Joshua Blackburn Portfolio - Sewn Together

Sewn Together An Architecture Portfolio

Joshua Blackburn

As a designer, I view my projects as a living creature. its upbringing and care need to change and evolve along with it as the design matures. As a living thing, the design also needs to be able to thrive without its designer, as does a bird flying for the first time all I can do is prepare it for that day.

As a project evolves I expect nothing less of myself. In this portfolio, I wish to demonstrate this.

Home of the Community

“Home of the Community� was a summer studio group assignment to design a pavilion for the Fitzgerald neighborhood. In this project, we looked to find elements of the home that could be translated into a public space.

For this space, we designed a cooking area, recreation area for both old and young, but most importantly safety.

Each move we made in this project was to make the site transparent and the road in front of it a peaceful one.

Section across site & potentilal new site

The first approach of this project, while functional, was not a wise use of the structure. Leading to the much simpler solution of our final iteration. This was able to improve upon our core concepts while simplifying the current design.

Street Design Diagram

This street design uses an anamorphic image to create the illusion of an object being on the road. This a method used in other parts of the world with Images of potholes, to get people to slow down. Here it is used as a reminder that Children are present and to slow down.

On the Ave.

For the integrated design studio, my group was tasked with designing for students who are parents while also being a community building. My group looked at this as an opportunity to enhance the already existing market for the first floor, with programming for a day and night cycle. This would then connect to lots bordering the neighborhood and to the university, creating an exchange between the three. The upper floors would then be dedicated to providing for the students as well as their children.

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Market Stall Diagram

Street Elevation

Alley Elevation

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-EPDM -Rigid Insulation -Concrete Slab -Structural Girder -Suspended Ceiling 2.)

-GKD Metal Fabric -6� Air Gap -Insulated Aluminum Paneling -Air Gap -Metal Stud -Loose Insulation Metal Stud Dry Wall

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3.) Concrete Slab -Hydronic Radiant Slab Tube -Metal Decking -Structural Girder -Suspended Ceiling 4.)

-Concrete Slab -Hydronic Radiant Slab Tube -Metal Decking -Structural Girder -Air Gap -Insulated Aluminum Paneling -GKD Metal Fabric 5.)

-Curtain Wall -Air Gap -Structural Steel Column

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The Garden

For the integrated design studio, my group was tasked with designing for students who are parents while also being a community building. My group looked at this as an opportunity to enhance the already existing market for the first floor, with programming for a day and night cycle. This would then connect to lots bordering the neighborhood and to the university, creating an exchange between the three. The upper floors would then be dedicated to providing for the students as well as their children.

Site plan

Energy Study

Courtyard Renering

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Street Elevation

2. Slice

3. Open

4. Lift

5. Carve

Classroom Rendering

Furnature Diagram

Class Room

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White Roofing Membrane Rigid Insulation DLT (Dowel Laminated Timber) Decking Heavy Timber Girder 8” x 24”

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Brick Veneer Cavity Air Gap Cavity Rigid Insulation Weather/Vapor Barrier SIPS Pre-Fab Panel Interior Wall Material

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Brick Tile Backer Board RockWool Insulation DLT (Dowel Laminated Timber) Decking Concrete Slab w/ Radiant Heat

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White Roofing Membrane Rigid Insulation DLT (Dowel Laminated Timber) Decking Heavy Timber Girder 8” x 24”

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Decking 2”x6” - 1/8” spacing Attached with “Tiger Clips” (or similar piece) Floor joist 8”x8” Heavy Timber Girder 8” x 24”

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Typical cuttain wall assembly

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1 - Operable Windows - Operable windows reduce the load on the HVAC systems during the appropriate times of the year.

2 - Dedicated Outdoor Air System (DOA) - Duct Soxs allow for the pumping in of outdoor air during our buildings typically short cooling periods.

3 - PV Panels - These occupy all the unclaimed roof space on our project. the atrium space was designed to accommodate these panels.

4 - Water Collection/ Greywater Reuse - Passive water collection strategies allow for storage of water for later use by the building. this is for functions such as toilet flushing, and hand washing.

5 - Sugar Maple Trees - Sugar maples are used in the garden to gather sap that could be later turned to syrup.

6 - Sap Collection - In the Garden, trees are utilized as an opportunity to gather sap that could be later turned to syrup. in a year each tree can produce 24 - 8oz bottles of syrup.

7 - Water Pump - Hand pumps are utilized in the Garden to help water plants in the Garden. it also allows the children to directly interact with the water collection system + Cistern.

8 - Sound Dampening Baffles - CNC Routed Sound Dampening Baffles crafted from variously dyed fabrics.

9 - Hydronic Radiant Heat Slab - Water is heated up via our ground sourced heat pump and then pumped into individually sectioned slabs in the building, allowing for individual zone

control of the temperature.

10 - Ground Sourced Heat Pump - heat is exchanged with the earth to heat up the water for the buildings various uses.

11 - Cistern - This is a 10’x33’ diameter tank that collects water from each leg of the building and stores it for later use.

Structure Axon

Elevations on Street

Mind to Material

In this section, a collection of projects ranging from studio to those done in spare time are documented. Many projects created in this portfolio were influenced by the concepts explored in these short studies. Here are ones that not only served as a study in their home project but also were able to contribute to another or several other projects.

This Project focused on creating a series of images that could tell a narrative. this forest image sets the scene for the latter two: the first being on the mountain and the second being in the woods.

These are dolls constructed through a single piece of string and two beads for eyes. They were created as an experiment with how string could be used on its own to create objects.

This is Roughly 1:1

While some may be rougher than others, or while they may just be strangely different or similar. they all express a different iteration derived from a simple process

Thank you

Professors 1st year - Allegra Pitera / Joanna Fuchs & Sister Marie Henderson 2nd year - Claudia Bernasconi & Emily Kutil / Wladek Fuchs & Erika Lindasy 2.5 year - Benjamin Ellefson 3rd year - Kristin Nelson & James Leach 4th year - Kristin Nelson / Erika Lindasy 5th yaear - Wladek Fuchs

Partners 1st year - Caleb Lounds (Furnature) 2nt year - Jordan Zanier & Rodrigo Corrigan (Allyway Project/Down the Line...)

Summer - Robert Westropp & Juan Cabral (Home of the Community) 4rd year - Duncan Schildgen (On the Ave.) / Duncan Schildgen (The Garden) Summer 2 - Taylor Kile (The Belle isle Zoo)