PORTFOLIO 2023

“This portfolio is dedicated to Joy Amyrah Gandy my daughter, motivation, and inspiration.”

-Justin

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Pencil sketch of Villa d’Este in Tivoli. Drawn to grasp the layout of the space while walking through in it during my first study abroad trip.

Plan view sketch of Villa d’Este

Perspectives within Villa d’Este

Pencil

Highlighting the presence of water within the space. Studying how water moves, reflects, and sounds within each space.

sketch of Villa d’Este in Tivoli.

Pencil sketch of Cortile della Pigna in Vatican city. Pops of color were used to highlight important features with in the space.

BUBBLEGUM is a result of my very first graduate architecture studio at University of Idaho. Located in the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon. This project is a full Portland city block, which is a 200 feet by 200 feet square. We were individually tasked to create our own idea of an urban neighborhood suitable for single-family living and studio apartment living.

BUBBLEGUM focuses on sun orientation, vegetation, and exterior spaces as opportunity for street art. Analyzing the surrounding the area, BUBBLEGUM is located between the Portland Bus Station and Pacific Northwest College of Art. The area is riddled with murals and graffiti and the skyline is dominated by Big Pink (US Bancorp Tower)

INTIAL EXTERIOR ELEVATION SKETCHES OF SINGLE-FAMILY UNIT

The site for this project was not introduced until halfway through the initial schematic and conceptual design phases.

The common theme within each unit is vegetation . This allowed me to explore how users would interact with interior spaces and exterior spaces

UNIT (ONE TO TWO PERSON) INTIAL DESIGN INTENT {section elevation}

The single-family unit has a little more square footage at 2025 square feet versus the studio unit which is 1575 square feet

The single-family unit incorporates an indoor patio space behind the bathroom. The space is highlighted by the seperated pitched roofs and detailed window frame design

SINGLE-FAMILY UNIT (THREE TO FOUR PERSON) UNIT {section elevation}

Revision and beginning thoughts of material palette for single-family unit.

Revision and beginning thoughts of material palette for studio unit.

Materials: Brick, Wood, Glazing, and Concrete

Site view sketches from plan view noting on-site vegetation species, diameter, height, and relative healthiness

Section cuts of street profile. Relative noting of lane and sidewalk width.

Circulation concepts for ground level access. Ideas of exterior continue to develop, along with figure-ground analysis.

Interior/Exterior spaces and all drawings (sections, perspectives, axonometrics, and plan views) were developed together as a whole.

The process of hand drafting is as follows: inking, shadow placement, groundcover, flowering groundcovers, sculptures, and finally canopy and activity nodes.

Section detail seatwall relationship to planter and build exterior wall. The section also shows ideas of foundation and drainage systems.

Perspective of BUBBLEGUM central activity node. The pink bubbles are conceptually thought of as PLAYBOUND POURED-INPLACE

Wall section detail describing typical foundational conditions of each building, along with typical glazing {Glass} system and roofing system.

The following pages diagram roof hydrology {water flow} and interior floorplan materiality.

Single person outdoor seat designed and constructed by Justin Gandy. Materials consist of concrete body for support and flexible stained wood seating platform secured with steel braces.

Site: 499 Broad St.

Plant inventory and marking for Thomas, Shelton, Jones and Associates located in Starkville, Mississippi. This project was an exercise in identifying plant species and recording them in the field with pencil. Later, returning to the office to transfer drawings in to CAD files. In addition, creating plant matrices, and in-depth plant maintainence schedules were also essential to this project.

Page 50: Top - Sketchup section detail of hardscape surface

Bottom - A section cut through a residence. During this small exercise I was required by my instructor to use two or more best management practices and combine them into one environment control system. I proposed a tromble wall, solar array, and lightwell system

Page 51: Quick sections by hand before reconstruction in AutoCad

Boston Fish Supreme is my first project working with a real client. This restaurant is located in Jackson, Mississippi. This project was never built, but it did provide me with real world experience with a client and also allow me to understand the lengthy process architectural project have to go through such as approval from city officials.

EXPLODED AXONOMETRI C

SOLAR ARRA Y MOST OF THE STRUCTURES

ENERGY NEEDS WILL BE PRODUCED BY ROOFTOP SOLAR ARRAYS.

TRIPLE PANE LOW-E GLAZIN G REFLECTS HEAT WHILE ALLOWING NATURAL LIGHT TO PENETRATE THE SPACE

OPERABLE WINDOW WINDOWS ARE WIRED TO THERMOSTAT OPENING AND CLOSING WHEN NEEDED

ALUMINUM ROOFING

RAINWATER WILL BE CAPTURED AND REUSED ON SITE

GLULAM WEB BRACING STRUCTURE WHICH KEEP LOAD BEARING BRICK WALLS RIGID.

