Emma Jasinski Portfolio

E M M A J A S I N S K I

P o r t f o l i o

Tulane Masters of Architecture 2014

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S

P R O F E S S I O N A L

Humanure Power Community Toilet Facility 1

Nemua’s Women’s Community Center 12

Women’s Livelihood Generation Center 16

Facade Renew 18

P E R S O N A L S TAT E M E N T

A C A D E M I C

LOOP Pavilion 24

Central City Community Health Center 36

Growing up in Oak Park, a suburb west of Chicago, seeded my interest in architecture from a young age. Living only five blocks away from the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, and a fifteen-minute train ride to downtown Chicago, provided me with unlimited access to architec-tural and cultural resources. Experiencing the organic influence of Louis Sullivan to the functionality of Bauhaus architecture by Mies an Der Rohe, contributed to an architectural approach embracing both beauty and rigor.

My architecture education at Tulane University and work experience centered around a holistic and impact oriented design approach that works towards effecting broader environmental, social, political, and economic change. From leading the design of Humanure Power’s pilot community toilet facility in India to designing the LOOP Pavilion, a 2014 New Orleans AIA Merit Award Winner, I strive to develop sustainable architectural solutions through material reuse, site-specific awareness, cross-disciplinary research, strategic and efficient technology use and social engagement.

Emma Jasinski

PERSONAL STATEMENT

EMMA JASINSKI I Portfolio 1

HUMANURE POWERCOMMUNITY TOILET FACILITYClient: Humanure Power Location: Supaul District Bihar,IndiaDesigner: Emma JasinskiTeam: Nemua Community, Anoop Jain, Chandan Kumar, Prabin Ghumari, Andy Stochetti Completed: July 2014

Over 650 million Indians defecate outside each day, leaving 100,000 tons of untreated, disease-spreading feces exposed, killing 450,000 Indians annually. Nearly 50% of these deaths occur in children under the age of 5. This is half of India’s population lacking access to sanitation infrastructure. Outdoor defecation is not only an extreme health concern, but also has social and economic consequences. Defecating outside compromises women’s safety and female school dropouts cite lack of school toilets as the cause. Women will go relieve oneself early in the morning or late at night when the sun is down for privacy and increases their chances of sexual assault. Moreover, men spend up to 1 hour of each workdaylooking for a place to defecate, decreasing productivity by $10 billion annually.

Humanure Power (HP), fights alongside rural Indian communities to end outdoor defecation as a key step in an ongoing struggle for health equity and social and economic justice. Humanure Power is a nonprofit organization that

builds community toilet facilities in rural India. In reaction to this huge injustice, I spent my Summer of 2013 and 2014 tackling this massive issue with HP in the Supaul district of Bihar. Bihar is regarded as one of the poorest states in India and Supaul is one of its poorest districts with 2.2 million citizens. I worked with communities in this region to improve access to sanitation infrastructure.

This project involved exposure to some of the most critical skills necessary in any form of architectural or building practice including: site analysis, program assessment, client engagement, material selection, structural design, and budget management. The team and I took a holistic approach to the project, thinking about opportunities for education, affordable energy, social responsibilities, and other community considerations. My work focused on designing a 1100 sq. ft socially and environmentally sustainable toilet facility fostered from open conversations with the community.

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Humanure Power Toilet Facility

B U I LT I Humanure Power Community Toilets


In order to alleviate outdoor defecation, HP has come up with a system designed to capture human waste in a biodigester, which decomposes to form methane gas. This gas is harnessed to power a generator that produces electricity, which is used to run a water filtration system. HP sells filtered water to the community for $0.01 per liter, half of the current market price. This revenue helps pay for the cleaning and maintenance staff at the HP toilet facilities.

The site for the community toilet facility is located in the village of Nemua, a community of just over 2,000members. When I first encountered the site it was covered in about 2 ft. of water. Recognizing and understanding the local building vernacular showed the team the capabilities of the community labor. This shared knowledge served as a tool to enhance the design rather than compromise it.

