Jeffrey M Dunn Selected Work
Io w a State U n i v er s i ty M Ar ch II A ppl i c a n t D e c emb er 2010
CONTENTS Academic Work I. The Spatial Allegory II. San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane
Professional Work III. University of Alaska Integrated Sciences IV. Evergreen State College Master Plan V. London Bridge Competition
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I. THE SPATIAL ALLEGORY
DIAGRAMMING RELATIONSHIPS
This project began as a study in the relationship between objects and their meanings to people, as a way to understand both the functional reasons for built forms, as well as the intellectual or emotional meanings that people project onto objects. It evolved into an examination of a book, and the interpretation of that book into an architectural project. Drawings and models served as diagrams to understand the rhymthms, dramas, and relationships between characters in the book. The Orchid Thief, by Susan Orlean was chosen as the text for its dynamic character relationships and vivid descriptions of beauty. This program diagram relates 3 elements: 1. Seed repository 2. Seed germination chamber 3. A conservatory for growing and viewing orchids.
Academic Work
The Spatial Allegory
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LANGUAGE DIAGRAMS
THE PLAN
The speaking roles of John and Susan on the y-axis versus time on the x-axis
The rhythms of the conservatory pools are arranged according to the shifts in narrative.
Academic Work
The Spatial Allegory
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1. The timeline of the narrative bissects the plan.
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The pattern established in the language diagrams informs the size and spacing of the pools.
Rain allows the entire system to play out.
Sectional model through the building
Academic Work
The Spatial Allegory
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WATER If the water level rises, a mechanism within the wall delivers water to the exterior pools.
Model (right) illustrates the final condition of the conservatory with water trough wall and inner and outer pools.
Academic Work
The Spatial Allegory
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II. SAN CARLO ALLE QUATTRO FONTANE Francesco Borromini designed this small baroque church in 17th century Rome. As a student in Europe for the first time, the spatial quality of this place spoke to me, and I chose to analyze it through pencil drawing and watercolor. The drawings shown here are all constructed from a combination of my own field measurement, Borromini’s drawings, and those of Portoghesi. I generated all of the exploded axonometrics myself.
Academic Work
San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane
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Academic Work
San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane
III. UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA INTEGRATED SCIENCES The University of Alaska asked for a building on their campus in Anchorage, AK which would integrate the multiple disciplines of science which are often in disparate parts of campus. Biology, physics, chemistry, and astronomy would all be contained in one building. I worked collaboratively on this project with a team of roughly 8 people from initial design concept stage through design development. While the final outcome was certainly the result of many people’s hard work, I was heavily involved in the initial stages of design, especially the relationship of building forms and programmatic relationships.
Clay program studies by ZGF team
Program sketches J Dunn
Professional Work
University of Alaska Integrated Sciences
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THREE DISTINCT ELEMENTS
Labs, offices, and teaching spaces became different building elements separated by a high atrium. Front entry rendering (top) and rear elevation (right) by ZGF team
Professional Work
University of Alaska Integrated Sciences
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Bas relief section and study model by ZGF design team
Since the university is located in Anchorage, sun angles and light were important pieces of the design process. Long days in the summer are combined with short, low sun angle days in winter. Sectional diagrams, environmental modeling, and physical modeling became tools which we used to define proper building articulation to accomodate this. A long, thin skylight was used along the roof to bounce light down and into the atrium space as shown in these models.
Atrium and planetarium
Wood models by ZGF design team
Professional Work
University of Alaska Integrated Sciences
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IV. EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA is a highly progressive and environmentally conscious learning institution. As part of a team of architects and urban planners at ZGF in Seattle, I was directly involved in working with students and faculty in developing a campus master plan which reflects their environmentally conscious ethos. Geothermal heat pump fields, onsite recycling, and sustainable building technologies were all employed in the plan, in which the college is aiming for carbon neutrality by 2020.
Overall Campus Plan, JDunn 2007
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Evergreen State College
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INTERVENTIONS
Specific interventions in the master plan included a small retreat house on the beaches of the Eld Inlet, an expanded footprint for the campus organic farm, and a terrascope in which visitors to the campus could learn about the geology of the Puget Sound region.
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Retreat house and farm Illustrations by ZGF design team
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PROPOSED PROJECTS
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Terrascope Illustration by ZGF design team
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STORM AND WASTE WATER MONITORING CENTER
WASTE STREAM AND FUEL EDUCATION CENTER
ORGANIC FARM EDUCATION CENTER
SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES CENTER
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ALTERNATIVE ENERGY EDUCATION CENTER
Evergreen State College
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V. LONDON BRIDGE DESIGN COMPETITION This design competition was administered by RIBA and proposed the replacement of vehicular traffic across London Bridge with pedestrian traffic, along with retail, office, and residential space. The bridge spans the Thames river in central London, and has been re-built several times over the centuries. I teamed with a colleague, Michael Steinberg, and we set a two week deadline in which to research, define a concept, work through various design solutions, and present the work graphically. The result of our process was a multi-level shifted parallelogram, with one side of its base raised up from the public space below. A linear park connects the two sides of the river and rises and falls to meet the geometry of the building.
Personal Work
London Bridge Design Competition
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The center of the building was left open as a courtyard and the lifting of its side allows views which penetrate it entirely. Conceptualized first as a linear public space, the project feels like a park overlooking the Thames in the center of the city, but brings essential civic elements such as retail, living, and working space in the folded geometry above. We modeled design options in 3D software and then built them out of laser-cut plastic sheets. The landscape forms were modeled from laser-cut cardboard and paper. As always, watercolor and pencil drawings were tools which I used in the process of finding ideas.
Watercolor of the public park J Dunn
Personal Work
London Bridge Design Competition
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