2021_Octavia M Pinckney_Designer_Professional Portfolio by Octavia M Pinckney

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OCTAVIA M PINCKNEY

OCTAVIA M PINCKNEY AIA + NOMA Associate | ompinck@gmail.com | linkedin.com/in/ompinck | issuu.com/ompinck

Experienced Architectural Designer inresidential, industrial, and commercial property developments across the U.S., along with business relations and advertising experience at the University of Texas at Arlington, and various volunteering opportunities. Currently seeking architectural licensure mentorship.

OCCUPATION FREELANCE |CONCEPTUAL DESIGNER || OMPINCK – 2017+ Illustrative, Architectural, and Conceptual designs provided for individuals, organizations, and competition visualization.

EDUCATION | INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR + LEAD ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER || BAC -Boston, MA – 2020 Coordinate the communication of student participation in designing environmentally conscious multi utilization Livable Artist Residency proposal for BID in Cambridge’s Central Square district at the site of an abandoned parking lot. As well as lead the architectural design and presentation of construction strategy for livable design proposals.

PROFESSIONAL |M ECHANICAL DRAFTER | | NOW SPECIALTIES - Carrollton, TX – 2017 Associate the correct dimension, assemblage, and materials to the application of interior and exterior on-site prefabricated panels utilized in subcontracted projects by larger firms such as HKS and Corgan for industrial and health projects, through AutoCAD, Revit, and Bluebeam elevational, 3D modeling, and redlined construction and structural drawings and calculations.

|ARCHITECTURALDESIGNER ||PDMS Design Group. - Arlington, TX – 2016 Collaboratively produce AutoCAD, Revit, and PDF construction documents, schematic designs, updated shop drawings, sample boards, health, fire, and safety code regulation information documents for the fit out of retail stores including Haagen Daz, Finishline, Circle K, Wetzel’s pretzels, and Amazon warehouses across the United States.

|INTERN A UTOCAD DRAFTER|| Construction Concepts Inc. - Dallas, TX – 2014 Develop AutoCAD, Photoshop, and SketchUp conceptual designs and construction documents with partners and clients for new and remodeled construction projects of office, housing, retail, and industrial projects, through a comparative analysis of existing site conditions and applied Oak Cliff Municipal Center zoning, ADA, IBC, health, and safety regulations, reviewed and approved by subcontracted structural engineers for construction in the Dallas Metroplex.

EDUCATION |

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Texas at Arlington – 2015

INTERESTS + SOFTWARE SKILLS | AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Rhino, Sketchup, Revit, 3DS Max, 3D Rendering

| MISC SKILLS Literary and Creative Writing, Hand Illustration, Construction, Wood Working, Painting, Sketch, Conceptual Design, Advertising, Graphic, Creativity, Marketing Strategy, Analysis, Research, Communication, Interpersonal, Management, Team Inclusivity, Production

| LANGUAGE Spanish- limited working proficiency

EXTRACURRICULAR |SAN ANTONIO + DFW + BOSTON Habitat for Humanity Art Pace San Antonio Dallas Fort Worth Art Tooth American Institute of Architects Associate Boston Society of Architects Women in Architecture National Organization of Minority Architects United States Green Building Council Boston Network of International Developers United Nations Greater Boston Area

|ART COMPETITIONS San Antonio NEISD Christmas Card Competition ‘09 - Recognition_ Map Pencil Surrealism San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo ‘10 - 1st Prize Entry_ Acrylic Painting Realism Visual Arts Scholastic Event ‘08-’10 - Recognition_ Mixed Media +Acrylic Painting + Map Pencil Surrealism Laka React Competition ‘15 - Collaborative Entry_Photoshop+ Digital Rendering Architectural Paris Sky Pool Competition ‘15 - Collaborative Entry_Photoshop+ Digital Rendering Architectural Rethinking Competitions Pulpit Rock ‘15 - Collaborative Entry_Photoshop+ Digital Rendering Architectural AIA Fort Worth Chapter 7th Annual ‘A House For ...’ ‘18- Art Donation_Graphite Architectural DFW Art Tooth first Artist Critique Night ‘18 - Presentation_Watercolor + Digital Portfolio Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition - Professional Entry ‘18 - Entry + Donation_Ink Architectural BSA First Annual Architecture Art Auction ‘19 - Entry_Acrylic+ Watercolor Surrealism

|UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON Lambda Sigma Alpha ‘11-’13- Member Lyrical Expressions Poetry Club ‘13 - Historian and Promoter Coolberry Frozen Yogurt ‘13- Student Representative, Graphic Designer, Event + Web promoter Resident Assistant ‘13- Highlights: Campaign for ‘Recyclemania’- an initiative to promote sustainable dormitory activity and awareness Mavs 1000 Peer Leader ‘14- Entering College Freshman in Transition Assistant

|BOSTON ARCHITECTURAL COLLEGE BAC National Organization of Minority Architectural Students_Professional Development Committee Year ‘20-’21 - Member Organization of Student Life + BAC NOMAS New Orientation Fall ‘20 Semester - Volunteer BAC Fall 2020 Gateway Project_Central Square- Lead Architectural Designer + Internal Communications Director BAC NOMAS and Bos NOMA Career Development AREStudy Group - Presenter + Instructor Beyond Walls_Lynn, MA_BosNOMA Spring ‘21- Prefabrication Construction Volunteer NOMA Project Pipeline Summer ‘21- Volunteer Mentor

CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIVE THREE TOURS | KEN ROBERTS 2018 | 7 IMPRESSIONS | BSA AUCTION 2019 | 11

CONCEPTUAL

ILLUSTRATIVE

CHISHOLM TRAIL MURAL | RICHARD HAAS | SUNDANCE SQUARE | FORT WORTH TX, USA

THREE TOURS

AIA DALLAS 2018 KEN ROBERTS MEMORIAL DELINEATION PROFESSIONAL ENTRY | ROCKITECTURE DONATION FALL 2019

INK ON VELLUM | OVERLAY | 5”X 7” THE TALLEST STURCTURES IN THE WORLD OVER THE COURSE OF HISTORY IN DEVELOPED CIVILIZATIONS CONNECT WITH THEIR SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE AS SIGNIFICANT SYMBOLS OF PROGRESSION, TECHONOLOGY, AND ECONOMIC WEALTH. THESE THREE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED TOWERS ; BURJ KHALIFA, SHANGHAI TOWER, AND WORLD ONE TRADE CENTER REPRESENT SOCIETIES OF CURRENT WORLD ECONOMIC POWERS OVERLAYED IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER OF THEIR ESTABLISHED CONSTRUCTION DATE AND GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION.

“WHILE MONUMENTALITY IS OUR GOAL ONLY THE FOUNDATION FROM WHICH EMPIRES GROW REMAIN ROOTED OVER TIME ON THE DIVINE EMPIRE OF THE ‘EARTH’ ITSELF. IS THE SKY THE LIMIT? THE COMMUNITY IS UNLIMITED... WE ARE ALWAYS ATTEMPTING TO REACH THE HEAVENS WITHIN THE EARTH ITSELF.” - UNKNOWN THROUGH PRESENTING AN OVERLAY OF VARIOUS LANDSCAPES AN INHERENT HIERACRCHY OVER THE GROUND REPRESENTS THEIR MONUMENTAL SOCIAL STATUS AND TECHONOLOICAL DEVELOPMENTS CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR CONSTRUCTION

RANKS OF THE WORLDS TALLEST STRUCTURES + BUILDING NOFRMATION

BURJ KHALIFA | 2717’ | DUBAI ARAB EMIRATES | SKIDMORE, OWINGS + MERRILL

Conceptually the objective for this illustration is to depict to the tallest international structures throughout history within the context of their landscapes, placing the oldest structure , Great Pyramid Giza in the background with the tallest modern structure, Burj Khalifa, in the foreground, presenting countries of prominant influence through out history, starting with mesopatamia and ancient Egypt, France with the Eiffel Tower, the United States of America with One World Trade Center, Shanghai Tower, and lastly Dubais Burj Khalifa. By placing each monumental structure in the same orientation then dlineating the surrounding landscape within the same plane and scale, an appearent juxtaposition in hieght, relationship of the tall strutucture with its city scape, and progression of built human civilization over time would be caught in one overlayed image. For purposes of the professional submission the 2018 Ken Roberts Memorial Dilineation Competition, honoring the late Ken Roberts Architect and producer of ink perspective drawings and renderings, the concept was reduced to three overlays of the modern skyscrapers of the three largest economic powers of the world, produced freehanded in archival ink on vellum, framed in a black bordered wooden frame, and later donated to the AIA Dallas Fall 2019 ROCKITECTURE Art Fundraiser.

