Project Samples

Master of Architecture, Columbia University GSAPP, 2014Certificate of Applied Building Science, Columbia University GSAPP, 2013BFA Interior Design, San Jose State University, 2010

Vahe MarkosianPROJECT SAMPLES Throughout my time at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture I have aimed to improve my technical skills and knowledge while maintaining an open mind to novel ways of thinking, designing, and building. I am eager to apply what I have learned professionally, and contribute to solving interesting and challenging design problems.

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TEAM Vahe Markosian, Zack Maurer

Studio VI, Spring 2014

Student Center JUXTAPOSED ACCELERATION Acknowledging the relative nature of human experience we have attempted an analysis of space and structure though juxtaposition using scale, orientation, mass, and light. Taking as a precedent the conflict between Piet Mondrians centripetal and Theo Van Doesburgs centrifugal compositions, this space seeks a dynamic equilibrium at the core of which are a gallery space and auditorium corresponding both conceptually and architecturally with the aforementioned distinctions.

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Group Gathering Spaces

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Performance Space

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Seating

Cafe

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Performance Space

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TEAM Vahe Markosian, Tianhui Shen

Core Studio III, Fall 2012

Urban HousingINFRASTRUCTURE ECOSYSTEM Infrastructure Ecosystem explores the potentials of a coexistence between human beings and the man-made environment most urban populations live in. The project is situated along a busy transit corridor flanked by train tracks, the FDR freeway, and the east river. Instead of shutting these infrastructural arteries out, the housing complex integrates into, and uses the byproducts of its surroundings; just as humans used the natural environment before the industrial revolution.

The apartments are arranged around triangular cores which rise from the ground level. These cores bring energy up through the building and are also the wet cores. All the wet rooms in the apartments are set adjacent to these cores. In order to accomplish core adjacency the apartments wrap around one another. This has the added benefit of creating an intertwined spatial living environment.

1 BR - 700SF

MICROUNIT - 300SF

ENERGY TRUSS PLAN SUBLEVEL MARKET

2 BR - 1000 SF

STUDIO - 500 SF

TYPICAL BUILDING BAY

SUB-LEVEL MARKET

ENERGY & MASSING

VERTICAL CIRCULATION CORES ENERGY & SUPPORT CORESRAILWAY GENERATOR TRUSSES

ENERGY & MASSING

TEAM Jordan Anderson, Della Leapman, Vahe Markosian, Diego Rodriguez

Architectural Technology V, Spring 2013

Artisan CooperativeCONCRETE PERMUTATION This artisan loft is designed to maximize space and light on the interior; paying special attention to the quality of light due to orientation. For this purpose, the facade is comprised of load baring structural concrete panels. These panels are prefabricated in a factory and assembled on site, allowing for a high degree of variance in size and geometry

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PANEL TO BEAM CONNECTION

NORTH ELEVATION SOUTH ELEVATION TYPICAL BAY

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PARAPET DETAIL

TEAM Andrew Maier, Vahe Markosian, Mark Potheir, Jim StoddartACSA Steel Competition, Spring 2013

Modular Steel BridgeADAPTIVE CONNECTIONS This bridge is comprised of a series of prefabricated metal elements designed considering a direct software to fabrication pipeline. A cross-sectional structural and decking system create a varying topography that hosts an array of opportunities for interaction with the surrounding context. Multi-level passage allows for dynamic experiences along length of bridge, including places of rest (benches), transition from inside (truss) to outside (deck), and views of the city.

SOUTH ELEVATION

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The parametric structural bay is conceived through a combination of standard stock steel extrusion members and custom, water-jet-cut connection plates. Sandwiching the complex bent plates allows for geometric variability with minimal customized steel and provides repeatable, varied connection details for simple, efficient, shop-built construction and rapid on-site assembly. The bridge was designed using a Grasshopper to CATIA to CAM workflow that allowed for a project which was fully adaptive; from initial design curves to final shop drawings.

Advanced Curtain WallSpring 2014

Drawing Museum Curtain WallTEXTURED LAYERING The aesthetic aim of the facade is to contain multiple layers of texture and subtle variance across the surface. The layers

of shading and fritting within the faade also serve to diffuse incoming light, allowing for a soft glow on the interior instead of harsh direct sunlight. The faade creates a substantial yet intriguing visual barrier between interior and exterior.

