K KRHR R KIAMESHA ROBINSON ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO 2018
CV EDUCATION Bachelors of Art City College of New York-CUNY, GPA 3.2 Masters of Architecture City College of New York-CUNY, GPA 3.5
Kiamesha Ra’chel Hull Robinson Graduated May 29, 2014 Honors: Cum Laude August 2015-June 2018
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EXPERIENCE HENRY BROOKS SENIOR HOUSING To help ensure that it was a pleasant environment for the seniors while working with the project manager assisting with various assignments given. •Clerical, memorandums, advertisements, data entry, surveying & inventory MOUNT MORRIS PLAZA SENIOR HOUSING •Clerical, memorandums, advertisements, data entry, surveying & inventory
Reimagining the Procession As the Hamilton Heights neighborhood becomes more diverse, causing a decline in the member following of a number of primarily African-American churches. This forces these congregations to close their doors, and in many instances to sell the property. This prompted the projects aim to find a way to readapt and reuse the neglected St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Harlem for community usage but at the same time find a way for it to make some sort of income. The challenge lies in finding a balance in the design between the existing and an entirely new program. The program is broken down to 3: st Luke’s church, community involvement, and Active spaces. St. Luke’s Episcopal will act as a community hub for the changing neighborhood to come together, have fun, and get active. The spaces will consist of a roller rink, basket ball court, and volleyball court. the design lies in connecting through old and new construction, access and interaction, and lastly still functioning as multi-worship and event space. This will allow St. Lukes to remain a staple in the Hamilton Heights Neighborhood in Harlem, New York.
FALL 2017
NEIGHBORHOOD ANALYSIS
Metropolitan Community United Methodist Church 1975 Madison Ave, New York, United methodist church in New York City, New York NY 10035
Salem United Methodist Church (1923) Ex-Calvary Methodist Episcopal (aka West Harlem M.E., 1887–1923) Romanesque Revival Church (1887, enlarged 1893) 211 W. 129th St. at Seventh Ave. Harlem, New York
OBESITY
DIABETES park
Morningside Hts & Hamilton Hts
25%
Morningside Hts & Hamilton Hts
9%
Stuvesant Town & Turtle Bay
8%
Stuvesant Town & Turtle Bay
3%
Manhattan
16%
NYC
24%
Manhattan
16% convent
St James Presbyterian Churchh Is in Harlem, New York City. It is located at 409 W. 141st Street and is across the street from St. Nicholas Park.
NYC
Morningside Hts & Hamilton Hts
All Saints Church A historic Roman Catholic parish church in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located at 47 East 129th Street, at the corner of Madison Avenue.
Clinton and Chelsea & Midtown
77% 90%
24%
Manhattan
NYC
84% 77% MAXIMIZE AREA
Any physical activity in the last 30 days
*INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE NYC.GOV
Roller Rink 60 x 80
RESEARCH
HEALTH RESEARCH
ST. LUKE’S EPISCOPAL
M-F
VOLLEYBALL
M-F
BASKETBALL
Nocongregation but ample amount of usable space
DAYTIME
M-F SA
ROLLER RINK/EVENT SPACE CHURCH SERVICE/FOOD PANTRY
Basketball 50 x 84
SA SU
Volleyball 30 x 60
FUNCTIONS AS AN FULL ON COMMUNITY CENTER OF ACTIVITIES
In need of a community unification
AM
COMMUNITY
Space that can bring the community together ansmore healthy
PUBLIC /NEIGBORHOOD
NIGHTTIME
EVENT/ REHEARSAL/ ACTIVITY SPACE FOR ADULTS/SENIORS (SCHOOLS RENT)
3 VARYING SIZE EVENT SPACES
ACTIVE/EVENT N SPACE
PROJECT STRATEGY
USER ANALYSIS
PM
PROGRAM
GROUND FLOOR
GROUND FLOOR
GROUND FLOOR
GROUND FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
FIRST FLOOR
healthy
EVENT/ REHEARSAL/ ACTIVITY SPACE FOR ADULTS/SENIORS (SCHOOLS RENT)
3 VARYING SIZE EVENT SPACES
ACTIVE/EVENT N SPACE
PROJECT STRATEGY
USER ANALYSIS
PROGRAM
PM
Te r m ilt on
Stree t
Ha
141st
ra ce
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CIRCULATION/PROCESSION DIAGRAM
INGRESS
After the demographical research on how people live in New York City today we knew exactly how we were going to approach this housing studio and answering the question Housing: What’s Missing? Our research specifically focused on immigrants and from that information we could see the transition of other groups as well. Ultimately, there is a significant amount of exclusion of immigrants today, a lack of housing geared toward them. Our idea was to address this exclusion and grant an admittance, an entry with our project. Our housing project is called IngRess: Intergenerational Housing for IMMIGRANTS & REFUGEES. There were 4 main elements we wanted to focus on: 1) Housing for immigrants and refugees, 2) Bridging a public green space from Tappen Court to Canal St., 3) Creating a focal point on our site that associates with the existing main buildings in the Stapleton, SI area (Library, Historic Bank, and Village Hall) and 4) Creating a community within the housing and in the area. Through bridging the green public space from Tappen Ct. to Canal St. it permitted us to proceed without the 30’ set back required by R6-B zoning laws for Staten Island. By establishing our public space and access our building block was divided into 3 areas we allotted for housing. This allowed for us to explored three different typologies: The Stacked Flat type, the Side Yard House type, and the Villa type. Each typology operates differently in how it is experienced by the inhabitant but all promote, create community living through shared spaces. This is the type of housing we believe is missing in NYC.