THREE TOUR | FINAL 2018 KROB PROFESSIONAL ENTRY + 2019 ROCKITECTURE DONATION

IMPRESSIONS

ARTSPACE 111 5TH ANUAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS| DFW ART TOOTH CRITIQUE NIGHT 2018 | BOSTON SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS CALL FOR ART 2019

MIXED MEDIA | NARRATIVE SERIES| 4”X 9” OUR ENVIRONMENTS HAVE INFLUENCES ON INDIVIDUALS PERSPECTIVES. OVER THE COURSE OF HISTORY PATRONS OF ARCHITECTURAL AND TECHONOGLICAL SPACES HAVE EXPERIENCED AN INCREASINGLY PERSONALIZED VENUE FOR ENTERNTAINMENT AND UTILIZATION. EACH IMAGE IN THE SERIES PRESENTS WARPED PERSPECTIVES, SELECTED COLOR TEMPLATES, AND SELECTED ENVIRONMENTS TO CONVEY THEIR SOCIETAL IMPRESSIONS. SERIES STRUCTURE: STORY TELLLING SEQUENCE REFERENCES TO BUILT ENVIRONMENT SELECTIVE OBSCURED PERSPECTIVEAL VIEWS + HUES A SINGUALAR [VIEWER] PROTAGONIST PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION | 19TH CENTURY

SEQUENTIALLY PRESENTING THIS NARRATIVE DEPICTS THE INFLUENCES OF THE CONSTRUCTED WORLD WHICH VISUALLY DICTATE CIVILIZATIONS DEVELOPMENT.

FIRST TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENT | 1941

IBM SIMON MOBILE PHONE | 1994

WORLD GLOBE THEATRE | RICHARD BURBAGE | 16TH CENTURY | JOHN TAMPER PHOTO

Each image in the series depicts a single setting in time where selected color pallete is utilized to set a tone for the entire interpretation of the observer. For the background a built environment, architectural, is spatially warped to convey the sentiment settings intent for utilization. While a protagonist utilizes the space as a white shadow figure in the foreground representing the specific user capacity and relation of the space. The series is broken up into five segments; BCE, Renaissance, Industrial Revolution, Cold War, and The age of Personal Computation. Each time frame was chosen for thier periods large influences on art, techonology, enterntainment, and architecture. 1|5 Beginning with the Aquae Sulis, Bathe England, in a time where bath houses were temples for paying tributes to the gods, recreation, and self care. These bathhouses were constructed as tributes to deities themselves, minimizing the scale of their patrons, and providing and unearthly relative dimension. Yellows and oranges are utilized to demonstrate unorthodoxarity and high energy. 2|5 In the age of the Renaissance, human civilization expressed inquistion of the sciences and arts, where the Globe theathre [1599] was constructed to bring its audiences at the front to the enternatinment. The age was charactedized by the human scale of relativity, dymanism, and progression in contrast with previous periods of hierachy and minimalization of the human scale experience in architecture. Yellows transition the dymanism of enterntainment and collective coomunalism into the deep indigos and purples representing thought and passion.

1|5_ IMPRESSIONS SERIES | BCE AQUE SULIS | MONUMENTALITY

3|5 By the time of the industrial revolution, transportation mechanisms developed serving the mass urban and cross continental usership for civilizations, personalzing voyages for the common man. This development was characterized by destination and origin with far one point perspectives of destined cities on the country side and individuals in the foreground at full scale wearing abundantly personalized attired for their far away destinations. Blue tones in the background of the cityscape convey the optimism of each traveler who in the foreground is surrounded by red and grey hues, aboard the first Stockton + Darlington Railway, the passenger train [1825] , still in use, reprsenting the neutrality of human experiences with the ability to develop the capcity to travel freely across the land. 4|5 In the mid 20th century advanced technology had been limited to the serving the public and military needs, until specific world science fairs, home appliances, and enterntainment companies began to serve the consumer markets. By this time the Television was created most people were accomodated to listening to the radio until the first movies and live sports recordings were broadcasted for public and personal consumption. People flooded near storefronts, local taverns, to watch these events, then later purchased them for their homes. These advancements shaped the physical landscape creating more intimate high consumption personal usership, transpearency, and consumer awareness and selectivity. Now the untangelable consumption of arts and the built environment interceded the great expanding human experiential scale turning the BCE period human relativity to devine, nearly inside out, with a greater human to human environment relativity. The red and grey tones are utilized similarily from the previous segment of the sequence, and the warped perspective immulates the orignal rounded glass of the television screen. 5|5 Although computation had existed for centuries for the calculations of merchants, and more recently so for the first census computer, hand held and personal computation devices became readily available for private consumption in the late 20th century, minimizing the relationship between people and the built environment drastically. This is depicted in the fifth portion of the mixed media art series with a highly orbital onepoint perspective with the first mobile phone at the main focus, where only the protagonists hand is seen. The surrounding background is painted in a slightly nuetral tone with realistic color of each aspect. Where the nuetral tones and rounded perspective represent the equal flexibity in user ship of the built environment and technology around the architectural landscpe.

2|5_ IMPRESSIONS SERIES | RENAISSANCE GLOBE THEATRE | ARTS

3|5_ IMPRESSIONS SERIES | TRAIN CAR | TRAVEL

Through each portion of the sequence throughout time it is evident the utilization of space has become personable and flexible for usership loosly detached from traditional infrastructure.

4|5_ IMPRESSIONS SERIES | TELEVISION STORE FRONT | CONSUMPTION

PROCESS || | GEOMETRICAL LAYOUT OF WARPPED PERSPECTIVE | ILLUSTRATED ARCHITECTUAL BACKGROUND + TECHNOLOGIES + PROTAGONIST | APPLIED COLOR THEORY TO ILLUSTRATION

5|5_ IMPRESSIONS SERIES | SMART PHONE | INTERCONNECTIVITY

2|5_ IMPRESSIONS SERIES | MIXED MEDIA | BSA 2019 ART DONATION

ARCHITECTURAL

UNESCO CESKY KRUMLOV CZECHOSLOVAKIA

VAIL COURT

MIXED USED|| CENTRAL SQUARE. CAMBRIDGE, MA | LIVABLE ARTIST RESIDENCY | BAC FALL GATEWAY 2020 ON THE EXISTING SITE OF VAIL COURT, THE BAC FALL 2020 GATEWAY PROJECT EXAMINES THE DEMOLISHED AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX PLOT AND ITS NEIGHBORING PARKING LOT TO PROPOSE A LIVABLE SPACE FOR NOT ONLY THE RESIDENCES BUT THE LARGER DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. VAIL COURT EXPLORES THE CONCEPT OF A SELF SUSTAINING AFFODABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WITH REFERENCES TO CAMBRIDGES MASTER PLANS, BUSINESS INTEREST DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, CENTRAL SQUARES DEMINISHING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ARTIST COMMUNITIES, LOW ENERGY INTENSIVE MATERIAL USE AND CONSTRUCTION STRATEGIES, AND SITE USE, SELF SUFFICIENT CITY COMPETITION| GUALLART ARCHITECTS

THE VAIL COURT ‘LIVABLE ARTIST RESIDENCY’ SPECIFICALLY EVALUATES ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION METHODS AS WELL AS RAIN WATER REUSE AND SITE RELATION FOR COMPLETE CRADDLE TO GRAVE ENERGY CONSIDERATE PROPOSALS ALONG WITH PROMOTING COMMUNITY SITE ENGAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF CAMBRIDGES CENTRAL SQUARE BUSINESS AND ARTIST COMMUNITY. WHILE FEATURING SIMPLISTIC AND SPEICAL ELEMENTS FOR COMMUNAL DWELLING COMFORTABILITY. REFERENCES INCLUDE: GREEN SUPER STUDIO GREEN NEW DEAL CAMBRIDGE MASTER FORREST PLAN CAMBRIDGE BID STAKEHOLDERS SELF SUFFICIENT CITY | GUALLART ARCHITECTS CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDENS CLT PREFABRICATION AND MODULAR CONTRUCTION METHODS BIOSWALE + RAIN GARDEN LANDSCAPE METHODS

BOTANIC GARDENS | LANDSCAPE| CHICAGO

THROUGH A COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF SUSTAINABLE, COMMUNITY , AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN , ZONING CODES AND CALCULATIONS APPLICATION, INFORMATION WAS USED TO DESIGN A MODERN SELF SUSTAINING LIVABLE ARTIST RESIDENCY PROPOSAL FOR THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGES CENTRAL SQUARE DISTRICT.

