Architecture Portfolio Auburn University
Emily Jackson
Project 02_Folding
Project 01_Auburn Hotel
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Project 03_Print Shop
Project 01_Auburn Hotel Completed Fall 2015
The intent behind this project was to create a hotel and grocery store combination for a site located on Gay Street between Magnolia and Tichnor Avenue. The driving concept was to establish interior green spaces through an open air atrium, while maintaining a connection to the urban core through multiple exterior access points. The resulting building combines private and public elements to produce a hotel that is both accommodating to the surrounding community and secluded for guests.
Watercolor elevation on arches
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Massing model Chipboard represents public spaces and amenities, museum board represents hotel rooms and transitional spaces, and basswood represents the lobby.
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Project 01_Auburn Hotel Precedents
The Cornell University school of Architecture acted as inspiration for the glass stairwells that emerge in the lobby and front exterior area in this design. Rather than try to conceal them, they are showcased as sculpture-like elements.
A small stone outbuilding designed by architect Bruno Erpicum, located in the Belgium countryside, sparked the design of the “floating” bar. This protruding element creates contrast next to the bamboo paneling on the facade. Just as Erpicum’s steel and glass building hovers over the snow, the bar hovers over the street below and creates panoramic views for guests.
The Corten steel extension added onto a library in Bruges, Belgium inspired the screen on this design. The 1’x1’ punctured square pattern allows privacy for guests while still letting light in and exterior views to be seen from inside. The screen also acts as a barricade for the front balconies.
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Guest Rooms Grocery Lobby
Bar and Restaurant Guest Amenities Program Diagram
Final model, Gay Street view. Primary materials include basswood, chipboard, and card stock.
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Ground floor plan with context
Completed Fall 2015
First floor plan
Second floor plan. Right portion repeats for the remaining three floors.
To right, standard room isometric drawing. To left, enlarged room plan showing two connecting rooms and one handicap room.
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Site Plan
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Completed Fall 2015
Structure Diagram
Light Diagram
Sequence Diagram
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Lobby Perspective. This view showcases the interior glass stairwell.
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Longitudinal section
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Completed Fall 2015
Transverse section
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Project 02_Folding Completed Fall 2014
This project was carried out in several stages as multiple iterations of folded shapes progressed to lead to the development of a final solid block, which could be stacked to create a wall that stood approximately 3’ wide and 2.5’ tall.
Final freestanding folded block wall
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The images above show the progression of blocks from single sided shapes to solid forms. The first block was developed during an exercise in which lines were drawn on a sheet of paper and randomly assigned either a mountain or a valley fold. The stair-like structure acted as inspiration for the final block. Eventually duplicates of blocks were created, as the focus shifted to creating a stackable repeating unit. The image to the right shows the first study wall created out of repeating blocks.
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Although the study wall (pictured to the right) had a compelling twisting structure, the blocks maintained a precarious relationship to one another. Therefore, the design was adapted to create a more sturdy, stackable block (pictured below).
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The image above shows a hand drawn representation of the final block from the top, front, and right side. The drawing to the right is a plan oblique diagram showing the horizontal and vertical relationship of a single block to the others in the wall.
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Project 03_Print Shop Completed Fall 2015
In this project a parcel along N. College Street was redesigned as a letterpress shop and residence for the shop owners. The 100 foot by 20 foot plot of land contains a workspace, retail area, mechanical and storage rooms, living spaces, and two exterior patios. The concept behind this design was to create vertical connectivity in both the interior and exterior through materials, window placement, and a bamboo screen divides spaces on the interior.
1/8�=1’ Model with N. College Street context.
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Front elevation with context.
Completed Fall 2015
Project 03_print shop
Above is a side view of the final model with the right wall removed to reveal the interior. The images to the right show a longitudinal and transverse section. On the interior, the bamboo screen is integrated into the stairs on both the ground and first floors. Another notable feature is the lowered walls on the top floor, which create a greater flow in the narrow space and allow for light to filter from one end to the other. The open layout of the residence areas on the first and second floors intend to make the space seem larger. Whenever possible, walls are staggered to create privacy, rather than using doors which cut off one space from another.
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The drawings above show plans of the ground, first and second floors (from bottom). Several precedents were used as inspiration for this design. Architect Kengo Kuma’s clever manipulation of bamboo inspired the exterior Casa de Medetacion designed by Pascal Arquitectos combined flamed gray granite and Cumaru wood, which drove the material choices Primary materials in this design include exposed concrete walls on the residence floors; wood grain tiles used in the kitchen and in the
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bamboo screen and interior bamboo dividers. The in the print shop. exterior front entrance; and bamboo hardwood.
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Perspective drawings show the bamboo division between the stairs and kitchen (top left) and the retail area with a large window allowing customers to look back into the workroom (bottom left).
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Emily A. Jackson erj0005@auburn.edu 904.228.2216