ETAN KHLEVNOY Khlevnoy.e@northeastern.edu PORTFOLIO
CONTENTS
HELLO!
My name is Etan Khlevnoy and I will be showcasing the development of my architectural skills over the last three years in this portfolio. The entirety of the work in this portfolio was done in school, in the exciting environment of an architectural studio. I have yet to have architectural experience outside of that environment, however, I had the pleasure to work hands-on in a construction management company. An experience that left me astonished by the sheer amount of people that are involved in constructing the built environment. Currently my task is expanding my architectural skills through whatever means possible, reading, practicing, and working.
Student Housing Prototype
Fenway Catalog
Chinatown Library
Kavel 25 Analysis
This project from my second year studio was an indepth analysis of the walk-up housing urban typology. This design attemps to use a single double loaded corridor and weave duplex units around the corridor. This was done in conjunction with an undulating facade in order to create a dialogue with the existing context. The residence was intended for graduate students, and therefore utilized a duplex layout that was conducive for maximum privacy between roomates.
Fourth Floor Module Plan Stair up from 3rd floor south Stair up from 3rd floor north Second Floor Module Plan Stair down from 3rd floor south Stair down from 3rd floor north First Floor Module Plan 1st floor south 1st floor north Third Floor Module Plan Stair down from 3rd floor south Stair down from 3rd floor north Stair up from 3rd floor south Stair up from 3rd floor north
GRADUATE STUDENT HOUSING PROTOTYPE
Floor One Floor Two Floor Three Floor Four
GROUND PLAN
The undulating form of the facade is further expressed by the ground plan through walkways of offset rectangles. The ground plan mimics the facade further in its relationship to the existing context. Staying regulated and geometric when pushed against the surrounding structures, and becoming loose and freeflowing in open spaces.
Section Perspective
This undulating form and the shape it creates inplan is one of offsetting rectangles. To emphasize this, bricks were used as the material on the facade, with a different color of bricks used to highlight the layouts of individual duplex units. The interior unit layout places emphasis on ease of privacy. Since it is intended for graduate students, the pattern of occupancy is varied.
1st floor south
1st floor north
Axonometric View
NN SECTION
Point Row Multi corridor “Bar” Shape Point Load “T” Shape “E” Shape “C” Shape Rowhouse Type Location Color S: 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9 S: 2, 7 S: 1, 8, 9 S: 4 S: 1, 2, 6, 7 S:1, 8, 9 S: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 S: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9,10 S1 S1 S2 S3 S4 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S10 Boston: South Fenway Typology “Alphabet City” I was tasked with creating a catalog of the various building types that appear in a portion of Boston’s Fenway region. This was accomplished through a variety of means, from google earth to personal vists. Alongside a categorization of the types of building, I also drew floor plans that depict a typical layout of the given type. The purpose of this project was to understand the landscape in which we construct as well as the versatility of corridors.
FENWAY TYPOLOGY
BOSTON
CHINATOWN LIBRARY
At the crossroads of Boston’s Leather District and Chinatown, this site acts as the terminal for circulation between these various communities.
At the crossroads of Boston’s Leather District and China town, this site acts as the terminal for circulation between these various communities. To embrace the spirit of this connectevity, the library, through the usage of looping bridges and spiral
At the crossroads of Boston’s Leather District and China town, this site acts as the terminal for circulation between these various communities. To embrace the spirit of this con nectevity, the library, through the usage of looping bridges and spiral stairs
To engage its context and embrace the spirit of a crossroads, the library consists of two seperate nuclei connected by two looping bridges.
The program depicts the library as aninstitution in flux. To combat this, the concept of this project is the development of multi-use floors. This is done with the intention of mimicing the ever changing nature of the city landscape, allowing the library to adapt to its new, less rigid role as aninstitution.
Floor One Floor Two Floor Three Floor Four Lecture Hall Multi Use Multi Use Art Exhibition Academic Stacks Non- Academic Stacks Media Storage Periodicals Specialized Libraries Back of House and Classrooms Dedicated Reading Space Outdoor Terrace
This project was a study of Kees Christiaanse’s Kavel 25, with the intention to develop a further understanding of subsitutes for the interior double loaded corridor. Kavel 25 was constructed in 1992 in the Dutch city of the Hague. where OMA, with Christiaanse had built a similar social housing structure six years before K25. This site is one that mediates an urban facing northwest faciade and a rural facing southeast facade, this creates two different facade treatments, with a remarkably open southern facade.
KAVEL 25
For K25, The allowance of daylighting is conceptually expanded with two cuts in the structure where exterior circulation is placed. These cuts creates three seperate blocks of units, as well as optimal ventiliation and lighting for the structure’s deep floor plane.
1 Lo 2 3 4 5 6 1’ = 1/32”
Within these three blocks of units are foundseperate types of units, one floor units in the left and right blocks, and weaving two floor units in the central block. The usage of two floor units in the central block make reliance on an interi or double loaded corridor minimal, and allow for a double height public space. This is the overarching concept, that through double floor units and exterior circulation, reliance on a double loaded corridor can be minimized.
Double Two Floor Unit Configuration. Double One Floor and Two Floor Unit Configuration. Single One Floor Unit Configuration.