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Jacob R. Wimmer B.S. Architecture + German Minor | University of Michigan
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning | 2012231.758.4182
Mixed use Residential & Community Work SpaceDequindre Cut, Detroit, MIDecember 2011Third Semester StudioInstructor: Tsz NG
In Detroit, grassroots movements are altering the terrain of the city. An exodus away from Detroit, be-ginning in the 1950s has diminished the population from almost two million people to less than seven hundred thousand. What’s left is a feral landscape, overgrown and wild. There is no hope that the city can maintain and preserve this land for the remain-ing Detroiters, and any new development is but a pipe dream. Grassroots movements, however, have a chance. People in Detroit are taking things into their own hands, reclaiming land for commu-nities, often in ways that seem legally impossible. Inspired by community movements such as the Lower East Side Action Project or Roosevelt Park, the hackerspace at the Dequindre Cut is a resource center for creating outdoor spaces and greenways. Tool and equipment sets are deployable through mobile shipping containers. The project reflects the idea of adaptive systems and opportunistic reuse back onto the grid of the city. ¬The building itself is a machine – a hackable infrastructure. Residential shipping container modules move into, out of, and within the grid. The grid is opportunistic in its inher-ent real estate and outwardly communicates itself through the façade. The system is temporal and adapts to an immediate need for space. Perma-nent shared amenities spaces are distributed within the grid – allowing for a flexibility of living styles and short term visitors to have access to spaces they may not have in a typical hostel.
Hacking Detroit
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Volumes are modulated by three incisions, proportional horizontal and vertical translation and a single rota-tion
1. cut 2. expand 3. establish grid 4. move in grid 5. rotate
DETROIT
TORONTO
CHICAGO
COLUMBUSINDEANAPOLIS
PITTSBURGH
LANSINGGRAND RAPIDS
ANN ARBOR
LONDON
WATERLOO
HAMILTON
KALAMAZOO
SOUTH BEND
FORT WAYNE
DAYTON
MILWAUKEE
DES MOINES
MINNEAPOLIS
MADISON
DAVENPORT
CHAMPAIGN
IOWA CITY
APPLETON
BUFFALO
HACKERSPACES
DETROIT
belle Isle
Proposed/planned
Existing
highland parkhamtramck
corktown
HACKERSPACE.PUBLIC INTERACTION
HACKERSPACE
RESIDENTIAL.HACKERSPACE
RESIDENTIAL.HACKERSPACE
RESIDENTIAL.HACKERSPACE
RESIDENTIAL.HACKERSPACE
RESIDENTIAL.HACKERSPACE
RESIDENTIAL.HACKERSPACE
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plan 00
portable bike workshop
Workshop Bike Shop
Resource Center
Reception
Utilities
Presentation/Meeting
Utilities
Presentation/Meetingdn
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portable bike workshop
Workshop Bike Shop
Resource Center
Reception
Utilities
Presentation/Meeting
Utilities
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plan 01
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In Detroit, the incapacity of the government is actually an advantage in many cases. It’s possible to do things there. There’s not much chance a strong city government could really turn the place around, but it could stop the grass roots revival in its tracks.
-Aaron M. Renn
Grosse Pointe Public Library10 Kercheval Avenue
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
architect: Marcel Breuer
constructed: 1953
A.004
Plan - Floor 2Drawn by: Jacob Wimmer
Scale: 1’=1/8”
Storage Book Chute
O�ces Director’s O�ce
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Sta� Break RoomMeeting Room/O�cesFan Room
Sta�
Server Room
Book Elevator
Open to Reading Room Below
16’0’
25'-11 3/8" 20'-2" 20'-5" 20'-5" 20'-3 1/2" 21'-6" 21'-0 1/4" 6'-4 1/4"
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Second Floor Plan & RenderingsNovember 2010First Semester Construction CourseInstructor: Lars Graebner
10 Kercheval Ave. Grosse Pointe Farms, MIArchitect: Marcel BreuerYear Built: 1953
This study is part of a construction project by first year students, the goal being to produce an extensive document set. Plans, sections, wall sections, elevations, structural axons, mechanical and electrical, and renderings were all produced in a highly collaborative fashion and were constructed from measurements and documentation made during a site visit. The two drawings on these pages are part of my contribution to the project. The fate of the library has been in question for some years; there has been talk of tearing it down or building an addition to complement the existing structure.
