NEW NEW ORLEANS /// SPRING 2011 JACK WATERMAN - TULANE UNIVERSITY
YOGA RETREAT in THe TREES ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, MAINE /// P2. S2011. latin american museum + Residences freret and soniat, uptown /// P1. s2011.
old city building center warehouse south rendon, gert town district /// P2. F2010
shooting range & Residences 312 south diamond, warehouse district /// p1. f2010 AN URBAN LIVING PROPOSAL UNDER INTERSTATE 10 AT URSULINES, TREMe /// p5. s 2010 ummer
Summer 2010 - spring 2011 tulane university, new orleans
NEW NEW ORLEANS /// modern + historic +urban New Orleans (+ Maine)
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PREMISE - Generating urban design with cultural exploration, process research, formal expression, and tectonic unity. New Orleans operates as a social laboratory, exhibiting the global concerns of urbanism, while hosting local climactic challenges and strong cultural implications of design. These forces form design constraints that shape responsive architecture.
BACKGROUND - Acadia National Park in Maine hosts rocky slopes and dense
foliage. Below the canopy exists a dark contemplative space hidden from the heavens. Above, the individual trees form a single kinetic surface that complements the ocean in the distance. These two states mirror the levels of internal and communal meditation in yoga. PROGRAM - A yoga retreat on a hill in a cold climate. The response to these
conditions includes a bath house, kitchen + dining, residences + social, and the main yoga space.
ABOVE & BELOW /// yoga retreat in the trees ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, MAINE
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RESIDENCES
WATER
SPACES
VIEWS
TREE LINE
GROUND
ABOVE & BELOW /// diagrams and drawings ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, MAINE
YOGA
RESIDENCES + SOCIAL
KITCHEN + DINING
NORTH
BATH HOUSE
ABOVE & BELOW /// Residential Corridor, Stairs, Model ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, MAINE
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ABOVE & BELOW /// model detail
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ABOVE & BELOW /// perspective from southwest ACADIA NATIONAL PARK, MAINE
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Yoga
Dining Room
Bath House
OCCUPYING THE GAPS /// Uptown, New Orleans
Latin American Museum and Residences
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OCCUPYING THE GAPS /// diagram and drawings
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Uptown, New Orleans
INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
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SONIAT
SONIAT
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PROCESS MODELS
CONCEPT DIAGRAM
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FRERET
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PLANS
3/32” scale
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FRERET ELEVATION 3/32” scale
SECTION A 3/32” scale
SECTION B 3/32” scale
SECTION A PERSPECTIVE
BACKGROUND - The Freret Neighborhood hopes to become an arts and commerce vein of the city. The businesses of mostly converted shotgun homes fluctuate in height, and many sites are either vacant or derelict. This project for a prominent corner lot negotiated the residential neighborhood perpendicular to the commercial street. OBSERVATION - The context steps up at the corner and down to both sides, a formal design opportunity. The program for a Latin American Center could benefit from a material palette of stone and steel, contrasting tradition and recent innovation. Thus the design could fit into the gap at the site scale and at the detailing scale with a system light steel and glass between thick service walls.
OCCUPYING THE GAPS /// Latin American Museum Uptown, New Orleans
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DEVELOPMENT - The opportunity to connect the residential spaces to the public museum through section was first explored. A triple height atrium looking into the courtyard was developed, and residences were arranged around this space. the museum makes the most of the tight urban space by wrapping around the courtyard.
OCCUPYING THE GAPS /// Latin American Museum Uptown, New Orleans
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CARVE TO REVEAL /// Old City Building Center Warehouse Gert Town, New Orleans
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CARVE TO REVEAL /// Diagram and Drawings Gert Town, New Orleans
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BACKGROUND - Reconstruction of New Orleans has created an industry
of deconstruction. To integrate into commercial construction, these new operations have to develop industrial space in prime transportation arteries. OBSERVATION - Warehouse design thrives on simplicity and simplicity of
the complicated industrial process. Area flood levels necessitate raised office program. Traffic flow moves from the left to the right of the site. Larger site observations investigated two opposing materials - matte, opaque brick and reflective, translucent glass block. The notion of carving away one material to reveal the characteristics of the second was applied in design.
NEL N U T IND EHOUSE
WWS INTO WAR NG FLO EVI H RECI G U O R TH
CARVE TO REVEAL /// Old City Building Center Warehouse Gert Town, New Orleans
STORAGE FALL 2010
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& PRESEN
TAT
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MASSING AND USE DEVELOPMENT - Simplicity and movement
dictate linear form. In this case, the section became crucial. Raised offices overlooking daylit warehouse space and dedicated truck passage. Efficiency proposed trusses, and the insertion of the office program within that structural system. The conceptual orchestration of the opaque metal and tinted glass material palette strengthened the program.
