MEGAN L. SPOOR
2023 GRADUATE PORTFOLIO
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
TULANE UNIVERSITY CANDIDATE 2023
Fulbright Scholar 2021 - 2023
RIBA BArch (hons) | University of Nottingham
MEGAN L. SPOOR
CURRICULUM VITAE
+1 (207) 450 0773
Megan.spoor@gmail.com
mspoor@tulane.edu
EDUCATION
Master of Architecture candidate
Tulane University | New Orleans LA | 2023
Bachelor of Architecture (honors)
University of Nottingham | UK | 2018
SKILLS + TRAINING
Introduction to Zero Carbon Building Qualification
University of West England | UK | 2020
BIMCO Revit training program | 2019
BIM | Revit, ArchiCAD
CAD | AutoCAD, MicroStation, Rhino, 3DSMax
Visualization | Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Vray
Mapping | Digi maps, ArcGIS
Sustainability | BEES 2.0 (Life Cycle Assessment Database)
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT ACHIEVEMENTS
Merit Scholarship |Tulane School of Architecture |2021 - 2023 International Peace Scholar PEO | 2021 - 2023
Top 5% of Academic Achievers University of Nottingham
VOLUNTEERING
LEADERSHIP
US-UK Fulbright Scholar All Disciplines Award | 2021 International Placement Scholarship European Cultural Centre Venice | 2017 Saint Gobain Award for Sustainable Design University of Nottingham | 2017
ARCHITECTS4PEACE
The Tanbok Project | Vanuatu + London | 2020 – 2021 Architects Climate Action Network | London | 2020 - 2021
| Melbourne | 2018 – 2019
Visiting Design Tutor | University of Nottingham Housing Tutor | 2020 Visiting student representative | Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners | 2018
EXHIBITIONS AIA LA | Water and Resilient Urbanisms | 2022
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Cyclone Resistant Housing fabrications | CAUKIN | 2020 Pedestrian Priority Transit | Weston Williamson + Partners | 2019
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DESIGN INTERN | SCAPE LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
NEW ORLEANS, LA | JANUARY 2023 - CURRENT | SPRING INTERNSHIP
Working on large scale urban planning, coastal resilience and sustainable landscape design.
ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT | HAWORTH TOMPKINS
LONDON, UK | NOV 2020 – JULY 2021
Worked across a number of local authority-led sustainable social housing projects. Led early design and coordination of an 18-unit affordable Passivhaus Housing scheme. Co-lead of the climate adaptation and resilience research group as part of the practices ‘green team’.
o Wood Street Families and Homes Hub - 67 tenure blind homes and support hub. LETI pioneer project and BREEAM Very good.
o Greenhill Centre - 100 tenure-blind Certified Passivhaus homes.
o Tottenham Court Road Housing - 18 tenure-blind Certified Passivhaus homes.
ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT | MIKHAIL RICHES
LONDON, UK | SEPT 2019 – OCT 2020
Primarily based on small-team mixed tenure low carbon residential projects. Contributed to sustainable material research and climate action groups.
o The Uplands, Nailsea Low-Carbon Housing | Landscape-led low-carbon, 50 new homes.
o Bridgewater Triangle | Riverside residential masterplan for the London Legacy Development Corporation. 575 new homes.
ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT | WESTON WILLIAMSON + PARTNERS
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA | DEC 2018 – JUNE 2019
Part of the expansive Metro Tunnel Project team, during design development and construction document phase. Managed the technical coordination of station-specific packages Developed strong BIM foundations through Revit training and became BIM lead for my station team.
o The Melbourne Metro Tunnel Project | 5 New Stations and two twin 9km tunnels for the City of Melbourne.
