ARCHITECTURE
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MELISSA JACOBS
CONTENTS
2023
2022
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HERITAGE
RESEARCH
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CRAFT
URBANISM
RESILIENCE
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HERITAGE The Pioneer Valley in western Massachusetts has some of the richest agricultural heritage in the United States, but has seen a dramatic transition towards knowledge-based industries in the last several decades with the development of mostly private higher education in the region. Despite this influx of education and administration infrastructure, the region struggles today with lower education attainment and income compared to the rest of the state, as well as an aging workforce and dwindling population. To bridge this gap, this project aims to leverage the existing higher education network in the region to develop a new set of campuses that foster agricultural innovation, collaboration, opportunity, and appreciation for the agricultural heritage of the valley. Through a valleywide coalition between public universities, school districts, farmers, and local community groups, the envisioned campuses aim to provide economic investment, job opportunities, and accessible education while fostering agricultural innovation.
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ENGAGE create new, diverse, accessible jobs produce more quality, accessible food initiate economic investment and growth foster agriculture appreciation and awareness
foster collaboration across industries and cities connect higher education networks engage with primary education and community collaborate with local groups and farmers
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expand agricultural research explore solutions to environmental challenges reuse existing infrastructure reimagine the future of the valley
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RESEARCH During my time at Perkins&Will, I worked on many projects at a variety of scales. Working mostly within the Science & Technology sector, I contributed to many research labs, including this floor renovation for the Mass General Eye and Ear Otopathology Laboratory. This renovation aimed to provide new state of the art wet and dry labs, as well as social spaces in the form of write-up areas, a new kitchen and lounge area, and engaging lobby and hallway spaces that spoke to the incredible work being performed here. On this project team of about 4 people, I worked closely with team members to coordinate and develop a comprehensive Revit model and graphic presentation throughout the schematic design, design development, and construction documents phases. Using Enscape, I developed many renderings to aid in the communication of ideas to clients and team members alike in order to better understand how finishes, colors, layouts, lighting, and other interior and architectural decisions impacted the design.
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FINISH LEGEND RESILIENT FLOORING
CEILING SYSTEMS
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CARPET FLOORING CARPET FLOORING GENERAL NOTES:
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AINSLIE RITZ AINSLIE@RITZINC.COM 617-359-6980
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PAINT AND COATING PAINT GENERAL NOTES:
1. SEE FINISH SCHEDULE FOR ALL GENERAL WALL PAINT AND COATINGS. REFER TO AI DRAWINGS FOR ACCENT WALL LOCATIONS. 2. REFER TO SPECIFICATION FOR PAINT/COATING FINISHES U.N.O. BELOW. 3. HM DOOR FRAMES AND WINDOW FRAMES ARE TO BE PTD PT-2*** U.N.O. ON DRAWINGS OR SCHEDULE. 4. CEILING PAINT: ALL GWB CEILINGS AND SOFFITS SHALL BE PAINTED PT-0 UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE ON THE REFLECTED CEILING PLAN. REFER TO TCP FOR ALL NOTATIONS REGARDING ACCENT SOFFITS AND GWB CEILING PAINTS 5. ALL EXPOSED STEEL COMPONENTS ARE TO BE PAINTED. TAG
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PARTITION TYPES ARE SCHEDULED IN THE A61 SERIES.
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PARTITION DIMENSIONS ARE TO FACE OF GYPSUM BOARD UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.
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DOOR DIMENSIONS ARE TO EDGE OF DOOR LEAF UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE.
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WINDOW SILLS TO BE REPLACED WITH SOLID SURFACE SILLS.
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A44-05 © 2022 Perkins and Will
2023
CRAFT In collaboration with fellow student Noelle Burke, this project acknowledges the temporality of the built environment, using demolition and maintenance as design tools. For Northeastern’s upcoming Maine campus, we were tasked with planning and developing a design strategy on the site of an old manufacturing building. We proposed on the waterfront edge of the site a space that incorporates both state-of-the-art STEM studies, as well as more traditional trades. The construction uses thick, masonry walls paired with traditional arched ceiling that creates an interim space for under-floor air circulation systems. In studying the lifespan of building materials, this project argues that carbon and labor-intensive buildings are often worth the investment; durability fosters a longer building lifespan, which in turn generates greater cultural significance and a sense of iconicity. Finally, our project acts as a celebration of skilled labor practices, bringing ancient construction techniques to contemporary relevance through their integration with modern materials and systems.