CATALYST CROSS SECTION | CLT CONSTRUCTION| KATERRA

PERFORMANCE PLATFORMS | COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT + LANDSCAPE FEATURE PROPOSAL | LILLIAN CRYAN

SITE PHOTO + CONTEXT

INITIAL PROPOSAL

COMMUNITY DESIGN|| CENTRAL SQUARE. CAMBRIDGE, MA | SUSTAINABLE RESIDENCY CONCEPT | OCTAVIA PINCKNEY OUR GATEWAY GROUP BEGAN WITH A INDIVIDUAL PROPOSAL DESK CHAREETE TO EXAMINE THE VARIOUS INSIGHTFUL CONCEPTS EACH MEMBER CONTRIBUTED FROM THEIR INDIVIDUAL BACKGROUNDS OF EXPERIENCE. THIS PROPOSAL ON THE LEFT CONSIDERS LOW DENSITY UNITS, CONSTRUCTED IN MODULARITY, WITH PUBLIC GATHERING SPACE, AND COMMUNITY GARDEN. THE PROPOSAL INTENTIONALLY PRESERVES THE LOW RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF THE AREA, WHILE PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND FLEXIBLE PUBLIC SPACE FOR POP UP MARKETS, EVENTS, AND PROMOTE VEGETATION IN THE HARDSCAPE. EXISTING SITE

LOW RISE SELF SUSTAINING STRUCTURES + PUBLIC PARK + COMMUNITY GARDEN + MARKET

PROPOSAL PLAN VARIATIONS

LANDSCAPE + RESOURCES STRATEGY RESOURCES AND ENERGY CONSIDERATIONS || CENTRAL SQUARE. CAMBRIDGE, MA | LIVABLE ARTIST RESIDENCY | BAC FALL GATEWAY 2020

VAIL COURT LOT 28, 201 SF

EXISTING TREES 15% OF SITE REF. CAMBRIDGE MASTER FORREST PLAN FOR REMOVING AND REPLACING

EXISTING GRAVEL ON SITE 5,950 SF

EXISTING ASPHALT PARKING LOT 56,365 SF

EXISTING DIRT PATH 7,260 SF

EXISTING SITE | MATERIAL + RESOURCES MAPPING

RESOURCES | POTENTIAL EXISITING REUTILIZATION

INCREMENTAL RENATURALIZATION OF SITE FROM PAVED TO FULLRAIN GARDEN VEGETATION

CONSTRUCTION STRATEGY CLT BUILDING MATERIAL PROPOSAL|| CENTRAL SQUARE. CAMBRIDGE, MA | LIVABLE ARTIST RESIDENCY | BAC FALL GATEWAY 2020

BENEFITS OF CLT CONSTRUCTION

CLT ASSEMBLY

AS LEAD ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER IN CONJUCTION WITH THE SELF SUSTAINING MIXED USE DEVELOPENT PROPOSAL, IT BECAME APPEARANT TO CONSIDER REDUCING THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION ENERGY IMPACT BY ADOPTING CLT AS A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL WHICH COULD THEN BE USED NOT ONLY TO REDUCE THE CARBON FOOT PRINT OF CONSTRUCTING THE SITE, BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY REDUCE THE INTENSITY OF MAINTENANCE, AND POTENTIAL RENOVATIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE SITE AS THE ARTIST RESIDENCY OCCUPANCY CHANGES LONG TERM.

PREFABRICATION

MODULARITY

RAW MATERIALS

MODULAR FLEXIBLE CLT UNIT PROPOSAL | SKETCH UP

SITE STRATEGY MIXED USED UNITS + RAIN GARDEN LANDSCAPE || CENTRAL SQUARE. CAMBRIDGE, MA | LIVABLE ARTIST RESIDENCY | BAC FALL GATEWAY 2020

AFTER EXAMINING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, EVAULATING THE CAMBRIDGE COMMUNITY, ZONING CODES, EXCHANGING INDIVIDUAL PROPOSALS, AND HOLDING SEVERAL CHARRETTES WITH STAKE HOLDERS FROM THE COMMUNITY INCLUDING BID AND FELLOW DESIGNERS, OUR BAC GATEWAY TEAM COLLABORATED ON A SITE PLAN SCHEMATIC WHICH INCLUDED RAIN GARDENS, BIO SWALES, LIFTED CLT PATHWAYS TO ALLOW STANDING WATER AND IRROGATION TO THE LANDSCAPE, CLT MIXED USE BUILDING BLOCKS, AND PUBLIC GATHERING SPACES THROUGHOUT THE SITE.

SITE STRATEGY PROPOSAL SKETCHES | OCTAVIA PINCKNEY

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

MIXED USED|| CENTRAL SQUARE. CAMBRIDGE, MA | LIVABLE ARTIST RESIDENCY | BAC FALL GATEWAY 2020

SIMILAR WITH THE DESIGN OF THE LANDSCAPE AND BUILDING OUR TEAM CONSIDERED THE ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE SELF SUSTAINING ARTIST RESIDENCY PROPOSAL IN ASPECTS OF PEOPLE RESOURCES. TO FULLY PROPOSAL A SUCCESSFUL ARTIST RESIDENCY WE PROPOSED OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT FLOW STRUCTURES WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE SOCIO ECONOMIC EQUITY FOR ARTIST AND CAMBRIDGE POPULATIONS TO RETAIN THE PROPERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL LONGEVITY. THIS INCLUDED FLEXIBLE UTILIZATION OF REATIL AND STUDIO RENTAL SPACES, TRAINING AND EQUIPPING THE COMMUNITY WITH MAINTENANCE TECHINICAL SKILLS AND A SCHEDULE, ENCOURAGE RESIDENCES TO ENGAGE IN THE LARGE CENTRAL SQUARE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC EXCHANGE WITH OUR STAKE HOLDERS AT CAMBRIDGES’ OWN BID ORGANIZATION, AS WELL AS ENCOURAGE SHARING PUBLIC SPACE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SHARED MAINTENANCE OF THE LANDSCAPE.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES + BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

