ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN PORTFOLIO 2013-2016 by Ryan Cramer

ARCHITECTURAL PORTTFOLIO 2013 - 2016

RYAN CHRISTOPHER CRAMER •Master of Architecture, The City College of New York The Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture 2016 •Bachelors of Science in Architecture, University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation 2012 RYANCRAMER89@GMAIL.COM

CONTENTS OTHER

STUDENT WORK Carbon Trade XChange Air Remediation Facility, Tudor City

Advanced Design Studio Fall 2015 Collaborators: Valeria Rybyakova Critics: Shawn Rickenbacker

Form(X) As Unknown High Bridge Pool & Bathhouse

Advanced Design Studio Spring 2016 Collaborators: Nick Napoli Critics: Holger Schulze-Ehring, Corey Wowk, Julio Salcedo

Boutique Hotel Tribeca, New York, NY

Comprehensive Design Studio Fall 2014 Collaborators: Patrick Brophy Critics: Martin Stigsgaard

Campus Master Plan & Housing Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY

Design Studio Spring 2015 Collaborators: Yiwei He, Milton Naula Critics: Julio Salcedo

Harlem School of the Arts, Theater Harlem, New York, NY

Design Studio Spring 2014 Collaborators: Individual Critics: Elisabetta Terragni

Passive Solar Residence Knoxville, TN

Environmental Systems II Fall 2014 Collaborators: Yiwei He, Julie Bartocci Critics: Ahu Aydogan Akseli, Christian Volkmann

Warped Grid, Surface Studies New York, NY

Design Studio Fall 2013 Collaborators: Individual Critics: Antonio Furgiuele

Canopy Installation, School Gallery Harlem, New York, NY

Advanced Computing Fall 2015 Collaborators: Alex La Ferla, Milton Naula Critics: Jonathan Scelsa

Studio Museum of Harlem Art Gallery Harlem, New York, NY Design Studio Fall 2013 Collaborators: Individual Critics: Antonio Furgiuele

Bowl(D)Piece Pop-Up Medical Cannabis Dispensary New York, NY International Design Competition Spring 2016 Collaborators: Inidividual Critics: Bee Breeders International Competition Jury

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AIR REMEDIATION FACILITY Tudor City, New York, NY Advanced Design Studio Fall 2015 Duration: 12 Weeks Collaborators: Valeria Rybyakova Critics: Shawn Rickenbacker

The Carbon Trade XChange project proposes an infrastructural system as a solution to the exponentially growing issue of air pollution and global warming. Air pollutant levels are at extremely dangerous levels in New York due to carbon emissions, urban heat island effect, and a rapidly growing industrial economy. The core of our design is a data driven, responsive system influenced by the air pollutant and air quality index of New York City, site contextual air velocity simulations, aerodynamic integrated skin systems, and mechanical and passive air remediation techniques. The proposal is a system that can be plugged into any city facing these growing issues, and adapt based on site specific conditions. Our integrated design features a group of (6) stack towers, a remediation â&#x20AC;&#x153;zoneâ&#x20AC;?, and a catenary skin that binds them all together. The design utilizes principles of the solar chimney, stack effect, and Bernoulliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s principle to reduce the amount of energy needed to move air through the system. The remediation zone is lifted off the ground to utilize the natural uplift of the lower altitude, higher pressure air. The bottom skin acts as intake, taking in polluted air and re-directing it to the air intake chambers in the remediation zone. The air is passed through different experimental systems; electrostatic precipitators, desulferization scrubbers, etc, then fed back into the towers and exhausted back into the environment, also releasing a set amount of clean air into the interior public spaces of the facility. The top skin is clad in Titanium Dioxide coated ETFE cushions, which essentially kills smog particles in the presence of sunlight. The public floor sits beneath this top skin, a sinuous, undulating slab dictated by the size of the mechanical equipment beneath it. The public floor features a wide variety of programs for educating and observing the process of air remediation first hand. Ryan Cramer & Valeria Rybyakova

