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VINCE MUTESA Architecture portfolio| Parsons 22

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About me

Experience

I’m a 21 year old student studying architecture in New York. Throughout my journey my passion in architecture grew from understanding how space can allow stories to be told.

The big apple presents a variety of narratives in architecture from victorian to modern times which allowed me to cherish culture.

Internships - Activ Activee Social Architecture 2018 (06 - 08) Work orked ed on documenting site prog progress and concept conce pt dev development for for residential pavilion pavilion

Education High School

- St Georges School (Vancouver)

University

- Parsons School of Design (New York) 2018 - 2022 Bachelors of Architectural Design GPA: 3.78

Contact Email: mutey813@newschool.edu Phone: +1 (514) 430-7396

- Vavaki Architects 2019 (06 - 09) Work orked ed on material material anal analyis yis and fenestra fenestration.

- Adjaye Associates 2021 (05-08) 3D modeling & rendering

Skills

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- Autodesk Revit - 3ds Max - Vray - Rhino - Vectorworks - Sketchup

- Adobe Illustrator - Adobe Photoshop - Adobe Indesign - Hand drafting - Model making

Accomplishments Dogwood District Scholarship (2018) Parsons Deans Scholarship (2018) Rigg Scholarship (2018) Poetry Invoice finalist (2018)

Mr Bigutsion residence

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Community Music Works

Red Hook interventions

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Suggestive architecture

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Mr Bigutsion’s Residence Home for a retired rythm an blues artist Softwares Rhino 3ds max - Vray Adobe illustrator

Bow River

The design process involved understanding how to merge Mr Bigutsion’s needs with the site’s environmental context

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Winter Sun Path

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Bearspaw Calgary

Wind speed

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Being aware of the direction of the winds, my initiative was to respond with curves increasing the aerodynamic qualities of the house. Majority of the winds were known to come from the west in the winter so I sheltered the balcony by curving the extension of the second floor which also creates overhangs.

TEMPERATURE

Primary Entry

Artistic Archive

Thermal Profile

Miguel Bigutsion is a 65 year old retired rythm and blues artist. Upon meeting Mr Bigutsion his first instinct was to share a page from his diary.

As a creative he mentioned being more productive in sheltered cool spaces and more relaxed in warm ones. Throughout his artistic journey he discussed how the best music came from unpredictable encounters so he never chose to keep his process linear. Knowing these details I designed a hierarchy of rooms based of temperture and gemoetric fluidity.

Kitchen Bathroom

Living Room

Recording Room

Bedroom

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Washroom

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Gathering room

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Main Entry Bedroom & Yoga room

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Kitchen

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Ground floor 32’

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1. Main EntryGuest 2. Kitchen 3. Washroom 4. Living room

Taking advantage R = 0.97 + (6 x 0.08) + (3.17x 13) + 0 = 42.66

Second floor

12’ Inside

Circulation Diagrams Concrete Thermal Mass

5. Gathering room 6. Bedroom & Yoga room 7. Recording room

Close Friend

of the environmental context meant allowing Mr Bigustion to reduce some of his energy consumption. For instance, Floor (R/inch): 0.97 due to the summer and winter sun paths around the site I chose to use Below grade (R/inch): 0 concrete as a thermal mass to mitigate the abundance of heat from sunConcrete (R/inch): 0.08 Fiberglass (R/inch): 3.17 light.

30’- 4 1/2”

Mr Bigutsion

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Community Music Works Brooklyn|New York Located in Rhode Island Providence is a youth program named “Community Music Works” it is geared towards music learning and celebration. The leaders of the educational program sought to expand in Brooklyn New York near Fort Greene Park. Upon meeting the client the main concerns expressed were yhr lack of exposure to sunlight and outdoor performing space. Working from such conversations the initial approach was to tackle how to enhance the experience of learning instruments in different indoor and outdoor spaces

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1. Performance space 2. Staff offices 3. Reception 4. Washrooms 5. Library 6. Entry from playground 7. Locker room 8. Gallery space 9. Waiting room 10. Practice rooms 11. Putlock kitchen space 12. Recording rooms 13. Musical archive 14. Equipement storage rooms

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Red Hook Urban Intervention

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Exploring sheltered open spaces facing different parts of the community.

Merging Non-human life with outdoor gathering atmospheres and rooms.

Creating interactive passage with nature through non-rectilinear walkway.

The Red Hook urban intervention is a conceptual project geared towards activating the empty lots present in the infamous Brooklyn neighborhood. The emphasis on the typologies developed for this project is mostly highlighting the possibilities for humans to gain more interaction with the present wild life in the surrounding green spaces. Such relationships are developed through community gathering of small retail & restaurant businesses stimulating the circulation of people.

Red Hook Map

Gallery space Retail space Washroom

Bar

Suggestive Architecture Suggestive Architecture is a series of atmospheres I developed to inform conceptual possibilities. This series involves outdoor and indoor spaces defining what it means to be shelterd or exposed.

Paper Models

IPassage

Inclosure

Threshold

Passage

Envelope