portfolio

Ryan B. LewandowskiUniversity of Virginia

M. ARCH I - Advanced Placement

Table of Contents

ARCH 301Arts and Community Development Center

ARCH 302Student Study Center

DIS SEMESTER ABROADSketches

Vesterbro Row House

ARCH 402Master plan & Train+Rail Station

ARCH 544Parametric Rapid Prototyping

IATH . SIGGRAPHRome Reborn Booth

POLSHEK PARTNERSHIPNYU Elevator Tower

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This project adds four new elevators sited in the central courtyard of the hospital complex. The elevator cabs include windows that provide a view of the city and river during one’s ride. The resultant opening of this typically solid face provides a unique opportunity to create a new element of activity within the courtyard, as well as create an exciting user experience in the elevator. My role involved doing a series of façade studies during the concept design phase. Working one on one with a design associate, we discussed the idea of a pixilated pattern of glass that responded to a need for increased shading at the top. From here I investigated panel sizes/ratios and surface patterns through creating elevation drawings, 3d was fully considered in order to create a successful design.

ARCH 301 ARTS & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER Associate Professor William Williams Fall 2006Brooklyn, NY

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model construction detail

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ARCH 302STUDENT STUDY CENTERAssociate Professor Charles Menefee Spring 2007Charlottesville, VA

This project adds four new elevators sited in the central courtyard of the hospital complex. The elevator cabs include windows that provide a view of the city and river during one’s ride. The resultant opening of this typically solid face provides a unique opportunity to create a new element of activity within the courtyard, as well as create an exciting user experience in the elevator. My role involved doing a series of façade studies during the concept design phase. Working one on one with a design associate, we discussed the idea of a pixilated pattern of glass that responded to a need for increased shading at the top. From here I investigated panel sizes/ratios and surface patterns through creating elevation drawings, 3d was fully considered in order to create a successful design.

ryan b. lewandowski / academic

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ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2007

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ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2007

ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2007

ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2007

During my semester abroad, I partook in two semester long journal sketching courses providing a real chance improve one’s visual and analytical sketching techniques. With most sessions involving trips through the city, we completed studies that ranged in scale from the detail of a hinge to a major portion of Copenhagen. We honed our skills through drawing mental maps, fi eld measured sections and plans, comparative studies, serial visions, vignettes, and material sketches. Also, the way we placed these drawings on the page together was just as carefully considered.

DIS SEMESTER ABROAD TRAVELS & SKETCHESCopenhagen, Denmark Fall 2007

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urban study - copenhagen, denmarl

urban study - old city center, krakow, polandchurch as a symbol

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building study - jawish museum, berlin, germanythe memory void

In a unit divided, this specifi c study of a Danish row house investigates the slicing of a private bound-ary to create a visual transparency while still main-taining a sense of security. This is accomplished by weaving the circulation around translucent vertical planes, which conceal the private spaces in the back.

DIS SEMESTER ABROADVESTERBRØ ROW HOUSEProfessor Eva Frederikson Fall 2007Copenhagen, Denmark

ryan b. lewandowski / academic

A semester long investigation of Peru that focused on the threats resulting from increased tourism in the Sacred Valley. The rural town of Ollantaytambo sits at a critical juncture between the bus and rail system and faces the greatest international pressure. The intent is to understand and improve upon the current infrastructure to preserve the town’s unique character and history.Designed in collaboration with two classmates, the new station is situated down river of the town and becomes apart of the landscape, reminiscent of Incan terracing, which utilizes modern local materials and construction techniques. Tied back into town through a redesigned transportation network, its open fl ow into the landscape becomes a node ready for future development.

ARCH 402MASTER PLANTRAIN + BUS STATIONAssociate Professor Dean Abernathy Spring 2008w/ S. Mitchell & S. JemecOllantaytambo, Peru

ryan b. lewandowski / academic

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ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2008

A semester long investigation of Peru that focused on the threats resulting from increased tourism in the Sacred Valley. The rural town of Ollantaytambo sits at a critical juncture between the bus and rail system and faces the greatest international pressure. The intent is to understand and improve upon the current infrastructure to preserve the town’s unique character and history.ground tierra

terrace terraza

walls paredes

service space espacio del servicio

structure estructura

broken roof azotea rota

ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2008

ryan b. lewandowski / academic / 2008

The intent of this course was to learn the underlying principles of parametric modeling and CNC fabrication. A lamp shade project created by a mathematically derived surface inspired my fi nal project, a study of creating focal points within a wall structure. By creating a point of infl uence, the wall structure can shift it’s directionality while maintaining a set form.

ryan b. lewandowski / academic

ARCH 544PARAMETRICRAPID PROTOTYPINGAssociate Professor Earl Mark Spring 2008

In a summer long design/build project with a former classmate, the concept of transparency is used to display both the structure of the design and the international technology used to create the exhibited Rome Reborn project.

Given two weeks, the pieces were constructed offsite and brought in for installation, requiring that they be light weight and of fast effi cient construction methods.

design

IATH . SIGGRAPHROME REBORN BOOTHAssociate Director Dean Abernathy Summer 2008Los Angeles, CA

ryan b. lewandowski / professional

prototypes

fabrication

transport

assembly

“finished”

Projected graphics were displayed around the space to attract bystanders and the wokrstations have been placed on the perimeter to immediately engage those interested.

ryan b. lewandowski / professional / 2008

frit glass _ 1 frit glass _ 2 frit glass _ 3 frit glass _ 4 solid panel _ 1 solid panel _ 2 solid panel _ 3

My role involved doing a series of façade studies during the concept design phase. Working one on one with a design associate, we discussed the idea of a pixilated pattern of glass that responded to a need for increased shading at the top. From here I investigated panel sizes/ratios and surface patterns through creating elevation drawings, 3d renderings, and elevator cab animations so that each aspect of overall identity and user experience was fully considered in order to create a successful design.

Polshek PartnershipNYU ELEVATOR TOWERNew York, New York Spring 2009

ryan b. lewandowski / professional