AdrianSuciu_Portfolio_2024

Adrian Suciu

Syracuse Architecture | Portfolio | B. Arch | 2024

Adrian Suciu

Class of 2024 Email: asuciu5210@gmail.com Phone: 978-270-5526 Experience

Studio V Architecture | New York, NY | June 2023 – August 2023 OKS Architetti | Florence, Italy | September 2022 – December 2022 Peter Pennoyer Architects | New York, NY | July 2022 – August 2022 ONY Architecture | Boston, MA | June 2021 – August 2021 Education Syracuse University | Bachelor of Architecture + Physics Minor | Expected May 2024 Awards Integrated Design Studio Prize | Overall Design - 1st Place | Syracuse Architecture |Spring 2023 Skills

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Florence London

Collection

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Two Acts Above the Sea

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Echo’s Archive

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Sketches

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Whitechapel Archetype

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Embracing Yards

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Grounding Calabar

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Palmyra Study

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Artwork

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12 | 19 Fall 2022 | Abroad Semester II

20 | 23 Fall 2022 | Abroad Semester II

24 | 29 Spring 2022 | Abroad Semester I

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100 m | Cliff Apex

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Two Acts Above the Sea Wenling, China | Spring 2023 ARC 409 | Professor Fei Wang Project Teammate | Peiyu Luo Integrated Design Studio Prize | Overall Design - 1st Place Embedded into an exposed cliffside overlooking the East China Sea, our proposal integrates a variety of immersive performance spaces within a broader cultural center for both locals and visitors alike. Learning about the different unique traditions and crafts specific to this site in Wenling, China, it is clear that the local fishing industry drives the region’s cultural identity. As the younger populations in China continue to relocate in major cities, we hope to design an institution that works to protect and preserve local cultures while offering visitors a possibility to discover and interact with these fading customs.

One primary intension when developing our design was to create several flexible performance spaces. The building’s ground floor is occupied by a rather traditional indoor theater space; however, a dominant exterior platform breaks up the building vertically. This platform acts as an assembly point for locals and tourists.

From the project’s inception, the abrupt terraced topography influenced design decisions at a variety of scales. In regards to massing, great consideration was given to creating dynamic vertical spaces that follow each setback. Furthermore, the undulating primary facade acts as an extension of the cliffside, slowly peeling away, revealing a unique fragility and lightness to an otherwise traditionally heavy material.

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( L ) Larg Physical Model | Longitudinal Section ( R )

Sketches | Programmatic + Massing

5th Floor Plan | Flexible Performance + Workshops Performance Public Private

1 Flexible Performance + Studio 2 Workshops 3 Viewing Platform 4 Studio Storage + Prep 5 Mechanical Shaft 6 WC 7 Closet 8 Storage

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Design Components Configuration 7

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Central Core

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Light Box 6

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6th Floor Plan | Public Viewing Platforms + Galleries Performance Public Private

1 Interactive Studio 2 Gallery 3 Exterior Platform

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4 Viewing Platform 5 Studio Storage + Prep 6 WC 7 Closet

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8 Mechanical Shaft

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Primary Structure Configuration

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3rd Level Structure

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Embedded Truss Structure

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Detail Section Isometric

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36. Skylight Window Panels 35. Aluminum Flaps 34. Double-Glazed Window Planels 33. Gutter 32. Natural Stone Exterior Tile

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31. Structural Steel Truss System 30. HVAC Supply 29. Water Pipes 28. Structural Steel I Beam 27. Gypsum Board 26. Steel Stud

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25. Drop-Ceiling Panels 24. Aluminum Drop Ceiling Support 23. Steel Decking Sheet 22. Concrete Floor Slab 21. Laminated Wood Flooring

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20. Protective Cap 19. Semi-Transparent FRP Panels 18. Horizontal Steel Facade Panel Support 17. Vertical Steel Facade Panel Support 16. Aluminum Mullions 15. Double-Glazed Window Panels 14. Natural Stone Exterior Tile 13. Aluminum Handrail

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12. HVAC + Return 11. HVAC + Supply 10. Steal Panel Structure 9. Formal Theater Acoustic Panels 8. Stage Laminated Wood

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7. Exterior Concrete Slab 6. Gravel 5. Local Decorative Stones 4. Concrete Floor Slab 3. Rigid Insulation 2. Vapor Barrier 1. Concrete Footing

02 Echo’s Archive Marinella di Selinunte, Italy | Fall 2022 ARC 408 | Professor Daniele Profeta Project Teammates | Justin Leung, Joaquin Lee Vargas This project seeks to celebrate various subcultures of Italy with a focus on the mixture of identities found in Sicily. While the proposal itself can be seen as an archive of sound, my team and I hope to create an open and continuous trail of memories that visitors can interact with.

