2012 Portfolio

JJ Wyatt

Portfolio 2012 P.O.Box 4734 Greenville, SC 29608

ACADEMIC STUDIOS GIZA-GEM

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Clemson University Urban Design Studio Giza, Cairo, Egypt

OKURASE

11 Clemson Architecture Center Charleston Charleston Off-Campus Studio Okurase, Ghana

RE-TANNING THE LANDSCAPE

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Greening Rosengรฅrd

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Clemson University Graduation Studio Al-Fustat, Cairo, Egypt Lund University Urban Recycling Malmรถ, Sweden

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE INTERNATIONAL EQUESTRIAN DESIGN

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2010 Summer Internship Montreal, Quebec, Canada

ADDITIONAL SKILLS RESIDENTIAL DESIGN

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TECHNICAL DESIGN

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WALL BOX

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OTHER GRAPHICS

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GIZA-G.E.M.

Giza, Cairo, Egypt Urban Design Studio Spring 2008

OVERVIEW

The Grand Egyptian Museum requires the creation of an esplanade linking the museum to the Giza pyramids, and upgrading surrounding urban fabric.

During a 7 day site visit, Clemson and Ain-Shams University students divided the site into sectors to perform site analysis. My sector was Sector 1.

Returning to the states the final design product was a group studio effort.

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ANALYSIS REGIONAL

G.E.M. ZONES

Esplanade Nile Park Car Parking Dunal Park Piazza & Atrium Lands of Egypt Park Recreational Gardens

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Sectors

Land Use

Density

Built Conditions

Transportation

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DEVELOPMENT Design Principles Nile and Canal Systems Intertwined boulevard system around canal and esplanade.

Natural barrier to moument site.

With primary and secondary crossing points. Ancient canal system links monument site with urban fabric, green space and agriculture.

Cosmology Progression from antiquity to modernity.

The ancient Egyptians were avid astronomers. The sun symbolized their core values.

Using rays of the sun from the pyramids we transition from historic pyramids to the modern G.E.M. Tourism Transects Land use and privacy levels Observations on transitions from more public to private areas. How to move tourists through the site and preserve the privacy of the residential areas.

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Zone Development Future Zone

Contemporary Zone

Antiquity Zone

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master plan Final master plan and illustrations showing further development of the conceptual master plan.

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OKURASE

Okursae, Ghana Charelston Studio Spring 2009

OVERVIEW

Okurase is a rural Ashanti village of about 5,000 people in Ghana. The project sponsor, a musician from the village, teamed with Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston to fulfill vision of the Nkabum Center. This center is to be a medical and educational center for the community and surrounding areas.

Before the start of the semester two graduate students traveled to the site for analysis. A team comprised of graduate architect and undergraduate landscape and architecture students developed a sustainable site representing the traditional Ashanti patterns of development. This site and buildings are designed to be easily constructed by the residents of the village.

As a group we performed analysis, and conceptual master planning. Individually we worked to further the design. I was responsible for development of site circulation, site entrances, landscape vegetation and the final rendered master plan.

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FOOT TRAFFIC VEHICLE TRAFFIC ENTRY/ EXIT ADJACENT ACCESS

Context to Village

Vegetation

Topography

Winds

Circulation

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ANALYSIS Cultural Studies Ashanti settlement patterns reveals the typical form of private courtyard spaces organized around larger public courtyard.

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Environmental Tool Box

Air movement and shade studies influence site and structure development.

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DEVELOPMENT Design Principles CIRCULATION

PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ARE SEPARATE WITH VARIABLE PEDESTRIAN CONTROL.

PUBLIC/PRIVATE

THE SETTLEMENT IS COMPOSED AROUND TWO PRIMARY COURTYARDS, ONE PUBLIC AND ONE PRIVATE.

WATER

ALL RAIN WATER WILL BE CAPTURED AND STORED ON SITE FOR USE BY THE CENTRE.

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COURTYARDS

PROGRAMMATIC GROUPS SHOULD BE GATHERED AROUND OUTDOOR SPACES, EACH HAVING A UNIQUE CHARACTER.

SPATIAL CONNECTIONS

COURTYARDS ARE LINKED BY DIRECT VISUAL ACCESS.

HUMAN COMPORT

SHADED LANDSCAPE AND WELL VENTILATED BUILDINGS WILL PROVIDE MAXIMUM HUMAN COMFORT.

Programing

Single and Double Level Program

COURTYARDS NKONSONKONSON- Unity Courtyard BI NKA BI- Peace and Harmony Courtyard NEA ONNIM NO SUA A, OHU- Knowledge Courtyard ESE NE TEKREMA- Friendship Courtyard ONYANKOPON ADOM NTI BIRIBIARA BEYE YIE- Hope Courtyard AYARESABEA- Strength Courtyard ASAASI YAA- Akwaaba Entrance YE BE SHIA BIOM- Peace Passage

PROGRAM EDUCATION PERFORMANCE ACCOMMODATIONS SERVICES

Final Programmatic Diagram

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DEVELOPMENT Entry Development

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Northern entry branches, wider path leads to hospital, parking lot, and service road to rear of site. Screened by vegetation. Narrow path pedestrian leading through check point to main courtyard.

