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1 Solar / Wind Path This concept becomes a link from the classroom to the environment metaphorically and structurally, enriching the students’ imagination and environmental appreciation. 2 Perimeter Concept 3 Context Diagram The final design developed into a permeable multi - level cone structure. Residents can leap through the floors or hop within them. The geometry of each floor was tailored for specific functions and emotional responses. 4 Emergency Routes 5 Vegitation Plan 6 Program Map 7 Urban Cooridor The design possibilities offered by refracted light are substantial, espcially when examining its interaction through different mediums.

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One’s life is the culmination of four types of forces: physical, social, cultural, and spiritual. Rarely are these interactions graceful. If these forces were to be generated into form, how would they push and pull, twist and turn, combine and separate?

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URBAN LIBRARY
This was the question I asked myself when I designed my Autobiographical Stage Set. Reflecting on how these forces shape my experiences, I focused on creating cluttered, enveloping masses.

This was the question I asked myself when I designed my Autobiographical Stage Set. Reflecting on how these forces shape my experiences, I focused on creating cluttered, enveloping masses.

If animals could act as sentient beings - as creatures with rational and emotional characteristics comparable to our own - how would they want to live? What would those spaces look like? For the Coquerel’s Sifaka, a lemur indigenous to Madagascar, the answer lies within its characteristic movements, which include leaping, hopping, and grooming.

URBAN LIBRARY
I explored these concepts in the 2012 Illuminating Engineering Society Light Study Competition. I found the relationship between pure light and blob textures most compelling.

As baby boomers retire, more housing will be required for the elderly. In dense places such as Bushwick, Brooklyn, the population will only continue to climb. Elderly have risks unfelt by the rest of the population. Families are confronted with the choice of keeping their older member at home, where they can sit idle Storage Lavatories Conference Classroom M u l t i p u r p o s e Lobby for hours without challanging activity to engage in, or putting themthe automobile has led to the systematic shrinking of public space. Room Room The birth of in a group home. Either their mental health suffers, or the family is kept from seeing theirbeen prioritized over the pedestrian, making Roads for cars have loved ones on a regular basis. localized engagement difficult in some urban areas. Parking Day addresses this problem by reclaiming these spaces for public use. Rather than design a senior center, I created a place where seniors can gather together after the rest of the family has left for the day. Fordham University’s architecture program contributed to this event by As a group, these constructing a park made entirely from cardboardsituated on Riverside Drive between West 89th and 91st Street in individuals can contribute to each other’s well being and the community by “Hippo Park” is on West 6oth St and Columbus Avenue. This acting as the stewards of urban farming. This sage center is a place where the park viewed a play performed by the theatre Manhattan. It is part of the larger vertical network of Riverside Park, a long thin department. way. elderly are reintegrated into the urban fabric in a meaningful, specialResponsible for the dividing wall separating the park from the rest vertical strip of land on the borough’s west side. In desperate need of a new of the street, I was glad to contribute to the cause. educational center which brings more attention to the environment, the proposed building is an extension of the topography.

If animals could act as sentient beings - as creatures with rational and emotional characteristics comparable to our own - how would they want to live? What would those spaces look like? For the Coquerel’s Sifaka, a lemur indigenous to Madagascar, the answer lies within its characteristic movements, which include leaping, hopping, and grooming.

SAGE CENTER
If animals could act as sentient beings - as creatures with rational and emotional characteristics comparable to our own - how would they want to live? What would those spaces look like? For the Coquerel’s Sifaka, a lemur indigenous to Madagascar, the answer lies within its characteristic movements, which include leaping, hopping, and grooming.

The birth of the automobile has led to the systematic shrinking of public space. Roads for cars have been prioritized over the pedestrian, making localized engagement difficult in some urban areas.

ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER

Parking Day addresses this problem by reclaiming these spaces for public use. Fordham University’s architecture program contributed to this event by constructing a park made entirely from cardboard on West 6oth St and Columbus Avenue. This park viewed a play performed by the theatre department. Responsible for the dividing wall separating the park from the rest of the street, I was glad to contribute to the cause.

The final design developed into a permeable multi - level cone structure. Residents can leap through the floors or hop within them. The geometry of each floor was tailored for specific functions and emotional responses.

