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Nic Hnastchenko Architecture Portfolio

Master of Architecture | 2015 | Kansas State University

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Kansas State University | Manhattan, Kansas2010-2015 (Anticipated Graduation)Master Of Architecture | Minor In Leadership Studies

CAD Technology Center | Golden Valley, MinnesotaSummer 2011 | Architectural Content SpecialistModified and built Revit families to ensure compatibility with Autodesk Seek. Gained experience building complex, parametric Revit families.

Perkins+Will | Chicago, IllinoisSummer 2012 | Architectural InternTested innovative design and energy analysis programs for feasibility of being used. Built Revit families for 3D graphics and rendering, as well as detail components and drawings. Created tutorials for 3DS Max and Revit. Summer also included site observation and LEED Certification.

design LLC | Minneapolis, MinnesotaSummer 2013 | Architectural InternAssisted in the design and documentation of a high school gymnasium. Work included schematic design, design development, and client presentations.

Helix / Architecture + Design | Kansas City, MissouriSummer 2013 | Architectural InternWorked as part of a design studio creating project diagrams, renderings, 3D prints, and conceptual designs. Refined and optimized the Helix Revit template, and built a library of materials for high quality Cloud renderings.

Centro Studi | Orvieto, ItalySpring 2014 | Study AbroadSpent the semester traveling the beautiful country of Italy, taking in as much culture, architecture, and food as I could. While also learning about every detail of Italian and Roman history through art, architecture, and travel.

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01Timber in the CityRed Hook, New York

3rd Year | Rhino | 3DS Max | Photoshop | Illustrator

For this project I was challenged to design a building using timber construction to begin the revival of the Red Hook area of Brooklyn. This is a multi-use mid-rise that features a bike shop, a timber processing plant and a digital manufacturing space, in addition to a residential mid-rise. To react to the various site conditions the residential entry is located along the streets with less traffic, which also to maximizes views towards the lower Manhattan Skyline. The bike shop is located along the busiest street to maximize use and traffic as well as being located as close as possible to the nearby metro station for ease of access. This building features a community plaza and green space which will work to aid the revival of the surrounding Red Hook community.

Divide Building by Use+ Push back from the street

Split + Offset Tower+ Separate public and manufacturing

Curve Towers to Maximize Views+ Curve roofs to increase span

Tower Plans+ Communal spaces, apartments, and core

Figure 1 Site context Figure 2 Residential entry plaza

Figure 3 Evolution diagrams

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Figure 4 Community plaza with open space, seating, and a projector screen for movies

Figure 5 Street side plaza and the ramp to community space, with the bike shop on the corner

Cross Laminated Timber Panels are used for the core and floor plates in this residential tower. Timber Beams provide structure the lower floors of this tower and communal decks for residents. Within these floor plates, there are also double height com-munity spaces accessible from every floor.

Cross Laminated Timber Panels are also used within the tower as they form the interior walls of the apartments. In a similar way that paper has additional strength when given a slight curve, these cross laminated timber panels form the walls that follow the curve of the tower to provide additional structural stability while also preventing sound from traveling to neighboring apartments.

To reflect the Timber Structure of the tower, the facade of the building is also made from timber. This undulating pattern was derived from the natural pattern of wood grain, and opens and closes to reflect the interior space. The big openings frame views out of the building from the living room spaces, and the thin openings provide privacy in the bed-rooms of the apartment. This timber facade also functions as a sunshading device, and blocks harsh summer sun, while letting in light during the cold winter months.

Figure 6 Diagram showing the layering of the timber structure

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Steel Wall Plate Connection

Steel Plate Beam Connection

Steel Cable Connection

Figure 7 Section cut through the bike shop (left) and manufacturing area (right) + manufacturing structural connections

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Figure 8 View from upper floor of IKEA

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Figure 9 View along Beard Street

Figure 10 Looking into the tower and manufacturing area Figure 11 Aerial view of the tower

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Figure 12 Acoustic enclosure Figure 13 Lowering to suite the performance

Figure 14 Drop down band shell Figure 15 Drop down acoustic enclosure

Figure 16 Flexible seating on hydraulics Figure 17 Terraced seating

Figure 18 Flattening of seating for dancing Figure 19 Hydraulic stage for an orchestra

Figure 20 Pavers with a recycled glass aggregate guide visitors to the amphitheater

Figure 21 Landfill cap traps methane gases below the surface

Figure 22 Methane is extracted from the capped landfill and used as an energy source

Figure 23 Titanium oxide aggregates in the concrete panels filter pollutants

Figure 24 Three columns support the acoustic enclosure that is suspended by the steel structure, which also supports the concrete enclosure panels

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02Shell AmphitheaterShawnee, Kansas

