Architecture & Design Portfolio 2022 KalinaEster_Arch&Design_Portfolio_2022
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IntroductionKalinaEster_Portfolio_2022
Hello, my name is Kalina Ester. I am a creative who is passionate about all things design. With a bachelors degree in Architecture and a minor in psychology, I have always had a focused interest in the intersection between human behavior and spacial design. I believe all fields of design have the ability to improve our lives for the better.
KEDA LLC Fort Lauderdale FL Owner
Design Assistant
Experience_Education_
Collaborated on the research and design of a place-based framework publication prepared for the City of West Palm Beach to launch a partnership for sustainable communities for the City of West Palm Beach and FAU. The publication documents the land use, transportation, and urban design recommendations for the Jefferson Terminal District.
Furniture design conslultant and drafter for FAU associate professor John Sandell
Hospitality & Customer Service
Project Manager, Designer, Drafter Small practice specializing in commercial architectural and interior design/renovation projects. Position responsibilites include coordination of multiple projects simultaneously from schematic design phase to the permitting process through construction administration.
Dania Beach, FL
Independent office for interior design & drafting services
Florida Atlantic University, School of Architecture & School of Urban Planning
Broward County, FL
NR Architect
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Held positions as program coordinator for youth sports league, administrative assistant in an office for optometry, and server within the food service industry
Monarch High School
Taught basic architectural skills, guided participants through the design process, and assisted in curriculum development
Fort Lauderdale, FL
01.201804.201905.201903.20192013-2019-present-present-06.2019-06.20182011-20182009-2013
Project Designer, Researcher, Graphic Designer
06.2018-08.2018
FAUSoA Summer Institute
Florida Atlantic University B.Arch, Professional Degree Minor in Psychology Magna Cum Laude
Design Thesis of the Year Certificate of Merit Nomination recognizing outstanding achievement in design thesis studio Florida Atlantic University
KalinaEster_CurriculumVitae_Portfolio_2022 CV
Mentoring Future Professionals (IDAC) Mentor for students summer camp architecture program with Florida Atlantic University
American Institute of Architecture Students, FAU SOA Chapter 2018MemberBoard member: Recruitment chair FBD Board Member: Project Manager
Recognitions_Community_ 20182014201320132016-20192018-2019201920192018-2018-2018-2019-201920172016
Freedom by Design Project Manager
Elite Owl Scholarship Recipient Florida Atlantic University
Thesis Graphics Award Recipient Recognition for outstanding graphics and representation Florida Atlantic University
Recognition for maintaining a GPA of 3.5 and no grades lower than a ‘C’ Presidents List Recognition for earning 4.0 GPA in any one semester
Bright Futures Scholarship Recipient Florida Medallion Scholars Florida Atlantic University Deans List
Student Advisory Council Council Member
Habitat for Humanity Volunteer
Curriculum Vitae
6 01 02 Master ExercisePlanningUrban contextwithinredevelopmentcampusasuburban 6-13 14-21 [BAND]Scape DesignComprehensive campusnewlyelementArchitectural-withindevelopedmasterplan SocialLab KalinaEster_Contents_Portfolio_2022 00_Contents_
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Academic Professional& Work
TerminalJefferson Table of Contents
Urban & Graphic Design - Placebased urban design framework and guide book
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Project Description: The master planning exercise for Florida Atlantic University Honors Campus takes a non-traditional approach to campus planning, mitigating contextual issues of displaced suburban sprawl, introducing a versatile housing fabric with diverse, more communal forms of living.
[BAND]Scape
Project Type: Campus Master Planning exercise
Location: Jupiter, Florida Date & Institution: Fall 2018, Florida Atlantic University
Tools Used: Rhino 5, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, ArcGIS, Lumion
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Team Members: Flavia Chiste Aren RachelCastroHolmstock
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1) Increase density
Currently, the existing campus for the Florida Atlantic University Honors College sits within a disengaged, commuter-driven, South Florida suburb. Majority of attendees have at least a 30 minute commute to campus and consequentially, live a more car-dependent lifestyle. Demographically, the campus presents a unique perspective on the idea of a ‘college town’, with the average age of a Jupiter resident being 53 and access to about 20 surrounding senior living and retirement communities.