HP Sustainable System Diagram


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Households with no toilet

75%

Residents living in rural areas

98.8%

Residents without Electricity

85%

Supaul District 2.1 million people

Create Jobs

Access to Toilets

Social Responsibility

Opportunity for Education Government Support

Women’s Group

Improve Health Conditions

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Community Participatory Development


SCHOOL

ARGRICULTURE

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Plumbing

Lighting StrategyVentilation

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Water Treatment System

Electrical

Rainwater Harvesting

Generator

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Roof Structure

Biodigester

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Flooded Site

1.Consulting with local engineers 2. Facility structure discussion 3. Community meeting

Diagram analysis of community and technical requirements


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1. Back fill to cover flooded site

4. Reinforced concrete biodigester

HP Toilet Facility Floor Plan

2. Pouring the concrete foundation

5. Building the interior masonry walls

3. Laying the brick masonry wall

6. Installing the steel roof trusses


ANAEROBIC PROCESSWATER STORAGE TANK

ORGANIC MATERIAL

METHANE GAS

HUMAN/ANIMAL WASTE

ACCESS WATER

1. Bamboo, Cow Manure, Straw 2. Kosi Levee, Kucha Structure 3. HP site before construction

HP Toilet Facility longitudinal section

HP Biodigester Cross Section


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1. access chase2. watersupply pipe3. greywater pipe 4. blackwater pipe5. faucet for pour �ush system 6. ceramic toilet pan7. concrete footing 4’0” below grade8. back�ll9. perimeter propert wall 10. entryway to access biodigester

11. butter�y rain harvesting roof system 12. steel truss13. ventalation window14. electric fan15. anchor bolt16. women’s restroom17. men’s restroom18. squatter stall19. raised platform20. purlin

1. access chase2. water supply pipe3. grey water pipe4. black water pipe5. PVC pipe faucet6. ceramic toilet pan7. 4’0” concrete footing8. sand backfill9. brick perimeter property wall10. entryway to access biodigester

11. butterfly rain-harvesting roof12. steel truss 13. ventilation window14. electric fan 15. anchor bolt 16. women’s restroom 17. men’s restroom18. squatter stall19. raised platform20. 16” o.c. steel purlin


HP Toilet Facility Cross Section


HP Toilet Facility opening ceremony July 9th, 2014.


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Individual toilet stall with trash bin and a cup for flushing.

Women’s toilet stalls Women’s and children’s sinks complete with hand soap



HP Toilet Facility exterior front view


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Rain harvesting catchment tank



NEMUA’S WOMEN’S COMMUNITY FACILITYClient: Nemua’s Women’s Group Location: Bihar, IndiaFirm: EMpower DesignPartner: Humanure Power

EMpower Design has been working with HP for the last year both remotely and on the ground to address gender inequality at their pilot toilet facility site in Nemua, a small village in the state of Bihar, India. The coomunity lacks adequate resources and is made up of a community structured on patriarchal hierarchies, all inhibiting women from meeting their most basic needs.

Women suffer disproportionately from lack of sanitation infrastructure, thus perpetuating gender inequality. In 2013, in the state of Bihar alone, nearly 400 rapes occurred while women were walking to the fields to defecate. In rural India, 1 out of 6 schools do not have toilets. As a result, girls often have no place to change their sanitary napkins.

Thus, 40% of female dropouts cite lack of toilets as the cause. India is depriving itself of a future generation of female leaders.

While HP improves access to clean and safe toilets, EMpower Design develops strategies that encouragefemale toilet use and sustained education. Drawing from the conversations with the women and EMpower Design’s skill set, we collaborated on illustrating sanitary infographics. The sanitary infographics contain lessons on hand washing and disposal of hygiene products. It was imperative that the signs were tailored to address both genders needs, in order to establish an inclusive space.

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Digester Waste& Fertilizer

Teaching & BrainstormingWomen’s Meetings

Women'sCommunity Facility

Sanitation Signage &Health Pamphlet Printing

Health EducationAt Home

Water Filtration Electric

Generator

Community Toilet Block

Access to Clean Water

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SOAP

SOAP

HP + EMpower = DRAWING CHANGE


Phase 3 : Women’s Community Facility on HP Site



Phase 1 : Empowerment Workshop

WOMEN’S COMMUNITY FACILITY Humanure Power + EMpower Design


Humanure Power and Empower Design Collaborate

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Phase 1 : HP Facility Sanitation Infographics


