JAVIER GONZÁLEZ Work Sample
Design
TanzHaus Central Business District New Orleans Contemporary dance is not axial or centered around a focal point. There are multiple points to be interpreted individ ually by spectators Dance, alongside with contemporary forms of art and philosophy, has undergone a transformation in its fundamental cosmological approach to its craft. No longer is it about representing the unity of a harmonic order of the perfect forms of the cosmos. Contemporary discourse has challenged the ability for individual subjects to be able to obtain true knowledge of this underlying unity if it exists at all. Individual perspectives are the focus of investigations and dance has become about the interpretations that each audience member has to the performance at the stage. There is no longer a proper way to underexperience the art of dance in contemporary functions because the dance becomes about the relationship of the choreography to the subject observing it. 01 How to embody this transformation architecturally became the driving question of this project. By putting the circulation in the middle, through a habitable structure, the person travelling through the space gets to understand the dancers in the building in different ways none of which can be considered proper. Structure
Vertical Circulation Horizontal Circulation Chilled Beam System Layout
Building Arts Institute Irish Channel Neighborhood, New Orleans The Irish Channel is a neighborhood defined by its history of working class residents that moved to be in proximity to the industrial activities along the river. This merging of industry and residential programs is still a defining factor of the typologies found in the neighborhood, and one that is specifically felt in the site located in Rousseau St. The Building Arts Institute was designed to embody this threshold by mitigating the different scales one encounters in the neighborhood. The gallery, designed as a gesture to the typology of the shotgun home is located at the front of the site facing the residences and acting as a public place for people in the neighborhood to come inside. The scale of the Institute is larger, reacting to the warehouse typologies found towards the back of the site, and is tall enough to overlook the obstructions to reveal a glimpse of the Mississippi. 1/2 Mile Magazine St. 1/4 Mile Tchopitoulas St. Jackson Ave. 02 The gallery sits at the front and generates a courtyard which is also used by the workshops as an outdoor making space. Once inside the Institute, People can navigate through the space and towards the auditorium which faces the neighborhood. The upper floors, which have the greatest views are dedicated towards learning and culminate in the library at the third floor with large balconies on both sides that look towards both the city and the river.
Research / Community Engagement
Behavioral Health And Charter School Study New Orleans Partner with Shirley Chen Student Miles 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 School Grades, Enrollment, and Clinics 03 Miles 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 Schools and Clinics by Payment Concentration of Students in Schools (Daytime Map) Legend Behavioral Health Clinics School Locations School Grades 9-12 PK - 8 Enrollment! 0-250! 251-500!!! Legend 501-750 751-1000 More than 1001 School Locations Behavioral Health Clinics Payment Accepted No Help or Information Sliding Fee Only Medicaid Only Medicaid or Sliding Fee Free Miles 0 0.5 1 2 3 4 Miles Concentration of Student s Homes (Nighttime Map) Legend Legend School Locations Behavioral Health Clinics Nightime Map School Locations Students Living per Zip Code 1,000 or Less 1,001-2,000 2,001-3,000 3,001-4,000 4,001 or More Behavioral Health Clinics Daytime Map Students Enrolled in Schools per Zip Code 1,000 or Less 1,001-2,000 2,001-3,000 3,001-4,000 4,001 or More Concentration of Students in Schools (Daytime Map) Counselor School Nurse Parents/Guardian Clinical Psychologist/ Psychiatrist Social Worker Counselor/ Social Worker As part of a fellowship with the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design I coauthored a study to investigate the way which the all charter school system in New Orleans is affecting access to behavioral health resources in the city. Using Geographic Information Systems, we started to catalog the location of both schools and clinics, hoping to find a correlation between the patterns of their physical location. As our investigation took us forward, looking at the movement of kids throughout the city became a priority, as the information is not readily available. The next step of the process forced us to reconsider many of our initial assumptions and widen the scope of the research. The second half of the project involved an i qualitative investigation to work through the steps in the process of referring a kid. We found the problem was not as reducible to a spatial framework, but used our design skills to navigate and find ways to visualize the problem to serve as a useful tool for administrators and legislators.
INTERSTATE NEVADA INTERSTATE NEVADA Historic Westside Las Vegas Neighborhood Redevelopment Plan Community Engagement Studio A Center For Congregation G ST. HISTORIC WESTSIDE Bus Routes F ST. HARRISON AVE 20 min. H ST. JACKSON AVE. VAN BUREN AVE E ST. Vehicular Circulation JEFFERSON AVE D ST. 15 min. ADAMS AVE C ST. DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS Pioneer Trail 15 Min 10 min 5 min Bicycle Circulation Pedestrian Circulation Concentration of churches in the area surrounded by clusters of empty land. 60 B ST. Vacant Land Churches Churches in the Urban Designation of West Las Vegas The historically black neighborhood founded in 1904 has had a history of segregation and systemic discrimination from the city of Las Vegas. As a diplomatic move in an effort to ease relations between the community and the city, UNLV had the opportunity to go into the neighborhood to meet with residents and draft a neighborhood revitalization plan. The approach was community driven, with a series of workshops that culminated in a plan and implementation strategy to encourage and guide future development. 04 25,759 1,800-10,000 Population living in the entire West Las Vegas Region Estimated Influx of People Every Sunday for Mass Through a phase of technical analysis, the student team gathered some necessary information about landmark features of the Historic Westside Community, including the peculiar condition of housing over 40 churches within a square mile. This produces an influx of thousands people that create a dichotomy between the normally vacant land and the saturated scene during Sundays.
NEVADA Community Engagement Outcome Urban Void Condition Pop-Up Infill proviides temporary solutions Empty spaces can become public spaces to engage in activities Pop-up interventions become a method to engage citizens by creating interest Temporary interventions can become a catalyst for long term change 10 Greenway at Owens Medium Density Housing Buffer for commercial and residential 7 Business in Edmond Town Center umc quick care clinic Walker African American Museum expansion 3 Medium Density Housing Keep eyes on the parks Bring back Jackson Community owned Business. 9 Community center Computers and courts for kids 6 Jackson Memorial PARK & plaza 16 Madison Lot Repair the Edges Martin Luther King commercial Blvd 4 11 Complete The Streets 8 Madison 'Spirit' Plaza INTERSTATE 12 1 Washington live Local entertainment corridor Westside School Renovation 5 Create gateways Use public art projects To create a strong brand 13 Green Corridor Moulin Rouge casino & Vocational training center 14 Density housing Students and downtown Residents 15 0-5 Year plan What is going on now 5-10 Year plan Bringing back the neighborhood 2 tenaya creek brewery And commercial corridor 10-15 Year plan Bold MOVES FOR THE WESTSIDE Work done through collaboration historic with community Westside members, artists, and architects in 0 500' 750' 1000' multiple design charettes, and Concept then elaborated and Execution with a team Plan of 8 students
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