JENNIFER BRANHAM ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CITY SCALE HOUSTON, TX
FALL 2011/ LONGORIA
GREENSPOINT YMCA HOUSTON, TX FALL 2011/ LONGORIA
THESIS PROPOSAL HOUSTON, TX
FALL 2011/ TSAI, TURNER
MARKET STATION HOUSTON, TX
SPRING 2011/ DIEHL
COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOP [GREENSPOINT] HOUSTON, TX SPRING 2011/ ROGERS
BRADY’S ISLAND HOUSTON, TX
FALL 2010/ ROGERS
2025 HOUSE HOUSTON, TX
FALL 2010/ FROEHLICH, ROGERS, WEBB
GROWTH [RE-LIGARE INSTITUTE] AUSTIN, TX SPRING 2010/ RODIEK
CITY SCALE HOUSTON, TX
FALL 2011/ LONGORIA
Before designing for the city of Houston one must understand it at the urban scale. For this four week exercise, the class of seven students examined Houston through multiple lenses: flood planes, parks, trails, drainage ditches, public transit, highways, rail roads, and utility corridors. The city systems studied are not unique to Houston, but when pulled apart and examined, in singularly and in combination, the patterns created by the systems are very specific to the city. The complex web, known as the urban fabric, is now de-mystified, as each layer of the network can now be seen. Once the city scale is understood it is easier to design a project that logically fits into the existing network of infrastructure, services, and transportation that make the city of Houston what it is. The following project is the series of maps created during this exercise, which were later applied to other projects.
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CITY MAGNETS Houston has been referred to as the city of many centers, with downtown, the galleria, and the medical center all housing iconic skyscrapers. Airports, malls, and business parks are even beginning to create a magnetic pull away from the true Houston center of downtown.
FLOOD PLAIN The complex bayou system in Houston results in annual flooding that runs rampant throughout the city. Along with Houston’s no zoning policy there is also very little legislation preventing construction in a flood zone, which results in many homes and business running the risk of devastation to the rising water.
WATERWAY The ship channel and bayou system allow for the opportunity of pockets of waterfront development to occur. Cities around the world are turning to waterfront property as areas of investment, which could turn a city from average to thriving.
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PARKS/TRAILS Even though Houston is a automobile driven city, there is an astonishing network of trails and parks that exist throughout. These pedestrian outlets allow for one to experience Houston at a slower pace and smaller scale.
MAJOR BUS ROUTES Heavy concentrations of public transit needs exist in many of the multi-culture neighborhoods where cars are not a common household commodity. By knowing the busiest routes assumptions can begin to form concerning pedestrian activity in these areas.
FREEWAYS/TOLLWAYS The web of vehicular movement defines regions, pockets, and neighborhoods in the Houston area. When a neighborhood does not fit into the pre-defined web, communities are torn apart by the towering infrastructure.
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MAJOR ROADS In addition to the highways, major roads offer alternative routes throughout the city. These bypasses not only divert traffic but showcase sections of the city at a local scale.
DRAINAGE SYSTEM The Houston drainage system of culverts and concrete banked bayous are under utilized as an urban connective tissue. In several communities through the city the drainage system partners with a pedestrian walkway, which reveals a new connective use for the man made channels.
UTILITY CORRIDORS These high voltage towers come with the connotation of danger, but visually offer green corridors that run continually throughout the city. The possibility exists to connect these corridors to other existing green patches thus enriching the pedestrian system.
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FREIGHT RAIL With Houston’s rich industrial past freight rail lines set the mark on the major thoroughfares that would run throughout Houston. Many of the lines sit empty today but their presence helped define the city.
LIGHT RAIL As Houston grows larger, the reliance on the automobile grows with it. The introduction of the light rail through key areas of the city shows Houston’s commitment to establish a true thriving city center.
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GREENSPOINT YMCA HOUSTON, TX FALL 2011/ LONGORIA
The Greenspoint area was once home to single professionals, a thriving mall, and upscale offices. Today the outlook of the community has changed as Greenspoint is now home to transient families and a dying mall. In order to mend the weathering community, a tie must be established between those that live in Greenspoint and those that work there. By proposing a YMCA that is located adjacent to both user groups the separation of the community can begin to mend through the activities and programs that the Y offers. Acting a social and physical link between area inhabitants, the ideals of the Y will also spread along the existing strengths of the area, i.e. the parks and bayou. With a linear system of designed program and spaces Greenspoint could finally begin to be pieced back together one park at a time.
