JACOB BEEBE
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA Architecture Portfolio
CENTRE FOR COMMUNITY San Martin De Las Canas, Jalisco, Mexico fourth year - Study Abroad
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WAYFAYER’S STATION Eastern Gobi Desert Steppe, Mongolia second year
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THE MESSENGER: TOWER MUSEUM Lake Jocassee, South Carolina, USA second year
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PARK AVE. HOTEL 57th St and Park Ave, Manhattan, NY, USA fourth year
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THE ATHENAEUM Charleston, South Carolina, USA third year
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LUMINAIRE Gainesville, FL, USA fourth year
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Tectonic Pavilion Site Unspecified fourth year
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INTERNATIONAL WEAVING INSTITUTE Charleston, South Carolina, USA third year
Selected Works 2006-2009
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MANHATTAN BLOCK Clinton, New York, USA fourth year
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Centre For Community San Martin De Las Canas, Jalisco, Mexico critic_Alfonso Perez-Mendez Design 8_Summer 2009
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Bar
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Main Community Room
Locker Rooms/Showers
The design for the community center is based off incorporating the many needs of the town into one building that can accommodate them. After observation, a meeting hall, the reworking of the public plaza, an accompanying gathering space and activation of the adjacent field were the most evident needs of the project. The meeting hall is situated on the second floor of the building and is perceived as a multi-functional/flexible space. The room is sized to hold 100 people comfortably and can be used for many functions including banquets, weddings, meetings, conferences and any other large social gatherings. The existing basketball court was rethought as an integral public plaza that folds out of the community center and invites people into the building. This plaza is constructed in a manner that allows for a wide array of activities ranging from weddings to public markets and sporting events.
Sports, games and drinking Elements of group interaction: the ability of these to affect development of community spaces
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Wayfayer’s Station Eastern Gobi Desert Steppe, Mongolia critic_Nancy Sanders and J.J. Eckler design 4_Spring ‘08
MATERIAL STUDIES: Using hydrogen peroxide and bleach as a catalyst for rusting metal
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The station is constructed for semi-nomads traveling from one side of the mountain to the middle of the desert where they may set up camp. They can stop here to gather supplies and rejuvenate from their travels. The station is located in the center between two points of travel and distant from the mountains. The area from the edge of the mountains and the station is traversable in no more than three days. Additionally, it is not visible from the mountains and appears as a mirage of displaced ground that slowly appears as one crosses the desert. The station is self-supporting of energy needs as it funnels wind to produce energy and gathers water from ground wells and through collection of precipitation. Furthermore, the resident scientists and nomads alike both participate in research efforts. In exchange for participating, the nomads are provided places to setup yurtas in a group setting.
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B Plan Generating section through study models
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= section B
Carving
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The Messenger: Tower Museum Lake Jocassee, South Carolina critic_Nancy Sanders and J.J. Eckler design 4_Spring ‘08 The context of the urban conditions melting out of Lake Jocassee helped construct the structure of the vertical plane, taking into consideration the surrounding towns of Seneca, Keowee, and Six Mile. The way the cities differ in complexity influenced the way the spaces were shaped. As the building intervenes within the site, it makes a connection between the current urban context and the ruins of Jocassee, which now sits below the water. This allows the structure to become a messenger creating a seam between the present and the past. When using the city of Isaura as a generative device, a direct connection between the ropes and wells in Isaura to the vertical composition of spaces in the tower is developed. During assembly, the space for the museum was developed as the main point of structure. The museum creates a notion of a knot in the middle of the tower which holds all of the ideas together. It resembles a bucket in a well in the city of Isaura. Light was a guiding factor in development of each specific space within the tower. Given that light does not travel far below the water line, there would be a well for incoming sunlight.
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Park Ave. hotel 57th St and Park Ave, Manhattan, NY In collaboration with Andrew Fischer critic_Alfonso Perez-Mendez Design 7_Spring ‘09
Sociology of a Hotel - Analysis into existing hotel operations showed a direct relationship between the scale of the street and the scale of the tower. The hotel relies on this relationship to keep functioning. As the hotel engages the street, it interacts with the people of the city and lures them upwards into the hotel. Public spaces are placed throughout the hotel to entice the public visitors to come up through the hotel so they are not interacting with it just at the street level. The placement of the public spaces (gym/pool, restaurant and shopping center) within the section requires a city occupant to ascend into the hotel and interface with it at a new scale.
