John De Sousa's profile

Academic Portfolio

Cover  |  naural pathways 
Designers I hold dear  |  Influential Architects
ATTN:  ACADEMIC WORK ONLY  |  WORK SAMPLES REMOVE
FALL 2014  |  OPTIONS STUDIO
Background Ecologies  |  Investigated the relationship between the external environment and built materiality.  Challenged to think empirically about the thematization of various frameworks and the tools  designers use today for  clarity in the many systematic steps taken.
Public green   <-->  Green Screen  <-->  Hydroponic Gardens
FALL 2013  |  COMPREHENSIVE STUDIO
Archaeological Center  |  An architectural narratative with historic Roman and Medieval walls and discovery of a vibrant cultural hotspot.  Challenged to reintegrate existing urban fabric with bold contemporary values through material sensibility and conceptual form.  A dialectic relationship between site and built form  |  between old and new...
FALL 2012  |  ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO III
NEWARK EDGE HOUSING  |  Understanding of Specific Living Units and how they are organized to respond to the urban scale.  Challenged to question the issues of public to private and propose solutions that shape and contribute to a sense of neighborhood.
SPRING 2013  |  ARCHITECTURAL STUDIO IV
INTERGENERATIONAL RURAL EDUCATION CENTER  |  Rigorous sketch iterations of site strategies, ordering of massings, and sustainable design approaches for harsh climate.  Challenged to develop programatic strategies from architectural traditions of space making in India.
How the intial stages of design should feel.  Exhilarating, stimulating, and just flat out awesome.
Academic Portfolio
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Academic Portfolio

Some project works from undergrad '10-'14

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