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STAGE SET

This concept becomes a link from the classroom to the environment metaphorically and structurally, enriching the students’ imagination and Individual Apartment environmental appreciation.
Double Apartment Single Family Residence

PARKING DAY (2011)
Multipurpose Room

Two Family Residence

One’s life is the culmination of four types of forces: physical, social, cultural, and spiritual. Rarely are these interactions graceful. If these forces were to be generated into form, how would they push and pull, twist and turn, combine and separate?

Classroom

The birth of the automobile has led to the systematic shrinking of public space. Roads for cars have been prioritized over the pedestrian, making localized engagement difficult in some urban areas. Parking Day addresses this problem by reclaiming these spaces for public use. Fordham University’s architecture program contributed to this event by constructing a park made entirely from cardboard on West 6oth St and Columbus Avenue. This park viewed a play performed by the theatre department. Responsible for the dividing wall separating the park from the rest of the street, I was glad to contribute to the cause.

Doctor’s Office

Emergency Station

ANIMAL HOUSE

This was the question I asked myself when I designed my Autobiographical Stage Set. Reflecting on how these forces shape my experiences, I focused on creating cluttered, enveloping masses.

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STAGE SET
Storage Lavatories Conference Room Classroom M u l t i p u r p o s e Lobby Room

PARKING DAY (2011)
1 Solar / Wind Path 2 Perimeter Concept The birth of the automobile has led to the systematic shrinking of public space. Roads for cars have been prioritized over the pedestrian, making localized engagement difficult in some urban areas. Parking Day addresses this problem by reclaiming these spaces for public use. Fordham University’s architecture program contributed to this event by constructing a park made entirely from cardboard on West 6oth St and Columbus Avenue. This park viewed a play performed by the theatre department. Responsible for the dividing wall separating the park from the rest of the street, I was glad to contribute to the cause. “Hippo Park” is situated on Riverside Drive between West 89th and 91st Street in Manhattan. It is part of the larger vertical network of Riverside Park, a long thin vertical strip of land on the borough’s west side. In desperate need of a new educational center which brings more attention to the environment, the proposed building is an extension of the topography. 1 Solar / Wind Path 2 Perimeter Concept 3 Context Diagram 4 Emergency Routes 5 Vegitation Plan 6 Program Map 7 Urban Cooridor 3 7 2 1 5 One’s life is the culmination of four types of forces: physical, social, cultural, and spiritual. Rarely are these interactions graceful. If these forces were to be generated into form, how would they push and pull, twist and turn, combine and separate? 6 3 Context Diagram 4 Emergency Routes 5 Vegitation Plan 6 Program Map 7 Urban Cooridor A library is an educational gateway. It is the living monument of a community’s memory, honoring the past and creating the future. 3 2 1

The final design developed into a permeable multi - level cone structure. Residents can leap through the floors or hop within them. The geometry of each floor was tailored for specific functions and emotional responses.

SAGE CENTER

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A library is an educational gateway. It is the living monument of a community’s memory, honoring the past and creating the future. 6
Individual Apartment Double Apartment

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Single Family Residence Two Family Residence

Keeping this in mind while designing a library in the Bronx, I focused on the relationship between old and new forms. Brick blocks, which characterize much of the city’s built environment, are extruded and manipulated in various configurations. The walls and slabs, interspersed with vegitation, surround a community garden for farming. Monumentality was achieved with a grand entrance to the library. These elements were designed specifically to invigorate the library’s academic experience and to create a source of pride for the community.

ANIMAL HOUSE

ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER

Keeping this in mind while designing a library in the Bronx, I focused on the relationship between old and new forms. Brick blocks, which characterize much of the city’s built environment, are extruded and manipulated in various 4 configurations. The walls and slabs, interspersed with vegitation, surround a community garden for farming. Monumentality was achieved with a grand entrance to the library. These elements were designed specifically to elderly. In dense As baby boomers retire, more housing will be required for the invigorate the library’s academic Brooklyn, the population will only continue to climb. places such as Bushwick, experience and to create a source of pride Elderly have risks unfelt by the rest of the population. Families are confronted for the community. with the choice of keeping their older member at home, where they can sit idle for hours without challanging activity to engage in, or putting them in a group home. Either their mental health suffers, or the family is kept from seeing their loved ones on a regular basis.

