I
Farm School
The project consists of an Educational Farm School in Edgemere, targeted for the mainly young population of the area.
The massing consists of an L-shaped layout, elevated on a 4ft. berm that embraces and buffers the existing houses from the flood.
The L-shape also serves as a linear procession for the educational farm program. Various programs start attaching to the main branch in a sequential manner, starting from the domestic-scale at the north-western end to the more public scale facing the south- eastern end.
Since the program targets the younger generations, playfulness is achieved on the interior through an exploration of curved surfaces that attach to the steel trusses. This creates an element of surprise, contrasting the traditional looking exterior with an organic and vibrant interior.
II
Spectator Sport
The initial part of this semester consisted of thorough research into sports and diplomacy within various time periods.
My focus was on the ancient games stadiums, with a consequent emphasis on the colosseum, further discussed in the next pages.
For the second part, we were tasked to design a sports diplomacy center on Randall’s Island at the north-eastern tip of Manhattan.
As we had the freedom to choose our site on the island, I strategically located my project at the southern tip, along the East River edge.
This location serves the duality of exposure and integration, which drives the project.
The project blends with the sloped topography and the existing soccer fields, while being at a vantage point for both Manhattan and Queens.
In the research section of the semester, I was looking at ancient stadiums and their evolution throughout history. From ancient Greek to Romans, Byzantine, and up to present day, diplomacy has always a major role in sport stadiums.
The focus here was on the relation between the sports’ arena and the spectator’s seating. Respective areas and ratios to one another were compared in this table.
A general trend arises where the ratio of spectator to arena increases as we get closer to present day.
This rise in spectator’s area is mainly associated nowadays with its economic factor.
III
Velo-Row
The project reinvisions the existing Newburgh rowing house to further engage the community. It does so by expanding the program to encompass cycling, harnessing the synergies between the two activities.
It first starts by connecting to the existing waterfront bike lane and by transforming the roof of the boat house into a publicly accessible velodrome.
To further enhance community interaction, an open space courtyard and a rentable observatory are available for the public.
In terms of construction, a combination of wood and concrete arches progressively open up as one moves towards the water, maximizing views and transitioning to more public programs.
IV
Modular Housing
This project looks at affordable housing with a fresh perspective. It is based on a 300sq ft. micro-unit module massed in a way to maximize daylight and open space. The structure of the unit then serves as a customizable framework for the inhabitants of the space.
The users can then agglomerate the units together to create endless possible layouts. In addition, the units are flexible for customization on both the outside and the inside. Facades, floors, ceilings as well as interior partitions are all customizable. To make everything possible, largely sized cores allow the selected modules to be easily transported to the units.
This project was done in pairs. Although the design thinking was done collaboratively, the drawings were divided amongst us. The ones in this portoflio represent my personal involvement.
V
Park Library
The project consists of an Educational Farm School in Edgemere, targeted for the mainly young population of the area.
The massing consists of an L-shaped layout, elevated on a 4ft. berm that embraces and buffers the existing houses from the flood.
The L-shape also serves as a linear procession for the educational farm program. Various programs start attaching to the main branch in a sequential manner, starting from the domestic-scale at the north-western end to the more public scale facing the south- eastern end.
Since the program targets the younger generations, playfulness is achieved on the interior through an exploration of curved surfaces that attach to the steel trusses. This creates an element of surprise, contrasting the traditional looking exterior with an organic and vibrant interior.
VI
Tri House
The project consists of an Educational Farm School in Edgemere, targeted for the mainly young population of the area.
The massing consists of an L-shaped layout, elevated on a 4ft. berm that embraces and buffers the existing houses from the flood.
The L-shape also serves as a linear procession for the educational farm program. Various programs start attaching to the main branch in a sequential manner, starting from the domestic-scale at the north-western end to the more public scale facing the south- eastern end.
Since the program targets the younger generations, playfulness is achieved on the interior through an exploration of curved surfaces that attach to the steel trusses. This creates an element of surprise, contrasting the traditional looking exterior with an organic and vibrant interior.
VII
Responsive Facade
This project was part of the ReThinking BIM class where the interoperability between Rhino, Grasshopper & Revit was explored.
In Rhino, a grasshoper script was created to gather the solar radiation values on the southern facade. The goal was to maximize solar incidence during winter while minimizing it during summer.
The louvers would orbit in both their vertical and horizontal axes, allowing full shading or ample daylight opening. Adaptive families were in parallel being created in Revit for the various components of the Louvers.
The grasshopper results were then linked to the adaptive components through the Grevit plugin. Lastly, the Revit model was imported into Unreal Engine for visualization purposes and to photoshop for some post processing.
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VIII
Spiritual Lights
This project looks at Le Corbusier's firminy church with an analytical eye.
It focuses on evaluating the main feature of the space, light, in both its physical and spiritual aspects.
On one hand, the carefully studied mathematical bounces of light at different times of the day is expressed through linework simulation.
On the other hand, the volumetric lights that fills up the space and gives it the meditative atmosphere is illustrated through radiating beams.
To demonstrate the quality of light in a more tangible manner, a physical model was created. The light bounces are represented by three different threads representing the morning, midday, and afternoon sunrays - carefully woven into the 3d printed mesh.
IX
Metab0ls
Metab0ls are unique Parametric Balls backed by non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Ethereum blockchain.
The concept starts with the Sphere, a perfectly symmetrical shape. From that constant, various parameters come into play to dynamically morph it.
Just like our daily life is shaped by inner and outer parameters.
Visit the Parab0ls website to learn more about Metab0ls and the different NFT collections.
