alexis kaloyanides 2012 portfolio
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The Work of Alexis Kaloyanides © 2009 – 2012TRANSCRIPT
The Work of Alexis Kaloyanides
© 2009 – 2012
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Graduate Thesis: L.I.C. Cohousing
Studio & Competition Projects: PrattStoreTwo Bridges LibraryVitra Design Museum Pilot PointKBH ChairDanish Modern Environment
Professional Projects: Callidus Guild
Thesis Statement: L.I.C. Cohousing
Despite having a population of over eight million people, New York City can be an isolating place to live. Most of us literally live on top of each other, yet not too many of us really know our neighbors, beyond the obligatory greetings in the stairwells.
Now imagine your apartment building as a neighborhood, where you frequently eat meals with the downstairs neighbors and even trust them enough to leave your three-year-old with them for a couple of hours. My thesis aims to build and foster a spirit of cooperation amongst neighbors through the development of an urban cohousing community.
Cohousing is a type of intentional community that originated in Denmark in the 1960s. These communities are composed of private homes with full kitchens, supplemented by extensive common facilities, including a shared kitchen. Cohousing residents are consciously committed to creating and living in a community. Members cook and enjoy meals together in the shared kitchen at least once or twice per week. Shared childcare and social activities, as well as shared governance all foster a sense of community and cooperation. An effort is made to hear all voices in the community, and major decisions are made only with the consensus of all members.
The cohousing movement in the United States has been gaining momentum since it arrived here from Denmark the 1980s, with more than 100 communities spread across the country. However, cohousing has been slower to catch on in urban areas like New York City. In describing the city’s first proposed cohousing project, Brooklyn Cohousing, Robert Sullivan of the New York Times writes,
“It is a fundamentally different way of living from other domestic arrangements now available to New Yorkers – one that speaks to people who want to own an apartment but not feel shut off by it, lost in an impersonal city.”
Adviser Myonggi Sul
Project Date 2010 – 2011
Duration 9 months
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48th Ave
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Borden Ave
47th Rd
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Borden Ave
51st Ave
45th Rd
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Court Sq
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7 Train
E Train
G Train
M Train
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LIRR
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Site - 21-00 49th Avenue
Water Taxi Beach
Gantry State Park
P.S. 78
Duane Reade
Cafe Henri
Brasil Coffee House
Chocolate Factory Theater
Communitea
MoMA P.S. 1
BrickHouse Ceramic Art Center
Dorsky Gallery
Community Environmental Center
Silvercup Studios
CitiCorp Building
5 Pointz Aerosol Arts Center
Fresh Direct, Inc.
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BEDLIVING
ROOMBATH
KITCH
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POD
BEDLIVING
ROOMBATH
KITCH
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POD
BEDLIVING
ROOMBATH
KITCH
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POD
BED
BEDBATH
POD
BEDBATH
POD
BEDLIVING
ROOMBATH
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BEDLIVING
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POD
BEDLIVING
ROOMBATH
KITCH
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BED
BEDBATH
POD
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BEDLIVING
ROOMBATH
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BED
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SECTION 1 Bedroom UnitApprox. 450 Sq Ft
SECTION 2 Bedroom UnitApprox. 675 Sq Ft
SECTION 3 Bedroom UnitApprox. 900 Sq Ft
PLAN 1 Bedroom Unit PLAN 2 Bedroom Unit PLAN 3 Bedroom Unit
Inspiration: Soma Puzzle Configurations
Residential Unit Models
Residential Units Concept
Site 21-00 49th Ave., L.I.C., Queens Site Map
L.I.C. Cohousing
The development of this urban cohousing community aims to build and foster a spirit of cooperation amongst neighbors. Cohousing is a type of intentional community that originated in Denmark in the 1960s. These communities are composed of private homes with full kitchens, supplemented by extensive common facilities, including a shared kitchen, community lounge, children’s center, and fitness center. Cohousing residents are consciously committed to creating and living in a community. I have chosen to establish L.I.C. Cohousing at an existing site in Hunter’s Point, a triangular structure built in 1916. The building’s shape provided many unique design challenges and opportunities.
