Jackson Garber - Architectural Portfolio

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THESIS PROJECT REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

THESIS STUDIO

FALL 2022

01 THESIS PROJECT

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE THESIS STUDIO FALL 2022

PROBLEM STATEMENT

As populations and cities continue to grow, green spaces are diminishing. Parks, greenery, and other natural features are being demolished in order to make room for more buildings. Some cities are becoming ‘concrete jungles’ with no space for nature. This effects the air quality of the city, the wellbeing of the residents, and creates a non visually appealing urban scape.

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This thesis project explores the importance, benefit, and application of greenery on building in dense urban environments. It provides a set of design principles for upholding existing greenery on building sites, adding green features or applications to buildings, and the positive sustainable and ecological benefit of a green city. The project is set in Singapore, Republic of Singapore for visualization purposes, but can be applied to any city around the world.

SOLUTION STATEMENT

Buildings should not impede on existing greenspace, but instead improve and maximize them. A building can use a range of different green applications in order to improve the site and the urbanscape at large. This solution will result in improved air/water quality, health benefits from biophilia, creation of habitats, reduction of heat-island effect, and improve the overall aesthetic of the city.

DESIGN PRINCIPLES, AND SOLUTIONS

11. GREEN-CENTER COURTYARD

12. GREEN BRIDGE

NATURAL MUSEUM CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

DESIGN 6.2

SPRING 2022

02 NATURAL MUSEUM

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

DESIGN 6.2 SPRING 2022

This project is a museum building in Chicago, Illinois. The building is on a 4.4 acre lot in the East Streeterville district at 540 E. Grand Avenue Chicago, IL. The primary goal of the design is to be considerate to the existing park and create a building that seamlessly integrates into it. The roof of the building is a low sloped greenroof allowing for accessible park space. The base level slopes down to achieve tolerable roof height and creates an experience walking into the building.

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EXISTING PARK AND GREENERY KEEPING IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS

BRING UP GREENROOF AND LOWER BASE FLOOR

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TIER ROOF HEIGHTS AND SOFTEN EDGES

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CONCERT HALL RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

DESIGN 4 FALL 2021

03 CONCERT HALL

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL DESIGN 4 FALL 2021

This project is a concert hall designed for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The programming Includes a live music venue, restaurant, art gallery, recording studios, and exhibition spaces. The project focuses on the planning and treatment of a building for optimal acoustics. For example, the site is located next to a busy highway, so the treatments on the outside of the building are important in dampening road noise. The planning on the inside of the building is important for the attenuation of music.

SITE CONTEXT CONCEPT PROGRAMMING PRODUCTION

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CONCEPT: CRESCENDO

The building’s form mimics the musical concept of a crescendo through the inclining shape of the facade and roof.

CONCEPT DIAGRAM

The inclining height of the main structure follows the concept while providing tiered roof terraces and negating broken sight-lines of the adjacent building.

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MIXED-USE

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA

DESIGN 3

SPRING

MIXED USE

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA DESIGN 3 SPRING 2021

This mixed-use project is located in Tallahassee, Florida on the corner of Gaines and Macomb street in the heart of the arts district. It includes 8,000+ square feet of leaseable retail space, 32 apartments and amenities, a park pavilion, and a parking garage. Downtown Tallahassee, R.R. Square, FSU and FAMU campuses, and various parks are all a few blocks away. The goal of this project is to design a building that both fits into the surrounding area and benefits the community with a new attraction, providing it with new stores, housing, parking, and greenery.

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INFLUENCED PLANNING

TIERED FLOORS ON SLOPE

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RESTAURANT STOWE, VERMONT

DESIGN 2

FALL 2020

05 RESTAURANT STOWE,

VERMONT DESIGN 2 FALL 2020

This project is a restaurant located in the mountains of Stowe, Vermont. The programming list includes 5,000 square feet of restaurant seating, kitchen, atrium space, and outdoor balconies. The main goal of this project is to create a structure that can withstand the harsh climate of Vermont. For example, a pitched roof allows for snow runoff, protruding angled walls block oncoming wind, and a partially submerged foundation naturally insulates the interior. The building’s form uses a series of stepping tiers to respond to the sloping site and allows for unobtrusive views of the mountain.

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RESIDENTIAL

TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA

DESIGN 1 SPRING 2020

This project is a residential in-fill development located in the All Saints district of Tallahassee, Florida. The programming includes commercial space on the first floor and residential space on the two floors of above. The project’s main challenge was to design a series of town homes where commercial and residential spaces share the same site, while keeping each of them septate in use. This is achieved by placing the office entrance on the front of the building, and the residential entrance and parking on the back. This structure is intended to be reflected and multiplied resulting in a row of these units.

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