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3) Promote communal living
2) Improve walkability
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Project Goals:
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Timeline: 10+ years Cost: Define$
the existing axial directionality on campus to promote better connectivity to the neighborhoodsadjacent and town center
Step Banding2:
Step Stitching3:
Step Landscaping4:
Timeline: 5-10 years Cost: Provide$$$a pedestrian friendly social spine through the center of campus with dynamic spaces for interaction to facilitate walkability and betweencommunicationthe3‘bands’.
Academic Work
Band 1 : Education Band 2: Housing Band 3: Research
the language of the 3 bands with the use of andvegetationdifferentiateddensitiescomposition
The non-traditinoal approach to the campus housing allows for a unique and collaborative living environment that creates a sense of place and identity for students, faculty and the surrounding community Housing
Timeline: 0-2 years
An integral element in the Jupiter campus culture, neuro research and education is extended intofacilitythis Neuroscience Facility
Cost: Reorient$$
Step Reorientation1:
Timeline: 2-5 years Cost: Reorganize$ the campus and existing buildings into program specific bands by clustering similar activities and academic subjects.
APARTMENT LOFT DORM SUITE APARTMENT
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An extension of the pedestrian friendly social spine running through campus, the plaza creates a smooth transition between campus and Abacoa Public Plaza
Within the new campus master plan, clusters of non-traditinal housing, a neuroscience facility, a multi-purpose hub, and a public plaza were implemented to further accomplish the project goals of increasing density, improving walkability, and promoting communal living.
The hub provides amenities for both students and visitors from the surrounding community, acting as a gateway to the campus Hub
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Multi-Purpose
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The relationship between the programmatic needs for the neuroscience facility and the socially activated context of the [BAND]Scape master plan was explored through a generative matrix.
Project Type: Comprehensive Design Location: Jupiter, Florida Date & Institution: Spring 2019, Florida Atlantic University
SocialLab
Project Description: Social Lab exists within the context of the [BAND]Scape master plan. This facility for the education and research of neuroscience, explores how architecture can have the capacity to adapt to the specific needs for lighting and exposure, based on and as a result of an intensely regulated program, located within a socially activated context.
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Tools Used: Rhino 5, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Lumion
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Project Considerations: 1) Natural Light 2) Privacy
The matrix initally organized each programmatic element around the needs for natural lighting and privacy in relation to one another. Then, taking into account the square footage each element of program would require, dividing further vertically, proposing three different levels of privacy between the facility and the public realm.
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Within the [BAND]Scape master plan, SocialLab sits at the southern opening of the interactive ‘social channel’. The channel itself took on a distinct formal language that would now further inform the language of the neuroscience building.
The generative matrix produced diagrammatic floor plans, which, when extruded into 3D masses, laid the foundation for the buildings formal exploration
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Ground Floor 2nd Floor 3rd Floor
Academic Work PlanSite
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Through extensive and experimental formal studies, all of the information and data gathered was transformed into architecture that served not only the social activities of the campus, but also the more regulated needs of a neuroscience research facility
SocialLab
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Olivia Wade Cafe
03Project Type: Commercial Interior Design & construction documentation Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Date & Institution: 2021 NRArchitect Tools Used: AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Sketchup, Lumion Project Description: A luxury coffee brand and real estate office located at fort Lauderdale Beach on the ground floor of the Paramount residences.
inspiration photos and color pallette
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mood board
Professional Work
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Olivia
Wade Cafe Cafe visual Real Estate Office visual P-4 venetian plaster paint - gray FF-1 polished concrete floor Finishes
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Project Type: Urban & Architectural
Date & Institution: Fall/ Summer 2019, Florida Atlantic University Tools Used: Rhino, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign
Project Description: A “Place-based Framework” generated from a partnership between the City of West Palm Beach, the FAU School of Urban and Regional Planning, and The FAU School of Architecture for the Jefferson Terminal District area.
