EVANCERILLI

BENEDETTO

Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 2011

I live on Earth at present, and I don’t know what I am. I know that am not a category. I am a thing - a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process - an integral function of the universe.

-R. Buckminster Fuller

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Aggregated Surface

Lehigh Visitor Center

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

PHOTOGRAPHY

PARAMETRIC DESIGN

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3Dimensional Logic

Bethlehem Greenway

Systematic Capture

Design by Site

Parametric Design

Algorithmic and systematic processes have influenced the evolution of our understanding of the universe. Exploration of algorithmic systems and patterns may allow us to develop new architectural structures, forms and designs.

Choosing a triangular prism-like unit design allows for three alternate connections. The unit is then able to grow upon itself and expand over one plane.

3Dimensional Logic Studio 2Individual project

Approaching design with a logical and systematic method, and parameterized variations results in complex and durable structural forms that are both natural and synthetic.

Unit Development

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Professor Jung 2009

The unit is modified in order to decrease the mass of both the unit, and the aggregation of multiple units.

Connecting multiple units together results in a self-organizing 3Dimensional dynamic surface and pattern.

Unit Refinement

6x8” Study Model paper and glue

Unit Top Perspective

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The unit template isolates the variables within the logical system; height and width.

ParameterizeAltering the internal logic of the system, and parameterizing the unit dimensions into five different sizes enhances the system’s growth possibilities and potential.

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Left: Final Model System PatternRight: 32x32” Final Model paper, glue & brads

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Systematic Capture Studio 2

AbstractA systematic and logical pattern is found within a photograph of a natural phenomenon through a series of drawings.

From the drawings, a logic is developed which relates the density of the units to their respective sizes. The smaller the size, the higher the density, and vice versa...

Indentify Multiply Logic

Force

A collaboration with Mario Delgado & Andrew SullivanGroup Leader

Crystallized Resorcinol, Methylene Blue and Sulfur

Nature is abundant with patterns and variations of logical systems. Identifying the patterns within these logical systems allows us to design our own systems for use in architecture.

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Professor Jung 2009

8x8” Study Model • paper and glue

Height is added to the logic system in direct relationship to the diameter of each unit. The smaller the diameter, the shorter the unit.

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16x16” Final Model • paper and glue

The final model is refined with a new plan and blueprint of the logical system. The vector lines illustrate the forces that shape the patterning and variations of the system and its units.

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Final Model Detail

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The origami toy, known as the “fortune teller” is selected for its various connection possibilities.

Unit Development

Aggregated Surface Studio 2A collaboration with Mario Delgado & Andrew Sullivan

Group Leader

Logical systems have the abilitiy to grow and expand upon themselves. In this project, we create a 3Dimensional unit that by building upon itself becomes a more complex form and pattern.

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Professor Jung 2009

Interconnecting the individul units results in a surface with a systematic pattern, able to expand upon itself. The properties of the unit also allow the surface to twist in on itself.

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By localizing the key characteristic of the surface - the diamond - we simplified the unit production so that multiple units could be assembled using one sheet of paper.

Unit Production

Template cut-out

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Template cut-out

Final Model Modified Unit Pattern • paper

Unit Variations

Varying the unit size within the pattern alters the way in which the surface functions and grows. The larger pieces tend to grow in one dimension, while the smaller grow into a third dimension in tightly bound spirals.

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Left: 24x32” Final Model • paper and glue Above: Final Model DetailRight: Final Model Perspective

“For me the diagram is a device, a tool that I am always using, that I am improving, that is an extension of my mind...I can’t see the diagram disappearing, as it is a mediation, and you need to go through that mediation.”

Architectural Design

- Bernard Tschumi

Bethlehem GreenwayIndependent Study with Professor Jung Fall 2010

As financial capital becomes ever more mobile and concentrated, cities can rise and fall over a matter of decades. Within only one century, the City of Bethlehem became the second largest steel producing center in the world.

Now, Bethlehem is a “shrinking city”. The city’s southside community had been built around the world famous Bethlehem Steel Mill. The mill operated throughout both World Wars, and supplied steel for the skyscrapers of New York City. When the mill shut down, so did much of Bethlehem. Now, left behind in the wake of the foreign industrial and economic development, the city is constructing a new identity for itself. The Greenway – a linear park following the former path of the old railway – is intended to facilitate this transformation. The challenge of the Greenway Project was to design a space with historical reference, which at the same time moves the community forward towards a new identity. The design and its features were developed through community based data and opinions.