ELECTRICAL LIGHTING

ELECTRICAL LIGHTING POWERED BY SOLAR ENERGY.

TROMBE WALL TROMBE ALLOWS FOR PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING AND COOLING OF THE SPACE.

TRIPLE PANE LOW-E GLAZING REFLECTS HEAT WHILE ALLOWING NATURAL LIGHT TO PENETRATE THE SPACE

NOTE THIS SPACE HAS LIVE VEGETATION INSIDE THUS INCREASING THE AIR QUALITY WITHIN THE SPACE

COURSE:ARCH 568-02

PROJECT:“GREEN ROOM”

STUDENT:JUSTIN GANDY

INSTRUCTOR: CAROLINA MANRIQUE

The Cram is a multi-family residence that houses two or more families under the same roof. The site also includes a restaurant to activate the street corner. Located in Moscow, Idaho this project is adjacent Identity Apartments. This project’s concept is derived from individual room forms, which are then combined to create a single massing. This project incorporates solar panels, tromble walls, lightwells, and native vegetation.

The Cram mimics aspects of its surrounds by taking the circular forms from the Moscow

and roughing them up creating silo-like structures that are more angular and edgy.

Silos

The Twinhouse was a fun and wonderful project to be a part of. Led by Mark Engberg from COLAB architecture in Portland, Oregon. What made this project unique is that this home is on two seperate plots of land. This project was designed and built by students at the University of Idaho. I was a part of the design team. The team was split in two and we designed the homes seperately as groups in Revit.

The two sides of the home were later combined in Revit where materiality, connection detaisl, window datam lines, and more were established. I was the lead on landscaping, topography, and hydrology. I completed my tasks in Sketchup and then converted it into Revit. I was a huge part of creating the visual aesthetic for this project. Also working in Revit allowed me to improve my revit skills significantly.

COMPOSITE OVERLAY

The map above displays a total weighted overlay of all sets of data that our studio felt would give us the best results to develop parks. The maps used in the overlay includes: Shelby County parks, Shelby County land-cover, Shelby County parcels, Shelby County canopy, floodplains, Census data / population pressure - based on population growth. Those maps were used to show available areas based on their proximity to key elements: schools, vacant lands, community centers, and other recreational play. All of the maps were classified and assigned specific values that told the final map if the area was desirable or not. The values ranged from 1-9; If the value was identified as a 1 - it was considered not desirable, but if it scored a 9 - it was classified as most desirable. The main areas highlighted were those who scored +8. The targeted areas, if a new park is to be built there, will now serve and become accessible to a large population.

LEGEND

35.245411, -89.898240

This target was chosen because it is on vacant land and has an open canopy. This area is projected to grow at a rate of 1.3 to 2.5 percent. Accessibility to the site would be easy. Singleton Parkway and Egypt Central Road are the two main street to the site. There is potential to make a primary connection from the adjacent neighborhood directly to the target area. The majority of the surrounding area is single family detached and is located at the edge of the agricultural district. The site is also on the edge of the flood plain that is the Loosahatchie River. This target area will better serve the surrounding community, with a park or green space, that is otherwise under serve.

35.176779, -89.882192

This target area was chosen because it is vacant land has a semi open canopy. This area is projected to grow at a rate of 1.3 to 2.5 percent. Accessibility to the site is very easy. The property is accessible from Bartlett Road and potentially Pleasant View Road. Surrounding our site is mostly single family detached housing with some multifamily attached housing. Although there is a school with park like amenities to the east of the target area, it is not open to the public. This target area will better serve the surrounding community, with a park or green space, that is otherwise under serve.

35.192688, -89.817793

This target area was selected because of its location in the dense residential setting along with its open canopy. Accessibility to the site from Reese Road and Appling Road is very easy. Geologically, being on a corner lot makes it a great location for exposer to the community. The area has been constantly growing a rate of 1.3 to 2.5 percent. Although there is a recreational park three quarters of a mile away, the location chosen has potential to become a passive park.

projected to grow at a rate of 1.3 to 2.5 percent. The closest park is 2.2 miles away making this a prime spot to better serve the community with a functional green space.

GIS analysis of Memphis metro area. This analysis was used to highlight prime plots of land to develop into a park for multiple uses and activities. This project was completed in teams of three students.

TARGET #3

Spokane, Washington, USA has a long history of industrial manufacturing. One of those manufacturing industries is the paper industry. The paper machine is the most essential machine in the paper mill. This is where paper is created. The pulp solution is sprayed onto a wiring system that is run through a series of felt covered rollers, some wet some dry, until the pulp is flattened into its typical paper form, we see in our copy machines. chose this machine to study because paper mills are such an essential industry in the northwest. I decided to explore what the location of a temporary artist residential building and art studio could be for the northwest region of the United States and not just Washington and Spokane alone. Spokane is the closest major urban area to a significant number of Washingtonians and Idahoans, so why not look at this structure as a beacon for artists, citizens, and tourists. Why not allow this structure to become a driving force in not just Spokane’s economy, but the northwest region’s economy? Designers must inspire people to reach their full creative socioeconomic potential.

