Jake Dunlap: Architecture Portfolio

JACOB DUNLAP

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO|SELECTED WORKS

LEADWORKS BUILDING

LOCATION: DOWNTOWN BOSTON

YEAR: SPRING 2022

INSTRUCTOR: JAY SIEBENMORGAN

COLLABORATOR: JACOB GANSENBERG

In collaboration with Jacob Gansenberg, the Leadworks Building was the result of the graduate level Comprehensive Design Studio, which was taught in conjunction with another course, Integrated Building Systems. The studio focused on the Adaptive Reuse and addition of the Chadwick Leadworks Building, a late nineteenth century building located in the financial district of Boston. In this studio, we were challenged to design the form of the addition prior to the introduction of the building program. Once the building form and facades were decided, which includes the implementation of a double skin, we then introduced a mix use program, featuring a restaurant and bar, event space, office spaces, and condo units.The Integrated Building Systems course required us to produce complex drawings detailing the passive design systems, important transitions, and material construction.

SOUTH ELEVATION

EAST ELEVATION

ARCHITECTURE FOR THE PEOPLE

LOCATION: SOUTH PHILADELPHIA

YEAR: FALL 2020

INSTRUCTOR: PHILLIP M. CROSBY

COLLABORATOR: FARAH KHOKHAR

This project, a collaboration with Farah Khokar, imagines the future development for the weathering Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery in south west Philadelphia. Using Mobility, Adaptability, and Sustainability as the guiding concepts, we were able to design a functional urban environment of the 2600 acre site over a period of 15, 50, and 100 years. The city is laid out on a grid system as grids are the most simple and effective layout for urban landscapes. Adaptable buildings are built and assembled in various existing warehouses located throughout the site, and then shipped in to their determined location. We also took into account the inevitable water level rise, and dealt with this by digging cutouts that interlock with the landscape much like gears interlock with each other, which helps connect residents with the waterfront.

TRANSPORTATION LAYOUT

TYPICAL BUILDING PROGRAM

STUDIO TOWER

LOCATION: CENTER CITY PHILADELPHIA

YEAR: SPRING 2020

INSTRUCTOR: ANDREW MOROZ

The Studio Tower is the third building that makes up the Media plaza at 16th and Spruce streets in south west Philadelphia. The facade is made up of dark gray, slightly reflective panels that resemble the other buildings located on the site, forming a sense of unity. The tower features a double skin facade on the south and south-east facades of all five studio levels. Each individual, private studio spaces feature a storage closet, bathroom, kitchen, and space for a bed on the mezzanine. The mezzanine is accessed by a spiral staircase, providing a compact way up without taking away from the studio space below. The roof of the building features a garden space with a pergola, providing artists a nice place to reconnect with nature without having to leave the city.

TYP.

GROUND FLOOR

TYP. STUDIO MEZZANINE

HOUSING EXHIBITION

LOCATION: SOUTH BOSTON

YEAR: FALL 2021

INSTRUCTOR: TIM LOVE

The graduate Urban Housing Studio focused on the development of a housing complex located in South Boston. The studio collectively designed different parcel layouts, then determined the best option. Once the parcel layout was decided, the students selected a parcel to design their own triple decker housing building. While each student designed their own unique building, they had to work together in order to create a cohesive complex that takes into account shared open space, rain water management, and party walls. In addition to these requirements, we were challenged to represent our projects without the use of traditional rendering softwares. The use of textures, color pallets, and patterns applied in Photoshop and Illustrator helped to develop a unique representational style for my four story contribution to the housing exhibition.

PHOTOGRAPHER’S ROW HOME

LOCATION: NORTH PHILADELPHIA

YEAR: FALL 2019

INSTRUCTOR: ELIZABETH LOVETT KESHET

The row home is an iconic piece of Philadelphia’s architectural landscape. Found throughout the city, the row home is the go to residential design for the city’s residences. The photographers row home was my individual contribution to a studio wide project where each student was assigned a specific narrative to influence their row home design, with a shared site located just behind the Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University. Each row home had to follow Philadelphia zoning and building codes. As the name suggests, my row home was designed for a photographer, with a large studio space in the rear of the building. The front facade of the building has a more traditional row home style associated with Philadelphia, while the rear facade features a more contemporary facade with large windows.

BUILDING FORM FLOOR PLANS

INTERIOR RENDER