jackson fox ARCHITECTURE
281 702 4330
PORTFOLIO 2009-2014
jacksoncfox@gmail.com Houston, Texas
JACKSON FOX
jacksoncfox@gmail.com 281 702 4330 Houston, Texas
CIRRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION 2014
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Houston, Magna Cum Laude
EXPERIENCE + EXHIBITIONS 2014
Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture + PJZ Architects Developed graphic visualizations for architectural and environmental research Organized, formatted, and edited various presentations and international publications
2014
2014 Venice Architecture Biennale Exhibtion + Scholarship Developed the Concept, Design, Fabrication, and Presentation an international exhibition Managed the research efforts of the studio into a clear, cohesive, and graphic narrative along a strict timeline Led students to cooperatively combine research, share ideas, and conceptualize design solutions Created and organized cohesive graphics and text for the exhibtions and collateral publications Selected by the College of Architecture to build and present the exhibition at the 2014 Venice Biennale Promoted the exhibition through local and international media
AWARDS + SCHOLARSHIPS + HONORS 2014
2013
2010 2009 2008
Global Art Affairs Foundation Prize, 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale, Risky Habit[at] Awarded 2014 Venice Biennale Scholarship by Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture Senior Thesis Recognition, COA Superjury Project reserved used for NAAB Accreditation, Filter : Industrial to Indigenous Received UH Provost Undergraduate Research Grant, Filter : Industrial to Indigenous Dean’s List of Academic Excellence (Fall/Spring) Project reserved used for NAAB Accreditation, Center for Automotive Research + Design Project reserved used for NAAB Accreditation, Farnsworthy Facade Dean’s List of Academic Excellence (Fall/Spring) Dean’s List of Academic Excellence (Fall/Spring) Dean’s List of Academic Excellence (Fall/Spring) National Society of Collegiate Scholars
PUBLICATIONS + EXPOSURE 2014
2013
Forthcoming - Houston History Magazine, Buffalo Bayou : Effect to Affect by Jackson Fox Houston Public Media (NPR syndicate), UH Moment radio interview by Marisa Ramirez Venice Biennale Exhibition Catalog, Time Space Existence p180-189 by Global Art Affairs Foundation + UH Conde Design Magazine - Taiwan, no. 257, Global Art Affairs Foundation, images of exhibition Architectural Record, “Exhibtion Review: Time, Space, Existence” by David Cohn Arch Daily, Venice Biennale 2014: 100 Architects Discuss “Time, Space, Existence” by Karissa Rosenfield Texas Architect, March/April p7, model photos, Learning Through Making by Andrew Vrana Houston Chronicle, UH College of Architecture makes International Splash with Venice Biennale by Shelby Hodge Creative Pride: UH Architects in Venice: International Audiences Exploring Houston’s Risky Habit[at] by Mike Emery University of Houston Daily Cougar, Architecture Students show work at Venice Biennale by Laura Gillespie The Houstonian, Cougars on the Rise p37 by Daniel Renfrow Gerald D. College of Architecture Collective Works 3 p194-195, Filter: Industrial to Indigenous Research exhibited in Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, Risky Habit[at] lecture by Tom Colbert Research exhibited in Arquitectura de Buenos Aires, Risky Habit[at] lecture by Peter Jay Zweig, FAIA
PROFICIENCIES Autodesk Autocad + Autocad Map 3d McNeel Rhino + Grasshopper Google Sketchup + VRay Adobe Photoshop + Illustrator + Indesign Microsoft Office 3DS Max ArcMap GIS Autodesk Revit
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS Predesign + Architectural Programming Site Analysis + Demographics Environmental Research + Public Health Materials + Technology Research Urban + Architectural + Landscape Design
OTHER INTERESTS Music + Writing Graphic Design History + Art Cartography + Mapping Golf + Running + Hunting
SELECTED WORKS Each work demonstrates the conceptual clarity, graphic versatility, and critical thinking aligned with my understanding of architecture. The first three projects convey the evolution of a single work, from site research, to architectural design, to final exhibtion in the 2014 Venice Biennale.
INDIGENOUS TO INDUSTRIAL Houston’s Buffalo Bayou pgs 04-23
FILTER
Bridging the East End pgs 24-39
RISKY HABIT[AT]
2014 Venice Biennale pgs 40-47
BREAKOUT : BRAYS OAKS Community Design pgs 48-55
AUTOCENTRI[CITY]
The Car Culture of Houston pgs 56-69
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From the Gulf of Mexico to the heart of Downtown, Buffalo Bayou has proved a vital piece of our city’s growth for 100 years. Through history, we’re able to trace how Houston’s economic ethos has transformed a narrow and winding bayou into an international eipicenter of import. How is it possible that Buffalo Bayou, stretching more than 100 miles in length, generating more than one million jobs, connecting us so crucially to the reigonal, national, and global economy is so detached from our local culture? Is this relationship something worthy of salvage, or has the bayou become too disconnected, too environmentally volatile, and too toxic to save?
