2023 Portfolio - Dylan Rollo Roth

ALL THINGS TO BE HELD IN COMMON

Dylan Rollo Roth

Selected Works: 2020 - 2023

Contents P1 Common Ground 1

P2 Baton Roots 7

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All Things to be Held in Common (translated from the latin Omnia Sunt Communia) is a compilation of work completed from 2021-2023. The following professional and academic projects comprise my attempts to use design as a tool for creating a public commons through architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, and historic preservation.

2023 Louisiana Coastal Master Plan 17

P4 Brookley by the Bay 21

P5 The Orange Show 25

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Figure 1, LIDAR Scan Isometric

Common Ground Baton Rouge, LA

Project Description

Architecture as a result of the systems of patronage and consumerism is in need of alternative conversations - these dialogues must take a multi-scalar approach to systems of power within undeserved communities. Common Ground is a call to acknowledge the consequences of neglect and imbalance, a petition for the need for reciprocity and socialization. Through adaptation and reuse of the existing urban fabric, the project speculates on the potential for urban renewal as interactive process towards spatial justice, sustenance, and equity. Through dismantling existing informal barriers, the project aims to create a collective commons for local students from varying socioeconomic backgrounds to engage in after-school activities. Within the proposal, regional abandonment takes a new life - introducing a new educational model

consisting of alternative programing - while simultaneously creating a network of interconnected bike and pedestrian pathways that promote the re-vitalization of declining urban corridors. Common Ground aims to address the obstacles that are linked to mental and physical health issues, local employment, and the dismantling of an educational system forged on the premise of antebellum societal structures.

Originally produced under the constraints of a semesterlong studio course - the project introduces suggestions into potential programming schemes, but ultimately the success of a project of this nature solely depends on the involvement and participation of the members who would occupy said space. The proposal acts solely as a framework for establishing a new relationship to urban renewal that is separate from the pursuit of capitalist gain.

Place: Louisiana State University Year: 2020 Honors: 2021 AIA/ACSA Intersections Research Conference, 1st Place LSU Discover Day - Research Symposium

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Baton Rouge contains a long history of racial segregation that has materialized into extreme disparities among divided communities within the city. Today, Baton Rouge, is recognized as one of the most racially segregated cities where the majority of the BIPOC population has been systematically contained to the north while the white population continues to expand southward merging into neighboring parishes like Livingston and Ascension. This project began by diagramming/drawing the causation of racial separation within our city by creating a timeline that observes the change in demographics as they coincide with major political and economic events. Baton’s Rouge’s education history is based on the integration of public schools, much of the white population began withdrawing from older parts of the city while redrawing school zones to exclude certain populations. After a law was passed in 1981 which outlawed the racial restructuring of school zones and implemented new statewide busing policies, over 7,000 white students were withdrawn from the East Baton Rouge Public School system. In areas where residents refused to move or to integrate, white populations would join together to succeed from Greater Baton Rouge, creating Central in 2005 and St. George in 2019.

Isometric models of existing warehouse structures across the Florida Blvd coorridor converted to house different programatic functions for after-school programming.

Figure 2, Ticketing Booth and Entry Corridor

Istrouma High School Park Elementary

Capitol High School

N Foster Dr

N 22th St

N 6th St I - 110

Children’s Charter School North St

North St

Mississippi River

Mentorship Stem Academy Florida Blvd

Florida Blvd

North Blvd North Blvd

Dufroq School

Old State Capitol

Baton Rouge Magnet

Government St.

