Architecture Portfolio 2023 Master's

Architecture Portfolio

Diana Azbenova

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SOLENE WASTE TO ENERGY

PROFESSOR: LANDON BROWN

SPRING 2022

INTEGRATED STUDIO IV

PARTNER: MELISSA CHUA

BRONX,NY

SOLENE

PORTALS OF LIGHT

OUR PROJECT WAS CONCIEVED OUT OF A DESIRE TO PROVIDE STRIKING GLIMPSES OF AND FLASHBACKS TO THE HARLEM RIVER-SIDE BRONX'S RICH, BIODIVERSE HISTORY. SOLENE PROVIDES A NATATORY EXPERIENCE THAT ON ONE END EVOKES AND REVERES ITS NATURAL HISTORY WHILE AT ANOTHER END ACKNOWLEDGES A STARK CONTRAST TO THE PRESENT-DAY REALITIES OF OUR SITE'S RISING FLOOD LINES AND GENERATIONS OF HUMAN DISPLACEMENT AND WASTE. WE CONVEY THIS DICHOTOMY BY CARVING OUT INTENTIONAL MOMENTS OF LIGHT, WATERSCAPE AND TERRAIN FROM A MONOLITHIC ARCHITECTURE FOR VISITORS TO EXPLORE AND CONTEMPLATE HOW VARIOUS SEEMINGLY DISPARATE ELEMENTS OF OUR CLIMATE CRISISES MIGHT BE PIECED TOGETHER FOR A FUTURE GOOD.

BUILDING AS TERRAIN

WE WERE CALLED TO DESIGN A BUILDING THAT WAS AT ONCE A WASTE TO ENERGY POWERPLANT, RECYCLING CENTER AND PUBLIC NATATORIUM, A PARTICULARLY PECULIAR PROGRAM. AS WE CONTEMPLATED HOW TO INTEGRATE THESE DIVERGENT EFFORTS, WE DISCOVERED THEY WERE SIMPLY A REFLECTION OF THE MORAL DILEMMAS PRESENTED IN THE CYCLE OF LIFE ON EARTH. FROM ASHES WE RISE, AND TO ASHES WE MUST RETURN; SOLENE HARKS THIS MELODY IN MOVEMENT, FORM AND CIRCULATION, EMERGING FROM HER NORTH-SIDE GROUND AND DISINTEGRATING TO HER SOUTH-SIDE GRAVE, SLOWLY INTERPRETING AND REWILDING HER LANDSCAPE. AT THE APEX OF HER LIFE IS A WATER TEMPLE THAT HONORS THE DICHOTOMY OF THE BRONX'S COMPLEX PAST AND FUTURE AS REFLECTED IN THE PRESENT MOMENT.

WE FIND MOMENTS WHERE VARIOUS GRADIENTS OF LIGHT CAN FILTER THROUGHO UR SPACE.

A GLASS CURTAIN WALL ALONG THE WATERFRONT PRIORITIZES PUBLIC VIEWS FROM THE NATATORIUM.

MONOLITHIC SWATCH OF TTANSLUCENT AND OPAGUE FACADE ELEMENTS CODIFY THE POWERPLANT AND RECYCLING PROGRAMS OF OUR SPACE.

WHERE THE BRONX'S PAST AND FUTURE ARE RE-INTERPRETED AND RE-WILDED INTO A NEW REALITY OF WASTE-WATER INTEGRATION.

THE FLOW OF THE WATER THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STRUCTURE, LEADS FROM ONE SPACE TO ANOTHER LIKE A STREAM. AND ONE OF THE FEATURES IS THE WATERFALL, THAT FALLS INTO THE SEMI OPEN SWIMMING POOL, WHERE PEOPLE CAN EMERGE INTO NATURAL EXPERIENCE AND REAL PRESENSE OF THE WATER.

A SPINE RUNNING THROUGH SOLÈNE'S NORTH-SOUTH AXIS AT FIRST DELINEATES THE BUILDING'S WASTETO-ENERGY AND RECYCLING PROGRAMS TO THE EAST AND ITS PUBLIC SWIMMING FACILITIES TOWARD THE HARLEM RIVER WATERFRONT.

AS VISITORS CIRCULATE FROM THE BUILDING'S NORTH TO SIDE SIDES, THESE FUNCTIONS START TO INTEGRATE AND DISINTEGRATE TO AND FROM ON ANOTHER UNTIL A NEW WILDERNESS OF WATERSCAPES EMERGES.AT THE SOUTH END.

DEEGANMAJOR/87YAWHIGH

SIPHON

The future of colonization is expansion through efficiency. Segmenting the colonization in stages would allow for the acquisition of local resources prior to the arrival of the colonists. Research bays would be the next stage in the development of the colony to process the acquired materials for use in construction of new modules and to secure the sustainability of the colonists which would inhabit them. Taking resources from the lunar surface to provide an experience that is not only comforting to the researchers, but also satisfying in terms of curiosity among space tourists.

