Architectural Designer

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For the last five years I have practiced
architecture in diverse fields and projects’
scope in the US.
In the emergence of global climate change in
the architectural practice toward a cohesive
approach, I am looking to incorporate
environmental and ecological design
strategies utilizing my background (mdes)
I believe in integrating landscape and
ecological design processes to promote
better design solutions and socially a better
place to live in.
Specific interests:
+ Climate change; mitigation and adaptation
design strategies in urban environments
+ Environmental and ecological planning
+ Qualitative and quantitative research and
analysis
contact
phone I 617 435 5883
email I meital.tsafrir@gmail.com
address I 55 Franklin st. Brookline
RISK
POLICYADAPTATION
GOVERN-
ECONOMIC
SOCIAL
CLIMATE
RESILIENCE
LEARNING
PLANNING
DISASTER
MANAGEMENT
COPING
CAPACITY
DISASTER
RISK
VULNERABILITY
EXPOSURE
HAZARD
FUTURE
RESPOND RISK
MANAGEMENT
EXTREME
EVENT
RISK
TRANSFER
DISASTER
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PREVENTION
DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS
DISASTER
RISK
REDUCTION
EXTREME
IMPACT
SOCIAL
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MICRO
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CLIMATE
WEATHER
PEOPLE
LIVELIHOOD
SUSTAINABLE
LAND
DEVELOPMENT
PLANNING
PROCEDURE
ASSETS
HYDROLOGICAL
EVENTS
RECOVER
CHANGE
ANTICIPATE
RISK
COPING
RANGE
ADAPTIVE
CAPACITY
HUMAN
INTERVENTION
RISK
IDENTIFICATION
VULNERABILITY+
RISK
ASSESSMENT
EARLY
WARNING
POTABLE
WATER
SUPPLY
ADEQUATE
SHELTER
EMERGENCY
PLAN
PHYSICAL
COPING
CAPACITY
SOCIAL
CONSTRAIN
COMMUNICATION
MANAGEMENT
SOCIAL
CHOICES
SOCIAL
ACTIVE+
INACTIVE
DISPLACEMENT
AFFECTED
PERSON
AGRICULTURE
LAND
USE
CORPORATION
FOOD
SECURITY
INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
COMMODITY
PRICE
DEFORESTATION
DEVELOPMENT
SKEWED
TERRITORIAL
PLANNING
LAND
USE
CORPS+
AGRICULTURE
SYSTEM
IMPACT
ON
ECOSYSTEM
DISASTER
VECTOR
WELL-BEING+
SENSE OF PLACE
FINANCIAL
LOSS
INFRASTRUCTURE
NON-EXTREME
EVENT
NON-CLIMATE
EVENT
SUCCESSIVE
EXTREME
EVENT
SINGLE
EXTREME
EVENT
TEMPORAL
SPATIAL
INTENSITY
HUMAN
CASUALTIES
COPING
CAPACITY
ECOLOGICAL
SYSTEM
MIGRATION
volunteer
2015 TBHA Boston MA
Coastal Resilience for the Charlestown Navy
Yard charrette; a summer sea level rise
resiliency workshop
2010+2011 AIA Minneapolis MN
Annual Search for Shelter charrette; creating
a feasible design solutions for affordable
housing
education
2015 Master of Design for Sustainable
Urban Environments
Northeastern University, Boston
2005 B Arch
Ariel University, Israel
2007-8 SimenHouse Architects Inc., Haifa
Architect
Architectural and interior design for
residential single houses, low-rise building
and retail; offices, restaurants
+ interior design for school of Transportation.
2006-7 Damchenco Architects Ltd, Rehovot
Architectural Designer
Restoration and development mid-rise
condominium and building additions in Tel
Aviv historic Bauhaus district
+ interior design for commercial space
2005-6 Impact Architects Ltd, TLV
Architectural Designer
Neptune hotel major renovation includes;
suites’ design, Lobby main entrance and
dining areas, outdoor; pool area and active
bar. City of Eilat
+France Hotel interior design includes;
suites, lobby and entrance and dinning area.
Amsterdam, Netherlands.
+Tsel Harim Hotel renovation and expansion;
lobby entrance, suites and interior design,
Dead Sea
2008-9 Uzi Gordon Ltd, Haifa IL
Architect & Project Manager
Design for Haifa seaport naval district for
2030. Proposed; main custom port gate
systems, naval functional and storage
districts, naval industrial district and major
business hub. 4 Sq.km
+ Conceptual to design development,
permits and construction documents for
Acre Tennis Center; coordinating between
municipal authorities, GC, schedules and
suppliers through project completion.
