MEGAN L. SPOOR
2023 GRADUATE PORTFOLIO
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
TULANE UNIVERSITY CANDIDATE 2023
Fulbright Scholar 2021 - 2023
RIBA BArch (hons) | University of Nottingham
KEY
AREAS FOR MANAGED RETREAT
AREAS FOR HOLD THE LINE
HIGH FLOOD RISK
MEDIUM FLOOD RISK
LOW FLOOD RISK
HOUSING TO BE REMOVED NATIONAL
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BOUNDARY
PARK
RIVER MAWDDACH
FAIRBOURNE
GRADUATE THESIS
IN DEVELOPMENT | FALL 2022 - SPRING 2023 THESIS ADVISOR - DEAN INAKI ALDAY
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.
SHORT-TERM HOLD THE LINE
FLOOD DEFENSES AND VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTAINED
MEDIUM-TERM MANAGED REALIGNMENT
RELOCATION OF COMMUNITY AND ALL INFRASTRUCTURE
NO ACTIVE INTERVENTION
FAIRBOURNE RETURNED TO TIDAL SALT MARSH
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MANAGED REALIGNMENT BOUNDARY RELOCATIONZONEFOR SETTLEMENT STREAMS EMERGENCYSTORMWATEROUTFALLS PUMPING STATIONS STORM TANKS CHANNELSDRAINAGE HIGHFLOODRISKAREAS RIVERAFON MAWDACH ESTUARY COMBINED STORMWATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEM WATER SYSTEM ANALYSIS
THESIS | FALL 2022
2005 2025 2055 NO PROPOSED RELOCATION STRATEGY
REALIGNING THE WELSH COASTLINE
SENDING ZONE : SITE FOR COMMUNITY RELOCATION
NAS GULF RESEARCH STUDIO
OCCUPYING THE AMPHIBIOUS EDGE
TULANE GRADUATE RESEARCH STUDIO | FALL 2022
PROFESSOR MARGARITA JOVER AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LIZ CAMUTI
The NAS Gulf Research Studio explores gulf coast climate futures, organized as a road map for building on Louisiana’s Climate Action Plan.
My investigation focused on strategies for occupying an ‘amphibious edge’, a rezoning of land use in the gulf to reduce risk, minimize displacement, and restore coastal ecosystems. The final proposal reframes current occupation patterns in order to promotes ecologicallydriven settlement patterns that respond to dynamic delta conditions. 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.
4 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 PROPOSED CONDITIONS FOR 2080 TIMELINE
STORM SURGE MAPPING
COASTAL INUNDATION MAPPING
5 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 NAS GULF | FALL 2022 PROJECTIVE MAPPING FOR THE YEAR 2080 OF AMPHIBIOUS EDGE ZONES.
6 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 INVESTIGATION OF A TRANSECT THROUGH LOUISIANA (PRODUCED AS GROUP WORK, ALL OTHER WORK PRODUCED INDIVIDUALLY). DEGREDATION OF SALTWATER MARSHLAND ECOSYSTEMS 2050 LIFESPAN OF EMBANKMENT LEVEES APPROX 50 YEARS. START TO DEGRADE. INLAND SHIFT OF COMMUNITIES DRIVEN BY HURRICANE STORM DAMAGE POTENTIAL TO USE ISLANDS AS FOUNDATIONS TO BUILD OYSTER REEFS EXPANSION OF CPRA MARSH TERRACING 2FT SLR POTENTIAL TO INTRODUCE NEW PLANT SPECIES ABLE TO ADAPT TO SALINE SHIFTS POLICY PREVENTS PERMENANT DEVELOPMENT IN RESETTLEMENT ZONES. DEGREDATION/LOSS OF BARRIER ISLANDS EXPOSED TO HURRICANE STORM SURGE ADAPTATION OF EXISTING HARD INFASTRUCTRE AND CPRA IMPLIMENTATIONS TO CREATE AND RESTORE ECOLOGICAL ZONES FOR STORM SURGE BUFFER 30 YEAR TIMELINE DEGREDATION OF SALTWATER MARSHLAND ECOSYSTEMS 2020 2050 TRIBUTARY COMMUNITIES RELY ON INSUFFICENT EMBANKMENT LEVEES RAISED HOUSING PROTECTS RESIDENTS FROM FLOOD, BUT NOT FROM STORM SURGE BARRIER ISLANDS CPRA MARSH TERRACING LIFESPAN OF EMBANKMENT LEVEES APPROX 50 YEARS. START TO DEGRADE. INLAND SHIFT OF COMMUNITIES DRIVEN BY HURRICANE STORM DAMAGE POTENTIAL TO USE ISLANDS AS FOUNDATIONS TO BUILD OYSTER REEFS EXPANSION OF CPRA MARSH TERRACING 2FT SLR POTENTIAL TO INTRODUCE NEW PLANT SPECIES ABLE TO ADAPT TO SALINE SHIFTS POLICY PREVENTS PERMENANT DEVELOPMENT IN RESETTLEMENT ZONES. DEGREDATION/LOSS OF BARRIER ISLANDS REPURPOSE AND RESTORE EXPOSED TO HURRICANE STORM SURGE EXPOSED TO HURRICANE STORM SURGE 2020 - CONDITIONS ON THE EDGE 2050 - PROJECTION OF CONDITIONS ON THE EDGE
