CHRIS DUNN //
Selected Works
CHRIS DUNN is a fourth-year student at the Tulane School of
Architecture in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is from Charlotte, North Carolina, and has a prevailing interest 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 design offer to both architecture and urban design, and he most enjoys working in three-dimensions, either through software or with physical models.
CONTENTS NEW ORLEANS DANCE ACADEMY
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LIGHT CATCHER
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HARBOR ROW HOUSES
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KLØVERMARKEN INDUSTRIAL SITE REDEVELOPMENT
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ADAPTIVE CIRCULATION SPACES
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CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT CREDIT UNION
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NEW ORLEANS DANCE ACADEMY //
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; 2013
In creating a place which honors dance, public access to spaces of performance is critical. However, an effective method of grouping and relating dance studios is also imperative as students learn dance. The solution to both was found by establishing a single cohesive circulation core throughout the height of the building. This core offers a multiplicity of routes between destinations in the building, but all are related in such a way as to encourage the occupant to join into the dance which the project seeks to celebrate.
Massing
01 Public
Circulation
Service
School
NEW ORLEANS DANCE ACADEMY
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NEW ORLEANS DANCE ACADEMY
Courtyard
Dance Studio
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Backstage
Service + Support Spaces
NEW ORLEANS DANCE ACADEMY Construction + Facade Assembly
View of Entry to School
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LIGHT CATCHER // 3D Print, Modeling in Grasshopper Initially thought of as a filter for light, this project evolved into a deceptively complex form that can be rapidly changed into a surprisingly different array of configuartions. This is constructed with only four masses, each of which runs in a spiral. Three of these spiral masses run in the same direction and are roughly equivalent; the fourth mass rotates opposite the first three, meaning that it bridges all three continuously, and vice versa. The whole form is thus simultaneously expressive of its tectonic construction, the lighting qualities of its massing, and the nature of its physical fabrication.
Spiral created
Spiral copied, shifted
Spirals lofted Photo of 3D Print
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Spiral copied, mirrored
Mass created for support
Final Light Catcher as lamp
LIGHT CATCHER Photo of 3D Print
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HARBOR ROWHOUSES //
Pakhuskay, Copenhagen, Denmark; 2013
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
Boat Landing + Swimming Deck
Living Spaces + Kitchen
07 Student Room + Bathroom
Views of Harbor
Natural Light from South
HARBOR ROW HOUSES
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Site Map
Overview of Single Unit Access to Sea 10 m
Flexible Roof Space
Bed Rooms + Bath
Balcony
Entry + Living Spaces 10 m Student Bedroom + Bath
09 22 Units Total
Boat Landing + Deck
Bridge across Harbor
5m
HARBOR ROW HOUSES View of Entry and Living Space
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KLØVERMARKEN INDUSTRIAL SITE REDEVELOPMENT //
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013
On the island of Amager, an increasingly urban subset of Copenhagen, sits Kløvermarken, a cluster of twenty-five sports fields. However, 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 this 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.
Existing Buildings & Paths into Site
Creation of Urban Mass, framing Public spaces View of Sports and Community Center
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KLĂ˜VERMARKEN INDUSTRIAL SITE REDEVELOPMENT Mixed Use, High Commercial Activity Mixed Use, Some Commercial Activity Offices Housing Community + Sports Center
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Carving Public Access to Sports and Community Center
Final Form
Ground-Level Plan for Sports and Community Center
Basketball Court/Multi-Purpose
Theater
Rest Cafe
13 Lounge
Men’s Lockers + Rest
Women’s Lockers + Rest
Entry
Kitchen
KLØVERMARKEN INDUSTRIAL SITE REDEVELOPMENT
Theater
Lounge
Section through Theater and Lounge View of Lounge + Entry to Café
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ADAPTIVE CIRCULATION SPACES // Digital exercise, 3D scanning and Grasshopper; 2013 Taking inspiration from the randomly tessellated, triangular mesh faces that may result from modelling curvilinear surfaces, this project provides the framework for a geometric logic which accentuates important areas of circulation. This is achieved by applying the formal language of a triangulated mesh to a field of values which corresponds to distance from selected paths through the site; areas closer to these major paths are thus raised, so areas where the paths converge are given additional height and prominence. Mesh faces which are oriented to the north and have a steep enough slope are opened for sunlight. Photo of Original Model to 3D Scan
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CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT CREDIT UNION // New Orleans, Louisiana In an effort to provide a greater sense of transparency, and thus trust, in the banking industry, this project opens up the facade of a credit union to reveal the life inside. At the same time, pieces of program which are important to the function of the bank are made more visible by bringing them to the front of the facade. Elements such as meeting rooms, bank floors, and even the vault are thus visible in the large facade. Areas which require privacy, such as rooms for meetings between customers and representatives are still given proper privacy, and are pucshed back to the rear wall of the buidling.
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3437 Calhoun Street, New Orleans, LA 70125 // 704-900-4922 // cdunn2@tulane.edu