JJ WyattPortfolio 2010P.O. Box 4734Greenville, SC 29608U.S.A.

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Off-Campus Multi-Disciplinary Studio

Urban Design Studio

Project Okurase

Giza- Grand Egyptian Museum (G.E.M)

Re-Tanning The LandscapeGraduation Studio

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OVERVIEW & ANALYSISGIZA-GEM: URBAN DESIGN STUDIO PROFESSORS: DR. HALA NASSAR and ROBERT HEWITT

SPRING 2008

Background The Grand Egyptian Museum requires the creation of an esplanade linking the mu-seum to the Giza pyramids, and upgrading surrounding urban fabric. During a 7 day site visit. Clemson and Ain-Shams University students divided the site into sectors to perform site analysis. My sector was Sector 1. Returning to the states the final design product was a group studio effort.

G.E.M. Zones: The focus of our design was the esplanade.

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Sector 1

Land Use Density Built Conditions TransportationSectors

Esplanade

Piazza & Atrium

Nile Park

Recreational Gardens

Car Parking

Dunal Park

Lands of Egypt Park

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GIZA-GEM URBAN DESIGN STUDIODesign Principles

Progression from antiquity to modernity.

DEVELOPMENT

Natural barrier to monument site. With primary and secondary cross-ing points. Ancient canal system links monument site with urban fabric, green spaces and agriculture.

Nile and Canal SystemsIntertwined boulevard system around canal and esplanade.

Cosmology

The ancient Egyp-tians were avid astronomers. The sun symbolized their core values. Using rays of the sun from the pyra-mids we transi-tion from historic pyramids to the modern G.E.M.

Future Zone

Zone Development

Contemporary Zone Antiquity Zone

GIZA-GEM URBAN DESIGN STUDIOMASTER PLAN

Final master plan and illustrations showing further development of the conceptual master plan.

PROJECT OKURASE: GHANA PROFESSORS: ROBERT MILLER and RAY HUFFSPRING 2009

OVERVIEW & ANALYSISBackground

Rural Ghanaian and Ashanti Villages

Private courtyard spaces organized around larger public courtyard.

Education PerformanceAccomodationsService

Program Analysis

A rural Ashanti village of 5,000 people in Ghana. The project sponsor teamed with Clemson Architecture Center in Charleston to fulfill vision of a medical and educational center for the community and surrounding areas. Before the start of the semester two graduate students traveled to the site for analysis. A team comprised of graduate architect and undergraduate landscape and architecture students to develop a sustainable site that could be easily constructed by the residents of the village. As a group we performed analysis, and conceptual master planning. Individu-ally we worked to further the design. I was responsible for development of site circulation, site entrances, landscape vegetation and the final rendered master plan.

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PROJECT OKURASE: GHANAANALYSIS

Site Analysis: Context to Village, Environmental, Topology,Winds, Transportation.

Studies of air movement and shade were applied when de-veloping the site. A series of shaded courtyards oriented to generate wind.

Environmental Studies

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PROJECT OKURASE: GHANADesign Principles

COURTYARDSPROGRAMMATIC GROUPS SHOULD BE GATHEREDAROUND OUTDOOR SPACES, EACH HAVING A UNIQUE CHARACTER.

PUBLIC/PRIVATETHE SETTLEMENT IS COMPOSED AROUND TWO PRIMARY COURTYARDS, ONE PUBLIC AND ONE PRIVATE.

SPATIAL CONNECTIONSCOURTYARDS ARE LINKED BY DIRECT VISUAL ACCESS.

CIRCULATIONPEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ARE SEPARATEWITH VARIABLE PEDESTRIAN CONTROL.

WATERALL RAIN WATER WILL BE CAPTURED AND STOREDON SITE FOR USE BY THE CENTRE.

HUMAN COMPORTSHADED LANDSCAPE AND WELL VENTILATED BUILDINGSWILL PROVIDE MAXIMUM HUMAN COMFORT.

DEVELOPMENT

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PROJECT OKURASE: GHANAPrimary Entry:Northern road branches, wider path leads to hos-pital, parking lot, and service road to rear of site. Screened by vegetation. Narrow path pedestrian leading through check point to main courtyard.

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Secondary Entry:Southern entry used occasionally for deliveries. Follows same concept as primary entry but is less elaborate.

DEVELOPMENT

Identification of tree forms and functionSuggestions of native trees to use depending on availability and budgetLocation of low planting beds

Vegetation Development

Entry Development

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PROJECT OKURASE: GHANA

Project under construction: Summer 2010

MASTER PLAN

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RE-TANNING THE LANDSCAPE PROFESSOR: DR. GALEN NEWMANFALL 2010

BackgroundContinued growth and increasing residential densities of informal settlements in Cairo threaten residents health, ecological net-works and historic monuments. I selected a portion of the tannery area that will be relocated in the identified informal area the historic district of Al-Fustat to redevelop as my graduation project. My design revives shared spaces, the ecological network and provides economic opportunities through historic settlement patterns.

Total Area- 126.935 Acres Population- 28,571-57,143 People

Total Removed Area- 70.815 Acres Remaining Population- 15,943-31,886 People

Tannery Relocation

OVERVIEW

Obsolescence of Shared Spaces

Study of typical evolution and development around family, work, and community shared space. The need to increase density fills in shared space.

Residential Commercial Mixed Use

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RE-TANNING THE LANDSCAPEANALYSIS

Contextual & Site Specific Analysis

Economic AnalysisInventory of the primary economic opportunities in the area.

Improvements to the market system, and separation of work space, storage, and commercial areas.

Solutions for travel-ing markets.

Research on suq network and identification of the funduq.

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RE-TANNING THE LANDSCAPEDEVELOPMENT

Progression of demolition of shared spaces in one acre.Identification of 50-75% built space offers same amount of density as existing conditions but pre-serves shared spaces.

Design Principles

Land uses broken down by public and transporta-tion accessibility. Unified by ecological network.

Extensions of existing privacy levels and secondary roads. Land use by block influenced by privacy levels and sur-rounding uses. Two linear parks preserving historic sites. Linked together

through private and public shared spaces.

Site Development

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3.5 AcresBuilt Sq Ft: 94,640

3.1 AcresBuilt Sq Ft: 83,824

1.4 AcresBuilt Sq Ft: 37,856

2.7 AcresBuilt Sq Ft: 73,008

3.5 AcresBuilt Sq Ft: 75,712

1.5 AcresBuilt Sq Ft:32,448

2.6 AcresBuilt Sq Ft: 56,243

1.4 AcresBuilt Sq Ft:56,243

2.1 AcresBuilt Sq Ft:

56,784

.9 AcresBuilt Sq Ft:

24,336

8.3 AcresBuilt Sq Ft: 21,632

1.8 AcresBuilt Sq Ft: 48,672

2.5 AcresBuilt Sq Ft: 67,600

1.7 AcresBuilt Sq Ft: 45,968

10.0 AcresBuilt Sq Ft: 270,400

2.6 AcresBuilt Sq Ft: 70,300

1.6 AcresBuilt Sq Ft:34,611

3.2 AcresBuilt Sq Ft: 69,222

1.8 AcresType: 2 Built Sq Ft: 38,938

7 AcresBuilt Sq Ft: 164,853

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RE-TANNING THE LANDSCAPEDEVELOPMENT

Square footage of built area by block. Result-ing area provides same density as remaining site while generating shared spaces

Public Private Public

Shared Space Typologies

Built area produces different types of shared spaces corresponding with the principles.

Open Recreational

Linear Pedestrian

Live Commercial

Educational

Funduq

Private Residential

RE-TANNING THE LANDSCAPEMASTER PLAN