Florida State University BS Interior Architecture and Design 2021
Tulane University Master of Architecture 2024
Tulane University Master of Preservation Studies 2024
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Contact Information / Education / Professional Experience
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Visualization / Digital Media
1 Plaza Tower / Axonometric Drawings / Copy Cat
Objective / Cultivation of a drawings that facilitate critical thinking, experimentation of visualizing ideas, and effective communication
Visualization / Advanced Digital Media
2 Vessel Series / Reimagined
Objective / Utilization of third and fourth-dimension tool sets to aid in the process of translating the design intent into digital forms of architectural representation
3 The Myth / The Monument
Objective / Utilization of third and fourth-dimension tool sets to aid in the process of translating design intent into digital forms of architectural representation
Undergraduate Projects
4 Boutique Hotel / Algiers, Algeria
Objective / Undergraduate capstone project of boutique hotel located in Algiers, Algeria
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Graduate Projects
5 Integrated Studio / New Orleans Hostel
Objective / Comprehension of the technical aspects of design, systems, and materials and the ability to apply that comprehension to architectural solutions through sophisticated methods of graphic representation
6 Dew Drop Inn / Commemorating Space
Objective / Investigate the power of architecture to celebrate culture through urban expression and placemaking. An emphasis on materials and tectonics will drive students to consider the relationship between the container and its space
7 Intentional Community / Collective Housing
Objective / Creat a collective housing strategy through a composite of homes varying in size with collective amenities, grounding the regime of ‘intentional communities’
8 Jefferson Island / Educational Center
Objective / The role of the landscape in architectural design and the development of basic skills in site analysis, site design, and site representation. Design themes include spatial organization and hierarchy, circulation, structure and enclosure
9 Motown Museum / Storytelling
Objective / An emphasis on materials and tectonics drives the concept to consider the relationship between the container and its space to nod to the museums history
Historic Preservation
10 Preservation Studio I / HABS
Objective / Documenting, analyzing and planning the preservation of a historic tomb as a basis for understanding the technical, theoretical and procedural aspects of architectural preservation practice
11 Preservation Studio II / HSR
Objective / Historic Structure Report documenting Latrobe’s on Royal Street with a team of Tulane University Preservation students
12 Preservation Studio II / Puerto Rico Adaptive Reuse
Objective / Following the studio trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, adaptive reuse of vacant sites in the historic district were studied to strategize community rejuvenation
13 A Storied History / A Superfund Site in an Urban Landscape
Objective / Identify a superfund site in an urban landscape within the United States and create a narrative of the site and its context
14 Archival and Documentary Research / 7602 Hampson Street
Objective / Focuses on a single residential property in a comprehensive narrative report tracking the history of the subject property, and includdes map-based analysis, chain-of-title documentation, ownership and resident narratives, and architectural descriptions of the property and changes to it over time
15 Research Guide / San Francisco
Objective / Focuses on applying research skills to plan property research in the area of San Francisco, CA, to identify resources quickly and efficiently in an outlineformatted step-by-step guide to contemporary and historic record location relating to property research, and list all available resources present for the city
Research
16 17th c Catholic Churches / Adaptive Re-use / Fellowship
Objective / Examine, analyze, and compare the perceptions of different types of re-use strategies in Roman Catholic Churches in the Netherlands through on-site documentation
17 The City that Sits on Water, but has No Water / Venice Wells
Objective / Investigates a range of urban thresholds and intermediate urban spaces. The primary objective is to understand architecture’s relationship to public space, the commons through its various conditions, and to grasp how this relationship has changed across various contexts over time
18 Historic Preservation Practicum / Architectural Resources Group
Objective / To fulfill the final requirements of the Masters of Preservation Studies research with Architectural Resources Group (ARG) conducted in San Francisco, CA,. The Report outlines a variety of architecture and material conservation projects but focuses largely on a Historic Structure Report (HSR) of Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Park (HUTR)
Independent Projects
19 The House on the Bay / Built Work
Objective / Integration of Private Residence into the context of St. Andrew’s Bay. The work is visualized through the use of diagrams, catalogs, 2D orthogonal representation and is in the process of being realized. Final completion of drawings and built construction coming soon..
Contact Information
Parker Heitzmann
pheitzmann@tulane.edu
p.heitzmann@ARGCREATE.com
850-532-9946
899 Green Street, Unit 510, San Francisco, CA, 94133
Professional Experience
January 2025 - Present
Architectural Resources Group / Designer 1 June 2024 - December 2024
Architectural Resources Group / Practicum studying architectural conservation and material analysis in San Francisco, CA
August 2023 - February 2024
Education
2017 - 2021
Florida State University / Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture & Design / Minor in Art History 2021 - May 2024
Tulane University / Master of Architecture / 3.94 GPA 2021 - December 2024
Tulane University / Master of Preservation Studies / 3.94 GPA
Graduate Research Fellow / “Addis Ababa River City Research Project” designed a holistic urban strategy for the city of Addis Ababa / Tasked with production of book through research and drawing
June - August 2023
Studio I Teaching Assistant / Managed 8 Graduate Students and aided in their understanding in the fundamentals of architecture and their proficiency in drawing conventions
August 2022 - March 2023
Tara Shaw Assistant/ Assisted in selection of furniture and finishes / Created presentations for clients meetings
November - December 2022
Tara Shaw / Century Furniture collaboration / Design of 75 pieces
August - December 2022
Digital Media Teaching Assistant / Managed 15 graduate students and aided in their representation skills
Resume
May - August 2022
St. Joe Company / Hospitality and land developers of 567,000 acres / Aided in planning WaterSound Town Center and large scale trail system
January - May 2022
StudioRiga / Produced construction documents for luxury residential projects
May - August 2020
J. Michael Hunnicutt Architects / Assisted architect in schematic design through construction documentation, created presentations and interior mood boards for clients
Relevant Experience
August 2023 - May 2024
Latrobe’s on Royal HSR / Completion of HSR Review, Conditions assessments, and provided treatment recommendations for building materials and conditions issues for both the interior and exterior of the building
Spring 2023 - May 2024
Tulane School of Arch. Student Government / Preservation Vice President / MPS-HSHP
May 2023 - April 2024
Tulane School of Architecture Travel Fellowship
Grant / Researching perceptions of adaptive reuse of 12th - 17th c. Roman Catholic Churches throughout the Netherlands
August 2021 - December 2023
Tulane School of Arch. Curriculum Committee / Graduate Representative
Summer 2022
Barcelona Housing Studio / Visit and draw in orthogonal projection; A series of contemporary and historic examples from Barcelona’s urban fabric
May 2022 / AIA Dallas Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition
Awarded Finalist competing with over 400 students from 25 countries
January 2020
FSU department of IA&D / Student Charrette / Awarded 1st place winner
October 2019
100 Year Anniversary Bauhaus Art Gallery
Installation / Furniture piece and CNC wall panel selected for display in exhibition
October 2019
Student Charrette with UNCG Students / Group design in collaboration with Peacehaven Community Farms and Store
January 2019
FSU department of IA&D / Student CharretteLondon Steampunk / Awarded honorable mention
Registrations
LEED Green Associate Certification
GCBI # 0011369082
NCARB
Record No. 887756
AIA Student
Louisiana Chapter / Member ID: 0034x00000tjy9nAAA
The Association for Preservation Technology International Western Chapter
Tulane University / Syracuse Architecture / Assistant Professor / (469) 233-3517 / sali45@syr.edu
Heather Veneziano
Tulane University / Interim Associate Director of Historic Preservation / 504-865-5389 / hvenezia@tulane.edu
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Plaza Tower / Axonometric Drawings / Copy Cat
Since its inception, Plaza Tower has been a site of speculation. Designed by architect Leonard Spangenberg would pave the way for growth in the skyline of the city. It was to contain an ambitious mix of office space, tower became a financial and economic boondoggle. While the building opened in 1969 as the tallest tower nearby towers followed. Since, the building has undergone multiple changes in ownership, each with the and other problems. As a financial and economic speculation, Plaza Tower is a failure. But despite this speculation. The building remains an icon of New Orleans, and a prompt for creative speculation about its In regular posts, the creators of Tower Fantasy construct or repost images of Plaza Tower in unexpected, scale, context, and graphics. The building becomes a prop in a film still, a reveler in a pool party, a heel of Tower Fantasy constructs an identity and character for Plaza Tower far beyond its economic role as a vacant appropriates from pop culture to construct identity, it is appropriatd from the language of architecture. inspiration from Neme Studio, Nine Drawings, 2016.
Orthographic projection includes plans, sections, and elevations. Even when faithfully drawn according two-dimensional representations of something that is actually three. This detachment from reality turns qualities prioritize hierarchies of space and enclosure. Their utility is the legibility of this order. In the a device for ordering parts.
Oblique drawings can be easily developed from plans and elevations. This form of drawing has the advantage oblique and the elevation oblique. In the plan oblique drawing, the plan was used as the base drawing. The plan is rotated 30, 45 or 60 degrees. In some cases, it is not rotated at all. The different rotations affect the rotation (or a 90 degree plan oblique) privileges walls or objects parallel to the picture plane. Broadly speaking, axonometric projection is a type of orthographic projection defined by projectors that are parallel to each other dimetric, trimetric, and oblique projection. In each case, the true length of one or more of the three principal combined with their depiction of 3 dimensions, makes axonometric projection an incredibly versatile mode and continues to develop the techniques inherent to constructing an oblique projection.
The last axonometric drawing is the projection designated from above and be completed in Illustrator. This textures), and tone/gradient to build greater resolution, narrative, and character.
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Being called unoriginal carries the same anxiety as failure. Even worse, a copycat. Contemporary architecture most superlative architecture by way of superlatives: the most something building, the first building to be the superlative and the knockoff, exists a vast range of architectural acts, whose hybridized approaches our contemporary modes of creative production. This drawing aims to re-present Massimo and Colonna,
Spangenberg Jr. in 1964, the building was conceived as a beacon for development in downtown New Orleans. It space, residential units, restaurants, and retail, topped by an observation deck and helipad. Instead, the tower in Louisiana, at 510 feet, its owner declared bankruptcy before construction even completed. Few the promise of a new life ultimately unfulfilled. The tower currently sits vacant, plagued by asbestos, mold, this failure, or perhaps because of it, the building has become a site for other, more successful forms of its future role in the city. Nowhere is this better exemplified than by the Instagram account Tower Fantasy. unexpected, even ridiculous scenarios. The images remix and relocate Plaza Tower into playful juxtapositions of of a shoe, an emoticon, a taco filling, and a chair for Drake. Through the use of these constructed images, vacant office tower. This drawing picks up Plaza Tower as a site for speculation. But where Tower Fantasy architecture. Plaza Tower is transformed into playful juxtapositions of scale, context, and graphics through pulling
to architecture’s extensive conventions, they can never be true to their subject. After all, they are only turns orthographic projection drawings into things in and of themselves. Apart from this, their reductive first drawing, the plan was studied according to these main tenets: as an object in and of itself, and as
advantage of showing one projection without distortion. The two main types of oblique drawings are the plan The true size and shape of the building is maintained and all measurements are retained. Typically, the the size and shape of the vertical planes. 45 degree rotations represent the vertical surfaces, equally. No speaking, axonometric drawings describe all paralline drawings of oblique projections. More specifically, other and perpendicular to the picture plane. There are 4 main types of axonometric projection: isometric, principal axes (x,y,z) are drawn to exact scale, and therefore measurable. Their faithful preservation of scale, mode of communicating technical and/or pictoral information. This drawing focuses primarily on the latter,
This allowed the opportunity to experiment with pattern swatches, clipping masks (cropping image-based architecture often seems to be an arm’s race to generate the most eye-catching, the most unprecedented, the be something, the biggest building to use something. The more original, the higher the value. Yet, between are challenging the very notions of originality. Today, sampling, appropriating, and hacking are among from the Ambiguous series, from a different point of view.
