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WORK PORTFOLIO
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
2016
WORK PORTFOLIO
“MAKE MOTT HAVEN …” TRANSFORMATION PLAN WITH NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT
[SITE ANALYSIS/ FEASIBILITY STUDY/ PRE-DESIGN]
2013 - 2015
Assistant Director, Housing and Urban Design
[Pre-Design / Proposal Evaluations / Peer Design Review]
$ 100 M [Estimated]
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
[All Maps and Renderings by M.E. Rusz, AIA]
Housing Location Map
LEGEND [bottom two maps]: New Housing: 1 – “Flagship” Building [Family], 2 – “Garden” Building [Senior], and 3 – “Beacon” Building [Senior]; Rehabs: 4, 5 + 6 – “Betances North Rehabs”;
and locations of other area NYCHA Developments: 7 – Patterson, 8 – Mott Haven, 9 – Mitchel, and 10 – Millbrook.
Bird’s Eye View: Overall Housing Plan, showing: three new affordable housing sites, and rehab of Betances
Houses North; sites are linked by a new Greenway running from The Hub, along East 146th Street to St. Mary’s
Park, and South to Randalls Island.
Local Area Investments Map: These include: 1 – Roberto
Clemente Plaza; 3 – Greenway; 4 – Randalls Island
Connector; and 7 – Our Little Village Day Care.
Axonometric View of the Betances Houses Complex – Showing Buildings
to be Rehabilitated and New Open Space Network
Block Elevation Study of East 146th Street – Showing Transformation of Streetscape and Building Entrances & Facades
WORK PORTFOLIO
“MAKE MOTT HAVEN …” TRANSFORMATION PLAN WITH NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT
[SITE ANALYSIS/ FEASIBILITY STUDY/ PRE-DESIGN]
2013 - 2015
[All Maps and Renderings by M.E. Rusz, AIA]
“Our Little Village –
Concept for a new Day
Care Center at the base of
a Millbrook Houses
building [per request of
Millbrook Houses’ Tenant
Association President].
Assistant Director, Housing and Urban Design
[Pre-Design: With James McCullar Architect]
$ 100 M [Estimated]
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
Administrative Architect
[w/ Gandhi Engineers; Paul Rudolph, Original Architect of Record]
$ 12 M
Example: Middletown Plaza Tower:
Construction Photos – Facades During Restoration Work
BUILDING EXTERIORS RESTORATIONS WITH NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY
[DESIGN REVIEW, CONSTRUCTION, AND CM / BUILD MANAGEMENT]
2006 – 2009
Photo – Project Team
WORK PORTFOLIO
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
“NEW HOUSING, NEW YORK: LEGACY PROJECT”
VIA VERDE, THE BRONX
[AIA N Y CHAPTER, NYC DEPT. OF HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT,
AND NYS DEPT. OF ENERGY AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT]
2006 – 2008
Steering Committee Member
[AIA New York Chapter,
Housing Committee Representative]
RFP Programme – Mixed-Use, Mixed-Income Development with Residential at Upper Floors, and Commercial
and Community Uses at Street Level – including “Sustainable Design” Request For Development Proposals –
Site Context/ Background Information
Photo – NHNY Steering Committee
WORK PORTFOLIO
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
Grounds
Improvements
Future Edgemere
Community Park (DPR)
Future Arverne Community
Park (HPD/ DPR)
Renovated/ Expanded
Day Care Center
Reconfigured
Senior Center
“Site C” New Mixed-Use
Development
Grounds
Improvements
Street & Infrastructure Improvements
(DOT/ DDC)
“OCEAN BAY HOPE VI” REVITALIZATION PROJECT, QUEENS WITH NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT [URBAN REVITALIZATION HOPE VI PLAN, PRE-DESIGN,
DESIGN, & CONSTRUCTION VIA CM/ BUILD PROGRAM]
1997 – 2007
HOPE VI –Ocean Bay Project Administrator
[w/ The Environmental Simulation Center, & Various Architects ]
$ 274 M
3D Simulation – Overview of Ocean Bay Apartments Revitalization Plan
HUD HOPE VI / Urban Design
Training Conference
– Boston, MA
3D Model –
Addabbo Health Center
Study Model – “Site A”
– Mixed-Use Development
Presenting Massing Study Model –
At “Congress For The New
Urbanism” Convention,
New York, June 2001
Location Map
BAYSIDE APARTMENTS
OCEANSIDE APARTMENTS
WORK PORTFOLIO
[Study Model by M.E. Rusz, AIA]
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
“OCEAN BAY HOPE VI” REVITALIZATION PROJECT, QUEENS
OCEANSIDE – EXTERIORS & LOBBY IMPROVEMENTS WITH NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT [DESIGN & CM / BUILD CONSTRUCTION]
2002 – 2006
1
3D Simulation –
New Entrances
Architect’s Sketch
Completed Work – Oceanside Lobbies: New Entrance Doors, Window Walls at Tenant Patrol Room, Security Lighting and
Intercom System.
