caroline guinn m.arch i candidate 2016 tulane school of architecture
t a b l e o f c o n t e n t s: I Building Arts Institute II Surface Mediation III Mardi Gras Indian Cultural Institute IV Museum of the City V New Orleans Urban Analysis- Marigny VI Fashion Atelier: Lincoln Center
Building Arts Institute // New Orleans, LA Tulane University Fall 2014 Critic: Kentaro Tsubaki The Building Arts Institute is a community building for local artisans in the New Orleans area. Its mission is to ensure that the public understanding and appreciation of the building trades as an art form continues to evolve over time. The site of the institute is a city block located in uptown New Orleans. The project focused on siting strategies, programming, and material articulation and assemblage details. My project evolved from the three different ideas at three different scales. The large idea deals with the site. I chose to place the institutue in an old and thriving neighborhood as a way to join a network thats already established. The medium idea deals with site strategy within the block. I chose to place the education program on a street that already houses two schools as a way to link the existing schools and create an education corridor. The campus style layout of my design allows for maintainig the foot print and scale of the existing neighborhood. The overall program creates a solid/ void axial alignment with the surrounding building fabric. The small idea deals with the perimeter entrance wall that was designed out of brick. This wall system, comprised of brick panels, expands and creates new limits with an old material through the use of steel and brick while creating a threshold condition as the entrance to the institute.
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project I
SARATOGA
level two
BORDEAUX
VALENCE
DANEEL
site plan
educate perform fabricate
fabricate
perform
fabricate fabricate
diagram depicting program and circulation
level one plans
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longitudinal section
latitudinal section
main entrance (east) elevation
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north elevation
south elevation
west elevation
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brick wall panel system plan view
wall section at entrance
basswood model of brick wall panel system at entrance
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Surface Mediation Tulane University Fall 2014 Critic: David Merlin The intention behind the design of the “floating staircase� is that it acts as a subtle floating sculpurtal object. The staircase achieves this by its hallowness design. Made from a dark stone, the staircase is suspended from the ceiling by a system of steel cables to obtain this floating effect. The bottom of one stair extends out to form the top of the next, creating a continuous surface from the first level to the second.
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stair detail
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Mardi Gras Indian Cultural Institute // New Orleans, LA Tulane University Spring 2014 Critic: Andrew Liles The funcion of the Mardi Gras Indian (MGI) Cultural Institute is centered around this notion of Make, Show, Live. The art of sewing is what makes the Mardi Gras Indian Culture such a strong and lasting tradition. As a way of honoring this richness of sewing, the function of this building will incorporate this art by serving as an educational center to share this this craft to the public. My design goals were to keep the first level transparent for the public with the second and third level more private for those learning the art of sewing as well as for the Mardi Gras Indians.
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project III
basswood massing model at 1/32”=1’0”
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diagram of lasalle corridor fourth street axis
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latitudinal section
longitudinal section
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gallery
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main entrance
site plan
sewing room
diagram of lasalle corridor
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Museum of the City // New Orleans, LA Tulane University Fall 2013 Critic: Tom Holloman In Collaboration with Leeanna Miller The site for the Museum of the City was located at 619 Frenchman Street, current home of the Frenchman Street Art Market. The area of the site was 23’ x 160’. My design themes when developing the Museum of the City stemmed from analyzing the city of New Orleans as well as the Marigny neighborhood. The themes that drove the design were overlapping spaces, the ways a certain view can change ones experience, this idea of the center of the city block serving as an anchor, and disolving boundaries between indoor and outdoor space. Transitioning from the busy street into the museum is achieved through an outdoor breezeway leading you into the Museum of the City. As you circulate throughout the museum on these linear paths, you arrive at the outdoor courtyard (pictured on the right ) to end the museum visit with the famous New Orleans Jazz tunes.
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site plan of 619 frenchman street and surrounding area SITE PL AN SCALE : 1/32” = 1’ - 0”
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basswood model
basswood model in site
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exterior perspective
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linear gallery
cube: gallery extension
main entrance
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Urban Analysis // New Orleans, LA Tulane University Fall 2013 Critic: Tom Holloman A study was done to observe and analyze the city of New Orleans through a series of diagrams. These diagrams looked at its region, its overall form, history, structure, and its constituent neighborhoods. The above right diagram illustrates the area along the Mississippi that is above sea level. The diagram on the immediate right illustrates a hierrarchy of building fabric along the Mississippi and the interstate. The diagram on the opposite page synthesizes findings found through these studies showing low lying areas, high lying areas, and the current water system.
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synthesis diagram of the marigny neighborhood of new orleans
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side view of synthesis model
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syntheis model in plan view
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Fashion Atelier: Lincoln Center // New York, NY New York/Paris Columbia University Fall 2012 Critic: Jane Kim My project manifested through an obsession with reflection. From captured reflection in windows of the Opera House and the Theatre at Lincoln Center, I diagrammed circulation of light and virtual construction of perceived space. Forms that were created in this diagram served as construction guides to my Fashion Atelier.
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diagram showing virtual construction of perceived spaces
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longitudinal section of model
fashion atelier constructed from woven bristol board
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