G TEXAS GULF WETLANDS + WATER
INDIGENOUS TO INDUSTRIAL
10 mi
As a research investigation, Indigenous to Industrial tells the story of Houston’s primary waterway, Buffalo Bayou, from its wetland orgins to its petrochemical complexes of today. Analyzing economic driviers, demographic density, and environmental issues, this project re-maps a new, candid narrative of one of the country’s fastest growing cities.
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AMERICAN PORT CITIES
HOUSTON GROWTH 177 YEARS OF ZONELESS SPRAWL
MAJOR PORTS 1837 1,113 1,113
1,113
1,113
1837 1837
1837
1914
1837
78,800 78,800
78,800
78,8001914 1914
1914
1950 1914
596,163596,163 701,000701,000
596,163 596,163 1950 701,000 701,000
2014
1950
1950
1950
2,145,958 2,145,958 5,628,000 5,628,000 627 Sq Mi 627 Sq Mi
2,145,9582,145,958 2014 5,628,0005,628,000 627 Sq Mi627 Sq Mi
POPULATION
SHIPPING ROUTES
TRADE TONNAGE
AREA
HIGHWAYS
ROADS
RAILROADS
PARKS
BIKE PATH
CO2 EMISSIONS F F B U
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B A Y O U
B
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OZONE INDEX
New York
Baltimore
Mobile
S. Louisiana New Orleans Plaquemines
Houston Beaumont Lake Charles
Los Angeles Long Beach
Tampa
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New York Baltimore
Tampa
Mobile Plaquemines New Orleans S. Louisiana Lake Charles Beaumont
Houston
Corpus Christi
Long Beach Los Angeles
Corpus Christi
AIR QUALITY INDEX
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Renewable
Nuclear-Electric
Natural Gas
Biomass
Coal
Geothermal
Solar
Hydroelectric
08 G U L
M
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X electrical cable
jet fuel
I C
Petroleum
Fossil Fuel ethylene oxide
vinyl chloride
hexacholrobenzene
styrene
carbon tetrafloride
butadiene
dioxin
TEXAS ENERGY CONSUMPTION Energy Information Administration, 2012
TEXAS ENERGY PRODUCTION Energy Information Administration, 2012
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GULF OF MEXICO PLATFORMS + PIPELINES
Texas
California
Florida
Louisiana
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Georgia
Indiana
Michigan
North Carolina
New Jersey
Virginia
Tennessee
Washington
Alabama
Kentucky
Missouri
Minnesota
Wisconsin
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Iowa
Colorado
Arizona
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Kansas
Arkansas
Oregon
Nebraska
Utah
Connecticut
West Virginia
New Mexico
Alaska
Nevada
Wyoming
North Dakota
Idaho
Maine
Montana
South Dakota
New Hampshire
Hawaii
Deleware
Rhode Island
District of Columbia
Vermont
Texas
Wyoming
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Colorado
Oklahoma
California
New Mexico
Illinois
Alaska
North Dakota
Alabama
Arkansas
Utah
Montana
Washington
Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Kansas
Iowa
Michigan
South Carolina
Arizona
North Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Oregon
Tennessee
Mississippi
Energy Information Administration, 2012
benzene
carbon dioxide
Nebraska Minnesota
U. S. E N E R G Y P R O D U C T I O N
electricity
gasoline
diesel
auto parts rubber tires
plastics cosmetics cleaning products detergents dyes polyvinyl clothes paint pharmaceuticals ink upholstery artificial turf rubber insecticides toys movie film adhesives
grocery bags
carbon dioxide
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Maryland
South Dakota
Missouri
Connecticut
Idaho
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
Nevada
Hawaii
Deleware
Rhode Island
District of Columbia
ENERGY CAPITAL : HOUSTON U. S. E N E R G Y C O N S U M P T I O N Energy Information Administration, 2012
SETTLEMENT : HOUSTON HOUSTON HOUSING after 2009 after 2009
2000 - 2009 2000 - 2009
after 2009
1990 - 1999
2000 - 2009
1990 - 1999
1980 - 1989 1980 - 1989
1990 - 1999
1980 - 1989
Electricity
Electricity
1970 - 1979 Electricity
1970 - 1979
- 1969 1960 1960 - 1969
1950 - 1959
1950 - 1959
1940 - 1949
1970 - 1979
1960 - 1969
1950 - 1959
1940 - 1949 1940 - 1949
before 1939
None
Wood
AVG SIZE SQ FEET
LP Gas
Utility Fuel OilGas
