Dylan Moyano - Portfolio 2023

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DYLAN.

With an artistic background and formal education in architecture, my passion for design and determination for learning allow me to bring a fresh new perspective and personal growth experience to any project. My experience as a Washington State University Cougar Connector Student Ambassador, Films Committee Director of the Student Entertainment Board, and social media coordination and marketing experience with the Design Activism Society make me easily approachable and able to connect with any client. With a hunger for exploration, whether it be learning more about adjacent disciplines within the design field or taking a mental break with a calming hike, my outreach to various communities and personal values make me a versatile and capable designer.

FULL RESUME.

PROJECTS.

CARVED ON SLU

COMMENSALIS

MELROSE CO-OP APARTMENTS

THE OLFACTION

WHITMAN COUNTY SHELTER

DESIGN EXPLORATION

CARVED.

SEATTLE, WA

4TH YEAR | SPRING 2023

PROFESSOR MARTI COWAN, MINYOUNG CERRUTI, AND SHADI ABDEL HALEEM PROPOSED BY DYLAN MOYANO, DAKOTA WITTE, COOPER RAY, LUKE NYE

Located adjacent to Lake Union and the MOHAI, Carved On SLU utilizes local driftwood resources sourced directly from the Lake to create a unique and immersive experience for guests touring the South Lake Union district of Seattle. The project is a multi-purpose midrise with a strong emphasis on creating community within South Lake Union. Enriched with an East-Asian focused food court, Driftwood Art Gallery, four office floors suitable for any team, a public rooftop bar and lounge with green roof walkway space that emphasizes the surrounding views of Lake Union and the Seattle Space needle, the structure has a little bit of everything made for everyone. Furthermore, fulfilling five of the seven petals in the Living Building Challenge, Carved on SLU is the next step towards sutainability and a strong community within South Lake Union.

CARVED ON SLU

COMMENSALIS.

PULLMAN, WA

4TH YEAR | FALL 2022

PROFESSOR VAHID VAHDAT

PROPOSED BY DYLAN MOYANO, DAKOTA WITTE

Relating to commensalism, and derived from the Latin meaning for “sharing a table”, the structure Commensalis merges a sprouting pathogen and standard brick collegiate architecture to mutual benefit. As the structure is molded and mutated in accordance with the virus, it is slowly overtaken and formed into the new student success center for engineering, located on the corner of Spokane and College street in Pullman. In order for us as students to fully comprehend and advance in diversity within our discipline, this building aims to integrate the entirety of Washington State University’s Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture through interdisciplinary gallery, collaboration spaces, and general implements for student success. The style of learning and approach to student success changes within the structure to become more engaging and encouraging for educational activity within classes and the surrounding community as the organism concurrently develops and the virus grows over the building. As the virus’ strains steadily encapsulate the structure, they begin to consume the building’s brick facade and extend towards the surrounding landscape, influencing the natural life in close proximity and entangling into each other to create unique seating areas on the site. The plaguing of various interior elements of Commensalis influence both user experience and human interaction with their environment while also creating a unique and cohesive effect throughout the structure, blurring the threshold between the exterior onlooker and interior user experiences. As technology and ideologies develop further in our lifetime, the structure acts as commentary towards traditional educational practices in an effort to achieve true unity and cohesiveness between design disciplines.

COMMENSALIS

CHANGE THROUGH INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION.

Situated on the edge of Washington State University Pullman campus’ existing engineering and architecture buildings, the goal of the project is to create a space for both to inhabit, enjoy, and benefit from. The structure’s veins reach and grab at portions of the surrounding landscape, creating variations in circulation and seating from public to private spaces. These can also eventually formulate to become more complex objects such as benches and flower beds. The strands and strains of the organism seemingly enveloping the building are a metaphor for change; how exploration and development of ideas can lead to something so daunting yet harmless and beatiful.

COMMENSALIS

MELROSE CO-OP APARTMENTS.