New York City Nitrogen Oxide levels - 2012

New York City Particulate Matter levels - 2012

SYSTEM AXONOMETRIC

UPPER SKIN SMOG REMEDIATION

PUBLIC FLOOR

AIR REMEDIATION ZONE

BOTTOM SKINAIR INTAKE

The design process began by rigorously modeling and testing different skin systems and their respective responses to air movement using CFD simulation. We modeled and examined a wide variety of skin types, focusing on air moving both perpendicular to and parallel with the skin itself. Our concept was a parametrically controlled, responsive skin that essentially brings air in where you want it to, and keeps air out where you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. After modeling and observing various opening geometries and skin types, we were able to visually understand which systems performed better than others for passive air movement, and therefore which system to bring into the design of the remediation facility.

Tubular Skin Study - Responsive Skins

Rectangular Skin Study - Responsive Skins

Single Rectangular Opening

Triangular Skin Study - Responsive Skins

Rectangular Skin On Curved Surface

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Street and 1st Avenue. Currently the home to the Midtown Tunnel Exhaust Shaft and Robert Moses Playground, the block is highly polluted from the exhaust of the emissions from the midtown tunnel, the traffic emissions from the FDR Highway, and local industrial plants across the River. Adjacent the block is the United Nations Headquarters Building to the North, Tudor City to the West, and an empty lot of soon to be residentiaal high-rises to the South. A highly residential and pedestrian-busy area, the site is perfect for a facility thhat can clean its surrounding air of harmful pollutants, providing and encouraging a more sustainable future foor the greater New York City area. In beginning to analyze the site, we mapped the surrounding air velocity using CFD simulation. We then took the results of the simulation to create a gradient, which was used to parametrically visualize the gradient of air velocities as different heights, which lead to inform the height of each individual tower. Each tower’s height reflects the specific air velocity of that area of the site (air moves at higher velocities at higher altitudes) , and the placement of each tower is specific to site conditions, including sun exposure, structural requirements, lot sizes and shapes, etc. 06

CONCEPT DIAGRAMS

Towers and Catenary Concept

Public Program and Remediation Zones

Solar Chimney Effect for Passive Air Movement

CONCEPT DIAGRAMS

System Concept Diagrams

3D Printed Massing Studies

Longitudinal Section, 1” = 32’-0”

Transverse Section, Not To Scale

Interior Rendering

Final 3D Printed Models

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FORM(X) AS UNKNOWN HIGH BRIDGE POOL & BATHHOUSE WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NEW YORK, NY Advanced Design Studio Spring 2016 Duration: 10 Weeks Collaborators: Nick Napoli Critics: Holger Schulze-Ehring, Corey Wowk, & Julio Salcedo

Can the apparently random folds, wrinkles, and creases of a crumpled sheet of paper provide a structural concept for a long span roof canopy? Our project, entitled “Micro-Macro” seeks to explore and exploit the inherent structural rigidity of a creased and crumpled single sheet of paper. The project’s program is simple; to create a roof structure over the existing High Bridge Pool & Bathhouse on 173rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue so that it can be open to the public year-round. Our initial design research looked into the structural typologies of the folded plate and grid shell. From the get go, we knew a lightweight, transparent system was what we wanted to pursue, as it seemed the most plausible solution to span (2) Olympic sized swimming pools. During initial form finding studies, we found that single surface sheets of paper gain significant strength by imposing on them “macro” creases and folds, as well as “micro” creases and crumples. The combination of the two increases the surface’s rigidity tenfold. We translated these early studies and concepts into our lightweight, threedimensional gridshell proposal, using the “macro” creases and folds as formal gestures along the structure’s edges and creases within the surface, and “micro” creases as the triangulation of the surfaces. The combination of the two enable our lightweight geometry to span the nearly 300 ft x 400 ft span completely column free.

