Graduate Portfolio

SAHAKIAN PORTFOLIO

TABLE OF CONTENTS 05 Recent Studios 35 Design-Build 43 Urban Analyses 53 Personal Interests

RECENT STUDIOS 07 The Chicago Studio 13 Megastructures 19 Biomorphic Design Study 23 Nonstandard 29 Catalan Sports Complex

South Branch District This project combines green networks, a passive water treatment process, and connective circulation into one system to contribute to revive Chicago’s Central Manufacturing District. The proposal was completed with Li Huaixuan under Professor Kevin Hinders.

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Strategy

Benefits

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Master Plan

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Mixed-Use Diagram ZONINGZoning DIAGRAM

Three Phased Development

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Accelerate Chicago Accelerate Chicago is a new technology district in Chicago contained in a single megastructure. Startup activity is currently scattered throughout vacancies in the central business district. Heart will be a haven for startups and young tech entrepreneurs, with design focusing on making education, collaboration, and development as efficient as possible. This project was in collaboration with Guillem Roca under Professor ThÊrèse Tierney.

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Bikes

Exhibition

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Eco Cars

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LONG SECTION 100 m

To make everyone have their own views we puth the building and divided into strips so that we can have connection between floors and also an outdoor space focused to the city and the lake.

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Since we are away from the city but everything going on in our megastructure is gonna be related to the city we want We continue with our building to be the pushings making always related to the the last part of the city that’s why we building, further are opening our from the city, gets views the skyline. views as well. MoreMoreover we are over we get sun with situated in a waterthis movement . front so our building is gonna face both sites.

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Our plot is in the middle of the city and the nature so the shape is gonna be a transition from It's time for porosity the ground to the to come over , we city always looking see that we need the to our boto sites connection with the existing exhibition building. Since there is a existing connection we want to emphasise this and make it go all over our building. Moreover we want the walk path and bike path to go over our building so that everyone can have a great time in the rooftop. In the intersection is where appears the corridor.

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Tech Store

Pharmacy

Since we are away from the city but everything going on in our megastructure is gonna be related to the city we want We continue with our building to be the pushings making always related to the the last part of the city that’s why we building, further are opening our from the city, gets views the skyline. views as well. MoreMoreover we are over we get sun with situated in a waterthis movement . front so our building is gonna face both sites.

Food Court

Meet MEET

Make MAKE

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Our plot is in the middle of the city and the nature so the shape is gonna be atime transition from It's for porosity the come ground to overto , the we city that always looking see we need the to our boto connection withsites the

existing exhibition building. Since there is a existing connection we want to emphasise this and make it go all over our building. Moreover we want the walk path and bike path to go over our building so that everyone can have a great time in the rooftop. In the intersection is where appears the corridor.

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Meeting Space

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Auditorium + Reception

Shops

Bikes

EcoLabsCars + Maker Space + Office

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Pharmacy

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Food Court

Gym

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Gallery + Circulation

Auditorium + Circulation

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Our plot is in the middle of the city and the nature so the shape is gonna be transition from It's atime for porosity the ground to come overto , the we city that always looking see we need the to our boto connection withsites the existing exhibition building. Since there is a existing connection we want to emphasise this and make it go all over our building. Moreover we want the walk path and bike path to go over our building so that everyone can have a great time in the rooftop. In the intersection is where appears the corridor.

Money MONEY

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To make everyone have their own views we puth the building and divided into The so roof acts a strips that weascan continuous mounhave connection tain path. The natubetween floors and ral form interacts also an outdoor with the park system space focused to the and city the and water.

The the lake. form was generated in part by the subtle waves that crash along the coast.

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We continue with the pushings making the last part of the building, The form isfurther then from thetocity,create gets carved views as well.

Moremultiple means of over we and get sun with egress ingress. movement This this porosity creates. two semi private courtyards that can host a multitude of events from seasonal markets to concerts.

CROSS SECTION 100 m

Market MARKET

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Our plot is in the middle of the city Live + Work and the nature so the shape is gonna be atime transition from It's for porosity the come ground to overto , the we city that always looking see we need the to our boto connection withsites the existing exhibition building. Since there is a existing connection we want to emphasise this and make it go all over our building. Moreover we want the walk path and bike path to go over our building so that everyone can have a great time in the rooftop. In the intersection is where appears the corridor.

