Frank T Noska IV Portfolio - Post Graduate 2019

FRANK T. NOSKA IV ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN

COVER PAGE - SKETCH - INK PIAZZA DEL POPOLO, ROME 21 OCT 2016

LEFT - PARK PAVILION DESIGN HISTORICAL CONCEPTS ATLANTA, GA 20 MAY 2017

CONTENTS

BIMINI ISLAND RETREAT (FALL 2017) 03 EL CINE MALECON Y HOTEL CASA SARRA

(SPRING 2018) 10

NEW COVENT GARDEN ECO-DISTRICT COMPETITION

(FALL 2018) 16

FORMA URBIS REDUX - ROME (FALL 2016) 22 ROME SKETCHBOOK 28

(FALL 2016)

ISLAND RETREAT - SOUTH BIMINI, BAHAMAS This small retreat house located in South Bimini, Bahamas acts as an escape from everyday life, a focus on simple living and love for the open waters.

The idea of this project started as a desire for sincerity. This is a sincerity of form and function. It needed to fit the context and be an efficient and useful space.

For the form, there was a study of early vernacular typologies. The shotgun house became the most prominent one, with how it functioned as a long narrow passage to allow for easy air flow and cross ventilation. It has a floor plan that contains a series of rooms that are crossed through. The camelback house, which is a variation of the shotgun house, also provided precedent for how to add a partial second floor over the rear of the house.

For function, the house needed to comply with principles of tropical climate design. This includes opening the house as much as possible, using lightweight reflective materials to shed heat on the roof and walls, having a long thin floor plan with openings on at least two sides, and making use of louvres and casements. The building also incorporates design strategies such as having a flexible indoor/outdoor space, distributed program to promote engagement with the landscape, clean finishes, and having a minimal footprint lead to minimal impact. The main structure is located in position based on optimal north/south orientation and to create a screen or edge for the outdoor room. The plan leaves the enclosed elements to the south, where the southern exposure is strongest in order to cool the open-ended living space.

The largest move in the house was having it open up towards the water. It creates a one-point perspective leading out, sweeping the viewer into a daze. The sounds, the smells, the feel of the wind crossing through all contribute to a state of relaxation and escape. All of the drawings were done by hand in broken line as a gesture to further depict this sense of relaxed attitude/mindset found in the project.

WEST ELEVATION

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

UPPER FLOOR PLAN

SITE PLAN

SITE SECTION

El Cine Malecon Y Hotel Sarra Havana, Cuba

This project is intended to provide entertainment programming along the Malecon in a region that is expected suffer from storm surges and sea level rise. We plan to use a wet proofing resilient strategy, by decreasing the amount of permanent programming on the ground floor to allow water to carry through the building and later reside. The ground floor of both buildings on the site are public viewing spaces and cafes that can be easily disassembled and relocated. The upper floors carry more permanent programming, such as built up theaters and a restaurant. In the case of extreme sea level rise, the loggia of the second floor will become the new ground floor, giving access to these areas via a raised pedestrian walkway around the perimeter of the site.

The adaptive re-use of Casa Sarra converts the building into a resort hotel. Continuity is very important aspect of the project, with the preservation of as much of the existing and original building as possible. The adjacent lot is proposed to be a new Cuban cultural theater experience, which will be able to host the Cuban international film festival, “Festival Internacional Del Nuevo Cine Latino Americano.� This includes the creation of 3 theater spaces: a ground floor projected movie space, an enclosed black box theater, and an ocean front stage theater. These allow for different types of program and a well-rounded entertainment complex.

Above the theater will be more affordable hotel units which include centrally located lightwells and access to the amenities of the Casa Sarra Hotel.

Completed with partner, Jessica Flores

Casa Sarra Preservation Strategies The adaptive re-use of Casa Sarra converts the building into a resort hotel. Continuity is very important aspect of the project, with the preservation of as much of the existing and original building as possible.

The central courtyard is returned to its original design, and all forms of circulation are maintained. The third floor is refurbished and keeps the original dome and rooftop structure.

The programming will include a collection of hotel suite rooms, which are double height lofted spaces. It also contains a lobby, a cafĂŠ, retail space, conference rooms, leisure activity space, spa, rooftop pool deck and bar with cabanas and lounge chairs, and a full-scale restaurant with views to the ocean.

1st Floor

2nd Floor

3rd Floor

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Second Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

1. Restaurant

2. Oceanfront Stage

3. Black Box Stage

4. Casa Sarra Suite Units

5. Elevator Hall

6. Kitchen

7. Practice Stage

8. Storage

9. Restrooms

10. Mech./Electrical

11. Rooftop Pool 16. Spa

100’

12. Single Units 17. Equipment Storage

13. Double Units 18. Rooftop Bar

14. Ice/Vending Machine 19. Cabana

15. Housekeeping 20. Pool Deck

Permanent Structure/Programming located on upper floors

Impact Glass / E. Glass provide storm protection

Large Openings to allow for natural light and easy air circulation

Rainwater Collection Cisterns located in courtyards to recycle water for hotel use

Louvered Screen Doors allow for privacy and cross breezes

Tesla™ Tiles and Solar Panels provide energy source for building utilities

22’ x 9’ Lightwells bring in natural light

Roof Covering rated for high winds

Open Stair Hall creates wind tunnel, wing wall effect

Flood Damage Resistant Materials prolonged contact with water (72+ hours), structural GFRP which resists corrosion, and concrete mixed with sea water

Electrical Wiring, Panels, Systems located well above the 4’-0” expected floodwater elevation

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Porous Concrete Sidewalk allows for water filtration

Resiliency and Sustainability Strategies

FORMA URBIS ROMAE REDUX ROME, ITALY The objective of this project was to return the original map of Rome back to the Imperial Forum. This includes the reinterpretation of the Temple of Peace Map Room while also preserving the existing walls and foundation.

The project uses local material and concentrates on being open air and accessible to the public. It makes odes to both the classical proportion along with the Fascist style which dominated Rome in the 1930s during the installation of the Via Delle Fori Imperiali.

The Forma Urbis Map, created in the year 50 AD during the Ancient Roman Empire, measures 40’ x 60’. This building houses a reconstruction of the map on the east wall, while preserving the original wall which was later converted into a church facade.

The exisiting pieces that were re-discovered are on display in the cases on the ground floor, along with the gallery space located on the archaelogoical level.

Excerpts from the Rome Notebook, including sketches, line drawings, general notes and observations taken over the semester abroad in Rome, 2016.

FRANK T. NOSKA IV (561) 779 2004 | franknoska@aol.com