Includes: main building, Twelve tennis courts,
500 seats tennis stadium, parking lots.
22000 Sq.M.
metric experience
Proposed ground floor; entrance lobby and
administration, waiting area and launch,
kitchen and dinning area, outdoor pool and
recreation area.
Credit: Impact architects Ltd.
interests
competition
Graphic Design
Tennis
Sailing
Sustainability and climate change
Ecology and Nature
Full Portfolio provided upon request
experience
2010 Dongi -Bi, China
The main feature of this proposed Master
plan based on topography where low land
convert to wetland and expose highalnd.
The design rooted in a European city
planning concept; an open continual busy
Boulevard leads from West to East side of
the Island creating linear axis of an ‘Anchor’
shape.
Credit: Studio E+ ELi Zmira
RiverineRiverinePulastarineEstuaryEstuary
RiparianZoneRiparianZoneUplandZoneAquaticZoneAquaticZone
WETLANDTYPE
STORAGE
WATER FLOW
CYCLE
SURFACE FLOW
DIRECT FLOWRIDGESTOPOGRAPHY HIGH POINT
MIDDLE TOPOGRAPHY
LOW TO FLAT TOPOGRAPHY
CONTROLLED FLOW
STORAGE FLOW
SUBSURFACEFLOW
ATTENUATIONINFILTRATION
Controlling peak discharge
Reduce down stream flooding
Reduce stream bank erosion
Reduction in downstream peak flow
Recharging ground water
Reduce or eliminate surface runoff
Slop
Vegetation cover
High soil permeability
Increased property value
Recreational
Habitat and wild life
Bed slope >2%
Lawns
Play fields
Open space
Swales
Parking lots
Trench to basin
Maximize flow length
between inlet and outlet
Gradient side slope 3:1
Recreation
IMPLEMENTATION
NATURAL
URBAN
Grade control structures
Habitat and wild life
Short slopes
Low velocity
Vegetation
Low gradient
Intercept or control storm
water runoff
Diversion measures
Vegetative buffer
Low gradients
PRECIPITATION
Annual average rain fall - 43.56 inch
Duration - 120 days pet year
Porous pavement
Low-volume roads
Drive ways
Parking lots
Bike lanes
FLOW TRAJECTORIESNATURAL
CONSTRAINS
TYPICAL
SECTION
EFFICIENCY OF
GEOMETRY
HYDROLIC CYCLEDISTRIBUTION ECO SERVICE
STORAGE
INFILTRATION
ATTENUATION
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ABBC
BC
academic experience
2015 Master’s research 2
Transfer loss of wetland performance in
Neponset River- a coheisive interpretation of
social and environmental design.
This set of diagrams illustrate the geometry
of water mobility; the way it distributes, travel
and occupy an area. it extracts from main
constrains mostly caused by landforms, soil
types and vegetation. To identify immediate
data of high risk and vulnerability areas to
flood.
2015 Visualization
A socio-ecological analysis of waste, its
spatial implication + the emergent patterns of
landfill morphology (MA)
This platform reveal interrelations and
correlations between waste management,
soil type and toxicity, water resource, and
environmental equity. Understanding spatial
distribution of landfills over time is a key
access to predict future development and
processes of patterns related to waste
management and landfills. Thus, the ways to
improve land value and nature.
Landfill Continuum
1900-2020
Landfill constellation and its resource domain
meital ganor
02/14- Present Spear Design Group,
Brookline
Intern Architect
Conceptual, design and construction
documents for residential; multi/single
houses, office space through project
completion; renovation, expansion and
building addition
+ clerk of the work; weekly field survey for
mixed-use building in East Boston
02/13- 02/14 SBJ Architecture, Newton
Intern Architect
Design and construction documents, CA
for residential single house to completion;
coordination and collaboration with GC and
suppliers throughout the project.
02/12- 09/12 Samuel [Sy] Mintz, Boston, MA
Architectural Designer
A presentation of proposed design and
feasibility study, addressing a problematic
building height issue before the BRA
committee for a mixed-use mid-rise
residential and retail development in Boston
waterfront.
2010-11 Metropeligo, Minneapolis, MN
Architectural designer
Conceptual to Design document for a mixed
use design proposal in Loring Park; an
innovative approach for reviving green/
un-utilized venue
+ Submission to the AIA award in category of
interior design - Law office.
Existing condition
Credit: B Aaron Parker, Metropeligo
Loring Park
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