ROZ MARI IVANOVA
California State Polytechnic University Pomona
CONTENTS
BARGESIA Team Project alongside Kawena Davis
Fall 2024 Precast Concrete Topic Studio
Instructor: Axel Schmitzberger
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
MOUNT WILSON SCIENTIST RETREAT
Spring 2022 Studio Project
Instructor: Alexander Pang
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ART
Fall 2023 Studio Project
Instructor: Roberto Sheinberg
Fall 2022 Studio Project
Instructor: Richard Molina
BARGESIA
Team Project alongside Kawena Davis
Fall 2024
Precast Concrete Topic Studio
Instructor: Axel Schmitzberger
Bargesia - Team project alongside Kawena Davis Blaisdell Park, Hawaii
Bargesia explores a scenario responding to the expected sea level rise in the near future. It is a floating 120-unit urban proposal located near Blaisdell Park, Hawaii. The project utilizes the Mangrove, an already present invasive species on the island. Mangrove roots have the property of retaining soil. By encouraging their growth and positioning the project within the mangrove growths we are able to keep the original coast line and even expand further out.
It is organized in 5 phases, with 24 units each. In terms of program and organization the project takes inspiration from the Ahupuaʻa, a traditional Hawaiian land division strategy. The density of the project decreases as it approaches shore, incorporating more open space – gardens, agriculture and fishing pods.
The units are assembled out of precast concrete elements, arranged in a simple grid. They feature a solid core along one side of the unit holding all service program. The remainder of the plan is left open, to allow for full adaptability according to the needs of its occupants. Each unit has a garden roof system, giving it a top heavy look, as if supported by branches, in reference to the mangrove concept. The grid allows for a standard unit to be established. All following configurations are derived from it.
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Spring 2022 Studio Project
Instructor: Alexander Pang
A Path to EducationArchitecture School, Pomona
This project bridges the student population of Cal Poly Pomona with the bustling art community of Downtown Pomona. It speaks about integration both through program and composition.
The project features an auditorium centerpiece - a symbol of public education, where the public and student body can intertwine and engage. It creates a multitude of spaces for social interaction and engagement in the forms of courtyards . One of these social cores on the mural side of the building features an amphitheater stair leading up to a Richard Serra sculpture, unveiling the cafe behind it. Walking along 2nd street, past that sunken courtyard one engages in a subtle rotation towards the building - an inviting gesture towards the public.
The studios follow the theme of interaction and engagement through double height spaces and “special” areas in the plan where one can relax and enjoy studio culture. The facade of the building peels back and involves itself into the spaces creating special conditions for students to occupy.
In doing so it becomes a tool for dividing space - every studio space can change according to the specific spatial and programatic needs of the students occupying it. A number of double height galleries emerge following an entrance promenade from parking. The gallery shows the process of making through its interaction with the model shop, adjacent to the entrance before it takes its turn to the subterranean level.
Despite the program being a big factor in how this project is read and understood as a system of interaction and community - it points towards a bigger picture - that of procession - both in education and physically in space.
MOUNT WILSON SCIENTIST RETREAT
Fall 2023 Studio Project
Instructor: Roberto Sheinberg
Mount Wilson Scientist Retreat
This project is situated on Mt Wilson, near the observatory. It is a scientist retreat featuring both living and working spaces as well as public program. One enters the building through a processional journey governed by the relationship of the cantilevering building and the mound as part of the site. This journey concludes at an outdoor amphitheater tucked under the cantilever, info the mound which allows the visitors to interact with the relief of the site and walk on it.
The structure consists of two bays that converge in the middle forming a grand social space. The bays each serve a different program. The south facing bay consists of the bedrooms and living amenities aimed to get as much light as possible during the day, whereas the northern facing one is occupied with the offices and labs which benefit from a more subtle lighting situation. The program distribution and overall massing of the project was governed by the building’s relationship to the site as well as its environmental conditions. The office/lab bay part of the building is taller to allow for openings along the sloped roof of the day room allowing more light to penetrate the common spaces. The residential side of the building is glazed and slightly tilted opposite the direction of the central courtyard, to allow for as much sunlight as possible into the amphitheater. A grand staircase in the day room following the private scientist entrance leads to a pair of glazed halls,featuring social nooks along the inside of the bays, allowing the scientists to observe the public events. Additionally this staircase and the platform it leads to serves as extra space for seating in case of a lecture or talk inside the day room.
ROOF ASSEMBLY LEGEND:
1: Metal Roofing Panels
2: 1/8” Protection Board
3: 2” Rigid Insulation
4: Weather Proofing Membrane
5: Gutter
6: 1/2” Plywood
7: 2x6” Wood Joists
8: Batt Insulation
9: 1 1/2” Wood Studs
10: Steel Furring Channel
11: 5/8” Gypsum Board
12: Steel W Beam
WALL ASSEMBLY LEGEND:
1: Long Screw
2: 8x4 Parklex Cladding Panels
3: 1” Air Gap
4: Furring Channels
5: 2” Rigid Insulation
6: Weather Proofing Membrane
Roz Mari Ivanova ARC3011Section 3 Roberto Scheinberg
7: Flashing
8: 1/2” Plywood Sheathing
9: 2x6” Wood Studs
10: 5/8” Gypsum Board
11: Steel W Beam
12: 4x8” Tube Steel
13: Steel Joist Hanger
14: 2x8” Wood Joist
15: 5/8” Gypsum Board
Fall 2022 Studio Project
Instructor: Richard Molina
Museum of Contemporary Japanese Art, Little Tokyo
The structure was constructed using subtractive actions that define the voids carving through the space encased by the building envelope. It features a focal point- the atrium- with a five-story open tunnel space encased in semi-transparent material. The tunnel is intersected by a second one - this time composed of concrete. These two structures guide the separation of public and private spaces throughout the building, constructing a series of interactions between hidden and open space, where these two realms are almost able to reach each other sometime separated by as little as semi transparent glazing. The street level entrance features an inward-sloped solid facade which gives the illusion of a tiny entrance. Entering from this side provides a sense of compression, contrasting to what awaits once the visitor passes through the entry threshold into the open atrium.
The design creates a number of interesting interactions between visitors and spaces such as the people in the lobby being able to gaze upon those entering from Plaza Level and the other way around. From there they can continue downstairs to the education part of program - auditorium and classroom, without needing to interact with the gallery space of the structure. They can also continue up to the plaza level, where the cafe and a second entrance into the building awaits, through the horizontal tunnel, ,which apart from serving as a building entry also channels the visitors to a small lookout spot, just next to the tunnel, that enables them to gaze upon the horizontal promenade as well as the circulation down to the subterranean level, revealing the way for people seeking the auditorium.