Government St.

er ost NF

I - 110

BR Foreign Language School

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Louisiana Key Academy

Westdale Middle School

Catholic High School

St. Josephs Catholic School

Map of Florida Boulevard Corridor

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Buildings of Interest

Adjudicated Properties

BIPOC Children in Poverty

Existing BREC Facilities

Water

Commercial Zoning

Existing Greenway

Proposed Bikelane

Local Schools

East Baton Rouge Public Schools

Magnet/Private Schools

Capitol High School

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4000’

Istrouma High School

Catholic High School

St. Josephs Catholic School

99% Black

81% Low Income Students

97% Black

92% Low Income Students

96% White

N/A

Low Income Students

87% White

N/A

Low Income Students

0%

Hispanic

20% Graduates Pursuing College

2%

Hispanic

N/A

2.9% Black

88% Graduates Pursuing College

4.9% Black

N/A

Graduates Pursuing College

0%

White

49% Graduation Rate

1%

White

49% Graduation Rate

.8%

<90% Graduation Rate

3.2% Hispanic

<90% Graduation Rate

McKinley High School

Tara High School

85% Black

78% Low Income Students

79% Black

7.5% Hispanic

56% Graduates Pursuing College

5%

68% Graduation Rate

White

Common Ground

Graduates Pursuing College

Hispanic

Baton Rouge Magnet

LSU Laboratory High School

78% Low Income Students

39% Black

41% Low Income Students

81% White

2%

14% Hispanic

43% Graduates Pursuing College

36% White

93% Graduates Pursuing College

11% Black

98% Graduates Pursuing College

5%

53% Graduation Rate

18% Asian

<99% Graduation Rate

3.6% Asian

<95% Graduation Rate

White

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Low Income Students

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PERFORMANCE SPACE

RE-ENTRY HOUSING

USE:

USE:

SQFT:

8,000

SQFT:

Covered outdoor collective performance Space

Housing for individuals on parole participating in the common ground mentorship program

DIGITAL MEDIA LAB

PERFORMANCE SPACE

USE:

USE:

SQFT:

Diverting traffic from North St. and converting it to a oneway allows for the development of a multi-use bike and pedestrian path that helps connect surround schools to the shared use education hub.

16,000

4,744

SQFT:

Indoor and outdoor athletic training facility

8,000

Covered outdoor collective performance Space

ATHLETICS FACILITY

PERFORMANCE SPACE

USE:

USE:

SQFT:

S2

SQFT:

10,000

Indoor and outdoor athletic training facility

8,000

Covered outdoor collective performance Space

PERFORMANCE SPACE SQFT: USE:

8,000

Covered outdoor collective performance Space

Currently Florida Blvd exists as a physical barrier dividing North and South Baton Rouge. The introduction of pedestrian bridges helps to create a more vibrant and accessible experience for all users.

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The heart of the educational hub along Roselong Ave. re-imagines existing abandoned structures as potential spaces for digital media labs and athletic training facilities.

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Common Ground

Proposed Interventions Renovated Buildings

Existing BREC Facilities

Proposed Park Space

Schools

Proposed Bike/Pedestrian Paths

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Baton Roots Baton Rouge, LA

The following project is an exploration into the development of a fully autonomous urban food hub distribution center for Baton Roots’ Urban Agriculture initiative. The form of the building is conceived as a single linear extrusion, a simple pavilion divided into three sections and tweaked slightly to produce exciting architectural moments and opportunities for encounter. Program is then thoughtfully distributed throughout the pavilion. On the first level of the three divisions are the three main import/export operations of the urban food hub: composting storage, planter construction, and farming operations. These sections are separated by outdoor classrooms which are embedded into the ground and double as a form of stormwater infrastructure.

These junction points also house the main circulation corridors for each section, highlighting and celebrating the physical use of stairs while still allowing accessible

lift options for those who require them. On the second level, overlooking the planter box workspace, a teaching kitchen where Baton Roots chefs can teach classes on how to cook different and possibly unfamiliar food types in a healthy way. The kitchen also has the potential to act as a reservable commercial kitchen space for locals to prepare goods to sell at Scotlandville Saturdays. Next to the kitchen are both a small and large conference room to be used when needed by Baton Roots administrative staff, or as a reservable space for community members to hold interviews, conduct meetings, and collectively study. On the far end of the second level, above the farming storage and harvest pack+wash, are private office spaces for all of Baton Roots administrative needs. The 3rd level consists of greenhouse and lathhouse spaces to strategically take advantage of solar heat gains

Place: Louisiana State University Year: 2021 Honors: 2021 ACSA Steel Competition - 2nd Place | 2021 Study Architecture Student Showcase - Part II

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Render of proposed entrance to Baton Roots Urban Food Hub, highlighting elements of public art interlaced with ecologic and hydrolic systems.

