Jordan McGee Final Portfolio

JORDAN MCGEE PORTFOLIO

Elevate Death Studio

Non-Denominational House of Worship

Scranton, PA

Elevate is a project that focuses on the visitor’s journey and experience through space and time. In their passage through the garden, chapel, and columbarium, visitors can reflect upon and celebrate life. The project’s name is derived from the journey. As visitors enter first into the earth, the darkness strips them of their context. They follow the natural light streaming in from above the passage to encounter the entrance courtyard of the great hall. The hall is a monumental three-story room that serves as a meeting place for the bereaved. The chapel also shares a relationship with natural light, receiving indirect northern light from the clearstory that sits above. The stair along the edges of the great hall leads to the skyspace, in this space the occupant confronts the void that frames the sky. In this way, the building serves as a framing device which encourages us to derive meaning and self-reflect upon the many intricacies of life.

LACKAWANNA HERITAGE TRAIL

1. Columbarium

2. Morgue

3. Crematorium

4. Great Hall

5. Entry Portico 6. Storage

7. Offices 9. Small Chapel 10. Main Chapel

1. Columbarium

2. Morgue

3. Crematorium

4. Great Hall

5. Entry Portico 6. Storage

Small

1. Columbarium

2. Morgue

3. Crematorium

4. Great Hall

5. Entry Portico

6. Storage

7. Offices 9. Small Chapel 10. Main Chapel 11. Meditative Skyspace

1. Columbarium

2. Morgue

3. Crematorium

4. Great Hall

5. Entry Portico

Small

1. Columbarium

2. Morgue

3. Crematorium

4. Great Hall

5. Entry Portico

6. Storage

7. Offices

9. Small Chapel 10. Main Chapel

1. Columbarium

2. Morgue

3. Crematorium

4. Great Hall

5. Entry Portico 6. Storage

7. Offices

9. Small Chapel

10. Main Chapel

MEDITATION

MEDITATION

SKYSPACE

CELEBRATION

CELEBRATION

ENFILADE

WORSHIP

WORSHIP

CHAPELS

REMEMBRANCE

REMEMBRANCE

COLUMBARIUM

Mitigate

Speculative Futures Studio

Modern Art Museum, Theatre, Restaurant

Philadelphia, PA

Mitigate is a project set in 2100 that focuses on a speculative future where the city of Philadelphia is faced with permanent flooding due to climate change. Mitigate imagines a world where social spaces and community events must happen atop an elevated skywalk. In this new reality, the city of Philadelphia expands the rail park to function as the main mode of transportation around the city. Mitigate adopts the main program of a contemporary art museum, replacing the inundated PhilaMOCA. Along with a contemporary art museum, the structure offers elevated green spaces, a restaurant, theatre, cafe, and office spaces. The elevated green spaces and skin like exterior circulation allow the project to be directly integrated with the rail park.

2ND-4TH FLOOR

SCREENING ELEMENT

2ND-4TH FLOOR

CIRCULATION

SECTION B

STEEL STUDS ANCHOR

STEEL ANCHOR

GRATED FLOOR

METAL SHEET

INSULATION

PRESSURE PLATE FINISHED FLOORING CONCRETE SLAB

REBAR STEEL DECKING STEEL TRUSS

GYPSUM BOARD

CLAD COLUMN

STEEL ANCHOR

Invigorate

Adaptive Reuse Project

Cultural and Performing Arts Center

Scranton, PA

A major focus of the project is the engagement that occurs between the natural and built environments. The built environment has the same tendencies to want to engage with nature as people do. Invigorate serves as a bridge to connect the urban fabric of Scranton with the Lackawanna Heritage Trail. The community and cultural center will consist of flexible programs such as performing arts terraces, multi-purpose rooms, classrooms, studios, exterior patios, courtyards, and a bus stop. This intervention and connection will help to promote overall community wellness. By making the Lackawanna Heritage Trail more accessible, alternative modes of traffic such as walking and biking will be heavily promoted. Bioswales contained within the greenspace will help to recharge stormwater runoff as it flows. This project strives to bring more art and celebration to the North Scranton area. Invigorate will also seek to bring in a more sustainable outlook that the community can learn from and appreciate.

FACADE

TROMBE WALL FOR THERMAL HEAT GAIN

LOW OPERABLE WINDOWS FOR COOL AIR ENTRY

DIRECT MORNING SUN AND INDIRECT REFLECTED LIGHT

HIGH WINDOWS FOR WARM AIR RELEASE

WATER COLLECT ION AND MANAGEMENT

178,500 GALLONS OF ANNUAL RAINFALL ON ROOF

421,500 GALLONS OF ANNUAL RAINFALL ON SITE

STORMWATER MANAGEMENT 2 YEAR, 24 HOUR STORM

41,700 GALLONS WILL BE MANAGED ON SITE WITH COLLECT ION AND RECHARGE AREAS

BIO SWALE

FILTERED ROAD RUNOFF

RECHARGE AREA

PERMEABLE LANDSCAPING PREVENTING FLOODING AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF

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Module I BEAM Competition

Planetarium

New York City

Module 1 is an immersive experience that places emphasis on both the individual and collective. The project aims to give individuals living in dense urban neighborhoods the opportunity to reflect on something that is missing from their lives every night, that being star gazing. Light pollution strips city dwelling populations of the natural tendency to stargaze. Stargazing allows one to position themselves relative to the rest of the universe and reach an introspective state. Module I brings attention to this problem and gives visitors a simulated experience of what it would be like to look for constellations. This intervention allows those that can’t afford to leave the city a chance to experience what it is like to openly star gaze.

VIEWING DIRECTION

DEAD CURRENTS

LIVE CURRENTS

PULSING PANELS

DIAGRAM

OUTER LAYER

FROSTED PLEXI GLASS

LED STRIP LIGHTS

ALUMINUM FRAME

ALUMINUM BASE

ELECTRONIC PISTON

CIRCUIT PATHWAY

POWERED BY EXTERNAL/INTERNAL PEDALS

M1: 5 EXTERNAL ENERGY PRODUCTION

INSTALLATION

SPACE