JOSE ALEXANDRO BRUNNER Associate AIA Architecture and Design Portfolio
ACADEMIC | GRADUATE PRESSURIZED FITNESS CENTER FINDING LIFTA QUEER VILLAGE PROFESSIONAL CENTRAL KITCHEN HUNTERS POINT POWER PLANT VISITACION VALLEY SCHLAGE LOCK KENNETH HENRY COURT PLAZA ADELANTE TORQUED HOUSE STAGGERED HOUSE LANDSCAPE DESIGNS ACADEMIC | UNDERGRADUATE MEXICA ARCHEOLOGY MUSEUM SIDE-LEISURE INTERTWINED COMMUNITY MEDITATION SPACE
PRESSURIZED FITNESS CENTER NEW YORK CITY, NY | 2013 Advanced Studio: Conditioning Urbanism Columbia University Collaboration with Wei Huang Critic: Phu Huang
The project aims to research and investigate the role that “air design” has in forming our cities. “Air design” is the conditioning, or modification, of air engineered to fill the volumes within buildings. From the early technologies invented to modify temperature and humidity, building systems are now capable of modifying the air of pollution, mold, odors, noise, static electricity and even electromagnetic radiation levels. Conditioning this air is regarded as secondary to the occupiable spaces that it serves. The projectargues that the requirements of “air design” have become so extensive that it can no longer be considered in service to the program. This conditioning of air has led to a parallel and invisible program with extensive impact on the built environment.
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FINDING LIFTA: ENACTING THE ERASED LAND JERUSALEM | 2014 Advanced Studio: Jerusalem and the Occupation of Memory Columbia University GSAPP Critics: Craig Konyk and Nina Kolowratnik Our studio looked at the frozen past and present-day dynamics of the last Palestinian village standing in Israel: Lifta. The village located in West Jerusalem, was abandoned during sustained attacks by militia forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Its 3,000 inhabitants hastily fled and were prevented from returning when the 1949 UN Armistice Line LIFTA PRE 1948
was drawn. This left Lifta village and large parts of its agricultural lands on the Israeli side of what became known as the Green Line. Today, many of Lifta’s refugees are located in Ramallah, the Occupied West Bank, refugee camps, cities of neighboring Arab countries, as well former Lifta lands in East Jerusalem. LIFTA 1949
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Some refugees are even located as far away as Europe and the US. For these refugees, their village remains a vivid memory landscape. Lifta homes and lands continue to be designated as absentee property by Israeli authorities and Lifta refugees are not allowed to assert claims of legal title over the land or permanently return to their property. This holds true for all Palestinian refugees. However, while most former LIFTA TODAY
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Palestinian villages were bulldozed and covered by parks or resettled, Lifta represents the only village where large parts of the built fabric remain intact and largely unoccupied until this day. Lifta stands as a symbol for a silenced past and the still pressing Palestinian refugee question. In 2006 the Israeli Land Administration approved a development plan for Lifta (Plan 6036), which would transfer refugees’ properties to private investors to develop a residential area with 220 housing units. In 2011 the ‘Coaliton to Save Lifta,’ formed of Israeli and Palestinian activists, filed a petition to stop the bidding process. An Israeli Court ruled in favor of the activists in 2012 but the ruling was only a temporary stay order over a procedural matter. Lifter is currently still under the threat of being lost. The project aims to be a productive contribution in envisioning alternative futures for Lifta. Imagining the possible future use and development of Palestinian villages in Israel is crucial to the question of Palestinian refugee return yet it is seldom openly discussed in detail among Israelis and Palestinians alike.
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The goal of the nine day Kinne trip to Jordan, Israel and the Occupied West Bank was to meet as many persons and voices involved in the Lifta situation as possible. We spoke to spatial practitioners, artists, and activists about Lifta in order to gain a better understanding and appreciation of its complexities. The initial challenge for students was to decide upon spacio-political scenarios from where they could start imagining alternative futures. Some schemes are based their concept on the assumption that Lifta’s legal case would be won and the village would be preserved. Other students positioned their concept within today’s circumstances, challenging Israeli politics in ways outside the Israeli courts. Ultimately, the results of the studio are responses to a simple question: what is the agency of an outsider architect in a situation of sociopolitical conflict. The studio worked through the realities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (of which Lifta is a microcosm) and developed an architectural lens to dissect its spatial imperative beyond its present situation as merely a memory landscape.