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BUILDING BUILDING USE USE
FLOOD PLANE FLOODPLAIN
MULTI FAMILYsingle-family multi-family 1
SINGLE FAMILY COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL SITE
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to a 10 acre flood control area
percentage of single family housing that is in the flood zone
ROUTE 102 ROUTE 56 SITE
PARK SYSTEM SYSTEM PARK
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EXISTING PARK potential park existing park POTENTIAL PARK SITE FOCUS AREA
used metro routes in HOUSTON
focus area
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percentage of households in the area that do not have access to a vehicle
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acres of park space currently in GREENSPOINT
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BAYOU SYSTEM EXISTING
AREA STATISTICS
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one of the most heavily used metro routes in HOUSTON
acres of park space currently in GREENSPOINT
acre site which backs up to a 10 acre flood control area
percentage of households in the area that do not have access to a vehicle
percentage of multi family housing is located in the flood zone percentage of single family housing is located in the flood zone
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MAIN FACILITY TEACHING CENTER
FARMERS MARKET
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PV FILM
SUN SCREEN
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WATER COLLECTION
TRANSVERSE SECTION
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
SOUTH ELEVATION 22
NATURAL VENTILATION
YMCA 23
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THESIS PROPOSAL HOUSTON, TX
FALL 2011/ TSAI, TURNER
The library has been a stable part of American society for over 300 years, but programmatically very little has changed within this building typology. Over the last two decades the needs of the public library have shifted away from books, and the library as a building typology must keep us or face extinction. The library as an institution must rethink what it means to house the tools of knowledge. No longer are reading books the only way to learn, but going to lectures and participating in hands on workshops are a must. A transformation will occur where new programmatic elements will begin to emerge leaving the public library with a new face, a new standard, and a new future. The following diagrams are pulled from the 90 page thesis proposal that raises the question “What if the library of tomorrow captured the vitality of Starbucks, the grand spaces of Notre Dame, the tech saviness of an apple store, and the green sprawl of central park. What if all of those things could occur on a single site and be known as the Houston Central Library�.
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social library
school library
HOMEWORK HELP AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
SCHOOL SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY WORKFORCE RATE DEVELOPMENT ACCESS EDUCATION
circulating library
public library evolution
TEACHING READING STUDY FOR GED ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGE COMPUTER SKILLS
hpl focus groups
HPL HISTORY
DOWNTOWN CENTRAL
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DOWNTOWN CENTRAL STATISTICS
2,242,213 users in Houston
most likely to have a
library card
HOUSEHOLD INCOME 100,000+
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COLLEGE GRADUATES
WORKING MOTHERS
most likely to have
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WORKING MOTHERS
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SOURCE: AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
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UNITED STATES
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HPL SYSTEM
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acres homes neighborhood library [8720] collier regional library [17,440] oak forest neighborhood library [8339] hillendahl neighborhood library [10,900] ring homes neighborhood library [8333] jungman neighborhood library [18,530] robinson-westchase regional library [18,094] hennington-alief regional library [19,620] walter neighborhood library [60,400] HPL express southwest [3600] HPL express morris frank library [12,000] meyer neighborhood library [8339] stimley-blue ridge neighborhood library [14,660] vinson neighborhood library [9810] johnson neighborhood library [12,190] mancuso neighborhood library [8930] bracewell neighborhood library [8857] park place regional library [16,000] mccrane-kashmere gardens neighborhood library [11,178] dixon neighborhood library [3270] lakewood neighborhood library [4524] scenic woods regional library [12,252] moody neighborhood library [6213] heights neighborhood library [15,260] carnegie neighborhood library [19,620] Ă&#x2122;GUI XBSE OFJHICPSIPPE MJCSBSZ < > tuttle neighborhood library [7722] pleasentville neighborhood library [4360] Ă&#x161;PSFT OFJHICPSIPPE MJCSBSZ < > stanaker neighborhood library [9265] melchner neighborhood library [4578] smith neighborhood library [11,445] young neighborhood library [7922] mcgover-stella link neighborhood library [20,000] parent resource library at the childrens museum [5500] clayton library center for genealogical research [33,321] loosecan neighborhood library [8052] freed-montrose neighborhood library [16,459] african american library at the gregory school [20,000] central library [533,620*] HPL express discovery green [300] *square footages are approximates
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Houston’s ranking in terms of literacy rate out of 72 cities
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Traditionally speaking, libriaries are a one trick poney. They offer the public access to books but struggle to successfully offer anything more. By rethinking what it means to be an institution of knowledge the public library will grow to be an educational commodity that citizens will stand in line for. The new library model will focus on the VARK learning styles of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning. Spaces will be then be created to accomidate the activities that stem from the original learning style. These activities are not foreign to most libraries they are just not given the attention or right space to blossom. Overall the library of GVUVSF XJMM SFEFÙOF JUTFMG JO UIF QVCMJD FZF BT IBWJOH DBQUVSFE TQSBXMJOH MBOETDBQFT NBSLFU vitality, tech saviness, and inspiring spaces all woven into the urban fabric of the city.