Located in the Reinhold B crater, an analysis of that area shows a likelyhood of water underneath the the surface as well as nearby craters and routes connecting them. Craters provide good shelter from micro meteorites which ravage the equator shown on the analysis from West to East. Moreover, materials can be gathered from craters to further aid the development of the colony.

Living Quarters

Water

Reinhold B

Frequent impact area

Agriculture module

Recreation and Welness Sauna

III

TRAVEL OF FRICTION DILAPITATED REUSE

PROFESSOR: HART MARLOW

FALL 2020

GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, NY

POURED MATERIALS

CRYSTALLIZATION, LAYERS AND DIFFERENTIATION

CRYSTALIZATION PROCESS TO CREATE DEPTH IN THE NATURAL STONE AND ITS DIFFERENTIATION.

CRYSTALIZATION MIGHT BE CREATED WITHIN THE LAYERS OF TRANSPERANCY CREATING THE VISUALS OF DEPTH AND GROWTH INSIDE, AS IF IT IS THE HIDDEN GEM NEEDED TO BE EXPLORED.

DESIGN

TRAVEL OF FRICTION-DILAPITATED REUSE

TRAVEL OF FRICTION

MY PROPOSAL IS TO INTEGRATE THE FOUNDATION AND CAST THE PART OF THE EXHISTING BUILDING, AT THE SAME TIME REMOVING THE EXISTING FACADE AND ROOF TO CREATE OLD VS. NEW WHERE NEW MIMICS OLD. THAT WAY IT PRESERVES THE CONCEPT OF ROCK DIFFERENTIATION THROUGHOUT TIME IN A MOLECULAR WAY.

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SITE- GOVERNOR'S ISLAND

A.MASSING FORMATION

B.EXTERIOR TEXTURE

C.TEXTURE PROJECTION

D.DETAIL

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THE MOVEMENTS ON THE FACADE ARE BEING PROJECTED ONTO INTERIOR AND THAT WAY EXPOSING INTERIOR TO THE EXTERIOR. EXTENSIONS OF THE FOUNDATION AS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE OCCUPIED AND IMPLEMENTED IN THE EXTERIOR FACADE, INFORMS THE DIRECTIONALITY OF INTERIOR SPACES.

IV

URBAN FJORD- MULTIDISCIPLINARY MIDDLE SCHOOL

PROFESSOR: ERICH SCHOENENBERGER

SPRING 2021

BROOKLYN,

URBAN FJORD IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY MIDDLE SCHOOL LOCATED ON THE 43ST/4 AVE CORNER BY THE SUNSET PARK IN BROOKLYN.

BREAKING DOWN THE GRID OF THE CITY, DESIGNED SCHOOL OPENS UP TO THE OPPORTUNITIES OF HAVING ENCLOSED SPACES IN BETWEEN THE BUILT UP CANYON LIKE STRUCTURES, WHERE SCHOOLERS CAN ENGAGE IN VARIOUS DISCIPLINES, WHETHER MUSICAL OR TECHNICAL.

GIVEN THAT THE SCHOOL IS AT THE CORNER, THE GROUND PUSHES DOWN TO CREATE A WELCOMING ENTRANCE INTO THE STRIATED SPACES IN BETWEEN. THAT WAY A MORE INTIMATE AND UNIQUE EXPERIENCE IS ACHIEVED WHERE WALKING THROUGH VARIOUS SECTIONS OF SCHOOL BEGINS TO FEEL LIKE WALKING IN BETWEEN THE STEEP CANYON WALLS.

ABSTRACT PROCESS

LOOKING AT BINARY OPPOSITIONS OF SOLITUDE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH THE LENS OF INDOCTRINATION IN EDUCATION GUIDED ME TO ESTABLISH MY OWN PATTERN AND METHOD TO TANSFORM SPACES IN THE DESIRED DIRECTION.

CONNECTING SPACES IN BETWEEN THE STRIATIONS CREATE A CELL LIKE STRUCTURE WHERE THEY ESTABLISH SEPARATE BUT INTERCONNECTING SPACES. THIS BECOMES REMINISCENT TO SOME NATURAL ELEMENTS, MICRO OR MACRO, LIKE TERMITE MOUNDS OR CANYONS.

THIS INDIRECT CONNECTION TO NATURE HAS AN INTENT TO BRING THAT FEELING OF ALIVENESS TO ACTIVATE LEARNER'S MINDS AND SENSES. VIBRANT COLORS, STRATEGIC LIGHT AD MATERIALS DIRECT ATTENTION WHILE THE VAST AND FLEXIBLE SPACES CREATE DYNAMIC LEARNING PROCESSES.