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“PUCKER” POINTS AT CONVERGENCE OF FOLDS

EARLY FORM FINDING MODELS

During initial form finding, we tested a wide variety of different types of macro folds and creases. After producing about 15-20 paper models of varying fold types, we structurally tested them with books to see which ones performed the best. After testing all the models, we cataloged which performed well and which didn’t, and indexed the characteristics of the ones that were significantly stronger than the others. That lead to the final, optimized form below, which was then triangulated for “micro” creasing and 3D printed as a lightweight, frame structure. FORM FINDING OPTIMIZATION MODEL

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Greatly influenced by the infrastructural and social history of the site (the High Bridge brings the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water supply in from the Croton Aqueduct, and the site was home to an infamous racial gang murder in the 1950s), the current trends in activity in the immediate site and community, and the exponentially growing air pollution numbers in the immediate area, we wanted our project to serve as an open oasis for the community that would become a major destination in tandem with the adjacent High Bridge (which was recently renovated into a vertical park) to revitalize activity around the site and bring a what once was a prosperous and convivial park and waterfront back to life.

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RECEIVING RESERVOIR CROTON DISTRIBUTING RESERVOIR

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Interior Rendering Looking Northeast

EXISTING SITE SECTION

GROUND FLOOR PLAN

AERIAL RENDERING LOOKING SOUTHEAST

INTERIOR RENDERING LOOKING NORTHWEST

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

GREYWATER TREATMENT SPACE

TRANSVERSE SECTION

EXISTING POOL MECHANICAL ROOM

During the design process, Millipede Finite Element Analysis and Galapagos Evolutionary Solver were utilized to optimize the overal structural performance of the geometry. Certain features of the form were parameterized and tested until the strongest and most efficient configuration was discovered. The structureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cladding system is comprised of alternating Kliptech Ecoclad panels and transparent ETFE cushions, specified for their sustainable features. The sides of the structure, similarly, are clad in either glass or corten steel panels, to both blend in to and stand out from the heavily red brick and masonry surroundings. The Kliptech Ecoclad panels are manufacturered using recycled bamboo fibers. They are lightweight, water resistant, and UV resistant; ideal for our lightweight roofing system. Similarly, the ETFE cushions are 1% of the weight of glass with comparable strength, self cleaning, and durable. Keeping the materials heavier along the sides of the structure and the topâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s material lighter adds to the rigidity of the structure. The system is detailed to ensure water tightness and that water can effectively shed from the top of the structure. The cladding pattern was designed to transition from transparent to opaque, in order to establish a light, sunny space for plants to grow and visitors to sunbathe to the south, and a second area to the north for visitors to seek refuge from the sun and watch pool events take place from the bleachers.

GALAPAGOS / MILLIPEDE TOP 3 GENOMES Genome 1/50: optimized for minimal stress on members

west facade, fold apex: 24 meters

east facade, N face: 37m

south facade, W arch: 77 meters

Genome 3/50

28 meters

37 meters 77 meters

Genome 12/50

20 meters

35 meters 77 meters

Optimal Dimensions for Arches & Folds large arches: 71-77 meters (length) smaller arches: 31-37 meters mid-sized arches: 45-52 meters fold apex heights: 16-28 meters

EARLY DEFLECTION VISUAL STUDIES

INITIAL ROOF CANOPY CLUSTER DETAIL IN 3D

ROOF CANOPY DETAIL MOCK-UP MODEL

TYPICAL ROOF CANOPY DETAIL

TYPICAL EDGE CURVE DETAIL

TYPICAL FOUNDATION DETAIL

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12” Diameter Hollow Steel Tube Hollow Steel Cylindrical Node Recessed LED Downlight 6” Diameter Hollow Steel Tube Extruded Aluminum Profile, Welded to Tube Kliptech Ecoclad Roofing Panel (3) Layer ETFE Cushion ETFE Cushion Air Supply Tube Air Supply Channel, Welded to Structure

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TYPICAL ROOF CANOPY 3D DETAIL