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KEY PLAN

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Southern entry used occasionally for deliveries. Follows the same concept as primary entry but is less elaborate.

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Vegetation Development

Identification of tree forms and function.

Suggestions of native trees and plants for low planting beds.

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master plan

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RE-TANNING THE LANDSCAPE Continued growth and increasing residential densities of informal settlements in Cairo threatens residents’ health, ecological networks and historic monuments. I selected a portion of the tannery area that will be relocated in the identified informal area, the historic district of Al-Fustat to redevelop as my graduation project.

My design revives shared spaces, the ecological network and provides economic opportunities through historic settlement patterns.

District of Fustat Selected site highlighted

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Al-Fustat, Cairo Graduation Studio Fall 2010

As the most dense Floor to Area Ratio in the Al-Fustat the removal of the tannery opens up many possibilities

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ANALYSIS Contextual & Site Specific Analysis

Commerce

Graveyard

Historic

Museum

Community Services

Residential

Mixed Used

Vacant Land

Recreation Area

Industrial

Archeology

Private Garden

Artisan

Factory

Good Fair Poor

Vegetation High Soil Contamination

Structure-300s AD

Unexcavated Archeology Site

Structure- 800s AD

Possable Built Over Archeology Site

Structure-1300s AD

Archeological Excavation Site

Graveyard- Pre 1000 AD Graveyard- 1940s AD

Primary Paved Roads Secondary Paved Roads Secondary Unpaved Roads Metro Unpaved Paths Bus Stop

1-3 Floors 4-6 Floors 7-9 Floors +10 Floors

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Development Patterns & The Obsolescence of Shared Spaces Residential

Mixed Use

Commercial

Study of typical evolution and development around family, work and community shared spaces. The need to increase density fills in shared spaces.

Currently, there are no designated open spaces so the streets serve this purpose.

Economic Analysis For the project to be successful economic opportunities for current residents must be provided.

After an inventory of the primary economic industries in the area it became evident that the area not only had a rich heritage of leather working but other crafts, as well as a variety of different food markets.

The conditions of these markets were very poor, lacking sufficient places to work and were scattered, not following the cultural market styles of the suq and funduq.

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DEVELOPMENT Design Principles Ecological Network

Ecological network unifies open spaces serving the commercial, residential and educational needs of the people.

Land Use

Privacy Levels

Extensions of existing privacy levels ensuring the core remains most private for residents.

Transportation

Extensions of existing land use by block enforces privacy levels and circulation routes.

Extending existing secondary roads improves connectivity for vehicular and foot traffic in the site as a whole. Limiting access based on privacy.

Preserving History

Built Environment

Two linear parks provide open spaces and opportunities for all to admire historic sites they surround. Linked together through public and private open spaces and ecological network.

Typology 1 25%

2 50%

3 75%

4 90%

5 100%

Built Area Unbuilt Area

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Spatial Arrangement

Unbuilt Sq Ft.

32,448

21,632

16,224

5,408

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Progression of demolition of shared spaces in one acre.

Identification of 50-75% built space offers same amount of density as existing conditions but preserves shared spaces. Found in residential, commercial, and mixed use development.

Discovering Shared Spaces

10.2 Acres Open Park

35 Acres Open Park

2.6 Acres Built Sq Ft: 56,243 3.5 Acres Built Sq Ft: 94,640 75%

2.7 Acres Built Sq Ft: 73,008

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8.3 Acres Built Sq Ft: 21,632

1.4 Acres Built Sq Ft: 56,243

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75%

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1.8 Acres Built Sq Ft: 48,672 75%

10.0 Acres Built Sq Ft: 270,400 75%

3.1 Acres Built Sq Ft: 83,824

3.5 Acres Built Sq Ft: 75,712

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50%

2.1 Acres Built Sq Ft: 56,784

2.5 Acres Built Sq Ft: 67,600 75%

75%

1.4 Acres Built Sq Ft: 37,856 75%

1.5 Acres Built Sq Ft:32,448 50%

7 Acres Built Sq Ft: 164,853

.9 Acres Built Sq Ft: 24,336 75%

2.6 Acres Built Sq Ft: 70,300

1.7 Acres Built Sq Ft: 45,968

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1.6 Acres Built Sq Ft: 50% 34,611

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3.2 Acres Built Sq Ft: 69,222

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35 Acres Open Park 1.8 Acres Type: 2 Built Sq Ft: 38,938

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Square footage of built area by block based on primary land use. Resulting area provides same density as eastern half of the site while generating shared spaces

Shared Space Typologies

Open Recreation

Education

Live Commercial

Funduq

Pedestrian Network

Residential

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Master Plan Educational

Funduq

Residential

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Open Recreational

Linear Pedestrian

Live Commercial

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MASTER PLAN

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Greening Rosengård

Malmö, Sweden

Sustainable Urban Recycling Fall 2011

First year in Sustainable Urban Design Masters Program at Lund University. We worked in teams to develop a conceptual plan to revive the socially segregated residential district of Rosengård in Malmö. The final stage was to chose a specific site within the larger study district to develop.