Plaza Tower
AIA Dallas Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition / Finalist
Drawings Exploration of Graphic Representation
The Droste Effect/Recursive
Oblique Drawings In Color
Copy Cat
Inspired by Neme Studio, 9 Drawings
Vessel Series / Reimagined
Artists and architects alike produce work that can be categorized into series. While some of these categorizations exercise of communication as the process of distilling an experiment to just a few parameters can help parameters; that is, some elements of the series need to be repeated in order to allow for comparisons that
Beyond their ability to catalogue one’s work along thematic lines, working in series allows one to evolve methodology, and to communicate an idea through the power of repetition and excess. Just like artists and sequence of images. For this work, the student defined a theme or idea of ornamentation related to materiality, mapping and rendering. In addition, the student considered defining a theme that deals with issues of symmetry,
Jeffrey Koons Balloon Dog Series was the source of inspiration for the theme of the vessel series. Born inflatable dog is exhibited for the first time and is set to remain on the international art scene for decades work sold by a living artist at 58.4 million dollars.
The party objects are polished and shiny. The series is composed of about 20 large-scale sculptures, as well with the theme of nostalgia. His sculptures bring one back to the simpler times of childhood and celebrate from stainless steel and finished with a blue, magenta, orange, red, pink, or yellow translucent coating. With a light appearance.
This work translates 3D vessel geometry of the vessel into a series of contour line drawings. These lines
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categorizations occur post-facto, planning and setting up a series prior to executing the work can be a helpful help clarify and evolve ideas. In fact, working in series demands a balance between constant and variable that show similarities or differences between the variables.
evolve an idea through iterations, to discover multiple variations that emerge from a defined process or and photographers, architects are also image makers and, as such, we should learn to tell a story with a materiality, color, and texture, and then create a series of vessels that explores this theme through texture symmetry, transparency, reflection, color, texture, etc.
in 1955, Koons is known for his gigantic representations of mass media objects. In 1994, a monumental decades to come. In 2013, this same Balloon Dog, a work by Jeff Koons, beats the record for the most expensive
well as about 15 oil paintings. Jeff Koons created inflatable animals, Play-Doh, tulips, or even Easter eggs celebrate the joy of celebration through the monumental. Each of his sculptures is made with great precision With the dog’s weight of one ton, it is often said that Koons plays with the notions of a heavy object with
are used in formulating a schedule for the production of the vessel as a large scale sculpture.
H.1 - H.11
A.1 - A.12
B.1 - B.24
L.1.1 - L.2.13
The Myth / The Monument
Myth is a malleable substance in the realm of architecture. Ancient civilizations have poured tremendous environments. Along with many lost tales, the content of the Parthenon’s frieze may never have a unified of embedded stories told through figural descriptions. Similar in length, the long facade of Percival Stern composition and the organizational logic of punch cards are apparent and active in the memories of many. exercise with an exclusive invitation. The work was created in collaboration with team member Sarah Fisher.
The work included a full enclosure demolition and reconstruction of the elevated mass of the north and three and up including the building parapet. All new design approaches should consider ways to embed
The collaborative design process was as follows:
A Team was assigned with Parker Heitzmann and Sarah Fischer.
An intent with the team members in response to the assignment prompt and elements listed above. Based on this, the project focused on the North Facade. The tree scape on the northern side of the With an established intent and facade location, develop a graphic language to diagram an overall Based on a selected overall diagrammatic approach, selected a partial length of the facade to develop Explore representation techniques that best describe the geometry of the proposal at the partial elevation
Constraints for the work included:
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Window placement cannot be changed. However, the sizes and orientations may change and they If increase, the overall window area should not exceed 30% of the entire elevation surface area from An overall depth of 24” should not be exceeded from the face of the existing structure to the outermost
tremendous amounts of time and energy embedding mythological stories into the surfaces of their constructed modern interpretation. Stretched out to a length of approximately 500.00’, the frieze is an amalgamation Stern Hall carries its own myth of embedded meaning along its surface. The similarities in the facade’s many. This myth has captured the attention of an unknown donor who has decided to host a facade visioning Fisher.
south facades of Percival Stern Hall. The podium or base of the building will not be altered, only levels new meaning into the facade through the incorporation of the following elements. above.
building was then reflected on the north facade.
facade scheme using tonal and/or hatch patterns as described in class. develop by adapting one of the four techniques listed under element. elevation and section perspective scales ONLY.
can be grouped together to form larger openings. from levels three to five. outermost geometric profile of the new enclosure system.
Boutique Hotel / Algiers, Algeria
Your eyes were closed as you dreamt about the adventure you were soon to embark on. Though, you were District of Algiers. As you wake, you urge yourself to look down, out of the airplane, and overlook a broad landscape “thousand white domes” you only fancied seeing in real life. All of which you will explore in the coming days, that sets atmosphere expected throughout the rest of your trip. Those initial principles will be an emblem engraved in the placemaking of the city culture. As you arrive to the hotel, you notice a quaint, white building ahead. Various diplomats, administrative and financial personnel pass through in their business attire as or beautiful home, brand the exterior. You are excited to get inside as you know the diverse groups of local
You enter and are delighted by the sounds of the Mediterranean Sea heard within, soothing you in unfamiliar history in each mosaic that is encrusted along the pathways. The layers of sound echo’s the richness of the to drop your bags and see beyond before you even check into your room, as its vertical connection inspires inspired by the two landscapes color palettes of gold ochre from the extraordinary experience of the sun created by the waters from the Sea and the sky along the Mediterranean coast, and white buildings of Byzantine, interior. The eclecticized city scape clearly migrated within the interior of the Boutique Hotel. After you have an exclusive dipping pool. The pool area feels intimate through its cool tones and relaxing day beds. Full-service wait to hang out at the outdoor leisure space later this week when your feet need a break from the exploration. the city. The white walls and beautiful stones create sense of balance to the lush colors seen in the public heritage site of Casbah. Once you settle in, you are ready to grab a bite to eat. You head to the upper atrium overwhelming amount of Mediterranean style and meat dishes for you to try. An aroma of spices, seafoods, the dining experience. The space seems to reflect the Sea, as the movement and dynamism in its atmosphere when the ancient romans controlled it, showing its rich integrity of cultural influence and design elements days to come. You find a sitting area by the water feature you heard earlier that morning and sit for a few landscape fulling engulfed in the making of the exclusive hotel which you chose to stay in. The clock strikes immersing yourself in tradition. The Musalla for conducting salah, or canonical prayer, is just as extravagant
The next morning you are awoken by the Mosque chimes outside of your window. When you open your eyes, excites you for your day of exploration. You finally get a taste of the coffee from, Café a la Gare, whose scents textures and color contrasts create both depth and a sense of unity to the hotel. Exposed materials are balanced baristas, communal tables, and corner couches. As you take your first few sips in the attached garden, you more locals and travelers who begin to make their way into what the day may hold. The breeze from the artist’s which give privacy between tables, sway with the wind. You make your way into the city, becoming Berbers”. You make the connection that your home for while staying in the Casbah has bridged the Mediterranean to the Mediterranean coast is seen in the multi-cultural vernaculars and eclecticism sprinkled all over. This modernization of travel and design is harmonized with the traditional Berber architecture and design tones, a variety of textural elements, and forms varying from minuscule to monumental to drive the conceptual
As the day goes by and you visit some of the richest heritage sites in the world, you retreat to your home-away-from setting. Warm hues and lighting focal points spark intimate niches throughout the lobby. You shower off struck by the heavy metal door and security at the exclusive bar and proceed to walk through a room of heavy drink and sharables, winding down and sharing tales with individuals from all over the globe in the eclectic rather industrialized mezzanine, giving a much-needed flare to the hotel experience. The entire stay has years to come. You made memories and companions of a lifetime thanks to the atmosphere of an extraordinarily
were quickly woken by the “check seat belt” echo as the plane began to descend towards the Sidi M’hamed landscape with orange-peach dunes on one end and the serene sapphire sea on the other. Between are the days, and one will soon be expecting your company. he view from thousands of miles above is the moment emblem and inspiration that is repeated throughout each detail, reflected on in the building experiences, and building pouring scents of mint and coffee into the streets, and the Sea Breeze sends this aroma blocks as well as students who have undoubtedly found their “local study spot”. The words “Tigmee Eefoolkee”, local folks will steer you towards the true Algerian experience.
unfamiliar territory. A local pianist and guitarist lie ahead, and the faint folk songs tell the story of the rich the grand entry and eclecticism immediately exposed in the atrium. The central atrium leaves you wanting exploration. The colors of the interior bring you back to your experience looking out of the plane window, sun rising and falling over the various shades of titian in the Sahara Desert balanced by the many blues Byzantine, Moorish, Ottoman, and French European architecture are resembled in the architecture of the have checked in, you head to your private suite and step off the elevator. You are immediately stopped by Full-service food and beverages are brought to those resting by the delightfully dressed waiters. You cannot exploration. Your room, right up the way, is reminiscent of the thousands of domes that welcomed you into public spaces. The eclectic guest space is rejuvenating through its modern touches that are rarely seen in the atrium you so eagerly wanted to explore. The locals are overjoyed to share their secrets to preparing an seafoods, teas, and more fill you and the atmosphere of Mar Nostrum. While you wait for your bill, you observe atmosphere signifies the waves rolling onto the shore. The name of the restaurant itself means “our sea” in a time elements mirroring the coast. Heading out, you delve into the recreation and public amenities available for the few minutes to overlook the city and take in the mosques flanking the hotel. The heritage, influence, and strikes loudly, and the locals around you head to their devoted prayer space. You choose to follow, further extravagant in its detail and interior architectural features as the mosques outside the chamber’s windows.
eyes, you reflect on the historic passed of the detailed ceiling above you, and this glimpse of Algerian culture scents filled the streets the morning prior. The atmosphere is of an electric French charm, whose varied balanced with passe tiles and patterns. The shop offers an assortment of seating at the counter to watch you link yourself to the bustling tourist nature of the town. Each minute, the streets gather with more and the Mediterranean whistles through the café, pendants chime, and the rich draperies, handcrafted by local becoming a part of the street life. Eventually, you come across the local phrase Tamazgha, meaning “land of the Mediterranean and the Sahara, in its design, by uniting the culture that lies between. The evolution of travel As the visitors come into the city to explore, it is reminiscent of the arrival of Berbers centuries earlier. design textures. The land that gives meaning to the people presents inspiration of rich hues of warm and cool conceptual cohesiveness of the built interior.
home-away-from home to wind down. An entirely different atmosphere mystically awaits you as the sun is off in your spa-like haven and step out for a cocktail at the enigmatic speak-easy across the way. You are heavy smoke from the hookah’s which line the walls. You reach the staircase and go to the top level for a eclectic atmosphere overlooking grandeur Mosques from centuries ago. “The Vigilante” brands itself on the has provided you with opulence, exclusivity, and discovery that you will take with you to reminisce in the extraordinarily unexpected hotel in Casbah, Algiers.