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“Building toilets without addressing common norms, attitudes and beliefs around latrine use is unlikely to reduce open defecation in rural India.”- Diane Coffey, “How A Lack Of Toilets Puts India’s Women At Risk Of Assault”


Health Education Pamphlet DEVELOPMENT WOMEN DESIGNING INTRPETIVE GRAPHICS MOCK-UP

OUTSIDE PAMHLET

A. Sanitary napkin disposal

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B.Hand washing C.No access waste in toilets

Women’s Intrepretive HealthGraphics

Women’s drawings implemented into a pamphlet

TOILET FACILITY

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Graphic steps for health habits

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HP TOILET MAP

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DRAWING CHANGE //Supaul Women’s Facility

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Phase 3 : Drawings and Infographics Transcribed into Educational Pamphlets



P R O F E S S I O N A L I Women’s Community Facility

Women designing interpretive graphics

HP Toilet Facility infographics




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“Building toilets without addressing common norms, attitudes and beliefs around latrine use is unlikely to reduce open defecation in rural India.”- Diane Coffey, “How A Lack Of Toilets Puts India’s Women At Risk Of Assault”



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Women’s group talking about proper health hygiene

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+ =Humanure Power EMpower design


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Digester Waste& Fertilizer

Teaching & BrainstormingWomen’s Meetings

Women'sCommunity Facility

Sanitation Signage &Health Pamphlet Printing

Health EducationAt Home

Water Filtration Electric

Generator

Community Toilet Block

Access to Clean Water

$$

SOAP

SOAP

HP + EMpower = DRAWING CHANGE





Phase 1 : Empowerment Workshop




Phase 3: Women’s Facility on HP site

We worked on the ground this past summer to learn and understand the women’s daily and future aspirations. We organized weekly discussions with the women and held empowerment workshops centered on personal growth. These sessions led to rich conversations that would inform the design of a space uniquely for women. Two major programmatic elements derived from these sessions were literacy and women’s health education classes.

Since leaving India, Humanure Power has continued to coordinate and translate weekly women’s meetings. They also hired a female Hindi teacher.

Now EMpower Design is responsible for developing schemes for the Women’s Community Center. A women’s facility, that supports daily Hindi lessons and encourages open female discourse.


EXISTING ayzh FLOOR PLAN 3/16 “= 1’0”

TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE: 650

458 SQ. FT.

485 SQ. FT.KIT ASSEMBLY ROOM

ASSEMBLY TABLES

BRACKET RACK TO SUPPORT FANS AND LIGHTS

SUPPLY BOXES

ALTERNATIVE ROOM

WOMEN’S LIVELIHOODGENERATION CENTERClient: Ayzh Location: Chennai, IndiaSummer 2014

Ayzh is an organization that sells clean and safe birthing kits. Part of their business model is to provide employment opportunities for women. Women are hired to assembly the birth kits in the Ayzh generation center. However, the existing condition of the center is a room that has not been designed or laid out with any programmatic intent.

I created spacial interior standards that focus on a com-pact, efficient space for a sanitary and productive generation center. The space requires at least one room with enough space for an assembly table, supply storage, basic seating, and possibly a small staff desk area. The dimensions of the room have been standardized to meet the minimum amount of required square footage.

Three zones have been defined: Sanitary Space: people occupying the space need to take proper preparation precautions (wash hands, wear hair net, no shoes toensure sterility of kits), Soiled Space: contaminated materials and people who have not taken the proper preparation precautions, Neutral Space: the area where people transition between soiled and sanitary space.

Circulation (Soiled Space)

CIRCULATION PATH

Birth Kit Assembly (Sanitary Space)

Clean Supply Storage(Sanitary Space)

Alternative Program(PPH Kit/Office)(Sanitary Space)

Preparation Area(Neutral Space)

Garbage(Soiled Space)

Storage Distribution(Neutral Space)

Assembly Tables(Sanitary Space)

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CIRCULATION PATH 3/8 “= 1’0”

Circulation (Soiled Space)

Birth Kit Assembly (Sanitary Space)

Clean Supply Storage(Sanitary Space)

Preparation Area(Neutral Space)

Garbage(Soiled Space)

Storage Distribution(Neutral Space)

ENTRANCE

Existing generation center floor plan

Existing floor plan with new circulation and zones

New standardized generation center floor with circulation and zones

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P R O F E S S I O N A L D E S I G N I Ayzh Generation Livelihood Center

INTERIOR WEST ELEVATION SCALE 1/4” = 1’-0”

Separate the tables in two and have five women working on one surce with a complete assembly line and then replicate that system on the other table. This will double the productivety and maximie space and surface area..

