CONNOR
PORTFOLIO
LAGARDE * * * * *
CONNOR LAGARDE
St. Martinville, LA 70582 * (337) 492-3602 * connor3602@gmail.com
ABOUT ME:
Passionate about the intersection of creativity and functionality, I am a fourth-year architecture student with a pursuit to find where I fit into the world of design. My academic venture has been a invaluable exploration of architectural principles, emphasizing the synthesis of form, function, and sustainability. With a keen eye for detail and a dedication to pushing myself
past my boundaries, I am driven by the belief that architecture is inherently political and that we, as designers, have a responsibility to build for the future and to convince others of that as well.
Eager to learn and contribute fresh perspectives and thoughtful design to the architectural landscape, I am excited about the opportunities that lie ahead in shaping our future
01 mixed use library in new york city
pages 3 - 8
02 queer latino museum in dallas
pages 9 - 12
03 daycare center in lafayette
pages 13 - 16
04 meditation retreat in the atchafalaya basin
pages 17 - 20
05 maker’s market in lafayette
pages 21 - 24 06 miscellaneous projects
pages 25 - 28
contents
CONFLUX
mixed-use library
01
The design for this contemporary urban building revolves around the sythesis of unqiueness and integration. Through various elements such as protrusions, indentations, color palette, patterns, and height this design aims to create a unique identity within a historical district. While simultaneously ensuring that this uniqueness coexists with and enriches the identity of the surrounding context, creating a dynamic dialog with the city and its inhabitants
SITE ANALYSIS
PROTRUSION INDENTATION 04 SOUTH-EAST AXON NORTH-WEST EXPLODED AXON NORTH-WEST AXON (W/ SITE CONTEXT)
WALL SECTION BUILDING SECTION CUT UP UP UP UP OPEN TO BELOW DN DN DN UP FIRST FLOOR PLAN SECOND FLOOR THIRD FLOOR
3 1/2” concrete cladding panel vapour control layer 3” insulation fixed to substrate joints open with cavity behind drained and ventilated breather membrane steel support bracket fixed to 1” steel frame 8” steel frame structure 2” light gauge steel frame support beams DN DN UP OPEN TO BELOW DN UP OPEN TO BELOW DN DN UP UP UP UP OPEN TO BELOW FOURTH FLOOR FIFTH FLOOR 06 WALL SECTION DETAIL
LOBBY INTERIOR APARTMENT INTERIOR LIBRARY INTERIOR
NORTH-WEST EXTERIOR
RENDERINGS 08 LOBBY AND LIBRARY INTERIOR
AUDITORIUM INTERIOR
409
N HOUSTON ST. DALLAS, TX
AQUARADIANTE
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museo de art queer latino
Aquaradiante is an art museum located in Dallas, Texas focused on the queer Latino experience. Water and sunlight are used to different effects to create spaces where the vibrant expressions of the queer Latino community are refracted and illuminated, creating an engaging environment. With the art exhibits only occupying the second floor, the first floor is free to become more than just a museum. With a communial market space, park, and resource center for homeless youth located on the ground floor, Aquaradiante aims to be a beacon of safety and community in Dallas.
A B C
RENDER A RENDER B RENDER C
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR
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THIRD FLOOR
WALL SECTION 3/8” FRAGMENT MODEL
NORTH-EAST AXON
NATURAL DAYLIGHTING
RAIN WATER COLLECTION
SOLAR ENERGY
PASSIVE COOLING
DALLAS WATER FEATURE EDITS 12
SECTION DIAGRAM
daycare and after-school center
Second Home is designed to be a safe space for children of low-income families, specifically during the summer when they need supervision while their parents are working. The center also functions as an event and after-school space, offering food and internet access.
As temperatures continue to rise, this project aims to provide a space with comfortable temperatures throughout the year by using multiple passive cooling techniques. These techniques offer sustainable and efficient forms of cooling that limit the need for electricity-based systems and highlight our current waste of energy.
