (LAMO) internship and support of individual research project
02 01 03 04 05 06
Student Success Center
Lamar State College - Orange, Texas
Orchestra Addition
Lamar Consolidated High School, Texas
The Columns
New Orleans, Louisiana
St. Joseph Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
Targeting Cultural Heritage
Leh, Ladakh (J&K), India
Cubberley GIS Mapping
Palo Alto, California
01 Student Success Center
Lamar State College - Orange, TX
Lamar State College - Orange wanted to create a “one-stop-shop” for all student related services in their recently aquired hundred year old church. Located at the entrance point to the campus, the Student Success Center would provide financial aid, counseling, course registration, and other student services in a beautiful and welcoming building. I created, developed and presented two massing schemes to the college for the renovation and new addition (provided on the following pages). I also headed all historic documentation and consultant coordination.
Existing Building Photo
Existing Interior Photo
Existing Exterior Photo
Existing Interior Photo
Campus Diagram (Site highlighted in Orange)
I explored two schematic design options for the addition to the historic church. Both exemplify the NPS standard of highlighting additions with their own distinct identity. Option 1 delved into the idea of the porch and the role in plays in community building. Through shared proportions, the historic front porch is mirrored by the contemporary back porch.
Option 1
Option 2 offered a very contemporary approach with an exploration of interacting volumes. The intention of this scheme was to touch the historic church as lightly as possible. The new addition inserted into the church as a bridge between the new and the old. In both schemes, accessibility and MEP required the delicate coordination with NPS.
Diagrammatic Axons
02 Orchestra Room Addition
Lamar Consolidated High School, TX
The 2020 Lamar Consolidated ISD bond included an orchestra room for Lamar Consolidated High School, the oldest high school in the district. The new addition provides the school with an orchestra space as well as practice rooms, instrument storage, and an office. I started this project at the Concept Design phase and have lead the team as Project Architect all the way through Construction Administration to the completed project pictured below.
New Construction Progress Photo Pilaster Photo
As Project Architect, I developed the construction drawings for the Orchestra Room. Moreover, I led the consultant coordination from design through construction. Complex details arose at the connection points between the historic buidling and the new addition. I both drew many of the details and saw them built in the field leading to high quality CA services. Details on these pages have been edited for legibility.
Scheduled bent plate. RE: Structural
Scheduled masonry veneer w/mtl ties @ 16” O.C. over 1-1/2” air space over 2” rigid insulation over fluid applied air barrier
flashing
Mortar net full width of cavity Mtl. thru-wall flashing
Scheduled steel brick lintel, paint underside to match brick color. RE: Structural
Flexible vapor retarder w/ compressible insultion
Expansion joint 2x wood nailer
Counterflashing
strip
Waterproofing HT membrane under new coping cap
Scheduled masonry veneer w/mtl ties @ 16” O.C. over 1-1/2”
RE: Structural Prefinished mtl. coping assemby. RE: Roof Plan Scheduled masonry veneer w/mtl ties @ 16: O. C. over 3/4” air space
as
per Finish Schedule.
SCHEDULE FLOOR FINISH RE: FINISH SCHEDULE
SCHEDULE WALL BASE RE: FINISH SCHEDULE CONC. SIDEWALK
2x10
Cont.
10” CMU, painted. RE: Finish Schedule
2” rigid insulation board over fluid applied air barrier
Scheduled masonry veneer w/mtl masonry ties @ 16” O. C. over 1” air space
2” rigid insulation board over fluid applied air barrier
Scheduled door. RE: Door Schedule
CMU, painted per Finish Schedule Steel column. RE: Structural Wenger instrumentbystorage Owner
Steel column w/storm drainage. RE: Structural, Roofing
CMU, painted per Finish Schedule
CMU, painted per Finish Schedule
Scheduled masonry veneer w/mtl masonry
2” rigid insulation board over fluid applied air barrier
Scheduled masonry veneer w/mtl masonry ties @ 16” O. C. over 1” air space
VENEER W/ MTL MASONRY TIES AT 16" O.C.