Grosse Pointe Public Library
left page from right, clockwise:portrait; mixed mediastill life, pencil on paperstill life, conte crayonblock carving; black ink
right page: self portrait, acrylic paint
Artwork
District LibraryDetroit, MIApril 2011Second Semester StudioInstructor: Sean Vance
A library on this site is caught between two districts that represent two important and conflicting aspects of Detroit – both its struggle and vibrancy; to the north lays a busy and vibrant commercial strip and to the south a distressed residential district undergo-ing redevelopment. To meet the demands of the site, the library must negotiate the energy and ten-sion of the site. The library seeks to create a place of rest at this high energy intersection. The form pulls up away from the corner and elevates itself just above street level so that library users are afforded elevat-ed panoramic vantage points of the streets while being cradled in the protective shell. Frosted glass on the east and north facades allows light to fill the space and acts as semi-barrier to the street. The library protects its contents in an almost introverted way, yet is social and inviting. Dividing the form into four breaks open the space, creating visual interac-tion between program as well as exterior access points for after hour functions. One section of the building contains public meeting spaces, a kitchen for staff and public use, and a large open area for yoga, tai-chi, other physical “wellness” activities, or larger public meetings. This park reclaims concrete rubble from the proposed parking lot site to serve as seating for performances on the rear porch as well as interactive landscaping.
Fractured Upheaval
from Martin Luther King Blvd
entry from Woodward Ave. outdoor stage & park
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orient to MLK Blvd.
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KeyVacantNonresidential Occupied
Residential Occupied
CommercialHospital Campus
11 Myrtle St
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Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard
Woodw
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ground plan
plan +01
plan +02
northwest stacks - model photograph southwest stacks - model photograph
view into lobby from northwest stacks
Call Main() Sub Main() Dim x, y, yshift, xmult, xshift, lum, invlum Dim dblA, dblB, dblStep ‘Dim j, w, arrJRW, arrJRW2 Dim base10 Dim patternjrw dblA = 0.0 dblB = 40.0 dblStep = 0.1 For Base10= 0 To 10 Step 1 yshift= Base10*2.5 xmult= 1+Base10/10 xshift= Base10*1.5 lum= Base10*50 invlum= 500/(Base10+0.001) Rhino.CurrentLayer(Rhino.AddLayer(Base10))
For x = dblA To dblB Step dblStep y = 0.35*Sin(2*x)+1.25
patternjrw= Rhino.AddCircle3Pt(Array(x,y+yshift,0), Array(x*xmult,-y+yshift,0), Array(x+y+xshift, 0+yshift, 0)) Next
Woven Gradients through Rhino Script
Call Main() Sub Main() Dim x, y, yshift, xmult, xshift, lum, invlum Dim dblA, dblB, dblStep ‘Dim j, w, arrJRW, arrJRW2 Dim base10 Dim patternjrw dblA = 0.0 dblB = 40.0 dblStep = 0.1 For Base10= 0 To 10 Step 1 yshift= Base10*2.5 xmult= 1+Base10/10 xshift= Base10*1.5 lum= Base10*50 invlum= 500/(Base10+0.001) Rhino.CurrentLayer(Rhino.AddLayer(Base10))
For x = dblA To dblB Step dblStep y = 0.35*Sin(2*x)+1.25
patternjrw= Rhino.AddCircle3Pt(Array(x,y+yshift,0), Array(x*xmult,-y+yshift,0), Array(x+y+xshift, 0+yshift, 0)) Next
The photos stitched together were taken less than a
mile from my home in northern Michigan. The com-
position depicts a westward lookout at a small nature
preserve where you can see the sunset over Lake Mich-
igan and Lake Charlevoix. The lakes are foregrounded
by the woods, valleys, and swamps that I grew up in,
my “stomping grounds” as my father would say, and
as a child this was my playground. Later on I would run
hunt, camp, fish, and hike these places. In many ways
I became who I am simply by walking these woods.
