Baïna-Lyssa Jean's Architectural Work

Baina-Lyssa Jean Architectural Work 2014-2020

Contents

About me

Utopian Desert

Ctrl + Space Museum

Community Center

Framing visual Connectivity

Lakay Gran

Classroom Addition

Gym Roof and Wall Repairs

Baïna-Lyssa Jean was born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haïti.

In 2010, she was displaced by a 7.0 Mw magnitude earthquake, and moved to New Jersey, USA. The two months navigating the world as a refugee opened Jean’s eye to sustainability and urbanism. Jean decided to pursue an architectural education and received a Bachelor of Architecture from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Since graduating, Jean has been working for an architectural firm in New Jersey, where she is exposed to planning, design, sustainability and construction administration in the educational sector. Jean is also an active member of the New Jersey National Organization of Minority Architects (NJNOMA), studying to complete the ARE and pursuing a graduate level education.

Contact Email: bainalyssa@gmail.com

Education New Jersey Institute of technology, Newark, NJ (2017).

Bachelor of Architecture Essex County College, Newark, NJ (2012).

A.A.S in Architectural Technology

Work Experience Parette Somjen Architects, Rockaway, NJ 04/17 – Present Job Captain.

Intern.

B&B Sheet Metal, Queens, NY 06/15 – 04/17 Assistant Project Manager.

Estimator.

Lowe’s Home Improvement, Union, NJ 07/14 – 06/15 Install’s Office Representative.

Cashier Focus on Architecture, Art, Research and Making (FAARM) Manhattan, NY. 07/11 – 10/12 Intern.

Utopian Dessert Spring 2017

This project focused on the complex operations involved in turning abstract architectural concepts into con avant‐garde, a strategy for developing an arts based Utopian settlement in Texas Canyon, Arizona. Multiple wasn’t intended to be a creation but a re‐creation, not the beginning, but a re‐beginning that takes place to settlement serves as a year‐round home for 12 artists/educators; dwellings, workplace and exhibition venue AX ON OM ET R

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ncrete building proposals. A collage experiment was introduced as a way to rethink the architectural e existing settlement plans were studied, distorted and re-pieced to form new floor plans. The master plan o reinvent. To not be easily frozen, pacified, domesticated, to allow for growth and expansion. The e for five to ten visiting artists along with a hotel and commissary.

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Ctrl + Space Museum Spring 2014

This design uses aggregated cubes to create an experiential architecture that constructs a clear delineation different programmatic functions: as balcony space, gallery, or skylight spaces. The pragmatic space is org additive cubes are made of steel with a plaster coating,while the rest of the building is clad in corten panels

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GALLERIES

CAFETERIA 1

Kitchen services

2

Dining area

1860 sq.ft.

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Balcony Space

2

Gallery Rooms

3

Skylights

2

EDUCATION

2751 sq.ft.

LOBBY

1860 sq.ft.

OFFICES

1860 sq.ft.

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Educational Service

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Entry

1

Reception

2

Classrooms

2

Reception

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Work Area

3

Seating Area

1860 sq.ft.

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Reception area Lounge area Theater Sculpture garden

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Cafeteria + Gallery

Lobby + Reception

Kitchen Cafeteria Gallery space Equipment storage Closet

n between pragmatic and gallery space.The galleries are enhanced by the additive cubes which contain ganized in a tower on the left half of the buildiing, while the gallery space remains on the right half. The s.These panels are perforated on the left half of the building to allow light to enter those spaces.

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THEATER 1

PARKING

MECHANICAL ROOM

1860 sq.ft.

Seating Area

3200 sq.ft.

5300 sq.ft.

1 16 parking spaces

1 Open air space

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TH IRD

Storage Area

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CORE 1

Storage Area

2

Egress Stair

3

Elevator

EXTERIOR SPACE

230 sq. ft. per floor

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Offices + Gallery

Educational service Classroom Gallery space Equipment storage Closet

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third floor - gallery + education

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Education+ Gallery 1 2 3 4 5

500 sq. ft.

Office space Reception area Gallery space Equipment storage Closet

CUBE ROTATION AND AGGREGATION STUDY

CIRCULATION DIAGRAM

CIRCULATION CUBES

GALLERY CUBES

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ENVELOPE

STRUCTURE

PURE CUBE

ADDITIVE CUBE

Gowanus Community Center Spring 2013

Parametricism was pursued, and implemented in all corners of the community center project. Developing a which can be layered and continuous was explored as a style through a generating program. Once the para building. A diamond shape was manipulated, stretched, doublely rotated to create 2D and 3d spaces based spaces and the introduction of materials, advanced the project towards a a more conveivable and less conc basis to share and circulate ideas and skills. to provide guidance that a facility should provide the public to

an architectural and urban repertoire that is geared up to create complex, polycentric architectural field adigm was organized and manageable, it was used for site mapping and eventually the making of the d on the maping of the site and the project adjacency diagram. The architectural representation of the ceptual object. It then became a public locations where members of a community can gather on a regular o help navigate through it’s space.

