Portfolio of Studio Work
Jake Senne
Ball State University College of Architecture & Planning LA 202 Spring 2018
Portfolio of Studio Work
Jake Senne
LA 202 Spring 2018
Table of Contents
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Project 01 Klyde Warren Precedent Study
Park
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Project 02 Salt River Terraces Thinking + Constructing Space
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Project 03 Ball Tower Park Ball Corporation Batch Tower - Muncie, IN
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Project 04 Centennial Corner Whitely Community Centennial Project - Muncie, IN
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Project 01
Klyde Warren Park
Precedent Study
Located in the heart of downtown Dallas, Klyde Warren Park plays an important role in one of the largest cities in Texas. It has more than surpassed its original goal of linking the Downtown, Uptown, and Arts District with a central green space. The 5.2 acre park, designed by the Office of James Burnett, is constructed directly over the top of a major eight lane highway that previously sliced the city in half. In addition to connecting the various districts in the urban area, the park has also managed to connect the community of the greater Dallas area. It has quickly become a staple in the downtown as one of the city’s most popular green spaces. In just its first year, Klyde Warren Park saw more than one million visitors enjoying its much-needed presence. The park houses a large stage, a restaurant, a children’s park, botanical garden, and a dog park. With talks of a future expansion, Klyde Warren Park’s impact on the city just may be getting started. To better understand how Klyde Warren Park functions and serves the community, a set of analytical diagrams were compiled that illustrate the layers of the space, how people move through the site, structural elements, and contextual relationships within the city. In addition to the diagrammatic drawings, a series of perspectives showcase the different views on site. Sectional drawings show the relationship to the sunken freeway and demonstrate how plantings and the existing platform structure mesh.
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Hart Boulevard Section
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As previously mentioned in the project breakdown, the ability to connect the city with a central, key green space was of the utmost importance when the Office of James Burnett was designing the park. The contextual diagram illustrates how Klyde Warren Park accomplishes this goal of linking all of these unique areas across the city of Dallas. The park allows the residents of the city to easily move throughout and explore the different districts that before may have been extremely difficult to access.
Native trees and shrubs Low-weight amenities Engineered soils Pedestrian paving system
Uptown Design District
Baylor Neighborhood
Structural fill Waterproofing system HPDE fill Pressed box beams Historic West End
Arts District
Existing bridge structure Contextual Diagram
Downtown
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Red Oak
Pond Cypress
River Birch
Lacebark Elm
Jane’s Lane
Circulation Diagram 8
The Commons
Softscape
Hardscape
Hydrology
Structures
Northwest Section
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Project 02
Salt River Terraces
Thinking + Constructing Spaces Painting to Park. Salt River Terraces, derived from a black and white painting, transformed through a series of studies, and morphed into a final design, is a sunken urban park located in Phoenix, Arizona. The process began simply with a personal interpretation of a grayed out painting done by Richard Diebenkorn. His piece was then translated from a two dimensional work into a three dimensional form. The first series of these models focused on bringing out the lines within the art piece, whether existing or perceived. With this in mind, three renditions of the forms were constructed. This lead to a second study, this time focusing on the planes formed from the aforementioned lines. Again, a series of three models were crafted to conceptualize the painting yet again. The compilation of the studies lead into the design of Salt River Terraces. The park, stemming from the previous interpretations, is a terraced park that aims at mimicking the surrounding landscape in Arizona. The bottom level drops twelve feet down from its highest point, resembling the canyons slicing through the Senoran Desert. Small buttes across the site strengthen this notion of natural features while creating spaces for seating and performances. The planting scheme presented a challenge as desert plantings are not too common in Indiana. Natural, drought-resistant trees like Acacia, Casacalote, and Mesquite trees were chosen to provide shade and frame the spaces around the park. Other native plants like agave, cacti, and desert tolerant grasses were used to reinforce the natural feel of the site. Overhead elements, budding from the previous studies of lines and planes, create a perceived canopy for the park.
