MichaelCoon Design Portfolio
Contents Design-build Art Installation
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Mapping Identities of Portland
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Urbanism: Interpreting the City
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Community and Tectonic Expression
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Landscape and the Natural Order
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Contact Information
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Opposite: Image of the inside of a lantern.
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DESIGN-BUILD ART INSTALLATION Cascades AIDS Project Art Auction Installation
Approached by a director within Cascades AIDS Project to create an architectural installation for their annual art auction, we were asked to design a piece that would convey the journey individuals face when infected with HIV or AIDS. This design-build process led to the development and fabrication of seven pavilions composed to create a tunnel-like structure. Each pavilion was split into three pieces: the column, roof, and lantern. A prism was predominantly displayed on the column that symbolically represents significant members within the CAP organization that the artists wanted to honor. To represent a feeling of disarray, we varied the heights, order, and layout of the pavilions as well as the intensity of the ‘fractured’ effect on the column sheathing. From a projector placed inside the column we projected video of member testimonials up onto the roof, which was then reflected down onto the conceptual ‘lantern’. Combined with a specific color of the rainbow and video of natural migration happening in life, each pavilion had its own program with the last pavilion being white to represent the feeling of unity the CAP organization aims to instill in individuals living with HIV or AIDS.
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Preliminary Light and Projection Studies Left: Visual effect of light shown through a glass block. Middle: Effect of projecting video through a prism. Right: Effect of a video being projected through a chandelier crystal.
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CONCEPT MODELS and sketches
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Left: Conceptual sketches exploring the pavilion’s three pieces (column, roof, and lantern) and how those various elements connect. Right: Images of conceptual model built in collaboration with Katie Barmore-McCollum.
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FULL-SCALE MOCK-UP AND FABRICATION Top Left: Construction of column for full-scale mock-up. Top Middle: Typical sheathing process of lantern. Top Right: Collaborative process leading to the ‘fractured’ effect of columns. Bottom: Conceptual sketch of the fracturing of the columns to represent the journey from chaos to tranquility.
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Projection Simulation and content Top: Projected effect on the front, back, and inside of the lanterns. Bottom: Projected content consisted of the overlaying of natural phenomena, colors of the rainbow, and testimonials by those effected by HIV or AIDS.
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FINAL INSTALLATION AND EVENT NIGHT Left: Modular design of pavilions ensured easy transportation and installation for the art auction event at the memorial coliseum. Middle: Close-up image of illuminated prism and projector within column piece. Top Right: Image from the entrance of the final installation showing guests exiting at end of CAP event. Bottom Right: Image of the projection effect on the backside of the lanterns during the art auction event.
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Cascades aids Project ANNUAL ART AUCTION Image from the entrance approaching the end of the event after the memorial coliseum’s main lights were turned off, enhancing the experience of the installation.
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Opposite: Exterior perspective of multicultural center.
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Comprehensive design studio East Portland Multicultural Traditions Center
The East Portland Multicultural Traditions Center is dedicated to the idea that passing on traditions and/or rituals would provide the various cultures that make up East Portland a sense of shared identity and belonging. This was achieved in two differing yet complementary ways; the first through education of one’s cultural and/or religious heritage by the reading or making of books, drawings, paintings, or other artifacts. The second method through a more tangible method that enables participants to literally pass on the skill behind their craft to those either younger or older. To accommodate these methods, the center’s program is split between two buildings. In addition to the buildings, exterior courtyards foster intercultural and intergenerational collaboration that promotes community vitality. Page 13
Project Goals and Programming From an initial interview with community stakeholders, the following project goals were established: provide conference and meeting rooms that foster intercultural blending among East Portland’s diverse cultures in order to eliminate cultural segregation, generate an atmosphere that fosters intergenerational instruction and socialization, create a community center with the intention to integrate the community around the arts, and to provide a library and multi-use classrooms dedicated to the enlightenment of all individuals and cultures in the community. The multicultural center’s program was developed based on these goals.
SQFT by Program Reception
1,010 sqft
Lobby
2,464 sqft
Collaborative Workspace
17,300 sqft
Meeting Room
950 sqft
Writing Room
480 sqft
Lounge
3,863 sqft
Art Studio / Workshop
1,032 sqft
Classroom
2,037 sqft
Computer Lab
1,256 sqft
Exhibition Space
1,968 sqft
Auditorium / Quad
3,265 sqft
Courtyard
10,882 sqft
Large Conference
580 sqft
Small Conference
260 sqft
Administration
148 sqft
Offices
750 sqft
Staff Kitchen
170 sqft
Toilets
2,717 sqft
Storage/ Mechanical
1,760 sqft
IT
86 sqft
Copy
115 sqft
Circulation
9,361 sqft
62,454 Total SQFT
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Interior Perspective Perspective illustrating the multicultural center’s emphasis on non-programmed collaborative spaces that promote intercultural and intergenerational interactions between the East Portland community members.