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New St.

Greenway Bethlehem Southside

Adams St. Webster St. Taylor St. Polk St.

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Site Analysis

Vegetation Night Light Age

A 12 foot path runs along the side of the site for pedestrian and cycling transit, acting as a linear axis for the site.

New St.

Block I

Block I Block I Block I

Block II

Block II Block II Block II

Block III

Block III Block III Block III

Block IV

Litzenberger Retirement HomeHoly Infancy Elementary SchoolBoys and Girls Club

Adams St. Webster St. Taylor St. Polk St.

Southside Bethlehem

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The three subject blocks of the Greenway have the potential to become a focal center for activities and events. Markets, businesses, elementary schools, and retirement homes surround the space. The challenge is to celebrate this diversity by designing a unique space that could stimulate the local economy, revitalize the urban fabric, and support the Bethlehem community.

Businesses Residents

Business : Resident RatioCommercial

Community

Residential

On Block I (New - Adams) there is one business for every resident living within the area. This ratio decreases with each successive block, to practically no businesses per resident in Block IV (Taylor - Polk).

The decrease in the ratio of business to resident reveals the nature of the urban fabric. This section of the Greenway transitions from urban and commercial to residential. The urban and residential polarities are connected by the newly designed community space.

Block I Block IBlock II Block IIBlock III Block IIIBlock IV Block IV

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Activity

The amount of activity on each block varies throughout the day. Block I is continuously busy due to high business density. The elementary school’s recess and lunch times make Block II most active during the morning and afternoon.

Block I Block II Block III

Times of Activity

Activity Level

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Program Analysis

The possible uses of the space and their relation to the users show which programs would serve the most people. Greenspace is of primary importance, followed by the playground, a gathering space, and community gardens.

Programs of Interest

Uses Programs

UsersBlock III

Block II

Block I

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The programs of interest are those that have the most connections to the users.

Design Development

Grid Movement

1 • The grid connects the three separate blocks of the site into one cohesive and continuous space.

2 • Like the movement of a highway or rapid river, the circulation is linear and direct in high areas of activity (Block I). It intertwines and wanders as activity levels decrease (Blocks II & III).

3 • The isolated circulation path serves as a secondary slower path to the primary linear 12 foot walking and biking path.

4 • Elevations and landforms emerge in the voids of the newly formed grid, creating mass and volume.

5 • Final Elevations

Inspired by Bethlehem’s history as a steel producing city, the grid system for generating the form of the greenway is derived from the crystalized structure of ferrite steel.

Block II

Block I

Adams St.

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Isolate Mass Finalize

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Master Plan

Playscape

Plaza

Park Garden

Interactive Fountain

Plaza

Climbing Structure

Stage

Stepped Seating

Greenspace

Greenspace

Seating

Boys and Girls ClubLocal Businesses A

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Block I

Block II

(commercial)

(community)

The program of each block corresponds to the business : resident ratio. The plaza is located in the urban space, while the gardens are placed in the residential area. A playground acts as a transition from plaza to gardens, and can be used by the children of the Boys and Girls Club and Holy Infancy Elementary School.

Program

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Gardens

Gardens

Public Seating

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The path that runs through the playscape and gardens functions as a secondary transit path for slower moving activities, whereas the 12 foot wide main trail is utilized by runners and bikers.

Secondary Path

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PlazaBLOCK I

(commercial)

PlayscapeBLOCK II

(community)

Final Model Plaza

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Gardens (residential)BLOCK III

Final Model Gardens

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New St. Adams St.Adams St. Webster St.

Master Plan Final Model • 7’ x 2’6” Taylor St.Webster St.

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Steel PlazaNew St. - Adams St. (Block I)

The plaza will serve as an entrance to the park. The design is thus intended to draw the visitor into the Greenway.

The unique appearance of molecular crystalized steel is represented in the patterned ground of the plaza space. This pattern continues and eventually dissolves into the open field of grass.

Plaza

Grass Field

Performance Space

Pattern of Crystalized Steel used for plaza design

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The block is split into two sections: a plaza, and a field for performances.

The plaza will host local events and gatherings, such as the weekly farmers market and the community celebration known as “First Friday.”

The greenspace can serve as a seating area for the performance stage on the opposite side of the block. This space will function as a small venue for local performances and events, such as Bethlehem’s yearly “Music Fest”.