BOUNDARIES
CARVE TO REVEAL /// Model and Interior Perspectives Gert Town, New Orleans
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FRAMING THE SHOT /// Shooting Range & Upscale Residences Warehouse District, New Orleans
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FRAMING THE SHOT /// Drawings Warehouse District, New Orleans
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BACKGROUND - The global understanding of urbanism: buildings edge to
edge with work at the street and residences immediately above so that presence is constant and interactions contain productive complexity. The adaptive reuse of the Warehouse District is a study in urban evolution. OBSERVATION - New high class residential projects have no presence on
the street, instead remaining totally disconnected from place. Following a study of typical openings in the district, the a parti of frame vs. Framed was developed. This discussion with a long, skinny site (20’ x 150’) led to a shooting range for commercial program. Two residential units separated by a light well make up the top floors.
FRAMING THE SHOT /// Shooting Range & Residences Warehouse District, New Orleans
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DEVELOPMENT - Louvered residential patios
gain distinct views resulting from the out frame, angle of louvers, and the inner frame. As urbanity dictates, the site is built to the street edge, solid walls separate the neighboring buildings, and light is directed into wells that feed the interior spaces. The sounds baffles of the shooting range mimic the exterior louvers and provide light and views for the space.
FRAMING THE SHOT /// facade model, process models Warehouse District, New Orleans
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COMPETITION - To design a public space for the university campus. ENTRY - a bridge built between the student center and business school with opportunities for passerby of the path below to see the presentation. Inspired by the High Line Park amphitheater, the structure acts as a space to see and be seen. Louvers on the wall of the student center turn and multiply to become a solid screen for projection. Near the business school, the structure splits to navigate around an oak tree that then provides shade. The primary feature of the project is the difference in speed that the function of the space will register, whether sitting still with friends or rushing to class on the pathway below.
PUBLIC SPACE CHARRETTE /// week-long design competition Tulane Campus, New Orleans
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BACKGROUND - The population of the New Orleans area fluctuates dramatically in reaction to both
catastrophic and dionysian events. Mardi Gras Indians (a) claim the site during the festival season, and the relative poverty of the area makes it especially susceptible to the devastation of hurricanes. Urban living spaces must be designed to aggregate and service these occurrent influxes.
AGGREGATION /// an Urban Living Proposal Treme, New Orleans
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OBSERVATION - minimal privacy during the day and a lack of presence at night. An overall feeling of vacancy despite strong pedestrian and vehicular movement. Graphically represented in (b) DAY
TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC
SIGHT
TRAFFIC
DAY
NIGHT LIGHT
TRAFFIC
SITE PLAN 1/16th SCALE
SIGHT
NIGHT LIGHT
SITE PLAN 1/16th SCALE
DEVELOPMENT - At the individual scale, a sleeping space (c) was developed that could offer light and privacy to the occupant, while an indicator of activity to the community. This move combats the sense of vacancy during the nightlife of the site. Moving to the aggregate scale, the form of a wave serves the dual purposes of increasing privacy between spaces and activating the site (d). This form was further refined into the final model (e & f). SECTION 1/8th SCALE
SECTION 1/8th SCALE
AGGREGATION /// an Urban Living Proposal Treme, New Orleans
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SKILLS and INSTRUCTION /// Analog to Digital Tulane Architecture School, New Orleans
COURSES
SUMMER - SPRING
Intro to Architecture - Ancient Architecture - Modern Architecture Building Fundamentals - Steel Frame Construction - Passive Green Design Visual Media - Digital Media 1 - Digital Media 2 Sustainability and Tectonics Seminar
TECHNOLOGY Autocad SketchUp Rhinoceros Vray Rendering Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Microsoft Office
TECHNIQUES
Woodshop Modeling Lasercutting Plotting Portfolio Binding
INVOLVEMENT
Richardson Memorial Hall Renovation Charrette Committee AIAS + South Quad Regional Convention
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STUDIO EXPLORATION /// 8 projects - 10 weeks Tulane Architecture School, New Orleans
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VISUAL ART BACKGROUND /// etching, colored pencil, batik, photography Shreveport, Louisiana
2009 - 2011
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Jack Waterman Resume 10058 toulouse, Shreveport, LA jackpwaterman@Gmail.com
EDUCATION 8/2005 - 5/2009
Caddo Magnet High School
Shreveport, LA
8/2009 - 5/2010
Centenary College of Louisiana
Shreveport, LA
6/2010 - Present
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
WORK EXPERIENCE 6/2008 – 8/2009
S.M.A.R.T. Program - Medical Lab Researcher (40 Hours/Week)
Shreveport, LA
Designed and executed clinical research study /// Presented research in publication and science forums
ACTIVITIES Ongoing American Institute of Architecture Students (Fall 2010 – Present) Sout Quad Regional AIAS Conference
Richardson Memorial Renovation Charette (Spring 2011 – Present)
Team of architects, professors, and invited students designing architecture school renovation
Portfolio Art Magazine, Caddo Magnet High School (12th – Present) Founded program, Raised funds, Designed Magazine, Distributed /// Continuing guidance and fund raising for 2011 issue
Summer 2010 Intensive Design Program First year credit in Architecture
Centenary College Pandora Art Magazine, Centenary College Art Editor, find and vote on artwork for publication
Student Blogging & Centenary STARS Selected for student ambassador roles throughout the college
Kappa Pi Art Honors Fraternity Treasurer 2009-2010
JACK WATERMAN /// SECOND YEAR PORTFOLIO JackPWaterman@gmail.com ~ 318-572-2468