Jeremy Mendoza
Table of Contents Voelker Park Visitor Center
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SAMASM: San Antonio Museum of Art Sculpture Museum
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Urban Theatre
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Kahaluu
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Grand Marais
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New Ludgate Hill
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565 Kokea St.
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Voelker Park Visitor Center San Antonio . Texas . USA
Voelker park was adopted into the San Antonio Greeway development project in 2010. A network of interconnecting parks along natural streams help to support an active community which engages the raw Texas Hill Country. Nestled into the bank of the stream, the project merges two characteristics of the site’s past to create a unification of what was and what will be. Native Americans once hunted and settled in the bounds of the park before being converted into farmland by the Voelker family. Drawing inspiration from the plow, the Visitor Center cuts into the embankment, connecting stream and farm. The open air plan allows ample breeze to flow through the building, aided by the cool waters along the stream. With the introduction of this center, a proposed community farm would frame the approach to the building, allowing adjacent schools and communities to plant, tend, and harvest healthy local foods.
University of Texas San Antonio
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A community farm is proposed to be built as a yard for the building, which derives its form from the tractor and plow.
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Creek Level (lower) 8
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Entry Level 9
Upon entering the structure, the visitor is greeted by the reception desk or the park rangers directly. A central spine houses within itself the enclosed program of restrooms, offices, and maintenance. With oďŹƒces with walls of glass, the rangers are able to not only see incoming visitors, but are able to provide security for the exhibition/gallery space, and bring in natural light. A cantilevered platform provides the guests with sweeping views up and down the Salado creek. At the lower plaza level, a seminar room is avaliable for public use. A full-service kitchen and storage facilities further enhance the marketability of the space for events.
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SAMASM:
San Antonio Museum of Art Sculpture Museum San Antonio . Texas . USA The San Antonio Museum of Art’s collection has expanded beyond the capacity of the 19th century brewery building that it currenly inhabits. To ease the storerooms, the museum has proposed an edition which is situated across the street and enganging with the River North / River Walk development. Hinging to respond to the irregular bend in the river, the building cantilevers over the dividing road and frames a view of the entry to the main museum. A sunken sculpture garden is bordered by galleries on one side, and a theatre to the other. A truss framed bridge divides the space in two and provides stunning views of the San Antonio skyline.
University of Texas San Antonio
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Site Plan
The ‘hinge’ engages the entrance of the museum proper while reaching out into the river to interact with the visitors along the river-walk.
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Preliminary Design Drawings
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Staff Parking Loading Restoration Storage Grand Stairwell Exhibition Hall 1 Exhibition Hall 2 Exhibition Hall 3 Maintenance River Center River Dock
Entry Gift Shop Men’s Restroom Women’s Restroom Grand Stairwell Auditorium Stage Backstage Dressingrooms Main Gallery Outdoor Auditorium Sculpture Garden Cafe
Exhibition Gallery Restroom Grand Stairwell Roof Garden Library and Offices Event Room
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The Truss Bridge
A Belgian Truss was used to span the 150 feet courtyard below. The bridge is integral in connecting the main museum to the river, as well as acting as a counterweight to the cantilevered form reaching out to the original museum across the street.
Structural Study Model 20
Perspective from the gardens of SAMA 21
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Urban Theatre Honolulu . Hawaii . USA
Urban Theatre is a magnet school for the arts located in the city of Honolulu, Hawaii. The building, which rises twelve floors into the air, houses art facilities in its base, an Urban Theatre and stage in the dividing courtyard, and student and faculty dormitories in the tower overhead. Each unit is a prefabricated shell which is then attached to the building in any direction desireable, thus giving each unit a unique vantage of the ocean and the towers of Waikiki, Ala Moana, and Kakaako areas. The openess of the complex maximizes the use of trade winds and breezes coming from the Ko’olau Mountains to the East. To support a cummunity environment, community balchony levels have been placed on every third habitable floor. Each unit houses 4 students.
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Circulation
Design Development
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The Design was driven by the desire to make the theatre a central integral part of the communtiy. With the name being Urban Theatre, the decision to open the theatre to the street and business of the city was made. The Theatre exists as a courtyard performance space between the buildings where the public is able to become involved whether they are walking down the street or waiting at the light to turn onto King Street. The towers rise above allowing the units above the theatre to ingage in the activities provided below.
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Southwest Elevation
Southeast Elevation
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Programing
The vantage from above gives the artists a sense of acomplishment, as they are placed on high. The gallery spaces, which can be reached directly by bridge from the studios, the theatre, and the recording studio can all be seen from the student units. The Theatre space in the courtyard below can be closed o from the street to create a personal theatre space, or opened up to the public directly, with the bridge framing the stage.
Left: View from Street Right: View into Courtyard from 4th floor 28
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Kahaluu:"El Forms" Kahaluu . Hawaii . USA
This residence is designed for a local architect and his wife who is a cellist. The building marries the two lives in an intersecting building. The architect requested that the building be designed in a similar fashion as Peter Eisenmann’s theories, in which his writings on ‘El Forms’ dominates. Solids and voids define space and create barriers, which help to create a division between the personal and professional lives. A sound shaft bridges the two spaces, allowing the sounds of the practicing cellist to fill the gallery and connecting spaces of the architecture office with music.
