MARILYN STEPHANOU ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
INDEX Resume 5 Learning in (a) Place
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WTE Housing
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Social Reconnection
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School of Architecture in 2045
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marilynstephanou@gmail.com (515) 520-2351
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Academics
Experience
Bachelor of Architecture College of Design, Iowa State University | Ames, Iowa Expected May 2020
Omass Architecture : Architectural Intern June 2019 - August 2019 Nicosia, Cyprus
College of Design Rome Program : Study Abroad College of Design, Iowa State University | Rome, Italy Spring 2019
Ioakim - Loizas Architecture Office : Architectural Intern May 2018 - August 2018 Nicosia, Cyprus
Awards
Design Studies 102 : Peer Mentor August 2019 - December 2019 Ames, Iowa
College of Design Dean’s List Fall 2016 - Present Barbara G. Laurie NOMA Student Competition Finalist Fall 2019
Skills Languages : Fluent | English & Greek Software : 3ds Max, ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, Grasshopper, Microsoft Office, Sketchup, Rhinoceros, Vray
Affiliations
College of Design, Reading Room : Assistant Librarian August 2017 - May 2018 | January 2020 - Present Ames, Iowa Evresis Call Center LMD : Call Center Agent June 2016 - August 2016 Nicosia, Cyprus
References Andrew Gleeson Architecture Lecturer | Iowa State University agleeson@iastate.edu | (515) 291-5676
National Organization of Minority Architecture Students Vice President August 2019 - Present
Deborah Hauptmann Chair, Architecture, Design Administration | Iowa State University deborah@iastate.edu | (515) 203-5757
National Organization of Minority Architecture Students Active Member Fall 2016 - Present
Luis Rico-Guitierrez Dean, Design Administration | Iowa State University lrico@iastate.edu | (515) 294-7427
Cyprus Red Cross Volunteer 2011 - 2016
Stylianos Pelekanos Principal | Omass Architecture | Nicosia, Cyprus omass.arch@cytanet.com.cy
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Learning in (a) Place Flatbush, New York, New York | Spring 2019 - Fall 2019 An ingrained culture of racial diversity and vibrant culture has persisted, to this day, in the borough of Brooklyn. Despite the social value of this area, it still suffers from the discriminatory values to a point where it is struggling to preserve its heritage. Education is a main talking point in this respect, where the disparities between schools serving opposite ends of the economic spectrum are unequally funded. Flatbush, a community with lower than average income, has become part of the disadvantaged system with under-performing students at a public school level, affecting their forthcoming futures. This proposal seeks to address issues such as finance, access, and resources when in comes to education focusing mainly on the idea of life-long learning. With this scheme, the architecture is subtle but responsive; it has its own unique identity but is respectful of the built and social context. At its core, the form addresses the block sized scale of the site, interwoven with the idea of permeability and adaptability. The mass mimics the preexisting urban fabric of the city - with buildings lining the street frontage and voids in the middle to create outdoor spaces. The fragmented ground level serves to provide a variety of open learning spaces for all ages as well as discreet residential access. It’s materiality is largely transparent, with its height matching the scale of the existing building to make residents feel included and respected. The forms are folded, rotated, and fragmented to draw the greater community into the site and to evoke a sense of belonging. Prof: Bosuk Hur Partners: Alyanna Subayno, Henry Melendrez Obhishek Mandal, Vinay Porandla Learning in (a) Place | 7
Site
8 | Axons
Circulation
Learning Spaces
Housing
Adult Education Attainment
Less than High School 20% 21% 18% 4%
High School Graduate 39% 41% 41% 12%
College Graduate 41% 38% 41% 84%
Share of 4th Grade Students Performing at Grade Level
English Language 49% 51% 42%
Mathematics 47% 49% 33%
Greenwich Village & Soho Brooklyn
New York City
Flatbush & Midwood
Brooklyn
New York City
Flatbush
Expression Spaces
Maker Spaces
Traditional Learning Spaces
Research & Spaces | 9
01 | Learning Spaces
02 | Housing
03 | Housing
10 | Plans
Detailed Section | 11
12 | Section
Section | 13
14 | Render
Render | 15
WTE Housing Hell’s Kitchen, New York, New York | Spring 2018 Trash takes many forms – recyclables, compostables, hazardous, etc. all of which are required to be sorted and transported, with infrastructure and humans playing a direct role in the process. As New York City aims to send zero waste to landfills by 2030, while still exporting some 24,000 tons of discarded material every day, waste reduction poses to be an immense challenge for the city. The framework of this architecture is waste reduction. This includes the breakdown of four typologies - landfills, compost gardens, waste to energy practices, and zero waste initiatives - all have a direct effect on the infrastructure and its relationship to New York City. At the core are also the inhabitants and the environment. Both of which are interconnected and designing for one means designing for both simultaneously. This building aims to provide a safe, clean, and sustainable environment for all people to live and enjoy; an oasis away from the unhealthy sediments accumulated on the streets of New York City. Prof: Andrew Gleeson Partners: Alyanna Subayno
WTE Housing | 17
18 | Site Plan
Site: Hell’s Kitchen, New York, NY Non-Recyclable - Elizabeth Waste Management Transfer Station, located in New Jersey Paper - Taken to Visy Paper Mill in Staten Island and then sold to Domestic and International Recyclable Metal, Plastic, Glass - Taken to Hugo-Jersey Transfer Station, located in East Jersey City, New Jersey
Average Refuse/Person in NYC
The average person in Hell’s Kitchen produces about 44 pounds of non-recyclable refuse and 16.5 pounds of recyclable refuse per month, whereas the average American produces 130 pounds of refuse every month.
