Portfolio: Khalif Dowdy

PORTFOLIO Khalif Dowdy Parsons School of Design School of Constructed Environments The New School Michael Graves School of Public Architecture Kean University

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SELECTED WORKS PARK AVENUE TOWER BURIALISM A HIVE FOR A HOME FUTURES OF RESILIENCY GREEN MILE MORPHOLOGY SYNAGOGUE MOVIE FESTIVAL URBAN DENSITY

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PARK AVENUE TOWER HYPER FILTER SKYSCRAPER AIANS Design Award: 2021 Merit Award Professor: Darion Washington Year: 2021 Location: 643 Park Avenue, New York City, NY Program: Adaptive Reuse, Affordable Housing The Park Avenue Tower is a 40 story mixed-use affordable housing proposal that engages the residents, as well as the public, with nature.

A large emphasis for the tower itself is the use of sustainable techniques to make it a net-positive building. The Park Avenue Tower also acts as a filter for the drastic pollution dilemma on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is powered using solar panels and wind turbines and rain water is recycled throughout the tower.

The proposal incorporates the original Park Avenue Armory, renovating the first floor to better accommodate shared spaces everyone can use and to create a more welcoming environment. It includes: a cafe, sustainable vertical farming area, electric car charging stations and bike stations for transportation.

Other shared amenities and public spaces include a sky garden, community kitchen, physical fitness area, auditorium, spa, and roof terrace. All communal spaces reach the exterior facade in some capacity to allow for nature to extend vertically and to create more intimate spaces that people crave within the concrete jungle of New York City.

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/ / STUDIO 2104 / PROJECT 01: PARK AVENUE TOWER / EXPLODED AXON VIEW CROOF TERRACE

GREEN SPACE

COMMUNITY KITCHEN & SKY GARDEN

HOUSING UNITS GYM & BASKETBALL COURT

GREEN SPACE

SPA & LOBBY

HOUSING UNITS

GYM HOUSING UNITS

MUSEUM

The front and back facade of the building folds in certain areas to allow natural lighting to peer into parts of the tower. The upper piece of the front facade holds plants and greenery in certain spots to help with the air quality.

Taking inspiration from flying buttresses of the Gothic era, the side facades act as structural support, while also opening up enough space between supports so that they do not cover natural lighting that should be going into apartments.

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FACADE

SHAPE

PRODUCE

The facade of Park Avenue Tower is aimed All aspects of the tower are aiming to climb to guide occupants towards the top of the upwards, whether that is through building building, creating exploration and excitement. program or how people are supposed to move The fold was pushed inward at the bottom through the building itself. Park Avenue tower and expanded outward toward the top to help aims to be a productive structure which provides create that feeling. The curvature allows for convenience and ease of access. This building pockets of green spaces to be placed as well extends the city vertically through its floor plates as for wind to be caught within the building to and amenities, bringing the city life as well as create better air flow. nature to the inhabitant’s front door.

PRELIMINARY SKETCHES

WATER RECYCLING, NATURAL LIGHTING, & FUNCTIONALITY

Rain water is taken and stored within the building for residential and public use, as well as watering the building’s greenery. The building was oriented so that natural light could hit all of the open green spaces placed throughout the building program. Triple glazed windows control the amount of heat and natural light is let inside of the building. Solar panels and wind turbines are also used to help power the building.

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LOOKING TO NATURE Not only is Park Avenue Tower looking to be eco-friendly, it is also looking to make the lives of everyone sustainable as well. The greenhouse and the first floor armory rooms were moved upwards and spread across the building program to maximize more shared public space.

SUSTAINABILITY The building was oriented and opened up to allow greenery to traverse the building. While simultaneously helping to heat/cool the building and increase biodiversity, the plants and shrubs placed act as a filter for polluted air while also bringing habitants closer to nature.

/ / STUDIO 2104 / PROJECT 01: PARK AVENUE TOWER / RENDER “SKY GARDEN”

/ / STUDIO 2104 / PROJECT 02: PARK AVENUE TOWER / RENDER “ROOF TERRACE”

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BURIALISM REDISCOVERING HISTORY Michael Graves College Travel Abroad Program Professor: Darion Washington Year: 2022 Location: Testaccio, Rome, Italy Program: Factory, Museum All throughout Italy, the country is riddled with grand historical buildings stuck in the past of the time it was made in, seemingly left behind by the civilization that created it. Behind every ruin, every facade, is a space waiting to tell its story.

