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Adam Rubin Portfolio
1. Adam Rubin
Portfolio
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
minor Sustainable Design
minor City Planning
adammrubin@gmail.com
2. Environmental Design 11A
My drawing class taught me how to sketch free hand drawings. The class used
various utensils, ranging from pencil to charcoal to water colors in order to
complete various assignments regarding perspective, composition, and technique.
3. The drawings to the right are
from an SF Poetry Memorial
Project. I designed a plaza
centered around a scupltural
exploding atom emphasizing
the creative Beatnick eruption
during the 1950s. The sculpture
was meant to be touched and
interacted with.
4. Environmental Design 11B
models made of cardboard, wood, plastic, and chip board
My rst studio was a series of short design projects to expose design within
various geographical locations. One project was to establish a new urban hybrid
edge along Half Moon Bay, CA. The inspiration for my design came from a picture
of a bee’s eye. Using various features anaylzed, I combined several underying Combination of various grids from bee’s eye layered to
establish new infrastructure for city edge
grids to create a set of nodal relationships. These nodes acted as the grounding
for the hybrid units necessary for the programming. A new city edge had been
formed to connect the existing city grid to the water’s edge.
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Model of hybrid units (above and below)
Half Moon Bay with new design city edge Direction of hybrid units with respect to nodes
Axonometric drawing of hybrid units in relation to transportation grid
Model of new city edge Sectional drawing Analysis of bee’s eye
5. Another project was to design a new pier system along a at piece of land at the water’s
edge to provide for various uses. My design used the tide of water to provide varying
heights of water pools. These pools varied in shape to allow for a new kind of space every
time the tide rose. In addition, I designed a pier structure to interact with the water. The
rising tide would create complex arrangements for the pier structure on one side while
creating a cascading pier on the other. The design allower for people to enjoy the sun,
swim in the water, and perform more extreme water activities such as kayaking. Concept model of design Final model of design
Plan of water pools and pier structure
Model section (above and below) of the pier system and the moving piers
Details of the pier assembly and the cascading pier’s movement
1 ft 2 ft 3 ft 5 ft 7 ft
Diagrams indicating the pier arrangement with the rising tide
6. Architecture 100A
models made of wood, foam core, and chip board
My project was to develop an art exhibition within
the plaza next to Wurster Hall, the architecture buidling
at Cal. My inspiration came by performing a movement
analysis within the plaza. With almost all people moving
Render from iteration of site plan
around a centralized fountain, I decided to created a
framework at the entrace points into the site to
provide unique perspectives directed at the fountain.
Extending the geometry created by the frameworks,
structures were attached to provide for the necessary
programming, including a lecture hall and exhibit space.
A critical moment was created within the site where one
could see people exiting the frames but not entering
them. This space was identi ed in the landscape,
becoming a grassy social area and the rest of the
plaza concrete. The fountain at the center of the plaza
was then replaced by an art exhibit to direct people
Using the frames geometry
towards the artwork. to design the art exhibit
Using the frames geometry to
design the structures and
Iteration of site plan
lanscaping for unique moment
2D analysis of movement within the plaza Original site plan
Initial model concept using perspective
7. Model of iteration
Render from nal site plan
Render from nal site plan Model of iteration
Final site plan
View of the nal model View of frame in nal model Final model
8. Architecture 150
group project with Sally Darby
made of 1/4’x1/8’ wood, twine
My structures project was to construct a system
that rested outside a 24” wide zone and 12” high
zone at the central point to support 150 lbs of
added weight. At 151 lbs, the structure had to
Distribution of weight through arches and trusses
break. Sally and I worked together to create the
design that was both functional and elegant,
using a central arch to absorb part of the load
and distribute the rest to the supporting side
arches through wood trusses. I constructed the
3D model using Rhinocerous and tested its
abilities with SAP (Structural Analysis Program) to
test how the load would be distributed. Sally and
I re ned the design from the SAP analysis and
composed the nal model.
Concept Model testing the angel for the supporting arches (above
and below)
Compression (red) and tension (yellow) forces
through the structure
Testing of SAP model compressed by the load
Mathematical calculations of distribution of weight
9. Photographs of the nal model.
The nal design was re ned by
decreasing the angle between the
central arch and supporting
arches to distribute the load more
evenly. Twine was used to tie the
wood trusses to the arches for a
more xed connection.
10. Architecture 100B
model made of wood
My project was to design a new lm school in
West Oakland alongside a regional transit stop that ran
through the site. I started by anaylzing a Kandinsky
painting to develop a frame system. Studying past and
development of grame system from Kandinsky painting
current maps of the local area, it became apparent to me
of the existing public spaces bordered by the private sector.
I combined the two ideas by intersecting building
layers to create an internal public corridor that connected
private rooms. The structures were assigned programming
needs based on shape. These structures were then laid out
within the site to allow ground level entrances that were
most appropriate within the site. They were then linked
with an internal landscape to provide the appropriate
entrance points at di erent height levels of the buildings
while allowing for a secure movement between structures.
site analysis of Oakland with respect to private spaces (black) versus open spaces (green); site is light blue
Private
Private
Private
Public Public
Private
combination of two ideas to create integration of public space within private structure
Conceptual Section through one of the buildings
Section through site