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URBANISM South Boston currently sits at the intersection of multiple encroaching - and contrasting - programmatic neighborhoods. With its historic neighborhoods to the South, the up-and-coming commercial center of Seaport to the North, and the industrial sector surrounding it, this site sits directly at the center of a wavering identity crisis. This, along with the site’s location on the waterfront, provides a valuable opportunity to develop a new public center that engages with new visitors to the site as well as long-time residents of South Boston. Drawing inspiration from the nearby industrial/creative fabric developing in the area, this project proposes a new mixed-use “campus” of sorts for creative individuals in the area while creating multi-faceted connections between the vastly different “bubbles” developing in South Boston.
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SOLAR ARRAYS
CREATIVE INDUSTRIAL OFFICES
GREEN ROOFS
MAKERS’ STUDIOS COLLABORATION PLAZAS
RESIDENTS’ PARKS
ROOFTOP RESTAURANT
LIVE/WORK COMPLEX
MAKERS’ GALLERIES MAKERS’ HUB
WELCOME CENTER
This design aims to create a seemless transition from the small-scale (3-story average) residential neighborhood to the South and the growing high-rise fabric of Seaport. Between these stark opposites a new creative hub is created, providing a self-sufficient campus-like environment with makers’ studios, living complexes, and galleries - as well as spaces in between for colllaboration. There are also creative industrial offices in the North corner of the site, similar to the offices currently in the area around the site. For the public, a “New Pappas Way” street is developed along the waterfront. It is surrounded by public ground-floor amenities including restaurants, boutiques, a museum, a welcome center, and a continuous RECREATIONAL PIER
string of piers that provide views across the water as well as recreational activities that engage with the creative fabric being developed within site.
FOOD TRUCKS
MAKERS’ MARKET
INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM
POWER PLANT
BUFFER PARK PAPPAS WAY STOREFRONTS
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MAKERS’ MARKET VIEWING PLATFORM
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RESILIENCE The Envision Resilience Challenge is a recurring initiative that aims to bring together experts on climate change, members of at-risk communities, and university students to develop innovative solutions to the impending climate crisis. This year’s challenge tasked students with reimagining the site adjacent to the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier in Providence, Rhode Island. My approach to this site included two main goals - engagement and resilience. One area in which Providence is severly lacking is it’s public educational spaces - a gap I believe this site provides an opportunity to fill with a variety of museums and galleries. While the site’s landscaping and topography address climate concerns of storm surge and sea level rise, the organic series of cell-like plots also provide moments for visitors to interact with unique landscapes and ecosystems, and the species they support. A children’s science center, ecological museum, and industrial museum strategically face adjacent intersecting neighborhoods, and are all connected by linear gallery spaces. These long gallery walks remain nestled within the berm, engaging with the intersection between the site and the water - and more directly confronting the reality of climate change with new perspectives.
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Existing networks and connections were taken into account when designing the approach and traversal through the site. The existing berm is pushed towards the waterfront to create a more protected site to be programmed and activated for the neighborhood - including a mixture of hardscape and softscape programming. Within this space, I proposed a sprawling landscape of rain storage “tanks” mimicking the prior industrial storage that once defined this entire stretch of waterfront. These provide space for storm water runoff storage, highway runoff filtration, and improved habitats for nearby wildlife. Paths stretch from adjacent streets, meandering through these tanks before
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engaged public - not only to provide improved waterfront programming, but to increase awareness on the issue of climate change.
STORMWATER RUNOFF
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public engagement
STORM SURGE 40’ HURRICANE OF 1938 36’ SUPER STORM SANDY 27’ MEAN SEA LEVEL 20’
Sidewalk
Rain Water Storage
Permeable Pavement
habitat development
storm water runoff storage
highway pollution filtration infiltration
Rain Water Storage
Berm
Constructed Riprap Wetland
ECOLOGY MUSEUM
CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CENTER
INDUSTRIAL MUSEUM
STORM SURGE 40’
HURRICANE OF 1938 36’
SUPER STORM SANDY 27’
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