FROZEN IN TIME
PHOTOGRAPHY FROZEN IN TIME In cities, some individuals have a permanence that distinguishes them from the transient crowds. They create personal spaces in public areas as they engage in repetitive tasks and interactions. This series across Italy captures these individuals and the fast paced world around them.
PARALLEL DIMENSIONS
RENDERING PROJECTS PARALLEL DIMENSIONS Finalist in a global 3D render competition with hundreds of entries https://www.lukekratsios.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG-5112.mp4
ALTERNATE REALITIES
RENDERING PROJECTS NOMAD Entry in Alternate Realities global 3D render competition with over 2000 entries. Includes original character design, character modeling, rigging, animation, environment design, hard surface modeling, lighting, texturing, and rendering. https://www.lukekratsios.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_6139.mp4
CORNELL HOCKEY
RENDERING DESIGN CORNELL HOCKEY OFFICIAL GRAPHICS Official graphic designer for the Cornell Big Red Men’s Club Hockey Team. Including a revamped logo, jerseys, social media posts, and photoshoots GALLERY
ODE TO SCARPA
ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS ODE TO SCARPA GALLERY
CHINA PAVILION
ARCHITECTURE PROJECTS CHINA PAVILION FOR THE MILAN EXPO 2015Structural Model This is a structural model of the China Pavilion for the Milan Expo 2015. The pavilion was constructed out of large gluelam beams which sit atop a steel frame. Longitudinal members support transverse beams as lateral bracing. The shape of the beams transition from curved to angular. This change mimics the site, with mountains to one side and the city of Milan to the other. GALLERY
LIVING A MILE FROM WORK
ARCHITECTURE RENDERING LIVING A MILE FROM WORK What is it to live life a mile mile from work, but within the same building? This dystopian supper structure lies within the heart of a city; towering over it and casting large portions in perpetual shadow. The film merely scratches the surface of the daily interactions and experiences of living and working in such a mega-structure. This thought experiment plays on Le Corbusier’s five points of architecture taken to the extreme. The pillar becomes the scale of building, while the free façade acts as a perpetual hazard.
ART/NET-WORK
ARCHITECTURE RENDERING ART/NET-WORK This Artist Residency revolves around networks: Structural, circulatory, spatial, and programmatic networks. It aims to tie itself into the network of the city of Ithaca by becoming and extension of the existing public waterfront trail. This public path is integrated and weaved into the structure as a large open plaza between the separated levels of the building. The pathway bridges across the roadway which currently divides the waterfront trail. The structure is formed of a network of glulam beams which delaminate, re-laminate, and curve to form a scaffolding like array of columns and beams. This Artist Residency revolves around networks: Structural, circulatory, spatial, and programmatic networks. It aims to tie itself into the network of the city of Ithaca by becoming and extension of the existing public waterfront trail. This public path is integrated and weaved into the structure as a large open plaza between the separated levels of the building. The pathway bridges across the roadway which currently divides the waterfront trail. The structure is formed of a network of glulam beams which delaminate, re-laminate, and curve to form a scaffolding like array of columns and beams. VISUALIZATION SECTIONS PLANS CONCEPT AND DIAGRAMS The structural system and facade were parametrically designed allowing for an iterative design approach that led to easy modification of the general form, while constraining the design within the physical limitations of the glulam assembly. ADDITIONAL 3D DAYLIGHT ANALYSIS Daylight and radiant heat analysis informed the design of an optimized layout to enhance environmental efficiency. Computational feedback guided the strategic placement of openings in the plan, resulting in significantly improved energy efficiency.
EMBER
ARCHITECTURE RENDERING EMBER Ember is an art and cultural center in Old Montreal. As an art center, it serves as a central community space for Montreal. Running on the fuel of the busy Montreal day, by night it then continues to illuminate its surroundings. Like a burning ember, the stained glass façade calls on the colors of the red maple leaf, while the stacked pattern mimics the existing masonry construction it slots inside of. As a symbol of life and culture, it harvests feelings of warmth through cold winters and long nights. A large public plaza invites visitors into gallery spaces, performance halls and the contemporary art world. Views from the illuminated structure highlight the monumental past of old Montreal, including a historic chapel. These framed views become part of the experience of the Galleries and further connect it to its surroundings. VISUALIZATION SECTIONS PLANS CONTEXT AND MAPPINGS CONCEPT AND DIAGRAMS
CONVERGENCE AT THE SUGAR EXCHANGE
ARCHITECTURE RENDERING CONVERGENCE AT THESUGAR EXCHANGE Collaborated with Andrew Bogossian Convergence at the Sugar Exchange is a center for Creole culture in New Orleans. Drawing from the structural formation of Creole language and culture, program and activities at the center intersect, overlap, and converge to blend experiences, reconsider traditional interactions, and reconstitute the traditional performer-viewer experience to add to the vibrant and unique culture of New Orleans and Creole people. Sited along the Mississippi River, bordering the French Quarter and Central Business District, the Sugar Exchange location is an ideal one for such a project as its historical basis as a location of commerce and exchange is reconsidered in the Convergence as a cultural and experiential exchange between dancers, musicians, makers, researchers, community members, and visitors. These varying urban conditions are mediated by Convergence through adhering to an intersection of the grids which arise from the formation of each city district and the curvature of the Mississippi River. The main arcade of the site has seasonal use as a Mardi Gras route, while its curvature and wrapping transitions it from an exterior space to one that feels more enclosed and interior. Convergence at the Sugar Exchange seeks to not define Creole and the culture of New Orleans, but to be a beneficial landmark to allow for it to continue to change and progress. The project’s ground floor mediates public and private spaces through using gallery and exhibitions spaces as buffers which act as soft separations between exterior and interior, visitor and resident, and program and service. As your progress vertically through the space, outlooks intersect the building and break separations creating united spaces which re-engage with one another.