ROOF CANOPY DETAIL MOCK-UP MODEL

CANAL STREET HOTEL Tribeca, New York, NY

Comprehensive Design Studio Fall 2014 Duration: 16 Weeks Collaborators: Patrick Brophy Critics: Martin Stigsgaard For the hotel, we were inspired by the impact the Tribeca Film Festival has on the neighborhood of Tribeca and its adjacent areas. Every year millions come to the city for the festival and are displaced in hotels throughout Manhattan. The idea was to dedicate the hotel to the festival, as a hotel and events space for film and production enthusiasts staying in the Tribeca area. In early concepts, we were interested in the idea of the motion picture, and wanted to translate the visual experience of a moving still image into an architectural experience. While circulating the interior, the facade was to be segmented to simulate a moving still image of the surrounding city skyline. This concept was translated into one of the main design features, the undulating louvers. The louvers were designed to respond to the positions of the sun during different seasons to optimize daylight and reduce glare. The other main feature, the “hat truss” became the structural concept for the hotel, in order to achieve a vast, open outdoor public space on the 3rd floor to be used for different film events throughout the year. The “hat truss” supports columns and beams that act in tension, suspended by the truss and tied back to the core. The hat truss is fixed to the core as well, a massive concrete core housing the elevators, egress stairs, and back of house spaces. The core is built into the ground, and supported laterally by the traditional reinforced concrete construction of the 2 bottom floors and outdoor plaza. The hotel features 55 private guest rooms, a restaurant and full kitchen, public outdoor plaza, 3 outdoor roof terraces, 5 private balconies, and a rooftop bar/lounge on a slender, 6,000 sf lot bordered by West Broadway, 6th Avenue, and Canal Street. The building provides a hotel and events space for film enthusiasts and Tribeca visitors alike, and pays homage to the cultural influence of film and cinema on the neighborhood. -Ryan Cramer & Patrick Brophy *Full Construction Document Set Available Upon Request

Exterior Rendering, West Broadway View

Tribeca Film Festival Event, Image Courtesy of https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Tribeca-Film-Festival.jpg

Tribeca Film Festival Screening, Image Courtesy of https://media.timeout.com/images/102294709/image.jpg

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TRIBECA FILM CENTER TRIBECA PRODUCTIONS

Site Diagram 1/128” = 1’

Concept Sketch

Concept Models

Exterior Rendering, 6th Avenue View

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STEEL W12X26 I BEAM HAT TRUSS STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

POLYVINYL CHLORIDE ELECTRONICALLY OPERABLE SOLAR LOUVER SYSTEM

42” ALUMINUM AND GLASS GUARDRAIL

4’X10’ ALUMINUM AND GLASS PANEL CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM

CENTRAL CORE: 12” CONCRETE WITH EMBEDDED STEEL COLUMNS CONNECTED TO HAT TRUSS

4’X10’ ALUMINUM AND GLASS PANEL CURTAIN WALL SYSTEM 12” REINFORCED CONCRETE WALL WITH 4’ PARAPET 120”X12” GLAZED OPENING

WEST BROADWAY ELEVATION 1/8” = 1’

3 Hat Truss 110' - 0"

Mechanical Level 100' - 0"

Roof Level 90' - 0"

Level 8 80' - 0"

Level 7 70' - 0"

Level 6 60' - 0"

Level 5 50' - 0"

Level 4 40' - 0"

Level 3 20' - 0"

Level 2 10' - 0"

Level 1 0' - 0"

STEEL W12X26 I BEAM HAT TRUSS STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

W12X26 STEEL HANGERS

W12X26 STEEL FRAMING SYSTEM

CENTRAL CORE: 12” CONCRETE WITH EMBEDDED STEEL COLUMNS CONNECTED TO HAT TRUSS

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12” CONCRETE SLAB

12”X12” CONCRETE COLUMN

12” CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALL

24” CONCRETE SLAB ON GRADE FOUNDATION

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CANAL STREET 386 Canal Street New York, NY 10013 Client Representative:

Bernard & Anne Spitzer Schoo 141 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 Contact: Martin Stisgaard Project Team Architects Ryan Cramer Patrick Brophy Lubov Tsinis 2 A-503

Structural Consultants Ciro Cuono Dominick Pilla Sustainability Consultant Ahu Aydogan Zoning Consultant Brian Gillen MEP Consultant Curt Rohner Lighting Consultant Peihing Tsai Landscape Consultant Taewook Cha Spec Consultant Jeff Feingold Cost Estimating Consultant Dave Miller Design Consultant Martin Stigsgaard

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Cramer Brophy Tsinis Architects 141 Convent Avenue, New York NY 10

