Jacob Cluff
2018-2021
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Table of Contents Cottonwood, Radical Cottonwood
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Common Ground: Small Scale Mexico City
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Work Experience // Arboreta
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Timber in the City: No Haven
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Phoenix Union Station: Nest
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Contact
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Farming the Future: Cottonwood, Radical Cottonwood Spring 2021_ Max Underwood, Michael Rotondi
In the farming the future studio, we imagined the future of farming in the year 2100 in the town of Cottonwood AZ, which currently faces the depletion of its watershed. While examining the future of farming, it was impossible to not ask the question; how will we decide to live in the future?
This can be done by creating a culture that is based on the local ecosystem. The cultural shift will happen over time incrementally. The first priority will be to integrate the ecosystem into the built environment, then later, add infill to support the new culture growing from the local environment.
Our anthropocentric way of life is fragile. To turn from an anthropocentric to Ecocentric way of life, we can reestablish our connections and responsibilities to our local ecosystems.
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Ecocentric Strategy
Current fragile model.
Include a diversity of uses as a localist culture develops
Form co-housing units with a shared garden integrating the local ecosystem.
Infill incrementally as needed.
Create intentional in-between and transition spaces with a focus on the integration of the ecosystem. 5
The continued incremental development of these existing communities will generate strong social bonds, a vibrant city with unique and various identities and an ecosystem that thrives as this ecocentric model is adopted. As this shift to an ecocentric way of life continues, we can see a future in which more groups develop, not only stopping outward expansion into natural areas like the nearby watershed, but even a contraction of our built footprint allowing more space in the city to be given to the intentional integration of the ecosystem.
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Common Ground: Small Scale Mexico City Fall 2020_ Ian Dickenson
In this studio, we looked at a number of societal issues faced globally and locally in Mexico as we developed new ideas for social housing. The current practice in Mexico is for private developers to create large developments that aren’t connected to the social or physical infrastructure of nearby cities. In Small Scale Mexico City we look at how social housing might insert itself into unused spaces, which are often found near intersections, in order to take advantage of existing infrastructure and opportunity in CDMX.
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The open space here is used a a public space for nearby residents, with lots of pedestrian and vehicular traffic. The proposed intervention is not only intended to not disturb the public quality of the space, but to add to it by giving space to vendors on the ground level.
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Work experience // Arboreta
EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING RS-7
SIGHT VISIBILITY TRIANGLE
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MONUMENT SIGN UNDER SEPARATE PERMIT
CMU WALL 14
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ENTRY -STAMPED & PAINTED ASPHALT
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EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY ZONING RM-4
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This project exemplifies a lot of the experience I gained while at a professional office. Here, we were tasked with designing a multi-family project that fit in with the surrounding single-family neighborhood. I collaborated with the Project Manager, creating iterations of the site plan and floorplans. For this project and many others, I would compile and coordinate construction documents, adding keynotes and details. From working on this project and others, I learned about coordinating construction documents, collaborating in design, and how a project moves from design to being built.
SIGHT VISIBILITY TRIANGLE
EXISTING SIDEWALK
GARAGE
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14 LIVABLE AREA 1,811 SQ. FT.
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TO PARKING SPACE
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MEDITATION GARDEN
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SIGHT VISIBILITY TRIANGLE EXISTING SIDEWALK
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EXISTING CMU WALL
VIEW FENCE
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Timber in the city: No Haven Spring 2019_ Scott Murff, Katherine Dudzik-Smith
“No normal person can spend [their] life in some artificial haven.” - Jane Jacobs
FAR Requirement
Timber in the City is a two phase project in Queens, New York. In Phase One there will be an community athletic center, an early childhood education center, and residencial units. All programs of Phase One have their enterances off of the riverfront park. No Haven seeks to make sure that there is no artificial haven being created. The corner lifts signify where the enterances are located. All entrances are found here. Residents have no in-house shortcuts – they have to go through the same doors as anyone else. As they do they meet their neighbors using the Community Center or the School. They have to use the streets, bringing a liveliness to them instead of a dull gray area to be used only by those who are residents.
Seperating Towers
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Lifting Common Entrance Points
No Haven Jacob Cluff
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Phoenix Union Station: Nest Fall 2019_ Jay Atherton, Elizabeth Mclean
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In Phoenix Union Station: Nest, Nest, a university was creating a campus on a site that included a train station on the historic register and an underused parking garage. In order to create a cohesive identity for the University, the two buildings on site needed to be reconciled. The garage had portions of floors removed to make room for volumes inspired by the train station and to claim it as a human space. By inserting the volumes, three distinct spaces were created on the site: outside uncovered, outside covered, and interior.
Phoenix Union Station
Jackson Street Parking Garage
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Cut-Out Courtyard
Stack
Arrange Volumes in Garage
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Jacob Cluff jacobcluff92@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-cluff-51605019b/ (480) 622-0032 Education M.Arch 3+, Arizona State University 2021 - Ralph Haver Memorial Scholarship recipient - Pursued personal learning about urban development and proactive practices - Can operate in an online learning and working environment. BA French, ASU 2018 - Learned that grammar, like architecture, is less important than the people that use it Work Associated Architects 2019-2021 Architectural Intern - Assisted in design and documentation for commercial, residential, and religious projects Babbitt-Smith Engineering (Structural and Civil) Drafter - Detail drafting and office management
2015-2019
Skills - Strong Design Skils, Inquiry, Problem Solving, Collaborative - Adobe suite, Revit, AutoCAD, Sketchup
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