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PORTFOLIORebecca Levy

Data Center, Johannesburg

Sharing House, Bushwick

Resume

Thesis, Petite Ceinture, Paris

Music Tower, Paris

StreetFest Competition - Storefront, New York

Teddy Cruz Workshop, ESA, Paris

Paul Virilio Workshop, ESA

Rethinking BIM - Revit

Renders - 3DS Max

Studio Fractale, Social Housings, Paris

Surf-House, Florianopolis, Brazil

Agence Search, Scenography, Paris

Studio Daniel Libeskind, L Tower, New York

CONTENT

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

ECOLE SPECIALE PARIS

COMPETITIONS

SOFTWARE

PROFESSIONAL

Experience

Rebecca Levy

Education

Competitions - Exhibitions - Awards

Skills

2011 - 2012 Studio Fractales, Paris, France Junior Architect Renovation of 108 Social Housing in Pierrefitte - Design Document Phase Renovation of 199 Housing - Gennevilliers - Construction Phase Construction of 40 Social Housings at Athis Mons - Extentions - Construction Document Set

2010 - 2011 Private Client - SurfHouse, Florianópolis, Brazil Project Architect Design and Construction of a two-story “ Surf house ”, 150m2/1.614 ft2

2010 - 2011 Studio Fractales, Paris, France Intern Architect Restoration of 427 Social Housing at Athis Mons - Design Documents Phase Construction of 40 Social Housing at Athis Mons - Extentions - Competition Renovation of 107 Social Housings in Paris - Competition

2011 Teaching Assistant of Matthieu Poitevin Architecture Core Studio II , Ecole Speciale, Paris

2009 Agence Search, Caroline Barat - Thomas Dubuisson, Paris Winter Intern Architect Moscow’s Biennale Scenography - Preparation of Information Panels and Artwork Labels Maison des Sciences de l’homme - Design Document Phase and Model Making

2008 Studio Daniel Libeskind, New York Summer Intern Architect Residential L Tower Project, Downtown Toronto - Model Maker

2013 Columbia University, Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design, NYC2011 Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture, Master of Architecture, Paris (Honors)2010 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Exchange Student Program, Jerusalem, Israel2006 Lycée Montaigne, Baccalaureate, Science Section, Physical Chemistery Specialization,Paris

Software: Revit . Autocad . Rhinoceros . 3DS Max . Grasshoper . GIS . Adobe CS6 Suite . Final Cut Language: French (mother tongue) . English (fluent) . Italian (good) . Spanish (notion) . Hebrew (notion)

2013 Streetfest Competition - Ideas City 2013 - Storefront2012 Best Thesis Award, ESA School, Paris2011 Exhibition “ Diagrams,” ESA, Paris - 2 Drawings Exhibited - Preparation of the Exhibition2009 Award Winner of Workshop Presided by Teddy Cruz, Gypsy Project, ESA, Paris2008 Award Winner of a Workshop Presided by Paul Virilio, Futuristic House, ESA, Paris2008 World Challenge W Competition, Willmote Agency, Paris2007 Award Winner of a Workshop Presided by Daniel Buren, Frame the City, ESA, Paris

Interests: Graphic Design - Music : Celo & Piano - Sketching - Modeling

Architect DESA (France)Columbia University, MSAAD [email protected] 917.553.5115

DATA CENTERJo’burgColumbia University, Fall 2012Critic : Mabel WilsonIn collaboration with Eirini Anthouli

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Johannesburg functions according to a variety of different urban elements that have contradictory origins. How-ever, these elements work together to create a single entity, the city. Based on this idea, the proposal follows the logic of the accumulation of archi-tectural spaces and design elements, combining a variety of scales.

The RecordHive is a data center that experiments with the music and sound of Jo’burg. As the city functions as fragmented elements, the building operates in the same manner.

One part of the building is dedicated to broadcasting music and the other part produces music. Moreover, the parts are dependant on each other.

Data Center

RecordHive

Jo’burg

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Ground Floor Plan

Data Center

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Auditorium Floor Plan

Jo’burg

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CIRCULATIONACCES BROADCASTING +CONCERT HALL

PIRATE RADIO

EXHIBITION SPACES

ARTISTS’ STUDIO

MULTI ACTIVITIES ROOMSSTUDIOS / INSTRUMENTS / LABS

OFFICES

GENERATOR

LIBRARY

JUKEROOM

EXHIBITION SPACES

CONCERT HALLAUDITORIUM

MEDIATHEQUE

Exploded Axonometric

Data Center

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Structural Elements

Columns Facad components

Nodes

Jo’burg

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RecordHive is not only a building but a new urban network, a series of architectural elements scattered throughout the city of Johannesburg. These kiosks have different purposes and scales.

