Graduate School Portfolio

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

Professional Work

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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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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