jose gonzalez
JAGZPHOTOS@GMAIL.COM
1230 CAREY GLEN CIRCLE, ORLANDO, FL (407) 928 8038
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Advanced Design A
Spring 2016 / Nancy Sanders / Fort Worth, TX
Advanced Design B
Fall 2016 / Dan Powers / Tampa, FL
Advanced Design C
Spring 2017 / Jan Wampler / San Juan, PR
Additional Work A
Spring 2016 / Michael Halflants / Syracuse, Italy / Competition
Additional Work B
Spring 2016 / ULI / Chicago, IL / Competition
Additional Work C
Spring 2017 / Kristen Ring / Tampa, FL
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Photography / San Juan, Chicago, Miami
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The Architecture of Additions considers the ways in which old and new can be combine and work together. For this project, we were ask to design an building that could be added to the original program of the Fort Worth Water Gardens, designed by well known architecture Philip Johnson. Located in downtown Fort Worth in Texas, city with a lot of history and constant growing community the project looks to allow the city to balance the history and the modern culture in the city. The park features three pools and several open areas that allow visitors to have different experiences within the site.
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Visitors can descend above the gushing water on an elevated walkway of free-standing steps. One critic wrote, after the opening of the garden, that the Water Garden reflected Johnson’s departure from his ‘Miesian’ period to a more activated and dynamic geometry. The three main pools, celebrate different characteristics of water. The Quiet Pool features a sheet of water falling down into a still, sunken pool surrounded by bald cypress, while the Dancing Pool boasts forty aerating fountains. The highlight of the park is the Active Pool, where water rushes down steep, stone steps to a roaring gorge forty feet below.
Flanked by the convention center, railroads, and an elevated freeway, Johnson designed the asymmetrical space to occupy multiple levels. Unlike his rectilinear Museum of Modern Art sculpture garden in New York City, in the Fort Worth Water Garden angular, polygonal forms of concrete, water, and vegetation shift and undulate across the park. The series of walkways, pools, terraces, and a central plaza create varied spaces that are both open, closed, sunken, raised, private, and public. The three main pools, celebrate different characteristics of water.
The Fort Worth Water Gardens, built in 1974, is located on the south end of downtown Fort Worth between Houston and Commerce Streets next to the Fort Worth Convention Center. The 4.3 acre (1.7 hectare) Water Gardens were designed by noted New York architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee and were dedicated to the City of Fort Worth by the Amon G. Carter Foundation.
The form of the building was mainly influenced by the site, program, and organization of spaces. The program allowed me to divide the building in two parts, one for the bath and the changing areas and the second one for a restaurant and pool area. Through the process of developing ideas, solutions, and thoroughly understanding the design program and the site, I began the design process. The connection to the site became significant through these studies and guided the initial diagrams for the final layout. Using a variety of ideas the final design was divided into 2 portions that allow the visitors to decide which part of the building they want to interact with. Figure (A) allow us to see the kitchen area for the restaurant on the left side and the bathrooms on the right side, section (B) shows the spaces for the restaurant. Section (C) showcase how the pool is elevated and cantilevering, which adds a different perspective to the way visitors, interact with the water features of the site.
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The rich format of the landscape in the park allowed us to connect the format of the building with the water garden. The program was to add a sense of organization by placing the bath area closer to the garden and pools, surrounded by trees and vegetation. The restaurant portion of the project is facing the active pool, which is the main attraction of the park. The corridor in the middle allows visitors to interact with both parts of the building, as one progresses towards the garden the spaces become more open, and closer to the building there is a better sense of privacy. The garden also begins to blend into the restaurant (thanks to the format of the kitchen), creating an internal garden that offer the visitors an opportunity for outdoors dinning.
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From the Tampa Convention Center to the Florida Aquarium, the southern end of downtown have become the city’s new entertainment district, making the river walk a perfect opportunity for a large scale program to exist. The project’s primary idea was to create a complex that could allow boats lover to experience the downtown area, adding at the same time a business sector, a boat exhibit room, and a commercial area.
