Angela Shyaka Portfolio 2019

ANGELA SHYAKA Selected works 2014-2019

CONTENTS 6

ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN 8 18 26 36

1 DRURY TINY HOME 2 RE-CENTER 3 REVIVING AVDI SQUARE 4 CHICAGO SCHOOL FOR SCHULPTURE

42 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 44

5 CHRISTNER INC

48 SKILLSET 50 60

6 EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS 7 HAND DRAWING

ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

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DRURY TINY HOME

FALL 2018 design build exploration

DRURY TINY HOME Springfield, MO USA Spring 2018

The Drury Tiny Home is a design-built project that I was involved with along with 13 other students: Kalyn Ahrens, Rebecca Beasley, Brandon Biskup, Jon Gruett, Katie Kliethermes, Meagan Ley, Jacob McLain, Ann Prometheus, Nick Schurk, Himanshe Tomar, Hannah Tongay, Andrew Wall, Nick Widmer.

The one-bedroom tiny house was designed and built as the final addition to the Gathering Tree’s initiative, Eden Village: a community addressing the needs of the chronically houseless. Our design is meant to serve as a beacon for the community, orienting residents around the village while guiding the residents to the storm shelter located behind it if need be.

The 400sqft house is RV certified, tornado resistant, sustainable, and utilizes principles of visu-centric design to offer pragmatic universal design solutions. The resistance and sustainability of the house was looked at holistically and long term. Thus, the construction materials and costs were considered and chosen to match our goals. The frames and glass for the doors and windows are hurricane and tornado rated to prevent from serious injury during impact. The double-stud wood framing reinforced the walls around the perimeter of the house. Last but not least, the distance between nails across the sheathing was significantly reduced to strengthen the stability of the building frame.

During the design and construction phases, I was involved in a variety of activities including co-supervising the completion of the construction documents, contacting, selecting, negotiating and painting interior doors, designing and making the closet barn door, as well as making the logo for the house.

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Logo design for an alternative name for the house. SIGN is an acronym for Sustain, Integrate, Gather and Nest, which were our design goals. The two lines hugging the letters represent a shelter over one’s head as well as a nest, which is what we wanted this house to do for the future residents. SIGN is also a nod to the home’s first resident, who is deaf and who communicates through sign language. Acronym and logo developed with Jacob McLain during a team brain storming session.

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Front render by group member

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Front render of the house by group member

The bedroom offers two environments that meet the client’s needs and wishes: on one hand, it allows the resident a comprehensive visual access throughout his home while simultaneously offering the opportunity for absolute privacy via a sliding door. The living space is expanded and enhanced by giving the resident a reading nook which doubles as an additional seat in the living room and a dining seat. Another need for a house of this size is ample storage. We achieved this by designing a full-height bookshelf wall. This built-in provides a visual flow around the space making for a dynamic element in the house.

Top view of interior space, by group member.

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During framing

Cleaning roof spray foam insulation

Tiny house on site in the village . Typical houses seen beside it. White storm shelter seen in the background.

Front view of the bookshelf. The built-in bookshelf was a design project by three group members

Our resident loves playing chess. This chess table made together with the bookshelf, doubles as a dining table as well.

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In an effort to make the first resident of the tiny home further feel at home, I decided to personalize his closet door to reflect his love of art by disguising his favorite art piece - Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’- in plain sight. The door is an abstracted section of the painting, with three depths, which relate to the three main shades of blue. The abstraction, light and natural material and soft edges that double as handles makes for a universal door that could fit any present or future residents.

Fabrication process: 1. selecting part of painting and creating a gradient for all the different levels desired 2. Model in Revit 3. CNC 4. Apply lacquer

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Closet section, author

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Before reaching the final design, our group developed three conceptual designs for the house. My group’s design strategy focused on a visuocentric approach to optimize the living space. The idea revolved around a visuo-centric design and an ADA bathroom. Our design began with the bathroom as the latter requires specific dimensions. The back wall served as a connecting utilitarian and accent wall between all the spaces, shifting from kitchen cabinets, to storage space to closet and reading nook furniture.

1:1 scale tape-plan made to best assess the dimensional restrictions, especially with the wall thickness requirements in a tornado-resistant construction, and a focus on designing around an ADA bathroom.. This allowed for key insights with regards to spatial organization.

Aerial perspective of Health center and portion of square

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Longitudinal section through the home, facing utility wall.

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KITCHEN BATHROOM

STORAGE BEDROOM Program distribution. The bathroom mediates between public and private spaces while residing in a middle-ground - accessible both to guests and the resident without interfering with the privacy of the bedroom.

Visual access, clear circulation between spaces.

Visu-centric design promotes visual control throughout the tiny home

Utility wall. Top to bottom: kitchen, storage space, wardrobe and reading nook.

Fenestration and access to daylight

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RE-CENTER

SPRING 2018 comprehensive design

RE- CENTER West Meadows Springfield, MO Spring 2018 Could a livestock show be reimagined to facilitate awareness of ethical implications of the business, and facilitate a dialogue promoting a more ethical development of the growing market? That is the challenge this proposal attempted to tackle.

