JESSIE VARGO
TABLE OF CONTENTS 01 EMERGING CIVIC INTERFACES
02 DWELLING ON DIVISION
05 WILLAMETTE SWIM & DIVE CENTER
06
WATER: DIGITAL EXPRESSIONS
03
LANDSCAPE & THE NATURAL ORDER
07 PILKINGTON HOMES
04 ART HIVE COLLECTIVE
08 MIGHTY BOWL
01 EMERGING CIVIC INTERFACES
Fall 2017 Graduate Academic
Hennie Reynders & Mejay Gula
This studio focused on Washington Park, a community in South Chicago which has a legacy of vacancy, disinvestment and lack of resources. As a response to these issues, I propose a “third place” in Washington Park, an architecture that allows for both community ownership and civic engagement. This building can create learning and job opportunities, and provide much needed gathering space for residents and visiting public while promoting outside investment. This architectural framework achieves these goals through its use of dedicated community space, blended programs, use of screening and transparencies, and an overall design which promotes place-making, both physically and socially.
DN
“L” Line
GROUND LEVEL
SECOND LEVEL
THIRD LEVEL
01 EMERGING CIVIC INTERFACES
‘Hustleman’ Street Vendor
Current ‘L’ Station
Historic ‘L’ Station
Path under ‘L’
High Traffic Vacant Lot
SECTION
Washington Park Field House
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Bus Stops WASHINGTON PARK
Nodes of High Intersection Site Focus Informal Pedestrian Pathways Points of Interest Proposed Site
SITE ANALYSIS DIAGRAM
ROLLER RINK PROPOSAL
02 DWELLING ON DIVISION Spring 2015 Academic Scott Mooney & Chris Chatto
Located on the quickly changing Division Street in Portland, Oregon, this studio focus proposes a thoughtful solution to multi-family housing that fits the context of the adjacent existing neighborhood. The design form is derived from traditional typologies for single-family homes in the area. By breaking up the greater mass of the block, opportunity for daylighting, air flow, privacy, and a variety in views is created. Half of the units are proposed as live-work housing, supporting economic development in the area and the entrepreneurial nature of Portland’s small business economy. These units have ground level retail spaces with direct access to the living areas above. This model supports small business owners, artists, and designers while encouraging a desirable proximity between living, working, and recreation for the local community. Other amenities include a farmer’s market shop and a bicycle repair store.
LIVE WORK
BLOCK
QUADRANTS
CONTEXT
02 DWELLING ON DIVISION Standing Metal Seam Roof
Live/ Work Units
Mullion Detail PATIO ORIENTATION PATIO ORIENTATION
INTERIOR INSPIRATION INTERIOR INSPIRATION
Market Concrete
Bike Repair
Bike Storage
DIVISION DIVISION STREET STREET
MATERIALS DIAGRAM
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
DIVISION STREET
BEDROOM/BATH BEDROOM/BATH
PATIO OFFSET
UNIT PLANS Bedroom/Bath
GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1/8” = 1’- 0”
LIVING/DINING LIVING/DINING
PATIO ORIENTATION DIAGRAM
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FLOORPLANS UNIT UNIT FLOORPLANS 1/4” =1/4” 1’0”= 1’0”
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Live/ Work Units
Kitchen/Living
03 LANDSCAPE &
THE NATURAL ORDER
Fall 2013 Academic Judson Moore
This course focused on intensive site analysis and development of a retired landfill adjacent to the Smith and Bybee Wetlands, a 200-acre protected wilderness area. The program concentrated on trail development and visitor areas to promote programs to educate the public of the remediation process. The main architectural interventions that I proposed on the site include an ecological learning center for educating the public and students, as well as an elevated viewpoint acting as a bird blind at the highest point on the site. The trails are marked with a series of posts acting as both a guide towards areas of activity and barriers to inaccessible areas on the site.