RAIN SCREEN GASKET

ALUMINUM ROD

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AIR SEAL

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WATERPROOFING MEMBRANE

ALUMNIUM EXTRUSION RUNNING CONTINUOUSLY OVER UNIT TO UNIT SPLICE

WEATHER SEAL

ALUMINUM COPING

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ALUMINUM COPING

3" ROOF INSULATION

SMOKE SEAL AND FIRE SAFING

SILICONE SEAL

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WEATHER SEAL

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ALUMINUM CONNECTION ROD

RAIN SCREEN GASKET

STEEL ANGLE - CANTILEVER ASSEMBLY

ALUMINUM PANEL ROLLERSUPPORT TRACK

ALUMINUM SPLICE

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STEEL SPACER PLATE

STEEL L EXTRUSION

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1" ALUMINUM FRAMEPOINT SUPPORT FITTINGS

1/8" STEEL PLATE

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INSULATED GLASS UNIT

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2HR FIRE SAFING INSULATION

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OUTER GLASS PANEL ELEVATION

SCALE: 1"=6"

SCALE: 1"=6"CORNER VERTICAL JOINT

SCALE: 1"=6"PARAPET STACK JOINT

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TEXTURED LAYERS Museum of DrawingAdvanced Curtain Wall, Spring 2014Vahe Markosian

This project was inspired by the texture and colors contained in the painting on the right. The idea for the drawing museum comes from the similarity of the painting to pencil hatching textures. The aesthetic aim of the facade is to convey the multiple levels and subtle changes within a textured drawing. The textured layers within the facade will also serve to diffuse incoming light, allowing for a soft glow on the interior instead of harsh direct sunlight.

RAIN SCREEN GASKET

ALUMINUM ROD

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ALUMINUM COPING


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2 1/2" INSULATION


WEEP HOLE

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2 1/2" INSULATION


WEEP HOLE

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WEATHER SEAL

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FLAP GASKET

WEATHER SEAL

BACKER ROD

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1/2" TENSION ROD


1/8" ALUMINUM PANEL


2 1/2" INSULATION


WEEP HOLE

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DRAINAGE MAT


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RAIN SCREEN GASKET

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ALUMINUM COPING


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SILICONE SEAL

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WEATHER SEAL

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BACKER ROD

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1/8" STEEL PLATE




1/2" TENSION ROD


1/8" ALUMINUM PANEL


2 1/2" INSULATION


WEEP HOLE

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Craft in the Digital AgeSpring 2014

Wooden ChairsCOMPRESSION & BALANCE In this series of experimental chairs I explored different ways to support and transfer weight. The chairs on the right deal specifically with the potentials of mitered connections and ways to reinforce them. The chair on the left was inspired by Alvar Aaltos bent wood chair and explores the potentials of wood lamination and digital fabrication. Along with the technical considerations, this series also emphasizes the expressive nature of the different woods used.

TEAM Arkadiusz Piegdon, Claire Kao, Davi Weber, Diego Rodriguez, Harry Byron, Jaclyn Jung, Jim Stoddart, Mondrian Hsieh, Sissily Harrell, Taylor Miller, Tianhui Shen, Vahe MarkosianLOCATION Palais de Tokyo - Paris, FranceSummer 2013

Lighter Than Air - Paris AtelierGOING AWAY The inflated landscape demands an atypical slowness, heightening awareness of ones body in relation to the displacement and resulting disruption of the field. The shifting terrain above and below induce a loss of scale, or rather a loss of consistency of scale. Navigating the foreign landscape, the traveler grows and shrinks in the shifting space, diminishing to miniature and growing so large to the point of bursting through the stratosphere.

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TEAM Sissily Harrell, Andrew Maier, Vahe Markosian, Diego Rodriguez, Michael Schissel

LOCATION Kouvola, Finaland

Spring 2013

Urban Horticulture CompetitionCROPLINE The pods and rotating system which they are suspended on are designed to be a simple and flexible way to grow plants and vegetables without having to live in a ground floor apartment. The materials for the project are readily available in the Scandinavian countries and esthetic inspiration for the project comes from local iconography and mythology.

TEAM 10 students from PUC-Rio + 10 students from Columbia GSAPP, Brigette Borders, Nathan Carter

LOCATION New York City, Rio de Janeiro

Summer 2012

PUC - Rio/GSAPP Digital Fabrication WorkshopX-TOTAL Inspired by the informal nature of commerce typical of Brazilian cities we designed a set of flexible carts which can be deployed for staging events at Studio-X Rio. In addition we were challenged with using only the recycled materials provided to us in order to promote sustainable building practices in Rio de Janeiro.

C = BarC

A = DJ, Exhibit, ProjectorA

B = Screen, Communications, ExhibitB

A

C

B

A B C

Program:- DJ / Party- Presentation- Screening

Conguration:A and B work in tandem. A and B are either directly adjacent, or next to one another with space in between. C is separated from A and B.