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Framing Visual Connectivity Fall 2015

This shared workplace project is driven by the fast development of technology’s implication on the physica organized for collaboration, and fusing the virtual and physical worlds. Programmatically, this manifests in a Hoboken, NJ, the site studies offered the opportunity to address the rising water level with different archite unavoidable need for transparency which is achieved through open floor plans and split levels. That physic from each other.

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al urban work place with the notion that it will require architectural spaces that are: unbound, flexible, a blurring of the public and private; and individual and collective spaces. Located at the waterfront in ectural components intended to retain, resist, store, delay, and discharge. The concept addressed the cal transparency, gives the opportunity to observe and engage other workers in the space and learn

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Lakay Gran Fall 2019

A fire destroyed the modest house of a 89 year old women in a rural town of Haiti called Saint Marc. The ne sleeping in her livingroom due to a hip surgery and couldn’t use the stairs to her bedroom as often. Rebuild that would undergo future modification. The concept of a dwelling that can accommodate multigeneration “Kay”(house) layout must include a porch usualy under a gable end next to the street; an area to grow a fe house. And in an ideal scenario room to expand if needed. Solid walls are often not needed. Metal fencing o building houses, it involves a whole system of spaces that accomodates a family’s needs and liffestyle that

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eed to rebuild the house to accomodate her new lifestyle was needed, as at the time of the fire, she was ding was also an opportunity for her children and grand children to customize the dwelling and lay a plan nal living arrangements was presented mixed with the strong architectural style of the contry. The ew vegetables or herbs; a cistern to store rain water; storing motocycles, moped or bicycles alongside the or perforated block patterns allow air to move through. Providing housing involves much more than just is specifically Caribbean and designed for life out-of-doors.

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Phase One. Accomodations for the 89 year old women who underwent hip surgery by having her bedroom on the first floor with direct access to the porch. The main entrance of the house was placed to the side to provide her some privacy as well as the perforated block patterns.

45'-0"

FZR

14'-0" 17'-0" 3'-0"

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Phase Two. Modifactions are made within the existing framework by the next generation to redirect the purpose of the house as a vacation home.

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Classroom Addition Spring 2020

With the suburban population fastly growing in New jersey, school districts found themselves needing to e elementay school. The implementation of the New Jersey codes and regulations were implemented for the Parette Somjen Architects,LLC. owns all the rights and intelectual property of this project.

epand their square footage. This is a three classroom addition with the relocation of the main office for an e success of this project all while using similar elements and materials as the original building.

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ROOM WINDOW SIGNAGE

ROOM WINDOW SIGNAGE

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ROOM WINDOW SIGNAGE

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ROOM WINDOW SIGNAGE

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ROOM WINDOW SIGNAGE

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COPING SYSTEM. VAPOR BARRIER. ROOFING SYSTEM.

1 TOP OF PARAPET 16'-0"

TYPICAL ROOF ASSEMBLY:

TOP OF PARAPET 16'-0"

R-VALUE:

2 1

BUILT-UP ROOFING SYSTEM

=0

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2

EXTERIOR AIR GAP

= 0.17

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3

RIGID INSULATION (5'-5" MIN.)

= 27.5

4

INTERIOR AIR FILM

= 0.68

TOTAL ASSEMBLY

= 28.35

TOP OF STRUCTURE 13'-4"

SCUPPER BEYOND. MASONRY TIES AT 24" O.C. IN EACH DIRECTION. TOP OF STRUCTURE 13'-4" THRU WALL FLASHING. TOP OF CANOPY 12'-1" 8" BOND BEAM.

MORTAR NET. WEEP HOLE.

SUSPENDED CEILING SYSTEM.

BOTTOM OF CANOPY 10'-0"

WINDOW HEAD 9'-6"

WINDOW HEAD 9'-6"

TYPICAL WINDOW ASSEMBLY:

CANOPYMETAL SEAM ROOFING SYSTEM.