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A walk along the periphery of Lifta’s ancestral lands will reveal a unique social, cultural, and political cross section of the conflict. Lifta is strategically located by straddling along the Green Line. The area is composed by several landmarks including two of the Jerusalem Ring Neighborhoods. Also included is a node of transborder highways, a high-tech industrial park, the separation barrier, and Hebrew University. The Eastern Jerusalem side contains the commercial neighborhood of Bab a-Zahara, olive tree farms, and multiple traces of informal growth. Residential towers emerge when crossing the Green Line. In the neighborhood of Romema, structures dating back to the British Mandate remain abandoned. Rounding out the journey is Jerusalem’s largest cemetery and a view towards the “Area B” village of Beit Iksa.
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Lifta Ramot: Israeli settlement. One of eight Jerusalem Ring Neighborhoods,1974 Ramot: Security barrier overlooking Shufat Transborder Highways: Tel Aviv-Jerico and Ramallah-Bethlehem Har Hotzvim: Campus of Science-Rich Industries,1970 Givat HaMivtar: Israeli settlement,1970 Tzameret Habira (view towards Shufat and Anata): Israeli settlement,1972 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Mount Scopus campus,1925 Isawiya: Palestinian neighborhood and portal to the E1 zone Bab a-Zahara: Palestinian neighborhood and commercial center Bab a-Zahara: Olive tree farm Bab a-Zahara: Traces of informal growth and subsequent demolition Sanhedria: Neighborhood straddling the Green Line,1967 Romema: Founded during the British Mandate of Palestine,1921 Bridge of Strings: Entrance to the western city, 2008 Lifta: Ongoing occupation Har HaMenuchot: Jerusalem Cementery,1951 Beit Iksa: Palestinian village located in Area B
FINDING LIFTA Enacting the Erased Land
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The land of Lifta exists in the present, although hidden beneath layers of conflicted urbanism. While the village stands as a contested space, its agricultural lands have become almost indistinguishable within modern day Jerusalem. However, there are some exceptions that are apparent only when looking through a specific lense. These exceptions are manifested in the outlines of certain neighborhoods, in the resilience of ancient roads, and in the remaining Liftawis who continue to reside on Lifta land. These refugees oversee the area and fight for the protection, preservation, and return to their homes which have grown into historical ruins.
26 Linear Kilometers of Spatio-Political Conflict
A . walk along the periphery of Lifta’s tribal boundaries* will reveal a unique social, cultural, and political cross section of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Lifta continues to be strategically located within Jerusalem by straddling along the Green Line. The area is composed by several landmarks which include the ruins of Lifta, and two out of the eight Ring Neighborhoods in Jerusalem. Also included is a central node of transborder highways, a high-tech industrial park, the separation barrier, and the Hebrew University. The Palestinian portions of this area contain the commercial neighborhood of Bab a-Zahara, olive tree farms, and multiple traces of informal growth. Residential towers emerge upon crossing the
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original document was distributed among Lifta refugees in the form of a half/tri fold pamphlet
Green Line and structures dating back to the British Mandate remain abandoned in the neighborhood of Romema. Rounding out the journey is Jerusalem’s largest cemetery and views towards the “Area B” village of Beit Iksa.
Musha’ and the Politics of Mapmaking
The parceling and redistribution of Lifta began in 1958 with the Ottoman Land Laws. Prior to this time, Palestinians practiced the Musha’ system which entailed a shared approach to agricultural lands. In contrast, the Ottoman laws required landowners to register ownership under one individual. A great amount of manipulation and falsification occurred during this process which resulted in collective land being registered under one villager or Ottoman administrators and merchants. In the case of the latter, Palestinians continued to retain possession of their land but in effect became tenants of absentee owners.
and mapping systems were developed in order to define geographic boundaries in relation to specific coordinates. These, among many other events, laid the foundation for a systematization of land settlement and foreign sales in 1928. During the 1948 Palestine War, 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from their lands. Among these refugees were approximately 2,550 Liftawis. The 1949 Armistice Agreements sought to establish demarcation lines between a newly formed state and its neighboring countries. These boundaries resulted in the division of Jerusalem. During this time, Liftawis returned to the portion of their land that remained within Palestinian control. In 1967 Israel captured East Jerusalem during the Six-Day War and the remainder of Lifta became annexed land. Today, Lifta survives as the last unoccupied Palestinian village within the State of Israel and many refugees, some spread across the globe, continue to visit their land.
Map as a Strategy
Finding Lifta is an invitation to help enact the illegible land through a series of urban interventions that confront the erasure of Palestinian villages. This pamphlet contains a palette of methods to mark the extent of Lifta’s agricultural boundaries as well as a map registering its urban footprint. By engaging in this cartographic experiment, whether it is as a contributor or participant, you will begin to read the city of Jerusalem through a new and critical lense.