SEATTLE, WA

3RD YEAR | SPRING 2022

PROFESSOR MARYAM MANSOORI, MINYOUNG CERRUTI, TAIJI MIYASAKA

PROPOSED BY DYLAN MOYANO, SYDNEY TROY, NICK POWELL, ETHAN BAUM

Award Winning design of the 2022 IFPC Design with Wood Competition. I worked in a team of four to design a residential complex based in the site of 1516 Melrose Ave Seattle, WA. The original site consists of a house on a mound that was originally there, only kept at this point due to spite of construction around the area and resistance against the new age and surrounding buildings’ removal of the historical element. This is honored in our design by the ramp leading up to the rooftop of the third floor public plaza, housing public community amenities on the lower floors and from then on upwards is where the residents live. The rooftop of the third floor is connected to the rooftop of the adjacent building on the south side of of the structure, as both are under the same owner, maximizing our utilization of space. The idea of space is fully in the hands of the tenant in this project, with our innovative idea of using shiftable walls to combine or separate portions of space throughout the residential levels.

BALCONY

RESIDENTIAL

COMMUNITY WORKSPACE

EXTERIOR WORKSPACE

INTERIOR WORKSPACE

BATHROOM

LAUNDRY

LOBBY

COMMERCIAL

STORAGE

ELEVATOR

EGRESS STAIR

MELROSE CO-OP APARTMENTS

PROPOSED SITE PLAN

COMBINED UNIT CONFIGURATIONS

MELROSE CO-OP APARTMENTS

SUPPORTING RENDER CREATED BY SYDNEY TROY

THE OLFACTION.

PULLMAN, WA

2ND YEAR | SPRING 2021

PROFESSOR MARTI COWAN

PROPOSED BY DYLAN MOYANO, ABI MENDOZA

This olfactory museum will be constructed to replace the existing abandoned warehouse on site and offer a brand new experience to the surrounding community. In the beginning stages of the project, we researched the site and surrouding environment. We found that there were a number of other museums already existing in the town, including a science museum and a train museum. Aiming for something different, my partner and I decided that we wanted to emphasize user experience through one of their five senses. Focusing on the user’s sense of smell, this olfactory museum boasts varying plant exhibits that emit distinct, strong odors, while supplementing that idea with a crane-like truss design hosting vegetation of its own, looking almost like an overgrown machine pulling the building from the earth. The four floral exhibits in the museum include the Mint, Honeysuckle, Vanilla, and Lavender rooms.

The project proposal consists of two floors. The entry level comprises of mainly office space, archival storage, and restrooms, while guiding the user towards the upper level where the exhibits spaces reside. Each exhibit space flows into each other so scents may transition and blend smoothly, creating exciting experiences for guests. The outdoor lawn terrace under the vegetation trusses overlook a river flowing through the eastern side of the site, also offering a unique experience for each viewer. In between the parking lot and the museum, users can also experience the outdoor gardens, hosting lots of different species of vegetation and flowers that have the ability to grow comfortably in the Palouse. We were inspired by the history of the site and project so we decided to create these green vegetation trusses, looking distinct in the way that they hang over the structure in an almost overgrown fashion. The building itself tapers towards the bottom, imitating a diamond or stone being lifted up and out from the ground of the site. The contrast of the entry level being smaller in square footage to the upper level will also emphasize the size of the upper floor for user experience as well. The Olfaction takes human spatial experience and melds it with each guest’s native senses to create a unique opportunity in the Palouse.

EXISTING SITE PLAN

VEGETATION TRUSSES

CREATED BY ABI MENDOZA

WHITMAN COUNTY SHELTER.

PULLMAN, WA

3RD YEAR | FALL 2021

PROFESSOR AYAD RAHMANI

PROPOSED BY DYLAN MOYANO, ABI MENDOZA

The project started with meeting and visiting the existing Whitman County Humane Society site, where members of the community and employees voiced their concerns and ideals regarding the current and future design. A few challenges we were faced with when creating this redesign was the incorporation of natural elements such as the sun path, rain, the pre-existing slope of the hill, etc. into our design. We finalized our design process by coming up with this Mayan temple-esque creation, symbolizing and emphasizing the relationship between animals and humans as a sacred place or bond, as well as aiming to make the site a destination spot for unique experiences for humans and animals alike.

