Emma Ramoy Master of Architecture Portfolio 2014
1375 Haight Street San Francisco, California 805.689.6994 ramoy.emma@gmail.com
Gunnar Asplund Stadsbiblioteket Stockholm, Sweden, 2007
Emma Ramoy Master of Architecture Portfolio 2014
Philosophy By nature, people are engineers, creatively altering the forms of materials to modify their own environment. However, the drastic man-made changes that created new urban ecosystems are not sustainable for our future generations nor for the species that share our world.Thus, it is as important for today’s architects to understand the basic concepts of ecology as to understand the concepts of design. As a problem solver, I approach architecture from an analytical, scientific perspective. Organisms naturally evolve toward a more efficient use of resources, resulting in formations of exquisite beauty. A plant collects sunlight through its leaves, transports minerals and water from the soil through its stem, attracts pollinators with its flowers, and produces and distributes seeds. We see the resulting form of these biological functions as beautiful. Similarly, I seek solutions to the functional challenges of an architectural project that lead to beautiful form. I believe in architecture that is not simply environmentally sensitive, but ecologically progressive and technologically innovative. By adopting evolutionary strategies of other organisms, designers can engineer our environment to provide for the current population without damaging the ability of future generations to provide for themselves. At its core, architecture is the study of human habitats. Those who cannot afford this basic need are most vulnerable in our society. Architects need to play a role in designing ongoing solutions. These beliefs led me to seek experience in architectural firms that specialize in affordable housing. I will continue to follow this passion as I pursue my Master of Architecture degree.
Professional multifamily affordable housing
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1100 Ocean Avenue Housing
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Temple Akiba
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Congregation Kol Shofar
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Newport Beach LivingHome
Academic folded infrastructure
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Safeway Supermarket
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Urban Infill Community Center
interlocking megastructure
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Cultural Arts Megacenter
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Marbles Calatrava Olympic Stadium Frozen Lake Manhattan Skyline Snøhetta Operahuset Holocaust Memorial High Line Construction Gunnar Asplund Stadsbiblioteket
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To a low-income resident, every square inch of living space counts. Open floor plans and window bays make small spaces feel larger within the units. Windows on both sides of the apartment, when possible, provide natural light, cross ventilation, and views. Each unit comes with ample storage, builtin desktops, and full kitchens. All the units in the building are ADA accessible or adaptable.
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1100 Ocean Avenue 01 Affordable Housing San Francisco, California Herman Coliver Locus Architecture My Contribution: 2011 - 2014
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The project includes 71 1, 2, and 3-bedroom units for families and 21 studios for Tay program recipients— foster care graduates between the ages of 18 and 24. The modest units surrounding a central courtyard are designed specifically for lowincome residents. There are 7,300 square feet of retail space, as well as secured bike parking and offices for management and social services on the ground floor. The program also includes a common room for community activities, onsite laundry, an exercise room, and a multipurpose room specifically for Tay residents. A landscaped stair leads from the adjacent public plaza to the courtyard and children’s play area. The site, transit rich and next door to a city college campus, is an ideal location for the intended residents.
Contributions I worked on the project from schematics through construction. I drew plans, sections, and elevations, and interior and exterior details. I modified unit layouts and public spaces to meet ADA accessibility standards and coordinated architectural lighting. The project is currently under construction and will be completed in 2014.
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The renovation is meant to expand capacity, improve usability, and modernize the temple. The resin and wood slat spiraling walls imposed in the new sanctuary break up the strict hexagonal geometry 3/8”X2” birch slats, satin finish of the original 1965clr.design, which edges contained almost noAlternate right exposed angles to bottom, typ. throughout. Eighteen new windows, eighteen being a symbol for edges the Ease exposed Hebrew word for life, and two new skylights add natural light.
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The ner tamid, or eternal light, is made of dichroic glass hexagons strung on cables across the large window behind the ark. The hexagons are remiscent of the original sanctuary. design. There are 613 hexagons to represent the 613 mitzvot.
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Temple Akiba 02 Culver City, California Herman Coliver Locus Architecture My Contribution: 2010 - 2014
Program The major sanctuary redesign has a new ceremonial entry, off the busy street, through a social courtyard. Offices and restrooms are renovated and expanded to meet ADA accessibility standards.