Opportunitiy for for storage. The supply boxes can sit on top of the metal bracket if a flat piece of wood spans across each bracket.Opportunitiy for for storage. Install shelving in

existing door frame cove.

INTERIOR WEST ELEVATION SCALE 1/4” = 1’-0”

Separate the tables in two and have five women working on one surce with a complete assembly line and then replicate that system on the other table. This will double the productivety and maximie space and surface area..

Opportunitiy for for storage. The supply boxes can sit on top of the metal bracket if a flat piece of wood spans across each bracket.Opportunitiy for for storage. Install shelving in

existing door frame cove.

INTERIOR EAST ELEVATION SCALE 1/4” = 1’-0”

Remove benches and provide proper shelving and storagefor supply boxes so they are not sitting on the ground.


Remove benches and provide proper shelving and storagefor supply boxes so they are not sitting on the ground. EXISTING ELEVATION IMAGE SCALE 1/4” = 1’-0”(APPROX.)

EXISTING ELEVATION DRAWING SCALE 1/4” = 1’-0”

Remove Sign

Paint wall, windows, andbottom trimblack, pink,or white.

Install ayzh Signor paint sign on the wall

EXISITING EXTERIOR ELEVATIONSCALE 1/4” = 1’-0”




Remove Sign



EXISITING EXTERIOR ELEVATIONSCALE 1/4” = 1’-0” INTERIOR EAST ELEVATION

SCALE 1/4” = 1’-0”



Remove Sign



EXISITING EXTERIOR ELEVATIONSCALE 1/4” = 1’-0”


Remove benches and provide proper shelving and storagefor supply boxes so they are not sitting on the ground.

Existing interior elevations images Proposed interior elevations drawings

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Sign paintedon wall, continue trimaround the sign

Paint wall boarderpink

Paint window blocks a gradient of pink, starting with light pink to dark.


St. Claude Avenue Corridor

Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard Corridor

Bayou Road Corridor

FACADE RENEWClient: New Orleans Redevelopment Authority Location: New Orleans, LouisianaFirm: Tulane City CenterProject Manager: Beth JacobsSpring-Summer 2014

Facade Renew is a program that was launched in January 2014 by the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) in collaboration with Tulane CityCenter. The program was designed to spur redevelopment along portions of three historic commercial corridors in New Orleans: Bayou Road, Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, and St. Claude Avenue. As an intern at Tulane City Center, I provided technical design assistance for each of the grant applicants.

Our design efforts work to support the revitalization of retail corridors in the city. All design work was required to follow the City of New Orleans Historic District

Landmarks Commission Design Guidelines. Understand-ing the historic context of each selected corridor started to inform design decisions for each project, by referencing Sanborn maps and property chain of titles. Projects ranged in type of work from removal of vinyl or aluminum siding to facade restoration, replacement of signage to installation of exterior lighting, painting, masonry, cleaning, etc.

By investing in high-quality facade improvements that enhance the appearance of retail storefronts andcommercial buildings, our goal was to alleviate economic blight and address non-conforming design standards.

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P R O F E S S I O N A L I Facade RENEW


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EXTERIOR UPLIGHTING MOUNTED AT THEBOTTOM OF EACH COLUMN FOR LIGHT ANDSECURITY.

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YEP proposed elevation

YEP building on O.C. Haley Boulevard

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EducationMentoringExercise

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GRAPHIC WINDOW IMPLEMENTATION

ARROW DIRECTING PEOPLE TOWARDSTHE MAIN ENTRANCE(THE COLOR MATCHES THE AWNING.)

IMAGE FROM YEP WEBSITE FROM ANOUTDOOR PROGRAMMING EVENT.