Integrated Studio / New Orleans Hostel
Integrated Studio focused on the development of an architectural project with regards to site relationships, requirements of an integrated studio. “Integration” is understood not only as a coordination of building systems manifestation, a careful calibration of intent, form, system, material, and technology where relationships
The hostel design was inspired by the history surrounding the site. In 1897, 38 city blocks were dedicated district, the tenderloin, and most commonly Storyville. The brothels were constructed directly on Basin Street. layout of these brothels and clubs were described as:
“The lower floor is used as a dance hall, where they commence to congregate at dark, and carousing until the light of day drives them back to their hovels.... The second floor....
The design was influenced by the following:
Lower floor as a public hall for both guests and locals to indulge in socialization and encourage encounters
Create an intentional connection between N. Rampart street and Basin Street.
Locate the entry off the Ally, creating a similar sense of atmosphere to that of Storyville.
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Introduce an internal courtyard to imitate the spirit of Storyville.
Utilize heavy timber to reference the construction of the historical past.
Employ Copper at the facade to ensure privacy to bed rooms, protect the buildings systems, and facilitate
Environmental strategies were studied in depth for the efficiency of systems in this project. Because the site guest rooms. This provided minimal exposure to the east and west sides, the more difficult sides to shade
Connecting N. Rampart & Basin.
Ally serving as infrastructure / service.
Courtyard justified through storyville narrative... hidden from the street and a gem upon arrival.
Pushing back the facade on guest rooms to relieve sun exposure and add shading for energy efficiency.
Courtyard and alley position allows for potential in storm water collection.
relationships, historic context, structure, systems, materiality, and building codes, meeting the NAAB accreditation systems during the project development, but as a constant reciprocal feedback between intent and material relationships are never unidirectional but have inherent potentials and unanticipated possibilities.
dedicated to elicit activities for both the rich and the poor. The area has been referred to “district” or red-light Street. They were the most upscale, catering to the Elite paying extreme amounts for entertainment. The
and to the discordant music of the so-called orchestra they indulge in dancing, drinking and floor.... is occupied by the dozen courtesan attaches of the place”.
encounters with new faces.
facilitate the atmosphere that embodies storyville.
site is not elongated along an east / west axis, the building facade is pushed back to create terraces in the shade due to the lower angle of the sun in the morning and afternoon. Site strategies included:
Maximizing
Overall Site Giving Back
Forming Connection with Two Parallel Streetscapes
Integrated Studio
Parti / Evolution of the overall massing of the future building
Voiding
Creating Space for Courtyard
Circulating
Centralized Vertical Circulation Zone
Cores
Cores
Cores
Program
Lobby/Reception 1,000
Adjacent office 100
Bathrooms (2 @ 80 sf) 160
Bar/Café3 2,000
Housekeeping +/- 500
Trash 300
Luggage 300
Bike Storage (20 bikes) 300
Guest Laundry 200
Guest Kitchen 500
Guest Dining 2,000
Administrative suite 400
Library/Media 600
Social Spaces/Amenities 4,000 – 6,000
Hostel rooms type 1 - bunk beds
60 beds in 4-bed (40%)
6-bed (60%) rooms 1,200 – 12,800
Hostel rooms type 2 – single
Level 5
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Dew Drop Inn / Commemorating Space
The Dew Drop Inn Pavilion aims to design a pavilion in celebration of the music, cultural heritage, and legacy complex and is located on the vacant lot on the corner of Lasalle and Sixth. This project champions storytelling, and spatial experiences. The absence of substantial programmatic requirements allow for focused design people with a combination of covered and uncovered space, storage, toilet rooms.
It aims to be an emblem for the New Orleans neighborhood of Central City and is a representation of the Dew of segregation, the Dew Drop Inn was a place where “Negroes and whites were being served together,”. Frank Music was a way of bringing everyone together. Serving Black and White music fans in the same room violated Eventually, he fought back with a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Jim Crow law, but the
During the 1950s and 1960s, New Orleans was a hub for activism during the Civil Rights Movement. Protesters neighborhood as the Dew Drop Inn, The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, one of the most important Zion Baptist Church in New Orleans.
A.L. Davis Park, also known as Shakespeare Park until 1979, served as a starting point of revolution Orleanians protested local businesses that accepted their money as customers but refused to employ them. march started at this park and ended at City Hall. In 1979, the city renamed the park in honor of New the New Zion Baptist Church, where Reverend Davis often preached.
After the repeal of segregation laws, other clubs competed with the Dew Drop Inn’s business. Following Piana’s further damaged the site. However, the building has continued to stay in the Piania family and is expected
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legacy of the Dew Drop Inn. The pavilion is part of the planned revitalization efforts for the Dew Drop Inn storytelling, balancing an exploration of culturally-driven concept design with expressive building materials design based on concept development and storytelling. The Contemplative Pavilion is a gathering area for 10
Dew Drop Inn’s efforts in connecting everyone, regardless of race or gender, through music. During a time Frank Painia challenged society norms by allowing the integration of both white and black communities. violated a city ordinance against race mixing and earned Painia continual police harassment and arrests. the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended enforced segregation of public accommodations.
Protesters used nonviolent tactics to call for equality in Central City and surrounding areas. In the same important organizations in the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, was formally incorporated at the New
and change during the Civil Rights Movement. During The 1960 Dryades Street Boycott, Black New them. Protesters boycotted stores on Dryades Street and marched in protest. The 1960 Dryades Street Boycott Orleans’ first African-American city council member, Reverend A. L. Davis. The park is located close to
Piana’s death, the Dew Drop Inn eventually closed its doors. After decades of despair, Hurricane Katrina expected to re-open in 2023.
Initial Unifying Circle Additional Layer of Circles connected by tangents
Programmed Space
Indoor Space
Process Diagram
Commemoration Pavilion
Formation of two juxtaposed bars referring back to concept
Connection of the parts
Outdoor Covered Space
Outdoor Uncovered Space
Commemoration Pavilion
Commemoration Pavilion
Elevation and Circulation
Intentional Community / Collective Housing
The cohousing community that is located between Tchoupitoulas, Annunciation, Arabella, and Joseph streets and strengthen democratic practices. Residents increase their quality of life and economic position, while to more green space and amenities in regime of ‘user ship’, and a better neighborhood comes from improving businesses on site, etc.
The project improves three areas of typical :
The ecology (retaining water, biodiversity and energy savings),
The social aspects (different types of homes for students, elderly, families)
The economic (with mixed-use programs that allows small-medium businesses to be created in close
An emphasis on ecology benefits the community through the positive benefits of biophilia between that resources, and working with the landscape through gardens and organic farming methods. The Meta-home minded community.
The key goals of the design approach hope to emphasize:
Self - Sustainability
Environmental Consciousness
Working with Nature
Thoughtful Integration with the Surrounding Context & Vernacular
Welcome Outside Community Engagement
Create a Space that Encourages Community Interaction
The housing and site fullfilments include the following:
Existing houses to remain: 2
Existing houses to be repurposed: 1
Buildable land area: 106,645 sq. ft. ; 2.45 acres
Total number of units: 67
Density of the settlement: 27.35 units/acre
Number of units type A: 12 units
Number of units type B: 6 units
Number of units type C: 12 units
Number of units type AA: 10 units
Number of units type BB: 10 units
Number of units type CC: 14 units
Number of units type DD: 3 units
Area of each house type A: 600 sq.ft. (1 bed)
Area of each house type B: 600 sq.f.t (2 bed)
Area of each house type C: 1200 sq.ft. (4 bed)
Area of each house type AA: 475 sq.ft. (studio)
Area of each house type BB: 650 sq.ft. (2 bed)
Area of each house type CC: 1200 sq.ft. (3 bed)
Area of each house type DD: 2400 sq.ft. (5 bed)
Total area of public amenities: 6,000
Total area of collective facilities: 2,400
Total area of vertical core footprint A:
Total area of vertical core footprint A:
Gross floor area: 68,838 sq.ft.
Floor to area ratio: .65
Ground floor building footprint: 8,400
% Footprint in relation to total site area:
Open public areas: 19,200 sq.ft.
Open collective areas: 37,807 sq.ft.
Number of trees: 500+
Volume of water stor. ground flow: 5,6119
Volume of water stor. terraces: 215,439
Units Total: 67
streets aims to provide an alternative community living logic for urban development to avoid gentrification while improving the neighborhood and the city at large. A better quality of life comes from organizing access improving the ecology, the energy performance, the structure of public spaces and livability, the diversity of close proximity of housing)
that and the occupied space, living lightly to reduce the footprint of the inhabitants, utilizing renewable Meta-home will maintain a suburban lifestyle while densifying the residences to a more compact and socially
sq.ft.
2,400 sq.ft.
A: 420 sq.ft.
A: 924 sq.ft.
8,400 sq.ft. area: 7.8%
5,6119 gallons
215,439 gallons
Living With The Garden District
Intentional Community / Axonometric
Intentional Community
Figure Ground / Sectional Diagram
Parker Heitzmann
Living With The Garden District
Section Diagram North/South
Jover - ARCH 6022 - May 6, 2022
Living With The Garden District
Margarita
Heitzmann
Section Diagram
Margarita Jover -
Jefferson Island / Educational Center
This studio focused on the role of the landscape in architectural design and the development of basic skills natural (a result of the actions of nature) and cultural (a result of the actions of people). Students will be introduced The course will high-light the designer’s ethical obligations to the larger network of social and ecological tion, structure and enclosure. The studio will be integrated with digital media classes to ensure that students techniques
Jefferson Island is one of five salt dome “islands” that form prominent topographic landmarks amidst the compelling geological, economic and cultural history. They have been valued both for their natural beauty documentation, site analysis, and program analysis, a small institute / visitor’s center dedicated to environmental and reveal the complex geology of the site. The structural and formal implications of stereotomic and tectonic central theme in your design explorations.