Flexible flashing Tegular mortar net full width of cavity
TEGULAR MORTAR NET FULL WIDTH OF CAVITY
ENVELOPE FLASHING CONT.
VERT @ EACH JAMB
Envelope flashing cont. vertically @ each jamb
ENVELOPE FLASHING CONT. VERT @ EACH JAMB
2x wood nailer
2X WOOD NAILER
STEEL ANGLE
2X WOOD NAILER
Steel angle. RE: Structural
Masonry weeps @ 24” O.C. typ.
STEEL ANGLE
Cont. thru-wall flashing
SCHEDULED MASONRY VENEER W/ MTL MASONRY TIES AT 16" O.C. OVER 1" AIR SPACE 2" RIGID INSULATION BOARD OVER FLUID APPLIED AIR BARRIER FLEXIBLE FLASHING CONT. THROUGH WALL FLASHING
Ceiling
10” CMU, painted. RE: Finish Schedule
10" CMU, PAINTED. RE: FINISH SCHEDULE
10” CMU bond beam, painted. RE: Finish Schedule
10" CMU BOND BEAM, PAINTED. RE: FINISH SCHEDULE
SEALANT & BACKER ROD EACH SIDE, TYP. 10" CMU BOND BEAM, PAINTED.
SEALANT & BACKER ROD EACH SIDE, TYP.
Sealant & backer rod each side, typ. Frame as scheduled. Grout frame solid Shim as required 1” bullnose
FRAME AS SCHEDULED. GROUT FRAME SOLID
FRAME AS SCHEDULED. GROUT FRAME SOLID SHIM AS REQ'D
SHIM AS REQ'D
finish as scheduled. RE: Finish Schedule Rubber base. RE: Finish Schedule Finish floor as scheduled. RE: Finish Conc. sidewalk. RE: Civil AP-1 Level 01 100’-0”
SCHEDULED MASONRY VENEER W/ MTL MASONRY TIES AT 16" O.C. OVER 1" AIR SPACE 2" RIGID INSULATION BOARD OVER FLUID APPLIED AIR BARRIER
SCHEDULED MASONRY VENEER W/ MTL MASONRY TIES AT 16" O.C. OVER 1" AIR SPACE
Scheduled masonry veneer w/mtl masonry ties @ 16” O. C. over 1” air space
FLEXIBLE FLASHING
FLEXIBLE FLASHING
MORTAR NET FULL WIDTH OF CAVITY
Flexible flashing Tegular mortar net full width of cavity
MASONRY WEEPS AT 24" O.C. TYP.
Masonry weeps at 24” O.C. typ.
CONT. THROUGH WALL FLASHING
MASONRY WEEPS AT 24" O.C. TYP. TEGULAR MORTAR NET FULL WIDTH OF CAVITY
CONT. THROUGH WALL FLASHING
STL. ANGLE, PTD. TO MATCH BRICK RE: STRUCTURAL PLAN
Steel angle, painted to match brick. RE: Structural
STEEL PLATE. RE: STRUCTURAL FRAME AS SCHEDULED, GROUT FRAME SOLID
STL. ANGLE, PTD. TO MATCH BRICK RE: STRUCTURAL PLAN
Steel angle. RE: Structural Frame as scheduled. Grout frame solid
STEEL PLATE. RE: STRUCTURAL FRAME AS SCHEDULED, GROUT FRAME SOLID
Aluminum walkway cover structure, delegated design by contractor. RE: Canopy Basis of Design
Pre-finished mtl fascia at all sides of canopy
Footing by installercanopy Cont. thru-wall flashing
Provide drain holes into structural system at each roof channel into perlin.