Program:- Stored in Studio-X

Conguration:A,B,C are not in use at full potential and arebeing stored together in Studio-X. People mill about Studio-X with the carts store against the wall and under the stair.

AB

C

DJ CARTBAR CART PLAN & ELEVATION MATERIALS GIVEN

POTENTIAL CART CONFIGURATIONS

CART CONSTRUCTION - STUDIO X RIO

21 flat, 5 corner pieces, 1 sheet each

20 pieces, 5 corners, 4-5 per sheet

132 pieces, fits on 11 sheets w/ big Xs

table/shelves: 15-18 sheets

8-9 sheets, consider plywood alt.

18.85 m linear , may need >2 thick

ECOPOL

COCONUT21sheets

5-6 sheets8-9 sheets

18.85 mPLASTIC WOOD

LAMINATE

Coconut Tiles

Plastic Wood

Vegetal Fiber Laminate

Ecopol Recycled Polyurethane

C = BarC



A

C

B

A B C





AB

C

Ecopol

Tetrapack

Veglam

Coconut Panels

Plastic Wood

C = BarC



A

C

B

A B C





AB

C

TEAM Phil Anzalone, Nathan Carter, Andrew Maier, Vahe Markosian, Diego Rodriguez, Shaun Salisbury

Fabricated in the Laboratory for Applied Building Science at Columbia University

Exhibited in the Lively Architecture Festival in Montpellier, France

Summer 2012

Tensegrity SculptureTENSEGRITREE This tensegrity structure was originally designed by Phil Anzalone and modeled in CATIA by Shaun Salisbury. My colleague Diego Rodriguez and I were brought in to fabricate the project using aluminum tube, steel, aircraft cable, ultra high density foam, and reflective Mylar. We were assisted in assembly by the GSAPP summer Fablab team.

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Rods Edge Cables Draw-down Cables Draw-up Cables Saddle Cables

TENSEGRITY TOWER IIDesign: Phil AnzaloneCATIA Model: Shaun SalisburyRhinocerous model: Vahe Markosian, Andrew Meier III Fabrication: Diego Rodriguez, Nathan Carter, Vahe Markosian

Photos: Diego Rodriguez, Phil Anzalone, Vahe Markosian

Exhibition in Montpellier, France

Assembly: Diego Rodriguez, Andrew Meier III, Michael Schissel, Maya Porath, Eileen Chen, Michelle Mortensen, Arkadiusz Piegdon, Jacob Esoco, Zach Maurer, Brigette Borders, Phil Anzalone, Vahe Markosian

Anchor Cables Full Assembly

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Core Studio I Studio, Fall 2011

Hydroponic Farm + MarketFOOD MACHINE This marketplace and food production/recycling system is conceived as a series of intersecting and interdependent cycles. Both human cycles such as food distribution and waste disposal, and natural cycles such as temperature and solar path are drivers for specific towers in the cluster. Intersecting and multipurpose hybrid spaces are created within the intersection zones of adjacent towers.

NUTRIENT LAB

COMPOST

HEAT FROM COMPOST

GEOTHERMAL PUMP

RAINWATER COLLECTION

FLASH HEAT TEMP. REGULATION SYSTEM

FOOD WASTE

HYDROPONICDISTRIBUTION

TEAM Vahe Markosian, Marc Schulte

Internship: Vladimir Frank Architects, Summer 2009

Vertical ApartmentsWAMA The WAMA vertical apartments project was imagined by architect Vladimir Frank in response to a call for sustainable housing in Morrison, CO. The project reacts to the need to integrate the surrounding natural beauty of the Colorado Rockies into a more dense and sustainable living typology.

RESIDENTIAL TEMPLATE3 BEDROOM-LIVE/ WORK

SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-0"

EXTERIOR LANDSCAPE

3 BEDROOM RESIDENCE

COMMON SOCIAL AREA

OFFICE/STUDIO/ATELIER

SPA LIVING

RESIDENTIAL TEMPLATEPARTY HOUSE

EXTERIOR LANDSCAPE

1 BEDROOM RESIDENCE

SPA LIVING

RESIDENTIAL TEMPLATE1 BEDROOM-

EXTERIOR LANDSCAPE

1 BEDROOM RESIDENCE

COMMON SOCIAL AREA

OFFICE/STUDIO/ATELIER

SPA LIVING

I joined the project during the schematic design phase and along with my colleague Marc Schulte worked on space planning and architectural design. Along with a series of study models, renderings, and drawings Marc and I designed and built the physical model. The model is primarily constructed of bass wood and acrylic.

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