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Finalizing the Sky Mausoleum Project

After two months of working on the Sky Mausoleum project, I’ve completed the design and proposal ahead of schedule! From last week to now, I’ve taken these renderings and post processed them in Photoshop. I also asked a good friend of mine if he could visit the site and take some photographs for a street view rendering. Here are the final renderings for the project.

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Sky Mausoleum’s Interior Design

For the past week, I’ve been focusing on the interior layout of Sky Mausoleum, the reflected ceiling plan, and setting preliminary materials to prepare the Revit model for rendering. The interior layout has gone through several iterations and I’m proceeding with a design option that has curved interior walls and ceiling. Here’s a quick update on my design progress with Sky Mausoleum.

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Design Progress on Sky Mausoleum

How do you separate the public ground floor from the private floors of a Mausoleum in a skyscraper in NYC? Learn more about how the design of the Sky Mausoleum creates public storefronts and an outdoor terrace for families and friends visiting their loved ones.

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Mausoleum Skyscraper in NYC

In a hyper dense city like New York City where there’s a lack of space and land to bury and store our loved ones, how can we design a building to allow us to visit our family and friends who have passed away? Learn more about my latest project, which is a proposal for a mausoleum skyscraper in NYC.

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Final proposal for One Seneca Tower

Just like any design phase of an architecture project, seeing all of our hard work come together in a complete set of graphics makes all of our trials and tribulations worthwhile. Check out our final design proposal for renovating One Seneca Tower here!

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One Seneca Tower Rendering - Trials and Errors

How do architects take a simple computer model, generate basic graphics, and turn it into a beautiful rendering that depicts the space and composition of materials? Learn more about my process of taking a Revit (BIM) model of One Seneca Tower in Buffalo, NY and develop realistic renderings of the project in this post.

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Revit Model for One Seneca Tower is Complete

There’s always an overwhelming feeling of excitement and happiness that every Architect has when they finish any digital model. This week, my friends and I finally completed our Revit model of project 3x30 One Seneca Tower! Check out some exterior views of our model in this very brief post.

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One Seneca Tower Mixed Use Team Design Charrette

As my team and I continue designing a theoretical renovation of One Seneca Tower in Buffalo, NY, we focus on coming up with a design for the mix use programs on the lower level of the building. We discuss current trends in fashion retail and decide to design an experience for shoppers. Learn more in this post.

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Friday Four Newsletter

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