Burialism explores the concept of rediscovery and exploration, taking the history of the neighborhood of Testaccio and showcasing its importance.

Located near a cemetary, the building finds itself within Monte Testaccio, which is a mountain built upon broken and stacked Ancient Roman amphorae which were used to carried olive oil before they were disgarded.

The proposal uses Monte Testaccio as its crux and nestles itself inside of the stacked pottery, an ancient Roman ruin seemingly emerging from the man made mountain itself.

Burialism is a mixed used light manufacturing factory that combines itself with a community oriented museum space to help educate individuals about the history of Testaccio itself. The factory produces olive oil and glass oriented products below ground to connect back to the history of Monte Testaccio and the neighborhood itself.

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Testaccio is an extremely historical neighborhood, so it was imperitive that the site adhears to that context. This town itself used to be Rome’s industrial center. Nearby the site is a pyramid tomb, a cemetery, Monte Testaccio, old and now repurposed slaughterhouses, and a marketplace. Now Testaccio is mainly known for its nightlight and food.

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Olive oil was an all-purpose and essential product in the Roman world from 2nd century B.C. Olives and olive oil were an important part of the Mediterranean diet and cooking process (and still are, of course) but the oil produced from pressed olives was also used for many other purposes. New olive groves would be planted for production of olive oil products for the factory.

Rome also has an underground water system that loses 70% of its water yearly due to bad infrastructure. New water paths would be used to help irrigate nearby olive groves to help support the site.

LAND USE

WATER PATH

RESEARCH

Puglia and Calabria

Land Affected

Recycling

Sicily Incineration

Laizo Umbria Other

Co-Incineration IT Treatment Bio Treatment Exports Landfill

40% of Italy’s agriculture is affected by a drought

82% of Italy’s olive oil is produced in Southern Italy

79% of waste is recycled in Italy

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OLD SLAUGHTER HOUSES 837 FT

MONTE TESTACCIO

SITE VIA DI MONTE TESTACCIO 25 FT

POTENTIAL OLIVE OIL GROVE 500 FT

The sun bends around the south of the site, and as the day goes on less sunlight gets into the building’s oculus, thus furthering the concept of Burialism and being burried with the history of Testaccio and its mountain.

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Testaccio

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Tiber River

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Farmland Outside City Limits

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Due to land scarcity in Rome, other olive groves need to be found to help with the production of olive oil products.

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“STARTING PROCESS”

“BURIALISM” The concept of Burialism explores how to uncover the ways history is perceived through the use of architecture and design.

It is a form of display, and the individuals who enter the building are the active users of the occupied space around them, taking in the experiences as they traverse through each room.

Burialism is a passive way of digging up, most buildings are built to show, while this one is choosing to hide, and it is up to the user to discover the story the building wants to tell.

“EXCAVATION”

“ENTRANCE”

/ / STUDIO 4107 / PROJECT 02: BURIALISM / RENDER “OCULUS”

/ / STUDIO 4107 / PROJECT 02: BURIALISM / RENDER “EXHIBITION SPACE”

/ / STUDIO 4107 / PROJECT 02: BURIALISM / RENDER “PRODUCTION LINE”

/ / STUDIO 4107 / PROJECT 02: BURIALISM / EXPLODED AXON

Oculus

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Green Roof Loading Dock(s) Sales, Requests, & Recycling Olive Oil Tasting Area Secondary Entrance 2

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Primary Entrance Outdoor Staircase

PROGRAM Production Area 4 Production Viewing Area Utility areas Testaccio History, Olive Oil & Ancient Roman Glass Education Space

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Offices (Bottling, Office Archive, Tank Storage) Lounges Offices (Air Exchange, Heat Exchange, Water Center) Exhibition Space 3

Ancient Roman Amphorae Showcase

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Permanent Storage

Temporary Storage

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A HIVE FOR A HOME STACKABLE AFFORDABLE HOUSING Professor: Camille Sherrod Year: 2021 Location: Newark, NJ Program: Affordable Housing

With looking into the immediate context of the site and the urban fabric of Newark, New Jersey, it is very disconnected from the community it needs to thrive. Crime is on the rise, vacant lots become more common, material conditions get worse, and people continue to move out of the city.

This project aims to foster a stable community, as well as re-energize the existing area with new and innovative ways of living, communal space, and shopping areas (some areas not previously seen within the area). Taking inspiration from nature, the project looks to the hexagonal structures of honeycombs and snowflakes to show stability and connection of community.

