CHRIS DUNN //
Selected Works 2016
CHRIS DUNN is an architectural designer currently living in
Oakland, CA. He is from Charlotte, North Carolina, and is primarily interested in how to properly connect architecture with its predominantly urban context in order to create more cohesive and more liveable cities. Recently, he has also been excited about the possibilities that parametric and algorithmic modelling offer to designers, and hopes to utilize these tools in a manner which may change their role in architecture.
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300 CANAL STREET HARBOR ROW HOUSES KLØVERMARKEN INDUSTRIAL SITE REDEVELOPMENT JINTANG EXPANSION NEW ORLEANS DANCE ACADEMY SPIRAL ALGORITHM
300 CANAL STREET //
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA / 2014 / Mixed-Use High Rise
Mixing residences, offices, and retail spaces, this building is programmatically similar to New Orleans’ historic French Quarter fabric, condensed into a single 2,600 sq ft site. The tower thus emulates the successful French Quarter block typology’s organizational principles, allowing covered communal outdoor spaces to break up the mass of the building and bringing outdoor spaces within reach for all residents and visitors. Likewise, residences and offices are placed in close proximity to each other, allowing a re-interpretation the live-work scenario common to the French Quarter’s history.
Penthouses
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2 Bedroom Units
1 Bedroom Units
Offices
Outdoor Spaces
Studio Units
Retail Space
300 CANAL STREET
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View of Outdoor Spaces French Quarter Block
Tower Block
1// Uniform Distribution of Units
2// Creation of Shared Outdoor Space
3// Connective Circulation
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1 Office
Double Apt.
View of Penthouse View of Pool Deck
Single Apt.
12th Floor Plan 1’
5’
10’
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300 CANAL STREET Physical Model
04 View of River at 75’
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View of French Quarter at 95’
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HARBOR ROW HOUSES //
Pakhuskay, Copenhagen, Denmark / 2013 / Single-Family, 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath
When applying the rowhouse to a floating setting, it is crucial that family lifestyles be maintained. This project therefore looks to take advantage of a second-level public access path in order to place family living spaces at the core of the building. With bedrooms and bathrooms separated by stairs, the family is left with a clean space for living and for entertaining guests.
Roof Garden Family Bedrooms + Bathroom
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Boat Landing + Swimming Deck
Living Spaces + Kitchen
Student Room + Bathroom
Views of Harbor
Natural Light from South
HARBOR ROW HOUSES
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Overview of Two Units
Flexible Roof Space
07 Bedrooms + Bath
Balcony
Entry, Kitchen + Family Spaces
Student Bedroom + Bath
Boat Landing + Deck
Bridge across Harbor, With Bike Path and Sidewalk
HARBOR ROW HOUSES View of Entry and Living Space
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KLØVERMARKEN INDUSTRIAL SITE REDEVELOPMENT //
Kløvermarken, Copenhagen, Denmark / 2013 / Urban Plan + Sports and Community Center
On the island of Amager, an increasingly urban suburb of Copenhagen, sits Kløvermarken, a cluster of twenty-five sports fields. These fields lie just beyond a large industrial site, separating them from both Copenhagen and Amager itself. This project establishes paths through a redevelopment of the industrial site in order to connect Copenhagen and Amager with the fields of Kløvermarken. Mixed use buildings following the city’s courtyard paradigm are established on the site in order to help satisfy the city’s housing shortage and ensure the prolonged vitality of the area. Centrally-located is a Sports and Community Center built onto an existing pumping station. This Center will provide a vital social and activity hub for residents of the new community, and will act as a welcome center to new visitors. Map of Copenhagen showing connections to the site 1 km N
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Existing buildings in orange, and route carved into new urban mass Historic City Center
Definition of building masses and creation of public spaces
Sports Fields Site
Amager
KLØVERMARKEN INDUSTRIAL SITE REDEVELOPMENT Mixed Use, High Commercial Activity Mixed Use, Some Commercial Activity Offices Housing Community + Sports Center
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Carving Access to Existing Building Floor
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Overview of Sports and Community Center View of Sports and Community Center
KLØVERMARKEN INDUSTRIAL SITE REDEVELOPMENT
Theater
Lounge
Section through Theater and Lounge 1m
5m
10m
View of Lounge + Entry to Café
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JINTANG EXPANSION / NEW URBAN QUARTER //
Jintang, Sichuan, China / 2014 / Urban Plan
As a satellite town of the massive Chengdu, Jintang is poised for significant growth. The town seeks to establish a new dense urban quarter connecting its old city and riverfront areas to the new highway and universities across the river. This new quarter takes its grid from the river’s curvature, while also carving a new waterway park through the new center. The resulting series of park spaces connect the city’s various districts and neighborhoods both to each other and to the river, while also following district boundaries, increasing both pedestrian access and legibility. Civic Functions CBD, Mixed Use, Offices Cultural Functions, Museum, Bars Commercial, Retail, Mixed Use Primarily Residential Mixed Use
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Radial Grid Following River
Modern Jintang Historic Jintang Existing Universities
Community Clusters, Parks + Waterways
JINTANG EXPANSION
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View of Stadium Park 3D Overview
View above
NEW ORLEANS DANCE ACADEMY //
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA / 2013 / Dance School with Performance Spaces
In creating a place which honors dance, public access to spaces of performance is critical. Additionally, an effective method of grouping and relating dance studios is imperative as students learn dance. The solution to both was found by establishing a circulatory pattern that meanders through the building in a manner which encourages chance encounters. Circulation therefore offers a multiplicity of routes between destinations in the building, but all are related in such a way as to invite occupants to join into the dance which the project seeks to celebrate.
Massing
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Public
Circulation
Service
School
NEW ORLEANS DANCE ACADEMY
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NEW ORLEANS DANCE ACADEMY View of Entry to School
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Facade Assembly
SPIRAL ALGORITHM // Modeling in Grasshopper / Lighting Fixture Initially thought of as a filter for light, this project evolved into a spiral form that can be parametrically changed into an infinite number of configurations. This is constructed with a series of concentric, spiralshaped masses (step 3 below) which are duplicated and rotated to provide structure and enclosure. The whole form is therefore simultaneously expressive of its tectonic construction, the light-altering curvature of its surfaces, and the nature of its physical fabrication.
1 // Spiral created
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2 // Spiral copied, shifted
3 // Spirals lofted into one mass Photo of 3D Print
4 // Spiral copied, mirrored
5 // Mass created for support
6 // Completed form Spiral used as lamp
SPIRAL ALGORITHM Photo of 3D Print
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SPIRAL ALGORITHM
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