SITE PERSPECTIVE | VAIL COURT | LIVABLE ARTIST RESIDENCY PROPOSAL

RESIDENCE INTERIORS

INDIVIDUAL HOUSING BALCONIES

SITE RAIN GARDENS

LIFTED CLT PATHWAYS

COMMERCIAL AND STUDIO FLEX SPACES

VYSNĚNÝ DOMOV

RESIDENTIAL || CHZECH REPUBLIC VERNACULAR | WATER RECYCABLITY | PERSONAL 2019 HOME TYPOLOGY HAS BEEN A CONTINAL DISCUSSION IN THE HISTORY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND AROUND THE WORLD WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL HOME IS A SINGULAR PORTION OF THE LARGER URBAN FABRIC AND IS A REFUGE FOR INDIVIDUALS ENCOMPASSING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADAPTABLE SUSTAINABILITY OVER TIME. ‘VYSNĚNÝ DOMOV’ EXPLORES THE CONCEPT OF A CZECH VERNACULAR ‘DREAM’ HOME WITH REFERENCES TO CULTURAL DESIGN, MATERIAL USE, AND THE REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT. SPECIFICALLY EVALUATES WATER USUABILITY AND MECHANISMS FOR COMPLETE RECYCABLE COLLECTION ALONG WITH NATURAL LIGHTING, VENTILATION, AND GARDENING. CONSIDERS THE TRADITIONAL SCALE FOR PRESERVED TRADITIONAL HOMES. WHILE FEATURING MODERN AND SPEICAL ELEMENTS FOR SINGULAR DWELLING COMFORTABILITY. REFERENCES INCLUDE: SUNKEN DEN + OPEN FLOOR PLAN | MILLER HOUSE | EERO SAARINEN

VACLAV FANTA ‘VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE IN CZECH VILLAGES’ | [BANAT AGRICULTURAL HOMESTEAD] | CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE MICHAEL REYNOLDS EARTHSHIP BIOTECTURE | EL PRADO NEW MEXICO SANGUINET + STAATS THISTLE HILL | FORT WORTH TEXAS EERO SAARINEN MILLER HOUSE | COLUMBUS INDIANA DENDRIFORM COLUMNS PODIUM POOLS AQUARIUMS

THROUGH A COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF HISTORY, PROJECT CONCEPT , PRECEDENCE, BUILDING CODES AND CALCULATIONS APPLICATION, INFORMATION WAS USED TO DESIGN A MODERN SELF SUSTAINING OASIS WHICH REVERES AGRICULTURAL CZECHOSLOVAKIAN RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE. TRADITIONAL DWELLING SCALE | THISTLE HILL | SANGUINET + STAATS | FORT WORTH TEXAS

NATURAL LIGHTING + VENTALATION + ELEMENTS | EARTHSHIP BIOTECTURE | MICHAEL REYNOLDS CZECH MODERN COUNTRY HOME | VERNACULAR INTEGRATION | LENKA MIKOVA

WATER HARVESTING | EARTHSHIP BIOTECTURE | MICHAEL REYNOLDS

STAIR CASE + BUILDING STRUCTURE | ARCHITECTURAL SKETCH

CZECH MODERN COUNTRY HOME | VERNACULAR INTEGRATION | LENKA MIKOVA

WHILE EXPLORING THE AGRICULTURAL HOUSING STOCK WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND IMPLEMENTING A MODERN NATURAL AND OPEN SPACE FLOOR CONCEPT AN EXPLORATION OF THE ATRIUM TYPOLOGY, TRADITIONAL FRAMING STRUCTURES, INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODES, AND OPTIMIZED CIRCULATION BECAME A PRIORITIZED PART OF THE DESIGN. THUS CREATING VIGNETTES WITHIN THE HOME FOR ELEMENTS SUCH AS A SPIRAL STAIR CASE, DOUBLE SIDED FIRE PLACE SERVING THE PUBLIC LIVING AREA AND PRIVATE FIRST FLOOR MASTER SUITE, A CENTRALIZED SUNKEN DEN, AND KITCHEN ISLAND SERVING AS A THRESHOLD BETWEEN THE SERVICE ZONES OF THE KITCHEN UTILITES AND PUBLIC LIVING AREA. INTERNATIONAL CODE REQUIREMENTS STRUCTURE, MATERIALS, AND DIMENSIONS WERE CONSIDERED AND APPLIED TO THE SCALE OF THE PROJECT. THIS INCLUDES THE ROOF, CHIMNEY, FOUNDATION, AND COLUMNS.

INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE CHIMNEY REGULATIONS | VYSNĚNÝ DOMOV DOUBLE SIDED FIRE PLACE DESIGN

FIRST FLOOR SUBTRACTION | VYSNĚNÝ DOMOV OPEN FLOOR PLAN STUDY

TRANSVERSE SECTION | DOUBLE VOLUME STUDY

TRANSVERSE SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE | VYSNĚNÝ DOMOV SUNKEN DEN AT ATRIUM | ARCHITECTURAL STUDY SKETCH

STAIR CASE + LONGITUDINAL SECTION | CONCEPTUAL SKETCH

TRADITIONAL DWELLING SCALE | THISTLE HILL

THE COLUMNAR STRUCTURE IS A TRADITIONAL ELEMENT OF ARCHITECTURE REQUIRING CONSTRAINT GRID AND MODULAR SCALE STRUCTURE. WITHIN LARGER BUILDINGS IT LIMITS THE FREE PLAN OF AN OCCUPANCY BUT NOT AS MUCH IN SMALL SCALE RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS. A FIELD STUDY WAS TAKEN OF THE THISTLE HILL IN FORT WORTH TEXAS WHERE THE PRESERVED MANSION APPEARS VOLUMOUS WITH ORGANIZED HABITABLE SPACES. ADDITIONALLY IT FEATURES AN ELEGANT STAIR CASE, VARIOUS THRESHOLDS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE QUARTERS, OPEN FOYER, AND ORNAMENTATION. UTILIZING SOME OF THE SCALABLE FEATURES IN REFERENCE TO CZECH VERNACULAR ASSISTED IN APPLYING THE DESIGN ELEMENTS TO THE RESIDENTIAL PROJECT INCLUDING NATURAL LIGHTING AND ZONING FOR UTILITY ELEMENTS REQUIRED FOR BASIC HVAC, ELECTRICAL, AND INTEGRATION OF THE DENDRIFORM COLUMNS AND WATER HARVESTING.

DENDRIFORM COLUMNS + STRUCTURE + SECTION | ARCHITECTURAL SKETCH

LIGHT STUDY ANALYSIS

ELEMENT ANALYSIS

COLUMN ORNAMENTATION AT KITCHEN ISLAND THRESHOLD FACING SUNKEN DEN | CONCEPTUAL SKETCH RENDERING

WATER CYCLING FILTER DETAIL BETWEEN PODIUM POOL AND AQUARIUM AT CLOSET WALL OF MASTER SUITE

CONCEPTUAL SKETCH OF GREY WATER CYCLING AT MASTER SUITE BATHROOM WALL

AQUARIUM WALL DETAIL CONCEPTUAL SKETCH AT MASTER SUITE CLOSET

WALL AND FLOOR THICKNESS DETAIL AT PODIUM POOL ABOVE MASTER SUITE

APPLYING THE WATER HARVESTING FIELD RESEARCH FROM EL PRADO NEW MEXICO’S EARTSHIP HOMES AND THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS TO THE DESIGN FEATURED ELMENTS OF VYSNĚNÝ DOMOV PROJECT LED TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WATER LOADS, FILTRATION, MATERIAL THICKNESSES, AND CALCULATIONS WHICH WERE THEN APPLIED TO THE PODIUM POOL, MASTER SUITE CLOSET AQUARIUM WALLS, PLUMBING UTILITIES, AND ROOF AND WALL GARDEN TRELLIS TO DEVELOP A FULL CYCLE WATER COLLECTION AT THE ROOF FROM RAIN AND SNOW, RESERVED AT A TANK, RECYCLED TO FILL OR STORE MORE WATER WITHIN THE RESEVOIR, POOL, AND AQUARIUM, THEN RECOLLECTED FOR GREY WATER RECYCLING AFTER USE FOR PLANTS ON THE BUILDING WESTERN AND NORTHERN SIDES.

PODIUM POOL VOLUME ANALYSIS | LONGITUDINAL SECTION + SECOND FLOOR PLAN | VYSNĚNÝ DOMOV

WATER HARVESTING STRUCTURE AT PODIUM POOL AND MASTER SUITE CLOSET AQUARIUM AND BATH ROOM | VSYNĚNÝ DOMOV | CONCEPTUAL SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

STUDY MODEL AT WEST SIDE

FIRST + SECOND FLOOR PLANS OF STUDY MODEL

THROUGH CREATING THE STUDY MODEL MINUTE DESIGN DECISION WERE ALTERED THROUGH OUT THE PROCESS OF THREE DIMENISONAL INVESTIGATION INCLUDING OPENINGS, CIRCULATION, FLOOR THICKNESSES, SECOND FLOOR ROOM ORIENTATION AT THE SOUTHERN SIDE, AND FACADES.