Refuse Disposal Destination
NYC Residential Waste
NYC Commercial Waste
The majority of Hell’s Kitchen refuse goes to Pennsylvania with 48%, then 31% goes to Virginia, 11% goes to Ohio, 8% goes to South Carolina, and 2% travels to Connecticut and New Jersey.
Food scraps consist of 17.2% of residential waste in NYC. Followed by recyclable paper, cardboard, soiled paper, plastics, newspapers, textiles , metals, film plastics, glass, yard waste, PET/HDPE plastics and other recyclable papers.
Food scraps consist of 25.2% of commercial waste in NYC. Followed by cardboard, recyclable paper, soiled paper, textiles, plastics, film plastics, metals, newspapers, PET/HDPE plastics and yard waste.
Research | 19
ProSolve370e modules are coated with a superfine titanium dioxide (TiO2), a pollution-fighting technology that is activated by ambient daylight. The modules effectively reduces air pollution.
When these modules are placed in sites with high pollution emittance, such as Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx), Volatile Organic Compound (VOCs), and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), the facade modules disintegrate balance out the harmful toxins.
20 | Facade Axon
The facade modules are both decorative forms, and through minimal lighting and humidity, they reduce pollution and clean the surrounding environment by turning these toxins into controllable amounts of water and Carbon Dioxide.
03 - 06 | Housing
13 | Penthouse
02 | Reception & Housing
12 | Green Roof & Housing
01 | Entrance
08 - 11 | Housing
Basement | WTE
07 | Amenities
Floor Plans | 21
22 | Section
Section | 23
24 | Render
Render | 25
Social Reconnection Pigneto, Rome, Italy | Spring 2019 The aim of this project was to create a social hub in the neighborhood of Pigneto. Through our design, we are re-stitching the neighborhoods that surround the site. The four buildings are designed to be both suitable for their inhabitants, and able to expand the urban fabric of the neighborhood. Through direct paths that link the neighborhoods to the complex of buildings, the landscape becomes both a conduit as well as a destination for pedestrians. There is also a strong visual connection to the surrounding environment, as the buildings are elevated to give pedestrians a view of the Appennini Mountains as well as Cementerio de Verano. The architecture reflects this idea of pedestrian connectivity, by having porticos that allow the buildings to be more approachable. Due to the design of the porticos, public and private space becomes blurred rather than distinctly separated. Our project all together creates an appealing environment on the ground, as well as an interesting vista from the balconies of the surrounding buildings, as they can also experience this phenomenon from their elevated view. The design aims to reconnect Pigneto’s urban fabric physically, visually, and socially through our architectural and landscape interventions. Prof: Simone Capra, Consuelo Nuùez Ciuffa, Marta Bertani Partners: Aaron Lewis & Hannah Underwood
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28 | Site Plan
Infrastructure
Views to the Site
Pedestrian Circulation
Views from the Site
Site Access & Circulation
Diagrams | 29
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Housing & Landscape Plan | 31
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34 | Render
Render | 35
Architecture School in 2045 Fall 2019 Our proposal is reactionary - it is one that [re]calls our physical relationship with architecture. In the year 2045, it will become inherently more important to unplug from technological matrices and fully experience culture, directly inspecting that which surrounds us. In doing this, we are interested in a system of academia that will challenge students’ understanding of architecture and its dimensions. And to realize this new architectural pedagogy, our curriculum is heavily weighted on the importance of physical travel and human interaction. Beyond form and function, architecture must be understood through place; thus, our college does not fit into a boxedbuilding with walls and floor slabs, but is rather an ambiguous method of transportation. Our physical education journey manifests itself as a combination of new passive energy techniques that have been derived from nature, biodesign, and nanotechnologies. In our future, major carbon emissions have been banned, and our response to these parameters were to look to nature for the answer. The jet stream is constantly moving, has endless wind-power for harvesting, and connects to a vast majority of the globe, making a great connector between study-locations. Consequently, our major biological precedent are spiders. Spiderlings have been found high in the jet streams and miles off of the ocean’s coast. By “ballooning,” they tip-toe onto tall branches and trees, sending silk into the air, and use a combination of bouncing off the electromagnetic fields, wind thermals, and manipulation of their silk parachutes to reach the jet stream. Prof: Nicholas Senske Partners: Alyanna Subayno & Brooke Mallon
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38 | Diagram
Diagram | 39
40 | Installation
Detailed Images | 41
MARILYN STEPHANOU marilynstephanou@gmail.com