Fall 2016
Dan Powers Tampa, FL
27.953100, -82.445278
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Fragmentation Conceptual Drawings
After doing a trip to the site, I was able to understand a bit more about the conditions of the site and how people use it. It was easy to see how several large scale boats and ships were in the process of being repair and on the ground several large parts of what once was part of a floating device. Fragments of this part were spread around the edge of the site, and the ships in the water, were in a way an interesting element in the landscape. Using this idea of fragmentation, I stared to play with conceptual drawings that could help define the approach of how fragments can function to individually and at the same time as a whole.
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As part of the project, we were given a program, that needed to have a set of different parts. The program inclued a 50,000sqf showcase room, this was a large partially open space, that could hold a collection of boats to be display for future buyers and visitors. In this part several offices, and basic amenities did it to exist, to provid a good service to the visitors. Next was group of restaurants (5) and retail spaces (5), this varie in size and dimentions. At last we were asked to design a tower, which would serve as a business central for the Tampa area and the surroundings of it. All that combined with several outdoors activities and boardwalks, in order to support and create an experience that could co-relate to the current work done on the Tampa Water Front project.
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Exploration/Pedestrian/ Experience During the design portion of this project we were able to visit Chicago and use our experience as inspiration for the project, this help us to understand the idea of the city at a different scale. The Navy Pier was one of the locations we visit that really helped me to understand how to approach a water front in an area of constant development. Combining the idea of fragmentation and the structural format of the Navy Pier, I decided to create open space that allow the visitors to interact with the water at all times, and at the same time visitors can enjoy the indoors attractions placed by the water. Restaurants will face the water and the Boat Display area allows visitors to have a clear view of the site and the water side.
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The intention of our design seeks to unlock the commonalities between preservation and intervention. Our design seeks to preserve the authenticity engrained within the site provided by both its character but more importantly, by the people. Although currently faced with adversity, our short time visiting the site and its residents proved to us that our design must rely on celebrating those that live there and the future to come. In doing so, we have chosen to highlight various characteristics both new and old. These vehicles allow us to weave our new design ideas within the foundations of Martin Peña. These entities capture our will to glorify the character presented from Martin Peña while at the same time celebrating those that live there. In doing so, we hope to provide an exemplary model that travels throughout the beautiful country of Puerto Rico.
Spring 2017
Jan Wampler
Martín Peña, San Juan, PR 18.432420, -66.053524
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Uncovering Design Amidst Discovery Conceptual Drawings
The distribution of various formal ideas was explored using our inherent design ideas for the community. Three key design components became evident to our initial design, designation points, circulation, and the canal. These three components became crucial to building our design. A dense development would serve as the initial point of interest into the site. This entity then filtered over from one side of the canal to the other filtering through various forms of density and circulation. Points of interest along the canal would then serve as a means to activate the canal throughout the entire site. Key underlying features would further serve to relate the development of the canal to the site
Form and Density Allocation The early development of form and density came about through an initial pass of massing for the community. The establishment of a strong commercial corridor stemmed from our ideas of development from the previous phase. This development called for a similar density across the canal to serve as a boundary along the roadway, Ponce De Leon. This density deemed appropriate to sit along the major roadway as it leads to the dense banking district further south. As one moves further into the site, the community becomes less and less dense in response to level of development established by our design. Development of the community was decided appropriate to be left as is the farther one moves away from the canal. Currently, the houses closest to the canal suffer from the most severe conditions as well as improbability to be salvaged. This resulted in the establishment of a green barrier situated along the canal as our initial idea of farming first came into play. The scale of development and housing responds to these criteria by becoming less and less prominent as one move further east into the site.