# OF UNITS
Utility Gas
Utility Gas
None
yearbefore built
LP Gas
Wood Wood
Fuel Oil Fuel Oil
AVG SIZE SQ FEET
LP Gas
Solar Energy year built Solar Energy
# OF UNITS
911,295 HOUSING UNITS
None
AVG SIZE SQ FEET
1939
14 % V A C A N T
Solar Energy
year built
# OF UNITS
before 1939
US Census 2010
1,007,646 DAILY COMMUTERS
18,385 MILES OF HIGHWAY
American Community Survey 2012
Department of Transportation 2011
ALONE IN ONE VEHICLE
I N T E R S T A T E 1 5 1 MILES
CARPOOL
F R E E W A Y 3 3 8 MILES PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION A R T E R I A L 2, 5 2 0 M I L E S WALK TO WORK
C O L L E C T O R 1, 7 8 8 M I L E S
WORK AT HOME
L O C A L 1 3, 5 8 8 M I L E S
WORKERS COMMUTE 27 MINUTES ON AVERAGE American Community Survey 2012
WALKING 1.6 M I L E S BIKING 5.4 M I L E S DRIVING 15.8 M I L E S HWY DRIVING 29.3 M I L E S
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SETTLEMENT : BUFFALO BAYOU CROSS SECTION OF INCOME + DENSITY 3 mi
CITY AVERAGE DENSITY
3, 5 5 2 PPL / SQ MILE
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME
CITY AVERAGE
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DREDGED ISLANDS
CHEMICAL CORRIDOR
SHIP CHANNEL
TURNING BASIN
EAST END
DOWNTOWN
SUBURBAN VILLAGES
$ 4 3, 7 9 2
ENERGY CORRIDOR
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SECTIONAL CONDITIONS
IMPERMEABLE SURFACES NO. 1 W E S T H O U S T O N
ADDICKS + BARKER RESERVOIR
ENERGY CORRIDOR
VILLAGES
2 mi
DOWNTOWN
SUBURBAN VILLAGES
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ENERGY CORRIDOR
SUBURBAN
NO. 2 E A S T H O U S T O N
EAST END
TURNING BASIN
SHIP CHANNEL
DREDGED ISLANDS
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CHEMICAL CORRIDOR
SHIP CHANNEL
TURNING BASIN
2 mi
DOWNTOWN
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CHEMICAL CORRIDOR
FLOODING FLOODPLAIN
100 YEAR
500 YEAR
CATEGORY 2
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CATEGORY 3
BUILDING FOOTPRINT
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AIR POLLUTION WATER POLLUTION
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SOIL CONTAMINATION
HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS OF BUFFALO BAYOU
Environmental Protection Agency, 2012
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Shell Reaches Settlement in Houston Pollution Case 2013
Dead Fish Symptom of Ailing Bayous
New Standards Give Houston a Chance to Reduce Emissions
Cleaning Our Engine
Two Tankers Collide in Houston Ship Channel
Appeals Court Ruling Restores Refiner Smog Fines
State Officials Clash with EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Rules
Lawmakers Urge State, EPA to Settle Air Pollution Squabble
Houston Republicans to EPA: Stop Messing with Texas
Houston Losing an Anti-Pollution Ally
White Linked to Company in Pollution Probe
City Rebuffed by State over Refinery Air Permit
Memo to TECQ: Don’t Mess with Texas Rivers
Keep Dirty Oil Out of Houston
EPA Admits Flaws in Ways it Tallies Houston Pollution
Soot Concentrations might not be as Safe as Feds Say
Push made to have Houston Added to List of Bad-Air Cities
EPA Opening Survey of Population at 4 Houston Schools
Senate Give Tentative OK to Port Factories Pollution Bill
Shell Will Pay Millions to Settle Air Pollution Suit
Texas Allies Disagree on Worth of Air Toxics Bill
Refiners Would Get a Break in Climate Change Bill
Smog Creeps into Fort Bend Far Away from it’s Sources
Raid May Signal Turning Point for S.E. Houston Waste Facility
White a Tough Act to Follow on Air Quality
The Haze that Kills
Concerns Could Delay Plan to Clear River of Dioxins
Buffalo Bayou Tributatry Flushed after Sewage Leak
EPA Names 3 Area Waste Pits Among Most Polluted
Study: Sea Salt a Key Ingredient in Houston Pollution
A Pinch of Salt: Natural Culprit Worsens Air Pollution
Fort Bend County Can’t Measure its Dirty Air
White says Plants Have Work to do on Benzene
Some Galveston Fish ruled too Polluted to Eat Often
Outdoors: No Surprises on Toxin Levels in Fish
Only Surprise of Galveston Toxic-Fish Alert - Why Now?
