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Samantha NakoUniversity of Michigan

Bachelor of Science in Architecture

samantha.nako@gmail.com586.292.7587

[CSO] : [C]ity [S]team [O]asisWinter 2010Instructor: Vivian LeeUndergraduate Design StudioWallenberg Competition Finalist

SteamSewerVacant LotsCombined Sewage Overflow(sized by volume)

A Manhattan infrastructural architecture that aims to solve the Combined Sewage Overflow [CSO] problem that was polluting the rivers surrounding the island. Examining where the steam + sewer systems overlap at the waters’ edge near a large flow volume CSO, the site was chosen along the East River at East 50th St + the FDR Highway. Further site investigation showed that there was no direct river access available

to Manhattanites because the FDR dissects the city grid from the shoreline; a 35 foot sectional change also occurred on the site. The architectural insertion bridged the gap from the city to the water by crossing over the FDR, while cleaning the river using the unwanted sewage overflow in advantageous ways.The CSO sewage is captured before it reaches the river + microbial technology is used to generate energy while cleaning and recycling the water from the sludge - the energy + fresh water feed the steam system to use in the new ephemeral urban park + spa as well as the surrounding buildings of the city that utilize the steam system already.

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Zones of controlled steam produce specialized areas by utilizing the temperature range within the park, inventing ‘steam walls’ that assist with programmatic organization. Blind moments are also created from the steam that block out the surrounding city commotion to create a more relaxing atmosphere for the park visitors. ‘Tropical’ gardens that usually would not survive the NYC climate are given opportunity to flourish.

The form of the sprawling park is a network of winding planes that extend like fingers from the manhattan grid to the water surface. The network provides both direct routes to the water + experiential routes through the park. Where the planes overlap becomes opportunity for pavilion spaces where the spa amenities are located. Structural pylons under each of the many steam baths anchor the architecture to the ground at the city grid, the highway median, the waters’ edge, + in the riverbed. They extend above the park to create “urban trees”

“a relaxing atmosphere for NYC”

sectional model: basswood, cardboard, aluminum wire, resin

building section: cut along FDR highway

3d rendered perspective: view at highway, looking through generator, up to the park, + out toward the east river. a dip down in the park allows visitors to view generator to realize what is producing the newly cleaned water they can now access.

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Flynn PavilionEero SaarinenBelle Isle, Detroit, MI

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Flynn Pavilion [Belle Isle, MI]Fall 2008Instructor: Lars GraebnerConstruction I

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Flynn PavilionEero SaarinenBelle Isle, Detroit, MI

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Extensive hands-on site + building documentation was performed on Eero Saarinen’s Flynn Pavilion in Belle Isle, Michigan. The Pavilion was built in 1949 as a replacement for the old ice skating concession building. It was renovated inside and out a few years ago + is now the home of swan paddle boats rentals when the weather is warm. Supposedly, it will someday house ice skates again, as well as bikes + possibly canoes/kayaks for rental. The building can be rented for special events

through the Detroit Recreation Department, as it is a wonderfully transparent space, open to the vista of the pond and river beyond. Final construction documents, exploded axonometric drawings, pricing charts, + a three-dimensional physical construction model were completed in order to investigate the detailed construction schedule of a building.

“a wonderfully transparent space”

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Multiformity Detroitwinter 2009Instructor: Mick KennedyUndergraduate Design Studio

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‘Multiformity Detroit’ was designed to act as a hub for the numerous cultural communities that are moving into the downtown Detroit area. It provides immigrants with an interactive architecture where they can express their own heritage, while gaining incite into their new neighbors’ way of life. The building’s form is a perforated spiral, beginning underground in the cafe/outdoor amphitheater + weaving its way up to transitional high-rise apartment units. The spaces within the structure

are all uniquely shifted, overlapped, + perforated to allow diverse lighting effects + provide overlooking for each program onto other activities + events occurring in and around the building. The visual and acoustic connectivity that is created with these techniques guarantee the aforementioned meshing of people to occur naturally + comfortably. The new building will also serve as a spark to the city’s economy, providing the people of both the downtown + metro Detroit area a reason to spend time in the city.