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Brookstown Middle

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Democracy Prep

Prescott Rd

SITE: HOWELL PARK

Wilma C. Montgomery Centery

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Mississippi River

5509 Winbourne Ave, Baton Rouge, La 70805

Howell Park Elementary

Winbourne Elementary Winbourne Ave

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Istrouma High School

N Foster Dr

I - 110

BRCC -Acadia

Choctaw Dr

Map of Recyclable Waste Adjudicated Properties

Exxon Refinery

School Zones

Commercial Corridors

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Flood Zone

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Sawdust from local sawmills and wood fabrication shops can be donated to Baton Roots to use as weed suppression for their planter beds.

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BREC Parks

The unused bi-products from crop harvesting can be used by Baton Roots to boost their composting and help with the remediation of soil.

Baton Roots

2016 Great Flood

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Exxon Buffer Zone

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4000’

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Currently the site is surrounded by adjudicated properties owned by the city and being prepared for demolition. These properties can provide material stock for the production of planter beds.

Local schools and offices can become a major supplier of cardboard and other recyclable materials which help with the composting process and weed suppression.

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Rooftop Community Greenhouse

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Tony and Diane are brother and sister who come to volunteer with Baton Roots after Diane is let out of school. She loves the view from the 3rd story greenhouse.

Shared Commercial Kitchen

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Jada is an aspiring chef who utilizes the reservable commercial kitchen space to prepare her grandmother’s famous fig preserves with her sisters. Together they sell the jarred preservatives at the local farmer’s market.

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Planter Box Workstation

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Andre is a full-time worker for Baton Roots who works to mentor local teenagers through their Construct 101 program where they build and distribute planter boxes and other community-based interventions.

Exploded Axon of Proposal

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Pollinator Gardens

Planter Box

Sculptures

Storm Water Management

Photovaltaics

Composting Storage

Material Storage

Workplace

Farm Storage

Office Space

Harvest Pack + Wash

Learning Center

Teaching Kitchen

Greenhouse

Baton Roots

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MATERIAL DEPOSIT

GREENHOUSE

TEACHING KITCHEN

COLLECTIVE SPACE

USE:

USE:

USE:

USE:

SQFT:

1,200

SQFT:

A space for dropping of different materials for the production of communal planter boxes

4,500

A Naturally ventilated greenhouse with breathtaking views of Baton Rouge

SQFT:

1,500

A space to learn healthy cooking practices, or a reservable prep space

SQFT:

1,100

Breathtaking views of Baton Rouge that can spark excitement and inspiration

CONFERENCE ROOM SQFT: USE:

A reservable space for collaborative. Open by appointment to all

WORKSPACE

POLLINATOR GARDEN

USE:

USE:

SQFT:

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800

2,400

SQFT:

A constructive space for hands-on learning through the assembly of planter boxes

Baton Roots

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10,000

A space reserved for the promotion of biodiversity and stormwater retention

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70 MILES OF BANK STABILIZATION

The length of all bank stabilization work proposed in the master plan.

360 MILES OF STRUCTURAL RISK REDUCTION

The length of all structural risk reduction efforts proposed in the master plan including levees, walls, and gates.

150 MILES OF RIDGE RESTORATION

The length of all ridge restoration efforts proposed in the master plan.

18 CUBIC YARDS OF SEDIMENT

The volume of dredged sediment to create marshes.

