SECOND YEAR PORTFOLIO JENNIFER GREIG
NC STATE COLLEGE OF DESIGN
JGREIG@NCSU.EDU
949-480-7426
May 2018
SWIMMERS RETREAT Falls Lake State Park
AMPLIF
Jockey’s Rid
FY
dge State Park
TRANSCEND Pettigrew State Park
SWIMMER’S RETREAT
IDEATION: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAND AND WATER
CLIFF: COMPETITIVE POOL • Internally focused • Quiet • Private
WATER: RECREATIONAL POOL • Externally focused • Busy/ lively • Views
FALLS LAKE STATE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA. Four swimmers are looking for a retreat on the coastline of Falls Lake. The clifflike coastline allow for the unique condition of allowing a quiet, internally focused space to exist and a more lively space to exist on the water where boats and other water sports are seen. This quiet space allows for the competitive long 125 foot long pool to exist, nestled inside the cliff and the recreational pool right on the water’s edge with a sun bathing deack and kayack access. The gaps through out the retreat would unify the two different spaces, allowing views back into the cliff and forest and views out to the water.
FINAL MODEL
The swimmer’s retreat uses black metal as its dominating encassing material. Wood is primarily used in the recreational sector of the retreat and concrete for the competitive section with the olympic sized pool. The facade varies between open, closed and screened areas. The screen can be seen as closed or open depending on the viewers point of view as seen in the precedent. The approach is through a trail that leads down from the cliff, but one could also approach the retreat through kayak, since a dock is located at the lower recreational area. The changing room is the transitory space between recreational and competitive sectors, the focus on water and the cliff, in the swimmers retreat.
AMPLIFY
IDEATION: HOW TO AMPLIFY AWARENESS OF PLACE
Located on the narrow Outer Banks of North Carolina lies Jockey’s Ridge State Park: a place known for their 70 ft tall sand dunes. Currently, the park has a visitor’s center next to the parking lot with a long boardwalk leading to the dunes. The board walk serves as a threshold to the sand, but it is a threshold not grand enough for the experience that lies ahead for the visitor. It doesn’t give justice to the monumentality of these remark-able dunes. There is a need for a structure that will allow a visitor to pause and take in the surreal landscape. Giving the park a further sense of place through amplifying the grandness, for people to stand still and listen and observe, to pause and forget time al-together.
A place for visitors to remember. Remember the dunes, the sense of awe, and the intimacy of connecting to the land. The structure mimicks the form of a sand dune, enveloping the end of the boardwalk to transition into an elevated space with a view of the dunes out ahead. The wooden beams making up the curve of this structural dune are permeable to light and sight, in order to stay connected with the surrounding land
TRANSCEND
IDEATION: VIEWING THE STARS
PETTIGREW STATE PARK, NC. Walking through the park I noticed three distinct areas present in the park: the surrounding fields, the forest with its tall sycamore trees and Lake Phelps, known for its clear, still waters. Because the park is known for its dark skies, it is an ideal place for star gazing, I wanted to make sure to get the clearest view. So, the treetops became a suitable site due to being clear of any objects blocking the view and having the chance to view the three distict areas of the park at once. An axis to the sky and horizon, and locating the site at a trail node connecting these three areas became important elements of my design process.
THE EXPERIENCE AND SPACE After finding a suitable site were and where three existing trails meet, the experience through the site became important to me through a gradual ascention. First the visitor is connected to the ground with the boardwalk. Entering the pulley system, the individual is completely disconnected with the ground and connects to the surrounding sycamore trees. Next there is the dynamic exhibit space for visitors to explore and associate with the horizon line by viewing the tree tops. The researches are spatially connected to the exhibit space. Once arriving at the top observation deck, which is a garden and had wooden benches to lay on, the individual is visually isolated from the ground and horizon line and can feel immersed purely with the vast night sky.
Observation Space
Observation Deck Research Offices + Kitchenette Indoor Exhibit
Pulley system
Storage + Mechanical Restrooms Outdoor Exhihit
FINAL MODEL: ASCENTION TO THE COSMOS
TRANSCEND
Pettigrew State Park, NC Star Observatory
JENNIFER GREIG
NC STATE COLLEGE OF DESIGN
JGREIG@NCSU.EDU
949-480-7426
May 2018