SECTION A SECTION B 0 5 10 20 50 FIRST FLOOR PLAN DIAGRAM OF ROOMS COOLED BY WINDTOWER RENDER A RENDER B RENDER C
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3/8” FRAGMENT MODEL
The four wind-catcher towers act as the space’s primary source of passive air-conditioning. Each one is positioned to face the prevailing winds of the area in order to pull in as much wind as possible. As the hot air in the rooms rises, it is sucked up through the towers effectively leaving a cool breeze throughout the rooms. Rooms are positioned along the same angles as the tower that cools them. The limestone columns that enclose the community center are further used to cool the space. When wet, these porous columns allow hot air through and cool it in the process. These columns consistently stay wet thanks to the water feature they are submerged in and the fountain system running through them.
COLUMN’S PASSIVE COOLING DIAGRAM
SITE CONTEXT AND LANDSCAPING
CROSS SECTION AND TRAIN IMPACT DIAGRAM 16
SITE WIND PATTERNS AND TEMPERATURE
SANCTUARY OF SOLACE
meditation retreat in the basin
25,000 SF SITE OXBOW LAKE ATCHAFALAYA BASIN, LA 04
This building is a meditation and retreat center located at Oxbow Lake in the Atchafalaya Basin. The goal was to design a space that will connect people to themselves and nature in the same way other religious spaces are designed to connect people to whichever gods they believe in. Introducing indoor vegetation and integrating the waterways, the natural light, and the views into the design are ways this experience is achieved. The first floor focuses on connecting with yourself. All of the windows are frosted so as to not get too much distraction from the outside and the meditation/prayer spaces have no visible windows at all. Sunlight still seeps through from above into the first-floor meditation rooms as a way of warming up the spaces to not feel so cold while still not getting the distraction from outside. Wooden panel board-form concrete is also utilized to a similar effect in order to make the spaces feel more connected to nature.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN A B C RENDER A RENDER B RENDER C
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION
MEDITATION SPACE SUN DIAGRAM 20
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CITY-QUILT MARKET
downtown market and event space
25,000 SF SITE
JEFFERSON ST. LAFAYETTE, LA
To create a building that feels natural in its environment, the many different geometric shapes of the surrounding buildings are used to different effects. From a partial floor plan existing on a grid system inspired by the face of Chase Bank to utilizing the straight and slanted lines of the parking tower to create symmetry and overlap within it, as well as pulling inspiration from the brutalist nature of the nearby courthouse, the building truly feels as if it is an amalgamation of all the architecture surrounding it.
FIRST FLOOR PLAN ORGANIZATION DIAGRAM
FRAGMENT MODEL CLOSE-UPS
22
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
1/16” FULL BUILDING MODEL
1/8” FRAGMENT MODEL 24
MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS
410 PRIMER PROJECT
eco-hotel entrace
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porch lobby sidewalk roadway
PLAN
1/2” MODEL PERSPECTIVES
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1/8” MODEL
SECTION
1/2” MODEL
463 SOCIO-SPATIAL DIAGRAM
medical wing of prison
“...decreasing response time by incorporating a secure suite to allow clinicians and security staff to move freely without obstacles between treatment areas in a secure environment.There are two distinct phases of the design solution that include segregated movement for mental health inmate patients and a secure suite for clinicians and staff movement...”
- Dallas County Jail Medical Modification Project
ACCESS POINTS FOR MEDICAL STAFF
PATHWAYS FOR:
MEDICAL STAFF
INCARCERATED PEOPLE
MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS
SECURE AND PRIVATE SPACES FOR MEDICAL STAFF SEPERATE WAITING ROOM AND WARD FOR MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS ACCESS TO NATURAL LIGHT AND OUTDOOR VIEWS FOR MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS ABSENCE OF DOORS / WALLS ALLOWS FOR GREATER MOVEMENT THROUGH AND VIEW OF SPACE
Y-LAFAYETTE MURAL COMPETITION
2023 winner
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thank you 101 mask project