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Recent Studios Exhibition

Public Plaza

Labratory + Maker + Office

Public Circulation + Waterscape

Exhibition

Meeting Space

Live-Work

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Parking

Shops

Bikes

EcoLabsCars + Maker Space + Office

To make everyone have their own views we puth the building and divided into The roof acts as a strips so that we can continuous mounhave connection tain path. The natubetween floors and ral form interacts also an outdoor with the park system space focused to the and the water. The city and the lake. form was generated

Circulation/ Public Space

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Pedestrians

in part by the subtle waves that crash along the coast.

Mall

Retail

Tech Store

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GROUND PLAN

Pharmacy

100 m

Food Court

Gym

We continue with the pushings making the last part of the building, The form isfurther then from thetocity,create gets carved views as well.

Moremultiple means of over we and get sun with egress ingress. movement This this porosity creates. two semi private courtyards that can host a multitude of events from seasonal markets to concerts.

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Elevated Park

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Labs + Maker Space + Office

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Bugs, Blood, and Buildings Bugs, Blood, and buildings began as a design charrette and introduction to parametric architecture in Therese Tierney’s ‘Megastructures’ studio in Fall 2016. Microscopic images were used to derive form, which were 3d printed in order to rapidly iterate. This work represents an independent study with Professor Tierney the following semester. An ESEM microscope and Grasshopper were used to explore biomorphic form.

50 mm The sample culture above was used with the Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) at the Beckman Institute.

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Topographical Data Above are topographical surfaces of San Francisco generated by using open-source ‘shape-files’. These are downloadable from several sources online, such as the United States Geological Survey, and come in three different resolutions.

These resolution comes from spacing of sample data points measured by arcseconds. The suggested resolution to work with is dependent on the scale of the project.

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STRUCT

BLOOD

BLOOD

BLOOD ZOOM

EYE OF A FLY

BUGS

MONARCH SCALES

PHOTO

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GRID

DIAGRID

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TURE HEXGRID

SPACE FRAME

TOPO

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Cisco 2100 Cisco 2100 Year: 2100. The Post-agrarian town of Cisco is little more than a few silos in the middle of nowhere. These robust rural

skyscrapers now make up a countryside retreat for urbanites- who make up 95% of the population. CELLS (COMPUTED Year: 2100. The Post-agrarian town of Cisco is little more than a few silos in the middle of nowhere. These robust rural EQUILIBRIUM LEVITATION LOGISTIC SERVICE) is now the de facto mode of transportation. The technology involves a skyscrapers now make up a countryside retreat for urbanites- who make up 95% of the population. CELLS (COMPUTED central computer, vacuum tubes, individual pods, and magnet levitation. Visitors can travel from nearby metropolises EQUILIBRIUM LEVITATION LOGISTIC SERVICE) is now the de facto mode of transportation. The technology involves a central in 15 minutes to get away from the high-velocity lives and arrive directly to a hotel room with a panoramic view of the computer, vacuum tubes, individual pods, and magnet levitation. Visitors can travel from nearby metropolises in 15 minutes endless horizon of Illinois vast countryside. Cisco’s silo complex also provides long term housing- for those looking for a to get away from the high-velocity lives and arrive directly to a hotel room with a panoramic view of the endless horizon of permanent country retreat- as well as commercial and logistic silo clusters that service visitors and residents. Efficiency Illinois vast countryside. Cisco’s silo complex also provides long term housing- for those looking for a permanent country is the main driving force behind this project; silos were engineering feats that maximized efficiency in crop storage and retreat- as well as commercial and logistic silo clusters that service visitors and residents. Efficiency is the main driving force distribution. So, Cisco 2100 became an exercise in logistics, infrastructure, and futuristic speculation. behind this project; silos were engineering feats that maximized efficiency in crop storage and distribution. So, Cisco 2100 became an exercise in logistics, infrastructure, and futuristic speculation.

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Meerkat Generated Map of Central Illinois

1999

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2015

Recent Studios Commercial 490.6 sq ft floor area x 6 silos x 6 floors 17662 sq ft

Reception and Recreation 490.6 sq ft floor area x 6 silos x 10 floors 29436 sq ft

Hotel 1,962.5 sq ft floor area x 2 silos x 6 floors 23550 sq ft Housing 7,850 sq ft floor area x 2 silos x 6 floors 94200 sq ft

Utility 490.6 sq ft floor area x 6 silos x 6 floors 17662 sq ft

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1 Willow Branch Township Library 2 United Methodist Church 3 Barn Antiques

4 American Legion 5 Fire Department 6 US Postal Service

7 Cisco Soya Inc. 8 Mike Swarts Trucking 9 Turner Auto Body

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Hotel Typ. Floor

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Housing Unit

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CELL: Computer Equilibrium Levitation Logistics

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Small Groups, Families

C2

Couples, Pairs

C1

Singles

30% Open

10% Open

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Avinguda Esport

Cisco 2100

Year: 2100 This project was completed in collaboration with Kevin Zeng under Mario Corea while studying in Barcelona. Corea is an expert on sports complexes and construction in Spain.

