summer of 2024 2022 - 2023 summer of 2022 fluent some
CONTENT
P. 01 - P. 08
Location: Clinton Hill, US Year: 2024 |Semester 7|
Undergraduate Design Studio Year 4
P. 09 - P. 18
Location: Clinton Hill, US Year: 2024 |Semester 4|
Undergraduate Design Studio Year 3
OUROBOROS
P. 19 - P. 26
Location: Sara D. Roosevelt Park, US Year: 2023 |Semester 5|
Undergraduate Design Studio Year 3
P. 27 - P. 32
Location: Astoria Park, US Year: 2022 |Semester 4|
Undergraduate Design Studio Year 2
P. 33 - P. 36
Location: Astoria Park, US Year: 2022 |Semester 3|
Undergraduate Design Studio Year 2
HOT DAM
Location: Clinton Hill, US
Year: 2024 |Semester 7|
Undergraduate Design Studio Year 4
Paired Project: David Ambul + Addison Linck
HOT DAM; Horizontally Organized
Terracing by David and Addison
Manufacturing is the exploration of two disassociated programs, a housing tower placed on top of a School of Architecture podium.
When a Boeing 787 lands on the tarmac it always floats above never fully making contact. In the same vein, HOT DAM looks at the expression of these two programs and works to form a school of architecture that works as a blob-like cushion for the heavy residential towers above. Terracing acts as the primary design function that is shared by both program types.
Starting with the housing towers, our central space was the outdoor and amenity spaces. This series of terraces, carves a spiral that connects both towers and begins to soften the point of contact of both the architecture school and the residences. The residential towers are made up of Steel PPVC Studios, and with a variety of unit typologies.
Moving to the School of Architecture, the central jewel would be the Interdisciplinary Technology Lab. At Pratt we have noticed the physical act of making has started to deteriorate. We worked to revitalize the studio spaces and to activate them through production not only within the school, but also to the rest of the campus. Overall, we worked to reintegrate the School of Architecture to the campus with the use of outdoor throughways and gathering spaces to create a cushion for all the program.
LAFAYETTE STREET LOOP
Location: Clinton Hill, US
Year: 2024|Semester 6|
Undergraduate Design Studio Year 3
Paired Project: David Ambul + Addison Linck
Lafayette Street Loop is a design intervention located on the intersection of Franklin Ave. and Lafayette Ave. which looks at how to integrate community space to housing on top of a market program for the neighborhood. When looking at the demographics of Clinton Hill, there are a lot of families with children, yet there is a distinct lack of healthy food choices. For this reason we integrated a food market for the neighborhood which also acts as a cornerstone of social activies.
The entrance to this market is right on the intersection of these two busy streets with the actual market being below grade, allowing us to maintain visual connections, and maintain privacy for residents. The ground floor has no residential units with the only portion of the residential program being allocated is for a daycare for children which were also missing in the neighborhood.
Moving to the residential, the overall form is a pinching motion in elevation while wrapping around the central courtyard. This pinching motion works with the sunpath to optimize light intake for the courtyard and all units facing it while maximizing outward views. The amenity program is placed in elevation to create an inward loop that is also represented on the facade.
Overall, with the market and variety of programs introduced to this project we worked to maximize the outdoor space on all floors given back for social activities all the while respecting that our design has to serve the needs of every age group.
Credit for all of the models goes to Addison Linck
The drawings shown were entirely completed by myself while the models were done by designer partner, Addison Linck. The actual design was a combined effort between the two of us.
Location: Sara D Roosevelt Park, US
Year: 2023 |Semester 5|
Undergraduate Design Studio Year 3
Paired Project: David Ambul + David Gonzalez Lopez
Ouroboros is a design proposal for a community driven silk market. While the original design prompt for this semester called for a food market, based on our research, there was sufficient supplies of food with the main issue being the lack of employment within the Lower East Side.
Based on the predominantly South Asian demographic, we opted for a silk market that also acts as an education center in ahsima silk production which is the nonviolent production method where the entire lifecycle of a moth is cyclical. Through a series of studies relating the stages of a moths lifespan, we began to translate that to architecture and combine it with gestures like a courtyard or slope
This led directly to our massing approach. We recognized that the park was an uninviting space currently with the entire portion on Forsyth St being inactive. By bringing the park circulation both beneath the market and over top, the design acts as an extension and invitation of the park.
As for the actual interior condition, the circulation forms a loop through the market spaces and the silk production space that starts and ends at the exhibition space belowground, adjacent to the courtyard. Overall, it was important for us silk to be a constant theme and driving force through the design.
Credit for all of the models goes to David Gonzalez Lopez.
The drawings shown were entirely completed by myself while the models were done by designer partner, David Gonzalez Lopez.
The actual design was a combined effort between the two of us.
Photos were taken and edited by both of us as
WOVEN THROUGH THE VOID
Location: Crown Heights Library, US
Year: 2023 |Semester 4|
Undergraduate Design Studio Year 2
Woven through the void is the result of understanding the needs of the surrounding community as well as the library to create a multi purpose library and community center for the youth.
All of the original program from the existing single story library was reconsidered to only leave the library and separate all other needs across the elevated fingers on different floors.
This left the first floor as library, the second floor as classroom spaces, and the third floor as an open work space that can be reorganized to the needs of the neighborhood and all the relocated program from the original library space. All of the theater spaces wrap around to form the third finger in plan.
Through all of these spaces a void is inserted to bring light to the inner spaces in addition, the light wells that act as vertical circulation. This ensures all programs are individually accessible and can operate on their own.
It was important to maintain views of the Manhattan Skyline while also reducing harsh light. This was achieved by a brise soleil facade system and stacking each finger on top of one another with sufficient overhangs. The facade is a rain screen to ensure the spaces with direct sunlight exposure are kept shaded and functional.
At the back of the site is an exterior addition that allows for outdoor reading spaces, sports courts, a public plaza and services like a cafe.
NESTED VAULTS
Location: Astoria Park, US
Year: 2022 |Semester 3|
Undergraduate Design Studio Year 2
Nested Vaults is the addition to the Astoria Park Public Pool. The program of the addition is a poolhouse for the community as well as the reintroduction of diving to the space with a diving pool/diving school. The reason for the addition is to make the space usable year round and engage with more community members.
The design of this project takes into consideration light + temperature + sitelines to create a new community space. By manipulating the barrel vault through a series of iterations, the end result accounted for various modes of light on both the interior as well as the exterior. The barrel vault was chosen for its ties to the existing structure.
The two variations of vaults form the two extruded forms in plan, ulitmately both create shade on the exterior at various scales depending on the importance of the space, a permanent soft light, as well as a light that moves throughout the course of the day.
When looking at the existing conditions of the site, the pool and accompanying structures are in a high risk flood zone, in order to better protect these structures, the landscaping around the proposed addition acts as a berm. Raising the ground creates better views of the Manhattan skyline with the two pockets for viewing in plan.
The entire design is separated into two main structures; the building that is open year round for the bathing rooms, ordered from hottest to coldest and then the diving orientated addition which is open only for the spring and summer months.