Analysis of existing buildings to develop the theory of a section
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BUILDING SKIN AND HUMAN INTERACTION AT THE SCALE OF A CITY: THE SKIN IS CONSTRUCTED FROM C-CHANNELS OF GLASS THAT WRAP AROUND THE ENTIRE BUILDING. THE GLASS ALTERNATES BETWEEN TRANSLUCENT AND TRANSPARENT PIECES AS SHOWN IN THE SECTION. THIS TRANSITION BETWEEN OPACITIES CREATES VARYING CONDITIONS SO THAT EACH ROOM HAS A DIFFERENT DESIRED EXPERIENCE.
Section through Park Ave.
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section through 57th Street
skin
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structure
private
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The Athenaeum Charleston, South Carolina critic_Martin Gundersen design 6_Spring ‘09
Intervening within A Charleston neighborhood Creating a social space within the Charleston context through the Athenaeum: an institution, such as a literary club or scientific academy, for the promotion of learning. More so, the athenaeum is a place, such as a library, where printed materials are available for reading. The construction and placement of the athenaeum provides a place for residents of the community to gather and share books and other reading materials. The library is housed on the second floor in the main interior space. Through vertical circulation, occupants can occupy an outdoor patio on the first floor and a garden and small water feature on the ground floor.
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Luminaire critic_Tom Smith Environmental Technology II_Fall ‘09 CONTEXT: Dining setting within Falling Water designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
TASK: Lighting the surface of the dining table while also providing sufficient, playful light to the surrounding walls.
SOLUTION: The design of the luminaire implements various strategies to solve the task. Pine rings are strategically placed to provide structure and a rhythm that relates to the surrounding context. The plexi tiles are angled in plan to reflect and diffuse the light outward according to the material. The musicality of the plexi tiles takes inspiration from the playfulness of the stone walls within the space.
LAMP SPECIFICATIONS: 3 - 13 Watt Micro Mini soft white CFL’s (60 watt replacement) 825 Lumens per bulb
MATERIALS: Pine Plexiglas [smoked and frosted]
Elevation
Smoked Plexi Frosted Plexi
Calligraphy of Plexi Pieces Layed out
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Looking up into lamp
Frosted Plexi
Wood Plate
Conceptual Sketches
Braided Safety Wire x8FT.
Smoked Plexi
CFL x3
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Tectonic Pavilion critic_Alfonso Perez-Mendez Design 8_Summer ‘09
This project was a prelude to my study abroad in Guadalajara, Mexico. There was no program or site given. The goal was simply to construct a pavilion of tectonic calligraphies that had primary, secondary and tertiary elements all relating to Semper’s four elements of architecture: hearth, roof, enclosure, and mound.
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International Weaving Institute Charleston, South Carolina critic_Martin Gundersen and Bradley Walters Design 6_Spring ‘09
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This is a 15,000 square foot international weaving center placed in downtown Charleston, South Carolina where individuals come to learn about the history, process and art of weaving. Weaving has become somewhat of a lost art in America. This center’s main purpose is to revive the art by bringing in other cultures’ history and techniques of weaving so that they may influence our knowledge of the art. The center is meant to facilitate the processes of weaving by teaching and experimentation and then presenting these pieces of art to the public. The building is separated into two main elements comprised of process spaces and presentation spaces. The two main parts are stitched together by an element housing both circulation and storage of the materials needed for weaving, thus creating an interesting interplay between the two.
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Manhattan Block Clinton, New York In collaboration with Andrew Fischer critic_Alfonso Perez-Mendez Design 7_Fall ‘09 The proposal involves bringing the oasis of Dewitt Clinton Park into the middle of the belvedere of a New York City block. The oasis within the block helps shape the construction of the surrounding buildings.
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north-east elvation
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The plaza is constructed as a connector between the hustle and bustle of the NYC street scene and the residential living units that occupy most of the surrounding Clinton neighborhood. It provides a place for a community cafe setting in the summer. A community center is constructed adjacent to the park that provides facilities to assist the park year-round. A movie theater and line of commercial spaces occupy the rest of the ground level to suck up the street activity and bring it into the site. The towers hold apartments for the residents of the neighborhood.
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cross sections
community center
restaurants
movie theaters
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plan
section looking north-east
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I would like to thank my family, friends, professors and all of those who have continually encouraged me to always strive for the best.