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jeff zbikowski, 2011J E F F Z B I K O W S K IU n i v e r s i t y o f S o u t h e r n C a l i f o r n i a C a n d i d a t e f o r M a s t e r s o f A r c h i t e c t u r e

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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Project, Los Angeles, California -006- University of Southern California, Fall 2011

2 MacArthur Park Housing Project, Los Angeles, California -012- University of Southern California, Spring 2011

3 Hoover and Adams Charter School, Los Angeles, California -020- University of Southern California, Fall 2011

4 Eco-Friendly Hotel, Bamako, Mali -026- Washington University in St. Louis, Spring 2010

5 Soap Bottle Project -028- Washington University in St. Louis, Spring 2009

6 Tower Grove Multi-use Project, St. Louis, Missouri -030- Washington University in St. Louis, Spring 2009

7 Carondelet Park Community Pool Project, St. Louis Missouri -032- Washington University in St. Louis, Fall 2008

8 Cherokee Boulevard Shoe Store Project, St. Louis Missouri -036- Washington University in St.t Louis, Spring 2008

9 Miscellaneous Projects and Photography -038-

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jeff zbikowski, 2011vignette structural section perspective

Los AngeLes MeMoriAL CoLiseuM

Los Angeles, CaliforniaArch 605b, Professors Greg Otto, Dan MeisUniversity of Southern California, Fall 2011

The most intriguing and significant issue involved with Exposition Parkas a site is a major problem of circulation. The existing conditions are circuitous and planned de facto, leading to a gen-eral confusion. A better design of the site will better facilitate and organize movements on several lev-els, both pedagogical and physical. This proposal employs an elevated circu-lation network that blurs the distinction between landscape and stadia. An elevated pedestrian and recreational circulation network provides nesting of program (primarily parking) underneath in order to further add density to the site. Additionally it re-moves unsightly dross and allows for much need-ed parkland and program. The blurred distinction between greenery and stadia is an intriguing idea because it creates a new typology that would al-low a stadium to be redefined in order to respond to changing user demands and human interaction. In other words it creates diversity and allows the owner to program the stadium when it is inactive as sports venue.

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vignette aerial perspective from south

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jeff zbikowski, 2011 plan site strategies

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jeff zbikowski, 2011vignette south entry atrium

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vignette stadium bowl from peristyle

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jeff zbikowski, 2011vignette site section

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diagram_seating bowl diagram_upper concourse diagram_suite concourse

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vignette suite

diagram_loge concourse diagram_club concourse diagram_lower concourse

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MACArthur PArk housing ProjeCt

Los Angeles, CaliforniaArch 505b, Professor Andrew LiangUniversity of Southern California, Spring 2011

The MacArthur Park Metro Transit Authority stop is a proposed site for a mixed-use development and subsidized housing project. The primary condition is the through-block condition which categorizes the site as a transitional typology. The design embraces this condition, creating two cen-tral courtyards, one for the purpose as a destination point; employing pro-grams that encourgae congregation and relaxation. The second becomes a thoroughfare that incorportates ‘passer-by’ program to attract a casual visitor as they are on their way to-and-from. Furthermore, the design’s intention is to draw in people from Al-varado Street, a high activity street, especially at night. Alvarado’s street culture affords no gathering or destination places. The plaza level of an MTA stop is a perfect place to engage as a community enhancing tool and residential epicenter for the Westlake neighborhood.

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jeff zbikowski, 2011 diagram urban context

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jeff zbikowski, 2011plan public realm

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jeff zbikowski, 2011vignette courtyard

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projected plan plaza level projected plan housing level

hoover And AdAMs ChArter sChooL

Los Angeles, CaliforniaArch 505a, Professor Andrew AtwoodUniversity of Southern California, Fall 2010 The Hoover and Adams Charter School is a polite addition to the University Park neighborhood. Employing soft curves and view corridors, the design welcomes students and the community alike within the site. The project is sunken nearly a full floor below grade in order to provide a means of containment and fluidity along the Hoover and Adams thorough-fares, and through this it develops an intricate system of vertical circulation to direct occupants between the entry and ground levels. Furthermore, a central atrium acts as a primary gathering space and circulatory de-vice connecting views within the project and also to the exterior. A shad-ing system is employed to direct entry and inform decisions of clerestory apertures on the second levels while also forming handrail conditions. A green and habitable roof also allows for extra programmable space to ac-company the four separate playgrounds contained on grade and provide views down Adams and Hoover respectively. Entry into the school occurs midway along the south side of the site from Adams. Visitors cross a bridge that splits in two segments and pass above a playground on the floor below. Across the bridge, the visi-tors pass through an open air control and security area before proceeding through to the interior courtyard. From inside the courtyard, corridors frame views of the exterior. The courtyard also acts as a giant light well, providing daylighting for the classrooms and ancillary spaces on the ground level. On the roof level, accessible via a courtyard staircase, three angular pro-jections interrupt the green roof surface. These projections create clere-story conditions for the entry level below, allowing natural light to enter the library, and four separate classrooms. On the ground level you can find the more public spaces that can require spill-out or exterior programmable space. These spaces include a large multipurpose room (complete with stage and seating), an adjacent cafeteria and eating space (accompanied by a northern facing skylight to allow the entry of indirect sunlight), several accessory spaces (art, music, theatre, etc), and a daycare space (it also doubles as a community clinic). The design is organized to support existing networks and provide a meaningful environment for learning and community development while retaining and propagating safety for children and adults alike. Further-more, the intent was to establish an unassuming attitude and contributing aesthetic to the already eclectic University Park neighborhood.

