The document presents an architecture student's portfolio including renderings and floor plans for several projects such as a dance house, art gallery/apartment, and food market. It discusses the student's focus on functionality and letting spaces generate building form per Louis Sullivan's principle of "form ever follows function." The portfolio showcases the student's skills and experience in Revit, 3ds Max, Photoshop, and architectural design studios.

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2. “Whether it be the sweeping eagle in his flight,
or the open apple-blossom,
the toiling work horse,
the blithe swan,
the branching oak,
the winding stream at its base,
the drifting clouds over all the coursing sun,
form ever follows function,
and this is law...”
Louis Sullivan

3. Table of Contents
KC Dance House
Art Gallery & Apartment
NYC Food Market
Renderings

4. The KC Dance House is a social hub for
community members to enroll in dance courses
or watch professionals practice. It also houses
a small theater for local and traveling performers.

5. The Kansas City
Dance House

6. 1. Cafe
2. Changing Rooms
3. Coat Check-In
4. Conference
5. Elevator
6. Fire Stair
7. Foyer
8. Gathering Space
9. Green Dance Floor
10. Janitorial
11. Lobby
12. Mechanical
13. Office
14. Private Dance Room
15. Projection Room
16. Public Dance Room
17. Restroom
18. Storage
19. Theater
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7. The driver behind this project was noise, and
how I chose to deal with it. I knew i wanted
the spaces to be within proximity to one
another, however, I did not want them
distracting eachother. I decided to pull the
individual studios and theater apart from
eachother, and arrange them in way so that
they captured space inbetween them. The
second floor sits on columns so that the
vibrations travel into the ground, and not
the studios below.
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8. By pulling the studios and theater apart from one another,
There is this wonderful inbetween space created, stitching
them all together. This space is the gathering area, and
doubles as an informal performance stage. The large area
also buffers noise that may leak out from the stuidos before
reaching the formal theater.

9. Gathering Area

12. North Elevation

13. Art Gallery & Apartment
In Junction City
West Elevation

14. A Second Year project, drawn by hand; this building is home to a retired couple
who plan to spend their free-time showing off their private art collection. The
building is comprised of an apartment, art gallery, and small cafe.
Longitudinal Section

15. Transverse Section

16. FIRST FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
THIRD FLOOR
1. Atrium & Large Showroom
2. Cafe
3. Elevator
4. Garage
5. Kitchen
6. Restroom
7. Storage
1. Elevator
2. Gallery Space
3. Patio
4. Studio
5. Workshop
1. Bedroom
2. Elevator
3. Kitchen & Dinning
4. Living Room
5. Office
6. Pantry
7. Patio
The third floor is the owner’s private floor. It
houses all the aminities of a small apartment, as
well as access into the studio and a guest
bedroom for visiting family members. There is also
a patio accessible through the dinning room
overlooking the city.
The second floor is the main gallery space.
Movable partitions seperate the floor into a
meandering path, lined with hanging artwork, as
well as views into the workshop & studio. There is
also a patio overlooking mainstreet, accesible via
catwalks from the gallery, for the cafe goers to
enjoy their snack and people watch.
The ground floor consist of a large three story
atrium for hanging artwork, as well as sculptures.
The facade maintains the urban storefront, while
stepping back to ease access into the alley
towards the north. There is also a small cafe
directly through the lobby, as well as a
garage for the owners.

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21. NYC Food Market
This food market,
located in the SoHo district
of NY, consist not only of
fresh food vendors, but a
health clinic, as well as a
green roof where fresh
produce can be handpicked
and sold.

22. Ground Floor
Second Floor Third Floor
There were two main focuses on this project: how do I bring users
into the building in such a fast-paced city, and how do I convince
them to explore more than the first couple floors? I chose to use
an A and V frame structure in a juxtaposed relationship. By the very
nature of the structure, the front and back of the building share a
very similar yet opposite dialog; while the a frame begins to narrow,
the v frame begins to open up. This allows one side to make up for
what the other may lack. Not only does the structure give the
building a unique identity, The two large volumns work
together to bring natural light into each floor, while aslo
creating a visual connection from floor to floor.
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23. 1. Breakroom
2. Cafe
3. Commons
4. Conference Room
5. Consultaion Room
6. Doctor’s Office
7. Elevator
8. Freight Elevator
9. Lab
10. Leasing Office
11. Lobby
12. Manager’s Office
13. Marketing Office
14. Mechanical Unit
15. Public Eating Area
16. Reception
17. Restroom
18. Shared Office
19. Storage
20. Vendor Stall
Legend
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24. Section A
When you enter the building, you walk into an open food court surrounding trees that lie
underneath a large A frame sructure. Vendor stalls line the perimeter, so that the circulation
takes place between the vendors and the atrium. Once the frame starts to narrow, the Vendor
stalls act as a light wall for a skylight to wash down, and the users circulate along the
perimeter of the building.

25. Section B
The V frame works as the A frame in an equal but opposite manner. The constricting form where
the base meets the ground fits well in a more compact area, such as Administrative offices, or
the Health clinic. Once the Frame opens up, it is as if you re-entered the building. An outdoor
courtyard animates the top floors while bringing in filtered daylight, and you navigate around
the trees, Which push up and out onto the green roof.

28. RENDERINGS

30. The previous image and the
one before you come from
a small project completed
with 3ds Max & Photoshop.
Through countless
renderings, compositing
images, and toying with the
dials, these interior &
exterior vignettes tested
my abilities at rendering
photo real imagery and
learning new programs.
Typically I stay away from
this type of rendering, but
it’s nice to know I am
capable.
House in the Hills

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33. CiCo Park Pavilion
The cico park paviliion features a large gallery
space, a lofted entry, and a large art piece that
doubles as a viewing tower. This was my first
project done using revit, but not only did i learn
how to navigate the software, I learned how to
properly size and space the structure for this
project. The viewing tower was meant to teach us
how to create unique shapes in revit, since that is
one of the main downfalls of the software.

36. “...It is the pervading law of all things organic and inorganic,
of all things physical and metaphysical,
of all things human and all things superhuman,
of all true manifestations of the head, of the heart, of the soul,
that the life is recognizable in its expression,
that form ever follows function.
This is the law.”
Louis Sullivan

37. About Myself
I am currently enrolled in Kansas State’s
Architectual program. Over the past five years i
have been studying and practicing design. Aside
from Design Studio, i have also taken
Environmental Systems in Architecture,
Structures, Digital Design, as well as Drawing &
Sculpture.
In my design, i focus on the functionality of the
spaces being created. Where many architects and
classmates design an appealing shape and force
the program into it, I try and let the spaces
generate the form of the building.
Form follows function. These words have been
stuck in my head ever since i heard them in
history class. I whole heartadly believe that the
best projects, are the ones designed from the
inside out.
Thank You for Your time

38. Alex Reyes
Kansas State University
alex13@ksu.edu
620.899.6503