Portfolio Sample

PORTFOLIO SAMPLE 2022 CHIARA ZANGARI

Contact: T: 323 868 1022 E: cezangari@gmail.com 181 Washington Park Broooklyn, NY 11205 Education: University of California Berkeley B.A. Architecture GPA 3.88 Professional Experience: Volume21, San Rafael, CA 18 Hillcrest House Renovation and Addition Furniture detailing, Plan/Sections, 3D modeling of furniture/house addition Studio MDA, NYC, NY Chiang Mai Museum Architectural intern: produced conceptual designs, composed material research, proposed interior design ideas, designed furniture line for museum, generated DD set and worked on section details.

Tia Zoldan Interiors, Los Angeles, CA Rendered images, produced plans, sections, and elevations of furniture pieces for a commercial project.

Organizations: Artribe, Los Angeles, CA Leader of an annual student run gallery event showcasing local student’s art in the greater Los Angeles area, benefiting the Spiral Foundation, a charity focused on providing heart surgeries for children in Vietnam and Nepal effected by Agent Orange.

2018-2022

Spring 2022

Summer 2021

Fall 2021

2016-2018

Achievements:

2022 UC Berkeley, CA 2022 Alpha Rho Chi Medal: established by the National Professional Fraternity for Architecture and the Allied Arts, to honor a graduating senior who has shown an affinity for leadership, performed willing service for the department, and gives promise of real professional merit through his or her attitude and personality.

Skills Software Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Sketch Up, Rhino3D, Vray.

Familiar with AutoCAD, Revit, and Enscape.

Hands-On Physical model building, hand drawing, collage making, 3D printing, Laser cutter, digital/film photography, photo editing, social media, California registered driver References: Jennifer Ly: Partner at Figure, Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley T. 4088934393 E. Jennifertly@berkeley.edu Robert Scott: Lead designer at Mork Ulnes Architects, Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley T.4152821437 ext. 310 E. robert@morkulnes.com Keith Plymale: Owner of Volume21, Lecturer at University of California, Berkeley T. 4159392100 E. keith@volume21.com

ABOUT

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I am Chiara Zangari, a Los Angeles born architect and designer. In May 2022 I graduated with high honors from the University of California Berkeley where I studied architecture and design.

I have dedicated myself to the exploration of art and design for most of my life. In high school I found myself passionate about producing art as a creative outlet for students and organized various fundraisers showcasing student made art from the greater Los Angeles area. I spent my free time exploring creative outlets including painting, ceramics, photography, knitting, and especially cooking.

During my time at UC Berkeley I developed my passions into sustainable and integrated design. I focused my studies on the impact of design activism, specifically studying the effects architecture has had on the density and social inequalities of cities. I am currently working on expanding my ability to use various 3D software programs and exploring my interests in furniture and object design.

This is a sample portfolio that includes select images from my most recent academic architectural projects as well as work from recent architectural internships.

Email: cezangari@gmail.com

Phone: +13238681022

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Public Art Depot

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Concrete and Fire

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The Urban Institute

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Projected Modulation

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Chiang Mai Museum

Art Depot.

Art and the public domain.

(2022)

3rd Street

Tennessee Street

23rd Street

24th Street

The public Art Depot is a cultural institution that engages and responds to the increasing importance of arts relationship with the public domain. The intersection of formal elements result in a series of enclosed galleries and outdoor gardens that address all four sides of the building. These public gardens interact with the surrounding city and designate entrances into the depot, allowing the program to engage directly beyond just the building lot. The space that links these intersecting elements together is the open archive that acts as a high density display. Rather than a private highly securitized industrial archive space, the scheme allows for a curated set of objects to be accessible to the public at all times.

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Building Skin ground-to-roof Section

Perforated Aluminum Metal Mesh

Steel beam Aluminum Liner Panel Glass Protective layer

2” x 2” steel column

Roof Garden

3’ tall steel balcony rails

Perforated Aluminum Metal Mesh Aluminum Liner Panel Precast Concrete Structural Wall Panel System

Vapor permeable air barrierr Batt Insulation

Mesh Clip

4” Aluminum Mullion

Classroom

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Expanded Metal Mesh Facade Connection Fixing to back structure Mesh Clip Expanded Metal Fixed to Extruded wall profile Aluminum Liner Panel

Interior Floor finish 2’ Concrete slab

Perforated Aluminum Metal Mesh

Steel Decking

Mechanical plumbing Rigid Insulation Gypsum board

Interior Wall finish

Lobby

Head Track

Custom glass sliding door

4” Steel Mullion

2 x 4 stud frame @ 16” O.C.

