Nelson Agalaba - Architecture Portfolio 2022 - 2023

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO

Selected Works 2022- 2023

NELSON AGALABA

EDUCATION

Aug 2020- May 2025 (Expected) Kennesaw State University — B. Arch.

INVOLVEMENT

Jan 2024- Present AIAS Graphics Chair

May 2023- June 2023

Study Abroad - Italy

Aug 2022- Present NOMAS Member

Aug 2020- Present KSU Honors College Member

SKILLS

ADOBE CC Photoshop | Illustrator | Indesign

CAD Rhino 3D | Revit | Autocad | Grasshopper

RENDERING Hand-Drawn | Twinmotion | Enscape

MS OFFICE Word | Powerpoint

HONORS AND AWARDS

Fall 2020- Fall 2023

KSU Dean's List

Aug 2020- Present Zell Miller Scholarship

LANGUAGES

ENGLISH Native Langauge

SPANISH Semi-Fluent

IGBO Beginner

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INTERSTICE FACTORY

2023 | 4th Year

Industrial | Hulsey Yard, Atlanta, GA

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Collaborators: Emmanuel Olasiyade Eric Newnan

Hulsey yard sits as an under-utilized industrial lot which the Interstice Solar Panel Factory seeks to revitalize. It challanges the traditional factory typology by intergrating the public into the complex process of photovoltaic manufacturing through the layering of its distinct programs and circulation. A “social condenser” is created which generates moments of interaction and education between the public and the workers.

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The site hosts a beltline trail extension, connecting it to a public transport node (Inman Park Marta station) and inviting the public to engage with the whole factory site and its program.

Sections of the existing metal perimeter fence are repurposed as murals for local artists while existing, graffitied ones near the existing beltline are saved and celebrated.

Each pavilion is roofed with solar panels, providing nice shady areas while generating energy.

Mapping the interstice

Hulsey yard is at the intersection of three major methods of circulation:

The Freight Railroad, connecting the site to coastal ports and heavy cargo logistics

The Inman Park Marta Station, connecting the site and Atlanta using public transportation

The Beltline, connecting the site to the city through the extensive biking/ walking paths Parking at reduced capacity due to no parking minimums within 1 mile of any Marta Station.

Site analysis

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VERTICHEN CULINARY SCHOOL

2023 | 3rd Year

Education, Commercial | Westside, Atlanta

Situated on the edge of the lower income neighborhood, Bankhead, this midrise culinary school and commercial center seeks to be an intergrated part of the community both socially and economically. The constructed, rolling slope rises seamlessly from the ground plane, extending the available green space for utilization as a community owned food garden.

< Mapping of Bankhead, Atlanta neighborhood food desert. Few grocery stores that exist (here marked in red) overwhelmingly sell frozen and processed foods with very little produce selection.

Conceptual model

Conceptual sketch

Building cores channel rainwater to cisterns

Bridge [study]

Heavy steel & rammed earth base supports roof garden

Vertichen axon

^ Documenting the drastic change in skyline and development from Atlanta to Bankhead first hand inspired the first iteration of the design concept (the conceptual model).

< The conceptual sketch further investigates the systems and part relationships of the project. Especially the divide between theory (classrooms, library) and practice (test kitchens, restaurant).

Programmatic organization Circulation

As a gesture connecting to the westside community economically, the Vertichen Culinary School is sited next to a planned beltline trail extension (connecting to the eastern neighborhoods).

Urban stairs are added on the east side to connect to the Joseph E. Lowery Blvd sidewalk (connecting the site straight to the neighborhoods to the south).

1- Operable window section 2- Glass rainscreen

- 1'-7" wide airspace 4- Wooden finish

- Floor insulation

- Concrete fill

- White aluminium exterior finish

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SCULPTED LIGHT THEATER PLAZA

2022 | 3rd Year

Commerical | Downtown, Atlanta

On the site of the abandoned Medical Arts Building and parking deck, this urban renewal project offers plenty of unique "third spaces" open to the public without need for spending money. The former Medical Arts Building's materials have been recycled into the new construction and now stands as a monument as well as a renewed space.