Light Fixture RE: MEPT
Provide a path to drain from perlin into column
Ornamental fence. RE: 01/A01-22
5”x8” clean out opening with closure plate
Footing. RE: Sturctural and Civil 1/4” per foot slope
10” CMU, painted. RE: Finish Schedule
10” CMU bond beam, painted. RE: Finish Schedule
Sealant & backer rod each side, typ. 1” bullnose
Modular brick pilaster. RE: Exterior Elevations and Wall Sections
ties @
space
Modular brick pilaster. RE: Exterior Elevations and Wall Sections
03 Columns
New Orleans, LA
The Columns Hotel is a long-beloved local destination on St. Charles Ave. and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as one of the last remaining Thomas Sully mansions. The first floor is a bar and restaurant open to the public. The second and third floors are hotel rooms. The project included all new interior finishes, reconfiguring the historic bar area, adding a coffee shop, and updating the hotel rooms. I completed and received approval for the historic tax credit application as well as providing all architectural drawings for the project.
Exist. wall to remain
New wd. blocking to stabilize existing wd. studs
Replace exist. wall finish as req. by new millwork design, coord. w/millwork
New under-counter ref., verify size is coordinated w/all dimensions shown prior to removal of wall
Exist. bar millwork to remain
Remove portion of exist. wall. Provide new wood lintel - (2) 2x12s and (2) jack studs w/ intermittent blocking infill to align w/edges of exist. wd. studs. provide additional framing at jamb to support new lintel.
Provide vertical steel plates at new custom fabricated doors. New doors to be assembled from salvaged exist. doors. Salvage existing wood
Remove exist. millwork base trim. Trim to be reattached to new door. Intent is to preserve historic character but to allow for the new equip. to be installed and accessed.
Remove exist. millwork platform
Quarry tile cove base - sawcut to align with plywood recess below
1x4 wd. sleepers @ 16 o.c.
pc: Teva Kaplan
04 St. Joseph Hotel
New Orleans, LA
The St. Joseph Hotel is an adaptive reuse project set in the remains of a dilapidated
S. Peters St. (side)
TchoupitoulasSt.
St. Joseph St.
332 St. Joseph St.
298 St. Joseph St. (N.I.C.)
N. Diamond St.
Photo Elevation
N. Diamond St. Joseph St.
N. Diamond St Rendered Section
Exist. multi-wythe masonry
L5x5x3/8 curved where req. or (2) pl. 5x3/8 curved, welded
Sealant and backer
Sealant and backer
Impact rated storefront w/ 1-5/16” impact rated, insulated units, curved where req.
Prefinished sheet metal sill trim flashing. Tuck into storefront frame, provide sealant as indicated
Cont. prefinished metal sillpan. Slope 1/8”:1’-0”, turn up at jambs to form end dam
L5x5x3/8, galv’d. painted
1/2” dia. threaded rod - ref. structural. min. 5” embed. cont. cleat
Sealant and backer
Exist. multi-wythe masonry
Historic Window Detail
332 st. joseph street
1/8”:1’-0” min. slope
The St. Joseph St. facade layers contemporary materials over historic materials with sensitive offsets and clear distinction of identity. In contrast, the N. Diamond facade explores modernity with sun shading and smooth textures.
St. Joseph St. Rendered Section
Angled Windows
Window Layers
Since antiquity, erasure has been used by conquering civilizations to instill fear in the local population and redefine the identity of a place. My masters thesis explores an allegorical way to preserve a place prior to destruction. I imagined a replica city built above the original city. People move vertically between the spaces of daily life into the spaces of collective memory and ritual. By preventing the erasure of cultural heritage while maintaining the intrinsic connection between a place and its people, we preserve authenticity.
Scan for accompanying fictional narrative
Written by Teva Kaplan, read by Larry Kaplan
Palace
Kharyok
Main
Bazaar
Lobding
Maneykhang
Stagophilog
Stalam
Mosque
Site Model
Above City Renderings
Below House Model
Above House Model
Palo Alto’s community available at other largest contiguous school
Cubberley serves as a vital component of Palo Alto’s community providing services to complement those available at other educational asset, as the third largest contiguous school and Gunn High Schools.
All of these plans and reports provide useful information and perspectives that are relevant to the development of Cubberley. Some of these include direct and specific recommendations for Cubberley; the CCAC Report’s recommendations undergird the overall intent of the Cubberley Co-Design Concept Plan. Other plans here provide more general goals that the Cubberley plan can help address.
