EMANCIPATION TRAIL CENTER
A MISSION TO NURTURE OCCUPANTS’ CULTURE AND CURIOSITY + TO ELEVATE THE BLACK COMMUNITY
LOCATION PROGRAM THIRD WARD, HOUSTON, TX MUSEUM & CULTURAL CENTER
*GROUP PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH MORGAN MENDENHALL
SITE
The building stands across the street from Emancipation park, a culturally charged site in Third Ward, and is designed to connect heavily to the park.
FINAL SITE OF THE EMANCIPATION TRAIL
This cultural center is an addition to the Emancipation National Historic Trail, which starts in Galveston and continues with many sites in Houston, culminating at the Emancipation Trail Center. The building is designed with the intention to educate about the cause and making of the trail, remember the experiences and celebrate the culture of the Black community, and to create a safe community space for Third Ward residents.
The public programs are concentrated toward the south side of the building to connect with the park, while private programs such as offices are designed to be on the north side of the building. The building is “protected” on either side with an entrance sector to the east and a private sector to the back. The focal points are offerings to the public as welcoming areas into the safe space of the building.
THIRD
RAINSCREEN LOG CABIN
The African American tradition of quilting lives in the exterior represent safety: the log cabin and the flying geese. The inspiration from the buildings of Emancipation Park.
SUNSCREEN FLYING GEESE
exterior cladding and the screen system. Both patterns
The colors of the terracotta rainscreen panels take
I BIODEGRADE IN 3 TO 6 MONTHS I BIODEGRADE 3 TO 6 MONTHS
AN ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON AN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN PROJECT
LOCATION PROGRAM THIRD WARD, HOUSTON, TX
BIODEGRADABLE ACTIVATOR OF GREEN SPACES & COMMUNITY
*INDIVIDUAL PROJECT
Greater Third Ward Houston suffers from a food desert and a lack of access to parks. represents a missed opportunity to activate green spaces in the neighborhood. The and “growing” for a safer and greener Third Ward community.
Food Desert*
*USDA Low Income/Low Access Parks
VACANT LOTS IN THIRD WARD
parks. The abundance of vacant lots in the area poses a danger to residents and The strategy of this project is to activate vacant lots with programs of “playing”
Vacant Lots Schools Existing Parks Main Road/METRO Routes
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I BIODEGRADE IN 3 TO 6 MONTHS
I BIODEGRADE IN 3 TO 6 MONTHS
The Play-and-Grow Box allows play to lead the way to gardening. Prioritizing accessibility and sustainability, it comes with instructions written into the materials and biodegrades in 3 to 6 months. The Spring Box and Fall Box contain different seeds (vegetables, herbs, and native wildlflowers) according to the growing seasons of Houston. With this simple design, the vacant lots of Third Ward are given life and residents are able to engage with nature and their community.
Cardboard Sleeve: for structure and seed paper storage
Compost Section
Compost Breakdown: (underground) 1/2” wide holes for worms
Hemp Paper
Biodegrades in 3-6 months
Seed Paper
Biodegrades in 2-6 weeks
Biodegrades in 6-8 months
Seed paper is provided on the top with origami instructions. Once the paper is used up and the plants are started to grow around the lot, the box is ready to be used as a compost bin. The bottom of the box is perforated with 1/2” wide holes to allow for worms to come in and break down the compost, adding nutrients into the surrounding soil.
Cardboard
FOR URBAN GARDENING IN HOUSTON
Radish Turnip
Cilantro
Gulf Coast Penstemon
Texas Lantana Parsley
Cabbage
Green Beans*
Okra Squash
Oregano
Rosemary Autumn Sage
Eastern Purple
Coneflower
Black-eyed Susan
GROW
ORIGAMI HOW-TO
apertomakeanairplane,craneorbutterfly!
Usetheseedpapertomakeanairplane,crane
Usetheseedpapertomakeanairplane,craneorbutterfly! Tossthemaroundthelotandwatchplantsandflowersgrow.
GREENSPOINT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
A RESPONSE TO HOUSTON’S FLOODING AND LACK OF AFFORDABLE AND SAFE HOUSING
LOCATION PROGRAM GREENSPOINT, HOUSTON, TX AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMPLEX & MASTER PLAN
*GROUP STUDIO RESEARCH & INDIVIDUAL DESIGN
Many Greenspoint residents are disproportionately affected by Houston flooding due to many units and homes having been built in the floodway. Susan Roger’s Spring 2023 ARCH 5500 studio compiled collective research on Greenspoint to find the optimal sites to relocate these homes and determine where new housing construction can be placed to meet housing demand.
