JILLIAN BLAKEY Selected Works
JILLIAN BLAKEY Master of Architecture Parsons School of Design The New School, NYC Location 10th Ave. and 17th St., New York City Media CATIA, Illustrator, Photoshop, Laser Cutting, 3D printing Critic Mara Marcu
Bachelor of Science of Architecture Design, Architecture, Art & Planning University of Cincinnati, Ohio Contact
jilliancblakey@gmail.com (937) 216-3986
CONTENTS Selected Works 03
The Place Between
14
Edgemere Channel
21
Design Workshop
29
Nuyorican Inversion
37
Plaques & Tangles
47
Emblem Hotel
55
Finishing the work
The Place Between Highbridge is home to Caribbean immigrants who have little resources for spatial investments. For a couple decades, this New York demographic have found grassroots ways to create cultural centers through squatter rights on vacant land. They have cultivated small gardens, called casitas, which served many purposes within the community, such as host to celebration, worship, recreation, and refuge. Recently, these spaces have become a commodity and the organically bred gardens are destroyed for profitable construction.
An exploration of spatial vernacular in This project proposal asks NYC Parks to sincerely invest in capital construction dedicated to the celebration of cultural activity and community gathering in a location of prominence. The intervention, on the site of the existing stair, proposes a lightness of structure; simple to erect with the ability to be recycled. Its architectural expression takes cues from the casita gardens, which develop with simplicity of construction, on hand materials, and joyful expression of culture.
n urban form and public programming. Location
Advisor
Highbridge, Bronx
Mark Rakatansky
Media
Honors
Rhino, Adobe Creative Suite, V-Ray, Arc GIS CNC milled foarm, cement, lasercut basswood
Eileen Gray Thesis Award
The Place Between Programming through the urban casita garden.
Dining & Gathering At the base of the hill lies the heart of casita urban garden culture. An indoor-outdoor kitchen and grill with sheltered picnic tables provides space and equipment for group celebrations.
Dancing & Music A small partially-conditioned auditorium bridges the gap between neighborhood pedestrians and bridge sightseers. It’s a place of performance that invites the sharing of talent and hosts local programs.
Gardens & Sanctuary The cultivation of local produce occurs in southerly-facing tiered planting beds. A small greenhouse providing an escape to the tropical is countered by a hillside plot preserved for hardy New York native growth.
Outdoor Terraced Gardens
Picnic and Cooking
PLANTING BEDS AND GARDEN 1/8”=1’
PICNIC AND COOKING 1/8”=1’
Dominoes and Viewing RECEPTION AND DOMINOES TABLES 1/8”=1’
Performance and Drum Circle
PERFORMANCE AND DRUM CIRCLE 1/8”=1’
Greenhouse and Shrine
GREENHOUSE AND SHRINE 1/8”=1’
Section perspective collage of greenhouse and garden planters
Contextualizing the Promenade This hillside, which was constructed under a city beautiful notion of grandeurand beaux arts rigor of procession, can be reinhabited and accessible to modern residentsw. The constructed environment of seeing and being seen is no longer about public promenade, but rather the opportunity for visitors to see caribbean culture and for the Highbridge community being seen as a worthy of investment.
Multi-media section of developing spaces on the hillside
Sliding Sectional Model 3’h x 5’w x 2’d
Demonstrates the existing stair logic beneath proposed structure
Edgemere Channel Re-opening a historic canal in Rockaway to address a modern crisis In post-Hurricane Sandy Rockaway, much of the peninsula has been built back, but a mile stretch of land has remained undeveloped for decades. Any intervention on this site must be raised to the 100 year flood elevation potentially causing uncomfortable edges with the existing community. Through in-depth site analysis, research, and mapping of social and political factors, a navigable channel is proposed as an opportunity for critical environmental restoration, broad urban engagement, and as a rich architectural investigation into the sectional quality of development on a water’s edge. The intent is to capitalize on the water-centric culture that exists in Rockaway and promote a coexistence is ultimately socially responsible, economically beneficial, and infrastructurally feasible. Location Edgemere, Rockaway, New York City Media GIS, Rhino, Adobe Creative Suite Advisors Walter Meyer and Jennifer Bolstead
Socioeconomic Strategy
Combined Sewer Separate Sewer
Connecting the bay network of the greater New York and Long Island region creates new opportunities for trade and considers more equitable public transit options for a traditionally disconnected peninsula.
