Samiya Fagun portfolio

SAMIYA M FAGUN

The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture BA | 2022

SAMIYA FAGUN

Resourceful and dedicated architecture graduate with excellent software and fabrication skills. Strong organizational abilities with proven successes managing multiple academic projects and volunteering events. Also a dedicated Visual Artist with a decorated background in a variety of artistic mediums.

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EDUCATION

August 2016 — May 2022

Bachelor of Architecture | City College Of NY, New York

Major in Architecture, Minor in Art

Cumulative GPA: 3.45/4.0 | Dean’s List: 2017- 2022 President, Bangladesh Student Association

September 2012 — June 2016

High School Diploma | Newtown High School, New York

Advanced Regents Diploma

Cumulative GPA: 3.2/4.0  | Honor Roll: 2012- 16 Leader, Key Club Internationals

WORK EXPERIENCE

Jan 2022 — May 2022

Teaching Assistant | City College of NY, New York

Assisted faculty with studio instruction, records, materials and projects. Led discussion sections with students during office hours.

June 2021 — December 2021

June 2019 — August 2019

Architectural Intern | Beau Property Management, New York

Worked on brainstorming residential designs for the NYC area and had real-life, hands-on experience designing real estate developments

Intern | Aim High Leadership Center, New York

Assisted renovating the space and dealt with interior design factors, such as space planning, layout, and utilization of the furniture and accessories based on their needs and requests

June 2018 — August 2018

Office Clerk | Mac Panther Agency, New York

Maintained and organized tax files and W2 forms. Operated office equipments such as photocopiers, scanners, fax machine

ACHIEVEMENTS

April 2016

2012 — 2016

2016 — 2022

Congressional District Art Recognition Award winner, Washington, D.C.

Art Connection Award winner, New York

NYC Merit Scholarship, New York

COMPUTER SKILLS

CAD/ BIM ADOBE CC

Rhino 3D | Revit | Autocad | Grasshopper Illustrator | Photoshop | Indesign | After Affects | Lightroom | Premiere pro

V-ray | Lumion | Enscape

Word | Power Point | Excel

Sap 2000 | Arc Gis | Sefaira

RIPPLE EFFECT

AQUATIC CENTER

The design of this indoor swimming pool was heavily influenced by one’s experience with the water and it’s complex ripple affects while swimming. It embraces the flow of the water to give the audience a surreal feeling of being under the water.

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Nothing is art if it does not come from nature

- Antoni Gaudi

DESIGN STUDIO | SPRING 2020 PROF. SUZANE WINES INDOOR SWIMMING POOL EAST HARLEM, NY

Samiya

Swimming Study | Butterfly Stroke

SWIMMING STUDY

I began this project by studying the butterfly stroke’s motion and its impact on the water. I carefully observed how the water responded to each motion. The wave, bubbles, and their ripple effects serve as the primary inspiration for my work.

I started experimenting with forms that mimicked water in order to enhance the sensation of being underwater. I experimented with bending, folding, and stacking techniques on my conceptual models to determine which one best captured the waves of the water.

Study Models | Stacking Bending Folding

1700 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10035 LOT SIZE: 100’ x 201.83’ = 20,183 sq. ft.

ASIAN BLACK HISPANIC WHITE

1/64”=1'-0"

CELLAR PLAN

SKYLIGHTS GLULAM WOOD ROOF MEMBRANE WITH SHEATHING AND INSULATION WOOD BEAM

SKYLIGHTS GLULAM WOOD ROOF MEMBRANE WITH SHEATHING AND INSULATION WOOD BEAM

WOOD GIRDERS

WOOD GIRDERS

MULLIONS

GLASS FACADE WOOD RAIN-SCREEN CONCRETE FOOTING CONCRETE FLOOR

CONCRETE FOOTING CONCRETE FLOOR

BASEMENT FOUNDATION WALL

BASEMENT FOUNDATION WALL

COLUMN

COLUMN

Samiya

02 ASSESSING PARADISE

BIOPHILIA IN UNTERMYER GARDEN

UNTERMYER

As humans we crave a connection to our natural world. However, poorly conceived design in urban areas divides us from our wildernesses and has contributed to seeing nature as something isolated from us.

How can we eliminate the separation we have crafted through our isolating designs and create a more direct connection with our natural environment?

In this project, I intended to design series of spaces in Untermeyer Garden that will

• Foster a new bond with nature by enhancing the way we experience natural elements such as -sunlight, wind, water, and earth

• Heighten the sense of appreciation of nature by incorporating sensory experience (touch, smell, sight, hearing) as a tool.

• Organize human experience of the landscape, frame opportunities for interacting with nature, mediates and carefully superimpose smallness against the vastness.

DESIGN STUDIO | FALL2021

PROF. JULIE NELSON INTERVENTIONS

GARDEN, YONKERS

Water – Rain Amplifier

A space that acts as a system that collects rainwater and reserve it in a reservoir for later harvest around the garden. The collected water on the roof streams through small opening of the bamboo to amplify the sound of rain fall inside. The rain effect is intended to encourage the visitor to reflect on their relationship with rain. This space not only reserve rainwater for harvesting but also create a meditative space for the visitors and allows them to closely interact with water.