CANAL STREET 386 Canal Street New York, NY 10013 Client Representative:

Bernard & Anne Spitzer Schoo 141 Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 Contact: Martin Stisgaard Project Team Architects Ryan Cramer Patrick Brophy Lubov Tsinis Structural Consultants Ciro Cuono Dominick Pilla Sustainability Consultant Ahu Aydogan Zoning Consultant Brian Gillen MEP Consultant Curt Rohner Lighting Consultant Peihing Tsai Landscape Consultant Taewook Cha Spec Consultant Jeff Feingold Cost Estimating Consultant Dave Miller Design Consultant Martin Stigsgaard

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Interior Rendering, Lobby

Physical Model, 1/8” = 1’-0”

Greeenpoint, Brooklyn, NY Design Studio Spring 2015 5 Durationn: 10 Weeekss Collabborators:: Yiwei He & Miltonn Naulla Critticcs: Julio Salcedoo

PLAN 1” = 300’ Aerial Figure Ground Plan

Our design for a college satelitte campus on the waterfront of Greenpoint, Brooklyn aims to reconnect the existing site back to the rest of the rapidly growing Greenpoint area and provide a public hub where students and the community can thrive in unison. The site currently features abandoned warehouses and used car lots. Our intervention features a series of programmatic “loops” that tie back to the rest of Greenpoint, and around which academic and public spaces are organized. These loops define the circulation pathways and blocks of the master plan. The landscaping and contouring of the loops is also designed to help protect against future flooding and sea level rise. The design of the housing unit further investigates the concepts of community and connection inherent in the master plan. Early aggregation studies were done using 5 different unit types; studio, one bedroom, two bedroom, three bedroom, and four bedroom. They were aggregated in a way as to create communal zones between units where inhabitants can gather and interract. This aggregation pattern is utilized on each floor of the housing unit. The units themselves are mainly duplex units and span the entire floor plate to maximize cross ventilation and views. The overall form is derived from one of the Master Plan’s housing blocks, and chamfered based on site conditions. The terracing of the massing established public communal roof terraces on each level and maximizes sun exposure and natural light to all of the units. The terraces can be used for additional outdoor public program such as communal gardens, athletic courts, etc. 51

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Exterior Rendering

2nd Floor Plan

Sectional Perspective

2nd Floor Plan Duplex Unit Second Story

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HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS THEATER Harlem, New York, NY Design Studio Spring 2014 Duration: 8 Weeks Collaborators: Individual Critics: Elisabetta Terragni

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Construction Site

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Site Plan, 1/64” = 1’-0”

The H Harlem School of the Arts Theater project seeks to provide a formal performance venue for the students of the adjacent Harlem School of the Arts. Located on St. Nicholas Avenue between 145th and 146th St., the Harlem School of the Arts existing theater building is currently closed by the Building Departmeent for violating various codes. The school has been lacking a proper space where the students can honee their skills since the theater was shut down. They have been trying to raise funds in order to properly renovate the theater and get the students’ performance venue back up and running and improve on the school’s identity within the community. The prooposal aims to create a flexible and acoustically optimal performance space as well as introduce new proogram for the theater and the school; including rehearsal spaces and studios, administrative and staff offices, and a gallery and outdoor patio area. Ultimately, the new building would create a functional perform mance space for the school, and create a strong presence in the community to encourage local youth to pursue their interests in the arts. The theater features a steel structural frame with two cores that provide lateral bracing. The overall structurral design needed to be able to cantilever the theater volume over the front of the building and span over the large rocky cliff behind the building. The basee and entry are clad in brick to root the building in the character of the surrounding Harlem brick buildings. The second and third stories feature a curtain wall system, while the theater geometry is clad in concrete panels to give it a “floating” appearance. This “floating” effect seeks to emphasize the theater’s geometry as the primary programmatic element of the building. 65

Final Physical Model, 1/4” = 1’-0”

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The existing theater, which was shut down by the Building Department for violating vaious codes, sits on a very noisy site. Surrounding vehicular traffic, an adjacent construction site, and the B and D train running directly beneath. Their sounds can be felt from inside the existing ground floor theater.