The Trees are designed as street fur-niture. On the other hand, the Kiosks are mobile structure in constant movement.

All the music and sounds collected are documented in the hub and will be considered the heart of the Record-Hive.

Tree Kiosk

Collection of Trees

Kiosks and Trees

Data Recorders

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Record KioskStage Kiosk

Instrument Kiosk Head Kiosk

Jo’burg

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Data Center

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Jo’burg

SHARE HOUSEBrooklyn, BushwickColumbia University, Summer 2012Critic : Sam Chermayeff and Johanna Meyer-Grohbrügge

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20% International Immigrants

8.7% International Immigrants



57.51 Millions International Immigrants

in America


in Europe


in Asia


in Middle East

Traveling population

The world we are living is in constant transformation; shift in political, social, economical and new technolo-gies have a huge impact on the way people live. One re-cent geographical transformation has been the increase of traveling populations.Nowadays, it has become common for families to live between different cities. This observation is the result of different facts, economical issue, cities disorders and family visits.A new form of nomadism is taking place in our society where a smartphone has become more essential than home. This project addresses how a designer can create a new form of property which spans between different major cities.

Share House

20% International Immigrants





in America


in Europe


in Asia


in Middle East

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Bushwick

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As a consequence of this moving population, vacancy has become a real issue in major cities. It is difficult for a certain class of people to have access to ownership in cities where almost one third of the buidlings are empty.

How can a designer find a solution for this nomadic lifestyle and offer the possibility for people to buy a property at an affordable price?

Based on an hypothetical two years cycle, the project explores how 6 families can all live together in the same building, but not always at the same time. People’s different schedules overlap, to fit as many people as possible in one building and avoid any vacancy.

Vacancy

1. Permanent Residents Schedules2 Years Cycle

3. Booked HouseRegular Tenants + Other GypsHouseTenants

2. Available Spaces when the Regular Tenants are Away

Hostel Tenants AvailabilityAROUND 40 % OF VACANCY

Share House

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Rome London Dublin Sydney

AtheneTorontoTokyo

Rio de Janeiro

NYC NYC NYC NYC

xxx $/month xxx $/month xxx $/month xxx $/month xxx $/month xxx $/month

Share/Borrow Share/Borrow Share/Borrow Share/Borrow Share/Borrow Share/Borrow

RENT RENT RENT RENT RENT RENT

PROPERTY PROPERTY PROPERTY PROPERTY PROPERTY PROPERTY

SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SCHEDULE

Family 1> 3 kids> 88m2

Person 1> 30m2

> Willing to share

Person 2> 30m2

> Private bathroom

Couple 1> 46m2

> Private bathroom> Shared Kitchen

Couple 2> 46m2

> Willing to share

Work 1> 73 m2

> A lot of employees

NYC

Paris

Berlin

Tel Aviv

NYC

Bushwick

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Instead of sharing spaces, people will share own-ership. GypsyHouse gives the possibility to buy a small space in several cities.

Having a toilet in Berlin, a drawer in New York, and a shower in Paris becomes the new form of ownership. People are part of a community where they share with or without interacting.

Storages define the building. The individual is the only fixed element. From one storage to an-other, connections can be made through differ-ent organizations.

Share Time

Floor Plan in July Floor Plan in May

Building

Share House

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Scattered Storages

Bushwick

Buy a Storage

King Size Bed> 3.5 m2

Bathroom> 2.5 m2

Mix Kitchen/Bed> 6.8 m2

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A set of storages is designed and installed in each GyspHouse. They are the same in every city but may be organized differently depending on the individual’s need.

These removable elements, made of wood may contain 1 to 5 properties inside. Different func-tions can be found in these units that can open up and close down to create a new floor plan every time.

Share House

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Open Room> 3.3 m2

Kitchen> around 1.5m2

Mix Bathroom/Bed> around 5m2

Single Size Bed> 2 m2

Sofa> 1.5 m2

Regular Storage> around 1 m2

Bushwick

PETITE CEINTUREInterpreting the Abandoned Railway with SoundsParis, 19e ArrondissemntEcole Spéciale d’ArchitectureCritic : Lionel Lemire, Françoise QuardonThesis Project

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Abandoned Railway

Sound Analysis, Station du Bassin (2)

View on Station du Bassin (2)

1. Sentier de la Station

2. Bassin

3. Jaures

Frozen Music

This urban project is based on a 1,5 km small ring of abandoned railway in the 19e Arrondissement. I elaborated a process of composition based on ralationship between architecture and music.

