James Wright
Bachelor of Design Architecture | University of Florida
05/2017 05/2020
James Wright
Email: jamesdwright96@gmail.com
07/2019 Present
Address: Jacksonville Beach, FL Phone: (904) 252-8725
10/2021Present
Education
University of Florida
Bachelor of Design Architecture Cum Laude • • •
GPA: 3.62 Design Build in Cedar Key - Professor Charlie Hailey Research on Costal Construction - Professor Michael Kuenstle
Research
Research on LIDAR 3-D Scanner Independent Research • • •
I constructed a 3-D LIDAR scanner using servo motors, 3-D prints, and a Garmin LIDAR-Lite Source Code based on an open source project called “Processing” by Ben Fry and Casey Reas The LIDAR Scanner was used for site surveying in forest to be recreated in modeling software
Experience
Precision Point
Reality Capture Specialist • • •
Traveled on sight to conduct a survey and 3D scan of the building Coordinated with clients in regards to project status throughout the duration of a project Processed the data to create a digital walkthrough of both the interior and exterior
09/2020 10/2021
Woolpert
01/2020 06/2020
Design Build
01/2019 12/2019 05/2018 07/2019
Field Survey Technician II • • •
Converted 3D scan to BIM model in Revit to be used for design process in renovation projects Collecting 3D point cloud data using Trimble SX10 3D scanner and processing in TBC Collecting drainage, utilities and topographic data using conventional and GPS surveying
University of Florida: Professor Charlie Hailey • • •
Public Architecture Commemorating Cedar Key Lighthouse Keeper Collaboration with city librarian and local museum coordinator to design the final construct Assisted in the schematic design process through construction of final built structure
Theme Park Engineering Design Club
University of Florida • • •
Team Member in the 2019 Cornell Theme Park Design Competition Collaborated with Civil Engineering students on the design and infastructure of attraction Fabricated 3d printed parts for rollercoaster train
Architecture Studio Teaching Assistant University of Florida • • •
Taught Students ArcGIS Pro for data visualization of urban mapping Worked hands on with teaching students design concepts Organized daily class assignments with the Graduate Teaching Assistant
Table of Contents
INDEX OF DRAWINGS A100
Surveying The Landscape 1-6
LIDAR Spatial Recording 7-12
Cultural Vessel 13-16
PROJECT BACKGRO
A102
3D VIEWS
A103
OVER ALL SITE PLAN
A104
SITE PLAN
A105
LONG ELEVATIONS
A106
ELEVATION A
A107
PLAN AT 2'
A108
PLAN AT 4'-6"
A109
FRAMING PLAN
A110
FRAMING BENT
A111
SECTION A
A112 A113
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Design Build
CATHARINE HOBDAY MEMORIAL
25-28
EXTERIOR SEATING INTERIOR SEATING
A115
SLAT DETAIL A
A116
SLAT DETAIL B
A117
BOOKSHELF DETAIL
A118
BOOKSHELF DETAIL
A120
Spatial Projections
SECTION B
A114
A119
Vertical Excavation
COVER PAGE
A101
LOGBOOK DETAIL LOGBOOK PAGE
A121
JOINT DETAILS
A122
ENTRANCE DETAIL
A123
STEP
A124
APERTURE
A125
FASTENER SCHEDUL
GENERAL NOTES: -THIS STRUCTURE IS TEMPORARY AND CAN BE MOVED. TH USES TIE DOWN METHODS TO COPE WITH THE POSSIBILIT -DUE TO THE STRUCTURE'S LOCATION ON AN ISLAND CONSIDERATION OF MOISTURE AND RAINY CONDITIONS THE MATERIAL IS A NATURALLY MOISTURE RESISTAN CEDAR, WHICH IS SUSTAINABLY SOURCED. -THIS IS A JOINT PROJECT, SIXTH IN THE SERIES, BETWEE BUILD ARCHITECTURE CLASSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CEDAR KEY. OTHER PIECES OF THIS SEQUENCE INCLUD AREA BEHIND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE SEAHORSE KEY. -THE 2020 DESIGN BUILD STUDIO ALSO COLLABORAT CENTER FOR AFRICAN STUDIES AND JAMES GEORGE T IMMERSIVE SPACE PRIOR TO THE DESIGN OF THIS PIECE.
A Joint Between Two Ecosystems How can architecture be used as an instrument to reveal information about the Florida Landscape? The Florida landscape changes seasonally, and through the means of architecture, landscape can be measured and recorded over time. The boundary between two ecosystems of the Florida landscape can be defined through establishing the threshold with an architectural intervention.