The new theaterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s volume is elevated 4 stories off the ground, to isolate the theater from the ground levelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s noisy distractions and ensure an ideal performance environment.

The overall geometry is manipulated to to create a theater volume that would create ideal acoustic settings for the space.

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New program can be added to the theater and connect back to the school building. Proposed program includes new performance and rehearsal spaces and added administrative and staff space.

Study Model, 1” = 32’-0”

Exterior Study Rendering

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Interior Study Rendering

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1) Rehearsal Studio 2) Theater and Stage 3) Restroom 4) Janitor / B.O.H. 5) Backstage and Dressing Rooms 6) Production 7) Gallery

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Early Structural Study Model, Not To Scale

Final Physical Model, 1/4” = 1’-0”

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Sefaira Analysis

The project brief called for a passive solar residence for a small family in the Knoxville, TN area. Utilizing Sefaira environmental analysis software and various passive solar principles, various designs and forms were investigated until we got to the results you see on the right. The design of the residence focused on what was called the “three tier” approach. The building envelope is shaped to collect rainwater to be reused as blackwater throughout the structures plumbing systems. The entire form was rotated 10 degrees east of south for optimal solar exposure. The valley site was chosen to take advantage of the cold-air floods in the summer months to passively cool the home. The roof’s overhang and second story balcony control the admittance of direct gain from the southern sun; keeping it out in the summer and allowing it in during the winter. The slab-on-grade foundation of the home acts as a thermal mass, collecting heat during the day in the winter months, and radiating it throughout during the night time. 75% of the facade’s glazing is operable, to maxiimize cross ventilation from the site’s southerly winds in the summer time. The residence also taps into the Tennessee River to collect water for heating and cooling the home. A water turbine system in the River is connected back to the home and provides energy throughout. The floor plan is designed as open as much to maximize cross ventilation and fluid air circulation throughout the home. The ground floor features a full bathroom, large kitchen, open dining and living rooms, and an outdoor terrace space on the south side. Upstairs is the master bedroom, a den and office space, and a balcony to the south. The Sefaira results return an 1800 square foot home with good results...48 k/BTU/ft²/yr, heating dominated, and well lit.

A turbine in the Tennessee River generate energy for the home.

The sloped roof sends the rainwater to an exterior cistern on the side of the residence.

The collected rainwater is utilized as greywater throughout the residence.

Water Retention Diagram

Sectional Diagram

Roof overhang and second floor balcony block direct gain during the summer months, but maximize it during the winter.

75% of the facade is glazed with operable windows to maximize cross ventilation from the southerly winds in the summer months

Concrete slab acts as a thermal mass - collecting heat throughout the day and radiating it in the evening.

The residence is sited in a valley just off the shore of the Tennessee River in order to take advantage of cold-air floods in the summer months.

Concept Diagram 1

The residence is rotated 10 degrees east of south to optimize solar exposure and performance.

Concept Diagram 2

The roof is pitched to direct rainwater to a retention tank on the side of the residence.

Concept Diagram 3

The final passive solar design.

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Ground Level Floor Plan

Level 02 Floor Plan

Aerial Perspective

3D Printed Model

WARPED GRID SURFACE STUDIES New York, NY

Design Studio Fall 2013 Duration: 4 Weeks Collaborators: Individual Critics: Antonio Furgiuele

The very first exercise of our first semester, the assignment challenged us to design a 24” x 24” surface of our choice; we only had to consider the possibility of this thing as a unit, and aggregating to become a larger surface. I chose to explore the standard grid. Laid out at 24” x 24”, the grid is extremely two-dimensional and orthogonal. However, when the grid becomes warped, it inherits more three-dimensional and dynamic properties. My surface study was a play on this idea, to create a warped grid three dimenional surface that blurs the line between 2D and 3D. The design process looked at various iterations of the grid warped, each of which would yield different three-dimensional qualities. After choosing one iteration, it was modeled to have one flat, two-dimensional side; the other side features each unit extruded to a height proportional to the unit’s length. Each iteration would yield a different three-dimensional result, and the aggregation possibilities are endless. The final 3D model was 3D printed at 1/4 scale, and exhibits the possibilities of this unit and explores its appliations in physical space.

