POR TFO LIO ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN
CONTENTS OVERVIEW
Cocoa Infusion
RESUME
Long Island City, NY atoyebi.a99@gmail.com https://anuday.net
STATEMENT
Passionate and detail-oriented designer with a BS in Architecture and an MS in Architecture & Urban Design. Experienced through multiple internships and academics in developing innovative design solutions, conducting extensive research, and utilizing industry tools such as AutoCAD, Rhino 3D, GIS and more. Adept at collaborating with diverse teams and implementing sustainable, community-centric design principles. Eager to bring strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to urban revitalization to a dynamic design team.
SKILLS
AutoCAD, Rhino 3D, Grasshopper, GIS, Vray, Twinmotion, Lumion, AI Tools
Adobe - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Microsoft Office - Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Google Workplace, Bluebeam Revu, Canva
EXPERIENCE
Teamwork/Collaboration, Active Listening, Effective Communication, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Adaptability, Leadership, Organization, Time Management, Client Relationship Management
Real Estate & Asset Management Intern; Massachusetts Port Authority
Nov 2021 - Apr 2022
+ Conducted self-guided research in identification and analysis of key community needs, applying foundational principles of psychology to understand local demographics, preferences, and social dynamics.
+ Utilized geographic information system (GIS) data to map and visualize community trends, presenting complex information in a clear and accessible manner, and enhancing the decision-making process.
+ Developed comprehensive presentation combinding psychological insights with GIS data to effectively communicate findings to stakeholders, providing actionable recommendations to address community needs.
Architectural Intern; RODE Architects Inc.
Sep 2021 - Oct 2021
+ Supported the architectural team by assisting with various tasks - including model-making and site research -, contributing to the overall team workflow whilst learning project dynamics.
+ Developed a foundational understanding of architectural practice management through observation and engagement, despite brief nature of internship.
Single Family Residence Architecture Co-op; Lessard Design Inc.
Jul 2019 - Dec 2019
+ Assisted in creating detailed architectural drawings, using industry-standard software such as AutoCAD and Photoshop.
+ Developed multiple client presentation slide decks that effectively communicated company design and skill.
+ Demonstrated strong attention to detail by reviewing and revising construction documents, including plans, elevations, and specifications, contributing to accurate and error-free project deliverables.
EDUCATION
M.S. Architecture and Urban Design
New York Institute of Technology
Sep 2023 - May 2024
+ Graduate Research Assistant; Teaching Assistant; Faculty Award for Excellence in Interdiciplinary Research
B.S. Architecture
Northeastern University
Sep 2017 - May 2022
+ National Organisation of Minority Architecture Students [NOMAS] Chapter Secretary (’18-’19) & President (’20-’22)
MATERIAL MARINA
MATERIAL MARINA PROMPT
Spring 2021
Northeastern University
Rhino 3D, Vray, Adobe CC
This studio was an exploration in maintainence and and reuse strategies - embracing the concept of buildings as perpetual works in progress. With the aim to redefine long-term reuse projects, a revisionist masterplan for Boston’s Charlestown Navy Yard was developed through speculative reuse scenarios addressing the site’s history and planned developments.
VISION
As Boston invests in its waterfront, the Charlestown Navy Yard is poised to become a vibrant community hub. Currently densely populated with housing but lacking communal spaces, the Navy Yard can begin an annual festival centered around the vast waters of its dry dock, transforming it into a beacon of community engagement and creativity.
SUSTAINABLE CELEBRATION OF ADAPTIVE REUSE
The Material Marina project emphasizes sustainability by utilizing recycled materials for artistic creations, promoting environmental stewardship. The annual festival highlights the adaptive reuse of both items and structures, repurposing materials from Boston’s harbor and breathing new life into the historic Dry Dock 2 and the decommissioned Charlestown Navy Yard. This approach not only reduces waste but also celebrates the potential of existing resources, fostering a culture of creativity and sustainability in the community.