STUDY MODEL AT ROOF

VSYNĚNÝ DOMOV DESIGN PROCESS ANALYSIS AND RENDERING STUDY MODEL AT SOUTHERN FACADE

VSYNĚNÝ ENEY DOMOV IN CESKY KRUMLOV

RENDERING AT KITCHEN ISLAND

SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE RENDERING AT ATRIUM AND DEN

SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE AT DOUBLE SIDED FIRE PLACE

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

TRANSVERSE SECTION THROUGH PODIUM TRELLIS + PODIUM POOL + AQUARIUM CLOSET WALLS + MASTER SUITE + HIDDEN OFFICE + PORCHES AT NORTHERN WALL

KINDER GARDEN ORPHANAGE MIXED USE || DALLAS TEXAS | INFILL OPTIMIZATION | 2020 INFILL OPTIMIZATION CAN BE IMPLEMENTED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES WITH MINIMAL SPATIAL CONSTRAINTS WITHIN LARGE DEVELOPED URBAN FABRICS. FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT A MODERATE 60’ BY 130’ LOT IS DESGINATED FOR THE USE OF AN ORPHANAGE IN DALLAS TEXAS REQUESTING SPECIFIC PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING PUBLIC LECTURE HALL + CHILDREN HOUSING + CLASSROOMS + ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES + LIBRARY. IN ADDITION TO MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROGRAM A THEMEATIC CONCEPT OF THE ENGLISH GARDEN WAS INCORPORATED TO PROVIDE A HOSPITABLE ELEMENT TO THE DESIGN.

HOK| USGBC | SUSTAINABLE ORPHANGE | PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

WITH ALLUSIONS TO GROUP COMPARTMENTALIZED OCCUPANCY ARRANGEMENT, UNCONVENTIONAL GEOMETRY TO ORGANIZE THE FLOW OF CIRCULATION, DELIBERATE ORGANIZATION OF SPACE TO CREATE PRIVACY FOR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE PROGRAM, AND TO CREATE AN OPEN FIELD OF SPACE FOR PUBLIC PORTIONS.

REFERENCES INCLUDE:

THE TURKISH ONLINE JOURNAL OF DESIGN, ART AND COMMUNICATION ‘DESIGNING ORPHANAGE WITH THE APPROACH OF CREATING SENSE OF BELONGING TO THE ENVIRONMENT ’ | AUGUST 2016 SPECIAL EDITION | ANAHITA KHANBABAEI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, DAMGHAN BRANCH , ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY | DAMGHAN,IRAN STAIRCASE | SUNKEN GARDEN | BUTCHART | CANADA

BY OPTIMIZING THE PUBLIC PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT THROUGH THEIR CLASSIFIED HIEARCHY IN THE PROGRAM REALTIVE TO SERVICE AND PRIVATIZED PORTIONS , THE PLAN NATURALLY CREATES A BALANCE IN SCALE, ORGANIZATION, AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE CONTEXT WHILE MEETING PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND FACILITATING THE NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN AND STAFF UTLIZING THE BUILDING. SEATING AREA | SUNKEN GARDEN | BUTCHART | CANADA

FACADE | COALIMEX |GROUP8ASIA | HANOI | ARCHDAILY

HOK USGBC HAITI ORPHANAGE | 01.12.2012 INHABITAT

BUILDING ENVELOPE + FLOOR PLATES [ FIRST- THIRD ]

STAIR CASE + EVERGREENS | LONGITUDINAL | CONCEPTUAL SKETCH

FACADE + CONTEXT | STUDY MODEL

PLAN + OLDE ENGLISH GARDEN | CONCEPTUAL SKETCH

WITH REFERENCES TO A TALL EVERGREEN WHICH OCCUPIES A LIMITED SPACE WITH ABUNDANT FOLIAGE, THE CONCEPT FOR THE INFILL SPACE IS TO OPTIMIZE THE SPATIAL ASPECTS OF THE FACILITY WITH LIMITED SMALL CLOSED SPACES, ALLOWING AN ABUNDANCE FOR USER ACTIVITY BETWEEN THE INTERCONNECTED POINTS VOLUMETRICALLY, SECTIONALLY, AND ALONG THE FLOOR PLAN. IN PLAN THE IDEAL OF AN ENGLISH GARDEN FORMING A PARTICULAR CIRCULATION DIRECTS OCCUPANCY USE INTO DESIGNATED SPACES VIA A NATURAL FLOW TOWARDS OVERLY PUBLIC SPACES, WHERE AS THE PRIVATE AREAS OF THE PLAN INCLUDING CHILDRENS SLEEPING QUARTERS, ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES, AND SERVICE ZONES ARE SECTIONED OFF OR HIDDEN FROM THE NATURAL PUBLIC CIRCULATION IN PLAN BY LARGE WALLS, THRESHOLDS THROUGH THEIR PLACEMENT AND PROXIMITY TO THE ENVELOPE AND LOAD BEARING STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING.

STREET SIDE ELEVATION | STUDY MODEL

THE FACADES IMMEDIATELY REVEAL THE FUNCTION AND VOLUME OF THE SPACE THEY SHARE, INCLUDING THE ENTRANCE WHICH OF ALL ARE SCALED IN RELEVANCE TO THE NEIGHBORING BUILDING. WHERE THE ENTRANCE TO THE BUILDING READS TRANSLUCENT VOID OPENING INTO A SHARED MULTI VOLUME SPACE NEAR THE RECEPTION AND CIRCULATION THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.

FACADE | INFILL PROPORTION | CONCEPTUAL SKETCH

FACADE AT INFILL SIDE | STUDY MODEL

LONGITUDINAL SECTION PERSPECTIVE RENDER | REVIT

THIRD FLOOR | PROGRAM DRAWING + ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING

SECOND FLOOR | PROGRAM DRAWING + ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING

FIRST FLOOR | PROGRAM DRAWING + ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING

SIDE ELEVATION AT STREET | REVIT | ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING

EXTERIOR RENDERING FROM FIRST FLOOR PUBLIC COURTYARD

ENTRANCE FACADE

INTERIOR VIEW FROM ENTRANCE AT RECPECTION

INTERIOR VIEW FROM WEST EXTERIOR

LECTURE HALL + CAFE INTERIOR

SECOND FLOOR VIEW OF CLASSROOM + LOUNGE FROM EXTERIOR CAFE

San Juan Culinary Arts Acadmey INSTITUTION || HISTORIC CENTER OF MEXICO CITY| URBAN INFILL | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON | 2015 NEW ADDITIONS TO URBAN CONTEXT REQUIRE A CONTINUITY OF EXISTING CULTURAL CHARACTER AND MAY EVEN INVITE A CELEBRATION OF PLACE WITH A NEW LANDMARK. TO RESPECTFULLY PROPOSE NEW CONSTRUCTION IN A RICH HISTORICAL DISTRICT SUCH AS THE MEXICO CITY, A PROPER ANALYSIS OF THE CITY HISTORY, BUILDING STOCK, PRESENT DAY LANDSCAPE, AND DYMANISM WAS CONSIDERED AS WELL AS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING PROGRAM, AND SOCIETAL DYNAMICS. THIS CULTURAL CULINARY ARTS INSTITUION EXAMINED THE PROPER DISTRICT OF MEXICO CITY, COMPELLING REASONS FOR ITS SITE SELECTION, AND ANALYSIS OF THE BUILDING MASS RELATIVE TO THE SELECTED SITE, AND OPTIMIZATION OF THE PROGRAM AND INSTITUION IN REGARDS TO ITS RELATION WITH THE SURROUNDING URBAN FABRIC. PROMENADE + MASSING + FACADE| CULINARY ARTS INSTITUTE |QDG| LOS ANGELES, CA

IREFERENCES INCLUDE: CULINARY ARTS INSTITUTE | ODG | LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA CENTRE FOR HOSPITALITY AND CULINARY ARTS | KEARNS MANCINI ARCHITECTURE INC. | TORONTO CANADA LCCC BEN & JANE NORTON CULINARY ARTS CENTER | BIALOSKY + PARTNERS ARCHITECTS | ELYRIA OHIO URBAN HISTORY + ANALYSIS INFILL ANALYSIS + OPTIMIZATION

LOBBY + ATRIUM | CENTRE FOR HOSPITALITY AND CULINARY ARTS |KEARNS MANCINI ARCHITECTS INC.| TORONTO, CANADA | ARCHITIZER

THROUGH CAREFULLY CONSIDERING THE URBAN CONTEXT VARIOUS PERSPECTIVES AND INFILLING A SELECTED SITE, A DESIGN IS CREATED TO SATISFY MULTIPLE FACTORS AND CONRTIBUTE A SUBSTANTIAL ADDITION TO THE URBAN BUILDING STOCK.