SPRING 2017
life after dark, even if there s a early closing time social places that have variety
community center (neglected)
social spaces (but limited)
social spaces (but limited)
A CC E
SS
a lot of transportation access but nothing ppl convienient want to access optimal location
&
close to the water needs better lighting
bike lanes
LIN
KS
CO M F
OR
historical
bike lanes
LIN
KS
library empty lots
new residential area being developed
historical place but no activity
playground
parking availible
O CO M F
R
historical accessible
not the safest area
library empty lots
new residential area being developed
historical place but no activity
SIDEYARD TYPE
safer
victorian in style buildings
looks forgotten
more green, row and detached trees planted housing better view of by the water but the waterfront there s no access environment needs a revival from the central plaza
walkable
connected
playground
USES &A
IM G &
close to the water needs better lighting
STACKED FLAT TYPE
STAPLETON, SI SIDEYARD TYPE
safer
victorian in style buildings
looks forgotten
not the safest area more green, row and detached trees planted housing better view of by the water but the waterfront there s no access environment needs a revival from the central plaza
walkable
WANTS
parking availible
IM G
diverse
USES &A
IES IVIT CT
SOC IAB
partially friendly
TY ILI
Food areas (pizza shops, DD, etc churches
T&
more welcoming
ommunity vents
community center (neglected)
HAS
commercial spaces to bring in money into the area
a lot of transportation access but nothing ppl convienient want to access optimal location
SS
social places that have variety
community center within the central plaza
A CC E
life after dark, even if there s a early closing time
diverse
TY ILI
WANTS
STACKED FLAT TYPE
Food areas (pizza shops, DD, etc churches
IES IVIT CT
community events
SOC IAB
partially friendly
HAS
commercial spaces to bring in money into the area
T&
more welcoming
community center within the central plaza
INTRODUCE WALKWAY IN BETWEEN BUILDING
accessible
VILLA TYPE
connected
STAPLETON, SI
BRING MORE TREES INTO THE ENVIRONMENT
INTERWINE A COMMUNITY CENTER WITHIN BUILDING
HOUSING FOR REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS
VILLA TYPE
TA
CANAL ST
A
B
A
B
CANAL ST
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16”=1’
Ground Floor Plan
DN
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Second Floor Plan
0"
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Ground Floor Plan
Tunnel House
The whole concept the led to the Tunnel House was driven by having an enclosed space and an open space. By compartmentalizing those spaces into the programmatic functions of a beach house in Maui, Hawaii and the use of passive design this house is formed. It is a simple beach house and built in the most efficient way. The fins are both a design element and help block the sun from directly hitting the house inner core. Another grat element of the house is its illumination during the night hours.
SPRING 2016
Brooklyn College Kinetic Gallery
The idea behind this art gallery for Brooklyn College was to create a new space that can draw all types of individuals from different academic disciplines on and off campus into this art space by creating an interactive environment. The form on the outside would appeal to the viewers on the outside and intrigue their interest enough for them to come in. The concept behind this design is to shift perspective view while the viewer walks through. The transition from a darker room to a fully lit space helps to also create this experience of going from darkness to the light at the end of th tunnel. The light always in view at the end but also an objective. You the viewer will feel as you are chasing the light.
SPRING 2016
Section
Podulating House Pods+Circulation The concept of the podulating house all started with the constraints of the clients and the historic wall. These constraints pushed the beginning of my design. The wall acted as an interruption as well as a means of separating both the artist and writer spaces on different sides of the house. Then by using the given opening as their connection to one another and also the only source of circulation from one side to the next. The doorway opening in the wall is the primary circulation and the secondary circulation would be the circulation around the interior pods. The exterior walls are mostly made of louvers which are driven by both ventilation and the direction of the sun in a dry climate.
FALL 2015
The wall, the interruption The main source of circulation writer artist
ARID
Phoenix, Arizona
bathroom guest bedroom master