The aim of my individual project is to create an active public space along Rosengårdsstråket, as well as to unify Rosengård Centrum to the area to the south. It was noted that within the area there is small scale community farming activity within several of the schools. From this public spaces were initially identified with two purposes. Growth Space centered around farming and education, and Harvest Spaces centered around retail and recreation. This initial idea however does not help to unify the two levels located with in the site. The concept became unifying public spaces on different topographic levels through urban farming plots.

The urban farming plots would correspond with a community and education center that would offer classes to enhance the farming opportunities already present in the area. This center will be developed in an existing building presently being used as a gym. Potential additional built programing was identified in order to frame the public space to ensure its success and help create activity within the area day and night.

Malmö Central Station Rosengård Centrum Rosengårdsstråket

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ANALYSIS

Drastic elevation barrier separating City Gross from the rest of the area was identified as the main issue to address.

Building Heights

Transportation

Land Use

Building heights in the site and immediate surrounding area are in general are at a human scale.

Pedestrian and vehicular traffic primarily occur on different levels.

Area offers a range of large scale activities. Few of these offer continuous activity day and night.

1-2 Floors

Vehicular

3-4 Floors

Top Level Pedestrian

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Lower Level Pedestrian

Parking/Vacant Land Commercial School Sports Community Residential

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DEVELOPMENT

Public Space

Public Space

Identification of two areas of potential activity. At the top level the bridge connecting Roseng책rd Centrum to the rest of the site. It is along Roseng책rdsstr책ket where another heavily traveled pedestrian path intersect. On the lower level there is an abandoned lot with potential to become an active public space. Currently the two levels are not well connected.

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Environmental studies show that the north eastern corner receive the most sun light. Implementing a south facing terrace farming system incorporates the gardening activities offered in the new community system while providing pedestrian access between the two levels.

Creating access between both levels increases the area available at the top level for public space. Providing the possibility for more bridging opportunities to Roseng책rd Centrum. The increased public space at the top level also frames the lower level integrating both levels into a unified design.

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MASTER PLAN

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Transportation Vehicular Top Level Pedestrian Lower Level Pedestrian

Building Heights 1 Floor Substructural 1-2 Floors 3-4 Floors 4+

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Land Use Parking Commercial School Sports Community

Residential Mixed Use Public Space

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International Equestrian Design I started riding horses before I could walk. In the summer of 2010 I was fortunate enough to move to Montreal to work with one of the top equestrian designers in the world. During this time my CAD skills improved, and was responsible for responding to RFPs. I also learned about different types of footing (the firms’ specialty), and researched new sustainable technologies and approaches to farm design. In addition to developing conceptual farm master plans and planting plans I developed a new web site which will be implemented when funding is available.

CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2010 Summer Internship

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1B

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GROB PLANTING PLAN

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1B

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2B

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RESIDENTIAL DESIGN

Spring 2010

OVERVIEW Two projects focusing on addressing the needs and desires of families and complying to individual neighborhood restrictions. The first project was an individual project and the final was a group effort.

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TECHNICAL DESIGN

Spring 2010

OVERVIEW Independent design of War Memorial in front of Clemson University football stadium. Final construction documents addressed master plan, demolition plan, grading, construction details, sun/ shade diagraming, plant list and details

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WALL BOX

Spring 2009

OVERVIEW The goal was to design and construct a small functional box. I had never built anything like this before. I decided to create a wall mount box. 2 board feet of walnut with dove tailed joints and finger handles create interest in its simple form.

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GRAPHICS I have always had a pen or pencil in my hand. I prefer to work in graphite but also appreciate the magic of a good pen.

Anne Ryan Equestrian Apparel

Austin Ryan Men’s Equestrian Apparel

Using my 2008 graphite drawing of my pony I designed the logos for The Country Saddler’s lines of boutique equestrian wear.

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Commissioned portraits of favorite pets.

(Left: Hazel) 2010 (Below: Ida Bea) 2008

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Graphite drawings of St. Phillips Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC.

I wanted to show a birds eye view of some the immediate context of the front of the church because the way it meets the street is very unique. Quick ink sketch explaining how it meets the road causing flow of traffic to slow. Then refined through a graphite rendering.

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Where are you from? (2009-Colored Pencil) Memories of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The places that shaped me. My boarding school, and the historic farm that I spent a great deal of time on.

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