SCRIPTING |  Commonly perceived as a rigid element, a structure can inherent multiple capabilities by expending and contracting though a parametric design process | Scripting allowed me to design multiple iterations for Ferry Terminal canopy to respond to the lighting conditions on the site as well as building programs |

Project Statement – Connectivity

In today’s society, connectivity and urgency are very valued. Professionals in Manhattan’s Upper Midtown need to commute fast and they prefer transportation that matches their lifestyle. The neighborhood has been culturally revived though a new Lincoln Center but it is still far away from many New York’s points of interest (Financial District, NJ, Brooklyn, beaches, Upstate New York, etc.)

Project Goal – Travel / Leisure

The terminal is a fusion of transit and leisure. It creates a sustainable and faster commuting option (cuts the time in half) for professionals and a year-long attraction for the neighborhood.

The fusion of urbanism, landscape and architecture is integrated in a structural morphology that  celebrates each one of these dimensions.

Project Strategy – GreenEnvironment

Redesign the existing car infrastructure to free the top area of the Boat Basin Café from the car traffic in order create a park entrance inviting for pedestrians and cyclists. Multiple programs for constant visitors’ engagement.

The green roof is a parametrically designed canopy that blends with the park’ setting and serves the building’s sustainable features (water retaining system and seasonal shading device).

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Mixed-used Building in Seward Park area, New York

The project was to design an environmentally and financially sustainable model for a housing project for New York area.  The critics found the project inovative from the sustainability point.

Project Statement – Low-income housing is unsustainable

Low-income housing projects bring together a homogenous group of people both from a financial and social perspective. This collusion increases rather than decreases crime and irresponsible social behavior. To prevent the inevitable self-implosion of such communities, cities incur unplanned and on-going clean-up costs, comparable to the initial investment.

Project Goal – Multigeneration housing for a sustainable living

Accommodate the diversity of families characteristic to the Lower East Side. Provide a healthy living environment that decreases crime through a heterogeneous self-regulated community. Create an energy efficient building responsive to the environmental and site conditions. Preserve the openness experience of the intersection and offer privacy and views to Manhattan’s skyline and Hudson River.

Project Strategy – Planed income and flexible floor plans

Provide a perpetuity-like source of income to cover clean-up costs and a flexible floor plan design to accommodate multigeneration and modern families.Maximize livable area and minimize impact at the ground level with an inverted design. Foster public activities at the ground level with a park that continues with a wrapped-around path leading to storefronts.

Light Study – The gradient of the facade pattern allows less light  to penetrate into the building at the upper levels as oppose to abundancy of light at the lower levels of the building.

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Lamp shade

Digital Rendering of a Built Environment – Airport

Zaha Hadid, Maggie Center

- new addition for PS34 and redesign of the playground -

PS34 and Dry Dock Playground are located in the East Village, Manhattan and it was built in 1950.

The requirements were to design a new wing to the current school in order to accommodate additional 120 students, 10 new class and a library. The new building was not to cover more than 50% of the current school’s playground.

Modern Style Condo

Brendwood Village

Meditarenian Style Bathroom

West Hollywood Hills Villa

Classic Provence  Style

In these projects, I designed the entire project from the layout of the rooms, finishes, window shading to the furniture (sofas, cabinetry, tables, etc) and woodwork (flooring with veneer inlays, crafted beams, fireplace design, etc.). 

Seattle,  Washington – USA 98102

[ Phone ]

(206) 427-7107

[ E-mail ]

felicia992001@yahoo.com

 [ digital print: power of wave ] 

 [ digital print: multiplewave ] 

[ digital print: wired feelings ]

[ AutoCAD drawing: plan, elevation ]

[ Model ]

[ Model: study of light ]

[ Hand drawing: perspective ]

[ Hand drawing: perspective - details ]

EXPERIENCE | May 2010 – Present | Parsons Solar Decathlon Project | New York | Team Leader  | Jul. 2006 – Present | BADDAA | New York | Graphic designer for digital artwork prints  | Aug. 2007 – Dec. 2007 |  Graph Tronic XM |  Bucharest  |  Draft design documents for city permits  |  May 2005 – Dec. 2008 |  RoREN |  Bucharest  |  Co-founder and Operations Manager | www.roren.ro |Sept. 2004 – Jun.2005 |  ReMAX |  Portland, OR  |  Real estate broker Assistant  |  Aug. 2002 – July 2003 |  Sussan Televatos  |  London,UK  |  Design interiors for residential units | May 2001 – Jun. 2002 | Physician Spine Institute | Los Angeles | VP Business Development for Eastern Europe | Feb. 2000 – March 2001 | Klass | Bucharest | Design and draft construction documents for sign products | Mar. 1998 – Ian. 2000 | Profal Building & Design | Bucharest | Project Manager and Interior Designer  | I opened a new office in Bucharest which grew to 60 employees within 4 months; I was responsible  for  designing interiors, and oversee residential and medical projects

COMPETITION / AWARD | March 2010 – Oct. 2012 |  SOLAR DECATHLON 2011 |  Finalist  |  Sept. 2009 – May 2012 |  PARSONS The New School for Design |  Dean’ Scholarship

SKILLS |  Software Knowledge  |  AutoCAD  |  Adobe Suit  |  MS Office  |  3D Max  |  Revit  |  Rhino  |  Grasshopper  |  Scripting | Licenses | LEED GA |  Real Estate Broker – Oregon  |  Languages  | Fluent Romanian  | English | Personal  |  Ability to work well in a team  |  Committed  |  Work well under pressure  |  Open to new

[ hand drawing: plan and site, front elevation, perspective  ]

[ hand drawing: axonometric, exloded axonometric ]

[ Model ] 

[ model: top, site, front ]

 [ model: details]

 [ model: source of light ]

[ model: reflection of the light inside the house - details]

[ model: reflection of the light inside the house - details]

 [ 3D Rendering ]

Eclectic Dining Table

Malibu Villa

[ picture: academic amphitheater with a hight starting from 15ft to 45ft]

[ picture: entrance in the academic amphitheater ]

[ picture: zig-zag design of wall for braking the sound vibrations in the academic amphitheater ]