R-VALUE:

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DOUBLE GLAZING WITH LOW-E

= 3.45

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SASHES

= 0.44

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U-FACTOR

= 0.53

TOTAL ASSEMBLY

= 4.42

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BEAM LINTEL AND PLATE.

WINDOW SYSTEM. BEARING PLATE BEYOND.

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MASONRY TIES AT 24" O.C. IN EACH DIRECTION.

TYPICAL WALL ASSEMBLY:

R-VALUE:

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EXTERIOR AIR FILM

= 0.17

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4" BRICK

= 0.44

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10

1" AIR GAP

= 0.5

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11

2" RIGID INSULATION

= 10

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8" CMU

= 1.11

FLOOR BASE.

13

INTERIOR AIR FILM

= 0.68

FLOORING SYSTEM (TYP.)

TOTAL ASSEMBLY

= 12.9

WINDOW SILL 3'-0" 8 9

12 13 FINISHED FIRST FLOOR 0’-0"

PRECAST WINDOW SILL.

MORTAR NET.

WINDOW SILL 3'-0"

WEEP HOLE.

3" INSULATION AND 1" AIR GAP.

CANOPY COLUMN. BRICK SHELF ( 3 BRICKS).

8" NOMINAL CMU BLOCK.

FINISHED FIRST FLOOR 0’-0"

PRE-MOLDED JOINT FILLER. HAUNCHED CONCRETE SLAB. VAPOR BARRIER. FOOTING AND FOUNDATION

COMPACTED EARTH.

200

CORRIDOR

201A

PRINCIPAL

RESTROOM

201B

RESTROOM

NOT AN EXIT STAIR SIG NAGE

104

204 KINDERGARTEN

ROOM SI GNAGE

114

200B

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112

108

119

EXPANSION JOINT COVER. FACE BRICK.

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BRICK TIES.

2"

2"

+2" COMPRESSIBLE FILLER (ALL AROUND HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL).

TOP OF FIREWALL 18'-0"

1" AIR SPACE 2" RIGID INSULATION. CAVITY WALL AIR-VAPOR WEATHER BARRIER. (TYP. TO ALL)

2" EXPANSION JOINT.

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WINDOW INFILL.

8" CMU. 2-HOUR RATED 12 INCH NOMINAL CMU.

12" NOMINAL CMU FIREWALL.

EXPANSION JOINT COVER. BULLNOSE ALL END UNITS, TYP. DOOR AND DOOR FRAME.

TOP OF STRUCTURE 13'-4" ROOFING SYSTEM. L ANGLE. C.1

CEMEMTITIOUS SPRAYED-ON FIRE-PROOFING.

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EXPANSION JOINT COVER. DOOR AND DOOR FRAME.

12" BOND BEAM.

BULLNOSE ALL END UNITS, TYP. 2"

+2" COMPRESSIBLE FILLER (ALL AROUND HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL).

2-HOUR RATED 12 INCH NOMINAL CMU.

PRECAST CONCRETE LINTEL..

PAINTED SNAP-IN COLUMN COVER WITH ROUNDED CORNERS. CEMENTITIOUS SPRAYED-ON FIRE-PROOFING

SUSPENDED CEILING SYSTEM.

RANSOM WINDOW.

DOOR.

DOOR SADDLE. A 1'-3 5/8" 8"

8" CMU.

FINISHED FIRST FLOOR 0"

CAVITY WALL AIRVAPOR WEATHER BARRIER. (TYP. TO ALL)

INTERIOR

2" RIGID INSULATION. 1" AIR SPACE. 6

PRE-MOLDED JOINT FILLER. HAUNCHED CONCRETE SLAB. VAPOR BARRIER. FACE BRICK.

FOOTING AND FOUNDATION.

EXTERIOR CONTROL JOINT WITH BACKER ROD & SEALANT. BRICK TIES.

202 KINDERGARTEN

201A

PRINCIPAL

200A

VESTIBULE

201

MAIN OFFICE

A

ROOM SI GNAGE

121

200

CORRIDOR

105

104

117

118

RESTROOM

113

102

103

Gymnasium Roof and Wall Repairs Spring 2018

A water leak in the gymnasium wall was brought to our attention by the school district, which led to a roof of the gymnasium. A 3’-0” by 3’-0” portion of the wall, where the brick facade and the metal wall panel me and a rainscreen metal panel wall system was proposed to solved the water infiltration. Parette Somjen Arc

f investigation. Upon performing a water test trough the roof, water appeared along the walls of the inside eet was opened and expoxed mold and the lack of proper flashing at the material transition. A metal roof chitects,LLC. owns all the rights and intelectual property of this project.

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