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We believe sound as our artifacts hold far greater potential to create lasting impressions compared to static relics that are oftentimes inaccessible in similar institutions. Visiting residents are encouraged to contribute with their knowledge and production of sound whether it be through music, spoken word, and everything in between.

This archive leads visitors and locals alike through a variety of spaces each tailored to provide specific sensory experiences we hope will create opportunities for learning and reflection. While interior forms provide a level of complexity necessary for our acoustic ambitions, we intend to preserve the simplistic volumetric aesthetic of the surrounding properties.

Lastly, we hope that both residents and visitors can leave their imprint by leaving their recordings behind in hopes of accumulating an ever-growing archive of sound.

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Aerial Perspective

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ITALY Reorientation of Map Challenges Traditional Socioeconomic Position of Sicily in Relation to Italy as Whole

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SICILY TRIP | 5 Days | 5 Locations September - 2022

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MARINELLA DI SELINUNTE

Figure Ground Sketches

Small Physical Model | Accumulating Textures

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Experimental Digital Model

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Section | Materiality + Topography

Interior Perspective | Flexible Peformance

Interior Perspective | Sound Pods 18 | 19

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Large Physical Model

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Fall 2022 | On-Site | Firenze, Rome, Pisa, Palermo, Barcelona

Sketches

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( L ) Convento di San Marco | Firenze ( R ) Cattedrale di Pisa | Pisa 22 | 23

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Firenze | Basilica di Santo Spirito ( L ) Palermo | Palazzo Abatellis ( R ) Analytical Sketches

04 Whitechapel Archetype London, England | Spring 2022 ARC 407 | Professor Davide Sacconi, Professor Joao Ruivo Project Teammates | Joaquin Lee Vargas, Leonardo Frydman A large portion of the semester project was dedicated towards designing an archetype for potential study abroad centers - an archetype that can be applied and reconfigured in any setting assigned. Referencing tectonic elements found in precedents such as Oriel Chambers in Liverpool as well as the Faculty of History in Cambridge, the team analyzed the individual roles of working, studying, and living, and how they can all function together in one institution. ( L ) Collage | Archetype ( R )

The archetype was conceived using simplistic dominant striations following one axis broken up by a secondary system of perpendicular partitions. These rules helped us create a variety of spaces - a modular environment interrupted by a collection of intimate outdoor courtyards. The two ends of the archetype shown are catered towards living accommodations on one end and classrooms on the other, allowing for a series of recreational and multipurpose space acting as a connective tissue.

Finally, an individual proposal was made for a specific site located in Whitechapel, London. The reconfigured archetype embeds itself in the urban accumulation of traditional Georgian Architecture, preserving two sets of existing buildings adjacent to one of the two streets on the city corner. The primary level is elevated above the street level, allowing for an extended entrance condition from the street that ramps into a courtyard-like space. The repetitive vaults found in our archetype reappear along the other facade establishing the abroad center’s dominant presence.

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( L ) Process Sketches | Archetype Modularity ( R )

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Syracuse, NY

Downtown + NW Suburbs

Water Buildings Commercial Centers Proposal Site + CNY Regional Market

CNY Regional Market Roadways Centro Bus Routes Amtrack Onondaga Lake

Washington Square

Lakefront

Downtown

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05 Embracing Yards Syracuse, NY | Fall 2021 ARC 307 | Professor Terrance Goode Individual Project

Photography Reclaimed + Sustainable Pioneer Millworks Wood Products Farmington, NY

Committed to collecting, preparing, and distributing reclaimed construction materials, this new facility serves a pivotal role in Syracuse’s aspirations to repurpose unused or deteriorating materials throughout the region. A rich variety of materials salvaged from demolished or outdated buildings will allow architects, designers, and members of the community to find practical alternative solutions in local construction projects.