LECTURE HALL + CONTEXT| LCCC BEN & JANE NORTON CULINARY ARTS CENTER | BIALOSKY + PARTNERS ARCHITECTS | ELYRIA, OHIO | ARCHINECT

CONTEXTUAL RELATION | CENTRE FOR HOSPITALITY AND CULINARY ARTS |KEARNS MANCINI ARCHITECTS INC.| TORONTO, CANADA | ARCHITIZER

QDG | USGBC | LA CULINARY ARTS INSTITUTE | DEC 2010

SITE SELECTION

LOCATION SPECIFICITY|| HISTORIC CENTER OF MEXICO CITY THE ACADEMY SITE WAS CHOSEN BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF MARKET AND POPULAR CHEF LOCATIONS. WHILE THE PROGRAMS REQUIREMENTS MADE INFILL OPPORTUNITY AND URBAN DENSITY A GREATER FACTOR, PUBLIC SPACES AND EASE OF TRANSPORTATION ACCESS WERE ESSENTIAL AS WELL. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO FACILITATE THE URBAN CULTURAL TENDENCIES TO FIT THE CITY’S HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

FOOD MARKET LOCATIONS

MEXICO CITY PROPER MAP

PUBLIC PLAZAS

LANDMARK PROXIMITY

PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY

LAND USE ANALYSIS | MEXICO CITY PROPER

INFILL ANALYSIS

SITE + MASSING || PLAZA DE SAN JUAN | HISTORIC CENTER OF MEXICO CITY

SELECTED SITE MAP

SITE MASSING ANALYSIS

A SET OF SECONDARY SITE ANALYSIS ESTABLISHED A FORM WHICH RESPECTS PEDESTRIAN THE MOVEMENT OF CIVILIANS AND APPROACH TO THE FACADE. AS AN INFILL PIECE, THE ACADEMY HAD TO COMPETE WITH A TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUILDING BEHIND IT, NEIGHBORING INFORMAL STRUCTURES, AND AN INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING AND TRADITIONAL PLAZA. THE GEOMETRY, LANDSCAPE, AND SURROUNDING STRUCTURES WERE TAKEN UNDER INVESTIGATION. IN SECTION, THE FIGURE AND VOLUME OF THE ACADEMY WERE DETERMINED BY ELEVATIONAL HEIGHT DIFFERENCES AND THE PERSPECTIVES OF AN INDIVIDUAL PEDESTRIAN. FROM THE ELEVATION CAME THE VOLUME AND A DEFINITE STRUCTURE.

INFILL MASSING ANALYSIS

INFILL PROPORTION

FACADE + PROMENADE SITE ASSOCIATION

SELECTED SITE ANALYSIS

MASSING + PROGRAM + MODEL || SAN JUAN CULINARY ARTS ACADEMY | HISTORIC CENTER OF MEXICO CITY

TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUILDING SOUTH OF PLAZA DE SAN JUAN

OPTION_1_CLASSIC FACADE

PROGRAM ANALYSIS

THE REQUIRED PROGRAM, SELECTED DIMENSIONS, AND MASSING BASED ON THE SELECTED SITE ANALYSIS RESULTED IN A DESIGNATED PUBLIC FACADE FACING THE SOUTH END OF THE SAN JUAN PLAZA IN FRONT OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUILDING, AND A SEPERATE BUILDING FACE ACROSS FROM THE SAN JUAN MARKET. THE ELEVATION FACING THE SAN JUAN MARKET ALLOWED INTERACTION ON THE GROUND FLOOR BETWEEN A STREET CAFE AND STORE IN THE ACADEMY WITH THE PUBLIC, WHERE AS THE DESIGNATED FACADE FACED THE PLAZA IN CONJUCTION WITH AN EXISTING TRADITIONAL INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING..

IMMEDIATE EAST AND WEST OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUILDING

OPTION_2_SKELETAL FACADE

PEDESTRIAN ACCESS SOUTH AND NORTH OF SITE

EAST AND WEST OF PLAZA DE SAN JUAN NORTH OF SITE

OPTION _3_FALSE FACADE

OPTION_4_INDISTINCTIVE FACADE

THIRD FLOOR

SECOND FLOOR

FIRST FLOOR

THE FORMAL ELEVATION WHICH FACES THE PLAZA BECOMES A TRANSIENT FACE. WHILE THE SECOND FACADE, CONTINUING TO FACE THE SAN JUAN MARKET, BECOMES A PLAYFUL SHIELD. IT IS TEXTURALLY DIVERSE AND FLAVORFUL. THIS FACADE BECOMES LIFTED TO ALLOW A FLOW OF TRAFFIC INTO A SEMI-PUBLIC SPACE HELD IN FRONT OF THE EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUILDING. ON THE LOWER LEVEL STORES, RESTAURANTS, AND SEMI-PUBLIC PLAZA ARE HELD. ABOVE, THE FLOORS BECOME THE LEARNING AND EXPERIMENTAL ZONES OF THE ACADEMY. A TANGENTIAL LECTURE HALL VOLUME HANGS OFF THE CORE OF THE ACADEMY. THE CARVED VOLUME THEN CREATES A TRANSITIONAL ZONE BEFORE THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS BUILDING.

ATOMKA CONTAINER

IN 2016 THROUGH THE SAN ANTONIO AMERICAN INSTITUE OF ARCHITECTS, BACK IN MY HOME TOWN, I WAS FORTUNATE TO COME ACROSS ARCHITECT FRANCISCO TAVIRA WHOM AT THE TIME WAS CONSTRUCTING A CONTAINER HOME. DURING THIS TIME SMALL HOMES WERE BECOMING POPULAR AS WELL AS THE REPURPOSING OF SHIPPING CONTAINERS. HIS WILL AND DEDICATION OVER THE COURSE OF TIME BEFORE, WHEN, AND SINCE MEETING HIM IS ALL INSPIRING. HE PARTICIPATED IN SUSTAINABLE AWARENESS EFFORTS INCLUDING EXPOSITIONS, HE PUBLISHES ROUTINELY ON ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS, MECHANICAL SYSTEMS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECTS, AND WORKS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FELLOW CONTRACTORS, AND INQUISTIVE MINDS AS MYSELF TO COMPLETE AND ATTRACT OTHERS INVOLVEMENT OF THE ATOMKA ECOSHIPS PROJECT. I WAS GREATFUL TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP SHARE INFORMATION ALONG SIDE HIM IN AN EXPOSITION, AND HELP HIM DOCUMENT A TOUR DURING THE SUMMER OF 2016. NOT ONLY WAS IT AN HONOR TO HELP AN INSPIRING HARDWORKING INDIVIDUAL, BUT IT WAS AN ABUNDANT SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE WITH ALTERNATIVE BUILDING METHODS AND INNOVATIVE MODES FOR ECO FRIENDLY MINIMALIST HOUSING.