STUDENT INTERNSHIPS
O INSPIRE ARCHITECTS | CARDIFF, UK | 2014
O GAUNT FRANCIS ARCHITECTS | CARDIFF, UK | 2013
CURRICULUM VITAE
KEY Sea Wall (Shingle bank with concrete crest wall and tank barrier) A493 5 mies to A470 (main trunk road conencting Wales) SMP Managed retreat boundary SEA WALL SAND DUNES RAILWAYLINE NATIONALPARK A493 MILESTOA470
GRADUATE THESIS NAS GULF RESEARCH STUDIO THE YAMUNA RIVER PROJECT INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO CAUKIN RESEARCH UNDERGRADUATE THESIS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 5 13 19 25 29
THESIS| FALL 2022 SHORT-TERM HOLD THE LINE FLOOD DEFENSES AND VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTAINED MEDIUM-TERM MANAGED REALIGNMENT RELOCATION OF COMMUNITY AND ALL INFRASTRUCTURE LONG-TERM NO ACTIVE INTERVENTION FAIRBOURNE RETURNED TO TIDAL SALT MARSH 2025 2055 2105 NO PROPOSED RELOCATION STRATEGY 2005 FAIRBOURNE MR HTL NAI NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARIES Above: Shoreline Management Plan timeline and location along Welsh Coastline 1
GRADUATE THESIS
REALIGNING THE WELSH COASTLINE
DEVELOPMENT
I am currently working on a year long thesis focused on the realignment of the Welsh coastline.
The Shoreline Management Plan, a high-level policy for the management of coastal flooding and erosion, has identified 130 communities in England and Wales for managed realignment over the next century. This would require the inland relocation of residents and infrastructure at a scale previously unseen in the UK. The first community is outlined for relocation by 2055, however, a strategy for resettlement is yet to be proposed at either a local or national level.
Responding to the absence of an actionable plan, my research aims to identify spatial strategies for the implementation of the Shoreline Management Plan, using the first village scheduled for relocation as a case study.
Questions driving the research focus on the occupation of communities with a lifespan dictated by sea level rise, settlement strategies that support inland migration from risk, and the potential for retreat as a transformative tool.
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| FALL 2022 - SPRING 2023 THESIS ADVISOR - DEAN INAKI ALDAY
REALIGNMENT BOUNDARY RELOCATIONZONEFOR SETTLEMENT STREAMS EMERGENCYSTORMWATEROUTFALLS PUMPING STATIONS STORM TANKS CHANNELSDRAINAGE HIGHFLOODRISKAREAS RIVERAFON MAWDACH ESTUARY COMBINED STORMWATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEM NEWCOASTAL MARSHLAND ASSUMEDSEWER/STROMWATERROUTE RESTORATION OF TIDAL ECOSYSTEMS MANAGED REALIGNMENT BOUNDARY 5MILESTOA470 WELSHTRUNKROAD MILEROUTETOBARMOUTHVIATOLLBRIDGE A493 A496 PASSANGER FERRY MINOR ROADS STATIONS CAMBRIAN TRAIN LINE TRAINCONNECTSDIRECTLYTOBIRMINGHAM 17 STOP SINGLE LINE TO COASTAL COMMUNITIES Above: Site system analysis. Right: ARCGIS site mapping of Fairbourne village. SENDING ZONE : SITE FOR COMMUNITY RELOCATION RECEIVING ZONE : SITE FOR MARSH REGENERATION WATER SYSTEM ANALYSIS TRANSPORT SYSTEM ANALYSIS 3
MANAGED
KEY
AREAS FOR MANAGED RETREAT AREAS FOR HOLD THE LINE
HIGH FLOOD RISK
MEDIUM FLOOD RISK
LOW FLOOD RISK
HOUSING TO BE REMOVED
NATIONAL PARK BOUNDARY
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REPURPOSE AND RESTORE
ADAPTATION OF EXISTING HARD INFASTRUCTRE AND CPRA IMPLIMENTATIONS TO CREATE AND RESTORE
ECOLOGICAL ZONES FOR STORM SURGE BUFFER
REPURPOSE AND RESTORE
ADAPTATION OF EXISTING HARD INFASTRUCTRE AND CPRA IMPLIMENTATIONS TO CREATE AND RESTORE
TRIBUTARY COMMUNITIES RELY ON INSUFFICENT EMBANKMENT LEVEES
ECOLOGICAL ZONES FOR STORM SURGE BUFFER 30 YEAR
2020 2050
2020 2050
RAISED HOUSING PROTECTS RESIDENTS FROM FLOOD, BUT NOT FROM STORM SURGE BARRIER ISLANDS
TRIBUTARY COMMUNITIES RELY ON INSUFFICENT EMBANKMENT LEVEES
DEGREDATION OF SALTWATER MARSHLAND ECOSYSTEMS
CPRA MARSH TERRACING
EXPOSED TO HURRICANE STORM SURGE
RAISED HOUSING PROTECTS RESIDENTS FROM FLOOD, BUT NOT FROM STORM SURGE BARRIER ISLANDS
DEGREDATION OF SALTWATER MARSHLAND ECOSYSTEMS
EXISTING CONDITIONS
INLAND SHIFT OF COMMUNITIES
DRIVEN BY HURRICANE STORM
DAMAGE
LIFESPAN OF EMBANKMENT LEVEES APPROX 50 YEARS. START TO DEGRADE.