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Multipurpose Room

Classroom

ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER Rather than design a senior center, I created a place where seniors can gather URBAN LIBRARY the rest of the family has left for the day. As a group, these together after

Doctor’s Office

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This was the question I asked myself when I designed my Autobiographical Stage Set. Reflecting on how these forces shape my experiences, I focused on creating cluttered, enveloping masses.

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individuals can contribute to each other’s well being and the community by As baby boomers retire, a place where the acting as the stewards of urban farming. This sage center ismore housing will be required for the elderly. In dense places such a Bushwick, Brooklyn, the population will only continue to climb. elderly are reintegrated into the urban fabric in asmeaningful, special way. Elderly have risks unfelt by the rest of the population. Families are confronted with the choice of keeping their older member at home, where they can sit idle for hours without challanging activity to engage in, or putting them in a group home. Either their mental health suffers, or the family is kept from seeing their loved ones on a regular basis. Rather than design a senior center, I created a place where seniors can gather together after the rest of the family has left for the day. As a group, these individuals can contribute to each other’s well being and the community by acting as the stewards of urban farming. This sage center is a place where the elderly are reintegrated into the urban fabric in a meaningful, special way.

Emergency Station

ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER

SAGE CENTER SELECTED DRAWINGS

Portfolio Thomas Alia

The design possibilities offered by refracted light are substantial, espcially when examining its interaction through different mediums.

I explored these concepts in the 2012 Illuminating Engineering Society Light Study Competition. I found the relationship between pure light and blob textures most compelling.

LIGHT STUDY COMPETITION

One’s life is the culmination of four types of forces: physical, social, cultural, and spiritual. Rarely are these interactions graceful. If these forces were to be generated into form, how would they push and pull, twist and turn, combine and separate?

Steve Jobs was an American innovator, a pioneer of integrative technological designs. His role in developing the iphone, imac, and other apple products has reshaped our means of communication and efficiency.

This was the question I asked myself when I designed my Autobiographical Stage Set. Reflecting on how these forces shape my experiences, I focused on creating cluttered, enveloping masses.

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STAGE SET

RETIREMENT TOWER: STEVE JOBS

I sought to honor his legacy by desigining a retirement tower that would have kindled his intellectual and creative spirit. Situated at the University of Virginia, the building follows a hollistic logic, combining spaces of teaching, research, and residence within a vanishing arch.

The birth of the automobile has led to the systematic shrinking of public space. Roads for cars have been prioritized over the pedestrian, making localized engagement difficult in some urban areas. Parking Day addresses this problem by reclaiming these spaces for public use. Fordham University’s architecture program contributed to this event by constructing a park made entirely from cardboard on West 6oth St and Columbus Avenue. This park viewed a play performed by the theatre department. Responsible for the dividing wall separating the park from the rest of the street, I was glad to contribute to the cause.

A library is an educational gateway. It is the living monument of a community’s memory, honoring the past and creating the future. Keeping this in mind while designing a library in the Bronx, I focused on the relationship between old and new forms. Brick blocks, which characterize much of the city’s built environment, are extruded and manipulated in various configurations. The walls and slabs, interspersed with vegitation, surround a community garden for farming. Monumentality was achieved with a grand entrance to the library. These elements were designed specifically to invigorate the library’s academic experience and to create a source of pride for the community.

PARKING DAY (2011)

URBAN LIBRARY

“Hippo Park” is situated on Riverside Drive between West 89th and 91st Street in Manhattan. It is part of the larger vertical network of Riverside Park, a long thin vertical strip of land on the borough’s west side. In desperate need of a new educational center which brings more attention to the environment, the proposed building is an extension of the topography.

This concept becomes a link from the classroom to the environment metaphorically and structurally, enriching the students’ imagination and environmental appreciation.

As baby boomers retire, more housing will be required for the elderly. In dense places such as Bushwick, Brooklyn, the population will only continue to climb. Elderly have risks unfelt by the rest of the population. Families are confronted with the choice of keeping their older member at home, where they can sit idle for hours without challanging activity to engage in, or putting them in a group home. Either their mental health suffers, or the family is kept from seeing their loved ones on a regular basis. Rather than design a senior center, I created a place where seniors can gather together after the rest of the family has left for the day. As a group, these individuals can contribute to each other’s well being and the community by acting as the stewards of urban farming. This sage center is a place where the elderly are reintegrated into the urban fabric in a meaningful, special way.

