JACK WATERMAN crescent conversations
TULANE
latin american museum + Residences freret and soniat, uptown /// P1. s2011.
old city building center warehouse south rendon, gert town district /// P2. F2010
shooting range & Residences 312 south diamond, warehouse district /// p1. f2010 AN URBAN LIVING PROPOSAL
UNDER INTERSTATE 10 AT URSULINES, TREMe /// p5. summer2010
Summer 2010 - spring 2011 tulane university, new orleans
JACK WATERMAN crescent conversations
TULANE
PREMISE - Generating urban design with cultural exploration, process research, formal expression, and tectonic unity. New Orleans operates as a social labratory, exhibiting the global concerns of urbanism, while hosting local climactic challenges and strong cultural implications of design. These forces form design constraints that shape responsive architecture.
occupying the gap Latin american museum + Residences Freret and soniat, Uptown, New orleans
occupying the gaps latin american museum + Residences freret and soniat, uptown, NEW ORLEANS
BACKGROUND - The Freret Neighborhood hopes to become an arts and commerce vein of the city. The businesses of mostly converted shotgun homes fluctuate in height, and many sites are either vacant or derelict. This project for a prominent corner lot negotiated the residential neighborhood perpendicular to the commercial street. OBSERVATION - The context steps up at the corner and down to both sides, a formal design oppurtunity. The program for a Latin American Center could benefit from a material palette of stone and steel, contrasting tradtion and recent innovation. Thus the design could fit into the gap at the site scale and at the detailing scale with a system light steel and glass between thick service walls.
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CARVE TO REVEAL OLD CITY BUILDING CENTER WAREHOUSE SOUTH RENDON, GERT TOWN, NEW ORLEANS DEVELOPMENT - The oppurtu-
nity to connect the residential spaces to the public museum through section was first explored. A triple height atium looking into the courtyard was developed, and residences were arranged around this space. the museum makes the most of the tight urban space by wrapping around the courtyard.
CARVE TO REVEAL OLD CITY BUILDING CENTER WAREHOUSE
SOUTH RENDON STREET, GERT TOWN DISTRICT, NEW ORLEANS
CARVE TO REVEAL OLD CITY BUILDING CENTER WAREHOUSE SOUTH RENDON, GERT TOWN, NEW ORLEANS
BACKGROUND - Reconstruction of New Orleans has created an industry of decontruction. To integrate into commercial construction, these new operations have to develop industrial space in prime tansporation arteries. OBSERVATION - Warehouse design thrives on simplicty and simplicity of the complictated industrial process. Area flood levels necessitate raised office program. Traffic flow moves from the left to the right of the site. Larger site observations investigated two opposing materials - matte, opaque brick and refelctive, translucent glass block. The notion of carving away one material to reveal the characteristics of the second was applied in design.
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CARVE TO REVEAL OLD CITY BUILDING CENTER WAREHOUSE SOUTH RENDON, GERT TOWN, NEW ORLEANS DEVELOPMENT - Simplicity and
movement dictate linear form. In this case, the section became crucial. Raised offices overlooking daylit warehouse space and dedicated truck passage. Efficiency proposed trusses, and the insertion of the office program within that structural system. The conceptual orchestration of the opaque metal and tinted glass material pallette strengthened the program.
framing the shot shooting range & Residences 312 south diamond, warehouse district new orleans
framing the shot shooting range & Residences 312 south diamond, warehouse district new orleans
SITE ELEVATION ANALYSIS - TOPS AND OPENINGS
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T HO ES TH N INGERMA IA II AM AT MED FR JACK WIGITAL
BACKGROUND - The global understanding of urbanism: buildings edge to edge with work at the street and residences immediately above so that prescence is constant and interactions contain productive complexity. The adaptive reuse of the Warehouse Distrcit is a study in urban evolution. OBSERVATION - New high class residential projects have no prescence on the street, instead remaining totally disconnected from place. Following a study of typical openings in the district, the a parti of frame vs. framed was developed. This discussion with a long, skinny site (20’ x 150’) led to a shooting range for commercial program. Two residential units seperated by a light well make up the top floors.
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framing the shot shooting range & Residences 312 south diamond, warehouse district new orleans
SITE ELEVATION ANALYSIS - TOPS AND OPENINGS
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T HO ES TH N INGERMA IA II AM AT MED FR JACK WIGITAL
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AGGREGATION AN URBAN LIVING PROPOSAL UNDER INTERSTATE 10 AT URSULINES, TREME, NEW ORLEANS
AGGREGATION AN URBAN LIVING PROPOSAL TREME NEIGHBORHOOD, NEW ORLEANS
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BACKGROUND - The population of the New Orleans area fluctuates dramatically in reaction to both catastrophic and dionysian events. Mardi Gras Indians (a) claim the site during the festival season, and the relative poverty of the area makes it especially suseptible to the devastion of hurricanes. Urban living spaces must be designed to aggregate and service these occurent influxes. OBSERVATION - minimal privacy during the day and a lack of presence at night. An overall feeling of vacancy despite strong pedestrian and vehicular movement. Graphically represtend in (b)
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AGGREGATION AN URBAN LIVING PROPOSAL TREME NEIGHBORHOOD, NEW ORLEANS
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DEVELOPMENT - At the individual scale, a sleeping space (c) was developed that could offer light and privacy to the occupant, while an indicator of activity to the communtiy. This move combats the sense of vacancy during the nightlife of the site. Moving to the aggregate scale, the form of a wave serves the dual purposes of increasing privacy between spaces and activating the site (d). This form was further refined into the final model (e & f).
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studio exploration Summer 2010 - spring 2011 tulane university, new orleans
COURSES
Intro to Architecture - Ancient Architecture - Modern Architecture Building Fundamentals - Steel Frame Construction - Passive Green Design Visual Media - Digital Media 1 - Digital Media 2 Sustainability and Tectonics Seminar
TECHNOLOGY Autocad SketchUp Rhinoceros Vray Rendering Photoshop Illustrator Indesign
TECHNIQUES
Woodshop Modeling Lasercutting Plotting Portfolio Binding
INVOLVEMENT
Richardson Memorial Hall Renovation Charette Commitee AIAS + South Quad Regional Convention