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SCIENCE
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EXERCISE
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ART GARDENING COOKING
technology savvy
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PRECEDENT STUDY
WINNIPEG LIBRARY Canada 36
MUSASHINO ART UNIVERSITY Japan
OPEN AIR Germany
inspir
533,620 sf CURRENT HOUSTON CENTRAL LIBRARY
425,000 sf indoor
outdoor
PROPOSED HOUSTON CENTRAL LIBRARY
DIVIDE SPACES
STORAGE
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SEATTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
SCHOOL DE DIJK
PEROT MUSEUM
Seattle
The Netherlands
Dallas 37
MARKET STATION HOUSTON, TX
SPRING 2011/ DIEHL
The focus of this project was to create a place of complex destination with two programmatic components present. The given piece of program was a high speed rail station to be located in the eclectic warehouse district of Houston. In order to create a place that would accommodate visitors as well as locals the additional program had to be flexible and lively, thus revealing itself as an urban market. The unification of the chaos of a market with the order of a train station resulted in a destination that captures the bustle of the city. Playful lines and dynamic shapes started with the buildings, spilled into the plaza and bleed into the neighborhood fostering the bustle of activity along the way. 39
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45 1|drop off 2|existing parking 3|grass 4|water 5|tall vegetation 6|pedestrian bridge 7|architectural graffiti SITE PLAN 1 Drop off 2 Existing Parking 3 Grass 4 Waterarea 5 Tall Vegetation context6 Pedestrian Bridge 7 Architectural Graffiti
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USER CIRCULATION
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION 42
SUPER ROOF COMPONENTS Skin
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WEST ELEVATION
TRANSVERSE SECTION
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COMMUNITY DESIGN WORKSHOP [GREENSPOINT] HOUSTON, TX SPRING 2011/ ROGERS
Through this research based class, community issues are studied, documented, and realized through â&#x20AC;&#x153;datascapes, landscapes, and infoscapesâ&#x20AC;?. Part I of the class is to KNOW the community and part II is to create a VISION for them. The result of a semester full of research ends with a proposal of community strategies for area improvements both large and small. For the Greenspoint community there were four focus areas, which were realized after the research was compiled: park system, floodplain, multifamily housing, and the mall. The final vision included ways to improve those focus areas while still maintaining the integrity of the community. The following diagrams are a portion of my contribution to the 85 page briefing book complied by the Greenspoint team of four students. Topics covered in the book were mall history, park systems, business districts, access to fresh food, merging divided quadrants, housing, flooding, and demographics just to name a few.
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HISTORICAL MAPS MALL HISTORY
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ANDcloses TAYLOR CLOSES19981998 CLOSES 1989 1989LORD Lord & Taylor Mervyns MERVYNS closes MERVYNS OPENS IN ITS Mervyns opens in its place PLACE
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CLOSES JcPenneyJCPENNEY closes * FITNESS CONNECTION Fitness connection opens at Mervyns OPENS AT MERVNYS
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* JCPENNEY DEMOLISHED FOR MOVIE JcPenney demolished for movie theater THEATER
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PARK SYSTEM super neighborhood 7680 acres existing park 21.7 acres future park 25.7 acres
GREENSPOINT PARKS GREENSPOINT PARKS 46.7 ACRES 46.7 acres
RECOMMENDED PARKAREA AREA* RECOMMENDED PARK 325 ACRES 325 acres
acres of park for every 1000 people, per recommendation from the City of Houston acres of parkland are MALL needed in GREENSPOINT MALL 100 ACRES to accommodate the 100 acres 29,600 occupants 52
BUSINESS PARK million sqft
super neighborhood exxonmobile owned 2 million sqft
main business park 9.6 million sqft
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GREENSPOINT OFFICE SPACE Total Greenspoint Office Space 18 million sq ft
DOWNTOWN HOUSTON
44 million sqft of office space
MAIN BUSINESS PARK Main Business Park 9.6 million sq ft
GREENSPOINT 18 million sqft
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HOUSTON FARMERS MARKETS
percent of markets are outside the 610 loop
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GROCERYSTORE STORE GROCERY 2 located in community 2 located in community 33% fresh food 33% fresh food
CONVENIENCESTORE STORE CONVENIENCE 28 located in community 28 located in community <5% fresh food <5% fresh food
AIRLINE MARKETS
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BRADY’S ISLAND HOUSTON, TX
FALL 2010/ ROGERS