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The Life of the Street Moving forward in our development of the site allowed us to define more carefully how buildings sit within the site amongst each other. The beginnings of formal development came into play during this stage allowing for things such as pocket parks, court yards and circulation to be further explored. The presence of the pedestrian began to be more prominent within the site as the development of pedestrian walkways began to serve various purposes within our design. These pathways serve to link communities, community resources and public space among other things. This notion is vital to our ideas behind community and congregation of people within various moments and scales in the community. The development of the river walk further emphasizes this idea as well as establishing its own identity within the community. A physical entity now circulates the canal along its entirety with various moments of pause along its path. The river walk commonly hugs the edge of the canal putting one directly along the development of urban farms. These farms not only serve as a physical boundary to the battle previous effects of the canal but now activate it in ways that were impossible before. Various forms of the urban farm are strategically placed throughout the site to give identity to various communities within the site as well as pay tribute to the eight communities that previously made up Martin PeĂąa.
Identifying the Role of the Pedestrian Using a loose form of building design, we began to explore the role of the pedestrian within a portion of the site. Although one of the denser areas of our site, this development became crucial in dictating the presence of the pedestrian. Using similar techniques to those found in old San Juan, the idea of pedestrian centered circulation deemed appropriate to our design. The experiences found in old San Juan are unique to the site in part due to its character as well as it’s formal design. These qualities were emphasized in our design through the development of inviting pathways in between buildings as well as varying points of rest leading to a terminus point. This terminus point becomes a large green park that serves as a relief to the dense building form taken on at the entrance of the site. This green space also identifies with a theme of filtration throughout our design. As one moves closer to the canal, the density of building scales down and the presence of green is built up. This allows for various forms of filtration to take place within this small stretch of development. The river walk contains the building and waters edge later reaching an exclamation point at the green park before crossing over the canal. Throughout the development of this portion, the pedestrian becomes the center of development allowing for various experiences along its entirety.
Exploration into the Pedestrian Experience Further development of our design allowed for the exploration of various ideas within the grain of the community. As previously stated, the role of the pedestrian became vital to the design of the community moving forward. This then became further emphasized with the establishment of pedestrian pathways throughout the community. The challenge then became how to develop this idea to establish different identities through out different parts of the site. The idea behind an elevated walkway was then discovered as an experience for the pedestrian to explore a certain kind of environment
within a denser part of the community. As seen before this idea explores the idea behind gathering, public space and a terminus point to reach the waters edge. This experience becomes a unique identifier to this part of the site as well as serving to emphasize the pedestrian experience of those within and outside the community. Various shade devices serve to not only shade the walkway but also introduce solar devices that will also be introduced to the river walk. The duality between that of which is happening on the street can now be complimented by that of which is happening on a secondary level. The weaving design introduces a sense of playfulness along the walkway. This unique experience now becomes an identifier to this part of the community with the pedestrian as it’s main user in mind.
The Life of the Street Throughout the community we see various scales of density, form and character alike. Through out Martin Peña, the life of the street takes on different forms based on the development of form as well as its residents. This notion is key when integrating the development of new forms while still preserving the authenticity of the community. Our design aims to push community involvement further then what it is now in hopes to capture the character that steadily
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surrounds Martin Peña. The lower density model captures a strong sense of green surroundings in hopes to allow for various outdoor activities. The life of the community currently involves various forms of outdoor presence; our design hopes to capture that notion. The medium and high density sections further emphasis this outdoor presence with other forms of involvement. These forms of involvement come by way of the community engaging in public life on the street as well navigating the car when need be. Various forms of green presence make itself known on various levels stemming from the ground floor.