Avinguda Esport is located in the Barcelona suburb of Mira-Sol behind a mixed-use TOD. The existing Mira-Sol shopping center includes a mix of housing, retail, grocery, school, and library. Behind this center is the given sloped, triangular site.

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Figure-Ground

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Topography

Zoning

Transportation

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Building Placement

Arched Roof

Separate Functions

Light and Structure

Submerge Pool

Fill Site

Arched Roof

Light and Structure

Fill Site

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DESIGN-BUILD 37 Deployable Structure 39 Urbana Parking Screen

Deployable Structure This exercise explored deployable structures. The low-res image below was given and my team and I were tasked with analyzing the image and creating it in physical form.

Given Image

Generated Technical Drawings

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Structure Deployment

Design-Build

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Urbana Parking Screen Client: City of Urbana. A new pocket-park is taking over the end of what is now a parking lot servicing the Black Dog Barbecue Restaurant across the street. Material was supplied through the ‘Root to Roof’ initiative that locally sources lumber to develop modular units to create a parking screen to define and blur the edge between the existing parking lot and the new pocket-park. This project was designed in collaboration with Lena Reiff, Luz Upegui and Alan Dang.

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Elevations

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Design-Build

Structural Planning

Threaded Insert Threaded inserts are epoxied into pre-drilled holes in the wood modules

Countersunk Bolts connect steel module to wood module

4” Backing an additional c-channel is bolted to create an H-shape to create a surface to weld horizontal metal modules

Bolt Connection c-channel is bolted to threaded insert installed in wood module

Ground Surface Shaded red area represents ground surface

Foundation 24 in. of c-channel submerged in 3 ft. concrete foundation, approximately 9” below grade

C-Channel 1” x 2” x 1/8” C-Channel used for structure so that all surfaces can be finished to avoid rust corrosion

Anchor Bolt 4 in. anchor bolts are installed 2 in. from bottom of c-channel to provide additional lateral support

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URBAN ANALYSES 47 Chicago 49 Barcelona 51 Seoul and Tokyo

BUILDINGS DESTINATIONS PUBLIC TRANSIT ROADS WATER SAN FRANCISCO Andree Sahakian | Graduate Portfolio

MEXICO CITY

CHICAGO

INDIANAPOLIS

SAO PAULO

Urban Analyses

BARCELONA

IRBIL, IRAQ

TEHRAN

SEOUL

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Ukrainian Village, Chicago One square mile of Chicago was selected between California and Ashland and North and Grand Avenues located within the West Town neighborhood of Chicago. A half mile square was then researched further in order to investigate the site of Smith Park.

Finally, a block analysis at the corner of Western and Chicago Avenues in order to investigate density and housing in Ukrainian Village.

2017 Google Satellite

Grasshopper x Meerkat Figure Ground

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.5MI X .5MI ANALYSIS (160 ACRES) Single Family: Multi Family: Commercial: Institutional: Industrial: Green Space: Parking: Other: (roads, waterways, etc.)

09% (14.40 acres) 04% (06.40 acres) 05% (08.00acres) 01% (01.60 acres) 04% (06.40 acres) 35% (56.00 acres) 05% (08.00 acres) 37% (59.20 acres)

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BREAKDOWN PER ACRE

6.5

2,750

35%

2,200

RESIDENTS

PARKS

COMMERCIAL SQ. FT.

INDUSTRIAL SQ. FT.

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UKRANIAN VILLAGE SCALE 1”=200’

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Urban Analyses

Sandborn Map Stitch

Chicago Zoning Map

(Block Study Area highlighted in Red)

BLOCK ANALYSIS (4.6 ACRES) Public: 2.75 acres Private: 1.85 acres Building Footprint: 1.76 acres Residential Units: 22 Density: 38.5 residents per acre

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RESIDENTS

6%

GREEN SPACE PUBLIC

33,340 COMMERCIAL SQ. FT.

14%

GREEN SPACE PRIVATE

7,970

INSTITUTIONAL SQ. FT.

