JACK ELLIOTT WORK SAMPLES
ABOUT ME
Hello! My name is Jack Elliott and I am orginally from Austin, TX. I recently graduated from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, CA with a Bachelor of Architecture. Growing up as an athlete, I have always had a passion for sports. This love led me to pursue an architecture degree in hopes of getting into stadium and venue design. And though I do love design and the creative process, I found that architecture was not a career path I was passionate about.
That being said, my aim is to bring my creative talents and the skills I learned during college and internships into the sports product realm, a field that I find my aspirations better align with. The following pages contain snapshots of my architecture portfolio including project briefs and the skills I acquired, developed, and will carry over into sports product management. Thank you for your time and consideration!
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Museum and space launch viewing platform in Lompoc, CA.
GREEN UTOPIA
Adaptive reuse project in San Donnino, Italy. Created as a collaborative effort.
Fabricated work from various studios and design competitions.
ASCENT
Located within Ken Adam Park in Lompoc, California, Ascent is a space museum and viewing area for the nearby SpaceX launch platforms. Designed to give inhabitants the feeling of a launch, the building harnesses the upward momentum from the existing path and extends toward the sky. The form of the project is oriented to both the walkway and the launch platforms while the interior tapers to give the viewing area a telescope effect.
Site: This project is situated within Ken Adam Park found along the highway just north of Lompoc, CA. About 10 miles southeast of the site are the SpaceX launch complexes. The building itself lies on the highest point of the site, where there are no trees or bushes to obstruct views of the launches.
Lompoc, CA
Pacific Ocean
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Form and Orientation: Following the existing path, visitors will make their way out of a ravine and up to the highest point of the site. To ease access and continue that upward momentum, the entry and museum section of Ascent lies along that path.
In the further section, the form of the building shifts toward the SpaceX launch platforms. By rising as it does, Ascent gives inhabitants the feeling of a launch while providing them with ideal views of the actual events.
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GREEN UTOPIA
Just outside the city of Florence, Italy is the town of San Donnino. The incinerator located there, which has always been a historical monument, was shut down due to the high levels of pollution and energy consumption. Now all that remains is a physical reminder of how much waste accumulates around the globe everyday.
To respond to increasing food scarcity in our ever-growing global population, Green Utopia brings architecture and agriculture together in a place that was once a hotspot for waste and pollution. By bringing life back into the site, this project rede fi nes the community.
This project proposal was created in collaboration with my studio peers Emma van Zuthem and Hannah Scoggins.
Site: Our project occupies the areas directly surrounding the incinerator on the site. To the north is the town of San Donnino, a small community just outside of Florence. There are access points to the site from both the northern and western edges of the property. On the other side of the highway to the east of the site is a new development of apartments that, while heavily populated, lack character. Finally, to the south of our site is the Arno River with a railway on its bank.
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Circular Forms: The circular areas on our site are agricultural plots. Their shape is derived from centerpivot irrigation, a practice known for being one of the most efficient large-scale agricultural watering techniques. Green Utopia utilizes it to conserve water and reduce soil tilling, encouraging decomposition and minimizing soil compaction.
In-Between Spaces: Created as a by-product of the circular agricultural plots, these “dead” areas are uniquely formed in the negative spaces. Green Utopia takes advantage of these areas by returning them to the public as gathering spaces and circulation paths. These in-between spaces mitigate the boundary between private agricultural land and the public realm.
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Market Place: One of three nodes in Green Utopia, the market place is found on the western entrance to the site. Bordering the San Donnino community, this pavilion supports local vendors to buy and sell goods while also easing the scale of the site as they approach the monumental incinerator.
FABRICATION
This section contains fabricated work from various studio projects and design competitions. The following pieces were designed, created, and assembled by myself over my five years at Cal Poly. Each project had a different set of guidelines and restrictions for their creation.
Lawn Chair: Created to be used in the outdoors, this chair is low to the ground similar to the classic lawn chair. The chair was constructed out of plywood parts cut using the CNC machine to give it a more permanent and sturdy effect. Part of a brewery design project, the arms/legs allow the attachment of the flight carrier that was designed at the same time.
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Flight Carrier: Designed for Top Bins Brewery, the handle and spine of this flight carrier was created by welding steel at a 90 degree angle. Meant to mimic the top corner of a soccer goal (also known as top bins), this flight carrier fits onto the arm of the chair that was designed at the same time.
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Floor Lamp: Based on the filipino toy Sipa Tingga, this floor lamp captures the up and down movement of the game. The basic structure is completely made from timber. Threading pokes through the middle platform with a 3D-printed conical disk attached. Similar to the game, the disk spins up and down along the threading, diffusing the light and changing the atmosphere of the room. This piece was entered in the 2024 Vellum Furniture Design Competition.
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From the Ashes: Created as part of my senior thesis project, this model represents the various intenventions implemented on my site: an abandoned quarry. Each moment of manipulation represents how the scars left behind from destruction can be transformed into segments that may elevate the human experience of the site.
The model itself is made up of timber from an active construction site glued together and carved with various cuts to mimic the landscapes of quarries and mines.
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