Jeannine
MULLER
architecture & design
portfolio [m.arch 2016]
selected
work
the architecture of waste
M.Arch thesis | fall 2015-present | Michael Ezban
engaging public with waste processes
treehaus
arch600 | fall 2014 | Madlen Simon
touching the earth lightly
Stitch salisbury
arch403 | spring 2014 | Paul Mortenson
reconnecting downtown with its waterfront
weave dupont
HKS Mid-Atlantic Design Fellowship | feb 20-23 2015
activating the Dupont Underground
compound geometry
arch670 | spring 2014 | Michael Ambrose
exploration of digital manipulation
field sketches
summer 2015 & spring 2012
paintings & drawings from Italy
the architecture of waste course_ M.ARCH Thesis Loc ation_ Sunset Park, Brooklyn Dur ation_ 6 months | fall 2015-present (in progress) Thesis chair_ Michael Ezban
This research and schematic design work is part of a M.Arch thesis that aims to investigate ways that industry, waste, and urban ecologies can work to reinforce one another. The goal of the thesis is to repair the physical and mental separation of waste and public activity through design. The project will use the merging of architecture and landscape to create new avenues for public engagement with waste processes.
opposite- mapping of garbage related activities in New York
mapping waste processing
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WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITIES IN UNITED STATES 84 IN TOTAL
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WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITIES IN NORTHEAST CORRIDOR 47 OF 84 TOTAL
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WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITIES IN NEW YORK STATE 10 OF 84 TOTAL
Mapping of Waste-to-Energy Facilities in the United States
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Locating Waste-to-Energy facilities within the United States shows that the majority of facilities are located in the Northeast Corridor. Within this hotbed of activity, there is a concentration in the New York metropolitan area, yet there are no facilities located within the city limits. A Waste-to-Energy facility is a key missing element for New York, a city that exports the entirety of its trash since the closing of Freshkills Landfill in 2001, yet is planning to eliminate all of its waste sent to landfills by 2030, according to the mayor’s ‘Zero Waste Initiative’.
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CONVERTED MARINE TRANSFER STATION DSNY GARAGE RECYCLING CENTER FRESHKILLS LANDFILL
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SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION COMMERCIAL WASTE CARTER GARAGE
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RECYCLABLES HANDLING + RECOVERY FACILITY SCRAP METAL PROCESSOR AUTO DISMANTLER WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
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Mapping of waste-related processing points in New York City
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h y b r i d p r e c e d e n t a n a ly s i s
“passage ramp” “glass bridge” “media flow wall”
land s c ap e + p ub lic ac tiv it y extending public access into transfer station
l an d s c ape + p u b lic a c tiv it y expanding existing local sports activities to include ski slope
was te + p e o p le fl ows making visible to public process of trash transfer to barges headed to landfill
wa ste + p e o p le flows hybidizing functions of waste facility and sports complex
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AMAG E R B A K K E WA S T E - TO - E N E R G Y P L A N T BJARKE INGLES GROUP CO P E N H AG E N , D K
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c o ntex t enabling residents to experience the “violent theater of dumping”
co ntex t existing industrial landscape located near center of city
F LOW CI T Y MIERLE UKELES N E W YOR K , NY
Drawing from a history of waste related design, a precedent time line organizes waste based projects along a spectrum ranging from building to landscape. It is the projects that fall in-between the two that are of particular interest and are explored in-depth below. This analysis of four hybrid waste based design projects, both built and speculative, explores the flows of people and waste, the landscape and public activity, and context these projects lie within. The lessons learned from this precedent analysis are to inform future design decisions.
l an d s c ap e + p u b l ic a c tiv it y morphing existing roof form to host urban park functions
was te + p e o p le fl ows sorting of recycling sunken below public park
was te + p eop le flows seasonal shifting of urban materials providing symbiotic relationship with park
land s c ap e + p ub lic ac tiv it y draping landscape of public park around recycling facility
co ntex t repurposing McCormick Place to serve city needs of urban material storage
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c o ntex t negotiating meeting of natural landscape and light industry
S Y DH AV Y N S R E C YCL I NG CE NT E R B J A R K E I N G L E S GR OU P CO P E N H AG E N , DK
s i t e a n a ly s i s & s c h e m at i c d e s i g n TR AN SF ORMAT ION OF WAT E RF RON T CON DITION
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Historical Transformation of Site’s Waterfront Condition
Study of building placement on site & flows of people and trash
Working along the industrial waterfront of Sunset Park, the project lies at the intersection of two spheres: an industrial building, Waste-to-Energy plant, and a public amenity, waterfront park. The design intention is to tie the building and landscape together in a codependent relationship. These studies on the left examine the evolution of the waterfront over time and placement of the building on the site. Below are some schematic design sketches.
schematic design: building and landscape
network of paths
treehaus course_ arch600-Comprehensive design studio Loc ation_ annapolis, Maryland Dur ation_ 8 weeks | fall 2014 instruc tor_ Madlen Simon
This project was completed for the Institute of Environmental Economics in Annapolis, Maryland. In this comprehensive studio, design development was pushed to develop a project with structural, mechanical, and environmental systems. This project, located on an undeveloped peninsula outside downtown Annapolis touches the earth lightly through its design, construction system of prefabricated elements, and sustainable features. project completed with team member, Nicole Akpedeye
opposite- rainscreen panel, patterning derived from leaf
r e l at i o n s h i p t o s i t e Located on an undeveloped area of land surrounded by water, the design intention was to touch the earth lightly, to have a minimum impact on the forested land. To this end, the building is lifted on pilotis, to allow occupants the opportunity to be enveloped by their forest surroundings. The rainscreen panels on the north, east, and west facades have a design that mimics light filtering through trees and the south facade allows daylight and views to the water.
