Phase 2: Via 57 West (Rishi & Shruti)

Via 57 West Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) Location: Manhattan, New York City Year Completed: 2016 Client: The Durst Organization Size: 830995 sq.ft. Residential Units: 709 Units (34 floors) Description: VIA 57 West is the name of a residential building designed by the Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). The pyramid shaped tower block … Continue reading Phase 2: Via 57 West (Rishi & Shruti)

Phase 2: Habitat 67 Documentation (Ruth & Nataliya)

Habitat 67 Architect: Moshe Safdie Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Date Designed: 1961 Date Completed: 1967 Client/Owner: Canadian Corporation for the 1967 World Exhibition Size: 238,000 sq ft ( One- bedroom dwelling: 600 sq ft) (Four-bedroom house: 1,800 sq ft) (Module: 17 1/2' x 38 1/2' x 10 1/2') Number of Residential Units: 158 Description: Habitat 67 is made … Continue reading Phase 2: Habitat 67 Documentation (Ruth & Nataliya)

Phase 2: Assignment

Sharing Case Studies DEADLINES: 1/20/20 Monday, 6:00pm. RESEARCH and ANALYSIS. 1 blog post (per team) see details below1/22/20 Wednesday, 2:00pm. Model proposals, see details below1/29/20 Wednesday, 2:00pm. Review, more detail TBD Closely review the assignment posting and accompanying lecture on the studio site (always do this). Make sure you understand not just for the basic … Continue reading Phase 2: Assignment

Phase 1A: Andi Shen

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Phase 0: Zoey Kriethe

Hi, my name is Zoey Kriethe and I am from Las Vegas, Nevada. I decided to study architecture because I have always enjoyed art and liked the creative side of architecture. I am also interested in our effects on the environment and how to create new advances to create greener buildings. Other then architecture I enjoy … Continue reading Phase 0: Zoey Kriethe

Phase 1: Shruti Thakkar

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Phase 0: Shruti Thakkar

Hello, I'm Shruti Thakkar, I was born in Ahmedabad, India, but when I was 2 years old, I shifted to Dubai, U.A.E and have been living there until I came here to study Architecture. I choose this course mainly because math, science and art interests me, and Architecture was a great mix of those subjects … Continue reading Phase 0: Shruti Thakkar

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My name is Ruth Muniz and I was born and raised in Chicago. Architecture has always interested me, specifically how spaces can be manipulated and designed to look beautiful. Now that I am in school, my view of architecture is further developing and I am aware that architecture is more than aesthetics its also … Continue reading Phase 0

Phase 0: Michael Ocejo

I was born and raised in Miami Florida. Roughly since the age of 7, I wanted to go into the career of architecture. Call it cliche, but what first inspired me to study architecture as a kid were legos. As I grow up I've became more interested in the built environment which surrounded around me back home. … Continue reading Phase 0: Michael Ocejo

Phase 0: John Coats

I was born in a suburb of Indianapolis called Lawrence, Indiana. Architecture has always interested me but it wasn’t until I took an architecture and civil engineering class in high school that I began to look at it as a possible career path. I initially took the class for civil engineering but ended with architecture … Continue reading Phase 0: John Coats