http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/site/index/ en Copyright 2012 2012-01-07T20:03:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/why_architecture/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/why_architecture/#When:20:03:00Z Images to provoke. "Re-brand" image credits: Ronald de Villa, Derrick Choi, Edgar Papazian Key words: Durian Portland IFC Portlandia Fred Armisen Carrie Brownstein Grover Michelle Brendan Marston prestigious preschool farm share Episode 4 Episode 7 Arch Arches Steel Curves Curved Circular round top House Ash Street 62nd 63rd Avenue glass cabinets round range hood wood deck butcher block countertop stainless steel appliance home white 2012-01-07T20:03:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/eyebrow_durian_house/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/eyebrow_durian_house/#When:16:20:00Z _Project, 2010. Surgical intervention in 1940's cottage. Plans called for opening up the rear of the house to the backyard and create vaulted interior bedrooms on the second level by using prefabricated galvanized elliptical arches (commonly used for simple storage structures) in a novel way as dormers. By opening up the rear of the house and cantilevering off it, we wished to integrate the existing site terracing into the house and allow views of the backyard from most points inside. Emphasis is placed on the kitchen/dining area at the expense of the traditional living room. This project is featured in the November Issue (2011) of Portland Monthly magazine. The link to the article is here This project is the cover story in the June/July Issue (2011) of ReadyMade magazine. The link to the article is here. Photographs are by Lincoln Barbour Photo. This house was used as a set on Season 2 of the IFC television show "Portlandia." Episode 4 Guide at IFC Key words: Durian Portland IFC Portlandia Fred Armisen Carrie Brownstein Grover Michelle Brendan Marston prestigious preschool farm share Episode 4 Episode 7 Arch Arches Steel Curves Curved Circular round top House Ash Street 62nd 63rd Avenue glass cabinets round range hood wood deck butcher block countertop stainless steel appliance home white 2011-06-23T16:20:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/scaleless_book_2010/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/scaleless_book_2010/#When:17:39:00Z Available for purchase at lulu.com Take a look here A bespoke version of this book was recently acquired by the Robert B. Haas Family Special Collections Library for its Art of the Book Collection at Yale University, the Arts Library at University of California, Los Angeles, and the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library at Columbia University. It contains an exploration of themes (written and visual) applied to the creation of a museum for Washington D.C. dedicated to exposing the Armenian Genocide of 1915-22, a historical event whose factuality is currently denied by the descendants of the perpetrators. The striking design within it pages is a contemporary response to the cyclical nature of genocide, a process that prevents the transfer the events it contains into historical facts due to denial. Genocide is forgotten (the victims cannot speak of their experiences), and thus comes the next spiral segment and the begetting of another genocide, onward and onward, an algorithm of death. The central memorial void, or husk, would have provided a radically "decentering" spatial experience with its 1.5 million khatchkars, or cross-stones. Images associated with the Genocide Museum proposal are on the Doon Architecture website here 2010-09-20T17:39:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/build_a_better_burb/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/build_a_better_burb/#When:15:53:00Z _A competition entry from June 2010 that attempts to reconfigure Long Island downtowns using a new architectural typology mash-up of the Levittown hip-roof dwelling and the town house, among other improvements. 2010-06-29T15:53:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/eyebrow_house_before_pictures/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/eyebrow_house_before_pictures/#When:17:56:00Z _Some photographs of the 1941 "minimal tradtional" Cape before we worked our magic. 2010-04-01T17:56:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/tacoma_art_museum_plaza/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/tacoma_art_museum_plaza/#When:19:45:00Z _Competition entry to rectify a bare exterior plaza in front of the Antoine Predock-designed Tacoma Art Museum. The late Herbert Muschamp's concept of the "parabuilding" informed this entry. Created June, 2009. 2009-06-23T19:45:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/stealth_addition/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/stealth_addition/#When:04:10:00Z _On a quiet street in the exclusive enclave of Short Hills, New Jersey, a 1929 colonial style house's original front facade nods back to a stately neighborhood of mixed historical styles while a cascading, copper-clad addition on the rear (hidden from street view) advantageously opens up the home to the forested rear yard. The frumpy, compartmentalized interior has been blasted out, and large, open, flowing living spaces create a modern aerie, all hinging on a masonry fulcrum. First three photographic images at twilight are copyright Kubilus Photo, 2010. 2008-09-05T04:10:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/bull_mountain/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/bull_mountain/#When:21:08:00Z _A new clear shiplap cedar-clad home in Kent, Connecticut, with timber frame, brise soleil, wrap-around standing seam copper roofing, bedroom tower, and garage, on an isolated site up a long road near the top of Bull Mountain. Completed 2003. Produced in consultation with John Allee, AIA. Photographs copyright Jeff Goldberg/Esto. 2008-08-01T21:08:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/armenian_genocide_museum_and_memorial/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/armenian_genocide_museum_and_memorial/#When:04:50:00Z _The design of AGMM, created in 2002-2005 for the trustees of the museum under the auspices of Chairman Gerard L. Cafesjian, attempted to apply the concept of genocide to a built object in Washington D.C. Through our research, genocide was exposed as an ahistorical construct, an unending repeating circular (spiral) process through time, a process unable to transfer the events it contains into historical facts due to their denial by the descendants of the crime's perpetrator. Genocide is forgotten (the victims cannot speak of their experiences), thus comes the next spiral segment and the begetting of another genocide, onward and onward, an algorithm of death. The spiraling ramps of the museum and the facade were the product of such thought. We viewed this as an opportunity for an edifice to guide the general public via emotional response to form, not only to its exhibitions. Traditional Armenian ashlar architecture, with a highly cohesive formal vocabulary and system, was a source of inspiration in the designs as it was developed over this period. 2008-06-25T04:50:00-08:00 http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/clinton_presidential_library/ http://www.doonarch.com/index.php/doon_portfolio/clinton_presidential_library/#When:04:49:00Z _While at Polshek Partnership LLP from 2000-2003, Edgar helped in the creation of Little Rock's “bridge to the future” commemorating the Presidency of Bill Clinton. In cutting one's teeth as an architect, he learned how to detail high quality modern construction, including rain screen systems, various curtain walls, and green roofing systems. The project earned a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver rating. 2008-06-25T04:49:00-08:00