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Paris

View on Sentier de la station (1)

View on Station Jaures (3)

Movement Analysis

Sound Analysis, Station Jaures, Hammam

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The sound process consists of getting away from the noisy city in order to discover a quite sound ambiance.

The design is inspired by the movement of the skaters, bicycles and people. New kinds of spaces are created and become a real music show instead of being prone to urban noises and movements.

Tell a Story

Abandoned Railway

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The Basin Station is not only a school or a skatepark, it is a real public place which everyone can enjoy.

Going to the spa means putting problems aside, and dedicating a few hours to the body. The visitor coming from the city to dive into an adventure through the sounds of water, light, steam and materiality.

Paris

Paris, MassénatEcole Spéciale d’ArchitectureCritic : Franck Salama In collaboration with Natacha Mankowski

MUSIC TOWER

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Music Tower

Can architecture be heard ?

Ampli-gramme is a tower dedicated to Music and Sounds in the Massenat district in Paris. Situated between the Massenat Boulevard and the Ring Road, the tower recreates the sounds of the city.

The tower provides a Philarmonic, a Museum, a Music Academy and a Experimental Laboratory.The main goal is to break the borders, to bring together multi-functional buildings with the evocative sound of music.

The programs are blended together into one place dedicated to music.

Compose a Space

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Paris

PROFESSIONAL- Studio Fractales- Surf-House, Brazil- Studio Daniel Libeskind- Agence Search

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This project is a restoration of two housings towers of 108 Housings. In order to fix the thermal performance, we added a new façade with a thermal insulation.

As a Junior architect, I drew the facade and prepared the Construction Document Set and consulted contrac-tors.

Restore a Building

Studio Fractales

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Junior Architect

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Reinterpret the Existing This restoration of 199 housings in 4 different buildings consists on an additional thermal façade, made of “Trespa” with an additional insula-tion. Furthermore, we restored all the 199 apartments to offer extra comfort.

As an assistant architect, I worked on the Construction Document Set and worked on the site to follow the con-struction. I assisted with the coordi-nation of meetings and schedules.

Studio Fractales

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Junior Architect

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Social Housings Competition, Parisian Suburbs, Athis Mons.Intern Architect

Renders and Facades Drawings

Studio Fractales

Intern Architect

Renders and Facades Drawings

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Detail Roof Component Junior Architect

Intern Architect

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This is a 150m2 Surf house realized in Flori-anópolis, Brazil for a private client.

Florianópolis has a climate of tropic with strong variations in day length and temperature with season, tropical temperature remains relatively constant throughout the year and seasonal varia-tions are dominated by precipitation.

The limits between inside and outside spaces are blurred. The interiors are made of a concrete structure and the outside spaces such as the terrace is made of a wood structure.

The idea is to maximize the space in the shade to protect the client and his family from the sun and from the rain.

Surf-House

House Conception

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Florianopolis, Brazil

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Agence Search, Moscow Bienalscenography

Development of the Art Pieces Locations & Organization of the Specification Sheets.

Model Builder

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Agence Search, Maison des sciences de l’homme

Model Making

Design Document Phase

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Involvement in the L Tower’s Models.

Tools : Lasing Cutter - 3D Print

Studio Daniel Libeskind

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Explanation for Clients - Connecting Bridge Design Drawings

B R A N C H A S S E M B L Y

- C U S T O M F O R M E D H O L L O W M E T A L T U B E F R A M I N G - P A T T E R N A S S H O W N , C O N T I N U O U S A R O U N D 4 S I D E S O F B R I D G E - P A I N T E D G L O S S W H I T E

G L A Z E D W A L L S

- F U L L H E I G H T S T R U C T U R A L S I L I C O N E G L A Z I N G - L O W - I R O N G L A S S - A N O D I Z E D A L U M I N U M F R A M I N G

O V E R H E A D G L A Z I N G

- S T R U C T U R A L S I L I C O N E G L A Z E D S K Y L I G H T S - F R I T T E D C L E A R G L A S S - A N O D I Z E D A L U M I N U M F R A M I N G `

B R A N C H A S S E M B L Y

- C U S T O M F O R M E D H O L L O W M E T A L T U B E F R A M I N G - P A T T E R N A S S H O W N , C O N T I N U O U S A R O U N D 4 S I D E S O F B R I D G E - P A I N T E D G L O S S W H I T E

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New York

COMPETITIIONS- Streetfest Competition, Storefront, NYC- Teddy Cruz, ESA- Paul Virilio, ESA

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StreetFest Competition Through the invariable grid of the city of New York, how would you make a festival?