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Detail One
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DETAILED Wall Section & Elevation
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BUILDING DETAILS Left: Enclosure to parapet detail demonstrating parapet, flat roof, wall, and structural assemblies. Right: Enclosure to floor detail demonstrating floor, wall, structural, and drop ceiling assemblies.
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ENVIRONMENTAL Sustainability Diagram Sustainability diagram highlighting the collaboration between the multicultural center’s environmental and sustainable features with the intent to minimize the use of natural resources used in construction, minimize the use of natural resources in building operation, and maximize human health and comfort.
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INTEGRATED SYSTEMS Physical MODEL
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Opposite: Image of family canning in 1952. http://theprovisionroom.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/family-canning1.jpg
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MAPPING IDENTITIES OF PORTLAND Preserving facility for Portland urban farmers
Designed to celebrate night specific phenomena and preserve generations in history using Portland’s rich network of community gardens, this canning facility for Portland urban farmers reshapes the understanding of the nighttime condition. Located in the center of SE Portland’s many community gardens and also in the darker area of Portland, this facility studies and celebrates the process of canning and its relationship to the harvest moon as well as the natural seasons. Separated into three phases, the harvest, cleansing, and preserving, the facility uses the harvest moon’s natural movement through the night sky to provide light and ultimately activate the spaces and specific programs within the building. This canning facility extends the life of community gardens by creating a once a year ritual of passing on traditions and sharing knowledge between members’ family and community through canning.
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NIGHT PHENOMENA Research Slides Left: Research slide focusing on the specific phenomena surrounding night blooming plants. Right: Light box created to display research slides in a ceremonial way similar to gathering around a campfire (photo credit: Andrew Pulliam).
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CONCEPTUAL COLLAGES Top: Collage illustrating how users interact with the moon by wearing white attire, helping to reflect the moon’s light onto the fields for harvesting. Bottom: Collages illustrating the activation of the cleansing and preserving phases of the facility by the moon’s light.
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City Lighting Diagram and site map Left: Diagram showing the output of artificial lighting for the city of Portland. Right: Map displaying where in SE Portland the preserving facility is located based off of city of the Portland lighting diagram.
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Site Plan
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DESIGN renderings
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Diagrammatic Section Sectional diagram demonstrating how the harvest moon’s luminosity and movement through the sky activates the facility’s three stages of program.
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Opposite: Image of final design model of coffee shop in its context of Mt. Tabor.
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LANDSCAPE AND THE NATURAL ORDER Slow-drip coffee shop on Mt. Tabor
Situated on a steeply sloping site in the park-like setting of Mt. Tabor in SE Portland, The Mt. Tabor Slow-drip Coffee Shop is designed to be a traditionally-focused coffee shop centered around the idea of slow-drip coffee preparation. This traditional coffee shop is sited to reinforce the disconnection between downtown Portland and its inhabitants. The project features a meandering path stepping down Mt. Tabor’s hillside to capture commanding views of downtown Portland while using the movement of water as a design element to foster a leisurely perspective on life. The materials of the project establish a sense of place where people can gather, learn, live, relax, and recreate. Page 31
CONCEPTUAL COLLAGES Series of space-generating experiential collages illustrating approach, arrival and interaction within the coffee shop
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Site and Building Sections
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WIND-TUNNEL AND FINAL DESIGN MODEL Left: Wind-tunnel testing model investigating passive cooling strategies for the coffee shop. Middle & Right: Images of the final design model.
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MODEL Scale: 1/8” - 1’-0”
Mixed-Media Perspective Mixed-media perspective built around a narrative designed to illustrate the coffee shop’s cozy glow on a typical overcast Portland evening.
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Opposite: Conceptual perspective of parklet made in collaboration with Will Ubelacker.
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Contingent and tactical urbanism SoMa Parklet Project and Street Seats Submission
Originating from a class focusing on creative solutions that address place-making issues in Portland’s South of Market (SoMa) EcoDistrict, the SoMa Parklet Project was a response to SoMa’s desire for small-scale public spaces for community interaction capable of supporting multiple small businesses in the area. To best realize SoMa’s vision for the neighborhood, it was determined that the parklet should focus on dynamic public seating and should be located outside the Fourth Ave. food carts. In reaction to positive responses from stakeholders, SoMa and PSU’s Institute for Sustainable Solutions (ISS) decided to submit the SoMa Parklet Project with the city of Portland for a Street Seats permit. Upon approval, the SoMa Parklet will be the first parklet in the SoMa ecodistrict as well as the first public parklet in all of Portland. Page 37
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River Rock Planter (Railing) Fixed Bar Stool Seating High-bar Eating Surface Small Planter High-back Seating
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Large Planter Low-back Seating Low Eating Tables Steel Canopy Supports Polycarbonate Canopies
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Contact Information Michael Scott Coon 1136 SW Montgomery St. Apt 222 Portland, OR 97201 p 541.912.4476 e coon.michaels@gmail.com
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