Portfolio 2021

PORTFOLIO MAXWELL DAVID FERNANDEZ

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Academic 8 Projected Chaos 14 South Side Research 18 Wooden Filter 22 Rare Books Library 24 Representation Professional 28 Tosi Kobus Design Personal 32 Drawings 39 Pottery 40 Photos

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MAXWELL DAVID FERNANDEZ T: +1 (781) 290 6482 E: maxwelldfernandez@gmail.com

EDUCATION Syracuse University School of Architecture, Syracuse NY (B. ARCH) - Rising 3rd Year - Anticipated graduation May 2024 - Dean’s List - Magazine Club Founding Member Weston High School, Weston MA - Graduated May 2019 - Athletics - Waltham/Weston Nordic Ski Team, Co-founder and Captain (2018-19) - Track Team, Co-Captain + Varsity Pole Vaulter - Cross Country Team - Awards - Excellence in Photography - Massachusetts Art All-state participant - Excellence in Ceramics - Massachusetts Seal of Biliteracy - Boston Architectural College Summer Academy (Summer 2016) SKILLS - Illustrator - Photoshop - InDesign - Premier Pro - After Effects - Rhino - VRay - AutoCad - Sketchup - Fluent in conversational Spanish

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WORK EXPERIENCE - Tsoi Kobus Design, Architectural Intern (Summers 2018 - 20) - Built large and small scale physical models - 3d Interior Model on SketchUp - Conceptual Drawings using Rhino and Illustrator - Edited Spread Sheets and Documents for User Group Meetings - Brothers Marketplace, Customer Service (2017-18) - Worked Cash Register - Stocked Items VOLUNTEER - Waltham/Weston Nordic Ski Team, Assistant Coach (Winter 2020-21) - Land’s Sake Farm, Camp Counselor, Weston MA (Summer 2017)

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ARC 207 Aurelie Frolet

PROJECTED CHAOS Projected Chaos started as two precedents chaotically collaged together. These collages were used as a way to develop a logic that could be spun with the addition of the vernacular architecture of South Side in Syracuse NY. After creating this series of plans and sections, the decision was made to borrow the grid and bridge systems. The three characteristically different programs housed in Projected Chaos create a village, in-which a micro community exists. The logic can be broken up into two categories, logos the formal logic and pathos the emotional logic.

Logos attempts to differentiate the program iconographically, with 3 distinct shapes and the all-encompassing grid system. Pathos is the emotional appeal of the project achieved through material. The nursery is all soft woods and textural concrete floors, the bakery continues that but adds heavy metals, finally the produce and butcher use a translucent glass that alludes to the transparency and airiness of agriculture. The bridge system which carves out part of the bakery allows for kids to learn through experiencing the bakery from the observation deck. The simplicity of this project is intentional, a child could break the project down and understand each of its parts much like toy blocks.

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PROJECTED CHAOS

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PROJECTED CHAOS

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SYRACUSE SOUTH SIDE - RESEARCH As part of our introduction of project one fall semester of my second year, my partner Gaby and I conducted research of the building typology of Syracuse’s South Side. South side is a predominantly impoverished African American neighborhood. As a whole the studio was tasked with finding different aspects of the inter-working of the community. Gaby and I focused on building typology in an attempted to understand the contextual background of South Side.

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SOUTH SIDE RESEARCH

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THE WOODEN FILTER The Wooden filter is a community center designed for the South Side neighborhood in Syracuse, NY. The brief was to create a community space that reaches that makes a connection to the Edible forest that the site abuts. Working through tectonics, the parametric roof members pull and filter community members through the space.

The program is as follows: - Greenhouse - Office 125 - Kitchen Classroom 625 - Tool Shed 50 - Pantry/Clean-up 125 - Mechanical Equipment 75 - Meeting Dining 625 - Bathrooms 125 3,625 sf net

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ARC 108 STUDIO Valeria Rachel Herrera

RARE BOOKS LIBRARY

The final exercise of the semester involves the design of a rare books library and exhibition gallery. The library features a connection to the Highline in the Chelsea Arts District of New York City.

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Program: - Entry/Lobby (reception desk, lounge, and restrooms): 800 sf - Public Restrooms (above ground floor 2@150 sf): 300 sf - Rooftop Terrace: 1,000 sf - Archive (storage and working space): 2,000 sf - Exhibition Gallery (for display and public gathering): 2,000 sf - Gallery Office (open plan w/ restroom): 300 sf - Outdoor weekend book sales (optional) - Reading and working spaces: 1,500 sf

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ARC 182 REPRESENTATION Joel Kerner

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ANALYTICAL DRAWINGS

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TSOI KOBUS DESIGN Steve Oppenheimer

TSOI KOBUS DESIGN MODEL MAKING This was a larger scale model that I developed from plans sections and elevations provided to me at Tsoi Kobus Design. I was instructed to create a 1/4 scale model that focused on the lobby space of a new Proton Therapy building for OSF HeathCare in Peoria Illinois.

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PERSONAL

MOUNTAIN HOME MEDIUM | Copic markers, pencil, and pen on paper, 8½” x 11” CONTEXT | The idea behind this rendering was to meld the house with the side of the mountain. The two interlock like a jigsaw puzzle, while juxtaposing each other.

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STOOL + MID-CENTURY CHAIR MEDIUM | Colored pencil on paper, 8½”x 11” CONTEXT | The challenge with both pieces of furniture was to bring the metallic reflection to paper. The stool was inspired by a field trip to Boston, in my art class. The chair was inspired by midcentury pieces I had seen at the MFA, and by seats in cars from the 70s.`

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MEDIUM | Clay Green Vase: 2”tall x 2½”wide Unglazed Vase: 3½”tall x 2¼”wide Bowl: 1½”tall x 4”wide

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PHOTOGRAPHY iPhone - Nikon FE2

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MAXWELL DAVID FERNANDEZ T: +1 (781) 290 6482 E: maxwelldfernandez@gmail.com IG: maxwelldfernandez

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