EPA Probes Cleanup of San Jacinto River Waste Pits
Neighbors’ Suit Questions Valero Refinery Pollution Alert
Mayor Takes on Houstno Refinery Over Emissions
EPA Delays Houston’s Deadline for Cleian Air to 2019
Proposal Targets Air-Code Violators
Houston Mayor Gives Polluters 6 Months to Clean
Houston Bayous are Flush with Fecal Bacteria
Study: Children Living Near Houston Ship Channel Have Greater Cancer Risk
Study: Children Near Ship Channel Face More Risk
Ship Channel Cancer Study Spurs Two Bills
Study Claims Link Between Pollution, Heart Disease
Chemical Lobby Tactic: Create Fog
Proposal Would Allow Houston to Sue Polluters
Mayor White’s Clean Air Quest Targets Benzene
Future Hazy for Key Air Quality Bill
A&M Studies Impact of PCBs on Texans’ Fertility
Delay Sought in Houston-Area Smog Deadline
Manchester Residents Complain about Scrap Plant
Ship Channel Residents Queried as to Pollution, Health
Drama Evident at EPA Hearing on Plan
Shell Sued over Deer Park Refinery Emissions
Manufacturing Plant in Third Ward Requests Amendment to Air Quality Permit
State Finds Toxics Imperil Ship Channel Neighbors
Residents Sound Off about Air Quality
Scientists Urge Action Now to Clean Houston’s Air
County is Tops in State for Chemical Emissions
Texas Guidelines for Air Toxics Among the most Lax in the Nation
Little Research Being Done So Far on Air Toxics’ Effects
Q&A: Cancer Scientist’s 1976 Findings Still Sit
Residents use Web to Learn about Toxic Air
Ozone-Monitoring Network is Far from Complete
State Urged to Clear Air on Toxics’ Risks
Deadly Blast Rocks Texas City
Chemical Spill in Bayou Leads to Recreation Ban
Plant to Cut Butadiene Emissions By Half
Cameras to Monitor Ship Channel Pollution
Cameras Reveal Ship Channel’s Pollution Source
Refineries are Packing It In
Five Bids to Control Pollution Kept at Bay
Williams Brothers to Pay for Dumping Waste
DA’s Office Tells Polluters They Can Get Off Easy
Fathers, Sons Clean Up Buffalo Bayou
Despite Efforts, Dioxin Still Found in Ship Channel
Ship Channel’s Dioxin Levels Baffle Researchers
Missed Deadline May Be Win for Landfill Foes
Diesel Exhaust: Lower Sulfur in Fuel will Mean Cleaner Emissions
The Smell of Money: In Houston It’s All the Smell of Sickness, Death
Bayport Foes Zero in on Air Quality
Brazoria Industries Out-Pollute Houston
Refinery Emits More Pollutants
More Bad Air Conditions Expected Today
Fix City’s Air Problems - They’re Real Deal Killers
Paper or Plastic? Bags a ‘Nightmare’ in Bayou
Patrick Bayou Added to EPA’s Superfund List
The Future of Southeast Harris County is at Risk
Houston Glad to Let L.A. Keep Smog Title
Electroplaters Charged wtih Polluting
Police Bust Tainted-Fuel Operation
Recent White House Actions Anger Environmental Activists
Mothers Work for Clean Air
Chemical Plant Investigates Contamination, Cleanup Options
Port: ‘We Cannot Live with Smog Plan’
Fighting Environmental Crime Still Texas Priority
Flooding brings Concern about Contamination
Tug, Barge Companies will Cut Air Emissions
Bayport Foes Point to Flaws in Army Study
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LAND + WATER + AIR POLLUTION
TOXIC HEADLINES
Houston Chronicle Archives
TIMELINE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ARTICLES IN HOUSTON CHRONICLE
CHILDREN LIVING WITHIN 2 MILES OF THE SHIP CHANNEL HAVE A 56% INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPING LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA
POPULATION DENSITY
20 TOXIC EMISSION SITES
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BUFFALO BAYOU : CHEMICAL CORRIDOR
URBAN RUNOFF DOWN BUFFALO BAYOU
CONSTRUCTION SITES PARKING LOTS MUNICIPAL WASTE INDUSTRIAL BROWNFIELDS
COASTAL WETLANDS
GULF OF MEXICO
FRESHWATER SALTWATER
ALGAE BLOOM
DISSOLVED OXYGEN
ECOLOGICAL DEAD ZONE
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a think tank for sustainable research
Houston is home to some of the country’s most polluted air, toxic water, and contaminated soil. It’s no mystery that while the city has remained economically resilient, much of our progress has come at the cost of our natural resources and environment around us. The Houston Ship Channel, the petrochemical refining, the lack of zoning, and uncontrollable sprawl--all contributing to the pollution of Buffalo Bayou. As a think tank for sustainable research along the bayou, FILTER will literally clean the air, water, and soil around the site. Using sustainable strategies like phyto-remediation, bioswales, carbon sequestering, and gabions, FILTER will use the architecture and landscape to cleanse the surrounding context.