Entry Circulation Model
49 th Ave
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Elevator/Stair Core
Common House
Cohousing Community
Commercial/Retail
Open Atrium
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YOGASTUDIO
WORKSHOP
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CHILDREN’SCENTER
(PRE)TEEN’SCENTER
Plan Level 3
Plan Level 4
Plan Level 4 Detail: Children’s Center
Plan Level 3 Detail: Fitness & Workshop
Perspective Yoga Studio
Perspective Children’s Center
Furniture & Finishes
Furniture & Finishes
Plan Level 5
Plan Level 6
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LOUNGE
GAMEROOM
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KITCHENDINING
PANTRY
STORAGE
Plan Level 6 Detail: Community Kitchen
Plan Level 5 Detail: Community Lounge
Perspective Community Lounge
Perspective Community Kitchen
Furniture & Finishes
Furniture & Finishes
Studio & Competition Projects
The following studio projects are a representation of my academic work at the Pratt Institute. In the case these projects, the programs were assigned by faculty, but left open to interpretation. Both digital and hand rendering techniques were employed, and a wide array of computer software was used in each these projects.
Pilot Point was a collaborative project for the Urban Land Institute’s annual urban planning competition. I worked with a team of Pratt and Hunter College students from a variety of design disciplines.
A love of Scandinavian design and furniture brought me to Denmark in 2009, where I had the opportunity to design and build a custom chair prototype. This piece served as an inspiration in the final project of a 3D Studio Max course at Pratt.
GRAPHIC ARTS
FINE ARTS FASHION & FIBER ARTS
INDUSTRIAL & SCULPTURE ARTS
SALES
INFORMATION
ENTRY
COPY & PRINT CENTER
MECHANICAL COPY / MAIL ROOM
MANAGER OFFICE
ACCT. OFFICE
SHIPPING & RECEIVING
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CAFE
BOOKS & PERIODICALS
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Adviser Tarek Ashkar
Project Date 2010
Duration 6 weeks
PrattStore
The PrattStore is in serious need of a redesign. One of the biggest problems in the store is wayfinding and lack of organization. Inspired by the Pantone color system and the geometry of the Golden Section, the new PrattStore utilizes color-coded display pods which organize the various departments of the store. In addition to organizing the layout of the store, these display pods also provide a more intimate shopping experience.
Plan Mezzanine Level
Plan Ground Level
Section A
Section B
Axonometric Display Pods
Inspiration
Adviser Jennifer Hanlin
Project Date 2009
Duration 4 weeks
Vitra Design Museum
Vitra has proposed opening an auxiliary museum in New York City. For this project, I was asked to design the museum’s lobby and a feature exhibition showcasing the work of Shiro Kuramata. One requirement of the project was to design a signature stair to be used within the exhibit.
Inspired by Kuramata’s use of translucent materials and allusions to surrealism and daydreams, I decided to design a signature ramp which allows the user to effortlessly “float” through the exhibition. The ramp serves not only as circulation, but also houses the informational portion of the exhibition. In addition, by utilizing a ramp over stairs, all of the population gets to experience the exhibition in the same way. Extra real estate is created by the underside of the ramp, and used as an exhibition workshop.
I don’t have proof that there is a world of nothingness, but nothingness rules over everything.
If I knew how to express myself in words, why would I have to design things?
When I look back on the work I’ve done, it seems I’ve been trying to replace light with shadow.
For me, drawers are not containers but an anticipation of what’s inside.