This image has come to represent my own personal
narrative as youth and also that of northern Michigan’s
relaxed culture, one engrained with qualities of its land-
cape. The narrative and relationship between a person
and place is important, and I believe wholeheartedly
that the opportunity to create and frame these rela-
tionships exists within architecture; an architecture that
considers its context and inhabitants as integral to its
own nature. I hope to study these architectural pos-
sibilities in the coming years and throughout my life. This
place is my point of departure and my hope is that it
influence stays with me for any project I may work on.
“Torches Mauve”, above, by Franz Kline serrved as the precedent for a series of iterations concluding in the final project of this portfolio
books are protected from direct sunlightdiffuse light enters space through central corelight enters two reading spaces through light wells
Underground Reading Space
daylight study in bookshelves from 9AM to 4PM october light
lighting effects
lighting effects
architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light- Le Corbusier
The painting Torches Mauve, by Franz Kline, relates foreground to background by cutting a silhouette to view a negative space behind. By mapping cuts and wrapping them around volumes, new spaces can be projected into 3 dimensions. A continuous cut wrapped around a volume creates dynamic interactive space.
Cast Rockite Model
December 2010Construction 1Instructor: Lars Graebner
Invisible Cities, by Ital Calvino, describes one city by breaking it down into single experiences. Each experience shows an aspect of the greater city, Venice, which may be indiscernible when viewing the city as a whole.
The lectern supporting Invisible Cities is comprised of eleven parts, each one different then its brothers. These individuals slide together at glueless joints to form a single more complex figure. It can be taken apart and reassembled.
Lectern
Part 1
Part 2
Part 5
Part 8
Part 9
Part 11
Part 10
Part 4
Part 6
Part 7
Part 3
Part 1
Part 2
Part 5
Part 8
Part 9
Part 11
Part 10
Part 4
Part 6
Part 7
Part 3
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*Glue Together
Part 1
Radial Arm SawBand Saw
Part 5
Band Saw
Part 8
Radial Arm Saw
Part 2
Radial Arm SawBand Saw
Part 6
Band Saw
Part 9
Radial Arm Saw Glue
Part 3
Radial Arm SawBand Saw
Part 7
Band Saw
Part 10
Radial Arm Saw
Part 4
Radial Arm SawBand Saw
Part 11
Band Saw
Ypsilanti, MIDecember 2010First Semester StudioInstructor: Tony Patterson
The landscape that surrounds Depot Town is brought through the alleyway and up onto the Cross Street façade. The project interlaces built form and natural form, solid and void, interior and exterior. Large openings on the north and south act as lanterns at night allowing the internal life of the building to be communicated to the exterior. The ground level contains a large social space open to the street and the alleyway, as well as a small café to continue the vitality found along Cross Street. All of the primary program spaces are combined on the sloping/tiered second level. Typical function of this space is reading room with integrated book storage and study spaces organized along a mezzanine, while occasionally shifting in function to a theater space.
Library + Theater
Though there are a number of ways to travel between landscape/streetscape, there are two thresholds that stand out as main avenues. One site is where the Tridge and Cross Street meet, a rather abrupt transition from river scenery to concrete.
The other is the alleyway from Cross Street to the Freight House. Lined with trees, benches, and a poetic drinking fountain, the alleyway is a pleasant transitional space, with a view of the freight house afforded from Cross Street.
form and light study models
Transitional Space
I N F I L LPROJECT
site
Landscape streetscape
Library + Theater Space
Library & Theater Space
Lobby Space
every man’s work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself-Samuel Butler