12% PARKING

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Eixample, Barcelona This investigation was triggered by the densificaiton of Barcelona’s Eixample neighborhood. In this exercise the headquarters of publishing company Editorial Gustavo Gili was analyzed not only for its structural and architectural quality, but for its unique site. It is located inside an Eixample block. These blocks were originally intended to be green spaces to control density in the neighborhood, but over time these voids have been targets for new development. Designed by Joaquim Gili and Francesc Bassó, members of the R Group, this building was one of the first modernist buildings under the Franco-era.

Eixample Infill Site

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Urban Analyses

Employee Entrance

Structural Axon

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How the Other Half Designs For as long as I have been a student, I have learned and understood the world through Western spectacles. ‘How the Other Half Designs’ was a trip to East Asia to study urbanization and densificaiton in two Far-East megacities: Seoul and Tokyo.

In order to properly understand the cities in context, I also had to study culture, history, and vernacular architecture. These images provide snapshots of my experience in these cities.

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PERSONAL INTEREST 55 Technology 57 Graphic Design

Technology These works were produced while working for Muscle Metrics, a Champaign-Urbana based startup developing gym technology.

I served as Chief Design Offier where I was in charge of graphic, user, and hardware design. On the right is an exploded axonometric of the modular QuickClip. I helped design the clip and created this drawing to visualize the idea.

HARDWARE

The QuickClip is a device that is fixed onto your gym’s equipment that allows you to track your workouts automatically.

Muscle Metrics

facebook.com/musclemetrics

lift smarter so you can lift harder

musclemetrics.io @muscle_metrics

ANALYTICS

Get powerful analytics on your workouts and lift harder with benchmarks determined by our algorithms.

MOBILE

Our application makes it easy to input workout data even without the hardware.

Quick Clip Winter 2015

@musclemetrics

My Metrics

early August

Muscle Metrics leverages today's technology to help guide you in reaching your personal fitness goals by tracking and planning the most important aspects of your workout routine automatically. We believe the most challenging thing you should be doing at the gym is working out.

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Stay tuned for the release of MyMetrics in early August!

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Graphic Design The majority of this work represents media I produced during my role as Graphic Design GA with the Illinois School of Architecture.

A3 2017 Button Design Submission

Farmers Market Bakery Logo

iVenture Accelerator Logo

VENTURE

ACCELERATOR

Wayfinding Signage

9:33

Lecture Series Poster

Temple Hoyne Buell Hall North Entrance

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GROUND FLOOR

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ISoA Student Services

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ISoA Director’s Office

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DURP Offices

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Plym Auditorium 2 -1 2

HUANG Alvin REAVIS Prescott OYLER Dwayne

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AIA Prairie Chapter Event

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LOWER LEVEL Restrooms

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ROSCOE

STEINITZ

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UCHIYAMA HU

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ISoA Lectures commence at 5:00 PM in Lawrence J. Plym Auditorium with receptions at 4:45 PM in Blicharski Atrium unless announced otherwise.

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archatillinois Give our Instagram page a follow, and stay tuned for lecture posts, school events, a chance to get featured, and more! #ISoA

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Personal Interest

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CAREER +

Informational Flier

Fellowship Brochure

Exhibit Proposal Application

FRANCIS J. PLYM

2018 ANNUAL ARCHITECTURE AWARDS A3 LOGO

TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP IN ARCHITECTURE

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ANNUAL ARCHITEC TURE AWA R D S 2 0 1 6

A n n u a l A r c h i t e c t u r e A w a r d s 2 0 1 3

Eligibility All students (freshmen, sophomores, juniors, seniors, graduates) Deadline December 4th, 2017 at 5:00 PM Submission Email PDF, name, phone number, e-mail address, design studio location, and studio instructor to Spring Harrison at sharriso@illinois.edu Winner Announced Start of Spring Semester Prize $250

Exhibit Proposals: West Gallery Temple Hoyne Buell Hall 132

Specifications – 8” x 8” artboard, graphic contained in a 7-1/4” diameter circle – full color or black and white – Include your A3 logo and text “Annual Architecture Awards 2018” – Maintain 1/4” margins – Do not include your name on the graphic – Submit as PDF and .eps file – Please direct any questions to Andree at sahakia2@illinois.edu

*Limit of one design per person or team - no exceptions! **ISoA reserves the right to modify winning design if necessary ***Logo to be used on buttons, invitations, program cover, posters, and web plubicity for the event

The Illinois School of Architecture is seeking exhibit proposals for the West Gallery (TBH 132). Proposals will be accepted by ISoA students, faculty, alumni, and student organizations. Application can be found on the following pages. Applications will be accepted year-round and reviewed periodically. Please submit application to Spring Harrison at sharriso@illinois.edu.

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