Upland Pine Ecosystem
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Threshold
Old Field Ecosystem
Professor | William Zajac Old Field Ice Chamber
Limestone Reservoir
1:53 2:51 3:55 PM
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Design Studio | 5
Upland Pine Limestone Marking
1:33 12:11
11:52 11:13 AM
Horological Site Plan
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First Mark
The First mark on the Florida landscape began by surveying the elevation changes of the first ecosystem. Environmental conditions made its mark through the warping of the tool. In response, I constructed an instrument to measure the changes of the ground through the use of tensioning in my tool. The architecture opens a space that is revealed through the act of tensioning the instrument, creating a threshold to the second ecosystem.
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Professor | William Zajac
Design Studio | 5
Inital Surveying Construction
Surveying Line
Adaptive Surveying Construction
Opening Of New Spatial Connection
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Ice Chamber
Professor | William Zajac
Design Studio | 5
Now coming full circle, the water that warped the tool now binds it together. The Ice reveals the landscape once its melted and leaves behind its mark on the instrument. A continues drip erodes into the limestone plate and travels down a channel into the joint reservoir. The tensioning of the turnbuckle allows for the opening of the second ice chamber to release the water in the joint reservoir.
Sequential Ice Melting
Water Channel to Joint Reservoir
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Spatial Recording With LIDAR The use of LIDAR technology allows for the ability to record dynamic spaces with porous edges. The measurements from the LIDAR scanner are compiled in a point cloud to create a three-dimensional representation of the subject. I constructed a two axes rig that was required to create a spherical scan of a space with the use of a Garmin LIDAR Lite. The data was then recoded using an open source program called Processing 3 created by Ben Fry and Casey Reas.
Assembled 3D printed components
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Independent Research
| 2019
Progression of LIDAR Scan
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A long path in the forest was defined by the canopy of trees along the edge of the space. As the space progressed further in the forest, the trees varied their density along the egdes allwoing for moments of dark enclosure or flooded with light. I was interested in capturing this fluid change of the space with the LIDAR scanner that would yield specific measurments of the surface edges. After taking a sectional scan of the space through multiple intervals, the fragments were compiled in Rhino to visualize the space unfold. Further investigations would explore using LIDAR to create a three dimensional mapping of a forest that to be analayzed before marking an intervention. LIDAR Mount
Servo Pitch Mount
Breadboard and Tripod Mount
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Diagram of 3D printed components Rhino and Illustrator
Independent Research
| 2019
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Barn Restoration
Jason Kail and James Wright
I continued my interest in 3D scanning as a field surveyor with Woolpert. The time out in the field gave me the opportunity to test the potential and limitations of this tool in a practical setting. The projects I was involved with focused on infrastructure and architecture renovation utilizing a Trimble SX10 scanner to create a point cloud model. The data collected can be transferred to BIM software for 3D modelling and CAD for 2D line drawings. The scanning helped determine the current condition of the barn and plan accordingly for the design process.
3D point cloud visualization
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Woolpert | 2021
Revit model from 3D point cloud
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Charleston Cultural Vessel Charleston South Carolina has been the intersection of many cultural identities due to the prevalent shipping port. The theater creates the joint between cultures and a joint between two spaces; education and commercial. The black box theater is housed in the cultural vessel which marks the corner of the public plaza of the community. The facade uses linear glass apertures to reflect the changing lighting conditions interior and exterior.
Facade light study Laser cut Plexi-Glass
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Professor |Michael Kuenstle
Design Studio | 6
Rendered in Rhino V-Ray and Photoshop
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Facade Cultural Vessel Black Box Theater
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East Elevation
Professor |Michael Kuenstle
Design Studio | 6
Legend
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
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PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
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1 -Main Lobby 2 - Cafe 3 - Administrative Offices 4 - Education Classrooms 5 - Exterior Garden
Ground Floor Plan
North Section
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Vertical Excavation
Partner Cesar Tinjaca As Battery Park expanded its Manhattan coastline, artifacts were buried to create a strong foundation for new land. This new land is now home to the monument walk, a place to reflect on the memory of our past. At what point do objects become artifacts and memories become a monument? The tower on Battery Park is the joint between the forgotten artifacts below ground and the monuments above ground.