ANOTHER ARARAT - ECOLOGY OF PARANOIA

PROFESSOR: JIMENEZ LAI

CO TEACHER: SEGAL MOR

FALL 2022

REVITALIZING THE DRYING HABITAT

LOS ANGELES, IN THE MIDSTOF CLIMATE CHANGE, IS IN NEED OF MORE THOUGHT AND ACTION TOWARDS SAVING ITS WATER RESOURCES. WITH LAKES AND OPEN RESERVOIRS SLOWLY DRYING, IT BECOMES A LARGE ISSUE FOR THE ECOLOGY.

NATURAL AND MAN CROPPED LANDFILLS IN THE HILLS OF STUDIO CITY CREATE A HABITAT FOR MOST OF THE RESERVOIRS IN LOS ANGELES.

CONTAMINATION AND DROUGHT OF THOSE CALL FOR DESIGN THAT REPURPOSES ITS PROGRAM TO SAVE THE WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT

UPPER STONE CANYON TOPOGRAPHY AND THREE ITERATIONS OF THE TOPO MOVEMENT ACCORDING TO ITS SURROUNDING REGISTRATION LINES.

UPPER STONE CANYON

WITH THE FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF REPURPOSING THE WATER IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIUMS, LIKE HERE PROPOSED THERMAL BATHS; COMES A SPECULATIVE THOUGHT THAT THERE IS NO WAY TO TURN THE PROCESS BACK IN TIME.

FROM THIS,AN ECOLOGY OF PARANOIA HAVE BEEN CREATED. THERE ARE TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SO PARANOID OF AN INEVITABLE END OF THE WORLD, THAT THEY START PREPPING AND BUILD UNDERGROUND CITIES.

UNDER THIS THIN PRETTY CRUST HIDES THE WORLD WE DON'T SEE, FILLED WITH FEAR OF WHAT FUTURE HOLDS, THE UNKNOWN POSSIBILITY OF THE END.

PROPOSED DESIGN OF THE CAMOUFLAGED LAYER

THE UNDERGROUND CITY, CAMOUFLAGED UNDER THE THIN LAYER OF CRUSTED INHABITABLE SPACES, CAN ACCOMODATE AROUND 500 PEOPLE FROM LOS ANGELES.

100 OF THOSE ARE PAID SEATS, AND 400 ARE SELECTED BY CERTAIN CRITERIAS TO BUILD A NEW WORLD WHERE PEOPLE CAN COEXIST WITH EACH OTHER, AND PROVIDE VALUABLE RESOURCES TO THIS NEW STAGE.

WE NEVER KNOW WHAT KIND OF CIRCUMSTANCES MIGHT MOVE OUR MOTIVES TO BUILD CITIES UNDERGROUND, BUT WE CAN INTERPRET SCENARIOS. THUS, THEY MIGHT LOOK AS DARK AS ILLUSTRATED WITH ALL THE WEIGHT OF THE OCCURED SITUATIONS. HOWEVER, IN THOUSANDS OF YEARS THEY ALSO BECOME MEMORIES AND MONUMENTS OF THE HISTORY, TO NEVER REPEAT WHAT WE AS HUMANS DO TO OUR SURROUNDINGS.

'ANOTHER ARARAT'

THE ECOLOGY OF PARANOIA

THIS SPECULATIVE DESIGN REIMAGINES THE UNDERGROUND WORLD TO PLAY WITH AN IDEA OF THE FEELING. THE DARKNESS AND HOPELESSNESS OF THE SITUATION IS WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR US.

BUNKER ARARAT CAN HOLD AND EXPAND TO MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE. IT HAS WATER TANKS UNDERGROUND TO PROVIDE WATER, ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ROOMS.

THE FARM LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UNDERGROUND CITY, CAN PROVIDE ALL THE NUTRITIOUS VEGETABLES AND DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF A VEGGIE HELPED TO DETERMINE AND DESIGN THE SPACE ACCORDINGLY.

BASIN MEDIA TORONTO, CANADA

PROJECT DONE WITH !MELK ARCHITECTURE FIRM

WEHO SAN VICENTE STREETSCAPE

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

PROJECT DONE WITH !MELK ARCHITECTURE FIRM

STREETSCAPE BUILD UP WITH MOVABLE PLANTERS

WEHO'S RAILYARD LEGACY HISTORICALLY INCORPORATED RAILROAD SYSTEM AT THE AREA OF PACEIFIC DESIGN CENTER. BRINGING BACK THE PAST HISTORY INTO THE NOWADAYS STREETSCAPE DESIGN IS AN INTENT OF THIS PROJECT.

MOVING PLANTERS ON THE RAILS, IS THE KEY OF THE PROJECT, TO INDICATE AND CREATE SPACES FOR PUBLIC GATHERINGS AND EVENTS LIKE CONCERTS OR EXPOS.

THIS WILL BECOME A MELTING POT FOR CULTURAL PART OF LOS ANGELES AND WEHO'S AREA.

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