ROSS AVENUE

CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS INC | NEW CONSTRUCTION PROPOSAL | DALLAS, TX USA | PROFESSIONAL DRAFTER | 2013

EAST ELEVATION

ROSS AVE AT CADDO INTERSECTION ELEVATION

ROSS AVE ELEVATION

LAND PARCEL MAP

VICINITY MAP

WITHIN MY FIRST INTERNSHIP AS A DRAFTER FOR CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS INC IN BISHOP ARTS DALLAS TEXAS. MY BOSS ELIAS RODRIGUEZ BEGAN A PROJECT FOR TWO AFRICAN DOCTORS WHOM OF WHICH WANTED TO COMBINE THEIR PRACTICES UNDER ONE ROOF. A DOCTORS OFFICE AND PHARMACUTICAL LAB. THE PROJECT REQUIRED MONTHS OF SCHEMATIC DESIGN LAYOUTS, STUDY OF OCCUPANY TYPE REQUIREMENTS, ADA REGULATIONS, AND UNDERSTANDING OF PROGRAMATIC ESSENTIALS OF PETIENT ROOMS AND LABS. ALL OF WHICH NEEDED TO NOT ONLY SATISFY THE CITY PERMIT REQUIREMENTS BUT THE CLIENTS AS WELL. WHILE THIS PROJECT REQUIRED MORE THAN WHAT I WAS USE TO AT THE POINT IN TIME AS FAR AS MANAGING THE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS FOR THE DESIGN LAYOUT, COMMUNICATING WITH THE CLIENTS, DOCUMENTING THE PHASES, AND COLLABORATING WITH THE TEAM AND ASSOCIATED PARTNERS, IT WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROJECTS BECAUSE OF THE CLIENTS PERSONALITIES, AND THE AMOUNT OF OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THE PROJECTS PLAN, ELEVATION, MATERIALS, ETC. IT FULLY REALISED ALL OF THE ACADEMIC AND ASPIRATIONAL EXPERIENCES I HAD.

CANDID COLLECTIONS

RETAIL | CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON | 2014 ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR A CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT COURSE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ARLINGTON UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM, THIS RETAIL PROJECT WAS BASED UPON THE AFFINTY WITH CANDY AND DELECTIBLE EDIBLES.

NOUVEAU STORE FRONT | ARCHITECTURAL STYLE SELECTION

GRAFFITI LOGO | COLOR PALETTE SOURCE

CONSIDERING THE CONCEPT OF CANDY AS A MIXTURE OF INGREDIENTS THEN COOKED AS AN ANALAGOUS TO IRON WORK AND ART NOUVEAU FORMS OF ARCHITECTURE, THE IDEA WAS TO COMBINE THE FREE FORM WITH THE MODULAR TO REPRESENT THE PRODUCT BEING SOLD AND THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE BOX STORE FORM TO BE A PART OF A STRIP MALL, INDOOR MALL, OR STAND ALONE SITE IN THIS CASE. THE PROJECT REFLECTS A CONTINUITY OF BRAND THROUGHOUT THE CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN, AND DETAIL OF DOCUMENTS SUCH AS CASE WORK, CANISTERS, BENCH, SIGNAGE DETAILS. AS WELL AS AN APPLICABLE NDERSTANDING OF FULL MEP, PARKING, SITE ANALYSIS, AND ADA REQUIRED FOR SCHEMATIC PERMITTING PROPOSAL.

CONCEPTUAL

MYOPIC WALL | 3D CONCEPT | PINARCHITECTURE FALL 2015

CIDER REGENERATION

APPLE CIDER BAR + MISSION HILL MUSEUM PROPOAL | BAC STUDIO| 2020

THE FOLLOWING IS A SPATIAL CONEPTUAL DESIGN BASED UPON FEREMENATION OF YEAST CELLS IN THEIR REGENERATION PHASE. EACH DIAGRAM INVESTIGATES THIS REGENERATIVE CELLUAR PHENOMENA IN RELATION TO A SITE IN MISSION HILL, WHERE ACTIVATION ON THE STREET LEVEL DETERMINES BUILDING FOOT PRINT, GEOMETRIC ORIENTATION VERTICALLY, AS WELL AS OPPORTUNITIES TO VIEW HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT SITES NEARBY. THE PROPOSAL INHERENTLY CONSIDERS SUN ORIENTATION AND CIRUCALTION IN REGARDS TO USER ACTIVITY, AND PROMOTES VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESONABLE SPACE IN A PANDEMIC WORLD. CONCEPTUALLY THE MECHANISM OF REGENERATIVE CELLULAR SPACE WAS UTILIZED TO DEFINE THE VARIOUS SPACES WITHIN WHICH INCLUDE AMPLE PERMEABILITY IN TERMS OF VIWES, CIRCULATION , NATURAL LIGHTING, AND VENTILATION.

RHINO MODEL | FINAL LUMION RENDERING

TOUR FOUNTINN

PARIS SKY POOL COMPETITION | WORLD ARCHITECTURE | PARTNER ENTRY | 2015

THE PARIS SKY POOL SUBMISSION THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON FALL 2015 STUDIO PROPOSED AND ANALYSIS THE ELEMENTS OF POOL AND SKYSCRAPERS FOR THE PARIS BUSINESS DISTRICT CONTEXT. IN THIS SUBMISSION AN COMBINATION OF PUBLIC FOUNTAIN, MOTION IN WATER, AND TOWER WERE THE BASES FOR CONCEPTUALIZATION.

PARIS BUSINESS DISTRICT | DESIGNATED SIGHT|FOUNTAIN CONCEPT

THE FOLLOWING IS A PROCESS DEVELOPMENT WHERE EACH DIAGRAM INVESTIGATES HOW TO CONVEY A CONTEXTUALLY RESPONSIVE “SKYPOOL” ON A MICRO TO MACRO LEVEL. WHERE THE ELEMENT OF WATER ITSELF IS THE MICROCOSM FOR THE MACRO ANALGOUS OF A WATER FOUNTAIN WHICH PROJECTS FROM THE GROUND SIMILAR TO A SKYSCRAPER. CONCEPTUALLY THE MECHANISM OF PERPETUAL WATER MOTION WAS UTILIZED TO DEFINE THE TOWERS ABSTRACTED FORM AND THEN WAS CORRELATED WITH THE VARIOUS PORTIONS OF A BUILDINGS STRUCTURE WITH ROOMS AS BUBBLES WITHIN WATER, GLAZED ENVELOPE AS THE TRANSPEARENT ASPECT OF WATER, FRAMING AND THE DIRECTIONALITY, AND CORE AS THE MECHANISM FROM WHICH BOTH A TOWER AND WATER PUMP IN A FOUNTAIN FACILITATES CIRCULATION. THROUGHOUT THE ADAPTATION OF THE FORM THE LATTER WAS HALVED, INVERTED, AND COMBINED TO FORM THE SLEEK CAPSULE LIKE SUBMITTED PRODUCT. THE BOARD PRESENTS THE CONTEXT OF THE SITE, VARIOUS SPACES AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE TOWERS, AND THE DRAMATIZED RENDERINGS OF THE SKY POOL OVERFLOWING ON THE SPACES BELOW, SIMILAR TO WATER PERPETUALLY FLOWING FROM A PUBLIC FOUNTAIN.