2023 LA Coastal Master Plan Baton Rouge, LA

During my time with SCAPE Landscape Architecture, I had the fortunate opportunity to be staffed on the development of the 2023 Louisiana Coastal Master Plan. Throughout this process we worked with a diverse team of engineers, planners, and community members to develop an overall language and framework for the master plan. My task in this process was to produce a series of graphics that aimed to communicate complex environmental and structural interventions that the Coastal Protection and Restoration

Authority were actively funding across the gulf coast of Louisiana. The following graphics are the product of years of interdisciplinary communication to find a way of highlighting the different processes and procedures that go into some of the most significant coastal restoration efforts within the Unite States. These graphics have been published and can be seen in their final form with associating text in the link bellow.

Place: SCAPE Landscape Architecture Year: 2021 - 2023 Honors: Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

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Diagram of the transect from urban to coastal conditions and the environmental and economic benefits that result from the different resiliency projects presented in the 2023 Louisiana Coastal Master Plan.

Barrier Island Restoration

Sediment Diversion

Barrier Island Maintenance projects use dredged sediment to rebuild and strengthen the beaches, dunes, and backbarrier marshes of degrading barrier islands in response to damage from storms. This work enhances natural storm surge attenuation and maintains or improves critical wildlife habitat.

MARSH CREATION

Plant grass plugs on the newly developed marsh land. These will eventually grow into thriving wetland ecosystems.

C.

Diversions convey freshwater and sediment from rivers into adjacent wetland basins.

These projects restore historic deltaic processes, build new land, nourish existing wetlands, and prevent saltwater incursion into the estuary.

SEDIMENT DEPOSITION

SEDIMENT DREDGING

B.

Pump sediment from off-shore sources to raise elevation of barrier island.

Dredge off-shore sediment to begin the barrier island restoration process.

A.

NOURISH EXISTING WETLANDS

Re-nourish existing wetlands through the infusion of nutrients carried by newly deposited sediment and fresh water.

D.

C.

DEPOSIT SEDIMENT

CREATE CONVEYANCE CHANNEL

B.

Deposit sediment from the diversion to help restore and create new marsh lands.

Direct sediment and fresh water through the newly developed conveyance channel connecting the river source to the outfall area.

A. PROVIDE HABITAT FOR MIGRATORY SPECIES

IMPROVED FISHERIES AND TOURISM

IMPROVED ECOLOGY

INTEGRATED IN FLOOD PROTECTION SYSTEM

PREVENT SALTWATER INCURSION

LOW MARSH

HIGH MARSH

GRASSLAND

SAND DUNE

GULF OF MEXICO

Structural Risk Reduction projects protect people and property with earthen levees, concrete T-walls, floodgates, and other structural components. They reduce the risk of storm surge flooding and damage within the protected area.

Use earthen fill to construct a levee for increased storm surge protection for surrounding communities.

A.

BUILD NEW LAND

NOURISHED MARSH

OUTFALL BASIN

SEDIMENT DIVERSION CHANNEL

SEDIMENT PUMP

RIVER

Marsh Creation

Structural Risk Reduction

EARTHEN LEVEE CONSTRUCTION

Using the intake structure, flood gates, or pumps, divert sediment and fresh water from the river in to the conveyance channel.

SUPPORT PRODUCTIVE ECOSYSTEMS

BUILD NEW LAND

REDUCED WAVE ACTION

REDIRECT FRESH WATER AND SEDIMENT

Marsh Creation projects restore landscape and ecosystem processes, enhance habitat, and provide additional storm surge attenuation. Wetlands are created through placement of dredged material and plantings in shallow open water or areas with deteriorated marsh.

B.

CONCRETE T-WALL CONSTRUCTION

MARSH CREATION

Plant grass plugs on newly developed marsh land. These will eventually grow into thriving wetland ecosystems.

Install concrete barriers and metal sheet piles in combination with earthen levees to create a fortified system that protects surrounding communities from storm surge.

B.

REDUCE STORM DAMAGE

D.

B. C.

FLOOD GATE CONSTRUCTION

Install floodgates at critical navigation channels to allow for continued usage of waterways while still allowing flood barrier protection during storms.

