James Wright Portfolio

James Wright

Bachelor of Design Architecture | University of Florida

Florida Landscape

LIDAR Spatial Recording

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Cultural Vessel

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Vertical Excavation

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COVER PAGE PROJECT BACKGROUND

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3D VIEWS

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OVER ALL SITE PLAN

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SITE PLAN

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LONG ELEVATIONS

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ELEVATION A

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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CEDAR KEY LIBRARY PROJECT

INDEX OF DRAWINGS

Spatial Projections A107

PLAN AT 2'

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PLAN AT 4'-6"

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FRAMING PLAN

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FRAMING BENT

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SECTION A

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SECTION B

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EXTERIOR SEATING

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INTERIOR SEATING

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SLAT DETAIL A

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SLAT DETAIL B

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BOOKSHELF DETAIL A

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BOOKSHELF DETAIL B

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LOGBOOK DETAIL LOGBOOK PAGE

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JOINT DETAILS

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ENTRANCE DETAIL

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STEP

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APERTURE

DESIGNER(S) CARRISSA BEEKS HANA CICEVIC KELSEY CORCORAN JUSTIN DEVINE CARLOS RIOS GREYSON ROBERTS ERIKA SMITH CARLY WALKER JAMES WRIGHT

Design Build

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CATHARINE HOBDAY MEMORIAL

FASTENER SCHEDULE

GENERAL NOTES: -THIS STRUCTURE IS TEMPORARY AND CAN BE MOVED. THE STRUCTURE USES TIE DOWN METHODS TO COPE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODS. -DUE TO THE STRUCTURE'S LOCATION ON AN ISLAND, THERE IS A CONSIDERATION OF MOISTURE AND RAINY CONDITIONS. THEREFORE, THE MATERIAL IS A NATURALLY MOISTURE RESISTANT WOOD, RED CEDAR, WHICH IS SUSTAINABLY SOURCED. -THIS IS A JOINT PROJECT, SIXTH IN THE SERIES, BETWEEN THE DESIGN BUILD ARCHITECTURE CLASSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AND CEDAR KEY. OTHER PIECES OF THIS SEQUENCE INCLUDE THE SITTING AREA BEHIND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE STAIRCASE AT SEAHORSE KEY. -THE 2020 DESIGN BUILD STUDIO ALSO COLLABORATED WITH THE CENTER FOR AFRICAN STUDIES AND JAMES GEORGE TO CREATE AN IMMERSIVE SPACE PRIOR TO THE DESIGN OF THIS PIECE.

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COVER PAGE

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A Joint Between Two Ecosystems How can architecture be used as an instrument to reveal information about the Florida Landscape?

The Florida landscape changes seasonally, and through the means of architecture, landscape can be measured and recorded over time. The boundary between two ecosystems of the Florida landscape can be defined through establishing the threshold with an architectural intervention.

Upland Pine Ecosystem

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Threshold

Old Field Ecosystem

Professor | William Zajac Old Field Ice Chamber

Limestone Reservoir

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Upland Pine Limestone Marking

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Horological Site Plan

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First Mark

The First mark on the Florida landscape began by surveying the elevation changes of the first ecosystem. Environmental conditions made its mark through the warping of the tool. In response, I constructed an instrument to measure the changes of the ground through the use of tensioning in my tool. The architecture opens a space that is revealed through the act of tensioning the instrument, creating a threshold to the second ecosystem.

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Professor | William Zajac

Design Studio | 5

Inital Surveying Construction

Surveying Line

Adaptive Surveying Construction

Opening Of New Spatial Connection

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Ice Chamber

Professor | William Zajac

Design Studio | 5

Now coming full circle, the water that warped the tool now binds it together. The Ice reveals the landscape once its melted and leaves behind its mark on the instrument. A continues drip erodes into the limestone plate and travels down a channel into the joint reservoir. The tensioning of the turnbuckle allows for the opening of the second ice chamber to release the water in the joint reservoir.

Sequential Ice Melting

Water Channel to Joint Reservoir

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Spatial Recording With LIDAR The use of LIDAR technology allows for the ability to record dynamic spaces with porous edges. The measurements from the LIDAR scanner are compiled in a point cloud to create a three-dimensional representation of the subject. A two axes rig was required to create a spherical scan of a space with the use of a Garmin LIDAR Lite. The data was then recoded using an open source program called Processing 3 created by Ben Fry and Casey Reas.

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Independent Research

| 2019

Progression of LIDAR Scan

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A long path in the forest was defined by the canopy of trees along the edge of the space. As the space progressed further in the forest, the trees varied their density along the egdes allwoing for moments of dark enclosure or flooded with light. I was interested in capturing this fluid change of the space with the LIDAR scanner that would yield specific measurments of the surface edges. After taking a sectional scan of the space through multiple intervals, the fragments were compiled in Rhino to visualize the space unfold.

Further investigations would explore using LIDAR to create a three dimensional mapping of a forest that to be analayzed before marking an intervention.

LIDAR Mount

Servo Pitch Mount

Breadboard and Tripod Mount

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Independent Research

| 2019

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Charleston Cultural Vessel Charleston South Carolina has been the intersection of many cultural identities due to the prevalent shipping port. The theater creates the joint between cultures and a joint between two spaces; education and commercial. The black box theater is housed in the cultural vessel which marks the corner of the public plaza of the community. The facade uses linear glass apertures to reflect the changing lighting conditions interior and exterior.