Following a phase of research, site documentation, site analysis, and program analysis, the specific site was hilltop, (2) inserted into the hillside, (3) occupying the mine site at the water’s edge, and (4) occupying the water’s edge in efforts to incorporate the remaining mine shaft as an integral element in the circulation.
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Conceptual approaches, or partis, for engaging the building with the land for the site selected display the works diagrams of the conceptual strategies engage issues of site, program and materiality/structure.
skills in site analysis, site design, and site representation. Site characteristics will be understood as both introduced to a range of conceptual strategies for articulating the relationship between building and site. systems and conditions. Building design themes will include spatial organization and hierarchy, circulastudents gain fluency in computer-aided design processes, drawing, spatial modeling and digital design
cane and tidal marshes along the central coast of Louisiana. These islands have unique ecosystems and a beauty and for the abundant mineral resources in the ground below. Following a phase of research, site environmental research and education was created. The project prioritizes sectional representations to engage tectonic construction are revealed in through research into buildings that have occupied the site, and are a
was selected for the project. The proposed locations for the building were described as: (1) perched on the the space of the former loading pier. Ultimately, the site selected was (3) occupying the mine site at the
works engagement with the land, the building form, and program organization. Drawing from precedents,
Jefferson Island / Site Collage Fall 2021
Jefferson Island Infrastructure Diagram
Island
Site strategies for the Jefferson Island design aims to intentionally compares the previous industrial specifically overtop the mine shaft, allows the concept of the juxtaposition to connect the vestiges of Jefferson Island. These remnants may serve as elements of history preserved in the landscape edge is situated directly above underground salt mine operations. The notion of “void” and “extraction” implications.
Diagrams industrial heritage of the site with today’s “natural” landscape. Placing the structure at water’s edge, vestiges of industry with the current ecosystem. This landscape distinguishes the two changing aspects landscape for reflection, or to offer re-usable building materials. Additionally, the surface of water’s “extraction” utilized in the mine provides an underlying precedent for the approach to future design implications.
Heitzmann - Cordula Roser Gray
Heitzmann - Cordula Roser Gray
Heitzmann - Cordula Roser Gray
Jefferson Island
Motown Museum / Storytelling
Motown Records did not just spark cultural change through the music industry, but also through society Gordy moved their eight children from the state of Georgia to the North for better life and opportunities. of 1960. The beginnings of the record label were on the first floor of tow two-family flats off of West Grand improvisation style of jazz music. The Motown sound is known to be unique because of the echo chamber the Motown label, it was a very competitive industry and you had to prove yourself t o Gordy and his crew.
The site is located at:
Berry Gordy Jr. Boulevard
2648 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI, 48208
Motown is headquartered in three historic, Motown-era homes on west grand Boulevard.
The 7” vinyl was the promotional tool to connect the artists at Motown records with the public. Their size These records had a five minute capacity, coining the term “Hit Single” and their “b-side” became known for to connect the public back to the exclusive content found in Motown and utilizeds the 7” vinyl as a catalyst
The project pulls from elements of the 7 vinyl to justify design elements such as form, circulation, and materiality.
Often used as a promotional material for an upcoming album. 7-inch records for singles led to the coining of the term “B-side”. B-sides are usually not as marketable Unlike the other size records, made from the same material as their larger counterparts. In the age of 7-inch singles, albums were still uncommon, with many musicians focusing on releasing While a 45 offers better sound quality, the weight and condition of a record matter, too. If you’ve got than a 33,
Visually, 45s made a splash as they were much smaller, with large holes in the center, and originally 45’s caused a lot of public confusion. Neither the full-length 33s nor the 45 singles could be played to buy a new record player altogether. This meant you had to choose between a Columbia record 45s were cheap to produce, and easier to move around and hand out to radio stations, which made affordable for people across incomes.
society as a whole. The Motown sound shaped music of the 20th century. Berry Gordy Sr. and Bertha Fuller Gordy Sr. first started as a songwriter and established the incorporation Motown Records in the Spring Grand Boulevard. The Motown Sound is made up of call-and-response found in Black gospel music and chamber the music was recorded in. Not every song that went through the Hitsville’s Studio A made it out with crew.
allowed the vinyls to easily be distributed. In addition, their production focused on maximizing the sound. for the hidden gems inside Motown. In the same way, The new museum aims to be the promotional device in doing so.
materiality. Elements of the vinyl worth noting include the following:
marketable as the songs on side A of a 7-inch record. However, you’ll often find B-sides that are hidden gems.
releasing just two songs at a time – a single and a B-side. got a brand new 45 without warping or scratches that is as heavy as possible, it’s likely to sound better
originally printed on colored vinyl sorted by genre. on a gramophone, due to the different RPMs, which meant people interested in “upgrading” to vinyl had record player compatible with 33s, or an RCA turntable compatible with 45s. them an ideal vehicle for pop music. Vinyl singles sold for 65 cents (roughly $7 today), which made them
Massing and Form Diagram / Process of Spacial Organization
INITIAL MATERIALITY OF EXTERIOR EXPRESSION OPAQUE VS TRANSPARENT IDENTIFY ENTRY AND APPROACH
Motown Museum
Motown Museum Section
Motown Museum Section
Motown Museum
/ Form
Motown Museum
Axon
Preservation Studio I / HABS
Building Preservation concentrates on documenting, analyzing and planning for the preservation of historic preservation practice. The work includes intensive study of selected historic buildings and environments building stabilization, adaptive reuse, rehabilitation and restoration. Local and non-local field trips gave to document historic environments and building conditions. Working in a studio setting, HABS drawings, materials and systems.
St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 runs parallel to Bayou St. John and covers the width of property included within city of New Orleans. The Gaspar Cuscah Tomb, located in St. Louis Cemetery 3 at Square 1, Grave 25, patterns. The effect is best described as the concrete version of “gingerbread gothic”. This style is found in fellows cemeteries. Gaspar Cusachs
historic buildings as a basis for understanding the technical, theoretical and procedural aspects of architectural environments in the New Orleans area and greater Gulf Coast region. The work explored the differences between gave exposure to multiple historic and modern infill buildings and systems, and a concomitant opportunity drawings, measured drawings, and illustrated research documents discussing historic buildings and components,
within the 1708 French land concessions, the earliest European land grants in what would later become the is one of four in a row of precast concrete tombs. It has walls covered with units of decorative low relief in a limited number in several local New Orleans Cemeteries including St. Louis III, Greenwood, and Odd
Preservation Studio II / HSR
In the fall of 2023, the Tulane School of Architecture was approached by the management of Latrobe’s architectural history and significance of the site. The Fall 2023 Preservation Studio I class conducted initial Studio II, led by professors Heather Veneziano and Mark Rabinowitz, to create a Historic Structure Report participated in group and individual work to construct a detailed history and current conditions report of Latrobe’s history and existing conditions. The report also serves as an important guide for all changes made to such restoration procedures. Archival and other supplementary research are included in this report as appendices. Latrobe’s on Royal. Research methods were diverse across the class and primarily utilized resources of City Archives, Southeastern Architecture Archives, Louisiana State (Host Center), Papers of Henry Latrobe, National Archives, State Library, Tulane University Library, Louisiana Digital Library, and Louisiana State class concludes that the property is locally and nationally valuable to broad patterns of history and it’s and finish updates in line with the historic fabric. With continued restoration and conservation efforts, Latrobe’s of New Orleans, Louisiana.
The intention of the Preservation Studio II course is to concentrate on documenting, analyzing, and planning and procedural aspects of urban conservation. The scope includes intensive study of representative historic document follows the National Park Service Historic Structure Reports guidelines (HSR) to analyze archival square 63, lot K-1, bounded by Conti Street, Royal Street, St. Louis Street, and Bourbon Street. The boundary residence. In addition, an enclosed former courtyard and outbuilding make up the rear of the property. Latrobe’s Louisiana State Bank. The structure is also designated by the Vieux Carre Commercial District. Its significance Architecture.” In addition, its architectural style, contribution to the French Quarter urban fabric, and HSR, the Preservation Studio II course provides the following criteria from the National Parks Service: A primary planning document for decision-making about preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, or reconstruction A guide for budget and schedule planning for work on the historic structure, A basis for design of recommended the historic structure, A summary of information known and conditions observed at the time of the survey, working on or using the historic structure, A tool for use in interpretation of the structure based on historical for further research and investigation, A record of completed work With the completion of this HSR.
The Preservation Studio II class aimed to identify previous structural elements and their current conditions. diagrams, and analysis to formulate a conclusion with recommendations for the structure located at 707
This Historic Structures Report serves as a repository of information concerning the materials, spaces, purpose of providing the basic information needed to make decisions related to interpretation, maintenance, significance behind the treatment levels ascribed to the building’s spaces, materials, and structural system. to identify original, intact, and significant elements of the architecture and historically significant changes use, defining physical characteristics, and conditions were recorded.
The content of this HSR provides an understanding of the building as an earlier surviving New Orleans French and rehabilitation planning tool. Treatment recommendations incorporate an understanding of historic
on Royal, located at 707 Conti Street. They showed interest in gaining a greater understanding of the initial research and documentation of the property. Their work continued into the Spring 2024 Preservation Report (HSR). This document is a result of thirteen Tulane School of Architecture graduate students who Latrobe’s on Royal.This HSR provides documentary, graphic, and physical information about a property’s such a historic property over time with information regarding recommended repair, rehabilitation, and appendices. The entirety of this body of work is the first phase in efforts of conservation and rehabilitation at The Historic New Orleans Collection, Library of Congress (Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps and HABS), Latrobe, The Collins C. Diboll Vieux Carre Survey, Vieux Carre Digital Library, Vieux Carre Commission, State University Archives. After extensive research and examination in a collaborative setting, the studio it’s relation to Benjamin Henry Latrobe. It is considerably well preserved, however is in need of masonry Latrobe’s on Royal may continue as a core component to the architecture of the Historic French Quarter
planning the preservation of the built environment as a basis for understanding the technical, theoretical, historic structures and landscapes, specifically Latrobe’s on Royal Street, located at 707 Conti Street. This archival research, assess current conditions, and offers future recommendations for the building located on boundary contains the main structure with the first floor purpose of daily events and the second floor private Latrobe’s on Royal is a contributing structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed as the significance is due to its contributed architect, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, also coined “The father of American role in the formation of the “Bank” typology lend itself towards noteworthy. With the completion of this
reconstruction treatments, Documentation to help establish significant dates or periods of construction, recommended work, A compilation of key information on the history, significance, and existing condition of survey, A readily accessible reference document for owners, managers, staff, committees, and professionals historical and physical evidence, A bibliography of archival documentation relevant to the structure, A resource conditions. This document contains a variety of influential historical data including images, articles, drawings, Conti Street.
spaces, and the historic and architectural significance of the Latrobe Building. The report is prepared for the maintenance, modifications, and continued use of the building. The report presents the architectural and historical system. Based on a survey and inventory performed to investigate the historic character of the building and changes on the ground floor. Each space and building feature was examined and photographed, and the current
French Quarter property. It is organized to facilitate the use of this report as a historic building document preservation design guidelines.