7 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 SEASONAL OCCUPATION OF TRIBUTARY COMMUNITIES EVACUATION PRIOR TO HURRICANE SEASON STORM SURGE 25FT HIGH DEPOSITION OF SEDIMENT 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
CONSTRUCTION
OFFSHORE
RIG
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 NAS GULF | FALL 2022
FISHING,
AND
OIL
WORKERS,
RESIDENTIALDENSITYMOVEDINLAND
8 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
9 $ $ 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 $ 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 ABOVE : POLICY DIAGRAMS RIGHT : OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES FOR TEST SITE
REMOVED HOUSING INFILL HOUSING BELOW: MAPPING THE EXISTING RIVER CONDITIONS AND PROPOSING
THE YAMUNA RIVER PROJECT
REVITALIZING THE KARTARPURA GANDA NALLAH
TULANE GRADUATE RESEARCH STUDIO | FALL 2021
Group project with fellow M.Arch student Quinn Kelsy
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.
Work entered into the 2022 Lisbon Triennial.
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EXISTING SITE SECTION PROPOSED SECTION TO USE THE RIVER AS A FILTRATION SYSTEM TO RECHARGE GROUND WATER PROPOSING A NEW GREEN CORRIDOR WITH INFILL HOUSING AND PUBLIC AMENITIES.
KARTARPURA GANDA NALLAH AS A PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR
DEAN INAKI ALDAY AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ANDREA DE BARDON TENA
YRP | FALL 2021
LAYERS OF THE KARTARPURA GANDA NALLAH RIVER PARK
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
13 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
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.
14 DESIGN CONCEPTS SUSTAINABILITY PRINCIPLES
SOUTH ELEVATION TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN
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
15 SOUTH ELEVATION CONSTRUCTION DETAIL AXONOMETRIC GREEN ROOF CONSTRUCTION DETAIL INTEGRATED | 2022
SAFER PERFORATIONS IN HURRICANES
HURRICANE SEASON OCCUPATION
HURRICANE ROOF TIES CLOSING DOWN THE MODULE FOR SHELTER IN PLACE NON HURRICANE SEASON OCCUPATION
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CONFIGURED MODULE ARRANGEMENT IN PLAN, ELEVATION AND SECTION
CAUKIN SOUTH PACIFIC RESEARCH PROJECT
CYCLONE-PROOF HOUSING FOR ISLAND COMMUNITIES
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.
17 SECTION CAUKIN | 2021
AXONOMETRIC OF MODULE CONFIGURATION WITH EXTERNAL KITCHEN AND SHARED TOILET FACILITIES
UK-BASED RESEARCH TEAM | SUMMER 2021
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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LONG SECTION OF COMMUNITY, CULTURAL AND EMERGENCY ACCOMMODATION
DIAGRAM OF HOUSING STACKS
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM | SPRING 2018 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AMANDA HARMER
19 DEVELOPMENT SKETCHES UON | SPRING 2018
ABOVE: HOUSING MARCH BELOW: NOLI MAPPING SITE ANALYSIS
MEGAN L. SPOOR
+1 (207) 450 0773 Megan.spoor@gmail.com mspoor@tulane.edu
