DOMINICK CONCEPCION

PORTFOLIO

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

Year 2 Fall 2023
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Dominick C. Concepcion

403 Canterbury Drive (814) 753-2011

State College, PA 16803 dcc5570@psu.edu

Education
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PENN STATE UNIVERSITY University Park, PA

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Bachelor of Architecture, Minors: Geography, Architectural History May 2027
Relevant Coursework: Architectural Design Studio, Visual Communications, Architectural

FIREHOUSE
History, Material Science, Architectural Theory, Architectural Engineering.
Clubs and Organizations: Commit 20 hours per week to Penn State Varsity Crew. Member of
Penn State American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) and the National Organization of
Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS). RESUME BELLEFONTE, PA
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STATE COLLEGE AREA HIGH SCHOOL State College, PA
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Graduated and received honors in grades 9, 10, 11, 12. May 2022
Pursued Honors, International Baccalaureate, and Advanced Placement level courses.
Clubs and Organizations: National Finalist in FBLA Digital Media Production. Student Chairman
of the Architecture Occupational Advisory Committee. Captain of Varsity Rowing Team.
Member of Varsity Ice Hockey Team. Member of State High DECA, Model U.N., Architecture
Club, and the National Society of Black Engineers.

Technical Skills

Fluency in: AutoCAD, Revit, Photoshop, Lightroom, Illustrator, Indesign, Premiere Pro, After
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Effects, Rhinoceros 7, SketchUp, Microsoft Excel

Experience
BICYCLE
HOFFMAN LEAKEY ARCHITECTS
Summer Intern, Full Time
Bellefonte, PA
June 2023 - August 2023 BARN
Coordinated with senior architects on $1M+ construction projects with Penn State University. STATE COLLEGE, PA
Utilized AutoCAD and SketchUp models to assist in the development of client projects. YEAR 2
Attended numerous job conferences and site meetings, being a vital key to design processes.
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 #2 UNDINE FIREHOUSE

As the second project of 2nd

year studio, we were asked to
design a Firehouse for the his-
toric town of Bellefonte.
I chose to design a tribute to
industrial history, rather than
the luxury of the Victorian era.
The ornamented architecture of
the town is an inauthentic ve-
neer, disguising the history of
Bellefonte.
During my visit to Bellefonte’s
abandoned factories, I recogniz-
ed 3 features to design around.
Raw material, monumental forms,
and suspended bridges.

1st place of 67
ABOVE:
Design voted by peers
Hand-drawn section perspective rendering of
the Firehouse.
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LEFT:
Front elevation, taken from E
Bishop St. The non-structural
walls are built of cement
brick. Windows are tinted
black, to reflect heat during
the summer and store heat
during winter.

BELOW:
Side elevation, taken from S
Allegheny St. The piers are
built of concrete and are
used as structural supports
to hold the floor trays.

LEFT:
Transverse section, taken
facing E Bishop St. This sec-
tion demonstrates the lay-
out of programmatic spaces
(1st floor), and public spaces
(2nd floor). The skylight cuts
through the building into the
public space, drawing natural
light.
BELOW:
Longitudinal section, tak-
en facing S Allegheny St.
Demonstrating the placement
of the apparatus bay housing
the firetrucks, and the public
space, framed by suspended
walkways and floor trays.
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RIGHT:
45* section, taken facing
away from the plaza. This
section shows the framing of
the apparatus bay as well as
the cantilevered kitchen. The
interior pier is structural,
holding up the concrete floor
trays.
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15. Double Bed
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2. Lobby
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5. Janitor
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Workshop +Bathroom
Maintenance
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Storage + Air Room
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8. Mechanical
2. 9. Office
1. Apparatus Bay
10. Dining
2. Lobby
3. 11. Community
3. ADA Bathroom
12. Lounge
4. Workshop + Maintenance
13. Communal Bathroom
5. Janitor
14. Laundry
6. Dispatch + Data
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LEFT:
Photo of chipboard model, in
concrete site model. Shot on
iPhone, color graded in Adobe
Lightroom.

FOLLOWING SPREAD:
Interior render, textured
with Rhino 7 and Adobe Pho-
toshop. The render shows the
third floor bedrooms.
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The location of the building
was a challenge. The site re-
cieves very little sunlight,
therefore working with sky-
lights was an essential part
of the design process. The
skylight pictured above was
designed to pierce through
the building, providing the
large spaces with light. This
also creates a vertical
dynamic throughout the build-
ing, allowing for cross-floor
spatial communication and
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cohesion. Refer to page 9 for
building sections.
The exterior of the building was designed
according to the industrial materials used in
the factories down the road from the site.
Raw concrete and cement brick was essential
in creating the monolithic and monumental
appeal. The detail elevation (right), is ren-
dered to show the aging after 50 years.
RIGHT:
Detail elevation, textured on
Adobe Illustrator.
 BICYCLE BARN

To begin 2nd year studio,

students were asked to study and exercise
fundamental ideas related to space making.
Starting with an assigned painting, we were
required to intuitively
assign depth to the planes, lines, colors,
and geometries found in these fields. In re-
sponse, this building was the culmination
of my studies.

The building is a small bicycle/

coffee bar/studio apartment on Calder Way
in State College. The model is intuitively
made as planes married together in
section and plan. as additive construction
on an imagined
elevation, and as subtractions from the
bike shop’s volume - show the painting as
a spatial resource, defining three distinct
spaces in the two-story space of the pro-
posed bike shop.

2nd place of 69
Design voted by peers
RIGHT:
North facing view of the bike barn. The bike
barn utilizes curved planes in order to guide
sight and circulation. The building is com-
posed of a steel frame and panels, lending
itself to the surrounding State College
modern developments.
ABOVE:
Front elevation view of wood
model. The entrance is in-
set and the curved poche wall
guides visitors inside. The
facade is constructured of
frames and panels.
RIGHT:
The base idea for this proj-
ect was utilizing the frame
and panel to create a push
and pull effect, with estab-
lished datum lines. Inspired
by House II (Peter Eisenman
1970).
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RIGHT:
Axonometric view of
the bicycle barn,
roof exploded.

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RIGHT+BELOW: RIGHT:
Birds-eye and isomet- Sketch model,
ric view of a proposing the form +
development model, properties that would
depicting the basic be used in later
form and circulation stages of develop-
of the building. ment.