alexander leonardc u r r i c u l u m v i t a e

19 n central avesicklerville, nj080816096171810acl4@njit.edu o lex.leo177@gmail.com

alexander leonardw o r k s a m p l e r

19 n central avesicklerville, nj080816096171810acl4@njit.edu o lex.leo177@gmail.com

e d u c a t i o n

travisano scholarship in design_ 2009awarded to a 1st yr. undergraduate student whose studio work demonstrates excellence in the art of architecture and who has financial need

second year design excellence award_ 2010awarded by NJIT faculty to a student whose second year, undergraduate work shows high technical, graphical, and conceptual strength

1st place, teemmate: NJIT masonry design/build competition_ 2010a design/build studio, spring 2010, participated as lead graphics coordinator, lead designer, and presentor in winning studio team

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new jersey institute of technology_ 2013undergraduate bachelors of architecture degree, professional, 5yr.

winslow twp highschool_ 2008

a f f i l i a t i o n s / e m p l o y m e n t

college of architecture + design printroom_ volunteer_ 2008 - 2011NJIT, weston 561, university heights, newark, nj 07103[973] 596 3080

library assistant_ employee_ 11/2006 - 06/2008south county regional branch of the camden county library system, 35 cooper fol-ley road, atco, nj 08004; [856] 753 2573

office + job site tour_ professional development_ 2009SOSH architects; 1020 atlantic avenue, atlantic city, nj 08401

international thespian society_ 2008 >>

nmsq commended scholar_ 2008 >>

edward j bloustein scholarship recipient_ 2008 >>

albert dorman honors college, NJIT_ 2008 >>

alpha rho chi [APX], prof./soc. architecture fraternity_ 2009 >>

architecture + design student union [ADSU], class representative_ 2008 >>

v e n t o l e r a w i n e r yWORK

s t o r m k i n g

j e r s e y c i t y b + g

w i l s o n a v e s c h o o l

p r o g r a m s

i am proficient in autocad, rhinoceros, v-ray for rhino, illustrator, photoshop, indesign.

i am interested in breaking down; fragmenting; questioning what a space can be and what an

architecture can do. especially intrigued by the scalability of architecture, I am drawn to urban projects

and theory while still realizing that the smallest constructs and the most underlying systems can have the

greatest impact. interests in urban affairs and strategy lead into an innate predilection for landscape

systems, architectures of change and design as social activism: designing integrated, system-ic/-atic

communities which respond to and promote certain social positives.

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this case study on the ventolera winery in leyda, chile analyzed the building’s architectural response to the process of vinification and also the local climate, specifically cool sea breezes. Situated on a hillside, the building is oriented to take advantage of, and use the sea-breezes as a cooling device, and by keeping the building open, can allow the environment to permeate the entire process of the winemaking.

04case study: ventolera winerythis case study on the ventolera winery in leyda, chile analyzed the building’s architectural response to the process of vinification and also the local climate, specifically cool sea breezes. Situated on a hillside, the building is oriented to take advantage of, and use the sea-breezes as a cooling device, and by keeping the building open, can allow the environment to permeate the entire process of the winemaking.

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storm king artist in residencethe storm king art center and artist in residence aims to realign values on-site, in the treatment of future works produced by the artist and in the perception of the visitors who pass through this landscape intervention. direct immersion into the landscape was chosen as a tactic to display the heaviness of the grounds and the power of the ecologies on-site. As one moves through the center one learns more of the artist as one reconciles the ecological corridor running between the bands of program. One must feel the connection to the earth before that which is made.

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SITE PLANDETAIL

GARF

IELD

AVE

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0 40 80 160 320NORTH

WOODWARD AVENUE

jersey city boys and girls cluba community center and a school, the jersey city boys and girls club sought to connect the two disparate sides of the site by creating a continuous landscape intervention in the form of a com-munity garden. the choice to inscribe the landscape with the “pro-activity” of the community working together creates an emergent landscape, evolving and thriving with the community surrounding it. the boys and girls club nestles itself into the system of garden spaces, rising from the ground as part of the process. spaces for weekend markets and trellised courtyards create a hardscape which continuously refers to the gardens and landscaped surrounds

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GROSS SQFT

NET SQFT

1.4X

GROSS “SHELL”

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LINK TO LEARNING STREET / CENTRAL COURT + LECTURE SPACEHIERARCHY OF MOVEMENTLINK TO LEARNING STREET / CENTRAL COURT + LECTURE SPACEFILTERING OF STUDENTS FROM CENTER PATHFILTERING OF STUDENTS FROM CENTER PATH

LEARNING STREET

PARALLEL WALLSEAST/WEST IMMERSION / NORTH/SOUTH EXTENSIONFIELD OF INSTRUCTION SPACES

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REDEFINE PROGRAM

LARGE GROUP

SM. GROUP

INDIVIDUAL

ONE ON ONE

APPLY

CLASSROOMS RESOURCE SM.GRP. INST TEACH WKRM

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SPACE DICTATES ACTIVITYCONTINUOUS FLOW OF CONNECTED ACTIVITIESCONTINUOUS FLOW OF CONNECTED ACTIVITIES

ADMIN CORE

STRUCTURE BECOMES SPATIAL AND LENDS OWN COMPLEXITY

WALLS AS STRUCTUREBEARING

CROSS STRUCTURAL PLAYSCAPES / PUNCTURED UTILITY

alexander leonardthis case study on the ventolera winery in leyda, chile analyzed the building’s architectural response to the process of vinification and also the local climate, specifically cool sea breezes. Situated on a hillside, the building is oriented to take advantage of, and use the sea-breezes as a cooling device, and by keeping the building open, can allow the environment to permeate the entire process of the winemaking.

10wilson ave pre-k _ 8 schoolthis school reexamines the spatial potentials of education and attempts to bolster a surrounding urban renaissance. by reevaluating educational programs based on size of student group and by infusing the project with an open-plan, self-directed curriculum, the spaces became a free-flowing system of interconnected open spaces, divided per “house” and located on a central learning street. a system of bearing walls responded to use, space, directionality, continuity, and passive energy.

alexander leonard