SEDIMENT PLACEMENT

Use pumped sediment to create elevated landmasses to support biodiverse marsh development.

EARTHEN CONTAINMENT DIKE

Create an earthen containment dike using locally dredged material to help diffuse wave energy and prolong the life of newly formed marshes.

A.

BUILD NEW LAND

RESTORE HABITAT AND ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

SEDIMENT DREDGING

Use dredging to harvest sediment to provide fill for the construction of new marsh areas.

REDUCE FLOOD LEVELS WITHIN SYSTEMS SUPPORT COMMERCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FISHERIES

PROTECT LAND

LEVEE

HIGHWAY FLOOD GATE

CONCRETE T-WALL

WATERWAY FLOOD GATE

OPEN WATER

EARTHEN DIKE

OPEN WATER

Non-Structural Intervention

Hydrological Restoration

These projects use techniques to ensure water movement across the landscape supports a healthy ecosystem at a basin or sub-basin scale. Small-scale hydrologic restoration focusing on restoring more localized hydrologic patterns (e.g., utilizing plugs and control structures, canal backfilling, channel cleanout) are considered programmatically consistent with the master plan.

MARSH

Nonstructural Risk Reduction measures include the flood proofing, elevation, or acquisition of at-risk properties depending on projected flood depths. Nonstructural Risk Reduction measures are entirely voluntary and are undertaken in close collaboration with local residents and property owners.

A.

CHANNEL DREDGING

A.

Remove features that obstruct historic flows between wetlands, bayous and rivers. Restoring hydrolic connectivity changes water levels and salinities to improve the health of degraded wetlands

RECOMMENDED FOR FLOODPROOFING Floodproofing measures are recommended for commercial structures that are projected to experience 1-3 feet of flooding for a 1% annual exceedance probability event

RECOMMENDED FOR VOLUNTARY ACQUISITION

C.

For residential properties that are projected to experience greater than 14 feet of storm surgebased flooding for a 1% annual exceedance probability event, voluntary acquisition is a recommended risk reduction strategy.

B.

RESTORE HYDROLOGY RECONNECT TO NEARBY WATERBODIES

IMPROVE ECOLOGY

RECOMMENDED FOR ELEVATION

Residential properties that are projected to experience 3-14 feet of flooding a 1% annual exceedance probability event are recommended for elevation.

IMPROVE FLOWS OF SEDIMENT AND FRESHWATER

MANAGE SALINITY INTRUSION

NOURISHED WETLANDS

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EXCAVATED CHANNEL

2023 LA Coastal Master Plan

CHANNEL

1-3 FEET OF FLOODING

CHANNEL

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14+ FEET OF FLOODING

3-14 FEET OF FLOODING

1 -3 FEET OF FLOODING

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Brookley by the Bay Mobile, AL

Located at the mouth of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, the Mobile waterfront was once an abundant mosaic of tidal marshes, forested wetlands, and shallow lagoons. Since its establishment as a major port in the 18th century, the city has become a regional economic hub—a positive transformation that has also, over time, separated residents from the water’s edge. At Brookley by the Bay, a collective vision for a 98-acre waterfront park presents an opportunity to reconnect residents back to Mobile Bay, immersed in the lush native ecosystems of southern Alabama.Incorporating feedback from a series of workshops with partners, stakeholders, council members, and the public, the team crafted a vision that weaves together programmatic areas and ecological restoration into an iconic waterfront park that connects people to the Mobile waterfront, draws on the site’s unique history, and fosters stewardship into its future. Linking up with existing and planned open space projects including Broad Street, the Crepe Myrtle Trail, and

the Mobile County Blueway, the vision prioritizes safe and equitable access for all Mobile residents, strengthening pedestrian and bike connections between downtown and communities along Dog River. Three distinct shoreline experiences bring people down to the Bay: a tranquil beach and amphitheater to the north, an interactive shoreline with get-downs to the east, and a more active, programmed shoreline with continuous water access to the south.