Galleria
Collection of ideas
Boys & Girls Club
Local Schools
Librar y
Various Community Groups
Resource Libra r y
Multi-purpose Meeting Room
Flat pack furniture for more flexible use of space
YEAR-ROUND COMMUNITY SPACES
Permanent structures like the “Hive” lounge, galleria, and makerspace will offer the community a vibrant space to plan the festival and enjoy the waterfront year-round, despite the winter’s cold winds. The Material Marina will bring the dynamic, creative energy back to the Navy Yard, fostering a lively and inclusive community space.
Collection of products
Boys & Girls Club
Public (Tourist & Locals)
Local Ar tists
Cafe Market
Screen Ar t Galler y -
Collection of SkillBoys & Girls Club
Local Ar tists
Craftspeople
Wood Shop
Digital Fabrication
Fiber Ar ts
Material Warehouse -
ANNUAL FESTIVAL AND FLOATING ART
The festival will convert the decommissioned yard into an active dock of creativity, where resident artists and local students collaborate using recyclable materials from Boston’s harbor. Their creations will be displayed in the proposed galleria and on “lilypads”—floating pontoons that travel through the harbor, inviting Boston residents to the Navy Yard. Outside of festival times, these lilypads will serve as playful waterfront spaces, with attachable structures for movie screenings, markets, and other events.
(2x)
Small [≈4 Persons each] Leaseable
Stalls
[≈12 Persons]
Floats Stage/Screen Exhibit/Greenhouse Material Barge
Large [≈32 Persons]
Jetty Buildingsi.e. Cafe
concert exhibit
studio & lounge
maker space
BAYXCAPES
Fall 2023
NYIT
GIS, Rhino 3D, AI Tools, Adobe CC
Collaborators:
PROMPT
This studio explored New York City as a dynamic laboratory for investigating future urban possibilities through rigorous analysis and innovative design. The five boroughs serve as prototypical macroareas to examine global challenges of 21st-century urbanization. We analyzed NYC through scalar conditions, from local to metropolitan scales, exploring interdependencies of systems. Emphasizing the evolving nature of urban sites, groups constructed narratives and hypotheses to define project sites, while viewing programmatic development as emergent from analytical conditions rather than predetermined.
Jean Michel, Nidhi Nanjappa
PROPOSAL
The transformation of the South Bronx waterfront into a network of self-sustaining islands will result in a model of urban development that not only revitalizes the area but also serves as a hub for generating and distributing essential resources for the broader new york city, thereby significantly improving the city’s sustainability and resource management.
By 2030, the initial stages self-sustaining islands will demonstrate localized resource generation and distribution, focusing on developing renewable energy production, waste management, and localized agriculture.
By 2050, advanced infrastructure and technology integration will enable these islands to efficiently supply renewable energy, freshwater, and locally grown produce to new york city while reducing overall strain on the city’s resources.
By 2100, the fully developed network of self-sustaining islands will have established a comprehensive, interlinked system capable of providing a significant portion of essential resources to a more sustainable and resilient NYC.
oyster village
BASE PROJECTIONS
COCOA INFUSION PROMPT
Collaborators:
Nidhi Nanjappa
The focus of the project was to address Rio de Janeiro’s urgent challenges related to greenhouse gas mitigation and climate adaptation. Emphasizing equitable architecture and public spaces for social inclusion, the studio aims to foster civic engagement and healthy urban ecosystems. Through interdisciplinary research in architecture, landscape, and urbanism, design proposals integrating existing infrastructure and responding to 21st-century challenges such as population growth, demographic shifts, resource limitations, inequality, etc. were developed.
THESIS
In light of global challenges, particularly the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions, Porto Maravilha must respond to the shifting landscape of Brazil’s economy.
With the Port of Rio predominantly exporting crude oil, the decline in demand for such products will impact the district’s economic vitality. Therefore, we must pivot towards sustainable alternatives that not only mitigate environmental impact but also foster economic growth.
Recognizing the imperative to adapt and evolve, we envision a vibrant waterfront hub, where sustainability, economic viability, and community well-being converge.