Plan Mezzanine LevelPlan Ground Level
Signature RampInspiration
shiroKURAMATA
Section A
Section B
Section C
Adviser Myonggi Sul
Project Date 2009
Duration 3.5 weeks
PLAN Basement
Plans
PLAN Second Level
PLAN Second Level Mezzanine PLAN Third Level PLAN Fourth Level & Roof
PLAN Ground Level
Two Bridges Community Library
A community organization from a residential neighborhood in the Lower East Side has proposed turning a former bath house into a community library with a cafe and small auditorium. The library should be a modest building with a minimum impact on its surroundings, must be fully accessible by all, make maximum use of the adjacent garden areas, and adhere to strong sustainable and cultural integration. Funds are limited so budget restrictions must be taken into account.
Inspired by 19th Century European arcades, the Two Bridges Community Library features a full height arcade which allows sunlight throughout the space. Enclosed glass stairways provide circulation and serve as a beacon to the surrounding neighborhood.
CAFE
CAFE
KITCHENBOILERROOM
OUTDOORCAFE
OUTDOORSEATING
OUTDOORSEATING
PERFORMANCESPACE
EXHIBITSPACE
EXHIBITSPACE
EXHIBITSPACE
ENTRY
CIRCULATIONDESK
PERIODICALSMEDIABAYS
REFERENCECOMPUTERS
OFFICE OFFICE
COMPUTERLAB
OUTDOORSEATING
OUTDOORSEATING
CHILDREN’SSTAIRS
STACKS
READINGROOM
STACKS
STUDYCARRELS
STUDYCARRELS
STUDYCARRELS
STUDYCARRELS
BOOKWORKSHOP
CLASSROOM
STACKS STACKS
STUDYCARRELS
STUDYCARRELS
STUDYCARRELS
STUDYCARRELS
STACKS
CHILDREN’SACTIVITY
ROOM
CHILDREN’SSTACKS
CHILDREN’SREADING
AREA
HOME-WORKBAYS
CLASSROOM CLASSROOM
CHILDREN’SSTAIRS
SEMINARROOM
GREENROOF
GREENROOF
ROOFTOPSEATING
CHILDREN’SPICNICAREA
CHILDREN’SSTAIRS
STORAGE
SECTION A
SECTION B
Community Library
Proposed Site: former LaGuardia Bathhouse
Location: 238 Madison St (formerly facing Monroe St)
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
Square Footage: approx 18,300 ft²
Built: 1909
The LaGuardia Bathhouse is currently surrounded by the 1,100-apartment LaGuardia Houses NYC Housing Authority complex that was completed in 1957. This complex is just to the East of the Manhattan bridge and South of East Broadway. The building of the housing complex resulted in the demolition of the surrounding tenements and street grid, removing Monroe Street from the map and isolating this building. The complex is bounded by the current Rutgers, Madison, Clinton and Cherry streets. The building is abandoned and was bricked in during the mid 1970's financial crisis.
area 1 area 2
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Phase 1
• Mixed-use residential, retail, and offices• Public plaza and park expansion• Amazon Kindle Center• Arts/performance center• Green transit center
Adviser William Mangold
Project Date 2011
Duration 2 weeks
Design TeamDan CompitelloSean ConwayJim DiegoAlexis KaloyanidesLiz Waytkus
Pilot Point
Pilot Point is an urban planning proposal for the City of Seattle. This proposal has been submitted to the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Urban Design Competition.
As an emerging crossroad of four neighborhoods and the Greater Seattle Region, the Pilot Point neighborhood plan embraces principals of rich diversity and potential transit oriented growth by anchoring 3.4 Million square feet of a purposeful mix of residential, commercial, office, community, institutional and retail space. The plan provides strong tools and assets to assist residents in planning the Rainier Valley and South Seattle. Well connected developments made possible by the new Mount Baker light rail station are maximized. A pivotal and significant amount of housing is community land trusted, stabilizing home prices and creating affordable housing. With a focus on complementary pedestrian, bicycle, and open space strategies, the plan works to improve health, reduce car dependency, increase Link light rail usage, and allows the neighborhood to become a self-supporting livable area.
