PORTFOLIO
JOSH HUNSUCKER
PIKES PEAK VISITOR
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JANDIAL TEMPLE, PAKISTAN
THE NORTHERN PALACE AT MASADA
FONTENAY ABBEY, MARMAGNE, FRANCE
CATHEDRAL OF ANI, TURKEY
TRAVELOGUE
COMPLETED SPRING 2023 AT NYIT
NEWGRANGE, IRELAND
JAMIA MASJID GULBARGA, KARNATAKA, INDIA
HAND-DRAWN
GIANT
WILD GOOSE PAGODA, XI’AN, SHAANXI, CHINA
TRAVELOGUE
HAND-DRAWN ILLUSTRATIONS OF HISTORICAL LANDMARKS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
MORTUARY COMPLEX OF ZOSER, EGYPT
THE PANTHEON,
ITALY
TEMPLE COMPLEX AT KARNAK, LUXOR, EGYPT
PUEBLO BONITO, NEW MEXICO
ROME,
OLD SAINT PETER’S BASILICA, VATICAN CITY
ACTIVE BODY
PERSPECTIVES
COMPLETED FALL 2022 AT NYIT
TEXTURED RENDER OF REST/BATHE RITUAL SPACE
TEXTURED RENDER OF WORK/DINE RITUAL SPACE
THE NIGHT DISTRICT
COMPLETED FALL 2023 AT THE UNIVERISTY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
THE NIGHT DISTRICT WAS PART OF A LARGER GROUP PROJECT THAT STUDIED THE MAIN ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH THE REYNER BANHAM’S PLAINS OF ID, PLANNED STRATEGIES ON HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM, THEN DESIGNED ACCORDINGLY. SOME OF OUR MAIN FOCUSES INCLUDED THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, SUBURBAN MONOTONY, DEPENDENCY ON THE AUTOMOBILE AND THE LACK OF WALKABILITY THAT COMES WITH IT, LACK OF GREENSPACE, LACK OF AMMENITIES, AND LACK OF DENSITY.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD TO KEEP IN MIND THE AFFECTS OF BUILDING UPWARDS AND BUILDING DENSER, AS WE TRIED TO MAINTAIN ACCESS TO SUNLIGHT AND GREEN SPACES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY PLACING A CITY ON TOP OF WHAT WAS ONCE SUBURBIA. WE ADVOCATED FOR MAXIMIZING ROOF USAGE– AS GARDEN SPACE, COMMUNITY SPACE, AND A MEANS OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CREATING A COMMUNITY. NOT ALL ASPECTS OF SUBURBIA WERE LOST AS THE CITY STILL FOLLOWS AN ABSTRACTION OF THE ORIGINAL GRID. DESIGNING WHILE INSPIRED BY ZAHA HADID’S PLAN FOR INSTANBUL, WE ATTEMPTED AT CREATING A VERTICAL CITY WITH BUILDING DIVERSITY AND WALKWAYS HUNDREDS OF FEET IN THE AIR THAT CONNECT BUILDINGS WITHIN THEIR RESPECTIVE CITY CLUSTER. THIS CREATES DENSITY AND COMMUNITY WHILE ELIMINATING DEPRESSING SUBURBAN MONOTONY AND THE NEED FOR THE AUTOMOBILE. PROLIFERATION OF PUBLIC TRANSIT IS JUST AS IMPERATIVE TO THE DESTRUCTION OF AUTOMOBILEDEPENDENCY. BELOW THE SURFACE, AN EXTENSIVE SUBWAY SYSTEM PROMOTES FAST TRAVEL TO ANY DESTINATION WITHIN THE CITY. FINALLY, MONUMENTAL SKYSCRAPERS PRODUCES SHADE AND GREENSPACE AND ROOFING BOTH REDUCE THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT.
PHYSICAL MODEL IMAGES
EACH FLOOR OF THE MODEL ABSTRACTLY REPRESENTS AN AMENITY ONE WOULD FIND WITHIN THE NIGHT DISTRICT. THE FIRST FLOOR IS SYMBOLIC OF THE NIGHTCLUBS. THE SECOND FLOOR PRESENTS THE BAR.
THE THIRD FLOOR FEATURES THE PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY OUTDOOR WALKABLE GREENSPACE AND THE OPEN MARKETS AND BODEGAS FOUND IN THE COMMUNAL AREA. FINALLY, THE TOP FLOOR DISPLAYS THE RESIDENTIAL, COMPLETING THE MIXEDUSE GAMUT.
THE BASE OF THE MODEL EXPOSES INFRASTRUCTURE BURIED BENEATH THE CITY. THE INFRASTRUCTURE SHOWN FEATURES THE SUBWAY SYSTEM, A SEWAGE AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM, AND PIPING USED FOR UTILITIES INSIDE OF BUILDINGS AND THE COOLING NETWORK TO HELP REDUCE THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECT. FINALLY, THE FACADE IS ONE BASED ON THE INHERENT MODULARITY OF THE GROUP’S WORK; IT CAN BE EASILY MASS-PRODUCED AND PROVIDES DYNAMIC STIMULI FOR THE VIEWER.