ECOLOGICAL SERVICES
At the heart of our proposal lies the transformation of this district into an intermodal transit center and urban agricultural hub. With a focus on leveraging existing agricultural infrastructure, we aim to cultivate a sustainable cocoa processing industry, aligning with brazil’s rich agricultural heritage while promoting clean, eco-friendly practices.
Furthermore, we propose the implementation of a comprehensive drainage system, integrating artificial wetlands and active filtration mechanisms to enhance biodiversity and mitigate water pollution entering the bay. By prioritizing environmental stewardship, we not only safeguard precious ecosystems but also ensure the long-term health and vitality of our community.
Moreover, our proposal advocates for the development of an efficient transit linkage system, embracing a diverse range of micro-mobility options to enhance neighborhood connectivity and accessibility. By prioritizing pedestrian-friendly infrastructure and alternative modes of transportation, we foster a dynamic urban environment that promotes active lifestyles and reduces reliance on the fossil fuel economy.
BOAT RENTALS & FISHING PIERS
HARBORWALK & OUTDOOR GYM
OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER/CINEMA
FOOD TRUCKS & CAFES
BOUTIQUE SHOPS & POP UP MARKETS
ROWHOUSES
MID-RISE APARTMENTS
COMMUNITY CENTERS
SCHOOLS
PARKS & PLAYGROUNDS
CHOCOLATE FACTORY
RETAIL OUTLETS
RESTAURANTS & BARS
GROCERY STORES
HEALTH CLINICS
RESIDENTIAL TOWERS
SAFE HAVEN LIGHTHOUSE
Spring 2022
Northeastern University Rhino 3D, Vray, Adobe CC, Midjourney
Collaborators: Angel Pollydore
PROMPT
Unlike traditional studios, this course emphasized the materials and making of architecture, focusing on connections at all scales, from details to global urban contexts. Proposals were focused on tectonic strategies and the adaptive reuse of the Chadwick Lead Works buildings in Boston’s financial district. The task was to analyze the climatological, ecological, and cultural contexts, resulting in future scenarios and proto-building designs with the final synthesis aimed to produce comprehensive designs responding to external site conditions and internal use, emphasizing human comfort and well-being and exhibiting sustainability.
CONTEXT
After some research into the site’s past, current and most probably conditions, this proposal came to be from our acceptance of one of the city’s most pressing issues - sea level rise. While it may seem somewhat existential, this proposal is not meant to mitigate the change, but in fact to celebrate nature’s reclaimation of its space.
BACK TO DUST
Leaning more into our manifesto of destruction, we chose “the safe-house” scenario. In its future of population growth, migration and a hyper-digitized society, we propose our mass timber tower of hope. In 2022, its program brings a sense of humanity to the capitalist financial district. In our semi-dystopian future, it develops the “Ellis Island” effect, serving as a transitional home for climate refugees.
ASSEMBLY
HARMONY HOMES
Spring 2018
Northeastern University
AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator
The challenge was to explore the distinctions between private and public through spatial design. Given a specific site and program, students are tasked with developing housing solutions that cater to various user groups.
In response, this proposal developed into a harmonious residential community with a small river and layers of vegetation, providing the collection with natural privacy from adjacent properties.
Elder House:
within the site, ensuring maximum privacy and peace for its residents.
Main Family House: Situated further in, offering a balanced blend of public and private spaces.
Co-Living House: Positioned closest to the main road, this unit fosters communal living and interaction to a young professional audience.
The use of porches encourages open accessibility and interaction at the ground level, while also allowing shared views of the surrounding landscape, thus integrating the private and public realms seamlessly. The design also incorporated elements from traditional Japanese and English architecture and garden planning principles, creating a tranquil and functional living environment.
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Located deepest
WRITING SAMPLE
2020
Northeastern University
Google Docs, Adobe CC
PLACE PROFILE - LOWER ROXBURY MEMORY LANE
Power is represented in Carter Playground by presence and capital and in an interview for the Lower Roxbury Black History Project, Gloria Fox states, “...one of the jobs of an organizer is to remind people about how valuable they were and how valuable the land is.”