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YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROJECT




Youth Em power ment Project

YEP“BY PROVIDING INTENSIVE

CASE MANAGEMENT,

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EDUCATIONAL SERVICES TO

AT-RISK NEW ORLEANS YOUTH,

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YOUNG PERSON’S CAPACITY

TO SUCCESSFULLY CONNECT

WITH HIS OR HER FAMILY AND

COMMUNITY AND LAY THE

FOUNDATION FOR A HEALTHY

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LOOPPAVILIONStudio: Design BuildProfessors: Emilie Taylor and Sam Richard Client: Louisiana Outdoor Outreach Program Location: City Park, New Orleans, LADesign: Emma Jasinski and Sarah SatterleeCompleted: December 2013

Team: Dan Ackerley, Madison Baker, Casey Bemis, Michelle Carroll, Rachel Conques, Jose Cotto, John Coyle, Maggie Easley, Ellen Hearle, Kate Luxner, Meredith Zelenka

Louisiana Outdoor Outreach Program [LOOP] engages urban youth in outdoor education and leadership programs through adventure-based activities on their challenge ropes course site in City Park. Through an open request for proposals, LOOP identified a need for a space for program expansion. Their current site is difficult to access and far from any seating, storage or shadedgathering spaces. A new pavilion would allow LOOP to provide better, safer programs for the students with whom they work, in addition to assisting with fundraising by attracting more professional groups to use the ropes course.

To address these issues, the studio was tasked to design and build a shade pavilion. The pavilions program required storage, seating, and an area for teaching and gathering before and after ropes course activities. Out of seven

concepts, my design was chosen by the class to be built for the semester’s project. The design is inspired by the tree canopy surrounding the challenge course, and uses blank aluminum traffic signs as a modular, exterior grade unit to create an abstracted, high-performing canopy overhead.

The process required producing various large-scale mock-ups, experimenting with recycled materials, and retrofitting different CNC routed connections. In keeping with the context of the adjacent ropes course structure, the canopy was suspended with steel cable from a larger steel structure in a way that creates an undulating complex curve. The seating is built into an earth berm created by reusing railroad ties from the St. Charles Ave. Streetcar line. The finished pavilion resulted in a 2014 New Orelans AIA Merit Award for Divine Detail.

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A C A D E M I C I LOOP Pavilion

LOOP Pavilion



Pre-excavation of LOOP Pavilion Site

The LOOP ropes course

Site Location: City Park New Orleans, LOOP ropes course

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The inspiration for the pavilion design was taken from the experience of being inside the woods surrounding the outdoor room. While the woods appear as a solid “wall” when viewed from the course, the experience of being inside the woods is much more spatial, with incredible filtered light and views to the sky through the existing tree canopy. The project team sought to recreate this experience by designing a canopy with a repeating modular unit and controlling the spacing between the units to create unique light and shadow patterns. The team chose to use exterior-grade blank aluminum yield signs because of their weather resistance and adaptable geometry. The signs are made from an alloy that is 70% post consumer recycled aluminum. !

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exterior modular unit

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Canopy concept diagrams

Recycling an existing modular unit

Utilizing the section of a tree as inspiration for pavilion seating

The inspiration for the pavilion design was taken from the experience of being inside the woods surrounding the rope course outdoor room. While the woods appear as a solid “wall” when viewed from the course, the experience of being inside the woods is much more spatial, with incredible filtered light and views to the sky through the existing tree canopy.

The team chose to use exterior-grade blank Aluminum yield signs because of their weather resistance and adaptable geometry. The signs are made from an alloy that is 70% post consumer recycled aluminum. The designed pavilion space mimics the experience of being in the woods by creating a canopy with a repeating modular unit. The space between each yield sign is controlled to create unique light and shadow patterns.


The canopy went through many assembly iterations. Full-scale mockups were made to test each optionʼs feasibility. Shown are three early iterations of connectors made from different components. In the end, the project team identified a need for a simple plate that would allow for a thin, controlled space between the signs for light to filter through. !

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The canopy went through many assembly iterations. Full-scale mockups were made to test each optionʼs feasibility. Shown are three early iterations of connectors made from different components. In the end, the project team identified a need for a simple plate that would allow for a thin, controlled space between the signs for light to filter through. !

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Full scale mock-up assembly iterations

1. Overlapping yield signs with Eye Hook connections, produced rigid canopy

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2. Steel strips with holes attached with bolts, allowed for flexibility and light penetration

3. Hexagon Steel plate with washer bolt connections


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The final connector plate is a hexagon with slits creating six “fingers.” The simple geometry allowed for efficient fabrication through the use of a CNC machine, and the slits allowed for more flexibility in the canopy and less visual presence. !