Light Study of Cultural Vessel

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Professor |Michael Kuenstle

Design Studio | 6

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Facade Cultural Vessel Black Box Theater

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East Elevation

Professor |Michael Kuenstle

Design Studio | 6

Legend

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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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1 -Main Lobby 2 - Cafe 3 - Administrative Offices 4 - Education Classrooms 5 - Exterior Garden

Ground Floor Plan

North Section

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Vertical Excavation

Partner Cesar Tinjaca As Battery Park expanded its Manhattan coastline, artifacts were buried to create a strong foundation for new land. This new land is now home to the monument walk, a place to reflect on the memory of our past.

At what point do objects become artifacts and memories become a monument? The tower on Battery Park is the joint between the forgotten artifacts below ground and the monuments above ground.

Battery Park Monuments

Site Excavation Mapping Collaboration with Cesar Tinjaca

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Professor: Michael Montoya | Partner: Cesar Tinjaca | Design Studio | 7

Render by Cesar Tinjaca

Monuments and Artifacts Mapping

Sectional Studies

Verical Mapping

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Reconstruction The extracted artifacts are first analyzed and recorded before being lifted through the core of the building, allowing for direct access to view the reconstructionprocess. The top of the tower is reserved for the construction of the monuments and public viewing before being placed in park bellow.

Foundry Workshop and Excavation Lift

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Professor: Michael Montoya | Partner: Cesar Tinjaca | Design Studio | 7

Cross Section of Foundry Tower

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NoLita Spatial Projections The neighborhood of NolLita in NYC is marked by street art along the walls painted by the local artists in the community. Each wall acts as a frame in which the community makes their mark on the architecture.

When put together, each frame tells a larger story of the neighborhood as it changes over time. This project uses film to record the changes in the community and be used to organizes spaces through projection.

Film Projection on Building Surface

Process Projection Diagrams

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Professor: Michael Montoya | Partner: Cesar Tinjaca | Design Studio | 7

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Beginning by studying the street art, the process used a collage of the surrounding buildings as individual frames printed on transparent film. A context model was used to study how the film would make its mark on layers of thresholds through the projection of light. From this, diagrams were made which opened voids for the light to pass through and spaces to emerge from these thresholds.

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Legend

Ground Floor Plan

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1 - Gaden 2 - Artist Work Space 3 - Residential Lobby 4 - Temporary Maket 5 - Projection zone 6- Gallery 7 - Projection Zone 8 - Film Room

Professor: Michael Montoya | Partner: Cesar Tinjaca | Design Studio | 7

Render by Cesar Tinjaca

Projection Section and Tower Elevation

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Cedar Key Design Build James Wright, Carissa Beeks, Hana Cicevic, Kelsey Corcoran, Justin Devine, Carlos Rios Greyson Roberts, Erika Smith, Carly Walker The Catherine Hobday Memorial commemorates the first female lighthouse keeper in Cedar Key and connecting with the history of Cedar Key. Located in front of the public Library, the purpose of the vessel is to mimic the daily ritual of a lighthouse keeper by inviting people to reflect, record, and read during their passage through the town. The project was a collaboration between UF architecture students and the town of Cedar Key. Currently Under Development

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Professor: Charlie Hailey | Class Collaboration | Design Build Studio | 8

Construction Process of Final Structure

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SOUTH EDGE OF LIBRARY

The structure was informed by the form and spatial qualities of a lighthouse, while also connecting with the local architecture and ecology of Cedar Key. Due to constraints of not allowing the structure to be permanently placed in the ground, two proposals were drawn to address securing it to the ground during extreme weather conditions. One version entailed using Augar Anchors positioned on the corners of the base and tensioned with ropes. A second version consisted of using pour in place concrete blocks embedded deep in the ground.

ENTRANCE (SEE A122) NORTH EDGE OF BUILDING ACROSS FROM PROJECT

ENTRANCE (SEE A122)

2''x1''CEDAR NAILERS

2''x1'' CEDAR SLATS

2''x6'' CEDAR FRAMING BENTS 2''x1''CEDAR NAILERS

2''x1'' CEDAR SLATS 2''x4''INTERIOR SEATING AND SHELF (SEE A114 AND A117) 2''x6'' CEDAR FRAMING BENTS

2"x4" EXTERIOR SEATING

(SEE A113) Connection Between Buildings Along Street 2''x4''INTERIOR SEATING AND SHELF Cedar Key (SEE A114 AND A117) 2''x4'' CEDAR DECKING GROUND

2"x4" EXTERIOR SEATING 2''x6''CEDAR BASE (SEE A113)

2''x4'' CEDAR DECKING GRAVEL DEPTH - GROUND 321''

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NORTH SECTION

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Cemetary Point Boardwalk GRAVEL Cedar Key

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Scale: 1/2''=1'

Carissa Beeks

PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION

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ECTION

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DEPTH - 321''

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NORTH SECTION Scale: 1/2''=1'

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Professor: Charlie Hailey | Class Collaboration | Design Build Studio | 8

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