Inundation "Landscape" Preservation
Park Project
The New Jersey Meadowlands have become an urban spectacle due to the perfect storm of encroaching conditions that surround. I I worked with Mario Gandelsonas who is well documented in the urban design community and Rob Freudenberg (RPA) who introduced me to the project. The meadowlands are predicted to be underwater within the next 100 years due to sea level rise. The goals for my project have a heavy focus on environmental awareness through interaction and prevention of extreme landscape changes through functional land art. Therefor, I coined my idea for this project as a Landscape Preservation.
Park Plan
Ideas
Fish Towers to represent projected sea level rise in the next 100 years. (6ft)
Inspired by the project River Fork Ranch Flood Plane (2014). Native grasses can be bundled and placed on shorelines to prevent future erosion.
Meadowlands Grass: Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis
Placing Phyllostachys heteroclada (bamboo species) in swampy areas as another way of preventing soil erosion. As well as creating walkable pathways.
Inspired by the High line, using old rail lines (aprox. 9 miles) as a means of main transportations routes.
Voyeurism
Charged with the task of remodeling the left structure (13a Witherspoon) into a home/work building, I developed my idea through a common theme of voyeurism. Throughout the building there is seperation created through altered glass/walls that allow for abnormal views. Using modes of anonymity I create moments where the inhabitant is either hidden or on display. The movement inside the home becomes a learned behavior as they are able to see into areas that are not so easily accessible. Separating the home and work areas of the home were based on the creation of a different voyeur experience. Using light and the view of the subject as a way to create the separation between the home and work sections. I designated the top floor as the home and the bottom as the work area.
Starting collages and mode of anonymity experiments.
Structural Models and Drawings (reusing some of the old structure)
Plan Drawings
Section Model
*Not Child Safe*
My inspiration for this chair project originated from the creation of the Wassily Chair by Marcel Breuer and the PP130 Chair by Hans Wegner. Using an aggregation technique I began with numerous study models and designs which are shown below. All in which use the side profile of a common chairs seat and backrest. Eventually Naming my piece the *Not Child Safe* chair. This chair can be created by welding together 14, 7'6" steel pipes in a methodical manner, eventually adding bungie chord in a weaving pattern to create a seat and other support systems that further connect the pipes.
Sub-Tropic Greenhouse
For my first independent project I was able to design a greenhouse that was completely self sufficient. With the efficiency of the overall greenhouse as my primary focus, I identified and accounted climatic and site conditions. Using the greenhouses form and design as a way to provide for natural ventilation and overall productive air movement. There is a solar powered battery that powers the irrigation systems in increments throughout the day, as well as runoff collection units that flow from the plant boxes. This water can then be filtered and cycled through with the collected rain water as well. Wind direction was used to determine where the vents would be placed and how the fresh air would enter/perform within the system.
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