CPRA MARSH TERRACING
POTENTIAL TO INTRODUCE NEW PLANT SPECIES ABLE TO ADAPT TO SALINE SHIFTS
LIFESPAN OF EMBANKMENT LEVEES APPROX 50 YEARS. START TO DEGRADE.
INLAND SHIFT OF COMMUNITIES
DRIVEN BY HURRICANE STORM DAMAGE
POLICY PREVENTS PERMENANT DEVELOPMENT IN RESETTLEMENT ZONES.
POTENTIAL TO INTRODUCE NEW PLANT SPECIES ABLE TO ADAPT TO SALINE SHIFTS
POLICY PREVENTS PERMENANT DEVELOPMENT IN RESETTLEMENT ZONES.
PROPOSED CONDITIONS
EXPANSION OF CPRA MARSH TERRACING
DEGREDATION/LOSS OF BARRIER ISLANDS
POTENTIAL TO USE ISLANDS AS FOUNDATIONS TO BUILD OYSTER REEFS
OF BARRIER ISLANDS
POTENTIAL TO USE ISLANDS AS FOUNDATIONS TO BUILD OYSTER REEFS
EXPOSED TO HURRICANE STORM SURGE
EXPANSION OF CPRA MARSH TERRACING 2FT SLR
TIMELINE
2FT SLR
DEGREDATION/LOSS
EXPOSED TO
EXPOSED
HURRICANE STORM SURGE
TO HURRICANE STORM SURGE
30 YEAR TIMELINE
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NAS GULF RESEARCH STUDIO
OCCUPYING THE AMPHIBIOUS EDGE
My investigation focused on strategies for occupying an ‘amphibious edge’, a rezoning of land use in the gulf to support long-term risk reduction and ecological growth. The approach promotes ecologicallydriven settlement patterns that respond to dynamic delta conditions. These strategies forecast an expected shift away from current reliance on hard infrastructure in favor of infrastructures that prioritize ecological regeneration.
The final proposal reframes current occupation patterns in order to reduce risk, minimize displacement, and restore coastal ecosystems. To achieve these goals, the project proposes the establishment of a community land trust to promote collective stewardship of the coastal zone and its infrastructure through conservation-led land acquisition.