Stitched together by two paths—a meandering shareduse path encircling the perimeter and a central multi-modal loop at the park’s core—the vision balances sweeping, open spaces for flexible use with more intimate areas for gathering, education, and exploration. Undulating berms and swales guide visitors to the water from the park’s center, framing expansive views while also functioning as a layered protection system for both stormwater and coastal flooding. * Text by SCAPE Landscape Architecture

Place: SCAPE Landscape Architecture Year: 2022 - 2023 Honors: The Architect’s Newspaper, City of Mobile

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1950’s historic aerials depicting the Mobile Aeroplex before the fill and development of the current Brookley by the Bay site.

Known as “America’s Amazon” the following map depicts the incredible biodiversity that can be found within the eco-regions of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta.

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Brookley by The Bay

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V2. PICNIC GROVE NORTH PARKING LOOP NORTH PARK ENTRANCE

V1. STORMWATER GARDENS

COMFORT STATION

BOARDWALKS

BUFFER LANDSCAPE

MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY + COMFORT STATION

SOUTH PARKING LOOP

SOUTH CYCLE ENTRANCE

KAYAK RENTALS + STORAGE

ADA BEACH PARKING V3 V2

V1 AMPHITHEATER

TRANQUIL BAY BEACH

BEACH VOLLEYBALL ADA KAYAK LAUNCH + BEACH ACCESS

DESTINATION PLAY

ACTIVE SHORELINE

PICNIC STRUCTURES

FENCED DOG RUN

SUNRISE LAWN SHORELINE GET-DOWNS

MEANDERING PATH DISC GOLF

OVERLOOK

V3. TRANQUIL BAY BEACH

The final vision for Brookley by the Bay looks to capitalize on the existing natural beauty of the site while introducing three distinct shoreline experiences, a destination playground, and amphitheater performance space with breathtaking views of downtown Mobile.

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Brookley by The Bay

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The Orange Show Houston, TX

Located in the East-end of Houston, The Orange Show is an architectural monument organically designed and built

by Jefferson Davis McKissack. Over the course of twentythree years, McKissack collected an assortment of excess materials found in the street during his daily commutes throughout Houston working as a postal worker. The final product is a testament to McKissack’s ambition and virtue of promoting the importance of nutrition to live a wellbalanced life.

Briscoe Architectural Conservation was hired with the task to 3D scan and document the entirety of the structure. Using lidar scanning, I spent three days capturing the immensely rich detail of the multiple spaces throughout the project,

resulting in a three-hundred scan point cloud model that was then used to create drawings for a conservation report. Using the imagery, I developed a report highlighting structural issues that were resulting in severe draining problems and causing major subsidence throughout the project.

The report was then used as a means to acquire a $500,000 conservation grant to help save the cultural monument from having to be demolished for public safety. Today the Orange Show is still operational, hosting thousands of visitors a month, and continuing to highlight a unique cultural monument just outside the heart of downtown Houston.

Place: Briscoe Architectural Conservation Year: 2020 - 2021 Honors: Save America’s Treasures Grant

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Digital point cloud scene of the interior of The Orange Show museum created from a series of 3D lidar scans.

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View of the upper terrace seating which utilizes recycled tractor parts found across Houston’s neighborhoods.

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The pool was a performance space where McKissak would host interactive performances and events for children.

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The wishing well was a space that encouraged kids to wish for their wildest dreams and partake in an age-old tradition.

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Point Cloud Model of The Orange Show 1. Front Facade

2. North-East Wall

9. Men’s Restroom

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10. Gift Shop

3. East Wall

11. Museum

4. Pool Upper Seating

12. Steam Engine

5. Main Entrance

13. Pool

6. Oasis

14. Pool Lower Seating

The Orange Show

7. Women’s Restroom 15. Fountain

8. Displays

16. Side Show

17. Exit

The side show stage was a smaller performance space beautifully decorated with mosaic tiles collected from abandoned construction sites.

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