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bayou section 3
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flood bayou
flood 100 yr
flood 500 yr 8
site axo
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proposed buildings
existing roads
existing buildings
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proposed roads
existing infrastructure
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proposed green spaces 4
site contours + bayou
site plan
FILTER campus 3
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1.Research Campus (repurposed office buildings) 2.Rainwater collection (repurposed parking lot) 3.Parking 4.Community Farm 5.Community Park 6.Carbon Sequestering Orchard 7.Experimental Agriculture 8.Ecological Preserve + Laboratory Area
filter bridge
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500 ft
landscape summer
landscape fall
permanent zone
landscape winter flooding : water strategy :
no flooding water collection + storage
semi-permanent zone
periodic flooding irrigation + drainage
american elm
landscape concepts
MERICAN ELM
ED MAPLE
red maple
uffalo G R A S S
indian grass
N D I A N G R Abuffalo SS
ICE
temporal zone
perpetual flooding phytoremediation + return to bayou
grass
yaupon
AUPON
sorghum
ORN
corn
ORGHUM
cotton
OTTON
peanuts
EANUTS
rice
OY BEANS
soy beans INTER WHEAT
DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
SEPTEMBER
AUGUST
JULY
JUNE
MAY
APRIL
MARCH
FEBRUARY
JANUARY
winter wheat
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urban landscape
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RAIN COLLECTION
STORAGE CISTERN
TREATMENT BUILDING USAGE SEWAGE
TOILETS PASSIVE COOLING LAVATORIES DRINKING FOUNTAINS
RECYCLED GREY WATER
BIOSWALES
IRRIGATION
MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPY
RETURN TO BAYOU ECOSYSTEM
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HELIPAD RECEPTION
a machine for research
ENTRY
HIGH ROLLER’S GAME FLOOR
MECHANICAL
LOUNGE
CAFE
ENERGY OFFICES
goverment agencies energy companies
KITCHEN
HELIPAD
CONFERENCE RECEPTION
ENTRY
HIGH ROLLER’S ENERGY MUSEUM
DOCKS
local universities goverment agencies
ASSEMBLY
HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL RESEARCH CENTER
ENERGY OFFICES
STUDENT CENTER
CLASSROOM
LABORATORY
KITCHEN
ENERGY MUSEUM
DOCKS
HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL RESEARCH CENTER ADMINISTRATION
ASSEMBLY
TECH CENTER
STORAGE
STUDENT CENTER
LABORATORY
GOVERNMENT OFFICES
mechanical
visitors
EMPLOYEE CENTER
TERRY HERSHEY HOUSTON NATURE CENTER + TRAIL
LIBRARY ARCHIVE
receiving public
EMPLOYEE CENTER
TERRY HERSHEY HOUSTON NATURE CENTER + TRAIL
CONFERENCE
employees
MECHANICAL
CAFE
KITCHEN
STORAGE
public visitors local universities
GAME FLOOR
LOUNGE
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employees
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layered filters for enclosure PEOPLE FILTER trans-bayou people-movers that connect metro, bicycle, and pedestrian paths
civic space
AWARENESS KIOSK awareness kiosk stations provide visitors with potable drinking water and a conservation education experience PEOPLE FILTER
adaptive space
trans-bayou people-movers that connect metro, bicycle, and pedestrian paths
VIEW FILTER
civic space
urban and building scale strategies that frame desireable views of Downtown KIOSK Houston and picturesque views of Buffalo Bayou AWARENESS awareness kiosk stations provide visitors with potable drinking water and a conservation education experience
environmental
LUMINOUS FILTER
adaptive space
large scale orientations that capture natural daylight to VIEW FILTER illuminate spaces and reduce electrical and thermal loads urban and building scale strategies that frame desireable views of Downtown Houston and picturesque views of Buffalo Bayou
scalability
THERMAL FILTER
environmental
building surfaces reduce and redistribute heat loads to LUMINOUS FILTER and control comfort reduce energy dependence large scale orientations that capture natural daylight to illuminate spaces and reduce electrical and thermal loads
educational
ACOUSTIC FILTER
sound is filtered through surfaces adjacent to auto THERMAL FILTER corridors and adjacent bridge building surfaces reduce and redistribute heat loads to reduce energy dependence and control comfort
scalability
ECOLOGY FILTER
commercial
building envelopes articulate the exposure and access ACOUSTIC FILTER to insects and birds