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4. Hexagon Steel plate with six wings fabricated on the CNC machine 5. Axonometric diagram of cable system supporting the yield sign canopy



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1. 3”x4” steel angles, 7“ on center2. 2”x10” rectangular tube steel beams3. .08 alodized aluminum sign canopy (cable suspended) 4. 4” diameter steel columns5. earth berm, behind railroad tie retaining wall6. treated pine bench decking7. concrete slab �oor

1. 3” x 4” Steel Angles 2. 2” x 10” Rectangular Tube Steal Beams3. .08 Alodized Aluminum Signs4. 4” Round Steel Columns5. Earth Berm behind Railroad Tie Retaining Wall6. Treated Pine Bench Decking7. Concrete Slab Floor

LOOP Pavilion structural diagram

LOOP Pavilion conceptual form sketch


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LOOP Pavilion Floor Plan

LOOP Pavilion longitudinal section



1. Site excavation

3. Evening out and smoothing the concrete floor surface

5. Framing the wooden bench with recycled streetcar ties

2. Pouring the concrete

4. Installing 2” x 10” superstructure steel beams

6. Assembling the canopy on the ground


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11. Alternative entrance into the pavilion from wooden area

9. Cable system attaching the canopy to the steel superstructure

7. Placing a section of the canopy to be hoisted and installed

12. Natural berm meets the ledge of pavilion bench

10. View from the top of the ropes course

8. Cladding the wooden bench


EMMA JASINSKI I Portfolio 35The controlled slit between each yield sign allows for light to enter the space creating a pattern on the concrete floor


36View of ropes course standing inside the pavilion



CENTRAL CITYCOMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERDesign Studio: Thesis 5200 Professor: Scott BernardFall-Spring 2013-2014

Community scaled healthcare is fundamentally changing. Physicians are shifting from reactive solutions to proactive strategies in order to combat America’s largest public health issue, chronic illness. As a result, preventative medicine promotes lifestyle modifications and an innovative new service, group medical appointments. This team-based care approach employs the knowledge of the practitioner amongst multiple patients as an effort to increase accessibility and capitalizes on the collective wisdom of the group.

However, health centers are adopting group visits without appropriate spaces to practice. In order to elevate the proactive program, health centers need to create a fluid transitioning space that fosters scalable and clearneighborhood engagement. New Orleans lack of

adequate healthcare infrastructure is plaguing its population with poor health statistics, devastating neighborhoods like Central City. In order to secure a community presence, the health center leverages an existing piece of valued infrastructure within the community, a church. This urban artifact, Saint Francis de Sales, provides a ceremonious open space to adapt as the platform for group visits, establishing a sanctuary for people to heal.

Throughout the Central City Community Health Center their is a strong presence of public and private spac-es. Incorporating traditional health facility spaces like exam rooms, lab, administrative offices, restrooms, and lobby. In addition, the more alternative program meant to address preventative health care include an exercise room, demonstration kitchen, reflection room, commu-nity garden, application room, patient library and group appointment spaces.

Diagram of the current healthcare climate in the U.S.

70% U.S. deaths attributed to Chronic Disease

serving 18 patients

1/3 of U.S. children are considered overwieght or obese today. 2/5 of U.S. adults are considered overwieght or obese today.

Heart Disease/Hypertension

Diabetes

Respiratory Disease Excercise

Healthy Diet

Immunizations

Cancer49th

React ive Proactive

CHRONIC ILLINESS

Wholistice Approach

GROUP MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS

H E A LT H C E N T E RHEALTH CLINIC

Current Exam Room Model

Current Space for Group Medical Appointments

An Adaptive Space with Two Entryways and Exits


serving 18 patients



Diabetes


Healthy Diet

Immunizations

Cancer49th

React ive Proactive

CHRONIC ILLINESS

Wholistice Approach







serving 18 patients



Diabetes


Healthy Diet

Immunizations

Cancer49th

React ive Proactive

CHRONIC ILLINESS

Wholistice Approach







serving 18 patients



Diabetes


Healthy Diet

Immunizations

Cancer49th

React ive Proactive

CHRONIC ILLINESS

Wholistice Approach






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CENTRAL CITY -Chronic complications-Congestive Heart failure-Cancer deaths-Coronary heart Disease-Death rate-Poor Prenatal Care

30%-70% Householdes without a vehicle

Central City Community Health Center front exterior view

City of New Orleans map with Central City highlighted

A C A D E M I C I Central City Community Health Center


Leveraging an existing abandoned church and retrofitting a new building form.