FORM DIAGRAM Shifting
Pulling
Overlap
LEARNING CENTER
03 LANDSCAPE &
THE NATURAL ORDER
FORM DIAGRAM Heights: Growth and Interruption
16’
4’
12’
20’
Path: Scaling and Shifting
BIRD BLIND
04 ART HIVE COLLECTIVE Winter 2014 Academic John Cooney Tasked with creating an additional facility for the Portland Art Museum in a nearby lot, I proposed resident artist studios, artwork archives, and gallery spaces as the building’s main program. The studios exist on the upper gallery floors with the intention of producing, displaying, and viewing the work in the same area. The hive type protrusions on the gallery level act as artist studios, but can be closed off when artist galleries are active. The design intent of the ‘hive’ studios is to promote feelings of collective production and artistic process while maintaining individual studio spaces.
04 ART HIVE COLLECTIVE
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9 AM
4 PM
Proposed Site
Sunrise
Sunset
Daylight
DAYLIGHTING STUDY
ORGANIZATION STUDY
APERTURE STUDY
SITE INTERPRETATION
05 WILLAMETTE SWIM & DIVE CENTER Spring 2014 Academic Jeff Schnabel Working with the Portland Access Project, an organization that promotes swimming in Portland’s Willamette River, I designed a swimming and diving facility and manipulated the waterfront in order to create easier and universal public access to the river. The two main programs of the building include a changing room and a cantilever lounge deck/event space with a walking path between these spaces on the existing waterfront. The embedded changing room has a ramp that tunnels to the water access area. There are two other ramps connecting to the water access area from the existing waterfront path.
CHANGING ROOM PLAN
RAMP ACCESS TO WATERFRONT
05 WILLAMETTE SWIM & DIVE CENTER
06 WATER: DIGITAL EXPRESSIONS
Fall 2015 Academic Aaron Whelton
In this course, using the program Rhino 3D, I designed two pavilions based on the element water. The goal of this course was to utilize computer-aided design techniques and translate into fabricated models utilizing the 3D printer and the CNC router. Water as Solid: Ice Cave Pavilion This design is derived from glacial formations and their deterioration over time. As a solid form, I chose to utilize the 3D printer for fabrication.
DIGITAL PROCESS Planar Faces
Wireframe
Subtraction
Water as Void: Water Channel Pavilion This design is derived from the effects of erosion that occur when water moves through land masses. As an expression of a subtractive process, I chose to use the CNC router for fabrication.
3D PRINTED MODEL
WATER AS SOLID: ICE CAVE PAVILION
06 WATER: DIGITAL EXPRESSIONS
CNC ROUTED MODEL
DIGITAL PROCESS Waves
Boolean Split
Smooth Edges
WATER AS VOID: WATER CHANNEL PAVILION
07 PILKINGTON HOMES 2016 Professional Speculative Home Design Abbasi Design Works
Our company was hired to design two single-family homes adjacent to one another in Lake Oswego, Oregon. We focused on maximizing the use of the site with 3,000 SF ground floor plans for each home while responding to height restrictions and significant setbacks. For the exterior cladding materials, we are proposing a combination of stacked stone feature walls and slatted wood siding. The interiors of both homes reflect the exterior materials with double height, stacked stone fireplaces in the centrally located living rooms. Pilkington Lot 1 3D Model: Matt Pulham Design: Matt Pulham & Rahim Abbasi Rendering: Jessie Vargo
PILKINGTON 1
Pilkington Lot 2 3D Model: Jessie Vargo Design: Jessie Vargo & Rahim Abbasi Rendering: Jessie Vargo
PILKINGTON 2
08 MIGHTY BOWL 2016 Professional Tenant Improvement Abbasi Design Works Mighty Bowl is an existing local food truck located in Vancouver, Washington. Our company has been hired to design the first brick-and-mortar location for the restaurant in an existing building. The design palette combines bright blue highlight colors, matching the business logo, paired with minimal neutrals for counters and floors, and wood siding on the walls that is to be reclaimed from the existing building. 3D Model & Renderings: Jessie Vargo Design: Jessie Vargo & Rahim Abbasi
LIGHT COLOR OPTION
DARK COLOR OPTION
INTERIOR SMOOTHIE BAR