Vincent Sontani: Architecture & Design Portfolio 2013

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“you must put into your work first love, second effort and third suffering� Glenn Murcutt


Resume.......................................................................................................................3 Seattle Mediatheque.............................................................................5 Discovery Park Skylab.........................................................................13 Japanese Paper Mill...............................................................................19 Centro Culturale A Testaccio..................................................27 Dwell, Educate, Blend.........................................................................30

The Light Experience.........................................................................31 Italy Through Pen & Watercolor......................................33 Seattle Film Photography.........................................................35 Digital Fabrication.....................................................................................37 The Garuda Sculpture......................................................................39 Forward Console Table.................................................................40


Exterior Back View with the “lanterns” intersecting the steps


SEATTLE MEDIATHEQUE | WIN 2013 | ARCH402 | PROF. KEN TADASHI OSHIMA | Its the 50th anniversary of the 1963 World’s Fair in the Seattle Center. Its been a while now since the excitement created by the future development in the fair has gone. We are asked to create a mediatheque that can do its function as well as bringing the excitement back to the site. Relating to the surounding existing building which is the SIFF and Vera project, this mediatheque will be used to support both programs so people can study about film and media here. seattle center seattle, wa five weeks hand + digital

Existing buildings and main circulations

Modifying dimensions and taking portions from existing landscape

Abstracting the landscape and angle the structure to project to the international fountain

Adding “lanterns” to the building and landscape to bring back the excitement to the area


STRUCTURE DIAGRAM In this mediatheque, the lanterns not only act as a lightbox or meeting space, they are also structural. Dividing the structure into 9 segments and the activities are divided around the lanterns. The spaces have varying height because of the sloping roof and therefore different activities will suit the spaces available


Lobby Area


Reading and Meeting Spaces surrounding the interior “Lanterns�

CONCEPT MODELS

The idea of the project began with extending the existing landscape to bring people to different experience. It evolves to the strategy of blending the structure in the landscape while having the lanterns to create an element of surprise. The project ends with a combination of both ideas, therefore extending the landscape with a distinctive architectural feature.


Site Plan

Plan

Section


Exterior Front View

Demountable “Lanterns” around the International Fountain


Exhibition Space exhibiting digital arts and one interior “Lantern� that acts as a courtyard


Entry Sequence


DISCOVERY PARK SKYLAB | FALL 2011 | ARCH300 | PROF. NINA FRANEY | The premise of this project is to create an environment learning center that responds to the site. The idea is to create a folded plane that acts as a continuation of the ground towards the bluff. The folding creates floating spaces that act as the more public lab and outlook. It also fold downwards to create the more private and secure camp space that is retained by the retaining wall installed on the bluff.

discovery park seattle, wa five weeks hand + digital


Lab Area


Entry Level Plan

Section A

Camp Space Plan

Physical Model

Section B


CONCEPT DIAGRAM

Plane and Mass Cut Fold

Defining the Programs

Cut, Fold and Shift

Circulation

Lab Transition Plane Camp

Private Public

STRUCTURE DIAGRAM The more private camp space was built using concrete slabs and retaining walls. While the more open decks and lab space was built using lighter materials including wood and glass

Primary Structure

Secondary Structure

Tertiary Structure

Finishes


Outlook

Transition Space

Camp Space

Camp Space



JAPANESE PAPER MILL | SPRING 2012 | ARCH302 | PROF. JEN DEE + CHARLIE ANDERSON | We’re commisioned to design a custom paper mill for five Japanese paper artists. The paper mill will be used for making the paper as well as providing spaces to create various arts using the produced paper. The lower level will be used as the paper making space while the upper floor is used as the artist’s studio spaces. Stereometric structure represent the nature that provides materials for the paper making. Tectonic structure conveys the strenous, repetitive process of paper making. The skylights welcome the blessing from the gods as the papers are dried, reinforcing the tradional Japanese culture

CONCEPT MODELS

TECTONIC DIAGRAM

queen anne seattle, wa five weeks hand + digital + plaster model


PRECEDENT STUDY Before proceeding to design the paper mill, the Eames House was studied in detail as a precedent study. 1/8 scale and 3/4 scale model was created in order to understand the concept of “living in a kite” as mentioned by the Eames couple about the house. The models were also used to study the structural and poetic relationship between the stereometric and tectonic elements of the project.

1/8” = 1’ - 0” Scale Concept Model

3/4” = 1’ - 0” Scale Tectonic Model


Site Plan Detail 1

Detail 2

SITE MONTAGE A montage of the paper mill site was made in order to study the area in more detail. The montage observed the various materials around the site which consists of gravel, lush vegetation and low rise, industrial buildings.