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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El Forms
By manipulating the 9 square grid, a solid and void can be defined, where intersecting forms could be discovered. In the development of this residence, the grid was transformed into an “L� shape, then shifted twice. These shapes were then defined as plan and section, creating a three dimensional space. The resulting design development plan is here below.
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Building Longitudinal Section
The Stairwell acts as a sound shaft that reverberates the sounds of the practicing cellist to the architectural oďŹƒce
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Building Latidudinal Section
Easterly Sun is repelled by solid forms, while cool ocean breezes can penetrate the building. Westerly sun is blocked by the Koolau Mountain Range.
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Grand Marais:Analysis Grand Marais . Minnesota . USA
This project became an environmental comparative analysis between the Kahaluu Home in Hawaii and a colder dlimate in Grand Marais MN. In response, the building that was designed was turned literally up on its end and became a vertical building. This was done to acheive a maximum amount of solar gain. This new residence has become a retreat home for the architect and his cellist wife, where clients are invited to enjoy the Minnesota wilderness while the architect begins design. The building oers a large living area tucked into the bank of lake Greenbo, a garage and reading room, master suite, guest suite, and an architectural oďŹƒce on the roof, providing not only sweeping views of the lake and nature, but a secluded oasis where he can work in uninteruppted peace.
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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The new site is exactly the same shap and topography as Kahaluu, however it has been flipped in the North-South direction
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North-South Section
Solar Heat Gain and a series of Fireplaces heats the spaces within the building
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New Ludgate Hill London . England . UK
The Project serves as an intervention involving the London Wall, an ancient wall buildt by the Romans during occupation to protect Londinium from the native tribes. After succumbing to a raging fire that destroyed the area currently known as Ludgate Hill near St. Pauls Cathedral and the London Stock Exchange, a need for a new pumping station to increase water supply and pressure in the area has been expressed by the city authorities. This new proposed building will supply the area with a modern waterworks, yet also provide a place to house a historical victorian water pump owned by the city. The site will act as an educational space for passersby who want to learn more about the city‘s water supply history. A wall of water will complete a section of the Roman Wall in homage to the city’s history. A moodboard of London Pride and waterworks is provided to the left.
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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The Wall
The wall completes the ancient wall, opening in places where gates would be created.
The Station
Originally the waterworks station was percieved to be a protected shell.
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The Person
The person is able to touch the water and sooth their body by touching the cool water to the face, providing a relaxing chill during the summer and an energizing feeling during winter.
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Ludgate Master Plan
The plan for the site provides a direct access for the workers and surrounding businesses to the London Stock Exchange and Thames-Link Transit.
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London Pride
Symbols of English pride can be projected on the double glazed wall and classes that teach tunnel diving safety are taught to people who wish to journey into London’s secret underground river tunnelways
Street Perspective
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565 Kokea St Honolulu . Hawaii . USA
565 Kokea St. is a 100,000 sq.ft mixed use complex in the Kapalama area of Honolulu. The building provides light industrial production areas that coincides with Honolulu Community College’s trade program. Retail, Dinning, Art Spaces, and Residences complete the complex. A proposed station for the Honolulu Rail is a direct neighbor for this complex, where much of the design focuses on bringing in traďŹƒc from the transit oriented programs. The bulding is construced primarily with wood members, particularily Glulam, including the 8 story residential tower. This was decided as a means to showcase the possibilities of wood and means to oset the buildings carbon footprint.
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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565 Edge Foyer 907 Bar/Lounge 1388 Gallery 3762 Event Space 3309 Boutique 1222 565 Promenade Boutique 2671 Deli Mart 510 Restaurant 5034 Library Cafe 492 Exhibition Space 1317 Grocery 3289
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565 Living Lobby 594 sf Gym 4000 sf Deck 2434 sf Studios 373 sf per unit 1 Bedroom 560 sf per unit 2 Bedroom 765 sf per unit Luxury 1549 sf per unit 565 Making Workshops 8208 sf Gallery 3227 sf Cafe 1985 sf
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Vehicle Pedestrian Vertical
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Longitudinal Section
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565 Edge Perscpectives
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565 Making Perspectives
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Residential Design Wind – Trade and Kona winds travel freely through the atrium space, allowing all units to control their own ventilation. Views – Largest tower has access to sunset views of the western part of the city and mountains at the highest levels. Lower levels in each tower have views of the promenade and courtyard, respectively.
Community Space – The Wooded Edge provides a number of amenities for residents, including a fully equipped gym (also accessible to non-residents for added charge); a viewing deck with enclosable fully equipped gourmet kitchen, bar and game room; and lounge and hot tub area.
Other Amenities – Privately accessed parking; trash chutes with divisions for recyclables and compostables; on site security
and controlled elevators; bottom floor café and convenience store; and proximity to grocery store, art galleries, workshops (for aspiring artists) and transit station (for commuters).
Structure and Aesthetic – The screen unifies the two towers, brings privacy to the atrium spaces, shades the building and brings together the site’s aesthetic: exposed, linear wood frames.
Progressive Housing Contract – The smaller tower will be under a progressive housing contract, meaning they agree to forego a parking space in favor of transit and bicycle transportation.
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Left: Residential Parking Entry Right Top: Roofdeck Right Bottom: Residential Unit
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Left: Residential Atrium Right: Public Atrium/Residential Access
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Prommenade View Of Residential
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