The Agora is a place of congregation, of meeting and gathering, it was used by the Greeks as an open space pro-viding a central urban place.

A large perimeter of stand would take place, as a translucent screen between the market and the city, to protect and hold the dynamic center. The plastic skin as a shimmering interface, which allows people to see the activities of both sides: the city and the streetfest.

From the moment you enter the space, the urban atmosphere is enliv-ened.

Storefront

The frame plays the roles of «walls» of the structure. Vertical rods are under compression forces and the horizontal rods create tension between two verticals to create a frame.

The roof provides protection from wind and rain.

The diagonal are in charge of the stifness of the frame, and of the overall structure.

Forces

Various forces are a�ecting the structure such as compression, reaction, tension. Here are represented compression forces (balanced by the reaction of the �oor), due to the weight of the overall structure.

The frame

The roof

The diagonal

2” x 2” Right Angle Clamp

2” x 2” Swivel Clamp

Sca�olding tube endings

Heavy Duty Locking Casters with Span Pins

Connection of the tarp to the sca�olding structure

Reinforcement ring plier

Reinforcement ring

Construction tarp

Sca�olding tube

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Connections Structure

Variations

Dimensions

New York

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Gypsy CommunityThe Gyspy Community in Europe has become a problem over the years in bigger cities like Paris.

These “gens du voyage” keep living outside city borders, traveling from one city to another one. They have totally different life styles and tradi-tions. Considered as robbers, citizens don’t ac-cept them, which create a lot of tension around their campsite.

The In-Out Box is a cubic steel frame wrapped with local material in order to add room and outdoor spaces to the caravans where the fami-lies live. It is suited to the Gypsy way of life as it can be dismantled and used for different pur-poses (laundry, coffeeshop).

The project can’t reduce the tension around the political issue but offer extra comfort to this population without interfering with their custums.

Competitions

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TuesdayMarsBrutality

ThursdayJupiterZeus

FridayVenus

SaturdayRestDecrease

MondayMoon

WednesdayHermesTravel _ Movement

Chrono-HousePeople who used to once be sedentary come back to a nomadic life style. A new form of no-madism is been creating and becomes more and more important.

Chrono-House introduces speed and time as a tools to create spaces. Architecture has a rhythm and a tempo which people interact with.

Speed = Space / Time

Every part of the house has a dynamic by allow-ing every space to be defined by nomads and their environment.

Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture

RETHINKING BIM - REVITColumbia UniversityProfessors : Mark Green, John Lee In collaboration with Bia Lee & Sufa Pai

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Scale

www.rethinkingbim.wordpress.comRethinking BIM

Spring 2013 1/32" = 1'-0"

3/28/2013 4:50:57 PM

Elevations

Mark, John & brian

Accordeon 1/32" = 1'-0"1 South

1/32" = 1'-0"2 West

The project is inspired by the paper accordion. A modular element that is part of a whole structure varies in shape and size as it stretches out over the corner.

The Accordion façade is an outer shell infrastructure that covers up the existing building. The purpose of the façade is to work as a louver system to control light and air but also to pro-vide canopy effect for the street level as the structure extends outwards at the ground level.

Accordéon Facade

Rethinking Bim

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Spring 2013 1/8" = 1'-0"

3/28/2013 5:13:18 PM

Panels

Mark, John & brian

Accordeon

1/8" = 1'-0"1 Size Panels

2 Corner and structural elements3 Connection

20' -

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6' - 0" 9' - 0" 14' - 4 13/16" 16' - 9 19/32" 19' - 11 1/2"

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Spring 2013 1/8" = 1'-0"

3/28/2013 5:13:18 PM

Panels

Mark, John & brian

Accordeon



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Spring 2013 1/8" = 1'-0"

3/28/2013 5:13:18 PM

Panels

Mark, John & brian

Accordeon



GSAPP 2013

Software Used : Revit and 3DS Max

RENDERS

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Digital Craft, Josh Uhl GSAPP

Liege Train Station, Calatrava

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Technique of the Ultrareal, Marchmade

Farnsworth House

portfolio

Documents

social housings

construction document

lhomme design document

esa school

competition renovation

tower project

advanced architectural

graphic design music