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Table of Contents
4. Design Fundamentals One Fall 2013

- The Cube Project

- Water Works
28. Design Fundamentals Two Spring 2014

- Flat Space Deep Space

- Cliff Dwelling
55. Design One Fall 2014

- Central Park Gateway

- Prospect Park Ecology Center
84. Design Two Spring 2015

- Donna Karan Fashion Studio

- Dumbo Brooklyn EMS Station
99. Visualization One Fall 2013

- Steven Holl Nanjing Museum Research
104. Visualization Two Spring 2014

- Steven Holl Y-House Catskills New York

Design Fundamentals One Fall 2013

The Cube Project

In the cube project we deployed several models in the process of researching the final model. During the process we created models to arrange the
mass and void to help identify the positive and negative spaces that were
created. During the next step we joined two different models together
to create different positive and negative voids which would allow us to
further our ideas to finalize our final model. My main idea revolved around
a cube and the framing of a cube which would create positive and negative
spaces of other cubes with-in the original cube itself.

Plan

Plan Cut One

Plan Cut Two

Front Elevation

Back Elevation

Left Elevation

Right Elevation

Axonometric

Void Axonometric

Space One

Space Two

Space Three

Three Space Axonometric

Front Sectional One Point Perspective

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Left Sectional One Point Perspective

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Two Point Perspective

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Water Works

Water Works consisted of an inspiration from the rendering in my site design and it inspired me to get an idea of how I would like to have the water
flow. The render also allowed me to design my water flow and eventually
it gave me an idea to plan and organize my pools , pavilions, and spaces. In
the process however I came up with several schemes and one which had
to be an inspiration from the site design rendering. In all the schemes I
came up with they each had their positive and negative spaces and I used
both the positive and negative to come up with the final design in which
I would improve until my final design was complete. Also after observing
my design carefully there is a relationship between my cube project and
the water works project. In both projects I created framed cubes which
created both positive and negative spaces.

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Process

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Site Plan

Plan Cut A

Plan Cut B

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Section A

Section B

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Diagrams

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Final

Site Plan

Plan Cut A

Plan Cut B

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Section A

Section C

Section B

Section D
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Organizational Diagram

Render Diagram

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Exploded Axonometric

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Two-Point Perspective
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Design Fundamentals Two Spring 2014

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Flat Space Deep Space

Painting is a medium of communication. By its

nature, it offers a split message. On the surface
lies an unambiguous pattern of 2 dimensional marks, as flat as the paint is applied. Yet the
illusions implied, evoking either a window to the
world or a mirror of the painters experience,
are so compelling that we often go unaware of
how it is achieved. Artists have always played
with this duality, messing without heads, leaving
in plain sight the traces of both two and three
dimensional narratives. The essence of Picassos
Midas touch was his ability to mark his canvas
and leave us to invest content in his often very
simple gestures. The cubists want us to hold perceptions simultaneously, the two-dimensional
marks and three dimensional situations to which
the refer, to wrestle with them in full awareness.
The consequences for us is to continually ask,
how do I know what I know, what I see? Am I
being fooled? What is art?

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Phase One

Card Stock Model 1

Acetate Model

Layer Rendering

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Axon

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Roof Plan

Plan Cut

Front Elevation

Right Elevation

Back Elevation

Left Elevation

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Layer 1

Layer 2

Layer 3

Layer 4

Layer 5

Layer 6

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Phase Two

Still Life in a Gray Green Bottle

Layer Axon

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Layer 1

Layer 4

Layer 2

Layer 5

Layer 3

Layer 6
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Front Elevation

Back Elevation

Right Elevation

Left Elevation

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Roof Plan

Front Section

Plan Cut

Right Section

Back Section

Left Section

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Axon
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Final Phase

The final set of drawings and

models represent the final ideas
and layers of the painting done
by Ameedee Ozenfant. The three
models are Volumetric Model,
Hybrid Model, and the armature
model. The volumetric model
shows the project as a whole,
the hybrid model demonstrates
armature in key areas of the
model, and the armature model
shows the skeleton of the entire
volumetric model.