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
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The District is located just southwest of West Palm Beach’s Downtown area and is rich with development potential concerning housing, transportation, and publicdesign.urban
Initially, Researchers within the FAU School of Urban and Regional Planning conducted a contextual analysis and developed future land use and transportationThen,recommendationsforthecity.afocuseddesign team from the FAU School of Architecture addressed the task of compiling the written findings into a report format and producing further urban design recommendations, organized into a set of three possible masterplan arrangements.
The following work focuses on the urban design content produced by the Architecture team, as well as the finaldesign.book
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Kombucha, anyone?
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The “Maker Economy” within the Jefferson Terminal District provides a unique and concentrated activity center unlike any other area in the city.
JTD’s current residential densities do not align with the city’s planned growth.
The district faces large scale flooding issues that impair commerce and mobility.
MaintainingResidentialIssuesDensitytheGrit
Jefferson Terminal District main challenges:
Flooding
3) Increase Density
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2) Mitigate Flooding
Project Goals:
1) Maintain Character
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The toolkit of urban interventions ranges from charactermeaningfullyawithintocustomizeastoandallowssolutionsscale,infrastructurestrategiestacticalofpublictolargelong-termforJTD.Ittheresidentsthecitytheabilityutilizetheoptionsneededandtheitemsspecificlocationsthescenariosinwaythatcontributestotheofthedistrict.
The toolkit of urban interventions ranges from tactical strategies of public infrastructure to large scale, andallowssolutionslong-termforJTD.Ittheresidentsthecitytheabilitytoutilizetheoptionsasneededand customize the items to specific locations within the scenarios in a way that charactermeaningfullycontributestotheofthedistrict.
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Proposal:Design
Scenario #1: Terminals
The Wards scenario divides the district into four single wards, each with their unique character: Mercer Residential, Old Okee Corridor, the Warehouse District, and Australian Ward.
The Terminal Scenario pinpoints four intersections in the district in which has the main growth potential. Resources will be focused on urban equipment, including private and public infrastructure.
Scenario #2: Walkscape
TerminalWoonerf TerminalGatewayAustralian TerminalGateway TerminalParkFlood LoopWalkscape WardAustralianCorridorOkeeOldWardParkMercer WardWarehouse Bench I JTD!!! Art Installaton Makers Market RoundaboutGateway23 08 String Lights0917Scooters16 Paint ShippingCofeeContainerShopShippingMakerSpaceContainer Houses Duplex Multifamily Shipping CoworkingContainerSpace ShippingMakerPlazaContainer Garage Renovated ADU Conversion for ADU MakeshiftSpaceEvent Mixed-use Multifamily 03 04 05 06 08 09 10 13 14 15 06 11 BioswaleBasinTree Box Filter04 Pervious Surface 10 Rain Plazas 05 Rain Garden trees!Lovely 06 11 BioswaleBasinTree Box Filter04 Pervious Surface 10 Rain Plazas 05 Rain Garden trees!Lovely 06 11 Bioswale 15 Basin14 ParkNetwork Tree Box FilterTire Planter 04 Pervious Surface 09 Green Roof 10 Rain Plazas 05 Rain Garden oranges?Fresh trees!Lovely oranges?Fresh StringRoundaboutBenchGatewayLights0917 0603 11 Bioswale 15 Basin14 Park13 Parklet Network Tree Box FilterTire Planter 04 Pervious Surface 09 Green Roof 10 Rain Plazas 05 Rain Garden oranges?Fresh trees!Lovely oranges?Fresh Jefferson Terminal District
Scenario #3: The Wards
The Walkscape scenario puts significant emphasis on pedestrian mobility and creates a loop of development that facilitates circulating throughout the district.
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