Jeremy Donovan
architecture portfolio
Table of Contents SMFA Faculty-In-Residence Space Dragon Court Village Precedent Study Sojourner’s Library Wooden Boat School Other Work
SMFA Faculty-In-Residence Space Boston, Massachusetts Fall, 2019 This aim of this project was to design a residential building for the faculty of The School of the Museum of Fine Arts Graduate Studios in Mission Hill. The concept of this project is to stitch and connect spaces withing and among the buildings. This stitching manifested as brass plates, which assist with visual wayfinding and denote heirarchy. The brass plates become furniture in places and pass between walls, providing subtle connections in more private spaces. The entrance from the street is marked by an emormous plate that extends past the buildings it is between.
Second Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
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Visual Wayfinding
Public and Private
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Brass Plate Sketches
Dragon Court Village Precedent Study Eureka Architects Japan, 2013 Worked with David Kim and Ziggy Ribetto Fall, 2019 Dragon Court Village is a residential development in a suburban neighborhood of Aichi, Japan. It is built for nine families and balances privacy and community for a low-density residential program. Japan is facing increasing numbers of severe weather events due to climate change. Dragon Court Village uses lumber, which sequesters carbon from the atmosphere. Furthermore, the architects altered program placement due to wind simulations in order to create both ventilation and comfortable, sheltered outdoor spaces. Shared spaces create a rich community among the nine residents. Annex buildings on the ground floor are available to any residents to use, for office spaces or lectures or markets etc. Farmers markets are sometimes held by residents in the public spaces on the ground floor.
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Wind Simulation
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PRIVATE vs PUBLIC
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Site Organization Typology
Sojourners Library Boston, Massachusetts Spring, 2019 The client for this project traveled across Europe and the United States, working in many renowned bookstores. Throughout her travels, she collected many rare books and maps. She decided to settle in Boston and open her own bookstore. The circulation for this three story building is through a series of ramps. The path sometimes navigates around program, and sometimes expands to become a room. Along the ramps and landings are areas of rest and areas of aquisition. The “retaining walls” along the ramps become railings, benches and bookshelves. The procession through this building parallels the clients travels, and allows her to share both her collected items and her journey with visitors.
Exploded axonometric painting of the building’s path.
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Third Floor Plan
Structural Grid
Section The ramp wraps around the courtyard to get to each above level.
Ground Floor Model
Sectional vignettes of moments where the “retaining walls” adapt to the space’s program.
Wooden Boat School Brooklin, Maine Fall, 2019 Brooklin has a rich nautical history and is one of the few places where the craft of wooden boatbuilding still thrives. This expansion of the Wooden Boat School includes spaces to teach and employ boatbuilding skills. The project focuses on wood structures and construction. This campus is a series of gabled volumes that reference New England’s vernacular structures. The buildings cascade down the 200 sq. foot site, and the circulation, placement and openings reference the process of the craftspeople of Brooklin.
Partial Elevation
Flush tongue-in-groove cedar boards and granite bases give the buildings a monolithic quality. A tectonic, open corridor made of black wooden slats at varying intervals slips between the gabled buildings.
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Boat Building Shed Section
Boat Building Shed Framing Model
Exploded Axonometric
Shed Perspective
Unwrapped Corridor
The five gabled structures are all angled towards a clearing in the site’s existing forrestation. This creates a strong visual connection to the coast without altering the wooded area.
The main shed has as a traditional gable as you approach from the north, and steps down to form clerestory windows that bring light deep into the building. The three sections continue below, as the floor steps down with the topography, creating three bays.
A dark corridor provides contrast to the cedar clad structures. As you enter, a bright, framed view of the forrest draws you in. The density of the vertical slats change, revealing slivers of views and dictating a rythym of circulation.
Other Work
Detailed Sections of the Wooden Boat School’s Wall Assembly
The Ziggurat of Ur
Djoser’s Pyramid
The Great Stupa, Sanchi
Greek Jar Study
Kengo Kuma’s Nest We Grow Perspective and Details
Uncle Sam
Plaster Models from Fall Semester, 2018