The NAS Gulf Research Studio explores gulf coast climate futures, organized as a road map for building on Louisiana’s Climate Action Plan.NAS GULF | FALL 2022
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TULANE GRADUATE RESEARCH STUDIO | FALL 2022 PROFESSOR MARGARITA JOVER AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LIZ CAMUTI
30 60 90 120 15 Miles 2080 ZONE 1 ZONE 2 ZONE 3 REPURPOSING OF HARD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OYSTER REEF ESTABLISHMENT DEGRADATION OF BARRIER ISLANDS FRESH WATER AND SEDIMENT DIVERSIONS SUPPORT EXPANSION OF ECOSYSTEMS GULF COAST NATIONAL PARK CONSOLIDATING WETLANDS, MARSHES, CYPRESS FORESTS AND OYSTER REEFS LEVEES BORDERING SEASONAL OCCUPATION ZONES OPENED FOR SEDIMENT DIVERSION SETTLEMENT PATTERNS SHIFTED TO SEASONAL/TEMPORARY OCCUPATION WATER RETENTION AND STRUCTURAL ADAPTATION I - 10 DEGRADATION OF PREVIOUSLY IMPLEMENTED SHORELINE PROTECTION NEED FOR FUTURE LEVEE RAISING MITIGATED WITH ECOLOGICAL BUFFERS OYSTER BARRIER REEF CREATION STORM SURGE WAVE ACTION DAMPENED ZONE 4 GULF OF MEXICO AND OFFSHORE OIL PLATFORMS POTENTIAL CASE STUDY SLICE MARSHLAND BUILT BY SEDIMENT DIVERSIONS CONSOLIDATED INTO WIDER ECOLOGICAL LAND BUILDING STRATEGY PROJECTIVE MAPPING FOR THE YEAR 2080 OF AMPHIBIOUS EDGE ZONES. 7
21FT STORM SURGE ZONE 3 NATIONAL PARK ZONE 4 GULF 4FT SEA LEVEL RISE HABITAT CREATION ZONE 1 ADAPTED OCCUPATION WATER RETENTION AND RECHARGE STRUCTURES WITHIN INUNDATION ZONE FLOOD-PROOFED /RAISED HARD INFRASTRUCTURE RE-PURPOSED FOR ECOLOGICAL BENEFIT SEASONALLY OCCUPIED STRUCTURES TEMPORARY/RELOCATABLE STRUCTURES FRESH WATER DIVERSION SEDIMENT DIVERSION LEVEES OPENED FOR DIVERSION CHANNELS SEAWARD ADVANCEMENT OF ISOHALINE LINE ECOSYSTEMS ACT AS STORM SURGE BARRIER BY DAMPENING WAVE ACTION REDUCING RELIANCE ON HARD INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION RESETTLEMENT WITHIN HIGH RISK ZONES TO TEMPORARY/DYNAMIC MODES OF OCCUPATION ECOSYSTEMS EXTEND OUT INTO PREVIOUSLY OPEN WATER ADAPTATION OF STRUCTURES, GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, AND RE-PURPOSING OF HARD INFRASTRUCTURE FRESH WATER SUPPORTS CYPRESS FORESTS SEDIMENT SUPPORTS WETLAND RESTORATION DEGRADED BARRIER ISLANDS ZONE 2 SEASONAL OCCUPATION 2080 DECOMMISSIONED RIGS OFFER POTENTIAL FOR HABITAT CREATION EVACUATION ROUTES ESTABLISHED JUNE NOVEMBER NON-OCCUPIABLE APRIL - JULY RECREATION/RESEARCH OYSTER REEF RESTORATION NAS GULF | FALL 2022 PROPOSED CONDITIONS FOR 2080 TIMELINE 8
INVESTIGATION OF A TRANSECT THROUGH LOUISIANA (PRODUCED AS GROUP WORK, ALL OTHER WORK PRODUCED INDIVIDUALLY).
PETROCHEMICAL WETLAND THIBODEAUX TRIBUTARY COMMUNITIES I-10 SUGARCANE CROP ST. JAMES PARISH: CHEMICALS EMITTED INTO AIR AMMONIA AMMONIA NITRATE COMPOUNDS ZINC COMPOUNDS METHANOL STYRENE* XYLENE METHANOL BENZENE* PETROLEUM BROWN-FIELDS PETROLEUM BROWN-FIELDS PETROLEUM BROWN-FIELDS ST. JAMES PARISH: CHEMICALS EMITTED INTO WATER SHIPPING INDUSTRY DONALDSONVILLE FERTILIZER PLANT LAFOURCHE PARISH: CHEMICALS EMITTED INTO AIR BAYOU TERREBONNE BAYOU LAFOURCHE FRESHWATER WETLAND MISSISSIPPI RIVER EARTH AND CONCRETE LEVEES SUGARCANE CROP ALGAE BLOOM OVER FERTILIZED SOIL OVER FERTILIZED SOIL ALGAE BLOOM LEVEE PROTECTION ZONE SECTION