The building will act as Newark’s very own colony, and help foster connections between people in and around the existing site. The hexagonal shapes will not only be seen in plan and elevation, it will also symbolize the tight knit fabric of the community, giving people new places to come together.

/ / STUDIO 3105 / PROJECT 03: A HIVE FOR A HOME / RENDER “PARK EXTENSION”

/ / STUDIO 3105 / PROJECT 03: A HIVE FOR A HOME / RENDER “COMMUNITY GARDEN”

/ / STUDIO 3105 / PROJECT 03: A HIVE FOR A HOME / RENDER “INTERIOR HALLWAYS”

/ / STUDIO 3105 / PROJECT 03: A HIVE FOR A HOME / RENDER “CAFE”

/ / STUDIO 3105 / PROJECT 03: A HIVE FOR A HOME / RENDER “PUBLIC ROOF TERRACE”

/ / STUDIO 3105 / PROJECT 03: A HIVE FOR A HOME / RENDER “PUBLIC ROOF TERRACE”

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RESIDENTIAL SPACES

SHARED SPACES

GREEN SPACE

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FUTURES OF RESILIENCY THE NEW COLLEGE CHALLENGE Professor: Venesa Alicea-Chuqui, David Mohney Partner: Allison Arianna Ayala Villareal Year: 2023 Location: Sarasota, FL Program: Campus Masterplan AIANS Design Award 2023

The “Futures of Resiliency” aims to foster an immersive ecosystem by implementing various strategies, including the creation of communal gathering spaces, outdoor learning areas, and art studios. It also integrates shading structures and brise soleil into the buildings’ facades and pedestrian paths to protect students from the Florida heat and encourage them to walk and bike around campus.

The implementation of wayfinding in the shading structures also aids new visitors/students in navigating the campus. In addition, the dorms have been designed to foster creativity and exploration, with three distinct courtyards and bridged walkways connecting each building. Another problem that this project address is the preservation of historical landmarks by incorporating them into the design and creating new spaces for gathering, connection, and education around them. Additionally, the project aims to mitigate storm surge impact by implementing strategies such as bermed-up areas of the landscape, extending the bayfront design past the site boundaries, and creating a constant and fluid flow of walkability and connection between spaces along the coastline. It also seeks to integrate water resources in the area and enhance recreational opportunities on the PEI Campus, and encourages resilient landscaping practices and local community involvement on campus while improving connection and circulation between campuses.

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NATURAL FLOOD SOLUTIONS 10FT

8FT PUSH AWAY STORM SURGE 6FT

4FT

1FT

By taking the current landscape of the campus and manipulating it, the bayfront now creates new places for gathering, connection, and education. The bayfront is split into 4 zones, and extends itself past the boundaries of the site to not only build a new community, but also bolster the coastline for future sea level rise, flooding, and storm surges.

FLOOD MAP

RESILIENCY

FRAMED VIEWS

ELEVATED WALKING PATH

LANDSCAPE STRATEGY

CIRCULATION

/ / STUDIO 4108 / PROJECT 04: FUTURES OF RESILIENCY / EXPERIENCE, PROGRAM, & CIRCULATION DIAGRAMS

/ / DIAGRAMS BY ALLISON ARIANNA AYALA VILLAREAL & KHALIF DOWDY

/ / STUDIO 4108 / PROJECT 04: Futures of Resiliency / AXON

These zones encourage the students to connect with the public that are adjacent to The New College, therefore making the campus itself a beneficial neighbor to the community. Certain activities and programs were placed along the bayfront design to create new experiences for each zone and foster a sense of exploration of the site from top to bottom. The design of the bayfront itself allows a constant and fluid flow of walkability and connection between spaces along the coastline.

/ / AXON SITE PLAN BY KHALIF DOWDY

/ / STUDIO 4108 / PROJECT 04: FUTURES OF RESILIENCY / EXPERIENCE, PROGRAM, & CIRCULATION DIAGRAMS

ECOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE

HEALTHY LIFESTYLE EXPERIENCE

HEALTHY LIFESTYLE EXPERIENCE

CULTURAL EXPERIENCE

/ / DIAGRAMS BY ALLISON ARIANNA AYALA VILLAREAL

CAPLES EXPERIENCE

/ / STUDIO 4108 / PROJECT 04: FUTURES OF RESILIENCY / RENDER “BAYFRONT”

/ / RENDER BY KHALIF DOWDY

/ / STUDIO 4108 / PROJECT 04: FUTURES OF RESILIENCY / RENDER “CAPLES CAMPUS”

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