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Line Study Rendition no. 1
Richard Diebenkorn Painting 12
Inspiration - Terracing Development
Line Study Rendition no. 2
Line Study Rendition no. 3
Inspiration - Valley Effect
Line + Plane Study Rendition no. 1
Line + Plane Study Rendition no. 2
Line + Plane Study Rendition no. 3
Inspiration - Overhead Elements 13
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Secluded Terraces Section
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East / West Section
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Project 03
Ball Tower Park
Ball Corporation Batch Tower - Muncie, IN In the late 1880’s, the infamous Ball Brothers move their then small time Wooden Jacket Can company from Buffalo, New York to Muncie, Indiana to take advantage of the newly found oil filed. There, the company transitioned into the world of glass making, and thus the Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company was born. The brother’s company saw sustained success up into the 1940’s which in turn lead to rise in population in the surround neighborhoods and Muncie in general. The company was booming, the city was booming, and overall industry was booming...so what happened? De-industrialization, a term far too common in Rustbelt cities, struck the city, and it hit hard. Since that time, the area has seen a sharp decline in all aspects. The areas surrounding the industrial sites, like the Blaine, Southside, and Industry neighborhoods may have been hit the hardest. The proposal for Ball Tower Park addresses many of problems in the area. The park features programs to combat the local food desert like a covered farmers market, a community garden complete with 84 raised plots to grow a variety of produce, and a small orchard with three types of fruit trees. Each of these looks to bring fresh food to the members of this deprived community. The park looks to bring people into the site by providing easy access and connections to outside feature like Heekin Park, the bordering neighborhoods, and Cardinal Greenway. The site also demonstrates how an area can function as sustainably as possible. Lighting and electric is powered on site in the form of solar panels on the top and southern side of the tower and windmills within the community gardens. The park also examines hydrology possibilities. The re-purposed batch tower holds a small water tower, which pumps water from the bioswales to the community garden irrigation system.
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Proposed Greenway
Community Gardens
Ball Tower
Boardwalk
Connection to Heekin Park
Personal Space
Farmers Market
Woodlands
Orchard
Connection to Cardinal Greenway Prairie
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Connection to Neighborhood
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Vegetation
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Circulation
Hydrology
Community Gardens Seasonal Fluctuation
Ball Tower Day + Night Fluctuation
The section drawing of the covered farmers market depicts a cloudy, perhaps rainy day. The shelter for the market plays a key role in collecting rain water to later be used for irrigation purposes in the community gardens. When it rains, the water falling on the sloped roof rushes towards the low end, where it then drains into a vegetated bioswale. The plantings in the bioswale help to filter possibly harmful pollutants from the water. This filtered water then runs seeps through the ground where it is captured in a basin, and then directed toward the water storage tank in the tower. From there it will be used to water the plants in the community garden.
Farmers Market Section
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East / West Section 22
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Project 04
Centennial Corner
Whitely Community Centennial Project Celebrating Muncie’s past while designing for a sustainable future. This theme lead to the design proposal for Whiteley Community site. The Whitely community had recently purchased an old roofing company’s building with plans to transform it into a community center complete with a banquet hall, class rooms, food pantry, and even space for a small business. The land the future center sits on holds a large pole barn and a tool shed, but is mainly comprised of a heavily wooded forest. The community had expressed its desire to expand the circulation patterns from solely the plaza out into the existing forest. With this in mind, the design proposal was developed and Centennial Corner came into fruition. Returning to the theme of past and future, the design in total is really all about this fusion of old and new. This concept is evident across the entire site. The use of rustic, reclaimed I-beams to frame spaces combined with more modern elements like brightly colored glass create this mixing effect. This idea leads into the first goal of the site: bridging the generational gap. In talking with the community, possibly their greatest wish was a space that would bring members of the old and young generations together. The main building will host various classes and activities that aim at bringing them together. Outside, educational areas like the community gardens and orchards, as well as other skillbased workshops in the renovated pole barn. This idea of bringing old and new together is also represented in the two art pieces installed on site. The main focal point in the plaza is a large rustic metal piece embracing a bright orange glass piece. This is representative of the older generation, depicted in the metal, taking in the younger community, the glass. In turn the supplementary sculpture is the complete opposite. Located down an axis, this smaller piece is a glass form cradling an older metal piece.
The second goal of the Centennial Corner is attempting to combat the food desert in the area by providing plenty of fresh produce not only on site, but from outside in the form of a farmers market in the existing pole barn. The site is full of fresh food whether it be the year-round greenhouse, community gardens, or the one hundred tree orchard, there is always produce coming from the site. Finally, when talking to some members of the community, they also expressed creating a space IN Whitely, not just for Whitely. The proposal takes this into consideration, providing plenty of event space to bring all of Muncie together. There is a small multi -use stage with a large lawn for seating, as well as event space in the pole barn. 25
Greenhouse
Orchard Relocated Tool Shed Educational Gardens Vegetation Wall
Wildflower Field
Central Sculpture
Scenic Lookout
Supplementary Sculpture
Dining Nook
Raised Planting Beds Grand Entryway
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Inspiration for the industrial, rustic theme of the design proposal stemmed from the forms on the interior of the existing pole barn. The decision was made to continue this form on the exterior of the barn, extending towards the parking lot, as an uncovered procession of rustic I-beams to frame the space and create a perceived canopy. This lead the duplication and transformation of the form across the site, and in turn, gave Centennial Corner the rustic, industrial mood in the end.
Orchard Walk Section
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Educational Gardens
Plaza Section 28
Orchard Walk
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Outdoor Market
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