Designing modular units for ease of disassembly can be an extremely time and cost effective construction strategy. A series of alternating bay structures populate the site, utilizing a strict collection of prefabricated glulam elements. Facade variations add an aesthetic level of complexity to the standardized interior structural system. Organized into two programmatic halves, bays located along the primary road to the northwest are production spaces while bays adjacent to the market to the southeast are educational. Operable paneling along large bays surround a flexible Work Yard space acting as the intersection between production and education. Together this modular, resourceful approach alongside the structure’s ease for assembly and disassembly embodies the facility’s inventive practical spirit.

( L ) Interior Perspectives | Building Assembly ( R )

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( L ) Formal Diagram | Site Isometric ( R )

Production + Education

Market Extension

Site Cradle

Large Work Yard

Final Additions

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Plan | Diagram

Plan | Main Floor 1

Work Yard

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Reception

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Lobby

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Exhibition

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Outdoor Exhibition

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Classroom

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Workshops

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Material Preparations

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Material Storage

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Multipurpose Space

12 Library 13 Office 14 Restroom 15 Auditorium

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Exterior Perspective

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Cross River Flood Levels Calabar, Nigeria

6.0 m 3.0 m 1.0 m 0.5 m

Site Calabar Port 38 | 39

06 Grounding Calabar Calabar, Nigeria | Spring 2021 ARC 208 | Professor Julie Larsen Project Teammates | Levi M. Ryan, Caroline Rees

Aggravated by rising sea levels, Calabar, a city located along Nigeria’s coastline, faces persistent flooding due to storm surge and heavy rain. This proposal establishes a responsive passive barrier between the river and flood prone areas of the city. Analogous to cartilage serving as a dampener between joints, so does the proposed structure behave as a connective tissue between water and land.

Mangroves, specifically their unique root system, were used extensively for inspiration. A light floating accessible structure stretches across this flood prone inlet, designed to sustain a new mangrove forest. Mangroves have proven to be incredibly effective at reducing storm surge and minimizing floods across a variety of regions across the world. Imitating this species root system, the free-form winding structure anchors important programmatic spaces along the water’s edge while supporting an undulating canopy.

An active filtration system is also incorporated within the structure embedded in the river bed, providing additional freshwater to Calabar. Together all these external strategies house this public ecological research center.

( A ) Experimental Model | Process Isometric ( B )

( A ) Section | Plan ( B )

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Detail Section

07 Palmyra Study Nandgaon, India | Fall 2021 ARC 322 | Professor Nina Sharifi Project Teammates | Yeh Yeh, Karl Pietsch, Katie Eveleth Tasked first with replicating the Palmyra House by Studio Mumbai, this group project for a Building Systems Design course focused on illustrating the effectiveness of practical design decisions related to the local climate conditions.

This textured aerated residence located just south of Mumbai, India proves to be successful at addressing the hot tropical climate. Utilizing louvres extensively across the facade allows for great control over airflow and daylighting. Assigning specific materials, dimensions, and thermal properties allowed for a very accurate analysis of the Palmyra House’s effectiveness in its native climate.

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Sheet Aluminium; 19mm Marine-Quality Plywood to Falls; Marine-Quality Plywood Ribs; 19mm Marine-Quality Plywood

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Sheet Copper Cladding; 6mm Foamed Plastic Filling; 2x19mm Marine-Quality Plywood; 6mm Foamed-Plastic Filling; Aluminium Rainwater Gutter

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Copper Rainwater Spout

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150/230mm Ain Edge Beam

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75/150mm Ain Cross Beam

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15/75mm Palmyra Fixed Louvres; HandShaped on Site

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20/100mm Reused Teak Boarding

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19mm Ain Shiplap Boarding Fixed to Notched Ain Posts; 12mm Plywood; 12mm Ain Boarding

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5mm Brass Strip

10 50mm Pigmented Monolitic Screed; 200mm Reinforced Concrete Floor 11

Copper Flashing

12 150/115/2mm Steel Angle 13 Basalt Rubble Foundation

Glare | ClimateStudio

Avg Lux | 0 - 1000

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Daylighting | ClimateStudio Architecture Portfolio

Elevations

Charcoal

2017-2019 | High School

Artwork

( L ) Acrylic | Pastel ( R )

Graphite

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Pastel + Graphite

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Adrian Suciu