Justin Jarrett Design Portfolio_V03C

JUSTIN JARRETT design portfolio

PERFORMANCE HOUSE

Undergraduate Design Six + Charleston, South Carolina + Professor Justin Fong

MYCOLOGY RESEARCH FACILITY

Undergraduate Design Eight + Pacific Northwest + Professor Joel Setzer

RED HOOK LIBRARY

Graduate Design Two + Red Hook, NYC+ Professor Erich Schoenenberger

SOLAR RESEARCH PLATFORM

Professional Work + Orlando, Florida + KMF Architects

HOUSE 07

Graduate Design One + Governors Island, NYC + Professor Viola Ago

ERODE

Undergraduate Design Seven + Orlando, Florida + Professor Stephen Szutenbach

ARCHIVAL OBJECT

Graduate Mediums One + Governors Island, NYC+ Professor Mor Segal

PERFORMANCE HOUSE

Charleston Cultural Center

BRIEF:

Experience the city of Charleston and translate the character defining details of the city into an architectural concept. Develop a public performance center depicting these observations and show how the focal elements define the atmosphere.

Lush organic life defines and deforms Charleston as it twists through the built environment, splitting through the mortar of colonial development with the inevitable dominance of the natural earth. Weathered moss-covered stones, broken edges and uneven bricks roll imperfectly along the ground, all revealing an identity specific to the city.

The structure of the performance center is inspired by the dominating influence of organic life that permeates through Charleston. The roots of trees and vines writhe through tilted gravestones and cobblestone roads creating curvilinear structures out of once rectilinear forms. The plans for the structure and flow of spaces within take cues from the mutated spaces and forms, underscoring the push and pull of organizing elements.

MYCOLOGY RESEARCH FACILITY

Laboratory + Residence + Exhibition Space

BRIEF:

Through the development of two disparate characters, create a narrative in which they meet. Use the details of their lives and interaction to extract a concept and a process for an architectural program.

DESCRIPTION:

The Mycology Research Facility represents a unique hub of scientific inquiry and exploration, where researchers converge to delve into the mysteries of the fungal kingdom. The laboratories, exhibition galleries, and living spaces lend to the advancement in the study of fungi; providing a space for experimentation and display, showcasing the potential for the benefit of humanity and the environment.

PERSPECTIVE mycology research facility +

ELUCIDATION

This project’s origin parallels with the exponential qualities innate to the mycelial networks of fungi. Conceptual primitives were developed through a series of methodically folded planes documented through section drawings. The cubic masses represent a programmatic paradigm. The folded planar models were introduced to these cubic masses and allowed to dissect and subtract spatial voids amongst them in a rhythmic promenade from public exhibition to laboratory function.

RED HOOK LIBRARY

An educational space in Brooklyn

BRIEF:

Poche holds an important place in architectural design. It is a dialogue between object and void, and reveals spatial sequences and form.

Using investigations of contemporary and historical poche, develop a formal language to generate a concept for a public library in Red Hook.

ELUCIDATION:

By incorporating geometric mutation the sequence is generated through rotation, translation, and scaling to produce a dynamic spatial composition.

+ STEEL FRAMING portion of structural investigation

RED HOOK MIDDLE

Poche holds an important place in architectural design, not only in conveying the balance between positive and negative space, but poche actually contributes to the visual weight of a structure as well.

Using investigations of contemporary and historical poche, a formal language was developed to generate a spatial concept for a middle school in Red Hook.

The resulting form lends itself to a structural steel system. Various cantilevers and morphing geometries are rationalized through a series of wide flange brackets that work as a skeleton to which the aluminum facade is welded to. The cross sectional brackets follow a rhythmic segmentation of the overall structure and connect larger floor girders together, transferring the loads to columns that follow a grid created by this flow.

Concrete + metal decking spans between the bracketed system, and vertical mullions tie the wall systems together. The roof is a lightweight metal deck with skylights at classrooms and circulation spaces.

+ CONCRETE FOOTINGS foundation grid system

+ SKIN ENCLOSURE architectural aluminum cladding

SOLAR RESEARCH PLATFORM

KMF Architects + Orlando, Florida

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The objective was to create a parking canopy that would double as a solar panel research platform.

Its form is inspired by trees occupying the surrounding landscape and draws connection between concepts of photosynthesis and passive energy strategies.

The deck above was designed to fit interchangeable components to support research on the most effective combinations of solar panel arrays.

PROJECT SCOPE:

Response to RFP

Technical research / Collaboration with Solar Energy vendors

Schematic Design / Design Development / Construction Documentation

TECHNICAL SOFTWARE:

Revit Rhino

AutoCAD

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Lead

Production Manager

Led design for all phases

Primary contact for client relationship

HOUSE 07

Artist’s Residency

BRIEF:

Work focusing on interpreting operational qualities of a selected mass produced object, in this case a sandwich container.

CONCEPT STATEMENT:

An alteration method derived from reinterpreted objects. Examining the tectonics of interlocking and folding qualities of Module 02 and isolated exaggerations of volume in Module 01, altering the existing house to fit a program for an artist residency and work space.

ELUCIDATION:

Engaging the operations of hinging volumes to pry open and deconstruct the existing facade, new vertical circulation breaks through the existing floors to connect basement workspaces with the galleries and studios, and allows for new moments of observation. The artist residency is primarily for ceramic artists, with kilns, flex ceramic storage + work spaces, and a heavy stone work area in the basement. On the first floor, a new entry is proposed on the south face. Open galleries and a large kitchen provide adequate room for large exhibition functions. The second floor is composed of four independent work studios that can all open into a collaborative unified space. The third floor houses the resident artists with sleeping and living spaces.

ERODE Sustainable High Rise

BRIEF:

Derive an architectural design based on Florida’s ecosystem. With this in mind, develop a skin that envelopes a high rise building per programmatic requirements assigned. Sustainable building principles must also be considered. The tower’s skin must be a multi-layered construct while the geometry of the structure remains rectilinear.

CONCEPT STATEMENT:

Conceptualize water as light and display its transformation as it filters through scalar materials.

ARCHIVAL OBJECT

Encasement of an Excavated Relic

BRIEF:

Examine a unique moment on Governor’s Island using architectural drawing techniques. Explore its details thoroughly, re-imagining the purpose of found elements and design a method to showcase it for preservation.

CONCEPT STATEMENT:

Archival through pristine lamination.

ELUCIDATION:

Similar to methods of archiving fossils, the glass lamination encases the raw material that once housed the embedded relic. Etchings derived from the drawings hint to the original scene & orientation of layered materials.

Oblique sections throughout the model reveal edges and connections that would otherwise be concealed.