Grid Warp 1

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Final Rendering

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SCHOOL GALLERY CANOPY IN NSTALLATION Harlem, New York, NY

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Final Rendering

For this project, we were to design a canopy installation for the ground floor gallery space of the Spitzer School of Architecture at City College of New York based on a geometry given to us. Our given geometry was the hyperbolic paraboloid. Our goal was to utilize the hyperbolic paraboloidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural shape for structure, light, and sound within the canopy space, and to make the physical units capable of being assembled by anyone to assist with the fabrication process. The overall scheme features 4 inverted hyperbolic paraboloid passages that lead to a larger, hyperbolic paraboloid assembly space. The 4 passages serve as galleries and critique spaces alike. The natural negative gaussian curvature of the form helps it to be self structural. Thus, once constructed, the canopies stand on their own without any secondary posts or ties. The coffering of each unit is used to bounce the sounds and amplify noise within the spaces for critiques, lectures, etc. The varying size openings are intended to allow different levels of natural light into the spaces. Each unit was designed to be laser cut from museum board, or a material of similar malleability, and attached together using brass paper fasteners. This simplifies fabrication of the units and assembly of the canopy for the workers constructing it.

Final Axonometric

Final Rendering

Canopy Installation Floor Plan

Conceptual Diagrams

Sound Diagram

Light Diagram

Final Model 1/4” = 1’-0”

Final Detail Model 1’-0” = 1’-0”

STUDIO MUSEUM OF HARLEM GALLERY EXTENSION Harlem, New York, NY Design Studio Fall 2013 Duration: 8 Weeks Collaborators: Individual Critics: Antonio Furgiuele

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The Studio Museum of Harlem Gallery Extension project asked us to create a new art gallery space and classrooms for the Museum, directly across the street from its current location on Martin Luther King Blvd. and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd in Harlem. Currently a large public plaza, that traditionally and currently has held major political rallies, concerts, and other events, the design concept was to create an extension of this public plaza. The faceted, occupiable thin-shell concrete canopy appears as if to be growing out of the plaza itself. The new canopy creates seating and circulation on top, and new sheltered market space and gallery space beneath it. Its geometry also helps to control solar exposure during the different seasons, and collect rainwater to be re-used as black-water in the galleryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plumbing systems. The gallery space itself features two classrooms, a reception space, two offices/administrative spaces, and a double height exhibition space. The backpainted glass curtain wall system aims to connect back to the vibrant, warm tones of the plazaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surrounding murals. The new gallery not only provides the requested gallery spaces for the Museum, it also creates a new public destination in the heart of Harlem. The canopy brings the plaza to life and allows it to function as multiple programs simultaneously.

Rendering from Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.

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Gallery is conceived as an extension of the plaza below.

Canopy is faceted to create connections back to the Studio Museum and adjacent mural.

The facets are further triangulated to establish folds.

Folded down to create a stage, with the Government Building as the backdrop.

Folded down to establish entrance from corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.

Folded Up to create gallery view back to the Studio Museum, and create more views to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;stageâ&#x20AC;? area.

Entrance from the canopy is established.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Elevation

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Floor Plans

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Gallery Floor Plan

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BOWL( (D)P PIECE Pop-Up Medical Cannnabis Dispensarry New Yorkk, NY Bee Breeders “Cannabis Bank” Desig ignn Competitioon S ring 2016 Sp Dura Du ration: 3 Weeks Collabor orat ators: Individual

