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sydney zalewskiBachelor’s in Architecture

Minor in PhotographyCarnegie Mellon University

Solid-Void PhotographyFrick Park CharetteThis project centered around the camera, and what it could allow one to feel about a site that one could not without it. It became our tool for interpreting the slag heap at Frick Park. We decided to map the solid and void spaces using long exposure pictures. The neighborhood directly opposite the slag heap was a perfect perch for making this picture. Two group members with flashlights walked around the open space pointing their lights towards the camera. They started from the perimeter, and then converged closer into the center of the space until they had covered the entire slag heap.

This method of contouring the land, by hand, with light, gave us results that were unexpected, but also very interesting! If one looks closely at the streaks of light in the picture, one can see variations of intensity which correspond to the type of terrain that had to be traveled. If it was tougher to walk, and one had to slow down, the light would be more intense; but if it became easier to walk, the light would become faint.

Mapping UrbanismThis class focused on obtaining and mapping data in order to find and show relationships in urban areas.

The next three smaller graphics focus on the countries bordering the Persian Gulf, specifically Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. Each map focuses on the top countries for exports and im-ports, and the graph shows the percentage of each product type.

The large graphic shows all three coun-tries imports and exports combined.

United ArabEmirates

Imports by Product

Exports by Product

Largest Importers to UAE

Largest Destinations of Exports

USA 8.8%

Mineral Fuels, Lubricantsand Related Materials

China13.2%Japan

6.1%

India 10.4%

Germany

Turkey4.5%

6.5%

Italy4.3%

Iran6.5%

India7.9%

5.3%Thailand

Japan23%

9.4%South Korea

Chemicals andRelated Products

ManufacturedGoods

Machinery and TransportEquipment

MiscellaneousManufactured Articles

Food and Live Animals


Manufactured Goods



Commodities

Kuwait

Largest Importers to Kuwait


USA 11.9%China 7.6%

Japan9.2%

8.1%Germany

7.6%Saudi Arabia

Italy4.8%

UK4.2%

USA 8.9%Japan18.4%

China 6.1%

14.6%South Korea

India11.5%

7.9%Singapore

Imports by Product

Exports by Product


Manufactured Goods



Chemicals and RelatedProducts

Commodities


Chemicals and Related Products

Saudi Arabia

Largest Importers to Saudi Arabia


USA 12.4%


Imports by Product

Exports by Product

China10.6%

Japan7.8%

South Korea4.7%

GermanyUK 4.2%

Italy 4.9%

7.5%

USA 18.5% China10.2%Japan

16.5%

South Korea8.6%

Singapore4.8%


Manufactured Goods



Manufactured Goods



UAEKuwait

Saudi Arabia

Sydney Zalewski

sources: Al Manakh 2

gulf imports

gulf exports

An Upcoming Player in the Global Economy

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Greensburg CommunityCenter & GardensThis is a design proposal of a visual arts center for the community of Greensburgh, PA. The site is located on the edge of the downtown business district of the city. To the north, Seaton Hill University, as well as a large swath of green landscape, further to the west and north, the city transitions from business to residential very quickly. This building needed to respond to the current masonry, urban infill type buildings, and also provide a space for the community to come together while in the city.

Green terraced roofs open up the western façade of the building to relaxing and peaceful gardens, and community building urban farms. Stepping into the building from the green roofs, there are flex lounge spaces which can be opened to the outdoors, and allow for large group gatherings. Bridging these two spaces are wooden pergola/trellis structures and glass garage style doors. This allows for the outdoors to blend, and bleed into the interior arts spaces.

The lower levels of the building are used for the general public of Greensburg, including a lecture hall, lounge spaces that could serve as gallery spaces, and a restaurant. The upper levels are used for both creation and exploration of art, as well as accomoda-tions for visiting artists. The green roofs and urban farms connect these spaces vertically by allowing for a secondary experiential walk through the gardens.