Final Model Block I

Performance Stage

Natural PlayscapeAdams St. - Webster St. (Block II)

The playscape design was informed by research into play. According to a study done by Ingunn Fjørtoft, a natural landscape for play (such as a forest) improves a child’s motor skills and creative capacities more than a conventional playground.

Research also reveals that certain landscape characteristics are better suited to particular types of play. Play is broken down into three categories: construction, symbol, and function. The design of the playscape incorporates these research concepts by translating them into form and space, thereby creating a “natural environment” for play.

Holy Infancy Elementary School

Boys and Girls Club Basketball Court

Adams St.Webster St.

Construction Play

Types of Play

Symbol Play

Function Play

Structure building (fort building).

Role-playing and fantasty games (house, pirates).

Physical forms of play (running, climbing, sliding).

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Climbing Structure

Interactive Fountain

Grass Field

In order to better assess the research information, the data is organized and processed into a visual diagram. The diagram reveals the landscape characteristics of each type of play.

Tree Physiognomy

Shrub Physiognomy

Shrub Density

Data Analysis

Construction

Topography Vegetation Interpretation

Forest (Symbol / Construct)

Rock (Climbing / Sliding)

Field (Running)

Symbol

Function

Imagined and built play are characteristic of areas with dense shrubs and trees, like a forest.

Climbing and sliding occur on steep and uneven landscapes characteristic of rock formations.

Running activities are characteristic of flat, varied landscapes with scattered vegetation.

Climbing

Sliding

Running

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For safety reasons, the physical types of play (function) are situated in the center. The more imaginative and abstract types of play (construction and symbol) are placed on the sides of the site, by the streets.

The topography and vegetation of the landscape take form according to the designated types of play.

Holy Infancy Elementary SchoolBoys and Girls Club

Adams St. Webster St.

Data Analysis

ImagineBuild

ClimbSlide Run

ImagineBuild

Forest / Shrub Rock Field Forest / Shrub

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Shrubs Open Running Field

Final Model Block II

The climbing and sliding structure is also developed from the pattern derived from crystalized steel. The structure is similar to a rock that has emerged from the ground.

Extrude

Grid

Carve

Open

Rock Development

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Community GardensWebster St. - Taylor St. (Block III)

The Litzenberger Retirement Home was once known for its community gardens. The design reintroduces the idea of community gardens for the senior residents of the home, as well as for local residents, and the children of the Boys and Girls Club and Holy Infancy Elementary School.

By serving diverse age groups, the community garden design fosters positive interactions and relationships among disparate generations. Elementary school classes and Litzenberger Retierment Home residents can participate in gardening simultaneously, within the same space.

Public Seating

Gardens

Public Gardens

Types of Gardens

Litzenberger Gardens

Park Gardens

Designated for public use.

Designated for members of Litzenberger Retirement.

Designated for park gardens and artwork.

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In order to encourage interaction amongst community members, the public gardens, the Litzenberger gardens and the park gardens all share the same beds and are dispersed throughout the site.

Final Model Block III

Public Gardens

Litzenberger Gardens

Park Gardens

Gardens

Gardens

Public Seating

A graphical diagram of how wind would move through the site is generated from the concept of building turbulence.

The amount of sunlight on the site is tracked over a five hour period and processed into a diagram.

Wind Sun

Design by Site Studio 2

Site Analysis

Professor Jung 2009

It often appears as though a building is designed without sufficient consideration of the landscape and the surrounding site. This project is an in-depth exploration of the relationship between site and building.

Therefore, in approaching the design of a cafe and lounge for Lehigh University, I decided to initially focus completely on the site and ask: how could the site influence and shape a building and its landscape?

ProgramLocation

Cafe / Lounge

Lehigh University Campus

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The graphical diagram acts as a springboard for the design, which then becomes a story derived from the diagram.

The two diagrams are combined and overlayed onto the site. A template is created from which the building can develop and grow from the site.

The wind diagram lines direct the placement and form of the building. The amount of sunlight determines the height to which the building grows, like a plant, the more sun, the taller it grows.

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A series of study models aid in the interpretation of the diagrams, altering different characteristics in each new model.

Formal Development

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“Diagrams mediate between physical constructs and concepts or percepts on an organisational level. Their performance depends on how they are employed.”

- Alejandro Zaera-Polo

Site Plan Elevation

The form of the site and building are finalized after developing the design through multiple study models.

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Skin Development

Final Plans

Skin and structure is developed from a pattern found within nature in order to make the walls appear as if they have ‘grown’ from the site.