WHITMAN COUNTY SHELTER

WELCOME CENTER RECEPTION AREA

PET-FRIENDLY CAFE

ON-SITE RESIDENTIAL SUITES

MEET & GREET LOBBY

DOG KENNELS SURGICAL OFFICES

EMPLOYEE BREAK ROOM

WELCOME CENTER

SUPPORTING RENDER CREATED BY ABI MENDOZA

PROPOSED DOG KENNEL DESIGN

DESIGN EXPLORATION.

ANYWHERE ALWAYS ANYTIME ALWAYS COMPOSED BY DYLAN

MOYANO

It is important as designers to have a solid grasp and understanding of not only our own disciplines, but an equal understanding of adjacent disciplines also. Within the built environment, it is important for us to consider how our building can influence and impact the users. Some often think of their building as a form of art or statement piece. Much like artists, we should be critical of not only our work, but others as well. How does what we learn in higher education apply to design disciplines like set design? How about graphic design? Even to marketing and advertising? How can we as designers influence each other in cross-disciplinary settings to achieve a common goal? Do those in adjacent fields even have similar mindsets or ideologies of the impact of our art?

I am an explorer. These are the questions I want to know answers to. Therefore, through contact with many professionals throughout the various industries and by setting up my own design webpage on social media, I strive to find these answers and more. In this discipline, there is never an end to learning. As stewards of design, we should not limit ourselves to any knowledge cap. Even if we think we know everything about our discipline, there is much more to learn and growth opportunities by exploring surrounding design fields that may be applicable to our own projects and perspective.

DESIGN EXPLORATION

After watching the most recent Black Panther movie, Wakanda Forever, I felt inspired to consider my talents as an artist and as a designer outside of my known path. I researched and connected with mutliple set designers from the production, and was fortunate enough to be able to have an online meeting with Yolande Thame, taking time out of her busy schedule due to the recent release of the film to talk with me. I felt it was important for me to be able to explore these related fields to further my own development as a student and what it meant to be a designer. Yolande and I had discussions about what it takes to be a set designer, the multiple roles one can have in a film, and the fast turnaround for projects requiring someone to be proactive and think quickly.

SET DESIGN AS A CAREER.

DESIGN EXPLORATION

The Design Activism Society is a student-led group dedicated to the education and discussion about themes of social justice as designers. Due to many sociopolitical events occurring within our lifetime, it is important for us to consider and design for these actions and shape our own future and cultural society. The club meets biweekly and hosts varied monthly topics of discussion from “Barriers in Design” to “Legality in Design” with guest speakers often offering education and enlightenment. As the Public Relations officer for the new club, I was tasked with managing the social media and marketing aspects of the group. I created various graphics for meeting posters and weekly recaps, as well as helped advertise and fundraise to help the reputation and acknowledgement of the club along with the message we are trying to convey. These meetings are conducted in hopes of possibly being able to present the school board with enough cases to impact the curriculum in efforts to teach students more concious inclusivity and social responsibility within the built environment. The club instagram is found @DesignActivismSociety.

SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE DESIGNERS OF TOMORROW.

DESIGN EXPLORATION

BRAND IDENTITY, DESIGN, AND ADVERTISING.

With my background and involvement with my university’s Student Entertainment Board as the Films Committee Executive and with Design Activism Society as their Public Relations Officer, I was able to expose myself to external outlets for creativity, one focusing on brand identity and the design associated with such. Juicy Mango was a project based off an Instagram challenge brief I had discovered, testing and developing my skills to create an identity for this fictional smoothie company. I had also gotten the opportunity to work with the Student Entertainment Board at my University to plan and advertise events. It was interesting trying to figure out the most effective way of advertising these events. In carrying out these projects and holding positions related to marketing and advertising, I had found this to be an exciting venue for me and this may very well be my second passion. With this, I am able to explore the graphic design and marketing facet of myself adjacent to my architectural background.

PROMOTIONAL MOVIE POSTER FOR STUDENT ENTERTAINMENT BOARD