Concrete Foundation wall Concrete Footing Line of Grade

Door guide Interior Floor finish Rigid Insulation

4” Gravel layer Vapor Retarder

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Concrete & Fire.

3D Printed Prototype.

(2022)

This project explores the typical 3D printed concrete house prototype and its use as a response to wildfires in California. Through research and site analysis, the program explores the concept of an earthwork as a foundation for concrete dwellings. In collaboration with fellow classmates, each earthwork was individually designed to connect to one another and form one single chain in the landscape that could be used as a conceptual fire break. The earthwork acts as a sculptural landscape that creates experiential views that both connect the exterior to the interior while providing fire breaks for the dwellings. The topography is composed of three elements: the flat walkable earth that consists of the road and pathways, the raised earth that act as ramps for recreational use, and the sunken pools. The larger walls act as fire breaks and connect the interior of each dwellings to its surroundings.

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Library/Office Bedroom 2 Bathroom 3 Balcony/Terrace

The Urban Institute.

Urban Corner.

(2021)

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My primary interests for the urban institute are how programmatic elements are negotiated through the spatial organization of public versus private space and means of circulation. By bending back moments in the facade, exterior space is created that distinguishes the relationship of public space on the street side versus the more private space on the building side. The inflections on the facade are created by curved walls that break up the facade and allow daylighting and ventilation to occur, while also giving implications of what’s occurring inside the building on the outside of the building. This helps to distinguish exterior and interior space while activating the public zone along the curved staircase. The public staircase wraps around the curved walls as the visible element that leads you to different programs. These interests are activated through the distinctions between translucency and transparency. The facade is made up of a gradient polycarbonate skin that allows soft light to be transmitted through the facade while also giving visibility to the public stair.

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Projected Modulation

Study Models.

(2019)

Through a series of orthographic projection as the primary means of representation, stereotomy is used to produce different forms. By exploring various compositions, colors, and part-to-part relationships, I derived two abstract objects that defined cutting of solid cubs. With this, complex spatial conditions are created that produce a kind of ambiguity within each relationship.

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Chiang Mai Museum

Contemporary Art Musuem.

(2021)

1 STAINLESS STEEL PARAPET CAP

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RIGID INSULATION WITH THERMO-PLASTIC MEMBRANE ROOFING

ALUMINUM COMPOSITE PANEL DRIP EDGE R/F 12.00 ROOF TRUSS

METAL INFILL FRAMING

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ARCHITECTURAL CONCRETE WALL

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Chiang Mai is a private contemporary art museum in Thailand currently being developed by StudioMDA. The museum is composed of 4 buildings, called “pods” that hold different programmatic elements. The program list includes a cafe, lounge, lobby, offices, library, archive room, workshops, lecture hall/auditorium, museum shop, private exhibition halls, and a contemporary and temporary exhibition room. Surrounded by inner and exterior gardens, the designs curved pod shaped form mimics the surrounding landscape. In collaboration with Markus Dochantschi, Keren Bao, Jamal Banan, Alex M., Deniz Kutay, Simona Zangari.

STAIN PARA ALUM COM R/F 12.

ALUMINUM COMPOSITE PANEL

SECTION DETAIL AT ROOF PARAPET

STRUCTURAL CONCRETE WALL

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SCHEDULED METAL DECK

D3 A307.00

STRUCTURAL SILICONE WINDOW SYSTEM

C3 A307.00

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PARAPET FRAMING

METAL COMPOSITE DECK

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ROLL ON WATERPROOFING

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780 R.O.

THERMO PLASTIC MEMBRANE ROOFING, LAP OVER ROOF PARAPET, ALL SEAMS TO BE HEAT WELDED

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STAINLESS STEEL PARAPET CAP

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SHEATHING

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WALL SECTION @ POD 1 EXTERIOR ARCADE SCALE: 1 : 25

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SILL @ EXTERIOR WINDOW - POD 1 ARCADE SCALE: 1 : 5

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