educational
sound is filtered through surfaces adjacent to auto corridors andFILTER adjacent bridge ENERGY
parking
in-line vortex turbines that harvest gravity-fed water to generate electicity as well as wind powered turbines
commercial
ECOLOGY FILTER
building envelopes articulate the exposure and access to insects and birds
WATER TREATMENT
greywater and harvested rainwater are filtered, treated, ENERGY FILTER and resued on site to reduce freshwater demand in-line vortex turbines that harvest gravity-fed water to generate electicity as well as wind powered turbines
public park parking
fog is condensed over large porous building surfaces WATER TREATMENT and is gravity fed to a collection basin for reuse greywater and harvested rainwater are filtered, treated, and resued on site to reduce freshwater demand
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p e r f o rpmear n f oc rem a n c e
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public park
RAIN COLLECTION
rainwater is harvested directly at the building scale from FOG COLLECTION impermeable surfaces fog is condensed over large porous building surfaces and is gravity fed to a collection basin for reuse
localized water bridge
SOLAR ENERGY
large scale solar arrays are installed to provide power RAIN COLLECTION for transportation and water pumps rainwater is harvested directly at the building scale from impermeable surfaces
energy input localized water
AIR FILTER
urban and building scale strategies control the speed, SOLAR ENERGY direction, and quality of air to increase comfort and health large scale solar arrays are installed to provide power for transportation and water pumps
AIR FILTER
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urban and building scale strategies control the speed, direction, and quality of air to increase comfort and health
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2014 Venice Architecture Biennale Time, Space, Existence at Palazzo Bembo a n e x h i b i t i o n c o l l a t e r a l t o F U N D A M E N T A LS b y R e m K o o l h a a s
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RISKY HABITS IN A RISKY HABITAT This exibition was designed by Peter Zweig, FAIA and myself under the Three Continents Studio at University of Houston. It featured student work from three semesters that focused on Houston’s risky habits of sprawling growth, zoneless planning, and industrial pollution around the city’s primary waterway, Buffalo Bayou. The exhibit focuses on three scales: 100 miles of the bayou, 2 miles of the East End, and 20 feet along the bayou’s edge. Through these three descending scales, projects negotiate Houston’s risky habitat through regional, urban, and facade-focused approaches.
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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
Designed remotely from the studios at University of Houston around a floor plan and a few pictures, challenges of the 15th century palazzo included crooked walls, sloping floors, an untouchable ceiling, and immovable chandelier.
Designing flexible systems of lighting, modelling, and graphic display were crucial in negotiating the imperfections of the 15th century Palazzo. The exhibtion was built in three days by myself and a team of four students.
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NEGATIVE / POSITIVE Through each project, the negative effects of Houston’s risky habits are transformed into something positive. This idea is conceptually developed in the black + white walls of the exhibition. The projects delicately straddle the horizontal divide, distorting and blurring the harsh separation of negative and positive.
THE WATERLINE To evoke the dynamic power of Houston’s flood surge, the three sequential spaces are immersed in darkness at three different levels of inundation.
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EXHIBITION Awarded the 2014 Global Art Affairs Foundation Prize, the exhibiton has been featured in at least three international publications, Archdaily, Texas Architect, Architectural Record, and local news media.
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The multifamily complex is a candid cross section of high density, low income, low education, and high crime. In Brays Oaks, complexes are isolated and disconnected from the community.