“Place” is nothing if the space lacks any emotional or personal attachment. In Carter Playground, the emotional attachment of long-time residents has been reduced to the sporting facilities occasionally made available to residents with permissions and supervalence from Northeastern University. None of the true communal history can be seen or felt, as the presence of the university has increasingly become more of an overbearing black hole swallowing the erasing culture and history of Roxbury Crossing.
Carter Playground holds much meaning to many who come across the land in the past and present. The land has been stolen and traded off by many hands. Originally land of the Massachusett people stolen by colonial settlers and now inhabited the largely black community of Roxbury. Long-time residents have seen and are still seeing themselves and their places being over-policed again, slowly stolen, and their histories erased. What is to come of it in the future is unsure, but with our proposal we hope to honor the memories of residents and reinvigorate Carter Playground as a place for the communities it belongs to.
The history of rough policing in the area and the very barriers that have restricted the local people have never been set up by the community themselves. There has always been an outside entity - be it the University, the Parks and Recreation Department, or the Boston Police Department - maintaining strict rules on the space which belongs to the Roxbury community.
Oral history is an integral component in the passing on of a lot of black history. People from all across the African diaspora have rooted themselves based on oral histories. This form of passing on knowledge from generations within a community has kept history - which is so often white-washed or undocumented - alive.
The Lower Roxbury Black History Project has digitized tens of oral histories from long-time Roxbury residents. It’s an amazing resource and source of insight into the history of Roxbury from personal accounts. Ironically, this project was the undertaking of Northeastern University so our intervention aims to give power back to the community by providing a space they can populate with their culture and stories. We also hoped that by displaying pieces of the collection, we can alert other community members to contribute their memories and artifacts to the archives, making the university’s role in the effort more of a library and less of a supervisor.
My partner and I proposed a series of interactive pop-ups inspired by the Cultural Expressions exhibit and Question Bridge at Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. We encourage current members of the community to add their own pieces of history adding an element of placemaking, by allowing community members the pride in telling their own stories and becoming part of the ongoing narrative. Our proposal aimed to inform the community of the historic relevance and culture of the community and bring the histories of Lower Roxbury back to the forefront of Carter Playground without censorship or policing from any entity other than the community itself.
Collaborators:
Angel Pollydore
PROFESSIONAL WORK
Summer/Fall 2019
Lessard Design Inc.
AutoCAD, Photoshop
ELEVATIONS
The above are but a few drawings worked on as a full-time co-op student at Lessard Design Inc. Each schematic, hand drawn elevation was scanned and digitzed using Photoshop whilst others were drawn in AutoCAD before being rendered using Photoshop.
PROFESSIONAL WORK
Fall/Spring 2021-22
Massachusetts Port Authority GIS, Adobe Illustrator, Powerpoint
WORKFORCE HOUSING AMENITY STUDY
The above are excepts from the presentation made to provide the office with the context of the proposed worforce housing on a specific parcel in the South Boston waterfront. While the neighborhood is developing, this research displays the lack for support structure required for the intended residents of Massport’s proposal. I went on to recommended various services that could be integrated into all of the parcels in the waterfront to develop a more accessible, inclusive community balanced with the luxury housing and tech sector development.
ADDITIONAL WORKS
Dominion Chapel Bridgeport, CT
Excel, Rhino 3D, AI Tools
Approached by the church building committee, I was asked to develop a full program list with area requirements as well as a series of graphics to be utilized for congregational encouragement and fundraising.
DCB FUTURE HOME PROJECT
ADDITIONAL WORKS
Fall 2020
Northeastern University Slack, Google Workspace, Adobe CC, Zoom
SPATIAL INCLUSIVITY SERIES
As president of NU NOMAS, myself and the e-board led the planning and execution of the School of Architecture’s 2020 Fall Lecture Series. In the midst of global calls for action on racial inequality, we spearheaded the discussion amongst faculty, administration and peers on how the built environment and the architecture profession uphold systems of inequality and what solutions we can bring to the table.