Citywide plans for the following City and Report
Palo Alto’s community available at other largest contiguous school
to consider is the context of Citywide plans for the whole. Concordia has reviewed the following City and documents:
I created the Cubberley GIS mapping component within the larger project, which centered around designing a shared community center owned jointly by the City of Palo Alto and the United Palo Alto School District. The GIS maps were used for community engagement activities, the Cubberley Master plan, and internally for understanding the context, desires, needs, and gaps in the community.
This plan aligns itself with as many possible recommendations and goals set forth serves as a vital component of Palo Alto’s community providing services to complement those available at other educational asset, as the third largest contiguous school and Gunn High Schools.
All of these plans and reports provide useful information and perspectives that are relevant to the development of Cubberley. Some of these include direct and specific recommendations for Cubberley; the CCAC Report’s recommendations undergird the overall intent of the Cubberley Co-Design Concept Plan. Other plans here provide more general goals that the Cubberley plan can help address.
to consider is the context of Citywide plans for the whole. Concordia has reviewed the following City and documents:
This plan aligns itself with as many possible recommendations and goals set forth
Community Advisory Committee (CCAC) Report
Alto 2030 Comprehensive Plan
Recommendations for Greendell/Cubberley
Greendell/Cubberley and Recreation
Citywide plans for the following City and (CCAC) Report
Educational
Sustainability Implementation Plan and Pedestrian Transportation Plan
Greendell/Cubberley
Concept Plan Parks, Trails, Natural Open Space and Recreation
Elementary School
Middle School
and perspectives that include direct and recommendations
Plan and Recreation
High School
Urban Forestry Concept Plan
Greendell / Adult School
Concept Plan. Other plan can help address.
Libraries
recommendations and goals set forth
Education Zones Key
reports provide useful information and perspectives that development of Cubberley. Some of these include direct and for Cubberley; the CCAC Report’s recommendations intent of the Cubberley Co-Design Concept Plan. Other general goals that the Cubberley plan can help address. as many possible recommendations and goals set forth
and perspectives that include direct and recommendations
Organizational
Government Buildings
reports provide useful information and perspectives that development of Cubberley. Some of these include direct and for Cubberley; the CCAC Report’s recommendations of the Cubberley Co-Design Concept Plan. Other general goals that the Cubberley plan can help address. as many possible recommendations and goals set forth
Concept Plan. Other plan can help address. recommendations and goals set forth
Fire Stations
Asset Map
Economic
Top Employers
Social
Commercial Zones
Map
Wellbeing
Hospital / Clinic
Cultural School
Senior Services / Other
Grocery Stores
Cultural
Arts, Theatres, Museums
Physical
Public Parks
Gardens
Bike Paths
Bus Routes
100-Year Flood Plain
Bike Lane (Class I & II)
Bike Lane (Class I & II)
Bike Boulevards & Shared Roads (Class III)
Bike Boulevard & Shared Roads (Class III)
Walk & Roll to School Suggested Walking
Bike Lane (Class I & II)
Walk and Roll to School Suggested Walking/Biking Routes
Walk & Roll to School Suggested Walking
Bike Boulevards & Shared Roads (Class III)
Bus routes - Rte. 32, 35,104
Free Crosstown Shuttle (M-F)
Bus Routes- Rte. 32, 35, 104 Caltrain Line Free Crosstown
Walk and Roll to School Suggested Walking/Biking Routes
(M - F)
Caltrain Line
Walk and Roll to School Suggested
Bus Routes- Rte. 32, 35, 104
Free Crosstown Shuttle (M - F)
Caltrain Line
School TO ROUTES
Ramos Park
Charleston Center
Piazza’s Fine Foods School United
Cubberley Community Center
Kehillah Jewish High School
Palomo Archery
Oshman Family JCC
Sue Mann Violin
Sequoia Academy
Studio Kicks
Greendell School
PAUSD Adult School
Genius Kids
Athena Academy
Crossroads Speciality Foods
Mike’s Bikes
Peninsula Youth Theater
Youth Community Service
SchoolSCHOOL
MclaneStreet