“a cultural hub for Detroit”

perspective sketch: amphitheater

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generative model: perforated metal lamp

perspective sketch: gathering area

perspective sketch: cafe + shops

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perspective sketch: cafe + shops

KinderTANK [Chicago]fall 2009Instructor: Rosalyne ShiehUndergraduate Design Studio

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‘KinderTANK’ is a progressive school for kindergartners. The Chicago-based facility aims to blur the boundaries between built/natural + interior/exterior to provide the children with a unique learning environment where they can push the boundaries of their role in society. Open floor plans with ‘think pits’ instead of individual classrooms, a large transparent circulation core that overlooks both the city + back into the school,

+ a large indoor/outdoor play space allow learning through interaction + observation to occur. The school is set in the Chicago loop at N. Kingsbury + E. Erie. This corner is surrounded mainly by high-rise residential communities on two of its sides, + opens up to face the Chicago skyline + the riverfront on the remaining two. The architecture designed for the think tank utilizes this paradoxical site by presenting the students with abundant opportunities to explore both the natural + fabricated worlds around them.Construction documentation was performed after the initial project was imagined + designed in order to understand the complete inner + outer workings of a structure.

“a think tank for young minds”

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Cost Breakdown

% of Struture Cost ($) per sq ft Cost ($)Sunstructure 7.40 12.73 828000.00Shell 33.80 58.50 3805500.00Partitions 21.50 37.25 2423000.00Services 35.60 61.64 4010000.00Eqipment & Furnishing 1.80 3.03 197000.00

Sub Total 100.00 173.15 11263500.00

Contractor Fee 0.25 173.15 11263500.00Architectural Fee 0.10 21.64 1408000.00

Total Building Cost 238.00 15487500.00

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Building Type School, Elementary with Concrete Block/ Bearing WallsLocation Chicago, ILStories Count (L.F) 3.00Stories Height 20.00Floor Area (sq ft) 65050.00Labor Type UnionBasement Included NoData Release 2010.00Cost per sq ft 238.08Total Building Cost 15487500.00

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Total Building Cost 238.00 15487500.00

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Building Type School, Elementary with Concrete Block/ Bearing WallsLocation Chicago, ILStories Count (L.F) 3.00Stories Height 20.00Floor Area (sq ft) 65050.00Labor Type UnionBasement Included NoData Release 2010.00Cost per sq ft 238.08Total Building Cost 15487500.00

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% of Struture Cost ($) per sq ft Cost ($)Sunstructure 7.40 12.73 828000.00Shell 33.80 58.50 3805500.00Partitions 21.50 37.25 2423000.00Services 35.60 61.64 4010000.00Eqipment & Furnishing 1.80 3.03 197000.00

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Total Building Cost 238.00 15487500.00

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Building Type School, Elementary with Concrete Block/ Bearing WallsLocation Chicago, ILStories Count (L.F) 3.00Stories Height 20.00Floor Area (sq ft) 65050.00Labor Type UnionBasement Included NoData Release 2010.00Cost per sq ft 238.08Total Building Cost 15487500.00

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Valdrada Interpretationwinter 2008Instructor: Dawn GilpinPrerequisite design Studio

The ancients built Valdrada on the shores of a lake, with houses all verandas one above the other, and high streets whose railed parapets look out over the water. Thus the traveler, arriving, sees two cities: one erect above the lake, and the other reflected, upside down. Nothing exists or happens in the one Valdrada that the other Valdrada does not repeat, because the city was so constructed that its every point would be reflected in

its mirror, and the Valdrada down in the water contains not only all the flutings and juttings of the facades that rise above the lake, but also the rooms’ interiors with ceilings and floors, the perspective of the halls, the mirrors of the wardrobes.Valdrada’s inhabitants know that each of their actions is, at once, that action and its mirror-image, which possesses the special dignity of images, and this awareness prevents them from succumbing for a single moment to chance and forgetfulness. Even when lovers twist their naked bodies, skin against skin, seeking the position that will give one the most pleasure in the other,

“there is no love between them”

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even when murderers plunge the knife into the black veins of the neck and more clotted blood pours out the more they press the blade that slips between the tendons, it is not so much their copulating or murdering that matters as the copulating or murdering of the images, limpid and cold in the mirror. At times the mirror increases a thing’s value, at times denies it. Not everything that seems valuable above the mirror maintains its force when mirrored. The twin cities are not equal, because nothing that exists or happens in Valdrada is symmetrical: every face and gesture is answered, from the mirror, by a face and gesture inverted, point by point. The two Valdradas live for each other, their eyes interlocked; but there is no love between them.