Historic Photograph
Latrobe’s on Royal
Latrobe’s on Royal
2.1.1 FIRST FLOOR PLAN
Latrobe’s on Royal
The Courtyard / Conditions Assessment
Preservation Studio II / Puerto Rico Adaptive Reuse
This project was conducted and designed by two students in the Tulane School of Architecture following the country. The scope of this project was left up to the students, but the final deliverables required the
The historic streets of Old San Juan and Ponce are lined with stunning masonry Spanish Colonial buildings, by Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico had more than 300,000 vacant/abandoned houses as of 2019. This was nearly around San Juan. The San Juan county alone had more than 42,000 vacant homes. This was only exacerbated were of magnitude five or greater. Several examples of these buildings are featured above.The vacancy of Calle de la Luna, an abandoned two-story building near the city center. The selection of our specific site was located in a high-traffic commercial zone.
Puerto Rico has been a colony of the United States since 1898, when it was ceded by Spain after the Spanish-American with the U.S., denying its residents full constitutional rights and self-governance. Despite being granted Puerto Rico remains an unincorporated territory subject to the plenary powers of Congress, with no voting
The island’s political status has been a contentious issue, with ongoing debates over statehood, independence, to economic struggles, including a $70 billion debt crisis exacerbated by policies like the Jones Act that disadvantage Puerto Rico’s 3.2 million U.S. citizens in a state of political and economic limbo.
Calle de la Luna (Moon Street) is a historic street located in the Old San Juan that dates back to the sixteenth laid out in the city’s grid pattern within the defensive walls. The street, named for its crescent shape, runs Calle de la Luna and Calle del Sol gained notoriety for crime and vice, inspiring the famous song “Calle
A company that owns, oprates, or finances income-generating resl estate by pooling capital from numerous having to buy or manage the properties themselves.
REITS give Americans the ability to invest in revenue generating real estate. They allow anyone to own Rico has an estimated total property value of $5.25B (compared to $2.5T Nationwide), 369 REIT properties, The diagram below ahows the fourteen properties around the territory.
Historic preservation community land trusts (CLTs) are a model where the CLT acquires and stewards neighborhoods. The Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation.
The Caño Martín Peña Community Land Trust is an award-winning example of this work already functioning in cites while maintaining affordability. They worked with eight communities along the Martín Peña Channel
following a studio-wide trip to Old San Juan in March of 2024 to study architecture and historic preservation in incorporation of some element of the built environment in a creative capacity.
buildings, many of which sit in near ruin with only their facades standing. Following the devastation caused nearly one-fifth of all housing units on the island. A significant number of these were concentrated in and exacerbated by a devastating series of earthquakes that hit the island in 2019 and 2020, including eleven that of these ruins was the inspiration for our project which was to create an adaptive reuse scenario for 203 was based on the potential programming that the building could provide for the city. The site is centrally
Spanish-American War. The Insular Cases of 1901 established Puerto Rico’s unequal, colonial relationship granted U.S. citizenship in 1917 and limited self-rule through the establishment of the Commonwealth in 1952, voting representation and limited autonomy.
independence, or maintaining the current territorial arrangement. Puerto Rico’s colonial status has also contributed disadvantage the island Recent referendums have favored statehood, but Congress has yet to act, leaving
sixteenth century when Old San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists. It was one of the original streets runs parallel to Calle del Sol (Sun Street). In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the eastern sections of Luna Calle Sol” by Hector Lavoe which contrasted the light and dark sides of human nature
numerous investors. This makes it possible for numerous investors to earn dividends from real estate without
a stake of property without havint to buy or finance it themselves. According to REIT data and Puerto properties, and the share of households invested in REITs is 24% compared to the nationwide average of 50.35%.
stewards historic properties and land to preserve affordable housing and prevent displacement in historic
functioning well in Puerto Rico. The organization has provided an new model for improving informal settlements Channel in the heart of the San Juan estuary.
San Juan Calle de la Luna
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The image on the upper left is the shell of a crumbling pig sty, stripped to its strictual shell. The owner’s solution was to pre-fabricate a structure made to the dimensions of the interior of the building and dropiing it inside the shell. Openings in the newly built house correspond to existing perforations in the shell of the old structure. The juxtaposition of old and new is aesthetically compelling and plays up both the moderness of the addition and the age of what came before it – a brilliant synthesis of historical and new forms.
The Dovecote Studio is an adaptive reuse project by the architecture firm Haworth Tompkins, located at Snape Maltings in Suffolk, England. The firm repurposed a Victorian-era dovecote (a structure that housed pigeons/doves) into a new performance and rehearsal for local artists. The crumbling brick walls of the original dovecote were stabilized and retained as a shell or “frame” for the new intervention made by Cor-Ten steel fabricated off-site. The structure is an exciting example of adaptive reuse that employs a clear cut intervention using modern materials.
R E V E R S I B I L I T Y
n. the principal that a conservation treatment can be undone withour damage to the object.
D O V E C O T E S T U D I O I N S P I
Stewarded by Jorge Rigau, FAIA the renovation of the San Jose Church in the heart of Old San Juan is a globally-recognized example of intuitive design used in the context of a historic preservation project. Rigau, who toured our studio group through the space, highlighted how choices in materiality can work as a storytelling method to convey the history of a structure within its larger cultural context. Rigau’s work masterfully conveys the historic, economic, and material energy present in older structures. C A S T E L V E C C H I O S A N J O S E C H U R C H
The Dovecote Studio is an adaptive reuse project by the architecture firm Haworth Tompkins, located at Snape Maltings in Suffolk, England. The firm repurposed a Victorian-era dovecote (a structure that housed pigeons/doves) into a new performance and rehearsal for local artists. The crumbling brick walls of the original dovecote were stabilized and retained as a shell or “frame” for the new intervention made by Cor-Ten steel fabricated off-site. The structure is an exciting example of adaptive reuse that employs a clear cut intervention using modern materials.
M A T E R I A L I T Y
Materiality on site and that will be introduced. a concept or application of various materials or substances in the design of a building.
I N S T I N C T I V E
Experience-focused design that works harmony with the existing structure, revealing the history of the original building where appropriate.
R A T I O N
203 Calle de la Luna Latitude:
040-002-026-13-001
P R O G R A M M I N G D I U R N O & N O C T U R N O Art Dine Retail Listen Greenhouse Move S I T E S P E C S Z O N I N G & L O C A T I O N.
Parcel Value: $27,460 Federal Qualified opp. Zone: yes Achieved Site wide Ready for Anticipated Reuse: Not Yet Achieved
M E T H O D O L O G Y & L I M I T A T I O N S.
We explored adaptive reuse examples from around the world, emphasizing projects that employed reversibility, contrasting materiality, and intuitive design to historic structures that would otherwise be condemned to demolition. Our studies were tempered by the interpretation of the complex past and ongoing history between the United States and Puerto Rico. Leading to the second component of the project which was exploring community building use and alternative financing models that allow inroads to community financing. Limitations to this project included lack of physical access to the building and limited access to building records and archives for site research. O P O S A L
A Storied History / A Superfund Site in an Urban Landscape
This project plays upon the strengths of a storyteller through visualizing one specific sites unique history
In the late 1970s, toxic waste dumps received national attention when the public learned about the risks establish the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) in 1980. the parties responsible for the contamination to either perform cleanups or reimburse the government for
HPNS is located in the City and County of San Francisco, California. It encompasses 934 acres in southeastern into nine parcels and two independent IR sites.
Milestone.
Dates.
Remedy Selected 11/28/1995
Remedial Investigation Started 09/28/1990
Remedial Action Started 07/06/1998
Proposed to the National Priorities List 07/14/1989
Most Recent Five-Year Review 09/27/2019
Initial Assessment Completed 09/06/1990
Finalized on the National Priorities List 11/21/1989
Final Remedy Selected Estimated Jan - Mar 2025
Final Remedial Action Started Estimated Jan - Mar 2025
Deleted from National Priorities List Not Yet Achieved
Construction Completed Not Yet Achieved
Achieved Sitewide Ready for Anticipated Reuse Not Yet Achieved
Bibliographic resources for the work include the following:
“Defer Hunter’s Point, Oakland Base Actions”. Berkeley Daily Gazette. United Press. 10 March 1939. EPA. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://www.epa.gov/superfund/what-superfund.
“Former Naval Shipyard Hunters Point”. BRAC Bases, United States Navy. Retrieved 24 April 2024. Historical Radiological Assessment, Volume II, Use of General Radioactive Materials, 1939-2003, April 2024.
Hooper, Craig. “Long Abandoned, Bay Area Hunters Point Navy Shipyard Can Be a New Base.” Forbes, hunters-point-navy-shipyard-can-be-a-new-base/?sh=2bfba22c24be.
“Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Site Profile.” EPA, October 20, 2017. https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=secondcleanup&id=0902722.
“Hunter’s Point Naval Shipyard.” NRC Web. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/decommissioning/complex/hunters-point-nval-shipyard.html.
“Hunter’s Point & the San Francisco Shipyard.” San Francisco Heritage, March 20, 2023. https://www.sfheritage.org/research/hunterspoint/.
“Hunters Point Crane”. Department of the Navy. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
Navy, U.S. “Former Naval Shipyard Hunters Point.” Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Program nia/Former-Naval-Shipyard-Hunters-Point/#:~:text=Base%20Property%20and%20Historcal%20Use&text=HPNS%20was%20operated%20as%20a,shipyard%20as%20a%20repair%20facility. Peter Fimrite (8 June 2015). “Housing blooms at last at once-toxic Hunters Point shipyard site”. San Pound, Michael.“Fifth Five-Year Review Report Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California.” NOV2023_5TH_5YR_DRAFT_REVIEW_RPT.PDF
Romero, Ezra David. “US Navy Acknowledges Rising Toxic Groundwater Threat at SF Superfund ic-groundwater-threat-at-sf-superfund-site.
“Search for Superfund Sites Where You Live.” EPA. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://www.epa.gov/superfund/search-superfund-sites-where-you-live.
“Treasure Island Naval Station-Hunters Point Annex Superfund site progress profile”. EPA. Retrieved 24
history of being a superfund site.
risks to human health and the environment posed by contaminated sites. This attention required congress to 1980. CERCLA is informally called Superfund. It allows EPA to clean up contaminated sites. It also forces for EPA-led cleanup work.
southeastern San Francisco on a peninsula that extends east into San Francisco Bay. HPNS is currently divided
1939. Retrieved 24 April 2024. 2024.
Hunters Point Shipyard (PDF) (Report). United States Department of the Navy. 2004. Retrieved 24
Forbes, October 23, 2023. https://www.forbes.comsites/craighooper/2023/10/21/long-abandoned-bay-area-
Program Management Office. Accessed April 24, 2024.https://www.bracpmo.navy.mil/BRAC-Bases/Califor nia/Former-Naval-Shipyard-Hunters-Point/#:~:text=Base%20Property%20and%20Historcal%20Use&text=HPNS%20was%20operated%20as%20a,shipyard%20as%20a%20repair%20facility. San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst newspapers. Retrieved24 April 2024. California.” July 2024. https://media.defense.gov/2024Jan/23/2003380095/-1/-1/0/HPNS_
Superfund Site.” KQED, March 7, 2024. https://www.kqed.orgscience/1991758/u-s-navy-acknowledges-rising-tox https://www.epa.gov/superfund/search-superfund-sites-where-you-live.