This project revolved around re-imagining the livestock show as a space where man, animal and nature reconnect and thrive. This was done by rethinking the circulation so as to provide a dignified journey for all users: animals, visitors, workers. The spatial organization focused around a public plaza, rather than around the arena, to create a journey for around a green space. More importantly, this was a way to

Figure ground for density analysis

remind all of the hierarchy between Man and Nature.

Visitors enters the complex, the restaurant is both the first, and last place one interacts with, at the lowest level, and overlooking the Jordan Valley Creek greenery. One is invited to follow a colonnade, or wander up onto the plaza to read the educational museum that explores the history of livestock shows, ethical issues as well as opportunities for a more symbiotic continuation. The museum overlooks a plaza, which is a central focal point throughout the complex. Finally, the arena faces north, connected to the pens, but the usually dark waiting and circulation area is here opened to the plaza.

The terraced approach emphasizes the reflective nature of the journey and subconsciously embarks one on a process of

Accessibility | roadmap

transformation, and peace.

The enclosure aims at rethinking the stockshow by creating a comprehensively dignified facade, which dissipates into panelized shading across the center’s colonnade facing the plaza, creating light and shadow performances.

Regional analysis

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Site plan and circulation

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Facing the restaurant, the rest of the complex lies behind, dormant until it reveals itself along the path. Between dense leaves in the summer months, glimpses appear, begging to be discovered. The tall colonnades which increase to meet the height of the roof, which guides visitors throughout their visit - from a more ergonomic at the restaurant, to an overwhelming one across the museum.

Northern elevation. Retaurant eye-level

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Typical Exterior Section.

Western elevation

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PERFORATED STEEL PANELS 1/2” thick Color: White Supported by a frame system attached to the sheathing of the building envelope or glazing grid (i.e. arena) by metal tubes.

2 systems: Outwards facing facades: continuous and dynamic Facades facing Museum park: rigid and fragmented

METAL ROOF

No additional feature to optimize potential future redevelopments (green roof/terrace/additional floor, etc.)

Slanted roofs for sunlight and hierarchy (museum, arena, restaurant, livestock storage vs. connector)

GLAZED CURTAIN WALL Glazing is focused on the central core: the museum plaza.

Optimizes year-round access to sunlight although varying ranges.

Enormous glazed surfaces counter-balanced with the perforated metal screen.

ENCLOSURE SYSTEM

The enclosure system of the building comprises of: bearing 12’ walls Thick 2’2” non bearing walls with in-wall ducting system 6” interior partitions

HVAC COMPONENTS 2 Boiler plants support the entire center to allows for a more independent control within different building functions.

Museum and restaurant: Boiler plant of 2 @75% D.X. Compressor (behind the perforated screens on the first Level (Museum) Arena, Node, and Livestock Market: Boiler plant of 2 @ 75% Water Recipient compressor Cooling Tower Condenser

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM The rectilinear building organization allows for a repetitive beam-girder system in most cases. With bigger volumes and spans, trusses were the second option.

All columns are HSS (Hollow Structural Section). Every columns outside is encased in a 2” concrete cast.

VERTICAL CIRCULATION In an attempt to make the re-Center ADA accessible without sacrificing the initial concept, ramps were introduced in the park as well as elevators for both the Museum and the Arena.

FLOOR SYSTEM The complex is designed on 3 separate terraced floor levels (from 0’ to 10’). This allows for conscious space explorations, as well as an exciting sequence.

Parking occurs on the lowest platform, closest to the southern street.

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REVIVING AVDI SQUARE

SPRING 2017 urban context

REVIVING AVDI SQUARE Metaxourgeio Athens Greece Spring 2017

A health center adjacent to a square was the project scope.

A better understanding for urban context was the goal of this revitalization project of a public square in a degrading neighborhood of Metaxourgeio (Athens, Greece). The solution was a landscape approach that would act as a catalyst for neighborhood development. The design revolved around:

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Identity through arts integration in the square Interaction enhancement and encouragement through the connection between square’s elements

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Well-being increased through shading, open areas, and multiple eyes on the square from multiple vanishing points

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Neighbourhood revitalization through healing the square

Northen view into Square

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Square site plan

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THE SQUARE The urban fabric as well as the local circulation influenced the decision to mimic their behaviors in the designed solution.

The southernmost side is open to a public commercial street, while the northern entry is a semi-public access that stems from an alleyway through a path in between two buildings.

This is also true of the urban utilization of the square, which stemmed from the southern corner. Throughout alleyways connecting with the square, local art will thrive, creating a sense of ownership that would encourage locals taking care of the square in the future as well. Finally, ad Avdi square is divided by Leonidou street, the axial organization of various elements on the square and their repetition serves to visually and spatially unite the two parts.