Contributions I worked on the project from its inception. I drafted the original handdrawn drawings into CAD, and developed phasing construction plans for the proposed project. I built a 3D model of the existing structure and the proposed concept. I developed architectural drawings from schematic design through construction document phases. I ensured code compliant egress and accessibility throughout the building, and modeled designs for new judaica. My contributions included coordination with structural, MEP, landscape, and lighting consultants.
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The mezuzah cover, containing the “Sh’ma” prayer written on parchment, is inspired by the exposed dome. An abstracted, cropped roof plan is etched into the surface in polished, brushed, and textured stainless steel, showing the dome, the sanctuary, and cut-outs for the skylights. I developed the design through a series of sketches and models, and provided shop drawings for the manufacturer.
Congregation Kol Shofar 03 Tiburon, California Herman Coliver Locus Architecture My Contribution: 2010
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The renovation and expansion of the synagogue included an oval-shaped sanctuary, enclosed by slatted wood walls. Removing the ceiling of the sanctuary revealed the existing dome, dynamically offcenter. Seven new skylights—seven being a Jewish symbol for holiness—add natural light to the sanctuary. We built a social hall and kitchen in a new wing, and renovated the existing lobby and classrooms.
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I created presentation images showing the sense of light inside the sanctuary. I worked on the design and selection of finish details integrated during construction. I designed the mezuzah for the main entrance of the temple.
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Program Courtyard Sanctuary Lobby/Circulation Multipurpose Room Administration Wing Classroom Wing Kitchen Garage
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Newport Beach LivingHome 04 Newport Beach, California LivingHomes & KieranTimberlake My Contribution: 2009
Concept The 2100 square foot sustainable home was prefabricated in four modules, then installed and deconstructed as a model home twice before reaching its final site in Newport Beach, CA. The home is a model for a line of modern, sustainable homes designed to be constructed at an affordable price through standardization and modular construction.
Contributions I facilitated the installation process and the LEED certification process. Additionally, I further developed floorplans and researched materials and systems to make future construction of the home more efficient so that the project could become a standard product for mass production.
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Safeway Supermarket 05 Oakland, California University of California, Berkeley Architecture 100A William Di Napoli, Spring 2006
Concept Safeway Supermarket on College Avenue faces only its parking lot, leaving an underutilized, unwelcoming wedge along College Avenue. In this redesign, a concrete infrastructure negotiates between the patterns of street use and interior supermarket use to integrate the store into the existing pedestrian scale retail neighborhood. Inspired by the folding of origami, the roof plane bends down and creases inward to form spaces that allow the supermarket’s departments to spill out to the commercial street. The program becomes increasingly public as it moves further from the building. Three terraced greenspaces, sheltered by wood trellises, create public “urban gardens” for shoppers and locals.
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Urban Infill 06 Community Center Copenhagen, Denmark Danish Institute for Study Abroad Architecture and Design Studio Jan Henrik Jansen, Spring 2007
Concept As an urban infill project, the community center relates to the existing neighborhood by inverting the traditional brick facades of its residential neighbors. The glass curtainwall emphasizes the project’s public function and the habitable brick cut-outs invite interaction between the center’s visitors and pedestrians passing by on Krusemyntegade. The public, terraced roof garden mediates the jump between the neighbor’s rooflines, and provides spaces to pause and socialize as you move upwards through the building.
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San Francisco, California University of California, Berkeley Architecture 100B Michael Bogan, Summer 2006
Program & Concept The San Francisco Cultural Arts Center, encompassing three city blocks, provides live-work, performance, and gallery spaces for the local arts community. The complex wraps around the freeway to utilize unused, undervalued space. The program is strung along a continuous circulation ribbon. Translucent interior divisions and openings between floors create visible connections between the spaces. The functions interlock so that San Francisco’s diverse population has the opportunity to interact. The overlapping uses encourage the mixing of arts and culture. Color distinguishes the varied program from the exterior.
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Holocaust Memorial Berlin, Germany, 2008
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High Line Construction New York City, USA, 2013
Travel Photography 08 In photography, I am always drawn to pattern and texture. My first photographs were of my mother’s collections—drawers of marbles, shelves of vintage books, or even sunbleached animal bones found on the beach. As mundane as these objects were, the patterns they created were meaningful to me. This interest in repetition found an easy outlet as I sought to explore the exotic corners of our world and went on personal adventures to see remote architecture. These travels have taken me to forty-five countries and across six continents.
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Calatrava Olympic Stadium Athens, Greece, 2007