Rhino | Grasshopper | Revit | Cloud Rendering | Photoshop | Illustrator

The objective of this project was to rethink the design process through the study of an exoskeleton that would be used as the formal basis of the design proposal. One of the most unique abilities that the dung beetle has is the ability to build a culture around something that is typi-cally looked at as waste. With this in mind, I sought out all possible sites to located this amphitheater and decided to site it on a capped landfill, so that waste and methane gas that is produced on site beneath the ground could be used to power the building. Of the landfills located near Kansas City, I chose the Deffenbaugh Landfill for its unique location on the river, and the fact that it was already in the process of being capped. A sun dial sculpture located on the entry plaza gives visitors a sense of time and subconsciously guides them toward the amphitheater

Figure 25 Site plan showing the sun dial sculpture, entry plaza, and parking lot

Figure 26 Site plan showing views towards the river and Kansas City skyline

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Figure 27 A view from the interior of the amphitheater

Figure 28 A view from the second level of the office area looking out into the entry plaza

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Figure 29 A view from the entry plaza showing the sun-dial sculpture

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Figure 30 Entry level floor plan

Figure 31 North-south section

Figure 32 Second level floor plan

Figure 33 East-west section through the lobby

Methane Extraction

Entry Lobby

OfficesTickets

OfficesMerchandise

Methane Extraction

Entry Lobby

Stage Storage

MethaneExtraction

Concession Offices

Tickets

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Figure 34 Third level floor plan with the green room and stage storage spaces

Figure 35 North-south section through the methane extraction space Figure 36 Exploded structural axon diagram, showing the column, acoustic panels, steel structure and concrete panels (bottom to top)

MethaneExtraction

Stage Storage

Restroom

Restroom

Concession

Green Room

MethaneExtraction

Offices

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Figure 37 Rowers bringing their shell into the building

Figure 38 Entry view looking towards Tuttle Creek Lake and the team meeting room

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03Kansas State Row HouseManhattan, Kansas

Revit | Cloud Rendering | Photoshop | Illustrator

In this project, I was challenged to create a facility for the Kansas State women’s rowing team, in effort to create a building as dynamic as the act of rowing, the form of the building is inspired by the rowing motion. The first building is the most public and features meeting rooms and coach offices, the second features team locker rooms and workout areas, and the axis connecting these two buildings creates views toward the races and also connects the building to the viewing area and launching dock. The clerestory window of these buildings project a ray of light that guides building users towards the water and areas for best viewing. Above the main axis is a green roof for additional seating.

Figure 39 Entry level floor plan Figure 40 Lower level floor plan

Figure 41 Form diagram

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Figure 42 Views from the team meeting room, which cantilevers over the lake

Figure 43 A view towards the lake from the indoor rowing machine

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Figure 44 View from the green roof located above the axis of circulation; this roof offers views towards the rowers racing on the lake below

Figure 45 A view looking down the axis of circulation Figure 46 Structure diagram showing steel columns, enclosure, facade structure, and facade

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Figure 47 An aerial perspective of the park, showing the different levels of refuge in the center of the park

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04Annexing the Site: CarvingChico, California

5th Year | Rhino | Photoshop | Illustrator

With technology advancing faster than we can keep up with, new information constantly being taken and added to the internet. With satellite technologies, Google has grown to become a watching eye over every inch of the earth as out privacy descends into technological oblivion. Not only is this information available to Google, but they are making this information available to any person who has access to a computer through programs like Google Earth, Google Street View, and Google Maps. I chose this site to be the site for a reaction to the overbearing eye of Google. Using Google Street View to look at permeability and refuge within these parks, I found this park in Chico to offer no refuge from the street and city that it is situated in. Responding to this, I sought to rethink this park in a way that provided refuge from the eyes of Google and the entire world.

Figure 48 A view looking into the fountain area from the space of refuge

Figure 49 Trees around the corners of the park block views into the park

Figure 50 A view looking across the area of refuge in the park

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Figure 51 Trees and programmed spaces were mapped out in the existing park and refuge was created in the center of the park

Figure 52 Trees and program are reorganized to reinforce the refuge created, circulation spaces were added, as well as other spaces to create spatial overlap

Figure 53 Programmatic elements are grouped into clusters to create spatial definition Figure 54 Resultant forms create a curve to sweep a profile along to carve space from the extruded footprint of the park

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Figure 55 The profile used to carve spaces for trees is reflective of the shape of the trees on site, and allows for the trees to grow vertically as time progresses

Figure 56 The profile used to carve the band shell space was shaped so as to create an elevated stage in front of the spaces of refuge

Figure 57 Roof top refuge is shaped so as to create an edge condition similar to a railing, as well as a space for seating

Figure 58 Parking spaces are shaped to allow for circulation on the street side of the park

Figure 60 The profile used to carve for refuge features bench seating and is elevated from the ground to separate it from street level

Figure 61 The profile used to carve the circulation spaces was proportioned to create a hall based on human scale

Figure 62 The resultant form is derived from carving all of the necessary spaces from the extrusion of the park footprint

Figure 59 Fountain space provides a place for the water to pool, a place for seating, and is open to the sky

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Figure 63 Duomo di Orvieto | Orvieto, Italy | February 16, 2014

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05Hop Box BreweryKansas City, Missouri

4th Year | Revit (Cloud) | Rhino | PhotoshopPerforated copper patina sunshading screen provides protection from weather in the same way the polished copper brewing tanks protect the beer. A centrally located brewing area is visible throughout the whole building, and surrounded by the beer halls and beer garden, which run parallel to each other so that they can open up to create one dynamic space. Openings in the copper screen provide views into the brewery and out to surrounding areas. This building is located adjacent to the Kansas City River Market, with the entrances being located directly across from the exits from the River Market.