Interior


Dravus Street Level

Section B

Section C


Alley Level

Section A


1/2” = 1’ - 0” SECTION TECTONIC MODEL



CENTRO CULTURALE A TESTACCIO | FALL 2012 | ARCH400: ROME STUDY ABROAD | PROF. PETER COHAN, JEN DEE, GALEN MINAH | testaccio rome, italy two weeks hand + digital

Performing Making Playing Gathering

Assign Activities

Breaking Boundaries

Circulation

The objective of this project is to make a cultural center in the Testaccio area in Rome, Italy. In order to successfully gather multicultural people in the area, the building uses the courtyard system, which is always familiar in the Italian culture as a place to gather in a typical housing configuration. The courtyard in the cultural center will act as a centre of everything providing flexibility and ease of circulations between the different activities happening in the building. The cultural center will include a mediatheque, small theater, large hall, workshop, maker lab, classrooms, laundromat, cafe and recreation areas.

Outdoor Recreation

Outdoor Recreation

Cafe/Laundromat

Indoor Recreation

Classroom

Lobby

Gallery

Courtyard

Maker Lab

Workshop

Mediatheque Small Hall Film Studio Section


Central Courtyard Space


Classroom Courtyard

Makerlab

Courtyard

Workshop

Classroom

3rd Floor

Gallery

Exterior

Lobby & Mediatheque

Courtyard Level (2nd Floor)

Vicinity Plan: Testaccio Area Small Hall Lobby

Mediatheque

Meeting

1st Floor

MakerLab & Workshop

Laundromat & Cafe


DWELL, EDUCATE, BLEND | SUMMER 2012 | COMPETITION: BIG TREE PARADIGM | PARTNER: HONG TRUONG The theme of the competition is “Big Tree Paradigm” in which we have to design a dwelling inspired by a big tree. Our take on this is more towards the environment concern that a big tree usually incites in people’s minds. We decide to make a environment education camping space. There are gonna be spaces to do research, observing the nature as well as living rooms. The structure will also sustain itself by having solar panels, just like photosynthesis in a tree.

nagano forest japan one day digital

Camp Space

Study Room

Outlook Solar Panels Energy Supply

Section


THE LIGHT EXPERIENCE

Summer Solstice

| SPRING 2011 | ARCH211 | PROF. GAIL WONG & JESSE KINGSLEY |

Third Floor

This project is all about experimenting with daylight and the notion of carving in architecture. We are asked to create three different rooms with distinctive lighting experiences that will change constantly according to the time. The rooms have to be created only by carving a single clay block. Two different circulations, ascending and descending have to connect all the spaces.

Equinox Winter Solstice

Noon

Second Floor alki beach seattle, wa two weeks hand + digital + clay model

Equinox (04:00)

Summer Solstice (12:00)

Winter Solstice (08:00)

Circulation Diagram Descending Ascending

Ground Floor

Section A

Section B

Section C

Volume Diagram Room’s Light Intensity

High

Low

Specific Light Condition Sun’s Position

Section D


Ascending 1 + Room 1 21 December, 08:00

Ascending 3 + Room 3 21 September, 16:00

Room 2 21 June, 12:00

Descending 1 21 September, 16:15

Ascending 2 21 June, 14:00

Descending 2 21 June, 16:30


ITALY THROUGH PEN & WATERCOLOR | FALL 2012 | UW ARCHITECTURE IN ROME: SKETCHES |

Villa Rotunda, Vicenza, Italy

Colliseum, Rome, Italy

Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy



SEATTLE FILM PHOTOGRAPHY | SUMMER 2012 | ARCH 410 | PROF. JOHN STAMETS |

Seattle Church of Christ


Tukwila Light Rail Station


DIGITAL FABRICATION | WINTER 2013 | ARCH498 | PROF. KIMO GRIGGS |

Cupcake Stand Birch Plywood 10”x10”x9” Rhinoceros, RhinoCAM, CNC cutter, hand sanding

Demountable Mouse Cardboard 3”x6”x8” Rhinoceros and Laser cutter


Mold Experiment Foam & Plaster 6”x6”x6” Rhinoceros, BobCAD, CNC Router & Plaster

Cup Holder Sheet Metal 7”x7”x8” Rhinoceros, CNC Plasma cutter, hand bending

Glue Holder Plastic Fiber 2”x4”x4” Rhinoceros, Digtizer, 3D Printer


THE GARUDA SCULPTURE | SPRING 2011 | ART 102 | PROF. ELROY CHRISTIANSON | north seattle community college seattle, wa one week 4’x4’x7’ wood & steel


FORWARD CONSOLE TABLE | SPRING 2013 | ARCH 402 | PROF. PENNY MAULDEN, STEVE WITHYCOMBE, CAROLINE DAVIS | maple, wenge wood and steel two months hand


DANCING CONCEPT


Gluing the two maple boards

Welding the steel pieces

Inserting the wenge wood spline


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