My Portfolio

er ic george rodgers

archi tecture por t fo l io

work in progress

academic design

prana fazenda house

hostel 13: a youth hostel

hispanic cultural center

providence meeting hall and marketplace

chalk’s seaplane terminal

professional expericence

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pranafazenda

housecampos do jordao, sao paulo, brazil

fall 2011six week duration

rene gonzalez, faculty critic2012 Student Design Award Winner

The design for the Prana Fazenda House is a vacation residence intended for the resort town of Campos do Jordao, which is few hours’ drive from Sao Paulo, Brazil’s most populated metropolis. The area is known for is green mountains and its temperate weather. In the design I challenge the conventional make up of residential architecture by altering the traditions of residential layouts and integrating a contemporary edifice in to a dramatic landscape.

VERTIGO ZOOM is a camera technique which alters camera lense field of view(fov) and zoom to undermine normal visual perception. The public wing of the home is skewed to alter visitors perception

of the surrounding landscape.

DISTANCE=WIDTH

2tan(1/2 FOV)∆ FOV

“break” as covered patio

opposite: public wing

master bedroom view

opposite: opening diagram and private wing hall

hostel 13:

a youth hostel

miami beach, florida, usafall 2009

twelve week durationroberto behar, faculty critic

Hostel 13 is a unique hospitality concept where the design problem requires an inventive solution geared toward young people. Located in the internationally famous South Beach, the design rearranges historic qualities of art deco architecture to create a contemporary hostel which fit within a historic, yet modern district. The guiding concept was propelled by Miami Beach’s past as a coconut grove by alluding and deconstructing proper palm grove formations. The building is a stylistic compendium of art deco and emulates precedent urban conditions and fits within the character of Miami Beach.

col l ins avenue

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1 outdoor cafe 2 cafe 3 office space 4 lobby 5 circulation tower6 utilities and maintenance 7 storage 8 retail 9 courtyard

ground floor plan

Victor Hotelwas designed in 1937 by

L. Murray Dixon on a similar urban corner

condition

retail is split to create larger public space

additional circulaton tower & semi-public

observation deck

coverd outdoor cafe serves as transitional

“front porch”

addition of palms acts as ruins of past Miami Beach groves

collins drive

13th street

ocean drive

11th street

movement of main entrance activates

courtyard and barriers activates urban streets

observation deck

& circulation tower

roof deck

lodging

pool deck

retail

outdoor cafe

A levels 3 and 6 B levels 4,7,and 9 C levels 5 and 8

321design concept

guest room type B

steel reinforcing

structural glass blocks

cast-in-place concrete

hammock room

hispanicculturalcenter

washington heights, new york, new york, usafall 2011

six week durationsara caples, faculty critic

The new Hispanic Cultural Center is a contemporary addition to the Audubon Terrace Historic District. The challenge of this project was to provide a cultural space which was au courant, related to the existing Beaux Arts complex, and alludes to the Hispanic cultural diaspora. The design is a synthesized interpretation of an Afro-Latin architectural typology. The concept is drawn from the complex and varied heritage of the New York Hispanic.

broadway e levat ion

cl imate responsive s lope

re interpreat ion of t ransiont ional entry

cl imate responsive glazing

reconfiguring the shotgun typology

typical shotgun house

west 156 st reet e levat ion

cour tyard e levat ion centra l l ib rary

W E S T 1 5 6 S T R E E T

st reet leve l

leve l 2 leve l 4

basement level leve l 3

longi tudina l sect ion

cross sect ion

opposite:clockwise from top left, courtyard; street entrance from subway; main multipurpose space

providencemeeting hall

&marketplace

providence, rhode islandfall 2009

six week durationjoseph middlebrooks, faculty critic

This bold design for Downtown Providence was derived from the meeting of the Moshassuck, Woonasquatucket, and Providence Rivers. The dramatic geography, just blocks from the site, provided inspiration for a new tectonic form which then became architecture. This project was an effort to emulate natural forms with concrete and steel, in a fashion which adheres to the context of the urban surrounding which provides a civic center for Providence. The design addresses several complex challenges in combine drastically different program in a specific site.

01iconographicgeography

02iconographic

03iconographic

04iconographic

structure

05iconographicarchitecture

design concept

clockwise from top:second floor hall overlooking outdoor market; second floor

lobby; meeting hall

citygreyvehicular

MEETING HALL

OFFICES

MARKETMARKET

parkgreen

pedestrian

chalk’s seaplane

terminalwatson island, miami, florida

spring 2010twelve week duration

david trauttman, faculty critic

The design of the Chalks Seaplane Terminal is intended to be an iconic gesture in the center of Miami. The project is on Watson Island, near the center of downtown and directly across the busiest cruise port in the world. The design renders flight and movement in three dimensions and offers a new passenger terminal typology as a civic landmark. In this project the conventions of terminal design have been uprooted to where aircrafts becomes the focus of a sinuous structure.

configuration development

typical airport layout

g o v e r n m e n t c u t

Ground Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

GroundedIn-Flight Xprocess concept

first level departures

deep pile foundation

monolithic beam foundation

insulated aluminum cladding

three-dimensional space framed trussed

Architecture In-Flight

GroundedArchitecture X

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