Beer Hall

Beer HallSkyline Beer

Hall

Bar

Bar

Beer Garden

Brewery

Brewery

Entry

Entry

Bar

Figure 64 First level floor plan

Figure 65 Second level floor plan Figure 66 Enclosure, facade structure, sunshading copper screens

Figure 67 Building defines street edge, void becomes the beer garden

Figure 68 Extrusions to create views of the Kansas City skyline

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Rooftop Copper Screen

Skylight

2.5”X4” Skylight Mullion

Wood Block Support

S6X17 Steel Girder

Steel Bracket ConnectionW12X53 Steel Beam

W10X33 Steel Column30’ O.C.

72”X48”X18” ConcreteFooting

Concrete Foundation Pad

Steel Baseplate W/BracketConnection to Column

Wall Pocket for Sliding Curtain Wall

Sliding Curtain Wall thatOpens Beer Hall to Garden

1” Manko Triseal Spacer Glazing W/.5” Argon Gas Filled Gap

Metal Decking

Concrete Infill

2”X4” Wood SpacerWood Flooring

Railing

3’X4’ Perforated Copper Panel (Patina)

2.5”X4” Steel Mullion Supporting Copper Panel

Steel Mounting Bracket/Sunshade Outrigger

Figure 69 Wall section (part of full set of construction documents)

Figure 70 Model image along Main Street

Figure 71 Entry from Main Street

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Figure 72 Section cut through the beer halls

Figure 73 View from behind the bar into the beer garden

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Figure 74 Double section cut through the beer garden, brewing area, and entry vestibule

Figure 75 View into the brewing area from the upper beer hall Figure 76 View from the entry vestibule

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Figure 77 View from the skyline beer hall

Figure 78 View from the park level entry


Figure 79 Duomo di Orvieto | Orvieto, Italy | February 16, 2014

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06Study Abroad SketchesItaly

4th Year | Pen | Pencil | MoleskineAs part of the Italian History course during my time abroad, we would discuss politics, religion, art, culture, and how these items shaped archi-tecture, and in return how architecture impacted each of these things. Each week there was a lecture about a specific city in Italy, and later that week, the learning would be reinforced first hand as we visited it. To accompany this learning I created a journal sketches and thoughts of all the places we visited and my experiences there. I found the attention to detail and beautiful craftsmanship of the in many of the Renaissance and Gothic Churches to be extremely fascinating, and therefore the subject of quite a few of my sketches.

Figure 80 Duomo di Milan, rooftop ornament | Milan, Italy | March 10, 2014 Figure 81 Duomo di Milan | Milan, Italy | March 10, 2014

Figure 82 Duomo di Orvieto Facade | Orvieto, Italy | January 26, 2014


BIO STATEMENTNic Hnastchenko | Minnetonka, Minnesota | Kansas State University | 5th Year

I am an upcoming graduate of the Master of Architecture program at Kansas State University looking to secure a job in a design oriented architecture firm. Five years of internship experience at firms throughout the Midwest, learning exploration and development in studio, and historical travel abroad have prepared me to pursue my passion for design, architecture, and leadership. In my experiences as an intern I have worked in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Kansas City at firms ranging from small start-up offices, to mid-sized regional firms, to larger interdisciplinary firms. Throughout these various offices, I have seen how firms of different scales operate on different levels, and also how I can adapt my role to become a better asset. As a student of architecture, I am constantly looking at the built environments that surround me, those that are pushing the limits of design to create a more desirable human experience. I believe that sustainable, innovative, and community oriented design and architecture can act as a catalyst to build communities that better respond to a changing world.

Looking ahead, I want to work for a firm that not only pushes the limits of design and collaboration, but one that also pushes me to develop my architectural skills and knowledge, so I can continue to grow on my journey to becoming a licensed architect as well as become a key asset to the teams I will work with.

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PROFESSIONAL SKILLSRevit Architecture

Family Creation

3DS Max

Rhinoceros 3D

AutoCAD

3D Printing

Model Making

Sketching

Painting

Cloud Rendering

Vasari

Sketch Up

Photoshop

Illustrator

InDesign


[email protected] | (952) 454 - 6940www.linkedin.com/in/nicholashnastchenko/

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