I have heard Spokane referred to as “grungy” or “ghetto”. Subsequently, decided to embrace these words and the feeling received while traveling and spending time in Spokane. My color palette is full of cool tones, I saw Spokane on a sunny day only once. The cloudy and overcast atmosphere of Spokane along with its Gothic-Style architecture and retro building style lends a mystical aura tried to capture in my drawings. noticed quite a few graffiti murals and tags around Spokane also, which made me fall in love somewhat with this retro city. Graphically, combined my drawings in much the same way graffiti artists battle for wall space. The boldest and largest elements protrude outward allowing them to be more visible when viewing, but these protrusions were not my points of interest. I decided to go back into my final collage and find small dark spaces with character. I decided to link spots together creating a series of linework that could be understood as building circulation. created planes to inform me of the feelings one could have approaching because of scale rather than just form alone. This project “PAPERMAKER” is about the structure becoming a living machine existing even without human interaction like an ominous mythical creator from the year 4020, but somehow attracts humans into its world of fantasy with ease. This structure is a study on machine labor versus human intervention.

An Artist in Residence project located in Spokane, Washington, near Riverfront Park. The concept of this project was required by our instructor to be developed from our own research and knowledge about a machine, any machine that may have been instrumental in establishing Spokane. I chose a papermaker as my machine. Paper mills are abundant in Spokane.

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representing facade materiality before graffiti or murals are applied. This elevation also shows the path that sunlight follows.

Page 78: This exterior elevation suggest what A.I.R may look like after artist have moved in and made their presence known.

76: Exterior elevation

A.I.R. is an acronym for Artists in Residence. The conceptual stage of this project was inspired by the rhythm, scale, processes, motion, speed, and more of the papermaker. This information was converted into abstract images and patterns, which informed my design ideas and helped me understand the essence of this machine. I decided that papermakers are machines operating in tension and constant motion. This is why A.I.R. is an art gallery and residence that never touches the ground, always suspended from an umbrella roof formed by tensive cables. Embodying and combining street art and graffiti culture with art museum culture. Art is for everyone. A.I.R. allows artists to express themselves inside as well as outside.

Amphibious architecture is a method and philosophy of building structures that embrace flood events, floating when significant rain has fallen. Once flooding has passed, the structures return to their foundation. The E.D.N.A. (Educate Development Nourish Alleviate) project provides written and graphic guidelines for building flood-fortified structures in Mississippi. To raise awareness and educate impoverished rural homeowners and their communities about environmental injustices, climate change, and alternative building techniques. Intended to lessen or eliminate flood damages and casualties, E.D.N.A. embodies the architectural history, resilience, and spirit of the impoverished populations of Mississippi.

The primary goal of E.D.N.A. is to educate impoverished rural homeowners throughout Mississippi about current building techniques within Mississippi, past building techniques within Mississippi, global building techniques, climate change, flood statistics, and amphibious building techniques. As stated by George Washington Carver, “Education is the key to unlock the golden door to freedom.”

The second goal of E.D.N.A. is to help accelerate the development of rural communities before and after flood events in Mississippi. Many rural towns of Mississippi need more population density to support their town’s economy. E.D.N.A. provides a unique building footprint that facilitates population density or the illusion of it while providing safer, more resilient housing for rural homeowners. E.D.N.A. homes are irregular pentagonal forms to amplify views outward into the landscape for homeowner security purposes. In addition, the irregular pentagonal form reduces drag on the home once the site is inundated by water compared to the traditional four-sided rectilinear home form. A modular design approach, E.D.N.A. studio homes accommodate a kitchen, living room, bathroom, bedroom, and utility spaces in an irregular pentagon with a maximum area of 315 square feet. This amount of square footage was carefully configured to minimize material waste and construction expenses while maximizing the buoyancy of the home. Additional pentagons can be constructed as families grow and require more square footage. E.D.N.A. homes with two or more modules will be connected by external wood decks framing an outdoor room, allowing for open-air circulation between spaces. As the footprint of E.D.N.A. grows, the modules fragment into specialized spaces for specific uses creating larger social and private spaces. E.D.N.A. homes can be and are encouraged to be arranged whichever way the homeowner envisions as long as it aligns with the well-being of the fauna and flora on-site. In addition, pentagonal forms will never resolve completely into a solid shape. This means that regardless of how E.D.N.A modules are configured, they will have voids or space between them.