Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA

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Mary Elizabeth Rusz, AIA

Architect / Urban Designer

2016

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“MAKE MOTT HAVEN …” TRANSFORMATION PLAN WITH NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT

[SITE ANALYSIS/ FEASIBILITY STUDY/ PRE-DESIGN]

2013 - 2015

Assistant Director, Housing and Urban Design

[Pre-Design / Proposal Evaluations / Peer Design Review]

$ 100 M [Estimated]



[All Maps and Renderings by M.E. Rusz, AIA]

Housing Location Map

LEGEND [bottom two maps]: New Housing: 1 – “Flagship” Building [Family], 2 – “Garden” Building [Senior], and 3 – “Beacon” Building [Senior]; Rehabs: 4, 5 + 6 – “Betances North Rehabs”;

and locations of other area NYCHA Developments: 7 – Patterson, 8 – Mott Haven, 9 – Mitchel, and 10 – Millbrook.

Bird’s Eye View: Overall Housing Plan, showing: three new affordable housing sites, and rehab of Betances

Houses North; sites are linked by a new Greenway running from The Hub, along East 146th Street to St. Mary’s

Park, and South to Randalls Island.

Local Area Investments Map: These include: 1 – Roberto

Clemente Plaza; 3 – Greenway; 4 – Randalls Island

Connector; and 7 – Our Little Village Day Care.

Axonometric View of the Betances Houses Complex – Showing Buildings

to be Rehabilitated and New Open Space Network

Block Elevation Study of East 146th Street – Showing Transformation of Streetscape and Building Entrances & Facades

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“MAKE MOTT HAVEN …” TRANSFORMATION PLAN WITH NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT

[SITE ANALYSIS/ FEASIBILITY STUDY/ PRE-DESIGN]

2013 - 2015

[All Maps and Renderings by M.E. Rusz, AIA]

“Our Little Village –

Concept for a new Day

Care Center at the base of

a Millbrook Houses

building [per request of

Millbrook Houses’ Tenant

Association President].

Assistant Director, Housing and Urban Design

[Pre-Design: With James McCullar Architect]

$ 100 M [Estimated]



Administrative Architect

[w/ Gandhi Engineers; Paul Rudolph, Original Architect of Record]

$ 12 M

Example: Middletown Plaza Tower:

Construction Photos – Facades During Restoration Work

BUILDING EXTERIORS RESTORATIONS WITH NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY

[DESIGN REVIEW, CONSTRUCTION, AND CM / BUILD MANAGEMENT]

2006 – 2009

Photo – Project Team

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“NEW HOUSING, NEW YORK: LEGACY PROJECT”

VIA VERDE, THE BRONX

[AIA N Y CHAPTER, NYC DEPT. OF HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT,

AND NYS DEPT. OF ENERGY AND RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT]

2006 – 2008

Steering Committee Member

[AIA New York Chapter,

Housing Committee Representative]

RFP Programme – Mixed-Use, Mixed-Income Development with Residential at Upper Floors, and Commercial

and Community Uses at Street Level – including “Sustainable Design” Request For Development Proposals –

Site Context/ Background Information

Photo – NHNY Steering Committee

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http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=3572723&id=685527787

Grounds

Improvements

Future Edgemere

Community Park (DPR)

Future Arverne Community

Park (HPD/ DPR)

Renovated/ Expanded

Day Care Center

Reconfigured

Senior Center

“Site C” New Mixed-Use

Development

Grounds

Improvements

Street & Infrastructure Improvements

(DOT/ DDC)

“OCEAN BAY HOPE VI” REVITALIZATION PROJECT, QUEENS WITH NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT [URBAN REVITALIZATION HOPE VI PLAN, PRE-DESIGN,

DESIGN, & CONSTRUCTION VIA CM/ BUILD PROGRAM]

1997 – 2007

HOPE VI –Ocean Bay Project Administrator

[w/ The Environmental Simulation Center, & Various Architects ]

$ 274 M

3D Simulation – Overview of Ocean Bay Apartments Revitalization Plan

HUD HOPE VI / Urban Design

Training Conference

– Boston, MA

3D Model –

Addabbo Health Center

Study Model – “Site A”