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Columbia University Finding Lifta: Enacting the Erased Land Facebook.com/findinglifta Concept and design: Jose Alexandro Brunner
In 1923 the Mandate government developed plans to partition the lands into parcels. Surveys
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QUEER VILLAGE NEW YORK CITY, NY | 2013 Advanced Studio: Sweet Home Urbanism Columbia University GSAPP Critic: Andres Jaque
The notion of a home is no longer confined to the four walls of our dwelling. A home is performed in the city and consists of a series of points that cater to our unique lifestyles. New York City contains approximately three shelters to serve the estimated 3,000 LGBTQ homeless youth. Combined these shelters offer a mere 200 beds which leads many at risk youth to rely on alternative spaces for recreation and shelter. Many of these spaces are contested as other more privileged members of society aim to displace the youth from the few spaces where they are able to express themselves. Queer Village presents a spatial mapping of the streets, piers, churches, and parks that house this community and explores the potential for alternative forms of development within a gentrifying metropolis.
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CENTRAL KITCHEN & SALUMERIA SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 2012 Restaurant + Retail TI Paxton Gate Design/Build Client: Ne Timeas Restaurant Group
Central Kitchen is located on the gastronomic corridor of 20th Street in the Mission District. The design was inspired by the site’s industrial context as well as the northern California landscape. Our intent was not only to make this a highly functional space, but to marry the simple, rustic, and elegant into one aesthetic. Responsibilities included developing design iterations, implementing ADA requirements, preparing construction documents, detailing custom furniture, and specifying materials.
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HUNTERS POINT POWER PLANT SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 2012 Interim Use Feasibility Study Project Team: A+D Architecture and Design and GLS Landscape & Architecture Client: PG&E The former Hunters Point Power Plant (HPPP) was an electricity-generating facility fueled by natural gas, fuel oil, and diesel. HPPP operations ceased on May 15, 2006, and the plant is now closed. The plant is located on approximately 38 acres in the City and County of San Francisco, adjacent to India Basin, which is part of the San Francisco Bay. The demolition of the HPPP and the subsequent remediation of the site to residential standards constitute significant milestones for the Bayview Hunters Point community. A+D was asked to develop conceptual approaches for interim use of the former HPPP site. The development of conceptual approaches took into careful consideration a wide range of contributing factors to ensure that it aligns with the needs of the surrounding communities and the constraints as imposed by local zoning and regulatory bodies. As part of the derivable, A+D (in partnership with GLS) submitted a summary report with the objective to provide a range of conceptual proposals to advance the discussion regarding interim uses. Project responsabilities included managing the architectural team, conducting site analysis, researching case studies, identifying program (classrooms, retail, recreation & parking), proposing a kit of parts (shipping containers, trees & scaffolding), designing site plans building configurations, developing 3D models, and assembling the final summary report for client review.
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Create a new positive focus on the neighborhood that raises cultural and environmental awareness, celebrates local history, and fosters a greater sense of place.
Sponsor an innovative mix of open space uses to enhance the existing qualities of the site - climate, view, waterfront - in order to attract people from outside the neighborhood.
classrooms and courtyard GROWTH GENERATOR
site plan: green belt with parcels A and B
Encourage community advancement by providing employment opportunities and educational services for neighborhood residents such as skillbased job training, after-school programs, and small business ventures.
VISITACION VALLEY SCHLAGE LOCK SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 2012 Open Space and Streetscape Master Plan Project Team: AECOM, GLS Landscape & Architecture and A+D Architecture and Design Client: Visitacion Development LLC
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that together form o Two elements of the site’s history are celebrated in the Greenway: the rail line trace here becomes a double line of trees, and a rain garden punctuates the end of the park at the location where marshlands used tosystem exist open space in the Valley. Blanken Park is loca The uses around the Greenway Park are primarily residential, with narrower streets that allow to view on residents the northeast co into and across the Greenway easily. The specific amenities recommended for the Greenway include a1B. playof Building The ground, a half basketball court, a flower garden for strolling, and two smaller multiuse lawngiven areasits with picnic on-structur tables and benches. The court area will be striped to accommodate other sport activities as well. It will not incompatible with ra be specifically lit for night use. The linear swale and rain garden occupy the eastern and southern portions of sible. Two separate the park. A park shelter or gazebo (about 200 square feet) is proposed on the paved northwest point of the It is important to no Greenway, acting as a marker and opportunity site for local public art displays, as well as aadditional shade, rain, and restriction wind shelter. have not yet been t Visitacion Valley Redevelopment
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KENNETH HENRY COURT OAKLAND, CA | 2012 Multi-family Affordable Housing Renovation Project Team: Studio Perez and Salazar Architects Client: Satellite Affordable Housing Associates
renovated courtyard and building facade
1.3 acre site
playground
entry kiosk accesible apartment entry door and patio
clip-on balconies at 2nd floor apartments
community room
community room plan
PLAZA ADELANTE SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 2010 Mission Resource Center A+D, Architecture and Design Client: Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA)
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The Mission Resource Center (Plaza Adelante) poses to combine a number of non-profit organizations operating out of different areas in San Francisco into a single location in the Mission District. The project looks at the high level of interaction between these organizations and explores the ways within which the architectural elements can promote and foster further connections and future
interactions. The renovated 1901 building uses transparency and overlapping multifunctional spaces to merge the public spaces of the building with the semi-public areas of the individual organization headquarter spaces. Responsibilities included producing 100% CD, coordinating consultants and the design of five tenant improvements. Photographs by Theodore Rzad.