Senses – Sound: Rainfall on the roof

Touch: Rainwater, Bamboo, Plants

Sight: Rainfall, Greeneries

Smell: Plants, Bamboo

Wind – Wind Tower

A space that acts as a nature’s air conditioner which catches the wind and directs it downwards to bring a cool breeze into the space. It allows visitors to take refuge from the sun inside the tower when needed. This proposal aims to offer a standpoint where architecture can be considered neither as mere utility nor pure ornament, but as a synthesis that has the potential to instrumentalize both.

Senses – Sound: The wind chimes, foliage

Touch: wood

Sight: Observatory deck, wind animated panels

Smell: Plants

Earth – A Place of Transition between Inside and Outside

A space that extrudes outward from the terrain creating a transitional space from underground to outside of the ground. This architectural intervention aims to blend seamlessly into the landscape, offering visitors an opportunity to experience the staggering panoramas of the palisades

Senses – Sound: Wind, Plants

Touch: Material of the earth

Sight: The palisades from a vista

Smell: Trees, Ground, wind

Sunlight – Sundial

A space that directly connects the visitors with sunlight and lets people observe the fleeting of time as the shadow of the sundial moves

Senses – Sound: The streaming of underground water and rainwater.

Touch: Texture of the retaining wall

Sight: Shadow of the sundial, waterfall, retaining wall

Smell: Water Lilly.

THE UNION

ADAPTING OBSOLESCENCE

For this project, we were challenged to make bold proposals for the adaptive re-use of canonical Modernist office towers in the Manhattan Core. This proposal contain new visions for both multi-unit urban housing and public space. While the proposed scale is quite large, the work does not focus merely on overall concepts, but also on the quality of proposed housing units, as well as the functionality of the public space and its ability to draw the sidewalk into and up the building’s massing.

DESIGN STUDIO | FALL 2021

PROF. JOHN PATRICK CUNNINGHAM ADAPTIVE REUSE - RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL MANHATTAN, NEW YORK PARTNER: JUDY SANCHEZ

Samiya

THE UNION

The essence of the Union Carbide’s international style allowed its architecture to communicate dialogue of a living system that intends to provide innovation and functionality for its time.

Therefore, we are envisioning the Union Carbide as The Union : A combination of two residential towers that incorporates Co-living and Intergenerational Housing for couples, families with children and senior citizens, in order to incentivize social connection and avoid deprivation.

These two housing are mutually unified by different hydrophonic Agricultural Systems that range from public, private, semi-public and residential.

CAST-ABLE FORMS

ROBOTICS, ARCHITECTURE & PRACTICE

This project aims to explore and find forms that can be cast in a mold. This concept of casting takes its inspiration from prefabricated facades that are used widely for their construction efficiencies and sustainability.

The purpose of this project was to explore methods of applying robotics with precasting and to explore various patterns that can cast a contemporary and sculptural look. The robotic arm, combined with form cutting and casting offers the possibility of creating aesthetically pleasing and complex modular designs in an efficient manner which could be used as an interior design element.

DESIGN STUDIO | SPRING 2022 PROF. GORDON A. GEBERT ROBOTICS & EXPERIMENTATION

Castable Forms

Sculptural Facades

This project aims to explore and find forms that can be cast in a mold. This concept of casting takes its inspiration from prefabricated facades that are used widely for their construction efficiencies and sustainability. The purpose of this project was to explore methods of applying robotics with precasting and to explore various patterns that can cast a contemporary and sculptural look. The robotic arm, combined with form cutting and casting offers the possibility of creating aesthetically pleasing and complex facade designs in a efficient manner.

Rhino 3D - Pattern Created in Rhino To determine the robot’s movement. Grasshopper - Programmed in Grasshopper to enable the robot.

Foam Cutter - The foam Cutter attached with the robot excavates the foam as programed

Cast - Made by foam board to contain the plaster Plaster - Pouring plaster in the cast to give its shape

Cast - Removing the Hardened plaster by taking the foam out in small layers

Step 1- Patterns

The Robotic Arm 5 cm

8 cm 12 cm

18 cm Zip- Tie Holes Zip- Ties Pen Holder Attachment Plate

5 cm

Castable Forms

Form

Form

Sculptural

Form

Form

Form

Form

Sculptural Facade

Sculptural Facade

Castable Forms

Form

Form

Sculptural Facade

Ruins

Parametric Wave

Form

Ruins

Form 2-

Flowing Canyon

Form 3-

Form 6-

Scattered stones

Parametric Free Form

Form 6-

Scattered stones

BALLERINA

Drawing / Capturing Precise Movement with Robotic Arm on paper

Instrument: Black Pen, HB Pencil, black charcoal

The Robotic Arm : ABB IRB 120

Softwares: Rhino 3d, Grasshopper, Hal

Instrument: White Pen, white charcoal

The Robotic Arm : ABB IRB 120

Softwares: Rhino 3d, Grasshopper, Hal

RUNNING MAN

Instrument: Black Pen, HB Pencil, black charcoal

The Robotic Arm : ABB IRB 120

Softwares: Rhino 3d, Grasshopper, Hal

Instrument: White Pen, white charcoal

The Robotic Arm : ABB IRB 120

Softwares: Rhino 3d, Grasshopper, Hal

Drawing / Capturing Precise Movement with Robotic Arm on paper