North South section through square

Primary circulation

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Secondary circulation and access

Vegetation density transitions

Tree span and density,

Decorative shades

Private to public

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Square design elements (from left to right): primary circulation, secondary circulation and access, vegetation density transitions, tree span and density, decorative shades,

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HEALTH CENTER The Health Center designed adjacent to the square compliments the latter without overshadowing it. The Library and Learning Center and the Public Patio aim to support youth development and giving them another perspective of the square, respectively - seldom experienced leisurely from above.Furthermore, a library, youth center and a multipurpose room were addedd programs which aim at giving a place for the youth to spend their free time in hopes of decreasing tendencies of delinquency. The multipurpose room can double as classroom, or be used by the community for various meetings and events.

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Public roof patio

Doctor’s offices

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Reception Multi-purpose rooom

Pharmacy

Library and youth learning center

Section through Health Center

Aerial perspective of Health center and portion of square

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SCHOOL FOR SCULPTURE

FALL 2016 design exploration and synthesis

SCHOOL FOR SCULPTURE Lake Shore Drive Park Chicago, Illinois Fall 2016

A design for an art school and lofts whose enclosure works with the contextual climate, and deviates prevailing winds.

Chicago developed as a city in a layered fashion, both vertically and horizontally, in terms of roads, railroad tracks, building layers, and other components. This idea guided the solution for a school for sculpture on the Lake Shore Drive Park site.

The school’s program (2 art classrooms, 2 artist’s lofts and exhibition spaces) allowed fluidity and exploration of the enclosure and structure. The form of the enclosure and building was informed by wind studied which showed curvilinear forms as an optimized wind reflector shape.

Final model

Floorplans

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Section perspective

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WIND STUDIES. Essential to the optimal intervention on the site was an understanding of the wind behavior. Using Autodesk Flow, I was able to shape the curves of my enclosure and reorient my building in such a way as to allow to winds to smoothly blow over, through and around the building.

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SKETCHING and FABRICATION. Throughout the design process, sketching and physical fabrication were used simultaneously to improve with the spatial and experiential understandings as well as solve technical problems.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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CHRISTNER INC

SUMMER 2018 professional experience

CHRISTNER INC Christner Inc St Louis, MO | USA Summer 2018

Over the course of the three month-long internship, my commitments were divided between professional work and research. I was mainly involved in:

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Columbia Orthopaedic Group Clinic Expansion. The firm had done the original building several years prior, and I joined the team towards the beginning of the Schematic Design phase. The expansion focused on adding overnight guest suites for surgery patients, as well as additional clinic and surgery-related rooms. My role was the design of the guest rooms themselves, as

Blessing Hospital Moorman Pavilion, Christner Inc

well as provide additional support where needed to the team (i.e. key room sheets preparations, rendering for client meetings). I focused on promoting the optimal

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patient’s experience while satisfying client needs.

I conducted research regarding noise levels in infusion areas through post-occupancy evaluations, noise level measurements and shareholder interviews at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, IL. A comparison of several factors that affected the design with other infusion areas designed by the firm was performed to gather further information regarding the design effectiveness at Blessing. The research, which was presented both to the office as well as the hospital management, culminated in a set of criteria for future application to improve infusion area design

Infusion Area Plan

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Professional work

Moorman Pavilion Infusion Area, Christner Inc

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Guest room render

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7/24/18

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EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS

FALL 2017 design theory and history elective

EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS ‘Meaning and Form’ Barcelona, Spain Fall 2017

This elective project revolved around the analysis of several aspects of Barcelona and Catalonia: urban plan, art, food, philosophy as well as literature. Poetic visual analyses resulting from self-imposed frameworks of exploration were achieved.

This was one of the most educational and simultaneously freeing experiences.

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The exclusive use of watercolors, Emotionally immersive analysis of the subject and its principles, and finally The visual interpretive composition is expressed through abstraction

Technique experiemenntation

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URBAN PLAN A unique vibrant organization allowing for a mutually inclusive chaos and order.

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PHILOSOPHY | SIGMUND FREUD Our awareness of, perception of, and understanding of our subconscious and mind is relative; there is an infinity waiting to be revealed

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ART: CROWN FOUNTAIN | JAUME PLENSA Capturing a pulse to explore the transcendence of time that is evoques in the sculpture.

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FOOD: FRIED EGGPLANT The blurry delicious area between tasty and healthy.

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LITERATURE: THE SHADOW OF THE WIND | C. R. ZAFRON Ultimately, it all boils down to...

“Books are mirrors. You only see in them what you already have inside you”

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“Probably because a stranger sees us the way we are, not as he wishes to think we are”

“Books are mirrors. You only see in them what you already have inside you”

Composite synthesis of previous analyses.

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HAND-DRAWING 2017-2019 study abroad collection

SKETCHING Study Abroad Greece, Cyprus Spring 2017

Sketching has always been an interest to me, I believe it to be a tool that can be used to explore and visually depict the exterior world in which we live, but also our perception of it; the latter emerging as continuous decisions made throughout the sketching process. During my study abroad, I was particularly attracted to observing and exploring the landscapes and the elements that make it as I was experiencing the culture that thrived within it. Exploration of various media allow for other details and understandings to emerge.

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Cyprus, 2017

Makrinitsa, Greece, 2017

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Meteora, 2017

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Athens, 2017

Nicosia, Cyprus, 2017

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