S T E V E N C A R L S O N sjcarlso@syr.edu / 3151 County Road 40 Bloomfield New York 14469 / 585 732 3926

Architectural Design PortfolioSyracuse University

School of ArchitectureBachelor of Architecture Canditate

Class of 2017

Blomquist Architects, MichiganBernard Tschumi Architects, New York

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I am a student diversely interested within and without the field of Architecture: including architectural theory, history, sustainability, preservation, photography, drawing, tennis, piano, cooking shows, and horseback riding.

Through professional experience, coursework, and personal research, I have honed a diverse skill set ranging from surveying to animation. I am a student in the Renée Crown University Honors Program, and have served as a teaching assistant within it. I am an honored recipient of the Revels and Cutler Scholarships to support off campus study in Florence, Italy and in New York City. Additionally, I was awarded a Founders Scholarship, and in 2012 won a Maxwell School of Citizenship Conference Scholarship for work in strategic reuse of vacant rural land.

< ‘Flamenco on Westcott’ film photography 2013

S T E V E N C A R L S O N sjcarlso@syr.edu / 3151 County Road 40 Bloomfield New York 14469 / 585 732 3926

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B O A T H O U S E L A K E H O U S E>Single-Family Home on Skaneateles Lake, NY, Fall 2012

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A modestly sized home with monumental presence uses intersecting planes and rotation as key drivers for capturing views, creating compelling spaces, and sheltering occupants.

This early design project was executed using analog techniques, which have proved essential to the development of my design sensibilities. Lessons learned at the drafting table and in the model shop have positively affected my more recent work.

<^ model 1/8 scale from lake>^ plans, ground and roof< model 1/8 scale entry detail

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S T A T I O N S E V E N>Fire Station on Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY, Fall 2013

A new Syracuse University Fire Hall with embedded educational space acts as a bridge between city and campus.

This project leveraged plan rotation and transparency to mediate circulation paths, views, and program demands. This project sparked an ongoing and earnest interest in sustainable design strategies. It was further developed as part of a course on building systems, resulting in the fully developed roof assembly section seen above.

<^ model detail 1/8 scale>^ roof assembly section: north east corner< model 1/8 scale showing fire tower, bridge, support space and apparatus bay

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B A I O H O T E R U>Botique Hotel at Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo, Fall 2014

“Baio Hoteru” is the product of an intensive studio focused on hyper-urban contexts, and forward-thinking, embedded sustainable systems.

Complex program requirements, a small footprint, chaotic context and environmental concerns required constant innovation with this project. The facade system houses an algae growing system which helps to locally offset CO2 concentrations. This fledgling system was investigated comprehensively and deployed to optimize both the hotel programs and the efficiency of the algae system, in a mutually beneficial way. At night, the algae bioluminesces as a strong biologic counterpoint to the energy-intensive, hedonistic media-saturated context.

<^ model 1/32 scale with facade animation projection, in context>^ exploded systems axonometric< street perspective from Shibuya Crossing

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M A S S E R O S I O N>Tourist Hub at Circus Maximus, Rome, Spring 2015: Syracuse International Studio, Florence

“Mass Erosion” is the fruit of four months of study in Florence, Italy: A dense, rich exploration of architecture from ancient Greek to Italian modernism both in the studio and in the field.

Lessons learned by sketching on site were applied in the studio, where new representational strategies and urban design methods were investigated. The project combines many programs and high square footage requirements without overpowering the delicate, 8th century Basilica of Saint Mary in Cosmedin which shares this site. A series of void spaces interconnect and stitch a path from the city, its monuments and the river Tiber below the site and the vast Circus Maximus above.

<^ model 1:1500 scale>^ axonometric in context< interior collage perspective of central cloister

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L I V E O N I A>Mixed-use Affordable Housing, East New York, NY, Fall 2015: Urban Studio NYC

“Liv(e)onia” was part of a semester-long investigation that tied together a course on real estate development and finances, an urban design seminar, and a studio course focusing on affordable housing.

As a result, the project is not only developed internally, but has a social mission, improves the condition of the street, and is fully-resolved financially, from funding through operations. This project (a collaboration with Bowen Zheng) leverages prefabrication in the form of functional cores dubbed ‘Super Furniture’ to elevate the traditional affordable unit for extremely low-income people. This strategy was also explored for use in temporary housing, transitional housing, or emergency housing.

<^ model 1/16 scale>^ conceptual drawing: residence as flexible enclosure and standardized core< street perspective from Livonia Avenue, at the intersection of the L and 3 trains

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B L O M Q U I S T A R C H I T E C T S>Iron Mountain, Michigan, Summer 2015

In 2015, I was given the distinct pleasure of working at a unique family practice where I was exposed to many different types of Architecture: from high-end residential, to institutional work, to adaptive reuse.

Working alongside a talented and experienced team of designers, I learned much about not only the contemporary practice of Architecture, but also about its development over the last decades. I worked both autonomously and in close conjunction with my coworkers, generated construction documents, renderings, modeled digitally, and surveyed (among other functions). <^ rendering: ‘Gateway City’ Restoration Project: 1920s garage to modern beer garden>^ plan: Bay College Iron Mountain Academic Success Center Renovation< rendering: Bay College Escanaba Math Sciences Center Renovation

(All work executed personally and is the property of Blomquist Architects, Iron Mountain, Michigan)

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B E R N A R D T S C H U M I A R C H I T E C T S>New York City, New York, Fall 2015

At Bernard Tschumi Architects, I took sole charge of the model shop for four months, as part of a team working on a million square foot competition project for a new research facility outisde Paris. I completed many types of models (from quick massing studies, to presentation models). In an office that highly values model-making as a means of design development and self-checking, I was required to work efficiently, accurately, and expediciously in close tandem with the rest of the team. I participated actively in group discussions, and also worked alongside curators for an exhibition in China.

<^ presentation model: 1:500 scale>^ schematic model for lighting and circulation studies: 1:200 scale< massing models testing light well variations: 1:1000 scale

(All work executed personally and is the property of Bernard Tschumi Architects, New York City)

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S E L E C T E D M O D E L S>Varied scales and materials, from analog to digital, process and final

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S E L E C T E D A N A L Y T I C A L S K E T C H E S>Drawn on-site, from semester of study in Italy

T H A N K Y O U , Y O U ’ R E T H E B E S T !>Seriously, thank you so much for taking time to consider this portfolio, I greatly appreciate it.