Exploded Axon

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Volumetric Model

LayerAxon

Roof Plan

Volumetric Axon

Plan Cut

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Front Elevation

Back Elevation

Right Elevation

Left Elevation

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Front Section

Back Section

Right Section

Left Section

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Hybrid Model

Front Elevation

Back Elevation

Right Elevation

Left Elevation

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Front Section

Back Section

Right Section

Left Section

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Roof Plan

Plan Cut

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Cliff Dwelling

Three friends, a sculptor, a carpenter and a weaver, sought

respite from their urban studios and the summer heat.
While hiking along the Palisades, they found a property
that could meet their needs. it abuts the edge of a south
facing cliff, overlooking the Hudson River. The site has been
used as a quarry, the cliff resulting from the removal of
sandstone. When in operation, the quarried material was
removed from the cliff and shipped down river for use as
building material. This sandstone was easy to quarry, soft
enough to carve when fresh and hardens when exposed to
air.

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During the beginning phase of the project we used color coded

card stock to represent each room in the cliff house. Once the
volumes were created we used them to help layout possible
ideas for the cliff house that would relate to the red armature
walls.

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Roof Plan

Middle Level Plan Cut

Upper Level Plan Cut

Lower level Plan Cut

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Front Elevation

Back Elevation

Left Elevation

Right Elevation

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Section One

Section Two

Section Three

Section Four

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Exploded Axon
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Axon
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Section Perspective

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Design One Fall 2014

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Central Park Gatehouse

For project one I designed a Gateway to Central

Park at a location across from the Museum of Natural History on Central Park West. You are expected
to engage in initial research to sufficiently define
the idea of gate along with its series of thresholds
that gives the visitor an understanding of the site,
its history, and the given program associated with
the gate.

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Roof Plan

Rendering
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Lower Level Plan Cut

Lower Level Plan Two

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Section A

Section B

Section C

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Section D

Section E

West Elevation

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MAP ROOM
INFORMATION GALLERY
OFFICES
REST ROOMS
SECONDARY

STORAGE

OUTDOOR SPACE
CIRCULATION
PRIMARY

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Exploded Axonometric
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Axonometric
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Section Axonometric
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Prospect Park Ecology Center

Like the Gate Project I was first engaged in research and analysis of the site. The main focus of the research was architectural issues of time, observation, and movement in landscape. Once the research was
done I was about to design the Ecology Center which included three scientist. The three scientist were a
Biologist, Chronologist, and Hydrologist. Incorporating the three into the design was the main focus and
the site analysis research was a big factor in helping come up with the design of each lab and how they
relate to one another. In designing my Ecology center i focused on two grids a grid derived from the trees
on the site that helped organize public, private, and semi public spaces. The next grid I used was derived
from the Brooklyn grid which it helped me organize my views and organize my project on a radial organization combined with the liner grid organization from the trees.

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Process

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Site Analysis

Prospect Park Site Analysis & Park

Analysis

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Figure Ground
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CIRCULATION ANALYSIS

PRIMARY CIRCULATION

SECONDARY CIRCULATION

TERTIARY CIRCULATION

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ENVIROMENTAL ANALYSIS

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Organization Grid

Site Plan

Plan Cut 1

Program Organization

Plan Cut 2

Plan Cut 3

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Section 1

Section 2
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Section 3

Section 4
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Axonometric
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Exploded Axonometric
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Exploded Parti Diagram

Circulation Diagram
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Design Two Spring 2015

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The Fifth Elevation: Donna Karan

My concept for desining the Donna Karan design studio

was to design a functional work space where the designers
and models could circulate very easily around the work
area. I also wanted to design a space that would appear
bigger than what it really was by using partion walls that
were 8' tall and not 13' like the actual height of the floor.
Another major inspiration was the Manhattan apartment
that Donna Karan has in the way that it was designed to
appear bigger than what it was. Donna Karan also wanted
to design comfortable clothing to make up for the hectic
New York City life so I wanted the design studio to also feel
comfortable so that it allowed everyone to experience a
calmer enviroment from the one outside.