West Elevation
North-South Section looking East
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First Floor Plan
fac a d e a n a ly s i s & d e ta i l s detail a
summer and winter sun in closed position
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summer and winter sun in half-open position
summer and winter sun in open position
South Facade Operability
South Facade Wall Section
The south facade is designed for flexible amounts of daylight to illuminate the interior. It is comprised of hangar doors that change position to permit or block sunlight and folding glass walls that allow the facade to be opened to the outdoors for natural ventilation.
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Section Detail B
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building orientation
daylight/electric light zones
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Systems Integration Section
Throughout the design process, systems integration was a design driver. Studies exploring elements such as daylighting, natural ventilation, radiant heating and cooling, and alternative energy informed the design.
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NATURAL VENTILATION
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FAN TO ASSIST NATURAL VENTILATION POWERED BY PV PANELS
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PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
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RADIANT HEATING & COOLING SYSTEM
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GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP SYSTEM
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PASSIVE HEAT RECOVERY VENTILATOR
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INTENSIVE GREEN ROOF
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RAINWATER CISTERN
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GROUNDWATER TABLE
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DAYLIGHTING
stitch salisbury course_ arch403- design studio IV Loc ation_ Salisbury, Maryland Dur ation_ 6 weeks | spring 2014 instruc tor_ paul mortenson
This project seeks to foster a relationship between the citizens of Salisbury, Maryland and the Wicomico River, which is so integral to the greater Chesapeake Bay region. Through a community workshop process the studio was able to collaboratively re-imagine ways to bring life back to the heart of the city: downtown. This environmental center will act as a space to educate locals and visitors to celebrate the Chesapeake region and all of its living ecosystems. Using both existing urban context and natural landscaping schemes, it becomes a connection between the city and the river, between the built and natural environment.
opposite- concept sketch of building to bridge city and river
deriving building form from context
Section Perspective through building towards river
weave dupont course_ HKS Mid-atlantic design fellowship Loc ation_ Washington, dc Dur ation_ 4 days | February 2015
This project poses the question: how can we weave a series of organic interventions that challenge the preconceived rigidity of urban form, city fabric, and culture in order to blur the line between what’s above and what’s below? This project seeks to provide the DuPont neighborhood with a cultural destination that can educate, organize, and inspire both residents and visitors. Programmatic elements of a museum, educational initiative, and art exhibition space will weave together the various identities that embody Dupont’s unique cultural heritage. Through enabling a northern gateway, we will begin to activate the entire DuPont corridor and visualize its identity. This project was completed as part of the 2015 HKS Mid-Atlantic Design Fellowship, a four day design charette that partnered with the Dupont Underground to imagine new possibilities for the abandoned streetcar tunnels. project completed with team members Nick Cooper and Will Hinkle
opposite- connective tissue-urban fabric of DC
woven interventions: conceptual & mapped over the Connecticut Avenue corridor, on both the street level and the Underground level
Dupont North Anchor _cultural center _history telling _educational center
Dupont Art Anchor _grand north entry _Dupont Art Collaborative
Compound Geometry course_ arch670-advanced computer applic ations Dur ation_ 8 weeks | spring 2014 instruc tor_ Michael ambrose
This project seeks to interrogate the understanding of geometry through the manipulation of complex surfaces. The project begins with a precedent model, in which a surface is extracted and then studied through a matrical analysis. The morphological matrix seeks to transform the surface’s geometry through the manipulation of control points, resulting in a surface of greater geometrical complexity.
opposite- constellation of points
development of matrical analysis of surface manipulations
morphology of surface through manipulation of control points
field sketches course_ study abroad Loc ation_ rome, italy Dur ation_ 6 weeks | summer 2015 instruc tor_ brian kelly, michael ambrose
These sketches and paintings explore elements of architecture throughout history with a range of media: charcoal, watercolor, and graphite. The perspectives study the play of light and shadow while the analytical axonometrics study proportion, rhythm, and scale. These were completed during summer 2015 study abroad session in Rome and Vicenza, Italy.
opposite-light logic of Pantheon
Chiostro del Bramante, Rome
Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza
Piazza Santa Maria della Pace, Rome
Via Cesare Battisti, Vicenza
Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza
Piazza Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome
Villa Rotunda, Vicenza
These drawings, done in conte crayon and graphite, study the mesmerizing quality of marble sculpture- simultaneously embodying both lightness and solidity. They were completed during a 2012 semester abroad in Rome.
Jeannine
MULLER [student of architecture & design] jeannine.muller@outlook.com