Site Plan :: 1:40

Plans :: 3/32” = 1’

Ground Floor

Mezzanine

Second Floor

Third Floor

Fourth Floor

Fifth Floor

Greensburg Visual Arts Center& Community Gardens

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Site Plan :: 1:40

Plans :: 3/32” = 1’

Lounge

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Ground Floor

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Greensburg Visual Arts Center& Community Gardens

Restaurant

Lobby

Administration O�ces

Visual Arts O�ces

ConferenceRoom

SeminarRoom

SeminarRoom

Lounge

Lounge

Gallery

Analog Studio

Work Sinks & Support Space

Lounge

Storage

Classroom

Classroom

Classroom

Digital Studio

Computer Lab

Lounge

Apartment

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Apartment

Lounge

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

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North Elevation :: 1/8”=1’

Cohabitive HousingThis project is located on Ellsworth Avenue on the border of Shadyside and East Liberty in Pittsburgh, PA. It is situated across from the East Busway intended for easy access throughout the city. The building houses six seperate apartment spaces for one or two occupants in each apartment.

These apartments are accessed by a main staircase located in a central outdoor lobby which is shared by the residents. This outdoor space provides access and views to the cohabitive library and media center, which offers reading space, a lendinglibrary, and public computers for the residents.

Both of the buildings are linked together by a screen on the Northern facade of the building. It is composed of horizontal wood beams that maintains a hard edge in order to creates a more urban space. The creation of a more urban edge connects the building to the the busway. The screen also acts as privacy for the outdoor garden space in a rather open site.

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Furniture AssemblyKendra Gaul | Colin Haentjens | Timothy Hild | Zach Wiemer | Sydney Zalewski

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Bookshelf for StacyThis project was a short, group project that lasted about two weeks. This exercise helped my classmates and I to understand the occupants we would be de-signing for in our final project which was a Neighbor-hood Criminal Rehabilitation Center. We visited the CCC which is a halfway house for people transition-ing from prison into society. We met with a woman named Stacy to interview her and ultimately design a piece of furniture for her.

After interviewing Stacy my teammates and I determined that we would make a bookcase for her. While riding to and from her appointments on the bus Stacy reads many different types of books. She had just moved into a new apartment, and has all of her belongings there, but not all set up yet. Her books are stacked on her end table with pictures placed around the books, leaving no room for a table lamp The majority of the pieces of furniture in her apartment are made of wood.

Our team decided to create a bookshelf with skewed shelves. The excess space that the shelves created left space for cork boards for pictures or other items to be pinned up. The plywoodwas finished with a clear stain to contrast the dark brown of the natural cork board.

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Furniture AssemblyKendra Gaul | Colin Haentjens | Timothy Hild | Zach Wiemer | Sydney Zalewski

Elevations 1” = 2”

Assembly Details

Shelf Plans 1” = 2”

Neighborhood CriminalRehabilitation CenterThis project is a Neighborhood Criminal Rehabilita-tion Center located in Baltimore, Maryland. It houses residents transitioning from prison back into society. These occupants are allowed to move freely through the facility, and also allowed to leave the building if they have a job and are approved for work release.

The main structure of the building is site cast con-crete. The wood formwork leaves a nice horizontal texture that relates to the masonry buildings in the rest of the neighborhood. The verticle wood pannel-ing helps to soften the appearance of the concreate walls on both the exterior and interior of the build-ing. The panneling wraps into the building to create specialized furniture for the residents to use such as benches, closets, and reading carrels.

In approaching the program of this project, the focus was to group the residential spaces together, while also grouping the office spaces together. The first floor houses the office suite with windows open to Elliot Street. The scale and program of theses spaces relate back to the rowhouses in the neighborhood context. The large kitchen and dining assembly space is also located on the ground floor since it is used less frequently during the day by the residents, and for easy access for deliveries. Parking and a drop-off area is also provided on the ground floor.

The second floor houses the residential spaces. This includes two bedroom and bathroom facilities. The bedrooms are laid out in dormitory style for security reasons. In order to allow light into the spaces, but restrict views out the cieling is made constructed glass and glue lam beams. There is an adjacent outdoor spacethat allows the residents to be outside with a wall above head height that does not allow views to the street, but rather a view to the sky.

An atrium space is located in the main entry of the building and connects the control/reception desk and lobby space with the residence spaces on the second floor. The lobby space looks up into the media library and to smaller informal lounge spaces.

The media library is the only space on the second floor, open to the residents, that directly looks onto the street. The reading/study carrels offer a more domestic view of the residents to the neighborhood, and can portray them in a positive light. The space has bookshelves for storage of books and a media center for watching television and storing games and activities. There are couches for relaxing in front of the TV and smaller card tables for playing games. There is also a excercise room to help the residents stay fit and release any stresses that they have.

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