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As we reach the end of our explorations, we reach a final product of all design explorations and interventions within the community. The placement of the Enlace Organization serves as a heart to the community. Situated within the dense urban core of community, the Enlace organization has proven to be a commodity to Martin PeĂąa. The placement of this entity serves as a future resource to the community reaching out in various efforts. Through job training, community outreach and advocacy, the Enlace organization will serve as the heart of the community. This notion branches out moving from the northwest corner of the community all the way to the southeast end. Various notions of framework stretch out within the community ranging from pedestrian pathways to urban farms. These notions although varied in size and form, maintain the language of the community reaching from the dense urban environments to the smaller more private moments. The design allows for those of all walks to live within different parameters of life while still identifying itself as one community. The community although separate in physicality, finds itself both able to identify itself as one but also in distinct nature. Various forms of intervention seek to mold itself within the grain of the community as well as preserve the authenticity that exists currently.
AW/A
From the legendary Colossus of Rhodes to the majestic Pharos of Alexandria, lighthouses have always marked human history, acquiring a crucial importance beyond the basic function of a warning facility: suggesting dream, adventure, fascination and mystery. Slender and solitary, the lighthouses are situated in wonderful and often uncontaminated ecosystems and are an inestimable legacy of the past. On the cliff of Murro di Porco- a few kilometers from the historic center of Syracuse, is situated a lighthouse of supreme charm and value. The lighthouse of Murro di Porco was once lived-in but then it was gradually abandoned with the arrival of modern technologies. As it became a simple lantern, a place no longer inhabited by humans, the lighthouse has progressively deteriorated as it often happens to many other coastal buildings.
Spring 2016
Michael Halflants
Faro di Capo Murro di Porco, Province of Syracuse, Italy 37.002819, 15.335340
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Sicily is one of the most fascinating places in Southern Europe. In particular, the area of Syracuse is the “excellence of excellence� thanks to its extraordinary historical value and invaluable landscape significance. The lighthouse of Murro di Porco is a 19th-century building of the Borbonic period on a wild coast characterized by a steep cliff and harsh vegetation. The surrounding landscape consists of turbulent elements of intense color and deep meaning. Their ancestral forms seem uninterested, distant, and even hostile to human activities. This wild scenario in which the human component underlines the architecture created by the lighthouse, creating an extraordinary point of reference for the formation of an idea. An indissoluble uncut between architecture and nature- suspended in time, full of charm and primordial fascination. One thing that was noticeable in the landscape is the playfulness of the sun with the light house, almost like a dance that created a path way in the landscape. Using this idea as form generator, I decided to analyze the way the sun light created shadows on the landscape and use them to form the buildings.
Studio Hotel During the creation of the form, I was asked to introduce a program that could fit the criteria that was given to use by the hosts of the competition. With this new idea in mind I decided to follow one of the options that the competition proposed before, but this time add something to the program that helped the site and the program to collaborate for each other. Italy is well known in general for its contribution to the arts and architecture, which is the highest in community in the world. Using this as part of the idea, the Hotel joined forces with the studio environment. As a singular place where artist could come and visit while having the opportunity to stay near an open studio set up, that promotes the collaboration and interaction with other visitors. This program created the opportunity to create a 2 parts project, where each half could hold a part for the program (hotel rooms, studios).
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This public/ Private partnetship between Windy Crew Investors (WCI) and the city of chicago is the result of a sared vision that puts people first, ensures equitable connectivity and instills revitalizing life into the way Chicago express themselveces thorough work, art, and action. WCI seeks to do our part in helping to build the opportunity for neighboardhoods across the city to access and enhoy the Chicago River at every mile, connecting people from the city limits on the north to Little Village. WCI has engaged Tesla Motors, whose mission is to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, as our co-creators of what will be one of the most innovative sustainable develpments in the country.
Spring 2017
ULI Competition Chicago, IL
41.913427, -87.662375
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art movement in the city. The plan is to create a space for people to rest and connect with other creative mind of the community.
Thinking about the way the city reacts to the motion of people, we aimed to enhance that active life of a city like Chicago. The river, is part of the life of the city and with future developments in the horizon, we decided to approach the water edge and bring a sense of culture to an area that lacks of a personal identity. We wanted to allow the pedestrian that will use the Riverwalk to have a stop area and be able to enjoy the rich culture of Chicago and its people.