TORQUED HOUSE LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA | 2006 Janick Residence | Design Proposal Visible Research Office
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STAGGERED HOUSE TIBURON, CA | 2006 Residential Remodel Visible Reseach Office
The remodel connects the inside and outside. A new interior northsouth circulation path coupled with more exterior doors, balconies and decks allow for direct access outside and easier movement from the entry courtyard to the backyard. All exterior windows were replaced, repositioned and organized into cohesive modular units creating either panoramic corner windows or framed views centered on walls. Responsabilities included producing schematic design proposals and producing presentation plans and sections.
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LANDSCAPE DESIGNS SAN FRANCISCO, CA | 2012-2013 Residential Gardens Paxton Gate Design/Build Client: Various
union st. outdoor living
mt. davidson garden
arbor and jacuzzi
union st. vertical garden an fire pit
children’s fort
potrero home office conversion
glen canyon japanese courtyard
mt. davinson front garden
a-frame fort
reclining ipe bench
poured concrete bridge and ipe decking
MEXICA ARCHEOLOGY MUSEUM XOCHIMILCO, MEXICO CITY | SPRING 2007 Advanced Studio: MXDF California College of the Arts, UC Berkeley & Universidad Iberoamericana Instructor: Sandra Vivanco Mexico D.F.
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lower level plan water collections
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urban chinampas
site plan: botanical gardens, community center & museum
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SIDE-LEISURE SAN FRANCISCO, CA, SPRING | 2006
Users & Current tourist
Advanced Studio: Short Stories California College of the Arts Instructors: Fred Dust, Dana Cho and Roshi Givenchi Sponsored by IDEO
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meditation sanctuary and mist shower
On a typical Saturday afternoon the heavily transited intersection of Columbus and Greenwich streets becomes an open forum for both San Franciscans and eager tourists to intermingle within the charismatic North Beach community. Due to its leisurely nature, the time of day suggests a speciďŹ c opportunity when locals may break away from their mundane weekday rituals and begin using public space to its full advantage. In an interesting juxtaposition tourists occupy the same area, though in a more transient manor, in search for the perfect travel experience. The potential lies in observing current relationships between the two frequent users, and redeďŹ ning spacial boundaries of territory & possession which limit their coexistence.
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INTERTWINED COMMUNITY SAN FRANCISCO, CA, FALL 2006 Studio IV: Housing California College of the Arts Instructors: Genevieve L’Heureux and Dan Heisel
mapping the dwelling ritual of intimacy
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dining & kitchen rooftop communal gardens
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MEDITATION SPACE VALLE DE GUADALUPE, BC | 2014 Visual Studies: Techniques of the Ultrareal Columbia University GSAPP Collaboration with Della Leapman and Jordan Anderson Critic: Joseph Brennan
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rendered view with site context, basic materials and lighting
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rendered view with tree, basic materials and lighting
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initial site context rendering The use of perspective and rendering is often an afterthought. With the abundance of 3D modeling software and the ability to see every angle of a project instantaneously, renderings are often a last minute tool for representation. Our team was challenged to not only think of rendering as a method of presentation, but also a tool for design.
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The goal was to quickly design a meditation structure and its context for the exploration of techniques for creating ultrarealistic renderings. We focused on color, light, material, context, reflection, and opacity throughout the course of the entire design. The building and components were initially modeled using Rhino, and were imported into 3D Studio Max for topography and site creation.The main engine of exploration was V-Ray for 3D Studio Max with the use of 3rd party plug-ins (Ivy Generator, Forest Pack) and additional processing software for editing the final images.
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