1 Solar / Wind Path 2 Perimeter Concept 3 Context Diagram 4 Emergency Routes 5 Vegitation Plan 6 Program Map 7 Urban Cooridor

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Individual Apartment Double Apartment Single Family Residence Two Family Residence

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Multipurpose Room

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Doctor’s Office

Emergency Station

Storage

Lavatories

Conference Room

Classroom

M u l t i p u r p o s e Lobby Room

SAGE CENTER

SELECTED DRAWINGS

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STAGE SET

One’s life is the culmination of four types of forces: physical, social, cultural, and spiritual. Rarely are these interactions graceful. If these forces were to be generated into form, how would they push and pull, twist and turn, combine and separate?

This was the question I asked myself when I designed my Autobiographical Stage Set. Reflecting on how these forces shape my experiences, I focused on creating cluttered, enveloping masses.

PARKING DAY

The birth of the automobile has led to the systematic shrinking of public space. Roads for cars have been prioritized over the pedestrian, making localized engagement difficult in some urban areas.

Parking Day addresses this problem by reclaiming these spaces for public use. Fordham University’s architecture program contributed to this event by constructing a park made entirely from cardboard on West 6oth St and Columbus Avenue. Responsible for the dividing wall separating the park from the rest of the street, I was glad to contribute to the cause.

ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER

Buildings are often praised for “going green” and incorporating sustainable features into their designs, but few are embodiments of natural phenomena. Situated on Riverside Drive between West 89th and 91st Street, the Environmental Learning Center at Hippo Park celebrates the natural topography of the site. Its integration into the landscape provides a pleasant learning space for students while reminding them of the importance of protecting such places.

Storage

Lavatories

Conference Room

Classroom

M u l t i p u r p o s e Lobby Room

LIGHT STUDY COMPETITION

The design possibilities offered by refracted light are substantial, especially when examining its interaction through different mediums.

I explored these concepts in the 2012 Illuminating Engineering Society Light Study Competition. I found the relationship between pure light and rough textures most compelling.

RETIREMENT TOWER: STEVE JOBS

Steve Jobs was an American innovator, a pioneer of integrative technological designs. His role in developing the iPhone, iMac, and other apple products has reshaped our means of communication and efficiency.

I sought to honor his legacy by designing a retirement tower that would have kindled his intellectual and creative spirit. Situated at the University of Virginia, the building follows a holistic logic, combining spaces of teaching, research, and residence within a vanishing arch.

URBAN LIBRARY URBAN LIBRARY

A library is an educational gateway. It is the living monument of a community’s memory, honoring the past and illuminating the future. While designing a library for the Bronx, I focused on the relationship between old and new forms. Brick blocks, which characterize much of the city’s built environment, are extruded and manipulated in various configurations. The walls and slabs, interspersed with vegetation, surround a courtyard which serves as a public garden. Monumentality was achieved with a grand entrance to the library. These elements were designed specifically to invigorate the library’s academic experience and to create a source of pride for the community.

SAGE CENTER

As baby boomers retire, more housing will be required for the elderly. In dense places such as Bushwick, Brooklyn, the population will only continue to climb. Elderly have risks unfelt by the rest of the population. Families are confronted with the choice of keeping their older member at home, where they can sit idle for hours without challenging activity to engage in, or putting them in a group home. Either their mental health suffers, or the family is kept from seeing their loved ones on a regular basis. Rather than design a senior center, I created a place where seniors can gather together after the rest of the family has left for the day. As a group, these individuals can contribute to each other’s well being and the community by acting as the stewards of urban farming. This sage center is a place where the elderly are reintegrated into the urban fabric in a meaningful, special way.

1 Solar / Wind Path 2 Vegetation Organization 3 Block Extension Concept 4 Program Map: Housing, Public Space, Farming 5 Combined Diagram 6 Urban Context: Direct Paths to Exterior Functions 7 Block Corridor: Potential New Entrance 8 Emergency Routes to Doctor’s Office 5

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Individual Apartment Double Apartment Single Family Residence Two Family Residence

Multipurpose Room

Classroom

Doctor’s Office

Emergency Station

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