24 April 2024.
Indigenous Period.
From the Beginning. The territory of the Ohlone peoples stretches from the San Francisco Bay Area to Big Sur. The Ohlone people are Native American people who lived between San Francisco and Monterey Bay for over 10,000 years.
Pre - 1900.
1776. The name first appears on the chart “Plano del Puerto de San Francisco,” by Jose de Canizares who was the first pilot of the Spanish vessel San Carlos. The San Carlos explored and surveyed San Francisco Bay for Spain.
Late 1800’s. Chinese shrimp camps were well established around the bay during this period.
1867. The first permanent dry dock on the Pacific Coast was constructed at the Shipyard.
1900 - 1920.
1921 - 1940.
1910. Some of the most productive shrimp camp grounds were along the west side of the bay at Hunters Point.
1920. A Congressional hearing on Pacific Coast Naval Bases was held at the San Francisco City Hall, wherein city where representatives testified to permanently site the Navy at Hunters Point.
1939. U.S. Navy purchased the property.
1940. The United States Navy acquired the Hunters Point dry docks in 1940. This resulted in a massive influx of blue-collar workers and transformed Bayview-Hunters Point into a bustling district known as the Third Street corridor.
1941 - 1960.
1945. The key components of the first atomic bomb were loaded onto USS Indianapolis at Hunters Point for transfer to Tinian.
1947. The Hunter’s Point crane construction was completed, being the largest crane in the world at the time.
1948. Hunters Point Naval Shipyard was also partially occupied by the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (NRDL).
1961 - 1980.
1969. HPNS occupancy by the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (NRDL) ended.
1974. Post war, the U.S. Navy closed the Shipyard for Naval operations and began to rent land to private tenants.
1976. Triple A Machine Shop, Inc. leased most of HPNS from the Navy and operated these leased areas as a commercial ship repair facility.
1980. Over 300 working artists opened studios and workspaces in the previous Naval facilities. Their organization was named The Point and was the largest artist colony in the U.S.
1981 - 2000.
1986. Triple A Machine Shop, Inc. lease ended.
1989. The base was declared a Superfund site requiring long-term clean-up.
1991. Hunters Point Naval Shipyard was identified for BRAC closure in 1991. The property was divided into multiple parcels to help expediting the environmental cleanup efforts and to facilitate timely transfer of the property.
1994. The Shipyard and base closed as part of the next round of Base Realignment and Closure recommendations 1995. A plan to redevelop the Shipyard into a new community was developed by the city of San Francisco and other local agencies.
Post 2000.
2004. The Navy transferred the first 75-acre of HPNS to the city of San Francisco for residential housing development, community parks, and commercial venues.
2015. Hunters point Naval Shipyard was supdivided to allow the declaration of clean and safe parcels separately to speed up redevelopment. The first residents moved into homes on the site in June.
2016. The EPA halted the transition of land from the Navy to developers until “the actual potential public exposure to radioactive material at and near the shipyard can be clarified”. 2017. The Navy stated that 386 out of the 25,000 + soil tests were recorded as “anomalous”.
Going Forward. The Hunters Point Naval Shipyard will be one of the most transformative urban renovations in the city.
Archival and Documentary Research / 7602 Hampson Street
This report was made utilizing the core elements of archival and documentary research with a strong focus contemporary documentation and includes site-based visits to local archival repositories as well as an exploration secondary source data. The research project explores the history of one specific property in New Orleans,
The area of Carrollton was first owned by the founder of New Orleans, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville. of Louisiana, from “above and at the limits of New Orleans (Bienville Street today) to the bend below the conceded into smaller parcels, fronting the river, owned by different families and laborers, to prove to the Between 1725 and 1816, the river-fronting plantations slowly evolved until they were transformed into faubourgs.
In 1831, the Macarty-Lanussa Plantation began to be subdivided and portions were sold off. A part of the to the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad, the New Basin Canal construction began to “link the business estate, and Carrollton came to be realized on April 16, 1833. As seen in Charles Zimpel’s plan, the Macarty-Lanussa of 1837 set back Carrollton’s growth, and it was not until February 14, 1859, that a new town charter reincorporated principal economy. In 1856, the city directory recorded that most of the population was employed by the included construction trades, hygienic shops for cleaning and grooming, dry goods stores, and means of by the earliest residents of Carrollton including both Samuel Short and William Jones. The overwhelming of resources for new growth. By 1880, during the height of the lumber boom, forests covered approximately changed existing communities and prompted whole new towns. In addition to providing income to its community,
An example of the growth of Carrollton into a residential hub prompted by the St. Charles Streetcar development, The history of the property begins around 1830, almost forty-five years before the construction of the first 1831.13 As time went on, portions of the property were sold off and it decreased in size. The boom in development was designed and constructed by architect Louis Ganter14 for Shields, a prominent figure in public affairs. and Hillary Streets, and was designated as Lots 9 and 10 and 11. Historically, its use remained residential,
The house located at 7602 Hampson Street is set at the corner of Hampson Street and Hillary Street. Built that are commonly found in residences between 1880-1910.Typical Queen Anne characteristics in the façade roof line and topped with a “witch-hat” roof. The tower features an oriel on its uppermost level. A partial wrap-around embellished with turned rails and dentils below. After 1890, as many as 35% of Queen Anne houses often projecting over the entry, supported by full-height classic Doric columns, which mark the entrance of the Its entrance, facing Hampson Street, is monumental in scale to call attention to the status of the residents. in the exterior are of double-hung windows and secondary smaller openings filled with leaded framed glass. The complexity of the massing is most significant in the roof form. The slate roof combination is irregular. additional roof structures projecting above the main roof pitch. The complexity is also noticeable in the plan as bay windows, towers, and the announcement of entries. The house is situated on the upper left corner However, evidence shows that the secondary structure was demolished and rebuilt between 1986 and 1997.
The layout of the house was described in property sale advertisements in 1939, including a reception hall, the second level. Traditional Queen Anne enhancements likely finished the interior of 7602 Hampson Street. and windows were tall and narrow. Ornament over mantels above fireplaces often reached up to the plaster popular. These colors, in combination with very little light on the interior, made rooms feel quaint. Dark Each space was decorated with high Victorian-era furniture. Interiors during the Victorian era are best described its users”. During the 1850s and onward, new tints transformed Victorian homes, as cheaply dyed fabrics, to leaving traces of their bourgeois owners in which it is stated: “And in fact you have no business in that the antimacassars on the armchairs, the transparencies in the windows, the screen in front of the fire.”
focus on property records and tracking architectural modifications over time through historic and exploration of digital resources, and discussions on the interpretation and reliability of primary and Orleans, LA.
Bienville. The Canadian explorer was granted a large concession on March 27, 1719, by the Superior Council the Chapitoulas (Southport/Nine-Mile Point in Jefferson Parish today”. In 1725, Bienville’s land was the French who recalled the land, that the area was developed and therefore revalidated to New Orleans. faubourgs.
subdivision incorporated the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad in the Faubourg Bouligny. In addition business district of New Orleans with Lake Pontchartrain”. The two improvements escalated the value of real Macarty-Lanussa Plantation was divided into 316 squares of 650 feet on each side. However, the financial panic reincorporated Carrollton into a city. As Carrollton continued to grow, lumber and small businesses were the government, second were skilled laborers, and were followed by coffee shop operators. Small businesses entertainment or leisure. The lumber industry employed much of the city’s inhabitants and was owned overwhelming majority of houses in the city are constructed of wood and the lumber industry provided an abundance approximately 22 million acres of land across Louisiana The growth in the economy and the Louisiana lumber boom community, it made possible new improvements that were necessary for the growth of Carrollton.
development, the New Basin Canal, and the formation of businesses is located at 7602 Hampson Street. first residence. Laurent Millaudon gained possession of the land from Bernard Marigny on September 2nd, development likely led to the act of sale to Bernard Shields on August 19, 1895. In 1896, the first residence affairs. At this point, the property encompassed the square bounded by St. Charles Ave., Hampson, Adams, residential, but records provide evidence of its rich cultural and architectural contribution to Carrollton.
Built in 1896 by Louis Ganter, the house exhibits the Queen Anne style with highly animated characteristics façade are apparent, but the most striking element is the three-story bell tower ascending above the main wrap-around asymmetrical porch is one story high and extends along both side walls. The balcony above is employed Colonial Revival detailing. Such Colonial Revival elements are identified in the large pediment the home. Cornice-lined dentils, brackets, and other wood details are additional classic ornamentation.
residents. Board-and-batten siding and elaborately carved wood details adorn the upper pediment. Fenestrations glass. Many of the windows are decorated with cornices and carved wood details, or feature transoms above. irregular. The roof line is made up of a hipped roof with lower cross gables and a side tower. Bay windows create plan of the house. The plan massing is made up of a large rectangular form with undulations designated of the property. The parcel originally had a secondary structure on the bottom left corner of the property. 1997.
hall, living room library, dining room, and butlery on the ground floor and five bedrooms and two baths on Street. Victorian taste favored vertical emphasis in proportions so that ceilings were often high while doors plaster molding that detailed the top of walls. Paint colors of brown, black, olive green, and mauve were most Dark woodwork, dull wallpapers, drapery, carpets, and fabric-covered furniture created a sense of richness. described by Vlad Ionescu as the “moment when a building receives its cultural significance and speaks to fabrics, rugs, and wallpapers became available due to coal-tar-based dye.24 Victorian interiors lend themselves room, for there is no spot on which the owner has not left his mark—the ornaments on the mantel-piece,
7602 Hampson Street
1831
Laurent Millaudon purchased 24 lots of ground from Bernard Marigny
1866
Otto H. Karstendiek purchased 24 lots of ground making up Square 75
1870
1869
A.M. Agelasto purchased lots of ground from Karstendiek
7602 Hampson Street
Archival and Documentary Research Methods / Timeline
1833 / Charles F. Zimpel first platted the town of Carrollton
1872 Mrs. Syer
William chased
A.M.
1872 / Succession of Property unto Mrs. Virginia Peebles, wife of William Syer
1895
Bernard C. Shields purchased 3 lots of ground from Paul Heckler
1875 / Succession of Property unto Mrs. Charlotte Storer, mother of Mrs. Virginia Peebles
1896 / Building contract of residence construction was recorded
William Syer (widow of) purchased 24 lots of ground from Agelasto
1885
Paul Heckler purchased 6 lots of ground from Mrs. Charlotte Piffet
1910
purchased 24 from Otto H.