The following are the key objectives of Pilot Point:
1 Contextually enhance and apply Seattle’s Hub Urban Village guidelines2 Facilitate future planning of Southeast Seattle from area3 Establish Pilot Point as a healthy, self supporting, livable area4 Anchor Pilot Point as exemplary hub of Southeast Seattle area5 Live, Work, Learn in the Rainier Valley
Site Map
Phase 2
Primary Residential Node
• Mixed-use area with residential, retail, office and underground parking spaces• 589 housing units • Current retailers are retained onsite in updated spaces• New public plaza and park expansion adds 70,000 sq. ft. of active open space
Pilot Point Town Center
• Historic Sick’s Stadium site transformed into 207,000 sq. ft. public plaza• 469 units of townhouse and condo housing• Build and fund a non-profit Community Association incubator• The Amazon Kindle Center
Community Arts Center
• Modern entertainment complex: ∙ Pilot Park Cinema and community arts/performance space ∙ Collaborative partnership with Artspace Projects Inc, and Artspace residents• Pilot Point Arcade: ∙ Destination shopping area with storefronts that open onto 52,000 sq. ft. public plaza facing rail station• 79 housing units, 28% affordable• New local post office
The Sustainable Station
• Partner with Artspace for open space art installations• 88 housing units - 62% affordable• 55,000 sq. ft. small business incubator • 12,500 sq. ft. Seattle Police sub-station• Green Transit Center• 55,000 sq. ft. open space with retail and restaurants• Pedestrian/bike flow from station to Olmsted-Cheasty Parks connection
Area 1 Area 2
Area 4Area 3
• Pilot Point Arcade and public plaza• Townhouse and condo housing• New local post office• Pilot Point Cinema• Further greenway and park expansion
KBH Chair
I studied the art of furniture design in Scandinavia during the summer of 2009. The process included conceptual development, refinement of the concept, production of 1:1 scale working drawings, and building of a full scale prototype.
Danish Modern Environment
Using my KBH Chair prototype as an inspiration, I created a Danish living room environment with 3D Studio Max. Employed modelling, texture mapping, and lighting in this project.
Professional Projects
The next several projects are a sampling of my work at Callidus Guild, a small art for architecture studio in Brooklyn, New York. In my role as Design Assistant, I have designed and developed vector graphics for murals, pattern repeats for our line of hand-painted wallpapers, and dozens of renderings for our designers and clients. In addition, I have been able to utilize my graphic design skills, as seen in Callidus Guild’s marketing collateral.
Pattern Design & Development
Often, clients will come to our studio with an idea, but no visuals. To help them through the design process, I create mockups of our surfaces in various interior settings. In some cases, a new product is developed altogether, as is the case for this custom Palm Frond wallpaper. While Callidus Guild has a collection of standards, we often develop custom one-of-a-kind surfaces and wallcoverings. This mockup was drawn in Illustrator and will be cut into a stencil to create a new wallpaper for a Hemingway-inspired home library.
In collaboration with Callidus Guild’s Creative Director, I have developed several wallpaper designs, including Mosaic and the new Sacred Geometries line. Using Adobe Illustrator, I will develop pattern repeats which are later cut into stencils to be used by our artisans.
Mosaic Wallpaper Private New York Residence
Sacred Geometries New Line of Wallcoverings
Tiffany & Co.
Despite being a global brand, Tiffany & Co. has long rooted ties to New York City. Callidus Guild created custom murals on panels for several Tiffany & Co. boutiques in Europe and Asia, featuring the iconic Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline Before we completed the final pieces for Tiffany & Co., I created a series of mockups showing the client several different options for base painting and metal leaf options.
Renderings Fine Jewelry Salon
Inspired by Louis Comfort Tiffany’s original magnolia stained glass, Callidus Guild developed a custom magnolia mural on panel for several Tiffany & Co. Fine Jewelry Salons in North America. I created a series of vector drawings that developed over time to become the pattern for the installation seen below. The smaller images show the progression of the magnolia development.
Development Magnolia Panels
Alexis [email protected]