Population : 69,354
Area : 7.91 Sq Miles
Density : 8,767 ppl/sq mi Density of Houston : 3,603 ppl/sq mi Multifamily Footprint Housing Units : 29,043
Median Housing Value : $129,121
amenity paths
Median Rent : $580
Density Per Sq Mile
breakout gates stitch the ditch community units yard sale
Income Less than $25,000
Less than High School Education
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Housing Crime Education Community this diagram maps the nature and frequency of community issues. Articles from the Houston Chronicle Archives mentioning Brays Oaks. Coded by
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Based on the 2010 Health of Houston Survey, glaring issues include access to healthcare, chronic and behavioral health conditions, and preventative screening.
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AMENTIY PATH
EXISTING COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR
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BIKE PATH
amenity paths
BIKE PATH
a connective component
DRAINAGE
AMENTIY PATH
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DITCH
establish pedestrian connections to nearby, existing amenities
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provide secure + flexible means of access between complexes
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stitch the ditch
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an infrastructure component
EXISTING RESDENTIAL
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FONDREN
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transform the ditch into a recreational + shared community space
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adapt vacant apartment spaces into co-op community amenities
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FONDREN
COMMUNITY UNITS
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BIKE PATH
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precedents in auto-centric culture Urban Planning Viosin Plan Le Corbusier, 1925
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auto centricity 1934 Ford Coupe
1934 Ford Coupe
1964 Chevorlet Impala
1964 Chevorlet Impala
Auto Research + Design Center for Midtown, Houston 1938 Hudson Terraplane
1938 Hudson Terraplane
1964 Jaguar XKE
1951 Cadillac 61
1967 Buick Monaco
La Citta Nuova Antonio Sant’elia, early 20 century
1964 Jaguar XKE
Houston was built around the Car. Autocentricity is a R + D center for personal transportation in the edge of Midtown with a visitor center and gallery component. This program-driven project ex1938 Phantom Corsair Phantom Corsair 1965 Rolls Roycecompliances, Silver Shadow 1965 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow plores the importance of1938 precedent research, code context implications, and programmatic flexibility.
1951 Cadillac 61
Art + Architecture
Industry + Manufacturing Assembly Line Henry Ford, 1908
1967 Buick Monaco
precedents in typology
precendents in auto design Diagramming the grilles of iconic cars reveal an emphasis on coupled, lateral and symmetrical elements. 1953 Chevorlet Corvette
1953 Chevorlet Corvette
1968 Chevorlet Chevelle
1968 Chevorlet Chevelle
Laboratory 1934 Ford Coupe
1964 Chevorlet Impala 1968 Ford Mustang 1934 Ford Coupe Chevorlet Impala 1955 Mercedes 300SL 1955 Mercedes1964 300SL
1968 Ford Mustang
1938 Hudson Terraplane
1964 Jaguar XKE 1938 Hudson Terraplane Jaguar XKE1971 Lamborghini Miura 1956 Cadillac El Dorado 1956 Cadillac 1964 El Dorado
1971 Lamborghini Miura
Salk Institute Louis Kahn, 1966
Assembly 1938 Phantom Corsair
1971 Dodge Challenger 1965 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow 1938 Phantom Corsair 1965 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow 1958 Ford Edsell 1958 Ford Edsell
1971 Dodge Challenger
1951 Cadillac 61
1973 BMW 2002 Turbo 1967 Buick Monaco 1951 Cadillac 611961 Ferrari 250 SWB 1961 Ferrari 250 SWB 1967 Buick Monaco
1973 BMW 2002 Turbo
EMPAC Center Grimshaw Architects, 2008
Gallery 1953 Chevorlet Corvette
1968 Chevorlet1963 Chevelle 1982 Delorean 1963 Buick Skylark Buick Skylark 1968 Chevorlet Chevelle 1953 Chevorlet Corvette
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1982 Delorean
Neues Nationalgallerie Mies Van der Rohe, 1968
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programming considerations public display public galleries display galleries classification: A-1 area: 1440 sq ft sq ft per occupant: 15 lobby occupancy: 96 lobby exit width: min 36” water closet: 1M 2F lavatories: 1M 1F
classification: A-1 area: 1440 sq ft sq ft per occupant: 15 occupancy: 96 exit width: min 36” water closet: 1M 2F lavatories: 1M 1F
classification: A-3 area: 3100 sq ft sq ft per occupant: 15 gallery (x2) occupancy: 206 gallery (x2) exit width: min 36” water closet: 2M 4F lavatories: 2M 2F
classification: A-3 area: 3100 sq ft sq ft per occupant: 15 occupancy: 206 exit width: min 36” water closet: 2M 4F lavatories: 2M 2F
