architecture portfolio r chris daemmrich
Robert Christopher Daemmrich 7431 Freret Street New Orleans, LA 70118 (512) 922-6147 rdaemmri@tulane.edu Tulane University M.Arch/B.Arch Major: Political Science Class of 2017
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mardi gras indian institute UPTD_Make
UPTD_make
exploring the city
museum of the city
recreation deserts study
works selected
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pavilion of pathways
spaces for the body
caroline richardson reimagined
independent work
Architecture is a way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people with optimism.
oscar niemeyer
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mardi gras indian institute
professor: charles jones central city, new orleans january 2014-present
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Beginning with student-filmed inteviews of Mardi Gras Indian chiefs, this project proceeded with an interpretation of these interviews as an artistic installation for a local community center, then culminated in the design of a Mardi Gras Indian Institute in Central City. Partership with Indian chiefs continued throughout all phases of the project.
installation for a. l. davis park community center collaborative project with jordan conway, haley lindsley and ben tulman
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UPTD_Make
professor: marcella del signore march 2014 Project for rail terminus in New Orleans, preserving and adapting the 1950s intermodal station into a modern landmark. Designed using RHINO 3D modeling software and plugins, including 123DMake.
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Dull, inert cities contain the seeds of their own destruction. But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with energy enough to carry over for problems and needs outside themselves. jane jacobs
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exploring the city
new orleans - september 2013 to present Analysis and exploration of New Orleans’ urban systems informed this mapping exercise, which analyzed both historical and current conditions. Systems under examination include fresh food availability (map at left) and transit access (map at right). loyola avenue streetcar, november 2013
circle food store, opening week, january 2014
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pounding the pavement
The OC Haley Boulevard (Dryades Street) district was analyzed, mapped and modeled to identify patterns in its settlement and development. Patterns analyzed and mapped included, from left to right on facing page: building use and occupancy blight and crime incidence employment and population
professor: scott ruff - october 2013
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museum of the city
professor: scott ruff - november 2013 collaborative project with christophe g blanchard
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bookcase detail
Rigorous study of the OC Haley Blvd corridor in Central City led to this design for a theoretical museum incorporating formal and spatial elements derived from the authentic urban experience of New Orleans.
facade detail
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East Shore Playground
Kingswood Playground
recreation deserts study Maria Goretti Playground
Kenilworth Park
Lake Oaks Park
Joe Brown Park
Barrow Stadium
London Park
Lakeshore Park Lake Terrace Park
Wimbledon Playground
West End Park
Ponchartrain Park Joseph M Bartholemew Golf Course
National Square
Mickey Retif Playspot
Digby Playground Ponchartrain Park Joseph M Bartholomew Golf Course
Tiara Park Peridot Park
Ponchartrain Playground
Pradat Playground
City Park Bayou Oaks Golf Course
Fleur de Lis Park
Werner Playground
Robert Playspot--
St Anthony Walking Path
Fillmore Playground
City Park - Bayou Oaks Golf Course
Milne Playground
City Park Driving Range
Miltenberger Park
Harris Playground
Gentilly Greenway
Mirabeau Park
Catina Park Oak Park
New Basin Canal Park
Gernon Brown Rec Center
St Anthony Greenway Matt Savoie Soccer Complex
Wisner Trail
City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center Baseball/Softball Fields
Sunken Gardens Park
Popp Fountain City Bark Dog Park
Pan-American Stadium Union Playground
Track & Sports Fields City Park Festival Grounds
St Anthony Walking Path
Tad Gormley Stadium
McKay Playspot
Delgado Playground
Level of Park Service
Edith Sampson Playground
Baseball Field Perry Roehm Stadium Botanical Garden
Kirsh-Rooney Stadium
Storyland
Florida Greenway
Big Lake Trail
McCue Playground
City Park Desmare Playground
Odile Davis Park
Hardin Park
Highest
AP Tureaud Greenway Fortier Park
Stallings Playground
Franklin Greenway
AP Tureaud Park
Kruttschnett Place
St Patrick Playground
Oliver Bush Playground
St Roch Playground
DeSoto Park
Bunny Friend Playground Hunter’s Field
North Claiborne Greenway
Richard Lee Playground
St Roch Walking Path
Dreyfous Playspot
Conrad Playground (Frederick Square)
Little Flower Playground
Comiskey Playground
Copelin-Byrd Thompson Rec Center
Esplanade Trail
Lafitte Greenway
Larry Gilbert Stadium
Washington Square
Cuccia-Byrnes Playground (Lincoln Park)
Sam Bonart Playground
Treme Recreation Center Cabrini Playground Lemann Playground Gravier Park
Harrell Stadium
Norwood Thompson Playground
Jackson Square
Palmer Park
Lowest
Broad Place Park
Duncan Plaza
McDonogh Memorial Park Broadmoor Playspot
Delcazel Playground Lafayette Square
Cadiz Park
Flanders Playspot
Dublin Place
Taylor Park
Napoleon Linear Park
Lee Circle
Fischer Place
Fox Playground
McDonogh Playground A L Davis Park
Behrman Memorial Park Behrman Stadium
Mardi Gras Blvd Trail Van McMurray Playground
Magellan Playspot Coliseum Square
Fischer Playground
Audubon Park Evans Park
Annunciation Square
GW Carver Playground
Samuel Square
Audubon Park Golf Course
Skelly-Rupp Baseball Stadium
Atkinson-Stern Tennis Center Sophie Wright Park
Daneel Playspot
Woodland Park Audubon Park Trail
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Latter Library Grounds
Habans Playground Burke Playground (Clay Square)
Market Place
Cut Off Playground Soraparu Playground
Bodenger Playground
Children’s Library Laurence Square Playspot
Norman Playground
Valence Street BC
The Fly
Gilmore Park Audubon Park Tennis Center Avenger Playground
Lyons Playground & Rec Center Peters Playspot
Wisner Playground
River Park Playspot
Brechtel Park Golf Course
Brechtel Park
Collins Playspot
professor: richard campanella - spring 2014 Mapping and analysis of the location and functions of parks in the City of New Orleans under the administration of its three different public entities concerned with recreation in an effort to determine the location of areas lacking in park amenities, and to determine where these amenties should be improved.
rec league football, A.L. Davis Park, Central City
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pavilion of pathways
professor: marcella del signore theoretical site - april 2013
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Architecture is experienced through roaming around. The difference between architecture that is dead and architecture that is alive depends on whether or not the law of roaming has been brilliantly obeyed.
le corbusier
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A path winds back and forth through the pavilion, providing the user with a diverse experience of both the natural site and the built structure. The path ends, as Corbusier’s buildings did,at the building’s highest point, in a rooftop terrace with a commanding view of the site below.
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spaces for the body
All architecuture is shelter; all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts or stimulates the persons in that space.
philip johnson
professor: marcella del signore - february 2013
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caroline richardson reimagined
An investigation into space and form, this design for an addition onto an existing 1960s library building at Tulane University explores theories of depth and layering in art and architecture through analysis of Giorgio Morandi.
professor: tracie ashe november 2013
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independent work
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