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Process Diagrams

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Program Diagram

Production Spaces
Event Spaces
Representative Spaces
Support Spaces
Circulation
Zen Garden
Structure
Sky-Lights

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Site Plan

Roof Plan

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Level One

Level Two

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Longitudinal Section
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Cross-Section
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EMS Station 35: DUMBO Brooklyn

My concept for desining EMS Station 35 consited of a

few inspirations most importatly the artistic life that
revolves around the neighborhood of Dumbo, Brooklyn and I am into a lot of urban art so I felt it was the
perfect form of inspiration. Dumbo is known for its
artistic side as it is one of the most artistic neighborhoods in the NYC area. With the art as a form of
inspiration I also wanted to design an eco-friendly
EMS Station. With my two main ideas put together I
decided that the perfect way to compine eco-friendly and the urban art was with the use of shipping
containers that came in diffeent modules of 10, 20,
40. The shipping containers are cheap, eco-friendly,
easy to assemble so it allows for a building to either become permanent or be temporary. Shipping
containers also come in many different colors so
that aesthetics of the contianers will blend in with
the urban art in Dumbo Brooklyn. When locals and
tourist walk past the EMS station they wont see it as
a regular EMS Station to them it will look like art in
the form of a building which is important in architecture becasue architecture is a form of art and
self expression and being able to make a connection
with the public through the building is the best way
architecture is achieved.

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Process Models

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Site Plan

Roof Plan

Level Two

Level One

Level Three

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Front Elevation

Longitudinal Section

Cross-Section

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Circulation & Structure Diagram

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Shadow Diagram

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Visualization One Fall 2013

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Nanjing Museum Research

During my research for this project I decided to do the Nanjing Museum by Steven Holl. As I researched his work this museum really caught my attention because of its form and how simple it
was but yet again it was such a simple building and thats the beauty of it. During the research I ran
upon a few of his sketches and they were really great sketches that gave you an idea of how the
building was and how Steven Holl came up with his organization and concepts.

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Nanjing Museum Final Project

Nanjing Museum

Cropped area of the Nanjing Museum

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Contour Line & Rendering

The two drawings on the right are a representation

of the Nanjing Museum the top is only a contour line
drawing and the bottom one is a rendering of the
museum. For these two drawings there was a different approach. During the process of the contour line
drawing I used the cropped area to draw the remaining parts of the building and I used rapidiographs to
ink the drawings on mylar. The thicker pens would
represent the closer parts of the building while the
farther parts of the building were drawn by using
thinner inks.
When it came time for the rendering I lightly outlined
the contour drawings and then i used soft, medium,
and hard charcoal to render the drawing on velum.
These two drawings show different things and they
are both very useful drawings because they are two
techniques that we learned in class contour lines and
tonal drawing.

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Horizontal & Vertical Strips

For this part of the assignment we had to crop

a vertical section and a horizontal section and
apply the four techniques of shading to the
cropped area. The four techniques used for
shading these strips were hatch, cross-hatch,
scribble, and stipple. When I chose those specific
areas to crop out for my strips I chose the areas
where I would get the most out of. I looked for
areas where I would be able to apply light, medium, and dark tones. I also wanted to focus on
the area I cropped out of the original image.

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Visualization Two Spring 2014

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Steven Holl Y House Drafting

Site Plan
Scale: 1/4 = 1

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Basement Plan
Scale: 1/4 = 1

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First Floor Plan

Scale: 1/4 = 1

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Second Floor Plan

Scale: 1/4 = 1

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Roof Plan
Scale: 1/4 = 1

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East Elevation
Scale: 1/4 = 1

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West Elevation
Scale: 1/4 = 1

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Section A
Scale: 1/4 = 1

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Section B
Scale: 1/4 = 1

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Elevation Rendering
Scale: 1/4 = 1

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Site Plan Rendering

Scale: 1/4 = 1

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