TOUR FOUNTINN | FINAL SUBMISSION

PIEZOTIDE

TEMPORARY PUBLIC URBAN STRUCTURE | 2015

AS A PROPOSAL FOR A NON CONVENTIONAL URBBAN PAVILLION LOCATED IN BARCELONA PORT VELL, PIEZO ELECTRICITY EFFECTS AND TRANSFORMATIVE ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE WERE ANALYIZED IN COMBINATION TO CREATE AND PAVILLION ELECTRICALLY CHARGED BY THE KINENTIC MOTION AND STRESS OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC TO LIGHT AND SERVE THE PUBLIC ACTIVITY NEAR THE COAST. THIS KINETIC ACTIVITY WOULD BE UTILIZED TO CHARGE AND STORE ENERGY TO LIGHT VARIOUS PARTS OF A PAVILIION WHICH COULD BE DEFRAGMENTED AND SPREAD OUT FOR USE THROUGH OUT THE PUBLIC PLAZA. THESE PARTS CONSIST OF SEATING, STORAGE, VENDER BOOTHS, AND BOOTHS HOUSING SPACES FOR UTILIZATION, ENTERNTAINMENT, AND BACK DROPS. UTILIZING THE TO THE STORED ELECTRIC POTENTIAL THE PAVILLION WOULD HOUSE LIGHTING FIXTURES SENSIBLE TO MOTION AND TIME OF DAY, LIGHTING UP AS A DISPLAY IN RESPONSE TO MOTION AROUND IT, SERVING AS A PERFORMATIVE LIGHT DISPLAY IN THE PLAZA NEAR THE COAST AT NIGHT. SITE ANALYSIS

PIEZO ELECTRIC LIGHTED PAVILION AT NIGHT

PAVILLION + STREET MOBILE STREET FURNITURE CONCEPT

PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT + MASSING + FABRICATION ANALYSIS

FABRICATION + PIEZO ELECTRICTY IDEAGRAPH

LA JOLLA WILDFIRES

CATALYTIC MAPPING| RESEARCH + APPLIED ANALYSIS + GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION | 2014 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA EXPERIENCES ON AVERAGE MORE THAN 100,000 WILDFIRES WHICH CONSUMES 4 TO 5 MILLION ACRES OF LAND A YEAR. WILDFIRES NEED THREE SOURCES, FUEL, OXYGEN, AND A HEAT SOURCE, TO BURN. FUEL IS ANYTHING THAT IS FLAMMABLE, AND 4 OUT OF 5 TIMES THE HEAT SOURCES ARE CREATED BY PEOPLE, WHETHER IT BE ARSON, ACCIDENTS, OR INDIRECT ACTION SUCH AS SPARKS FLYING FROM MACHINERY CATCHING NEARBY BRUSH ON FIRE. TRADITIONALLY, WILDFIRE SEASON LASTS BETWEEN LATE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL, BUT RECENTLY IT HAS STARTED IN MAY AND PERSIST UNTIL OCTOBER, EVEN NOVEMBER. THE SANTA ANA WINDS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SEVERE SPREAD OF WILD FIRES IN THE LATE SUMMER MONTHS WITH 80 MILE PER HOUR WINDS ON AVERAGE. NATURALLY WILD FIRES ARE CAUSED BY COMBUSTIBLE DEAD ORGANIC MANNER, HIGH HEAT, EXTREME WINDS, SPARKS FROM FALLING ROCKS, AND MOST OFTEN LIGHTNING. AS WILDFIRES AND SANTA ANA WINDS ARE BOTH NATURAL PHENOMENAS, THESE PROCESSES CONSIDERATELY FERTILIZE THE SOIL WITH OLD VEGETATION. ECOSYSTEMS DEPEND ON THE FIRE OPENING SEEDS AND RETURN NUTRIENTS TO THE SOIL SO MUCH THAT PLANTS AND ANIMALS HAVE ADAPTED TO WILDFIRES, SOME EVEN DEPENDENT, THRIVE THROUGH THE REPRODUCTION OF FIRE. THAT NATURAL PROCESS IS NOW RATIFIED BY CLIMATE CHANGE. WITH LESS VARIABILITY YEAR TO YEAR, HIGHER SEA LEVELS, AND LONG TERM PRECIPITATION PATTERNS, VEGETATION GROWS RIGHT AS THE HEAT INTENSITY GOES UP, THEN THE NEW VEGETATION IS IGNITED, CREATING MORE FUELS, WITH LESS INTERVENTION BY SEASONAL CHANGE. IN SAN DIEGO THE TEMPERATURE STAYS MODERATELY STATIC THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WITHIN 20 YEARS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS EXPERIENCED FOUR TIMES THE AMOUNTS OF FIRES IT HAS IN THE PAST. SAN DIEGO ON ITS OWN IS EXPERIENCING A MORE FREQUENT, LONG LASTING, EARLIER STARTING WILDFIRE SEASON. IN MAY THERE WERE 19 WILDFIRES, WITH 8 FIRES BURNING SIMULTANEOUSLY. MOST OF THESE FIRES OCCURRED ON THE OUTLYING SKIRTS OF THE CITY, MOST TIMES SOUTH OF LOS ANGELES AND DIRECTLY ABOVE TIJUANA AND WEST TOWARDS THE VAST NATIONAL PARKS, RESERVED LANDS, DESERTS, AND ARID MESAS. MUCH MORE STRANGELY 95% OF FIRES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ARE CAUSED BY HUMANS, 15% MORE THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. STUDIES HAVE FOUND THAT FIRE SUPPRESSION ISN’T A CAUSATION OF THE WILDFIRE INTENSITY, RATHER THE FACT THAT IT SHOULD BE USED WISELY, BEST USED DURING THE IGNITION TIME PERIOD OF FIRES AND WHEN THERE ARE LOW HEAT, SLOW BURNING FIRES, AND HIGH HUMIDITY. LARGER FIRES USUALLY BURN IN LOW HUMIDITY AT HIGHER TEMPERATURES, RIGHT BEFORE AND DURING DROUGHT SEASON, AND CAN EVEN CREATE THEIR OWN WINDS UP TO 120 MPH. SAN DIEGO HAS IN THIS CASE MUST UNDERSTAND HOW TO POSTPONE FIRES, CREATE A MORE CONTROLLABLE SITUATION. EVEN THOUGH HUMAN FACTORS ARE SOMEWHAT UNPREDICTABLE SUCH AS ARSON, OTHERS CAN BE PREVENTED. CURRENTLY IN SAN DIEGO, BURN BANS, CONTROLLED BURNINGS, FINES FOR ARSON, AND OTHER CAUTIONS ARE IN PLACE TO PREVENT FIRES. SCIENTIST KEELY SUGGEST INSTEAD OF STOPPING THE INEVITABLE FROM OCCURRING, WHY NOT START SMALL BURNS DURING THE NATURAL WILD FIRE TIME, OF REMOVING FLAMMABLE VEGETATION, REPLANTING NEW VEGETATION, LIMITING NEW URBAN WILDLAND INTERFACE, AND HELP MOTHER NATURE COMPLETE ITS RITUAL, RATHER THAN SUPPRESSING THE ENVIRONMENT. WITH MUCH CERTAINTY, AS THE POPULATION GROWS, SO DO THE CHANCES OF HUMAN CAUSED FIRES. I SPECIFICALLY, I CHOSE TO ANALYZE LA JOLLA, UNIVERSITY CITY AREA OF SAN DIEGO, BECAUSE IT IS THE SITE OF NEW URBAN DEVELOPMENT, CONTROLLED BURNS ON THE MCAS MIRARMAR AND CITY LANDFILL SITE, RESERVED FORESTS, PARKLAND, UTC ARSON, AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY’S CEDAR FIRE OF 2003 WHICH BURNED 280,000 ACRES OF LAND ONE OF THE LARGEST FIRES IN SAN DIEGO CAUSED BY A HUNTER SIGNALING FOR RESCUE. THE THREE BROADER MAPS DEPICT SAN DIEGO COUNTY AS A WHOLE, WHERE THE URBAN AND COASTAL REGION ARE LESS SUSCEPTIBLE TO WILDFIRES. IT CAN BE INFERRED, FROM THE SHORT DEPICTIONS, THE THREAT URBAN WILDLAND DEVELOPMENT CAN BE TO THE ECOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA. AS CITIES EXPAND INTO SUBURBAN AND SPARSELY POPULATED AREAS, HUMANS MAY CAUSE MORE FIRES IN TERRITORY WITH STRUCTURES TO CREATE MORE FUELS AND FIRES WITH HIGHER INTENSITIES AND LONGER DURATIONS. FIRE PREVENTION MUST BE TAKEN WITH MORE SERIOUSNESS, AS WE BEGIN TO INVADE AND CONTROL NATURE ITSELF.