auditorium auditorium classification: A-4 classification: A-4 area: 2300 sq ft area: 2300 sq ft sq ft per occupant: 10 sq ft per occupant: 10 assembly occupancy: 200assembly (fixed seats) occupancy: 200 (fixed seats) exit width: min 36” exit width: min 36” water closet: 3M 6F water closet: 3M 6F lavatories: 2M 2F lavatories: 2M 2F
cafe
administration administration classification: B classification: B area: 374 sq ft area: 374 sq ft sq ft per occupant: 100 sq ft per occupant: 100 occupancy: 3 offices (x4)occupancy: 3 offices (x4) exit width: min 36” exit width: min 36” water closet: 1M 1F water closet: 1M 1F lavatories: 1M 1F lavatories: 1M 1F classification: B classification: B area: 634 sq ft area: 634 sq ft sq ft per occupant: 100 sq ft per occupant: 100 occupancy: 6 open officeoccupancy: 6 open office exit width: min 36” exit width: min 36” water closet: 1M 1F water closet: 1M 1F lavatories: 1M 1F lavatories: 1M 1F classification: B classification: B area: 408 sq ft area: 408 sq ft sq ft per occupant: 27 sq ft per occupant: 27 occupancy: 10 conferenceoccupancy: 10 conference exit width: min 36” exit width: min 36” water closet: 1M 1F water closet: 1M 1F lavatories: 1M 1F lavatories: 1M 1F
receiving
cafe classification: A-2 area: 480 sq ft 200 kitchen sq ft per occupant: kitchen occupancy: 2 exit width: min 36”
classification: A-2 area: 480 sq ft sq ft per occupant: 200 occupancy: 2 exit width: min 36”
classification: A-2 area: 1370 sq ft per occupant: 15 dining occupancy: 91 dining exit width: min 36” water closet: 2M 2F lavatories: 1M 1F
classification: A-2 area: 1370 sq ft per occupant: 15 occupancy: 91 exit width: min 36” water closet: 2M 2F lavatories: 1M 1F
research workshops research workshops classification: B area: 3175 sq ft sq ft per occupant: 100 design studio occupancy: design 158 studio exit width: min 36” water closet: 4M 4F lavatories: 2M 2F
classification: B area: 3175 sq ft sq ft per occupant: 100 occupancy: 158 exit width: min 36” water closet: 4M 4F lavatories: 2M 2F
classification: B area: 3175 sq ft sq ft per occupant: 100 workshop occupancy: 158workshop exit width: min 36” water closet: 4M 4F lavatories: 2M 2F
classification: B area: 3175 sq ft sq ft per occupant: 100 occupancy: 158 exit width: min 36” water closet: 4M 4F lavatories:60 2M 2F
receiving
classification: S classification: S area: 620 sq ft area: 620 sq ft sq ft per occupant: 300 sq ft per occupant: 300 occupancy: 2 loading dock occupancy: 2 loading dock exit width: min 36” exit width: min 36” water closet: 1M 1F water closet: 1M 1F lavatories: 1M 1F lavatories: 1M 1F
support spaces support spaces 1432 sq ft restrooms
1432 sq ft restrooms
electrical 5554 sq ft mechanical +5554 sq ft mechanical + electrical
4920 sq ft 4920 sq ft circulation circulation exit width: 48” fire stair (min) exit width: 48” fire stair (min)
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programmatic relationships
Mapping the overlaps in use, user, and usage frequency to inform spatial relationships between spaces
galleries
regular schedule high traffic
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administration
regular schedule low traffic
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design workshop design studio library storage
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lobby offices cubicle conference
receiving
regular schedule low traffic
support spaces
regular schedule low traffic vendor
mechanical
maintainence
public circulation
private circulation
loading dock office storage
5’ utility pole easement
regular schedule low traffic
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Exploring options in building footprint on the site
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Identifying an expanded sense of the “client” vendor few times/week truck at loading dock
maintenence employee regularized schedule rides metro to work
tourist new to Houston museum+site seeing
administrative employee 40hr work week commutes to work
researcher/designer Houston resident interested in auto design
gallery visitor Houston resident interested in auto design
weekend visitor lives in/near the city frequents local restuarants
student attends HCC/UHD/St Thomas commutes/rides the light rail
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kitchen + storage interior dining 80 persons exterior dining 50 persons bar area 25 persons
restrooms mechanical + electrical exterior mechanical yard network support fire stairs
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cafe
buildable area
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200 seats lecture + discussion podium projection booth
site area
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specific schedule high traffic
TRAVIS
auditorium
MAIN
information counter educational display promotional exhibition
recreational biker lives close by rides along bike routes
pedestrian midtown resident frequently walks by
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thanks
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Houston, Texas