Selected Works - James Cooney 2023

JAMES COONEY

NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SoAD | 2023

JAMES COONEY

23 Montgomery Rd, Livingston, NJ

jcooney@nyit.edu 973-986-4514

20202016-2020

EDUCATION

New York Institute of Technology School of Architecture | New York City Bachelor of Architecture [BArch] Graduating Spring 2025 Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ Graduated 2020

INTERNSHIP

Air Group | Whippany, NJ

Assistant MEP Drafter - Summer 2022 and Winter 2023 -Helped design mechanical, lighting, plumbing, & power plans along with riser 1 & fire alarm diagrams for Liberty Harbor North Redevelopment buildings 5.1 and 1 1 5.5 with MEP engineer - Edited & formatted demo plans & worked on small individual projects creating lighting and plumbing plans for other apartment buildings -Visited job sites & joined job site coordination meetings with project managers, a architects, & engineers

2020 - 2022 2020 2022

2022Design Fabrication 2

SELECTED WORKS

COMMUNTIY FLOW

48 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING

PROFESSOR: DONGWHAN MOON SEMESTER: FALL 2022

TYPE: RESIDENTIAL SITE: FOREST HILLS

71stRd AUSTINST

72nd Ave

QUEENSBLVD SUBWAY

Austin Street and 72nd Ave in Forest Hills, Queens (Block 3257, lots 24-30).

PROJECT

In my 3rd year design class I was taked with designing a 48-unit apartment building located in Forest Hills, Queens, NY. Aside from desiging the indiidual units of the building, I also needed to incorporate intimate commercial and amenity space alog with a public shared space for the diverse population of Forest Hills

STRATEGY

Knowing how diverse and populated Queens is, I wanted to be able to maximize the amenity space of my building. In order to achieve this, I needed to create an efficient and well-circulated vertical community to allow residents on each floor to enter and interact with eachother. I decided on a single loaded corridor for all the units and the vertical amenity space to be on the opposite side, so all the units will get sun all year round. To effectuate privacy for the residents I raised the residential portion of my building to divide public and private space.

FIRST FLOOR

DAYCARE

COFFEE STAND

LOUNGE LOUNGE

COMMON AREA

READING AREA

LIBRARY

STUDY ROOM 1

STUDY ROOM 2

COMMON AREA

COMMUNITY KITCHEN

CAFE

AMENITY DECK PUBLIC ENTRANCE

FRAMED VIEWS

MUSEUM IN CENTRAL PARK

PROFESSOR: EFRAT NIZAN SEMESTER: SPRING 2022 TYPE: MUSUEM SITE: CENTRAL PARK

PROJECT

In my 2nd year design class, I was tasked with creating a museum located in the southeast corner of Central Park, NYC. The goal of the project was to integrate the museum with the topgraphy and to enhance the exisiting circulation of the park.

UNDERSTANDING THE SITE

After walking around Central Park, I noticed the winding paths with over-under conditions and beautiful moments of pause in the circulation, creating framed views of the park. I decided I wanted to incorporate and enhance these exciting features in my design.

FRAMING THE VIEWS

In order to successfully frame views through the museum, I first mapped out the ideal circulation. I focused on utilizing moments of pause where people could enjoy looking at art and beautiful views of the park. After circulation, I created a floor which allowed my museum form to grow around it and create a tube-like system. I used large openings in the tube system to frame specific views I wanted to concentrate on, such as the Gapstow Bridge and The Pond.

ENTRANCE FLOOR

RAMP TO LOWER LEVEL AND OFFICE

EXHIBITION SPACES

THE UNHOUSE

ABSTRACT RESIDENCE FOR TWO

PROFESSOR: ALAN PAUKMAN SEMESTER: FALL 2021

TYPE: RESIDENTIAL

PROJECT

For my second year fall design class, I was tasked with creating an “un-house.” This project was fundamentally abstract and called for a house based on a nine-square grid matrix. By manipulating the grid by adding, subtracting, and shifting lines, I created a tartan grid. This matrix would eventually become the floor plans of my un-house. From here, I extruded the grid to make my form and programmed a residence for a married couple..

STRATEGY

The concept for the unhouse was to gradually increase privacy as residents circulated up the stairs, designing each floor with a specific purpose. The first floor serves as a public gathering space, the second is a transitional semi-private floor mainly used for circulation and resting, and the third is completely private and allocated for sleeping and bathing.

The first floor of my unhouse is a public space for the residents and their guests to hangout and relax in. The space can transforn into a movie room as well.

The second floor of my unhouse as a buffer zone between and the private third floor. bedroom for the residents.

unhouse primarily serves between the public first floor floor. At night it serves as a residents.

The third floor of my unhouse is a private service/ bathing floor. The residents can bathe, prepare meals, and work on this floor.

FRONT SECTION

RIGHT SECTION

PROJECT

As an exercise in designing living spaces, and urban housing, this project entailed the making of a four-unit townhouse. The site was 25' by 88' and necessitated efficient units that maximize light and space. It was important that the project’s vertical organization still allowed public shared spaces for residents.

STRATEGY

Because the site was adjacent to traditional New York City brownstones, I did not want to disrupt the historical characteristics of the neighborhood. To combat this, I designed a facade that coincided with the existing architecture and focused on interior organization with unique apartments for each of the residents.

EXISTING SITE

RESPECT CHARACTERISTICS OF NEIGHBORHOOD

UNIQUE APARTMENTS THEMES

BATHROOM 79 SF BEDROOM 153 SF

KITCHEN DINING ROOM

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