RAND ZALZALA

M. ARCH 1 Applicant
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STUDIO Avoidance
Double House
Archive Center
designer, traveler, & philanthropist

The following work presents my attempts

to understand the relationship of human PROFESSIONAL Amy Reichert Design
experiences with space, and vice versa. Oberlin College
Competitions // CANstruction

PERSONAL Playing With Light & Shadow

1. avoidance
Oberlin College
ARTS 089, Spring 2016
Professor Johnny Coleman

This pavillion is a reflection to a short

story, “The Ones Who Walk Away
from Omela,” by Ursela Le Guin.
The plot addresses a utopia that is
based on injustice and the misery of
a single child. Everyone in Omelas
is willing to accept this unnerving
reality to live, while the ones who
walk away represent those of us who
are unwilling to turn a blind eye to
corruption.
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Idea
Circulation Study
The concept of avoidance in the course of an itinerant was
manifested in a triangular structure at whose center lies The void and openings were designed to be experienced
a void, and walls lie various openings to the outside - the from different angles, to emphasize the extent of
epitome of avoidance. avoidance.
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“To exchange all the goodness and grace of every life in Omelas for that single,
small improvement: to throw away the happiness of thousands for the chance
of the happiness of one: that would be to let guilt within the walls indeed”

Openings throughout
slanted roof/ceiling to
provide an outlook

Inifinity stairs around

central void

Sturdiness of building
relies on only two
points

Tip of building is
slanted but barely
touches the ground
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2. double house
Harvard GSD, Career Discovery
June 2015
Instructor: Kevin Murray

An excercise that combines two logics

into one coherent whole. This project
is an interpretation of two characters -
personalities, hobbies, behaviours - to
create intersectional spaces they can
inhabit through the manipulation of
thresholds, circulation, solid & void, and
a confined envelope.
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Site Program

_Residence provides L.B. Jeff with access

_Property faces street towards NE to ‘watch’ the neighborhood, & Zero with a
>> ease of access large, hotel-like living space that is welcoming
to guests as well as private/secure personal
_Tall buildings [5+ stories] to the South, spaces
East, and West >> sense of privacy

_Park/Playground in the back

>> natural view

_Private homes to the North and West

>> quiet spaces

Wa
re
St
.

Client

Character Needs

> Open spaces that are very private

‘Zero’; Grand Budapest Hotel
Private / Shy / Quiet /
Adventurous
> Small number of windows, no interaction with
neighbors
> Multiple stories/levels to climb to; staircases
> Private reading / hiding space
> Space to share with his lover
> Multiple stories and views of the neighborhood
> Open yet private fenestration
> Less privacy / open space for friends and
neighbors
> Room for storage

‘L.B. Jeff’; Rear Window

Photographer / Curious /
Hoarder
_DESIGN

Section + Model Plans

Dining +
3a 3b Kitchen

Living
Living,
Kitchen +
2b Dining

1a 1b
2a

1a 1b Study
Bath

Bath

Multi-
purpose
L. B. Jeff Zero 2a 2b

Bedroom
Bedroom

3a 3b

4’ 8’ 16’
L. B. Jeff
Zero

>> Axo circulation Diagrams

Sectional Model
3. archive center
Harvard GSD, Career Discovery
July 2015
Instructor: Kevin Murray

This project is meant to bring conceptual

and humanitarian design into use by
utilizing the medium of architecture as a
solution to a loud and congested public
square. This solution provides an archival
collection of films at the scale of an
insitution and a community center at the
scale of an urban site.
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Site

_Site is a gateway to Boston

_ Loud spaces & pedestrian traffic
_ Fire station behind site & Parking lot
_ Abcense of public space
Site
Commercial
Residential

Theater Gallery

Archives Cafe Library

Offices

Public Outdoor

Paper relief >> congestion map of neighborhood

Program Analysis

Spaces Program Required SF

Outdoor public space Marketplace Accommodate 200

Theater No Req

Indoor public space Cafe 1500 - 3000 SF

Library & Film Bookshop 2000 - 4000 SF
Public Lobby 1000 - 1500 SF

Public archive gallery Gallery space 2000 - 5000 SF

Film workshop 2200 SF

Administrative archive staff Film vault 2000 SF

Conservation Dept. 800 SF
_DESIGN

Organization Movie Theater - Plans & Section

Admin.
Film
Vault
“Archive Maze” -
3.

Space

Local businesses and Library &

Bookshop
Outdoor Space LEVEL TWO
Balconies - + Theater
For events and
views of the neigh-
borhood Cafe Movie Theater
2.
Library -
Open/Private
reading spaces
Archives
LEVEL ONE Gallery
Cafe -
Passage to public 12’ 24’ 48’ N
gallery

Common Space -
Pubic plaza for local
LEVEL THREE

1.

Indoor Theater

Archives

Library
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Architecture & Graphic Design
amy reichert design
January 2015
Companies that Care
Chicago, IL

I worked on this small non-profit organization

space renovation that needed flexible space
along with a private study/meeting room. The
following design was my proposal for the study.

Office Space
Mtg Space
Study/Mtg Space Desks N110
N106

FIRE
N/U EXIT
Storage Space
N109
Kitchene�e
E103

Kitchenette

Foyer
E102
Foyer/Front Desk Open Office
Mul�purpose Mtg
E101 Space

Storage Room N109

N109
Office Multipurpose

RE-DESIGN/ORGANIZATION
HIGH DEMAND SPACE
IN USE
Oberlin college
February 2014 - May 2016
Office of Communications
Oberlin, OH

Sample of my promotional materials for a variety

of events that were displayed both digitally and
in print on college campus.
competitions
CANstruction 2016 & 2017
CANspiracy CANdemned
Oct. 2016 // Ann Beha Architects team Oct. 2017 // Ann Beha Architects & Thornton Tomasetti team
Role: Floor graphic design & build-day contribution Role: Floor graphic design, structural layers & build-day contribution
Winner of Structural Ingenuity Award Winner of Structural Ingenuity & Most donated cans Awards
 personal
playing with light & shadow
Travel Sketches
Techniques
Life Drawing
EMPTY SPACES

Left: Damascus, Syria

Right: Mansfield, OH
Top: Anbar, Iraq
Bottom: St. Ignace, MI
thank you