Andrew Becker Design Portfolio

Andrew Becker CLASS OF 2019

Design

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

Portfolio

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Design Portfolio Syracuse University | School of Architecture | Class of 2019

To view my Creative Passions and Professional Works visit: https://issuu.com/andrewgbecker Resume: www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-becker-syr andrewskis@comcast.net 802.353.1419 446 East 87 Th St New York, NY 10128 2

Compiled Works

Project II: Ascension Project I: 04 Home Away from Home

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Project IV: 22 Syracuse Canyon Project III: 16 Visualizing Acoustics

Project V: 28 Security (R)evolution 3

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I : Home Away from Home

New York, New York

With the rise of technology there has been a steep decline in the use of public libraries. At the same time New York City is home to one of the lowest per apartment square footage average on earth. New Yorkers also experience cramped conditions in the workplace. In order to reintroduce the public to libraries and combat the lack of space, I merged the two programs to activate and revitalize both. Nestled between the residential and commercial districts atop two polyhedron towers is a We-Work/Play space. One tower contains the library while the second contains residences. Within the top two floors there are sleeping pods, kitchen space, lounges nooks, game centers, and prime exterior deck space.

These spaces are available to check out through the library like any other book and available to residents. The space acts as a home away from home for people to use on work breaks.

For others, it acts as a friendly open environment away from the crammed walls of their NYC apartment.

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Office Buildings Multi-Family Housing Retail Locations

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ARC 208 | Spring 2016 | Galo Studio | Project 2 | Andrew Becker

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ARC 208 | Spring 2016 | Galo Studio | Project 2 | Andrew Becker

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Ascension

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II : Ascension

Florence, Italy In collaboration with Sherry Wang

The Statue of David is iconic around the world, but it is currently hidden underwhelmingly indoors at the Galleria dell’Academia in Florence. I aim to move David to the Bargello where the largest concentration of Michelangelo’s statues are housed. In order to celebrate David, a contemporary expansion of the museum is required. Expansion has been a major part of Florentine renaissance buildings for centuries. By reverting the Bargello site to the classical renaissance configureation, with the large palazzo as seen in the drawing

by Poggi, it create the opportunity for an exciting new intervention. To highlight Michelangelo and his prestigious work, the expansions intervention begins at ground level and ascends to the penultimate floor where Michelangelo’s penultimate work resides. Along the way a crenulation style railing continuously guides you from the street to the room of David where visitors experience some of Michelangelo’s other famous works. The contemporary expansion refences the renaissance Bargello by using its construction datum lines and a similar proportioning system. David’s new position returns the statue to its glory and houses it in a vibrant glass room which hints at its origins where it previously resided outside on the nearby public Palazzo.

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East West Section 1:400 Fall 2017, Project 3, Ascension Andrew Becker & Sherry Wang

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III : Visualizing Acoustics

Red Rock County, Arizona In collaboration with Arsen Aliyev & Ian LeFever

Acoustical analysis is a very complex and specialized trade. Understanding it is even more difficult for clients. The goal is to use this instinctual knowledge to inform the public and clients about the importance of acoustical retrofitting. Even small interventions can make a huge difference in the overall quality and experience of a space. Using virtual reality, we created an immersive experience that incorporates both audio and visual cues that display how the space performs acoustically. This allows viewers to access visual data while hearing sound quality differences which responds in real time depending on your location, orientation, and what acoustical interventions are being used. The use of wall mounted acoustic panels demonstrates that simple solutions can make a space sound drastically more pleasing. Users can learn from the field of acoustic data represented by coded colored tubes. The 3D simulation of space allows clients to hear acoustical differences in order to make informed decisions regarding the design.

For a video walk through scan the QR code or visit: https://youtu.be/57aQ7ow4Xs8

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IV : Syracuse Canyon

Syracuse, New York

The goal of this studio was to reinvigorate the downtown Syracuse district by renovating a formerly abandoned department store. Syracuse was a victim of an economic recession that hit the region when the salt mine boom dried up in the mid 1900s.

By creating a direct and visual connection between the cultural hub of Armory Square and Salina Street, where Red House Theater and the Public Library are located I establish a promenade condition between dinner to theater, and after the show, theater to night life.

Along the way you experience retail spaces at the Syracuse Canyon. The Canyon divides the once solid and abandoned former department store into three pieces for separate tenants.The design is driven by environmental data. Specifically, the facade is composed of five different environmentally friendly insulated panel modules. The placement of the gradiented window panels are determined by the amount of solar radiation the faรงade experiences.

Optimal light blankets the canyon floor with the use of strategic setbacks in plan and section.

Light shelves in the Canyon facade drive light deep into the open space. These design tactics create a unique and inviting experience that revitalizes the formerly destitute downtown Syracuse area.

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V : THESIS : School (R)evolution

Chicago, Illinois

Fatal shootings in American high schools are more prevalent in today’s world than in previous generations. 9/11 marks a pivotal date in school shootings. Before, there were on average 2.2 shooting events per year. Since 9/11 that number has increased to 4.8 per year. Nearly 15% of all mass shootings occur at schools. In response, government agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have produced extensive documents suggesting design strategies and life-saving technologies. These changes are occurring so rapidly that we don’t realize how they are altering our built environment and the harm they are causing to the educational atmosphere. Schools are supposed to be free and inviting, but administrators and parents are hardening our schools beyond belief, negatively changing what our schools look like and the experiences we have inside these spaces.

I am proposing a new high school typology that uses a combination of new architectural elements and cutting edge technology to achieve safety in a comforting envirinment. These elements create a safe and welcoming environment for children and faculty. I am accepting that these are design constraints of all modern day school building design. The DHS design suggestions are blunt and unrefined. I aim to implement each of the design strategies in my school design in a sophisticated manner.

Starting with a 15’ x 15’ x 5’ column grid and an open floor plan scheme that contains limited conventional doors.The grid informs both the interior and exterior design.The building operates on three levels that are negotiated by a series of stairs and suggested pathways.

However, one can move freely about the space on each level in any desirable direction.

Centered along the column grid are five foot paths.

To ensure that the space is secure, following the grid are a series of bullet proof roll up doors. They can be dropped remotely at the push of a button by administrators or at location by students and teachers. Each individual sector can be cordoned off should there be an intruder or need for privacy. Around the interior perimeter of the building are several two person administrative offices that act as a buffer zone between the inside and the outside. By creating sheared windows on the exterior, they do not allow you to see inside unless you are at the perfect angle.

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“Development of adequate stand off distances.”

“Ensure unobstructed surveillance of lobby doors, stairwells, vestibules and perpendicular hallways, administrative area on an exterior wall to allow for additional surveillance of outside areas”

“Deny aggressors a line of sight and elevated sites enhance surveillance of the surrounding area from inside the facility, but may also allow observation of onsite areas by adversaries.”

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“Placement of the school building on the site [provides] opportunities for surveillance of site perimeters and screening of internal areas from external observation points.”

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“Concave rather than convex shapes [re-entrant corners] are preferred when designing the exterior of a school building”

“administration areas should be adjacent to main entry areas and designed to allow a visual connection through windows between administrators and students or visitors.”

“Deny aggressors a line of sight and elevated sites enhance surveillance of the surrounding area from inside the facility, but may also allow observation of onsite areas by adversaries.”

emergency exits should be provided in addition to the established fire escape routes to allow for faster escapes, redundancy, and greater flexibility in emergency evacuations

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West 47th Street

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