Direct Drainage Water Treatment CSO Outlet COMBINED SEWER SEPARATE SEWER
Long Island Sound
DIRECT DRAINAGE WATER TREATMENT
East River
CSO OUTLET
Upper New York Bay
Jamaica Bay
South Bay
Lower New York Bay
Planned Public Ferry Line (MTA) Rockaway Beach Ferry PIER 11
Brooklyn Army Terminal
Rockaway
Jacob Riis Park
Environmental Strategy The proposed navigable channel would create a second outlet to increase tidal circulation which is critical to the regular flushing of CSO toxins in the Jamaica Bay.
Proposed Navigable Channel
Army Corp. Proposed Surge Barrier
Through Arch Bridge MTA Train Track 4 Car Lanes Bike Lane Pedestrian Lane +50’ AMSL
Swing Bridge Pedestrian Lane Bike Lane +18’ AMSL
Rotating Bridge & Surge Barrier 2 Car Lanes Bike & Pedestrian Lane +22’ AMSL
Jetty & Pier Structure Pedestrian Access +5’ to +22’ AMSL
Infrastructural Interventions
Sectional Strategy A mixed-use residential structure sets the stage for a floodable ground condition with a courtyard park, dock and dine marina, and public boardwalk. A living edge serves as a habitat, floodable recreation, and soft integration into the existing neighborhood fabric.
Design Workshop The Field House at 102nd St. Riverside Park, NYC Over the course of 8 months, the collaboration of 12 architecture students carried out a design-build studio project in conjunction with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. NYC Parks provided a formerly open-air loggia space commissioned by Robert Moses in 1934 to be rennovated as a conditioned interior. After a fire in the 70’s the space had been boarded up until a curtain wall was installed in 2010. The complete proposal was a mixed use recreation space flanked by restrooms and lockerooms to serve the thousands of visitors each year. Further Information http://dws2015.squarespace.com/ Advisor Alfred Zollinger Team Marc Delaney Dhafar Al-Edani Berthyves Brouard Barbara Becker Pei-Ying Lin Sebastian Costa Emmanuel Oni Isadora de Souza Kevin Snel Diego Augusto Giulio Milano
Design Intent Two planes frame and contrast the existing masonry walls to accentuate the raw beauty of the historic construction. The custom aluminum ceiling panels are in dialogue with the curtain wall, while the oak wood floor pulls the nature of the park to the interior. Finish Floor Plan
Existing Condition
Testing Concepts Both planes pull away at the edges to create light reveals. This intends to make our interventions float within the existing space while highlighting the walls as a feature. We tested this detail at multiple scales to understand how to best achieve the washing effect. Finish Ceiling Plan
Radiant Ceiling and Cove
Wall Openings and Doors
Floating Floor and Reveal
Nuyorican Inversion Daylight as a driver for design and the poetics of space Nuyorican Inversion is a study of daylight as a means of elevating sensory awareness and individual consciousness of place. The project proposes a robust performance, education, and community center for the East Village native organization, Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The theatrical play of heightened contrast and discrete light phenomena breaks open a new space within the urban fabric for the unique expression of the poet’s voice. “We must listen to one another. We must respect one another’s habits and we must share the truth and integrity that the voice of the poet so generously provides” -Miguel Algarin Founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Location East 10th St. and Avenue D, New York City Advisor Kimberly Ackert
Auditorium SKYLIGHT SPOTLIGHT
Camera Obscura INVERTED SITE IMAGE
Library DIFFUSED LIGHT
Reception Space INTERNAL VIEWS
Monumental Stair FRAMED SITE VIEW
Classrooms VISUAL CONNECTIONS
Poetry Cafe DYNAMIC SUN DIAL
Longitudinal Section
Transverse Section
Structural Framing
Facade Detailing
Plaques & Tangles How will we accommodate an increasingly aging population? Disintegration of the brain in our increasingly aging population is addressed relentlessly in medical research but is largely neglected in environmental experiment. Driven by an investigation into the formal, spatial, and organizational potential of extended memory care, a flexible unit was parametrically modeled and aggregated. Within the software, units were systematically inserted into a programmatically relevant and site sensitive armature. The aggregate’s inherently radial patterns produce a legible datum while formally reflecting the sponge-like quality of plaques and tangles common to an Alzheimer’s brain. Location 10th Ave. and 17th St., New York City Media CATIA, Illustrator, Photoshop, Laser Cutting, 3D printing Critic Advisor Mara Marcu
Sectional Hybridization Development of a system to describe the section through line work and scalar cells serve as the base of a parametric armature.
