Jon ellis
Artwork: www.jonorobo.deviantart.com/gallery
Architecture Thesis: www.issuu.com/j.ellis/docs/thesis_ellis
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City Greens building from 1st Avenue, Manhattan, NYC
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Thesis Vertical Farm & Urban Farm Manhattan, NYC March 2012
Abstract In North America, industrial agriculture has led to cheap abundant food while also separating direct links between the city and countryside. This thesis attempts to use architecture to reconnect people in Manhattan, New York City, with food production while also serving as a model for sustainability. The thesis analyzes Manhattan’s existing local food network, and seeks a site which has the potential for several factors: site accessibility, renewable resources, solar exposure, and integration into the community. These factors serve as the basis in which to build a hybrid prototype that is able to expose people to the process of food production through a combination of traditional outdoor farming methods and indoor hydroponics in the form of a vertical farm. Farmers and customers can once again be seen together as one entity instead of two disconnected dependencies. The reintegration of food production into an urban centre can be seen as a re-alliance of the country and the city.
Hydroponic plantE拓建筑网www.eeeetop.com harvesting mixing with public
Urban farm overlooking public hill & main access route
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1. Low light crops - Public 2. Low light crops - Private 3. Farm land - Public 4. Farm land - Private 5. Orchard 6. Farm land - Public 7. Chicken yard 8. Farm land centre
9. Public hill 10. Entrance 11. Hydroponics - Public 12. Hanging hydroponics 13. Reception 14. Food packing and sorting 15. Learning centre
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Plan view of the main entrance up the public ramp. Plan view also describes the layout of the urban farm.
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E 40th St
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Section through East River, Manhattan, NYC
Solar Aquatics Grow Grow Grow Grow. Nursery. Staff Room. Grow. Lab. Seed Bank. Grow. Nursery. Staff Room. Grow. Lab. Seed Bank. Grow. Nursery. Staff Room. Grow. Lab. Seed Bank. Grow. Nursery. Staff Room. Grow. Seed Bank. Reception. Plant Lab. Learning Centre Grow. Market. Cooking Room. Staff Area. Cold Room. Packing/Sorting. Delivery.
Barn Door Entrance.
Public Viewing Hill. Entrance.
Bike Delivery Entrance
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Queens Midtown Tunnel.
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Grow Team
Consumer Team
Research Team
Community Team
Cross section looking west through the City Greens building
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Lamella M1 Design Ross Creek Centre For The Arts, NS June - August 2010
The lamella dining hall was constructed during my M1 Coastal Studio term where we dealt with and learned about coastal design issues. The lamella was constructed by a team of 10 students and 1 professor which was donated to the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts. Since its completion the Ross Creek lamella has won numerous awards and was featured in the January 2011 issue of Canadian Architect magazine. The dining hall is meant to shelter kids and artists who reside at the arts centre during the summer. The dimensions of the lamella pieces are the basis of the overall design. Each dimension is critical in determining span, overall shape, and how transparent the structure is. The thickness of each lamella is 1” which is thick enough to provide a solid structure that is easy to work with while remaining slim enough to appear transparent. It was decided that the lamellas would be enclosed with sheets of polygal in a shingled fashion, to allow for transparency and tie the whole structure together. The lamella has a ribbon of perforated metal capping the ends to add rigidity to the structure. The metal helps to keeps its shape and forces the structure to act in tension in key areas. There are also two strips of perforated metal along the length of the lamella to serve as a back rest at sitting areas, as well as provided additional rigidity.
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Polygal sheets overlapped to act like shingles When it came time to strengthen the center of the roof and most importantly, shed water, we placed three rows of galvalume along the length of the structure. The galvalume was strategically placed to block out the most intense mid-afternoon sun when eating. One final structural element was the tension cable. This cable runs with the lamellas from one end to the other and one side to the other allowing for a more complete unison of the structure. Finally the entire structure is tied down to two 6”X6” beams running the length the dining hall which are supported ontop of concrete posts.