Central City Community Health Center floor plan with surrounding site

Establishing a presence within the block while maintaining an appropriate stature. Extend the church mass on both sides to create space for private program Lower roof height to match neighboring shotguns

Extend the interior mass into the back of the site

The Greenway fills in the back end of the site and allows for an additional entrance

The form is lowered towards the floor plane to create a void on the corner

Private

Staff ExamGroup Mass

Outdoor Court

Public

Hierarchy of public and private spaces in the health center The roof is raised to allow for natural light and air ventilation to enter the group mass Altered orginal components of the church

New roof with two levels

Circulation Path is continuous and promotes patient movement

Main Entrance

Utilize the open floor plan that is already programed for group activity

Property Lines

Member Entrance

Learn

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Private


Outdoor Court

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Main Entrance


Property Lines

Member Entrance

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A group medical appointment is an hour long appointment with 10-20 patients all dealing with the same illness, i.e. diabetes, asthma, depression, etc. During the appointment a physician is available, but not always present. Depending on what the patients decide to engage in during that hour appointment, whether it is inviting a social worker in for a group counseling session, or a conversation with the nutritionist, exercising with yoga or jazzercise, the physician might not be necessary to facilitate the activity. The mass space is the core of the health center, hosting group medical appointments. The arched ceiling illuminates the mass space and the addition of a clerestory allows for natural light. In order to emphasize the mass space, the floor has been elevated from the existing first floor level to signify spacial hierarchy within the center.


Section perspective





Private


Outdoor Court

Public




Main Entrance


Property Lines

Member Entrance

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Private


Outdoor Court

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Main Entrance


Property Lines

Member Entrance

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The Mass area programmed group medical appointments

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1. Central City Community Health Center Member Entrance

2. Reflection Courtyard

3. Garden Atrium Exploded axon of health center structure

The Central City Community Health Center within the context of its block. The stature of the building appropriately establishes its presence amongst the existing one story shotgun houses. The community can now experience thisurban artifact as a new important programed element of their neighbor-hood, which helps to constitute the total picture of an urban context.

The roof of the health center has been raised to allow for additional light to enter into the center mass area. The ability to illumminat the site begins to highlight the importance of the space and place an emphasis on patient participation in the group medical appointments.

New 4” x 8” Cypress wooded beams spanning the floor plan of the health center.

White painted wooded clappboard facade

Exposed bellfry contributes to the monumental feel of the church.

One hundred year old Cypress restored Gothic style frame structure that is no longer covered n drywall but exposed to allow light in from the roof.

Drywall condition allowing for private spaces.

The large white wall acts as a canvas for projecting films, schedules, and advertisements on for patient viewing in the Mass and at the main entrance. media on either side.

Glass circulation path directing patient flow through the health center.

A 2’0” raised platform where group medical appoinments take place, know as the Mass. This is a fluid transitioning space that fosters nested relationships for supportive patient engagement. While the platform has a large 55’0” x 24’0 footprint , the columns begin to divide the space into 4 smaller areas that have curtains to divide the areas for specific programs.

Community Health Center Footprint

Outdoor green space for physical activiteis such as running, walking, yoga and more

Greenway has garden boxes for the patients to grow produce and learning about how to maintain a health diet. The long stretch of grass on the green way is suppose to be a park like track to promote patient movement.

White painted wooded clappboard facade covering the garden atrium space. The cladding is angled to allow for ventilation and airflow to travl through the space creating a lever system. The atrium is an extension of the mass onto the green way.

White levers cladding the tower. the levers are closed towards the top of the structure and began to gradually open towards the botome and main entrance int the building.

Designing the health center to intergrate into the old church becomes propelling because its form can accommodate a space for group medical appointments.

The existing floorplate from the churches footprint.

ADA accessible ramps on both the member and main entrance.


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