Battery Park Monuments
Site Excavation Mapping Collaboration with Cesar Tinjaca
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Professor: Michael Montoya | Partner: Cesar Tinjaca | Design Studio | 7
Render by Cesar Tinjaca
Sectional Studies Hand drafted
Process model Bristol and Basswood
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Reconstruction The extracted artifacts are first analyzed and recorded before being lifted through the core of the building, allowing for direct access to view the reconstructionprocess. The top of the tower is reserved for the construction of the monuments and public viewing before being placed in park bellow.
Foundry Workshop and Excavation Lift Rhino and Grasshopper
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Professor: Michael Montoya | Partner: Cesar Tinjaca | Design Studio | 7
Cross Section of Foundry Tower AutoCAD
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NoLita Spatial Projections The neighborhood of NolLita in NYC is marked by street art along the walls painted by the local artists in the community. Each wall acts as a frame in which the community makes their mark on the architecture. When put together, each frame tells a larger story of the neighborhood as it changes over time. This project uses film to record the changes in the community and be used to organizes spaces through projection.
Film Projection on Building Surface
Process Projection Diagrams
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Professor: Michael Montoya | Partner: Cesar Tinjaca | Design Studio | 7
Bristol Paper and Laser cut Plexiglass
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Beginning by studying the street art, the process used a collage of the surrounding buildings as individual frames printed on transparent film. A context model was used to study how the film would make its mark on layers of thresholds through the projection of light. From this, diagrams were made which opened voids for the light to pass through and spaces to emerge from these thresholds.
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Legend
Ground Floor Plan
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1 - Gaden 2 - Artist Work Space 3 - Residential Lobby 4 - Temporary Maket 5 - Projection zone 6- Gallery 7 - Projection Zone 8 - Film Room
Professor: Michael Montoya | Partner: Cesar Tinjaca | Design Studio | 7
Render by Cesar Tinjaca
Projection Section and Tower Elevation
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Cedar Key Design Build James Wright, Carissa Beeks, Hana Cicevic, Kelsey Corcoran, Justin Devine, Carlos Rios Greyson Roberts, Erika Smith, Carly Walker The Catherine Hobday Memorial commemorates the first female lighthouse keeper in Cedar Key and connecting with the history of Cedar Key. Located in front of the public Library, the purpose of the vessel is to mimic the daily ritual of a lighthouse keeper by inviting people to reflect, record, and read during their passage through the town. The project was a collaboration between UF architecture students and the town of Cedar Key. Currently Under Development
Rhino and Photoshop rendering
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Professor: Charlie Hailey | Class Collaboration | Design Build Studio | 8
Construction Process of Final Structure
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SOUTH EDGE OF LIBRARY
The structure was informed by the form and spatial qualities of a lighthouse, while also connecting with the local architecture and ecology of Cedar Key. Due to constraints of not allowing the structure to be permanently placed in the ground, two proposals were drawn to address securing it to the ground during extreme weather conditions. One version entailed using Augar Anchors positioned on the corners of the base and tensioned with ropes. A second version consisted of using pour in place concrete blocks embedded deep in the ground.
ENTRANCE (SEE A122) NORTH EDGE OF BUILDING ACROSS FROM PROJECT
ENTRANCE (SEE A122)
2''x1''CEDAR NAILERS
2''x1'' CEDAR SLATS
2''x6'' CEDAR FRAMING BENTS 2''x1''CEDAR NAILERS
2''x1'' CEDAR SLATS 2''x4''INTERIOR SEATING AND SHELF (SEE A114 AND A117) 2''x6'' CEDAR FRAMING BENTS
2"x4" EXTERIOR SEATING
(SEE A113) Connection Between Buildings Along Street 2''x4''INTERIOR SEATING AND SHELF Cedar Key (SEE A114 AND A117) 2''x4'' CEDAR DECKING GROUND
2"x4" EXTERIOR SEATING 2''x6''CEDAR BASE (SEE A113)
2''x4'' CEDAR DECKING GRAVEL DEPTH - GROUND 321''
TION
NORTH SECTION
2 2''x6''CEDAR BASE
A112
Scale: 1/2''=1'
PRODUCED BY AN AUTODESK STUDENT VERSION
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1 A123
Cemetary Point Boardwalk GRAVEL Cedar Key
ECTION
1'
1 A123
DEPTH - 321''
2 A112
NORTH SECTION Scale: 1/2''=1'
Professor: Charlie Hailey | Class Collaboration | Design Build Studio | 8
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