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1.1 • Cafe1.2 • Seating1.3 • Mens Room1.4 • Womens Room

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1.4

1.3

1.1

Program Analysis Formal Development

Lehigh Visitor Center Studio 2

When developing a design for a visitor center at Lehigh University, I recalled my own experience as a prospective student visiting the campus. I learned most about the school by observing and interacting with the students. Consequently, the design of the vistor center focused on the interaction between visitor and student.

ProgramLocation

Cafe / Lounge / Information / Exhbition

Lehigh University Campus

Dividing the programs into two categories depending upon their occupants allows connections to be drawn between programs.

Divide Break

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Exhibit & Information Exhibit & Information

Cafe & Lounge Cafe & Lounge

Professor Jung 2009

The final form of the generative diagram serves as the basis for the formal section and elevation of the building.

The formal diagram simplifies designing and turns the process into an interactive pursuit of multiple forms and possibilites.

Site Plan

Elevation

Expand

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Exhibit

Information

Cafe & Lounge

In order to facilitate visual interaction between visitor and student, visual exchanges are established within the diagram of the building.

Above & Left: 8x8” Study ModelTop Left: Visual Analysis of site and building

Creating a visual interplay between the parts of the building and the site turns the space into a dynamic and enriched environment.

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“The function of the diagram is to delay typology and advance design by bringing in external concepts in a specific shape: as figure, not as image or sign.”

-Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos

Architectural photography requires the photographer to search for a subjective understanding and interpretation of a building.

Photography 2009-2010

Right: Villa Savoye, Poissy Le CorbusierLeft: Holocaust Memorial, Berlin Peter Eisenman

The following photographs were taken during my semester abroad. I invested in a two week eurorail pass and travelled around Europe, using architectural landmarks as my destinations.

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Casa Batllo Antonio, Barcelona Gaudi

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Villa Rotunda Vicenza Palladio

Study Abroad in Florence, Italy GPA 3.86Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 2007 - 2011 GPA 3.66 Major GPA 3.73

ACADEMIC HONORS

ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

Deans List Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, National Society of Collegiate Scholars

INTEGRATED LEARNING EXPERIENCE

INDEPEDENT STUDYGREENWAY DESIGN

TEACHING ASSISTANT

FRITZ DESIGN PROJECT

Direct and manage design team. collaborate and communicate with city officials and community members.

Sole student architect on multidisciplinary urban scale project. Responsible for design and development of master plan for three blocks of urban park.

Led and managed team of engineers and architects in the semester long redesign of University building. Worked with and designed plans in AutoCAD.

History of 20th Century Architecture. Lecture and lead class discussions. Advise students on final papers and exams.

EVANCERILLI

BENEDETTO

Present

Present

Spring 2011

Fall 2009

LEHIGH UNIVERSITY

SYRACUSE ABROAD

401.477.6496ECerilli@gmail.com20 Brentonwood Ave, Barrington, Rhode Island

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

ABRUZZO

CORLEONE

Helped construct temporary housing and church for 2009 earthquake victims of Abruzzo, Italy.

Worked on farm in Corleone, Sicily to aid in the liberation of farms and businesses from the Sicilian mafia.

March 2010

April 2010

AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, MATLabBasic Italian, Latin (4 Years)

LEHIGH REVIEW

LEHIGH VALLEY LIVE

LEHIGH VALLEY CHANNEL 69

SKILLS

MEDIA

PUBLICATIONS

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

INTERESTS

STUDY ABROAD

GREEN HOUSE

Two Architecture studio projects selected for exhibition in University wide journal.

Greenway Project news articlehttp://www.lehighvalleylive.com/bethlehem/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1288497959223520.xml&coll=3

http://www.wfmz.com/lehighvalleynews/24947024/detail.html

Presented as architect and leader of the Bethlehem Greenway design team in television news story.

Surfing, hiking, guitar, yoga, photography and travel

Full immersion study abroad in Florence, Italy, through Syracuse University. Lived with an Italian host family and adapted to new environments. Gained an increased sense of confidence, independence and assertiveness.

Three year member of Lehigh University’s Environmentally Conscious special interest housing. Built and used our own green house, composting system, rainwater harvesting system and recycling system.

Spring 2010

2008-Present

April 2010

October 2010

September 2010

SOFTWARE

LANGUAGES

EVANCERILLI

BENEDETTO

Bachelor of Arts in Architecture 2011