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BOWL(D)PIECE pop-up medical marijuana dispensary is designed as both a criticism of and a catalyst to address and change the harsh, existing medical marijuana laws of New York City. In July of 2014, Governor Andrew Cuomo enacted the Compassionate Care Act. The bill was to provide a “comprehensive, safe, and effective medical marijuana program - to ensure marijuana is available to certified patients with serious conditions and administered in a manner that protects public health and safety.” Under this act, the qualifying conditions to receive medical marijuana certification include ALS, cancer, epilepsy, HIV, AIDS, Huntington’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, M.S., and some others. Cannabis cannot be sold in smokable form - it must be either in pill or wax form. Thousands of New Yorkers suffer from these conditions are are treated in facilities all over the city. Many of these patients have difficulty walking, breathing, or e xperience severe pain on a regular basis. Despite this, there currently exists only (1) medical marijuana dispensary in all of the 5 boroughs. The Compassionate Care Act, which “ensures medical marijuana is available to all certified patients” requires some of these patients to travel extremely far distances throughout Manhattan and the other boroughs to get their supply. This makes it extremely difficult for them to have access to medical marijuana, especially those may be confined to a bed or have difficulty walking.

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Site Plan

Interior Perspective - Waiting Area

The idea of BOWL(D)PIECE is to bring the dispensary to the patient. The project looks at all of the varying conditions’ treatment facilities throughout the city and adjacent public parks and spaces. The site for BOWL(D)PIECE becomes these various public spaces. Doing so puts the patients with serious conditions in much closer proximity to receiving the medical cannabis they need. Inspired by the curving forms of cannabis pipes, the overall geometry of the structure and chosen siting also acts as a bold statement to the City and its hard cannabis laws. Although only certified patients can enter, the abstract formal gesture invokes discussion and creates public awareness through word of mouth of the City’s strict laws. It demonstrates that the cannabis industry can adapt to the harsh laws while establishing itself as a legal, professional, and effective means of treatment, and encourage the City to adapt. The modular design allows for cheap and quick construction, a lot of daylight, site adaptability, and a change from centralized facilities to distributed spaces throughout the city; while simultaneously creating a new formal identity for the growing cannabis industry in NYC. The structure is easily assembled and disassembled to be moved to different public spaces at the patients’ demand. 112

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FORT WASHINGTON PARK

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Being a small pop-up and only being open to certified patients, the programmatic elements of the project are condensed. One enters from the main entry side under the main grid shell into the waiting area and reception space. The central core houses the receptionist and a storage room / staff space. Products are stored in here during the day, and transported to a larger storage facility after hours when the dispensary closes. Because the product is all in pill and wax form, the amount of storage space required becomes signicantly smaller. IIn the center of the space is an informal visitors’ hall with a service counter, and 2 small private consultation rooms. Toward the other end of the structure is a composting toilet and a back of house space. The strong presence of wood throughtout emphasizes the use of natural materials, speaking to the natural properties of medical cannabis. It is also inexpensive and lightweight, therefore easier to assemble and disassemble and transport to other sites. The PTFE skin of the structure allows for the space to be completely daylit due to its inherent translucency, while also reflecting UV rays so the space doesn’t’t overheat. The PTFE is also lightweight, self-cleaning, and requires vvery little maintenance while the structure is up. The frosted plexiglass windows along the perimeter provide a more rigid base and help abide by NYC laws, which don’t allow any of the interior to be visible from the exterior. The overal plan and materials used in the design are intended to it abide by City law, be inexpensive for developers or pharmeceutical companies to build and transport, be environmentally friendly, and still draw a lot of attention from the general public and act as a statement towards the current state of medical cannabis treatment in NYC. The timber grid shell creates a strong aesthetic while also being an inexpensive construction method and cheap building material for quick assembly and disassembly. The pieces are CNC cut from a standard as sheet of plywood down to individual units about 1’-0” x 4’-0”. This sh allows the pieces to be transported in a single truck and assembled on site, or assembled in parts off-site and finalized on site. The overall geometry was designed to be visually compelling while structurally optimized and efficient. Millipede (Finite Element Analysis) and Galapagos (Evolutionary Solver) were utilized to optimize the structure and minimize stress within the geometry. After through every parameter, the final geometry has minimal stress and is the most structurally optimized “genome” of the scripted parameters.

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CNC Cut, Structural Plywood Grid Shell

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PTFE Membrane Panels

CNC Cut Plywood Grid Shell

Treated, Fire-Rated Timber Exterior Frame

Interior Partitions, Furniture, and Base

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Grid Shell Detail

Minimized Surface Deflection Visualization

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