Photos – Existing Conditions
HOPE VI – Ocean Bay Project Administrator
[w/ Richard Dattner & Partners Architects
& James McCullar Architect ] $ 35 M
WORK PORTFOLIO
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
Photos –
Existing Conditions, Precedents, New
Housing
Rendered Site Plan – Showing Site Layout Concept: Based on City Planning’s New Staten Island Zoning Regulations
[w/ Mix of 2-Family Townhouses, Rental & Senior Housing]
[AutoCADD, Rendered Site Plan and 3D Massing Study By M.E. Rusz, AIA]
Bird’s Eye View – Looking North-East [By M.E. Rusz, AIA]
MARKHAM GARDENS RE-DEVELOPMENT, STATEN ISLAND WITH NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT [SITE ANALYSIS / FEASIBILITY STUDY / PRE-DESIGN]
2003 – 2004
Chief of Design & Development
[In-House Site Analysis / Development RFP]
$ 70 M
WORK PORTFOLIO
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
“PROSPECT PLAZA HOPE VI” REVITALIZATION PROJECT, BROOKLYN WITH NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING &
DEVELOPMENT [ZONING STUDY / PRE-DESIGN / DESIGN REVIEW]
2000 – 2002
Photos –
Two-Family Homes [“Site A”]
Watercolor Site Map – Revitalization Plan Overview
Chief of Design & Development
[w/: Housing Settlement Fund (“Site A”); & L&M Equities (“Site
B”)] $247M
“Site A”
“Site B”
“Site A”
“Site A”
Architect’s Renderings –
Rental Apartments [“Site B”]
WORK PORTFOLIO
[Site Map by M.E. Rusz, AIA]
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
KINGS COUNTY SUPREME/ FAMILY COURTHOUSE – BROOKLYN WITH NYC DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION, CULTURAL
INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM UNIT [DEVELOPER NEGOTIATED ACQUISITION]
2000
Project Director
[w/ Forest City Ratner / Perkins Eastman Architects]
$ 450 M
Site Map –
“MetroTech” – Downtown Brooklyn Context
Perspectival View – Front Facade
WORK PORTFOLIO
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN – MUSEUM BUILDING
RESTORATION – THE BRONX WITH NYC DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION, CULTURAL
INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM UNIT [PASS-THROUGH CONTRACT]
1998
Project Director
[w/ Cabrera Barricklo Architects]
$ 8 M
Photo –
Cornice / Roof Replacement
Photo –
Dome Restoration
Photo –
Masonry & Stone Restoration Photographic View – Looking West
WORK PORTFOLIO
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM – MASTER PLAN WITH NYC DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION, CULTURAL
INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM UNIT [URBAN DESIGN / MASTER PLAN]
1997 – 1998
Study Model – Showing Ten-Year Build-Out Ground Floor Plan
Lower & Upper Floor Plans
Construction Photos
Project Director
[w/ Demetri Sarantitis Architects; with Susana Torre]
$ 3 M
Photo – Project Team
WORK PORTFOLIO
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
Exhibition [Analysis/ Critique] – Of The New NYC Comprehensive Waterfront Plan:
“Perspectives On The New York City Waterfront: Planning The City’s Edge”
NEW YORK CITY COMPREHENSIVE WATERFRONT EXHIBITION POLICY ANALYSIS, WITH THE MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY OF NEW YORK
[GUEST CURATOR / FELLOWS’ URBAN DESIGN STUDY GROUP CO-CHAIR]
1992 – 1993
Guest Curator
Oculus AIA
Article –
“We Covet
The
Waterfront”
Photo –
MAS Fellows Committee
WORK PORTFOLIO
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
BROOKLYN NAVAL BASE RE-DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH MAYOR’S OFFICE OF HOUSING COORDINATION
[SPECIAL RE-DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE / PLANNING STUDY]
1992
Project Manager
[w/ Abeles Phillips Preiss Shapiro, Planners & HLW Architects]
Site Plan –
Existing Naval Base Campus