Armature Abstraction A series of operations on case studies of existing vertical sectional strategies stiched together to construct a utopian section.
Structural Unit Identification of a critical pattern spatialized as a single structural unit and re-applied to the vertical framework. The unit is intended to multiply and mutate, as need rises and medical knowledge progresses.
1776’
O ne Wor l d Tra d e
1047’
N e w Yor k Ti m e s
915’
C i ti co r p C e n te r
826’
8 0 S o u th St . [ Prop osa l ]
700’
New York Times [Proposed]
600’
P l a q ue s a n d Ta n g l e s
581’
1 1 Ti me s Sq ua re
574’
M a rr i ott M a rq ui s H ote l
525’
Dow ntown At hl eti c C l ub
Reflection Space
Residential Units
Standard Corridor
Residential Services
Proposed Corridor
Sky Lobby
Sight Lines & Exterior Views
Locked doors of dead end hallways are standard in the care of Alzheimer patients. A radial plan allows for freedom and the inevitable safe return of residents to their room in a closed circuit system. Ground Lobby
Closed Circuit
Emblem Hotel Arts and Crafts inspired icon for a developing city The proposed hotel is particularly constricted by a 120’ by 45’ rectangular site with the potential to be the heart of Cincinnati. It’s located at an intersection of rapid regrowth, and charged with mediating a variety of architectural styles. Strong orthogonals reference nearby architecture and contrast the fluid curtain wall. Its first floor provides space for local servicebased entrepreneurs and the second floor has flex-space for community meetings. The development of program is echoed in a form sculpted and iterated by the designer’s hand. Location Central Parkway and Vine Street, Cincinnati Media Revit, Adobe Creative Suite Walnut, Bass Wood and Craft Metals Advisor Jeffery Tillman
Lobby Interior
CafĂŠ Bar Interior
Second Floor | Lobby and Banquet
First Floor | Craft Bar and Parking
South Elevation
East Elevation
Concept, South
Perspective, North
Emblem Artifact Craft of Lost Wax Casting Through the development of the arts and crafts inspired hotel, I was engaged in the process of lost wax casting as a fine art. This was a scalar design opportunity to formally explore my work. Additionally, it proved to be an incredible team exercise as we all became integral to the process of one another’s art a reality.
Finishing the Work What does it mean to make a lasting image on a place? A concrete bench, built and installed on the hillside of DAAP, is a result of the collective friendship and knowledge of the architecture class of 2014. Its design is inspired by a late classmate’s last building project. We saw the opportunity for a final hands-on team project that had the power to renew our spirits in the same way it now invigorates a space that was otherwise forgotten. It was an exercise in every stage of design: concept, design, documentation, budgeting, scheduling, gaining administration approval, consulting with local engineering firms, and executing a built form. The process was a year long and entirely extra-curricular. Location DAAP Lawn, University of Cincinnati Media Cast Concrete, CNC milled plywood formwork Slate chips, Steel edging, Rhino Team Rebecca Doughty Joyce Hanlon Phil Riazzi Matt Lamm with contributions from entire Class of 2014
Slate Chips Control joint Seat, 18� typ. height Drainage below
Memento Creating a scalar work Scaled a third time, the building concept was re-imagined as a precious keepsake. The process began as a 3D print. The form then cast in plaster, kiln-fired and the void re-cast as bronze. Very minimal polishing allowed for traces of the process to texture the object. Finally, the pieces mounted through back slotting on an inclined walnut base. Collaborator Rebecca Doughty
JILLIAN BLAKEY Contact
jilliancblakey@gmail.com (937) 216-3986