John D. Grace purchased 3 lots of ground from C. Shields
1916 / Builder John Lugenbuhl was contracted to make building repairs per plans drawn by Toledano, Wogan and Bernard, Architects.
1939
Lalise Moore, wife of Daliam O’brien Jr., purchased 3 lots of ground from Mrs. Virginia Grace rightful heirs
1935 / Succession of Property unto Mrs. Virginia Grace 1/9, Matthew A. Grace 1/9, Edwin H. Grace 1/9, Daniel H. Grace 1/9, Milton C. Grace 1/9, Harold S. Grace, 1/9, Mrs. Henry B. Cooley 1/9, Mrs. T.A. Maxwell 1/9, Michel Alcee Becnel Jr. 1/36, John Daniel Grace Becnel 1/36, Charles Lionel Becnel 1/36, Edwin Becnel 1/36
1988 / Declaration Subdivision
7602 Hampson Street
Archival and Documentary Research Methods / Timeline
Ann E. Benham, wife thy William Koerner
3 lots of ground from Moore, wife of Daliam Jr.
Alicia Martone, wife of David P. Bendana purchased property from Ann E. BenhamKoern-
1999 / Alicia Martone, wife of David P. Bendana, received Multiple Indebtedness Mortgage on property
2006 / Alicia Martone, wife of David P. Bendana, received Home Equity Mortgage through Morgan Chase Bank
2016 / Alicia Martone, wife of David P. Bendana file Reinscription of Mortgage by JP Morgan Chase Bank
Declaration of Title Chain by
2001 / The Sheriff of Orleans Parish, Louisiana filed Request for Notice of Seizure
wife of Timopurchased from Lalise Daliam O’brien
2020 / Alicia Martone, wife of David P. Bendana receive Home Equity Mortgage from Hancock Whitney Bank
Hancock Whitney Bank filed for Request for Notice of Seizure
2016 / Alicia Martone, wife of David P. Bendana file for Cancellation of Mortgage or Privilege from Mississippi Corporation
Research Guide / San Francisco
This project focused on applying the research skills you have acquired thus far in class in order to plan property the Greater New Orleans Region and so it is important to be able to identify resources in other locales quickly contemporary and historic record location relating to property research, and list all available resources present preparation of the Capstone Practicum Project.
Prior to Spanish Colonization in 1769, the San Francisco/Bay region was occupied by the Ohlone, a group crafts, music and dance were largely forgotten in the late 1700’s. However, they continue to live in the region Gaspar de Portola was the first recorded European in the San Francisco Bay region in 1769. He first sighted In 1821, the Spanish colony was taken over by the Mexicans with the interest of “exploiting California’s natural
Between 1849 and 1855, a population influx from 800 to 50,000 people was a result of the discovery of gold. In 1906, over eighty percent of the city was destroyed by an earthquake. Over 3000 people died and caused building, this was one of the most tragic natural disasters in American history, the city was rebuilt with strict standards.
In 1915, the World Fair boosted their economy and showcased their culture and diversity to the entire World. longest suspension bridge in the World.
Counterculture, the belief that peace and love were the answer to the World’s problems, It first began in the and instead advocated for free love, drugs, and alternative ways of living. The era peaked in 1967 during the
The city has a major history of Technology and Innovation. The first was the transcontinental railroad in WWII, defense contractors made the Bay Area their home. In addition, start-ups have found themselves in The city is known for its Victorian Era architecture, but in the 1970’s high-rises were introduced into the rapid growth has led to significant gentrification, homelessness, crime, and drugs. Since 2012, the city has consequences of COVID-19. It has battled social issues, homelessness, and building vacancies for many years.
The report documents all relevant reseach and archival resources for future use.
property research in areas outside of New Orleans. Many of you will ultimately find employment outside of quickly and efficiently. The deliverable should take the form of an outline-formatted step-by-step guide to present for the town or city you are focusing on. The selection of San Francisco, CA for this project aided in the
of Native Americans occupying the year from around 500 AD and onward. Their culture of rich language, region and there are efforts towards the preservation of their culture and traditions. sighted the Golden Gate Strait. Franciscan friars were of the first to settle the land of Dolores and San Rafael. natural resources, such as timber and gold”.
gold. The quick growth led to an extreme housing shortage and increased crime and corruption. building, road, and infrastructure damage. Fires also broke out and burned for several days after. Although standards.
World. Soon after, the Golden Gate Bridge completed construction on May 27, 1937. At the time, it was the
50’s when a group of writers and artists, the Beatniks, gathered. They rejected materialism and conformity, the “Summer of Love”.
1869. Later, it pioneered the use of electricity through the first street car line and streetlights. Following in the city. Today, tech companies headquarters, such as Apple and Facebook, are located here. the urban fabric. This also led to the BART system, accelerating the cities public transportation. The city’s has been named the most expensive city in the United States. Like all cities, San Francisco has reaped the years. However, it remains to be a city rich in culture and diversity.
17th c Catholic Churches / Adaptive Re-use / Fellowship
With the ever-increasing decline in religion across Western Europe, the conversations and resolutions regarding government entities, cultural heritage agencies, the church, its parishioners, and developers. Begging the question, Where churches once served a positive role in the community, they are increasingly going out of use throughout the religious population who attend weekly services. The decline has been greatest in France, Belgium, the Netherlands north in Finland and the Scandinavian countries, and further west in Ireland. As a result, these churches sit decay and demolition result in negative impacts on the emotional well-being of communities, both Christian 74). The Netherlands and the Cultural Heritage Agency of Netherlands have developed adaptive re-use solutions religious structures. The success of the physical survival of religious structures in the Netherlands is largely are apparent, as many argue that Dutch approaches to adaptive re-use are ‘too radical’.
This research will identifies the historical relevance of religion in the Netherlands, examples of adaptive re-use buildings. The role of churches are larger than religious symbolism and the landscape’s cultural heritage, sparked controversy regarding adapting, changing, or reusing churches (Netsch, 48).
The goal of this research project is to examine, analyze, and compare the perceptions of different types of re-use basis to identify why this study is relevant today:
What are the main contributors to the increase in church vacancies?
What are the perceptions of different types of adaptive re-use in Roman Catholic churches?
How can vacant churches house new uses for the needs of today’s society?
Historical Analysis
/ Demographics and religion in the Netherlands
/ Case study analysis and comparison
Ethnography and Interviews
/ On-line focus groups and questionnaires with developer’s and architect’s who participated in the adaptation prior to travel. This will give knowledge and background research for each case study
It has been noted that the secularization of Europe is undeniable. Society has become increasingly secularized 1990). Evidence in the Netherlands shows that “both organized religion and subjective religiosity have declined period did not have the theoretically expected effects.” (Lechner, 252) With the rise and continued increase strict with interpretations of re-use, these case studies show extreme cases that will therefore provide the
In efforts to address the controversies that have occasioned surrounding the re-use of Gothic Style architecture of the Netherlands that range in the preservation of cultural heritage and type of use: In Maastricht, Netherlands, architects, serves a commercial use and The Kruisherenhotel, designed by SATIJNplus Architecten, is an example was purchased and adapted for residential use. Lastly, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the Paradiso Concert
The goal of this research project is to examine, analyze, and compare the perceptions of different types of a basis to identify why this study is relevant today:
What are the main contributors to the increase in church vacancies?
What are the perceptions of different types of adaptive re-use in Roman Catholic churches? How can vacant churches house new uses for the needs of today’s society?
regarding adaptive re-use of sacred spaces have sparked several debates among various stakeholders –question, what is gained and what is lost on a human level when these spaces are altered for different uses? throughout western Europe. Their disuse has been largely contributed to secularization and the severe decline in Netherlands and Britain; whereas the overall level remains higher further south in Spain and Italy, further sit vacant to decay, become targets of crime and vandalism, or suffer from environmental degradation. Both Christian and non-Christian, who value the buildings for a variety of reasons that will later be discussed (Davie, solutions through many years of experience to provide a solution to the increasing vacancy and demolition of largely due to its dense population where space is too valuable to be left unused. Conflicts over adaptive re-use
re-use of catholic religious structures, and analyze the attitudes of different types of functions in prior religious heritage, but emphasizes the importance of social practices in the community. These underused structures have
re-use strategies in Roman Catholic Churches in the Netherlands. The following questions will help form a
/ Graphics and Visualization
/ Change in use over time
/ Observations of interactions with buildings
/ Comparison of perceptions
/ Present data analysis
/ Potential for suggestion of typology and protocal in future adaptive re-use churches
secularized which has resulted in a negative impact on the attendance of worshiping and church activities (Vries, declined in the Netherlands since the 1950s. Any deregulation and increases in pluralism that occurred in that increase in secularization, vacant churches will only increase. As the Roman Catholic denomination is the most most information on how to best adapt sacred architecture in the future.
architecture that served as a religious space for the community, I have focused on six case studies in three regions Netherlands, the Bookshop Selexyz Dominicanen, designed by Merkx and Girod and Satijnplus Restoration example of hospitality. In Utrecht, Netherlands, Maria Minor is categorized as mixed-use and Martinuskerk Hall serves its current use of civic architecture, and Oude Kerk is utilized as a public favor.
re-use strategies in Roman Catholic Churches in the Netherlands. The following questions will help form
Visitor Use / Fieldwork Observation
Case Study 1: Maria Minor
Visitor Use / Fieldwork Observation
Case Study 2: Sint Matrinskerk
Visitor Use / Fieldwork Observation
Case Study 3: St. Jakobus
Visitor Use / Fieldwork Observation
Case Study 4: Boekhandel Dominicanen
Visitor Use / Fieldwork Observation
Case Study 5: Kruisherenhotel
Visitor Use / Fieldwork Observation
Case Study 6: Paradiso
Visitor Use / Fieldwork Observation
Case Study 7: Oude Kerk
"Local residents did not believe contemporary art was suitable at first. But, we balanced the old with new contemporary artists. It is mindful and careful".
- MARIANNA VAN DER ZWAAG
Conclusion
Limitations / / Language barriers
/ Inability to interview prior parishioner’s
/ Lack of willingness to engage in survey’s
/ Difficulty partnering with organizations and those who engaged in the physical adaptation
/ My own biases of what makes architecture “sacred”
Key Takeaways
/ Site specific
/ “Reversability”
/ The building program
/ Engage with community
/ Historic intent influence in receptiveness
Adaptive Reuse
Takeaways
“Reversability” building should determine
with the surrounding intent of site may be an the communities receptiveness to adaptations
Future Exploration
Informing / / The case studies give a range of programmatic approaches to the adaptive reuses of the church typology and display different levels of community engagement.
MOVING FORWARD
/ The research preforomed aims to inform my knowledge of how to approach adaptive reuse and maintainging the cultural heritage of the place in my own professional practice in the future.
"That is the architectural idea here; that you bring in only what you need. You design it so that you can take it out. We call this reversibility".
