Kenneth A. Almario
Portfolio
Visitors Center Addition & Archives
(Design 1, 2011)
The addition to the Grants Tomb Site is a gallery space and space for archives. My concept connects and focuses on the Tomb, mainly creating a stronger circulation within the site and focusing it's interior spaces to view the Tomb.
Massimo Facade
(Design 2, 2012)
The project was to design a facade in Italy for the Brothers Massimo. The adjacent building has a strongly curved facade; the idea was to design something that would compliment the site as well as become functional for the new office spaces.
The Highline: Fashion Headquarters
(Design 2, 2012)
This fashion headquarters was designed for designer Hussein Chalayan. The challenge was to design for a designer using his or her style. The element of transformation and surprise are strong in all of his designs. So.
The floors are waved to develop interesting views and relationships between the higline and its interior spaces. The open plan structure uses strings instead of walls so that the spaces within could change as the designer wishes. Also, the entire building acts like a catwalk visible from the higline and street.
CASA VENTO
(Environmental Systems 1, 2012)
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Our site was in Salvador, Brazil. A Hot and Humid Climate. For this project, we had to calculate how to properly use stack and cross ventilation in our designed home. We also calculated the monthly amount of rain and sized a cistern to use for greywater purposes.
Design Partners:
Andre Henriques & Angelo Guzman
GREENPOINT Library
​(Design 3, 2012)
The shape of the building and the difference in levels was mainly designed to optimize the views of the rich site and create an interesting relationship between spaces like the reading rooms, game rooms, computer labs, office spaces, and children s center. The project also has both a private and public roof garden.
INWOOD NATATORIUM
Public Swimming Pool & Rec. Center
​(Design 6, 2014)
The project called for a design of a pool and rec. center in Inwood, Manhattan. My project is designed as a public center with public landscape given back to the neighborhood for their weekly street fairs and additional community space.
Verde-Filtra-Wall
Green-wall below R.F.K. Bridge
​(Sustainable Soil and Water, 2018)
The designed green-wall is designed to filter runoff collected on the R.F.K. Bridge on Randall's Island. The wall would be visually pleasing to those attending Icahn Stadium and would benefit the island as an educational attraction. The intent of the infiltration system is to limit the release of CO2 into the ocean from water pollution by storing and slowly filtering water that could later be used on site.