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BENJAMIN T. SHONKA

ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO

INDEX OF WORK

PUBLISHED WORKS

RENDERINGS

SHRINE FOR THE UNBORN

ATCHISON TRAIN STATION

MARMOUTIER COLLEGE

HOSPICE BY THE OCEAN

VILLA FOSCARI

VARIOUS PROJECTS

STUDY OF THE ORDERS

AUTOCAD STUDY

VARIOUS ARTWORKS

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PUBLISHED IN CLASSICIST NO. 20

Institute of Classical Architecture

Front Door Detail (top), Atchison Bank Analytique (left)

PUBLISHED IN CLASSICIST NO. 21

Institute of Classical Architecture

Front Elevation (above)

Above: The Architects Chair

Watercolor on Paper

Left: NYC Penn Station

Watercolor on Paper

Above: Analytique of Lakeside Pavilion

Watercolor on Paper

Top Middle: Bath of Sardis Reconstruction

Watercolor on Paper

SHRINE FOR THE UNBORN

Senior Studio V, Fall 2024

Ink and Watercolor on Watercolor Paper

This design proposal for a Shrine for the Unborn is set on the lower quad of Benedictine College. Taking into account the somberness of the shrine and the eccentric nature of a college campus, the large atrium serves as a transition space for people to enter into prayer. Drawing precident from Lutyens’ and Cret’s war memorials, this shrine provides a solemn space to commemorate the unborn.

Critics included: Kevin Buccellato and Christopher Whelan

PROJECT BLOCK

Above:North/South Section through atrium

Top Right: Aerial Perspective

Middle Right: East/West Section through shrine

Bottom Right: Front Elevation

ATCHISON TRAIN STATION

Junior Studio III, Spring 2023

Ink and Watercolor on Watercolor Paper

This proposal for a passenger train station in Atchison, Kansas, blends the city's historical context with Romanesque architectural elements inspired by City Hall, the Post Office, Windsor Station in Montreal, and St. Louis Union Station. The design features separate areas for arrival and departure, with passengers entering a large, light-filled waiting room on the first floor, overlooked by a second-floor gallery. Shops, ticketing areas, and leasable offices line the sides for convenience. A corridor with shops, offices, and a restaurant guides departing passengers, reinforcing the station as a welcoming gateway into the city.

Critics included: Mr. Anthony Grumbine

PROJECT BLOCK

Atchison Train Station

MARMOUTIER COLLEGE

Junior Studio III, Fall 2023 Ink on Watercolor Paper

PROGRAM: Design a house for a college president to Marmoutier College, a theoretical liberal arts college in the midwest. The house was to be designed to accommodate both large public events and private family affairs. The house was to keep traditional room proportions while adhering to modern house accommodations.

Awarded Best Rendering by critics including: Mark Ferguson and Stephen Chrisman (Ferguson and Shamamian Architects)

PROJECT BLOCK

HOSPICE BY THE OCEAN

Sophomore Studio II, Spring 2023

Ink and Watercolor on Watercolor Paper

PROGRAM: Design a hospice on the coast of California. While accomodating for the terminally ill, it was to include a chapel and utilize views of the ocean.

Awarded Best Overall Project by critics including:

John Lillyman (Wilkins Architecture Design Planning LLC), Professor Ken Heyda, Dr. Michael Djordjevitch, John T. Wilborn

VILLA FOSCARI

Venice, Italy

Junior Studio III, Fall 2023

Graphite on Paper

The aim of this project was to document a Palladian Villa as precedent for students’ own designs during the latter half of the semester. Students were to compose sheet layouts including two elevations, plan, site, front detail and title block. The goal was to come to greater knowledge of Palladian proportions while continuing to devolop compostion and design skills.