- ROB BROUWERS
Reuse Churches
The
City that Sits on Water, but has No Water / Venice Wells
This project
Venice, Italy is a city of collective spirit. While there is a diverse set of public space, there is a set of typological, as socio-political solutions to follow a systematic function in an urban setting. As the city evolved, what condition where 118 islands have been linked by bridges to form one grouped urban fabric. Its lagoon reclamation, where rows of wooden posts and wattle fences (volparoni) or broad planks to retain infill, and Venice during the seventh to eighth centuries, however, there is no evidence of completely formed settlement
European cities depended on three sources of fresh water for their domestic and industrial needs—rivers, a dense network of cisterns for capturing, filtering and storing rainwater. There was no other place in Europe so carefully regulated as in the lagoon city. To explore Venice’s cistern-system, a range of primary sources and social historians, and archaeologists were analyzed. The decision to build smaller-scale domestic cistern situated. Venice is an example where the built environment was adapted to the need for fresh water. By the in order to supply these cisterns.
The way they functioned was quite simple. Rainwater was channeled through stone gratings into a sandy head. A funnel-shaped layer of clay was placed around the well to prevent saltwater infiltrating. The water the font: it was absolutely prohibited to approach the well with soiled hands or containers or to let animals
European cities depended on three sources of fresh water for their domestic and industrial needs including of cisterns for capturing, filtering and storing rainwater. Venice was not unique in relying on rainwater humanist and scholar Francesco Sansovino counted 147 “wells” in the city, each square having one. The English use of the citizens” in 1617, based on travels taken in the early 1590s. In 1768, the well population declined than bad”, the rest were either “acceptable, but more bad than good” or “bad”. Improvements were century, 160 were counted.
The use of wells became a daily domestic choir, and probate inventories reveal “the ubiquity of household be captured with large earthenware jugs for storage, copper buckets and ladles for drinking and cooking, dwellings. The well-head would be divided in two by a wall, for access by two adjacent units.This can be of several units located around a small courtyard. Hundreds of churches and cloisters were constructed territories, making it mandatory to give access to its wells at specific times of the day to all Venetian citizens.
In nineteenth century, 140 “semi-public” cisterns, located in courtyards, and several thousand private cisterns were recorded. have one or more wells, corresponding [in size] to the overall land area they occupy”. Wells were the key to unlock them twice a day, morning and evening, at the toll of the “well bell” calling residents to are in use today, about 600 remain in the Venetian campias a testament to the history and art of this engineering However, after the sixteenth century, significant development in Venetian buildings were made: “stone drainpipes into the wells, where it is filtered of the larger particles, returning it to the people’s
The population growth the sixteenth century formed a new building style had been developed to house demand for more fresh water. The Architectural historian Giorgio Gianighian referred to the solution calling making the most of available space. The units were in a block of dwellings shared an internal by rainwater from the roof and the limited paving around the building”.
typological, material and structural components that create the collective. These public spaces were derived what was designed for function has taking a new life in the social sphere. Venice has a unique geographical lagoon is situated in the Veneto Region of Northeast Italy. The clearest sign of long-term settlement is land and was developed in the Roman period. These structures demonstrate extensive settlement activity in settlement in Venice until the ninth century.
spring-fed aqueducts and groundwater wells. Early modern Venice utilized an additional source through Europe with cisterns so systematic and widespread. The technology so sophisticated and the management sources (medical treatises, travelers’ accounts, archival records) and the contributions of architectural, medical cistern of the Mediterranean influenced how the adjacent buildings were constructed and where it was the sixteenth century much of Venice’s open space, its squares and streets, was dedicated to water capture
sandy sump that acted as a real filter, and was then collected in a central cistern situated below the wellwater was drawn up in buckets. Strict laws regulated the drawing of water and also controlled the purity of animals drink from it.
including rivers, spring-fed aqueducts and groundwater wells. Early modern Venice added a dense network rainwater cisterns, but its system is unique due to it being so heavily widespread for public use. Renaissance English visitor Fynes Moryson recorded that Venice had “one hundred and fifty wells for the common declined to 147 wells. Of these wells, only 105 of these were judged “good” or “acceptable, but more good made in the next decades, and by 1795 there were 157 public cisterns. By the beginning of the nineteenth
household implements”, where women would fetch, store, ladle out or wash with fresh water. The water would cooking, or brass pitchers, iron “fountains” and basins for washing. Wells were also found in multiple-occupant be seen in the structure at Cannaregio, a “humbler building type” which was made up of a single block around Venice, all of which had private wells. The Venetian Government always enforces its law on its citizens.
recorded. The density of private wells in Venice were described: “all of the grandest houses, palaces and convents were capped with heavy, iron covers and locked for most of the day. Sometimes only the local priest kept to fill their buckets. At the height of Venice’s prosperity, there were over 6,500 wells. While no wells engineering marvel, which perhaps could be adapted today in areas of the world suffering from drought. gutters wind all around the roof, along which the rainwater flows and down through hidden people’s benefit, there being norivers or groundwater in which fresh water might can be found”.
house more people. They incorporated indoor cisterns lying underneath the buildings to meet the resulting calling it the Venetian “complex” or “double house”. This building type was “adaptable, profitable and internal courtyard but had its own outer door, interior stairway and indoor underground cistern, fed
The Hydrolic Society
Types of Public Space
The Hydrolic Society
A Case Study / Campo San Polo
The Hydrolic Society Then vs.
Historic Preservation Practicum / Architectural Resources Group
To fulfill the final requirements of the Masters of Preservation Studies, Parker Heitzmann conduct Practicum Francisco, CA. The student joined the team working on a variety of architectural and material conservation Park (HUTR). The timeline of the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Park HSR began with pre-site from August through December 2025. The team included Kitty Vieth, Alicia Virani Senior Associate Architect, consultants assisted with the documentation including Gretchen Boyce, a cultural landscape historian from Engineers, Greg Bicher, an engineer with PAE Engineers, Pieter Colenbrander, the Principal at O’Mahony Employees, Joshua Ramsey and Herbert Dawson, were the clients on the project. The Practicum was overseen AP / Principal. Her role at ARG included working with innovative conservation techniques through research, survey and documentation, development of construction documents, coordination with consultants, selection completion of this Report outlines the experience, key topics, and project analysis will be provided to the demonstrates knowledge in the field and summarizes the real-world skills needed and acquired during this
Filoli is a historic house and gardens located on the ancestral lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone. The main Center, was built in 1996 and renovated in 2005. The student’s role in the work at the Filoli Visitor’s Center concept level through construction documentation, including site plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, client meetings. The student also gained insight in the design process through the clients perspective. The design process. The students’ involvement in the project took place during the entire duration of the students was the most critical in the development of the students’ professional experience.
The building located at 225 Bush Street was designed by George Kelham and constructed by Lindgren and was expanded to a “U” shape. The building at 225 Bush Street, also known as the Standard Oil Building, The building served as the headquarters for Standard Oil of California. The building at 225 Bush Street on the north elevation (Bush Street) and east elevation (Sansome Street) are divided horizontal into seven are divided into five or six sections. Large archways and brackets highlight the upper stories of the building. east facades, as well as west facade and the south facing facades or clad in terra cotta that has been glazed is in accordance with ASTM E2270 “Standard Practice for Periodic Inspection of Building Facades for Maintenance. The purpose of the inspection was to provide a critical examination of all exterior areas attached equipment, decorative elements such as brackets, shields, medallions, and attached fire escapes, percent general inspecion from the ground and at least 25 percent of the accessible facades were inspected was also performed.
The Practicum Report highlights one specific project that provides a precedent to show the students Architecture Historic Preservation Program. To clearly identify the learning outcomes during the experience, for its integration of planning, historic research, use of modern technology, sustainability, and materials site’s scope was unique to the south-west region, providing the student with exposure to materials and to entering the profession.
At the request of the National Park Service (NPS), Architectural Resources Group (ARG) prepared a Historic NHS). The HSR documented the evolution of the buildings and their existing conditions, provided a summary overall treatment approach. According to the contractual agreement between the National Park Service and projects for their continued use. This HSR focuses on the Trading Post (HB-1), the Hubbell Residence (HB-2), (HB-12).
Practicum research with Architectural Resources Group (ARG) from June to December of 2024 in San conservation projects but focused on a Historic Structures Report (HSR) of Hubbell Trading Post National Historic pre-site research in June, five days on site in the Navajo Region in June, and the completion of a final document Architect, Sarah Hahn Senior Associate Architectural Historian, and Mayank Patel Conservator. Additional from Groundwork Planning and Preservation, Damon Williams, a structural project engineer from SOHA O’Mahony & Myer, and Rod McNeely, the Principal at Provost & Pritchard Engineers. National Park Service overseen by three Committee Members, Allison Cruz, Aarthi Janakiramanm, and Kitty Vieth, AIA, LEED research, development, and implementation. Parker took on tasks including design studies, existing conditions selection of materials and finishes, participation in client and team meetings, and historical research. The the School of Architecture following the conclusion of my Practicum Project. The resulting capstone project this time.
main residence, a Georgian revival-style mansion, was built in 1917. Its adjacent structure, the Filoli Visitor Center as the architectural designer on the project. This involved creating all architectural drawings, from and demo plans/elevations. The student played an active part in the work and attended all internal and The Filoli team were ideal partners in this learning experience, having enthusiasm and being a part of the students Practicum. In addition to Hubbell Trading Post and the War Memorial Opera House, this project
and Swinerton in 1922. The original building footprint was an “L” shaped. In 1948, the building footprint was designed for John D. Rockefeller and modeled after the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Building. Street is constructed with granite, terra cotta, and brick, with steel frame construction. The primary facades seven sections with retail occupying the 1st floor and offce spaces on the rest of the floors. Other facades building. The retail level on the north and east facades are clad in granite. The upper levels of the north and glazed to replicate granite. The faces of the inner light well are clad in brick. The scope of the inspection Unsafe Conditions” as defined by San Francisco Ordinance No. 67-16, Building Facade Inspection and of 225 Bush Street including exterior walls, windows, cornices, parapets, walls supported at roof level, escapes, vents, lights, and other elements that pose a safety hazard if dislodged. The survey included a 100 inspected in detail per ASTM E2270, sections 10.3 and 10.4. A cursory interior leak survey of the exterior facade
ability to translate into practice the conservation concepts and principles taught in Tulane School of experience, Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site (HUTR) Historic Structure Report (HSR) was selected materials conservation; all primary objectives required to become a successful architect and preservationist. The construction methods not pertinent to the gulf-south and creating an improved well-roundedness prior
Historic Structure Report (HSR) for six buildings at Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site (HUTR summary of significance and integrity, outlined preservation objectives, and provided recommendations for an and ARG, the HSR document informs planning efforts for the buildings as NPS plans future rehabilitation (HB-2), the Barn (HB-3), the Guest Hogan (HB-6), the Wareroom Extension (HB-9), and the Visitor Center