GREENSPOINT
Families with Children
Mixed demographics: Different family types and ages create a more diverse and supportive communityi.e. an older, retired couple can look after a single mother’s child while she is at work.
Eyes on the street: With lines of visibility from the front and back of homes, members of the community can look out for one another
Couples with No Children
Seniors
Single parents Families with children Families with children
PRODUCE FARM + SOLAR FARM
PARK PROPOSAL
CEMETERY
Green Space Proposal Parks Basins Housing Schools
100 Year Floodplain
500 Year Floodplain Floodway
In a group of 3, a large scale section of north Greenspoint was redesigned to provide access to green spaces and public transit, resolve the food desert, and increase affordable housing units. This quarter of Greenspoint was split into plots of land for each individual of the team to focus on.
This affordable housing project prioritizes diverse and multigenerational households, challenging the assumption that most households are the nuclear family type. A cohesive and walkable community is designed through shared courtyards and amenities, a central farmer’s market, and pocket parks.
FARMER’S MARKET CONNECTED TO FARM THREE AXES: 1.
Connects farmer’s market to farm Connects to main park of the whole site Connects to transit and rest of Greenspoint
Bus Stops
ROOF DECK
ROOF DECK
512 units reside in this housing complex with pocket parks throughout. The parks feature a soccer field in the middle, basketball courts, tennis courts, gazebos, and picnic benches. A farmer’s market runs through the middle, connecting the north and south sections of the complex.
FARMER’S MARKET
POCKET PARK
PARK
The units feature 1 bed-1 bath (128), 2 bed-2 bath (256), 2 bed-1 bath, and 3 bed-2 bath (128) to accommodate different family types and sizes.
STREET POCKET PARK BIKE LANE
FARMER’S MARKET
CRESTWOOD RESIDENCE
Overlooking the Hogg Bird Sanctuary in the Memorial area, the clients want to add a deck to outside their home. The site rests on a hill so the team had to work with the elevation change. A garage apartment for the clients’ visiting family
ARCHITECTURE
HAMMOND RESIDENCE
ST. MARK’S PLAYGROUND
An alteration and addition to an abandoned house in Heights Houston A pro-bono project to rejuvenate the St. Mark’s United Methodist School Playground with
ARISE COLLECTIVE
Stitching Stories is a 25-foot-long prison awareness quilt, crocheted by women incarcerated Correctional Institution for Women as they survived COVID in prison. This public art installation encapsulate the project into a more permanent form.
UC DAVIS COLLEGE - 48X COMPLEX ART
A suspended sculptural piece in UC Davis’s newest college on campus; heat-formed polycarbonate “birds” suspended from the ceiling on cables to create the form of a bird flock
incarcerated at North Carolina installation seeks to
The quilt squares will be translated into three-dimensional Folded Poetry and mosaics. The exhibit will initially be showcased in a custom-built shipping container, allowing it to be moved to different locations.
VENABLE MEMORIAL PARK PROPOSAL
The Dr. H. Phillip Venable Memorial Park rises from the legacy of racial residential segregation. the late 1950s after the Venable’s property was taken by eminent domain when they refused Creve Coeur. Considering his career as an opthamologist, the concept centers around something
DAYTON MEMORIAL PROPOSAL
On August 4, 2019, nine individuals were killed and nearly thirty-seven injured during a mass Strong with the symbol of a diamond, which this project uses as inspiration for the form of the
segregation. Rededicated in 2021, the park was developed in refused to sell it to their white neighbors, and later the City of something that was invisible is now visible and unconvered.
mass shooting in the Oregon District of Dayton, Ohio. The city took on the motto Dayton the memorial sculpture.
ENGRAVED
DICHROIC
Located in Bridgerland Technical College - Health Sciences Building in Logan, Utah A sculptural piece featuring thousands of sea glass pieces suspended from the ceiling in a “healix” form
ARTWORK ELEVATION / PLAN
TOCA MADERA
A sculptural project to enclose the patio of Toca Madera Houston, and designed to be modular to transport and install easily on the relatively cramped site; the overarching concept was “bird’s nest” to create a natural escape away from the adjacent bustling Allen Parkway
The team uses Grasshopper to holds, unrolling panels, and nesting
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KAYSVILLE CLIMBING WALL
Located in a gym in Kaysville, Utah; due to the minimal area of the site, the design incorporated
CLIMBING WALLS
to streamline repetitive processes, such as labeling panels, creating grids of holes and nesting panels on cut sheets.
incorporated four walls connected to each other for maximum climbing area