– Mixed-Use Development

Presenting Massing Study Model –

At “Congress For The New

Urbanism” Convention,

New York, June 2001

Location Map

BAYSIDE APARTMENTS

OCEANSIDE APARTMENTS

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[Study Model by M.E. Rusz, AIA]





“OCEAN BAY HOPE VI” REVITALIZATION PROJECT, QUEENS

OCEANSIDE – EXTERIORS & LOBBY IMPROVEMENTS WITH NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT [DESIGN & CM / BUILD CONSTRUCTION]

2002 – 2006

1

3D Simulation –

New Entrances

Architect’s Sketch

Completed Work – Oceanside Lobbies: New Entrance Doors, Window Walls at Tenant Patrol Room, Security Lighting and

Intercom System.

Photos – Existing Conditions

HOPE VI – Ocean Bay Project Administrator

[w/ Richard Dattner & Partners Architects

& James McCullar Architect ] $ 35 M

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Photos –

Existing Conditions, Precedents, New

Housing

Rendered Site Plan – Showing Site Layout Concept: Based on City Planning’s New Staten Island Zoning Regulations

[w/ Mix of 2-Family Townhouses, Rental & Senior Housing]

[AutoCADD, Rendered Site Plan and 3D Massing Study By M.E. Rusz, AIA]

Bird’s Eye View – Looking North-East [By M.E. Rusz, AIA]

MARKHAM GARDENS RE-DEVELOPMENT, STATEN ISLAND WITH NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT [SITE ANALYSIS / FEASIBILITY STUDY / PRE-DESIGN]

2003 – 2004

Chief of Design & Development

[In-House Site Analysis / Development RFP]

$ 70 M

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“PROSPECT PLAZA HOPE VI” REVITALIZATION PROJECT, BROOKLYN WITH NYC HOUSING AUTHORITY, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING &

DEVELOPMENT [ZONING STUDY / PRE-DESIGN / DESIGN REVIEW]

2000 – 2002

Photos –

Two-Family Homes [“Site A”]

Watercolor Site Map – Revitalization Plan Overview

Chief of Design & Development

[w/: Housing Settlement Fund (“Site A”); & L&M Equities (“Site

B”)] $247M

“Site A”

“Site B”

“Site A”

“Site A”

Architect’s Renderings –

Rental Apartments [“Site B”]

WORK PORTFOLIO

[Site Map by M.E. Rusz, AIA]



KINGS COUNTY SUPREME/ FAMILY COURTHOUSE – BROOKLYN WITH NYC DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION, CULTURAL

INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM UNIT [DEVELOPER NEGOTIATED ACQUISITION]

2000

Project Director

[w/ Forest City Ratner / Perkins Eastman Architects]

$ 450 M

Site Map –

“MetroTech” – Downtown Brooklyn Context

Perspectival View – Front Facade

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NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN – MUSEUM BUILDING

RESTORATION – THE BRONX WITH NYC DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION, CULTURAL

INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM UNIT [PASS-THROUGH CONTRACT]

1998

Project Director

[w/ Cabrera Barricklo Architects]

$ 8 M

Photo –

Cornice / Roof Replacement

Photo –

Dome Restoration

Photo –

Masonry & Stone Restoration Photographic View – Looking West

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BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM – MASTER PLAN WITH NYC DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION, CULTURAL

INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM UNIT [URBAN DESIGN / MASTER PLAN]

1997 – 1998

Study Model – Showing Ten-Year Build-Out Ground Floor Plan

Lower & Upper Floor Plans

Construction Photos

Project Director

[w/ Demetri Sarantitis Architects; with Susana Torre]

$ 3 M

Photo – Project Team

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Exhibition [Analysis/ Critique] – Of The New NYC Comprehensive Waterfront Plan:

“Perspectives On The New York City Waterfront: Planning The City’s Edge”

NEW YORK CITY COMPREHENSIVE WATERFRONT EXHIBITION POLICY ANALYSIS, WITH THE MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

[GUEST CURATOR / FELLOWS’ URBAN DESIGN STUDY GROUP CO-CHAIR]