Located at the convergence of two Houston bayous, Brady’s Island is the start of the Houston ship channel but more importantly it has the opportunity to create a passage from “city to sublime”. The development of the island was to create something new at the meeting of land and water as well as urban and industry. The following scheme focuses on the act of observation, where one could go to the island to look back at the city, experience nature, and watch one of Houston’s founding industries hard at work. From the placement of the buildings to the layout of pathways, each component of the project was designed to foster observation and create a new experience for Houstonians. 57
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION 60
PROGRAM Museum 5400sf Boat house 7400sf, rental 1500sf, storage 2500, workshop 1100, office 2300 Hotel 14300sf, rooms 8200sf, cafe 1200sf, banquet 2600sf, office/storage 2300sf
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2025 HOUSE HOUSTON, TX
FALL 2010/ FROEHLICH, ROGERS, WEBB
Over the years architecture as a whole has developed and matured to keep up with the present times and technological innovations. Architecture at the residential level has unfortunately not kept up the pace. By designing a house for 2025 in teams of three, many questions about the future had to be answered, or at least projected. This project started by looking at the original Case Study Houses to see what was considered innovative in the housing industry back in 40s-60s. From there a manifesto was presented that set the tone for the house in terms of design â&#x20AC;&#x153;beliefs, principles, objectives, and idealsâ&#x20AC;?. Next the program was established to define the clients wants and needs, which we determined to be an racially mixed couple that wanted multiple generations under one roof. Lastly came the choice of site, which focused on marginal spaces that resulted in living in the cracks and grooves. Overall the house was designed to accommodate growth in a restricted space while remaining open to the natural elements.
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HOUSE EVOLUTION stability
versatility
BUILDING USE 66
house size
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light
technology
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community
MANIFESTO VIDEO Frames from the 60 second video mandating that the house of the future will be small and efficient. The house of 2025 will breath, think, have a core,and evolve over time.
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620 sf EXPANDED PODS: 860 sf CORE: 850 sf OUTDOOR: 310 sf
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NORTH-EAST ELEVATION 70
NORTH-EAST SECTION
SOUTH-WEST ELEVATION
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NORTH-WEST ELEVATION 71
PROTOTYPE MOUNTAINS
PROTOTYPE DESERT 72
PROTOTYPE CITY
PROTOTYPE TROPICAL 73
GROWTH [RE-LIGARE INSTITUTE] AUSTIN, TX SPRING 2010/ RODIEK
The Re-Ligare Institute paired up with ACSA/AISC in 2010 to offer a steel design competition that was aimed to reconnect mind + body. Based on the given program of wellness and reflective spaces, the building was designed to allow users to reconnect with themselves, others, and nature. Located along Waller Creek in the heart of Austin this unique location offers the tranquility of nature with the convenience of the city. The building design focuses on the growth of the structure as well as the spiritual activities that are housed inside. As one moves from the city grid to the fluid creek the building transforms to create reflective spaces indoors and out. By pushing the limits of a conventional steel building a unique structure develops that spills out of the formal site which the main building can then be suspended from.
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SITE PLAN
BUS STOPS
PROGRAM
Reflective
76
Interactive
Administrative
Site Plan
Building Use and Iconic Architecture
CITY CONTEXT
commerical
BUILDING residential USE
sight-line
commercial residential civic civic educational culture parking park educational sightculture/entertainment line parking structure park
Gardens
Vertical circulation
77
9
1
1
8 7
22 2
LEVEL 1
10
5 LEVEL 2
11 14
4
6
3
12
21
7
LEVEL 3
FLOOR PLAN 1 Performance 2 Retail 3 Restaurant 4 Lobby 5 Library 6 Classroom 7 Research 8 Office 9 Conference 10 Dance 11 Music 12 Spinning 13 Weights 14 Juice Bar 15 Sauna 16 Hydrotherapy 17 Massage 18 Worship 19 Yoga 20 Silent Garden 21 Music Garden 22 Social Garden
SECTION 78
2
19
17
13
16
18
18
20 15
18 LEVEL 4
LEVEL 5
20 LEVEL 6
79
80
81
82
COMPONENTS
FOOTING DETAIL
Skin 6” pipe truss concrete anchor bolts 6” steel pin connection concrete veneer
Truss
concrete footing reinforcing rebar
Floors
concrete pier
Footings
SQUID CONNECTION DETAIL threaded connection 1” glass curtain wall w section metal decking w/ concrete top
3” pin connection custom union
arches welded connection 16” steel pipe tension member
bolt
2” stop pin k-series floor joist
BRIDGE COMPONENTS
Suspension
Deck 83
URBAN SECTION
This portfolio is a combination of works from Texas A&M University and The University of Houston.