HURRICANE
STORM SURGE 25FT HIGH
FOR LAND BUILDING DURING STORMS/FLOODING FROM OPENED EMBANKMENT LEVEES OPTION TO MAINTAIN SEASONAL PROPERTIES UP TO RESIDENTS. SHIFT TOWARDS LIGHTWEIGHTS/ADAPTABLE STRUCTURES. PROPERTY AQCUISITION OR ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OFFERED INLAND. PROPERTIES RETAINED BY ORIGINAL RESIDENTS OR LEASED FOR SEASONAL RECREATION. ANNUAL TIMELINE SEASONAL OCCUPANTS BASE FOR SEASONAL OCCUPANTS SUCH AS; RECREATIONAL/SPORT FISHING, INDUSTRIAL FISHING, CONSTRUCTION AND OFFSHORE OIL RIG WORKERS, AND RESEARCHERS. TEMPORARY STRUCTRES RELOCATED OUT OF SEASON RAISED ROADS FOR SEASONAL ACCESS AND SAFER STORM EVACUATION INDIVIDUAL GRID SYSTEM FOR SEASONAL POWER REQUIREMENTS SEDIMENT DEPOSITION RESETTLE 2080 - SEASONAL OCCUPATION INVESTIGATIONS 9
SEASONAL OCCUPATION OF TRIBUTARY COMMUNITIES EVACUATION PRIOR TO
SEASON
DEPOSITION OF SEDIMENT
COASTAL WETLAND TRIBUTARY COMMUNITIES HOUMA THE GULF OFFSHORE OIL RIGS SALTWATER MARSHLAND ECOSYSTEMS STILTED HOUSING WETLANDS COMPACTED SOIL EMBANKMENT LEVEES MANGANESE PETROLEUM BROWN-FIELDS TERREBONNE PARISH: CHEMICALS EMITTED INTO AIR MARSH TERRACING BARRIER ISLANDS INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY TRIBUTARY RIVER GULF OF MEXICO SUBSIDENCE ALGAE BLOOM BRACKISH WATER STORM SURGE 25FT LOW-LYING BAYOU COMMUNITIES EXPOSED TO HURRICANE STORM SURGE OFFSHORE OIL RIGS APPROX 60 KM FROM SHORE ISOHALINE NAS GULF | FALL 2022 10
ABOVE POLICY DIAGRAMS AND OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR TEST SITE MATERIALS FROM DEMOLISHED HOMES REPURPOSED FOR ECOLOGICAL BUFFER CONSTRUCTION
LEVEE REPURPOSED FOR WATERFRONT ACCESS AND HABITAT CREATION DEC - JULY SEASONAL OCCUPANTS (RESEARCH, FISHING, HUNTING) ARTIFICIAL OYSTER BARRIER REEFS SURGE WAVE REDUCTION HABITAT RESTORATION FISHING CAMPS CARBON STORAGE POTENTIAL IN SALT DOMES METHANE CAPTURE WELLS CONNECTION TO INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY JUNE NOVEMBER OCCUPATION LIMITED DUE TO HURRICANE SEASON OIL PLATFORMS REPURPOSED FOR INFILL ROOF STRUCTURES TEMPORARY/RELOCATABLE STRUCTURES LARGE ROOF FOR SOLAR ENERGY REMOVABLE INFILL PANELS METHANE PIPED TO PROCESS CENTRE LIVING LEVEE WALL RAISED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS FLOODABLE PARKLAND PERMEABLE SURFACE FOR VEHICULAR ACCESS $ $ $ $ INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY CANAL REGENERATED WETLAND ECOLOGICAL INUNDATION BUFFER FLOODABLE PUBLIC PARK COLLECTIVE AGRICULTURE PUBLICNATIONALPARK OVER-TOPPING OF LEVEE LOT LINES AS DRAINAGE CHANNELS EXISTING LEVEE-ADJACENT RESIDENCES RAISED AND REPURPOSED TO SUPPORT PUBLIC WATERFRONT ACTIVITY RAISED PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY RAISED ROOF STRUCTURES UTILIZE PREVIOUS FOUNDATIONS FLOODABLE SPORTS FIELDS 11
RESIDENTIALDENSITYMOVEDINLAND