1992 – 1993

Guest Curator

Oculus AIA

Article –

“We Covet

The

Waterfront”

Photo –

MAS Fellows Committee

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BROOKLYN NAVAL BASE RE-DEVELOPMENT PLAN WITH MAYOR’S OFFICE OF HOUSING COORDINATION

[SPECIAL RE-DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE / PLANNING STUDY]

1992

Project Manager

[w/ Abeles Phillips Preiss Shapiro, Planners & HLW Architects]

Site Plan –

Existing Naval Base Campus

Bird’s Eye View –

Brooklyn Waterfront Context Proposed Re-Development Programme

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SPECIAL UPPER EAST SIDE ZONING COMMITTEE, NEW YORK, NY

WITH THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING

[ZONING STUDY GROUP]

1991

Oculus AIA Article –

“Zoning On The Upper East Side”

Presenting Massing Study Model – “Tower-On-A-Base” Prototype –

At NYC Offices of Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Architects


WORK PORTFOLIO

[Zoning Study Models by M.E. Rusz, AIA]



“HERON QUAYS”, LONDON, UK WITH EHRENKRANTZ, ECKSTUT & KUHN ARCHITECTS, PC

[ARCHITECTURAL & URBAN DESIGN]

1990


Site Plan Massing Study Model – Showing Canary Wharf & Light-Rail Context

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ARVERNE LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, QUEENS, N Y WITH EHRENKRANTZ, ECKSTUT & KUHN ARCHITECTS, PC

[ARCHITECTURAL & URBAN DESIGN]

1989


Massing Study Model – Showing Mid-Rise Buildings at Quarter’s Northern Edge

Site Plan – Neighborhood Quarter

Rendered Site Plan –

Showing Original Four Phases, and

Mapped Public Streets &

Community Park

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BROOKLYN HEIGHTS WATERFRONT URBAN DESIGN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE,

PLANNING & PRESERVATION

1989

Perspective – Looking North Along Canal

Presentation Model

Perspectives – “Mise-En-Sequence”

Plan – “Water’s Edge Square”

Thesis – Master of Science

in Architecture & Urban Design

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[All Products by M.E. Rusz, AIA]



BOWLBY RESIDENCE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA WITH PETER HAMILTON ARCHITECTS [DESIGN]

1985

North and South Elevations

Site Plan

Photographic Views –

Exterior, Looking SouthWest; and Living Room Interior

Basement and Ground Floor Plans

Architect/ Assistant Project Manager

$ .75 M

WORK PORTFOLIO

[Presentation and Working Drawings by M.E. Rusz, AIA]



Site Topographical Analysis

Site Axonometric –

Looking NorthEast

Site Plan –

Showing Underground Parking

Assistant Architect

Street Elevations – showing Infill Housing and

Adjacent Conditions

“ROSEDALE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT”, TORONTO, ONTARIO,

CANADA WITH WILLIAM BENNETT ARCHITECT [DESIGN]

1983

WORK PORTFOLIO

[Urban Design Study and Presentation Drawings by M.E. Rusz, AIA]



Thesis Project – Fifth Year

Bachelor of Architecture

Site Topographical Analysis

Market Square – Site Plan, Site Sections, and

Typical 2 Bedroom Unit Plan

“NINE CORNERS / THREE SQUARES”, TORONTO, ONTARIO,

CANADA UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING [THESIS PROJECT]

1981

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Perspective – Looking South

To Market Square

Rendered Figure / Ground – Transformation of Three Squares: First Stage

Site Development – 1858 / 1890 / 1923 / 1980

10TH ARRONDISSEMENT URBAN ANALYSIS, PARIS, FRANCE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE

[STUDY ABROAD AT UNITÉ PEDAGOGIQUES D’ARCHITECTURE SIX [UP6]]

1979

Photos – Passage Urban Form

Figure/ Ground Site Analysis –

Showing Dense Urban Fabric and

Predominance of “Passages” (Through-Block Connections)

Fourth Year – Fall Term

Study Abroad Towards Bachelor of Architecture

Site Plan – “Hotel Passage”

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Study Model –

Street View Of Passage