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vignette lower courtyard

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BAMAko eCo-FriendLy hoteL

Bamako, MaliArchitecture 412, Professor Zeuler LimaWashington University in St. Louis, Spring 2010

The banks of the Niger river in Bamako, Mali is the home to a new eco-friendly hotel. Accommodating the needs of the client, the design in-corporates a variety of room types to afford flexibility in room costs. Another component is the set of hostel type rooms to be more appealing to the younger and more thrifty populations. A backwater flows next to the site, calling for a cleaning and redesign of the banks in order to eradicate its cur-rent use as a depository of refuse and and human waste. Inside the hotel, a set of gardens acts as morning and afternoon gathering spots to be shaded from the extreme temperatures experienced in Bamako. The integration of a louver system and vegetation allows the back hallway (shown below in the left-most rendering) to be shaded and filtered of light.

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Method soAP BottLe

Arch 412, Professor Jessica SenneWashington University in St. Louis, Spring 2009

This project served as an introduction to digi-tal representation and fabrication. It involved the study of an object, its replication in a digital format (both two and three dimensional) as well as the physical repli-cation and anstraction. The rendering to the far right shows the conceptual recreation of the bottle and the photographs show its physical realization.Model is plexiglass

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tower grove Mixed-use ProjeCt

St. Louis, MissouriArchitecture 412, Professor Iain FraserWashington University in St. Louis, Spring 2009

Tower Grove, once a vibrant neighborhood of St. Louis is now mostly an unkempt and abandoned area. It once was a cultural home to the St. Louis music scene, very popular duing the 1950s and 1960s. This mixed use housing project was implemented as an incremental architec-tural revitalization. This particular project embraces the musical heritage of St. Louis, bringing back jazz bars and incorporating a small boutique theater. Fur-thermore retail spaces, office spaces, and a large restaurant are in place to restore the nightlife feel of the Tower Grove Neighborhood. The twisting design was to provide each of the residences a unique view and access to sunlight. It also incorporated a translucent polycarbon-ate panelling system to allow the transmission of light into the residences while also shielding it from the harshness of the sun.Drawings are graphite on heavyweight paper.Models are Basswood, plexiglass, and honeycomb board

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CArondeLet PArk CoMMunity PooL

St. Louis, MissouriArchitecture 311, Professor Jeff RyanWashington University in St. Louis, Fall 2008

Carondelet Park, in South East St. Louis is the home to a newly proposed community pool. Its purpose is to serve two functions, house competitive swimming events and to be used recreationally. My design broke these two functions into two separate pools, one for swimming laps, and one for recreational purposes: in this manner, the pool would never be shut down for one purpose or another. The siting of the pool in the park was organized around an existing pond. Allowing for the large glass curtain system , the enclosed space is allowed to open up and be entirely naturally ventillated during the warmer months, creating and more outdoors feel to the project. In-depth sectional and structural work was put into the creation of this project. A curved truss system supports a rain screen, perforated with light wells intended to pattern the the roof. The pattern is a shifting of planes, used to give a backstroke swimming views of the sky while still be-ing indoors.Drawings are graphite on heavyweight paperModels are basswood, plexiglass, and cardboard.

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Cherokee BouLevArd shoe store

St. Louis, MissouriArchitecture 212, Professor Katerina TryfonidouWashington University in St. Louis, Spring 2008

The development of this project stemmed from the study of a sin-glar object. That object, the shoe, was measured and broken down into its basic components. My study of th shoe, brought me to dissect it into each of its pieces through a process shown to the right. From within those pro-cesses, I created a hierarchy of four main components: a structural system to provide support for the foot and body alike; a layering system to add comfort to the structure; a sewing system to wrap and enclose the foot as well as add further comfort; and finally a glueing system that connects all the pieces together. An armiture device was created to hold the object, and from that a larger system of objects. The shoe display came out of a layering and over-lapping of surfaces, that bridge two floors of the store, aiding as a visual and physical connection and barrier within the store. Furthermore, the shoe display acted as a circulatory device guiding you in and out of the store.Shoe armature is plexiglass and steel boltsStore model is basswood

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ingLewood CAse study

Inglewood, CaliforniaArchitecture 533, Professor Rachel BerneyUniversity of Southern California, Spring 2011Collaboration with Frankie Sharpe and John Delaney

Most apparent within the urban constructs of Inglewood California is a two by four block intervention within the already established street grid. It is an intrusion that fragments the city fabric and delaminates the existing and conventional city constructs. Our area of study primarily acts as a low-density residential zone servicing the larger attractions (Hollywood Park, The Forum) within the area. Market Street, just north of Hillcrest represents an ideal street scale, porosity, and walkability for any city street. South of Hillcrest, only a sad row of median trees carry any sense of street planning: at this point Hillcrest becomes La Brea avenue, a high speed arterial de-signed for automobile efficiency as opposed to a human scale. Despite its downtown dilapidation, abundance of vacant parcels and surface parking lots, Inglewood supports many historic and relevant buildings and services for the surrounding neighborhoods and the greater Los Angeles Community. The lasting image is that of the Forum: its acres of unused parking represents the obvious microcosm of the region’s problem with vacancy and lost space.

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tuBAC house AnALytiC

Tubac, ArizonaArchitecture 412, Professor Sean TwomeyWashington University in St. Louis, Fall 2008

This project included two elements, an axonomet-ric cutaway that shows the interior elements of the house as well as the important interior elements. The second part was an analytic, consisting of an elevation, plan, and perspective views of the project, highlighting the design characteristics. Ink on mylar and graphite on heavyweight paper respectively.

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tierra nueva, nicaragua

manhattan beach, california

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the getty center, los angeles california

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granada, nicaragua

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