$ FOOD PRODUCTION AND ENERGY GENERATION $ X3 PRIVATE DENSITY $ FISHING AND HUNTING T SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DEGRADED COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP DISPLACEMENT RISK DUE TO FLOOD EXPOSURE INSUFFICIENT HARD INFRASTRUCTURE META HOME TYPOLOGY REGENERATED ECOSYSTEMS COLLECTIVE OWNERSHIP DENSITY MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND TO MINIMIZE DISPLACEMENT HARD INFRASTRUCTURE REPURPOSED FOR PUBLIC AND ECOLOGICAL BENEFIT COLLECTIVE PROFIT GENERATION NAS GULF | FALL 2022 INLAND $ $ META HOME DWELLING TYPOLOGY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AT GRADE META HOME TYPOLOGY COLLECTIVE PRIVATE RAINWATER CAPTURE SOLAR PANELS FLOODABLE COURTYARDS CONNECT TO DRAINAGE CHANNELS FLOODABLE SPACES AT GRADE (PARKING, RETAIL, OFFICES) RAISED BAYOU BLACK COLLECTIVE HOUSING COLLECTIVE RECREATION 2FT FLOOD LEVEL 1FT FLOOD LEVEL 0.5FTFLOOD LEVEL COLLECTIVEOWNERSHIP CUT AND FILL AGRICULTURE INFORMED BY PREVIOUS LOTS NEW HOUSING TYPOLOGIES SUPPORT DENSIFICATION OF HIGHER GROUND 12
CONNECTED INFILL HOUSING SITES
BIOSWALES AND REED BEDS
RIVER
GREEN SPACE
PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLE ROUTES
LAYERS OF THE KARTARPURA GANDA NALLAH RIVER PARK13
THE YAMUNA RIVER PROJECT
REVITALIZING THE KARTARPURA GANDA NALLAH
TULANE GRADUATE RESEARCH STUDIO
DEAN INAKI ALDAY AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ANDREA DE BARDON TENA
GroupprojectwithfellowM.ArchstudentQuinnKelsy
The Yamuna River Project is an inter-disciplinary research program whose objective is to revitalize river ecologies to reconnect India’s cities back to their water.
Our proposal focused on the revitalization of the Kartarpura Ganda Nallah, a major river in Jaipur, as a means to address the cities increasing water scarcity,monsoon flooding and lack of public infrastructure.
Workenteredintothe2022LisbonTriennial.
YRP | FALL 2021
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PRICE OF BUS FAIR IS 9.1% OF DAILY WAGES
UNSAFE HOUSING REMOVED AND FLOOD RISK MITIGATED
RISK MITIGATED
MORE HOUSING SUPPLIED THAN REMOVED
7,526 RELOCATED
<9% OF GREEN SPACE IN JAIPUR IS PUBLIC
AT
RISK
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REMOVED HOUSING INFILL HOUSING YRP | FALL 2021 BELOW: MAPPING THE EXISTING RIVER CONDITIONS AND PROPOSING A NEW GREEN CORRIDOR WITH INFILL HOUSING AND PUBLIC AMENITIES. 16
GREY WATER FILTERED IN BIOSWALES
BLACK WATER FILTERED IN VEGETATION BEDS
RAINWATER COLLECTED FROM ROOF
AEROBIC TREATMENT SYSTEM
WATER SYSTEM CONNECTING INFILL HOUSING TO RIVER PARK WATER FILTRATION
PERSPECTIVE OF REAR COMMUNAL SPACE
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YRP | FALL 2021 PERSPECTIVE OF HOUSING AND RIVER PARK GROUND FLOOR PLAN FIRST FLOOR PLAN DAYLIGHT SOLAR SHADING RESIDENTS PUBLIC GROUND FLOOR CIRCULATION NATURAL VENTILATION FIRST FLOOR CIRCULATION 18
ELEVATION AND SECTION DRAWINGS 19
INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO
CENTERING SUSTAINABILITY IN OFFICE DESIGN
INTEGRATED DESIGN STUDIO | SPRING 2022 PROFESSOR IRENE KEIL
The project required the design of an office building in downtown New Orleans . My response centered around water collection, filtration and reuse.