Galvalume roof tension band
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Section through growing areas M2 Design Downtown Halifax, NS December 2010
Overlooking soil crop area
Vertical farming
The Vertical Farm Project is a site specific program located in Halifax, NS. This project was proposed as a hypothetical near future scenario in which smaller scale vertical farm studies needed to be done in or to determine the feasibility of larger scale projects.
Entrance
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Exterior view
Aeroponic growing area 6th floor
The building design is a direct response to the sun and the needs of plants with the floor plates rotating and reducing in area as the building height increases in order to maximize sun exposure. The southern corner of each growing area slopes down to become more perpendicular to the sun in order to reduce the sun’s angle of incidence. The building also takes advantage of wind/solar power and the collection of rainwater. The project would provide an opportunity for the public to buy produce grown on site, eat at restaurants serving food grown on site and have a hands on learning environment where they can learn about urban agriculture.
Overlooking market Area
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group rehearsal
private rehearsal computer lab
teacher
library
lobby
rehearsal
reflective absorptive absorptive/reflective
individual rehearsal rooms
recording studio mechanical space
The music school was designed to give a face to the music department at Dalhousie University. This would allow them to expand, enabling them to attract new business and students. The top floors sit above a glass lobby, giving a 360 degree view of the protruding auditorium. I wanted the auditorium to be visible and accessible from the street, inviting the public in to overlook live shows. The three floors above the lobby are wrapped in a perforated steel screen, still allowing light to enter while also providing privacy for student rehearsal. During the evening the building acts as a beacon, glowing from within. An atrium occupies the centre of the building which allows for non-diffused light to enter the building down to the auditorium’s shell.
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Music School B5 Design Dalhousie University, NS April 2010
Physical model
Student rehearsal plan
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Case
Study M2 Technology Leahey House October 2010
The purpose of this assignment was to construct a interpretive structural model based on a Brian MacKay Lyons house with what ever plans and photos one could gather. Model scale 1/8”
Building elements Photo by MacKayLyons Sweetapple Architects Ltd.
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Split HOUSE B2 Design Kingsburg County, NS April 2009
This house design is a combination of a concrete structure with a green roof of native vegetation and a wood frame structure separated by a glass central hall. The concrete portion acts as the heavy solid base and the wood portion sits on top of this. The two materials differentiate between the public and private spaces of the house. This house was designed to be part of a small community (on land owned by Brian MacKay Lyons) in which the neighbouring houses were designed by other students. The project was designed through 3 scales: urbanization, habitation and detail.
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Perspective drawing
Exterior elevation drawing
deck
darkroom master bath bath
glass roofed hall
living
master bedroom
office
bedroom
grass rooftop deck
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library kitchen
Ground floor plan
up
garage
Top floor plan
bedroom
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Curtain wall deign for nscc Akerley campus. Dartmouth, NS S P Dumaresq Architect Ltd. Halifax, NS January - August 2011
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S P Dumaresq Architect Ltd. is a multi-generational firm which has been around since the late 1800s. During my time here I experienced many different aspects of the profession while working on 13 projects. My responsibilities ranged from creating floor plans, sections, elevations, 3D models, 3D renderings, and walkthroughs, and drafting existing building elevations from photos and field dimensions. On a couple of projects such as the NSCC Akerley welding shop, I was the sole draftsman right up until the tender phase. Other experiences include: door/window schedules, preparing multimedia material for a public presentation, and working with Dumac Energy Ltd. on the NSCC Akerley welding shop to keep drawings up to date.
Proposal for New Minas Recreational Centre. New Minas, NS
Villa St. Joseph Du Lac retirement centre. Yarmouth, NS
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Dyer Residence, Chester, NS
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Exterior elevation of Pier 21 Annex made from field dimensions and photos.
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Exterior elevation of Villa St. Joseph Du Lac retirement centre. Yarmouth, NS
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Digital Painting: Cover for Dalhousie University Creative Writing Journal
Personal
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My personal art ranges from 3D, drawing, photography, digital painting and building objects.
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Jon ellis