Bird’s Eye View –
Brooklyn Waterfront Context Proposed Re-Development Programme
WORK PORTFOLIO
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
SPECIAL UPPER EAST SIDE ZONING COMMITTEE, NEW YORK, NY
WITH THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING
[ZONING STUDY GROUP]
1991
Oculus AIA Article –
“Zoning On The Upper East Side”
Presenting Massing Study Model – “Tower-On-A-Base” Prototype –
At NYC Offices of Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Architects
Architect / Urban Designer
WORK PORTFOLIO
[Zoning Study Models by M.E. Rusz, AIA]
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
“HERON QUAYS”, LONDON, UK WITH EHRENKRANTZ, ECKSTUT & KUHN ARCHITECTS, PC
[ARCHITECTURAL & URBAN DESIGN]
1990
Architect / Urban Designer
Site Plan Massing Study Model – Showing Canary Wharf & Light-Rail Context
WORK PORTFOLIO
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
ARVERNE LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, QUEENS, N Y WITH EHRENKRANTZ, ECKSTUT & KUHN ARCHITECTS, PC
[ARCHITECTURAL & URBAN DESIGN]
1989
Architect / Urban Designer
Massing Study Model – Showing Mid-Rise Buildings at Quarter’s Northern Edge
Site Plan – Neighborhood Quarter
Rendered Site Plan –
Showing Original Four Phases, and
Mapped Public Streets &
Community Park
WORK PORTFOLIO
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS WATERFRONT URBAN DESIGN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE,
PLANNING & PRESERVATION
1989
Perspective – Looking North Along Canal
Presentation Model
Perspectives – “Mise-En-Sequence”
Plan – “Water’s Edge Square”
Thesis – Master of Science
in Architecture & Urban Design
WORK PORTFOLIO
[All Products by M.E. Rusz, AIA]
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
BOWLBY RESIDENCE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA WITH PETER HAMILTON ARCHITECTS [DESIGN]
1985
North and South Elevations
Site Plan
Photographic Views –
Exterior, Looking SouthWest; and Living Room Interior
Basement and Ground Floor Plans
Architect/ Assistant Project Manager
$ .75 M
WORK PORTFOLIO
[Presentation and Working Drawings by M.E. Rusz, AIA]
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
Site Topographical Analysis
Site Axonometric –
Looking NorthEast
Site Plan –
Showing Underground Parking
Assistant Architect
Street Elevations – showing Infill Housing and
Adjacent Conditions
“ROSEDALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT”, TORONTO, ONTARIO,
CANADA WITH WILLIAM BENNETT ARCHITECT [DESIGN]
1983
WORK PORTFOLIO
[Urban Design Study and Presentation Drawings by M.E. Rusz, AIA]
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
Thesis Project – Fifth Year
Bachelor of Architecture
Site Topographical Analysis
Market Square – Site Plan, Site Sections, and
Typical 2 Bedroom Unit Plan
“NINE CORNERS / THREE SQUARES”, TORONTO, ONTARIO,
CANADA UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING [THESIS PROJECT]
1981
WORK PORTFOLIO
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
Perspective – Looking South
To Market Square
Rendered Figure / Ground – Transformation of Three Squares: First Stage
Site Development – 1858 / 1890 / 1923 / 1980
10TH ARRONDISSEMENT URBAN ANALYSIS, PARIS, FRANCE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE
[STUDY ABROAD AT UNITÉ PEDAGOGIQUES D’ARCHITECTURE SIX [UP6]]
1979
Photos – Passage Urban Form
Figure/ Ground Site Analysis –
Showing Dense Urban Fabric and
Predominance of “Passages” (Through-Block Connections)
Fourth Year – Fall Term
Study Abroad Towards Bachelor of Architecture
Site Plan – “Hotel Passage”
WORK PORTFOLIO
Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA
Architect / Urban Designer
Study Model –
Street View Of Passage