The massing strategy was driven by a desire to maintain public access routes though the site. The structural response is that of primarily mass timber,investigating the use of wood structures in wet climates, whilst utilizing an expressed metal southern solar shading system.
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CONNECTION TO SUPERDOME AND TAILGATING
FLOOD EVENTS IN THE LAST 20 YEARS
PASSAGES AND ALLEYWAYS 64 INCHES OF RAIN PER YEAR ON AVERAGE
SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES
DESIGN CONCEPTS DRAWN FROM SITE ANALYSIS
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HEATING AND COOLING ANALYSIS
WATER CAPTURE CIRCULATION
GROUND FLOOR PLAN THIRD FLOOR PLAN SOUTH ELEVATION
POYDRAS ENTRANCE TO PUBLIC PLAZA
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AXONOMETRIC THROUGH WATER CAPTURE CORE 23
Dropped timber ceiling baffles conceal major HVAC ducts. Sprinkler system and LED lights drops through baffles.
beams 8x20
Columns 12x12
Glulam is Douglas
fir, concealed steel joist ties
3 ply CLT raised floor on timber batts
6” pressurized air plenum for UFAD system
Floor vent with from VAV reheat. 5 ply CLT slab
Insulated glass curtain wall, stick construction.
insulated sofit panel within curtain wall system
Steel L frame - clips to curtain wall mullions
Perforated metal mesh panels
3’ concrete slab acts as transfer girder rigid insulation
1’ concrete walls
concrete slab pile caps piles
grade beams
GREEN ROOF
1 - Plants chosen for water filtration.
2 - Growing medium/ soil
3 - Retention trim
4 - Drainage layer (water reserve, root barrier)
5- Waterproof membrane
6 - Rigid insulation
7 - vapor control
8 - Gravel edge drainage channel
9 - Concrete slab
10 - CLT 5 ply slab
11- Glulam beam
12 - Acoustic ceiling baffles
13 - Metal wall capping
14- Flashing
15- Bracket attaching steel L frame to mullions
16 - Fire smoke stop
17 - Stick glazing - timber mullion internally, aluminum capping externally (Stabalux)
18- Steel L frame supporting mesh screen
19 - insulated double glazing
CONSTRUCTION DETAIL AXONOMETRIC INTEGRATED | 2022
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N S E W ONSITE MODULE ASSEMBLY 25
CAUKIN SOUTH PACIFIC RESEARCH PROJECT
CYCLONE-PROOF HOUSING FOR ISLAND COMMUNITIES
UK-BASED RESEARCH TEAM | SUMMER 2021
I worked as part of a research forum to develop community-built cyclone proof housing for island regions in the South Pacific. The work is my own, but forms a body of research developed by a team of architects, community members and climate advisors. The design responds to local material restraints, ease of construction, and reduction in loss of life and property.
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SAFER PERFORATIONS IN HURRICANES
HURRICANE SEASON OCCUPATION
HURRICANE ROOF TIES CLOSING DOWN THE MODULE FOR SHELTER IN PLACE NON HURRICANE SEASON OCCUPATION
CONFIGURED MODULE ARRANGEMENT IN PLAN, ELEVATION AND SECTION
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SECTION CAUKIN
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AXONOMETRIC OF MODULE CONFIGURATION WITH EXTERNAL KITCHEN AND SHARED TOILET FACILITIES
SCHEME AXO 2
UNDERGRADUATE THESIS PROJECT COMMUNITY ACTIVISM IN RESIDENTIAL GENTRIFICATION
In the wake of the 2012 Olympics, London docklands has become a hot-spot for cultural development, resulting in the removal of over a 1,000 council homes in Woolwich alone. My project responded to this push-out, offering a platform for the voices of those fighting back, as well as a refuge for those who’s homes had been removed.
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UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM | SPRING 2018 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AMANDA HARMER
DIAGRAM OF HOUSING STACKS DEVELOPMENT SKETCHES 31
LONG SECTION OF COMMUNITY, CULTURAL AND EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION
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ABOVE: HOUSING MARCH BELOW: NOLI MAPPING SITE ANALYSIS
MEGAN L. SPOOR
+1 (207) 450 0773 Megan.spoor@gmail.com mspoor@tulane.edu