Hudson, NY
Prof. Hans Tursack Fall 2023
Isola d’Elba, Italy
Prof. Luca Ponsi Spring 2024
Nevada
The Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial Competition #4 Summer 2024
Grand Canyon, AZ
Prof. Jerry Zhao Spring 2023
CDMX, Mexico
Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo (LANZA Atelier) Fall 2024
This mini-tower housing project in the Hudson Valley has 24 single family units. Through the processes of iteration, stacking, rotation, and modeling, this project’s design efficiently harbors the units as well as multiple communal spaces in ground floor, 7th floor, top floor, and in the center of every floor.
The design stems from iterative structural study models that were made early on. The structure is supported by a massive exterior frame that every other component clips into.
The 3D printed models help illustrate this project not as a singular structure or mass, but as a kit of parts.
Group members: Aaron Cole, Thomas Melkonian, Beatriz Libman, JK Krystiniak
Situated on Isola d’Elba, the biggest island in the Tuscan Archipelago, VILLA VINO is a home for a family of retired winemakers from Napa, California. The main villa, which is the grandparents’ permanent residence, is centered around the art of making and tasting wine. Its organization and integration into the landscape allow for each of the clearly defined wings of the house to have their own unique views of the water.
The guest villas are meant to house the couple’s children and their families. The path that connects each of these villas is made up of a series of bridges that allows the site to continue to act as a drainage system with as little impact as possible.
longitudinal and transverse sections
Four Minute Warning is a proposed memorial for a nuclear weapons testing site. This panel was submitted for Buildner’s The Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial Competition #4.
This series of drawings are abstractions of the natural processes that have formed the Grand Canyon over millions of years. Each one illustrates a different aspect or process within the canyon. The composite drawings tells the story of the water within the Colorado River and how the entire canyon system was once linked by many different channels that have since dried up.
The model illustrates the different stages of the downcutting process that happened over millions of years, while also actively “eroding” more layers of wax while lit.
The Syracuse Spiral Studio, led by Isabel Abascal and Alessandro Arienzo from Atelier LANZA, was one of the most unique studios I’ve had the priviledge of taking. Focusing on the spiral and its many uses, interpretations, and natural forms, we were tasked with designing a public space within Mexico City’s Bosque de Chapultapec. Before the final stretch of the studio session, we took a 5 day trip to Mexico City that involved site research, firm visits, and a transformative cultural experience that influenced the design.
LIENZO is an elevated walkway that brings visitors into the canopy of the forest, paired with concrete walls that function as graffiti space. It invites people from all walks of life to partake and reshape the way they think about graffiti in the city.