The mixed-income, mixed-use project developed on block B will provide opportunities for all people to live, work and play in one place. It incorporates large-format retails with local, differentiated businesses to serve the neighborhood with a balanced commitment to the efficient and the indigenous. Inspired by the tireless and transcend friend of the Bloomingdale Trail, WCI intends to fully integrate with The 606, Connecting the trail to the riverfront and fully engaging in their programming with participation and financial partnering. This relationship will blossom with the development of Throop Studio, and ambitious endeavor WCI gladly embarks upon on behalf of every kind of artist. Throop Studio will provide flexible, nontraditional housing, studio space and stage/ retail space along the publicly accessible riverfront functioning to activate the area on a continuous
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WALKS (Work, Art, Live, Kinetic, Sustainable) is a combination of elements that let the visitors create their own environment in this city with a lack of natural spaces, mixing it with the growing
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The success of our cities and living environments in the future and in our everyday will hinge upon how we utilize and control the vast development of our cities to improve urbanity and our living experience—with an adequate amount of suitable, affordable/ appealing living and working spaces, and planning that meets our growing ecological challenges. The quality of these developments will form and determine our resilience; not only of the built environment and our profession, but also socially, in terms of the people living there and how society interacts and evolves.
Spring 2017
Kristen Ring Tampa, FL
27.949389, -82.459298
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Understing the urban fabric Conceptual Drawings
With more and more people moving to urban centers worldwide, we need to find solutions for growth– strategies for densification that will lead to longterm sustainable developments. The developments of today must be utilized to improve the quality of life in the city and to strengthen its unique diversity, focusing on open public spaces, urban infrastructure, integrated green landscape and suitable housing.
Form Development. Diagrams
Understanding the way on how the Downtown area is layout, we decided to play with the green spaces, after finding out that there is a lack of green path ways and spaces for the community. We understand that a downtown area, in the majority of cases, have high density of concrete structure and the grees space have a hard time in con exsist. Usign this idea we decided to allow the elevated part of the building to have a open green space that would allow the residents of the area to enjoy of a mix of both worlds. The diagrams show the construction process, and how the idea of a terrace became an important element of the final format of the complex of buildings, pushing to the limit the idea of a green urban space.
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Uncovering Design Amidst Discovery Floor Plans
The use for the buildings becamen key to understand the intention of the mix use areas, and how the buildings could transform the fabric of the city (especially in the downtown area). The idea was to create an mix use floor plan, where the public and the private spaces could so how complement eachother; creating this way, a active floor plan and force residents and visitors to move vertically to ciculate the site. The green corredor in the ground level is the main ciculation point, which guide the visitor into the space in between buildings using the full length and with of the site. The elevated gardens could be come the secondary ciculation option for the visitors and the residents, creating this way an access to the multiple terraces and open speaces in the rooftops of the buildings.
AW/P In a time where the idea o f space is mo stly define by the understanding o f where an Starbucks is, o r ho w the fitting ro o ms at so me rando m sto re. In a time where the co ncept o f architecture have been diminish, o r even wo rst so metimes fo rgo tten. I take an step back and submerge into the wo rld that is o utside in o ur streets, in the fro nt o f o ur cities and the expressio n in them. Architecture is no t just so me pretty building between Park Ave. and Madiso n Ave, is mo re than just that. Architecture is sto ry o f culture and and its evo lutio n, is the sto ne that marks o ur eras. Architecture is mo re than the name o f famo us peo ple, and big co rpo ratio ns. Architecture is everything and because o f that, we are architecture.
Fall ‘16- Spring ‘17
Photography
Chicago, Miami, Tampa, Puerto Rico
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jose gonzalez
JAGZPHOTOS@GMAIL.COM
1230 CAREY GLEN CIRCLE, ORLANDO, FL (407) 928 8038