Stitchwork An UrbAniSt’S Portfolio

JAqUAShA colón

2016

There is no logic that can be superimposed on the city; people make it, and it is to them, not buildings, that we must fit our plans. -Jane Jacobs

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North Carolina State University

Jaquasha Colón

Education

ExpEriEncE

North Carolina State University 2017Master of Landscape Architecture;

University of North Carolina at Charlotte 2015Master of Urban Design; 3.83

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 2014Bachelor of Sciences of Architectural Studies;Magna Cum Laude

Teaching Assistant; Urban Design Fall StudioUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte08/2015 - 12/2015• Assisted professor in preparing maps and materials for studio projects• Gave tutorials for students in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign to assist in project production• Balanced graduate class schedule while being available to assist other graduate students in design problems

Research Assistant; Center City Building LabUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte08/2014 - 05/2015• Worked on independently assigned research with outside organizations• Assisted other research staff with project while consistently managing primary assignment• Collaborated with professor, research partner, and client to deliver quality work that fit the needs of the client

SkillS

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Master PlanningSite AnalysisSite GradingLoose SketchingHand and Digital Rendering Hand and Digital Drafting

Research ConductionPublic SpeakingProject or Research PresentingForm Based Code WritingAdobe PhotoshopAdobe Illustrator

Adobe InDesignSketchUpAutodesk RevitAuto CADArcGISMicrosoft Office Suite

Zoning Policy ReformTransit ConnectivityNeighborhood RevitalizationHistoric PreservationQuality of Life Analysis

Future Scenario Design StrategiesImproving DiversityTransit Oriented DesignIncreasing Bicycle CommutingWalkable Communities

Community Involved DesignForm Based Code DesignSocially Responsible DesignPassive and Active Sustainable Design

HonorS

u r b a n d E S i g n l a n d S c a p E a r c H i t E c t u r E

Award for Outstanding Service to the Program 2015 Masters of Urban Design Program Press Mention in Charlotte Observer Article August 18, 2015 “UNCC students imagine urban landscape projects to reduce sprawl”

jccolon@ncsu.edujaquasha.colon@gmail.com

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c o n t e n t S

I. Resumé ...........3

II. Landscape Architecture ...........4i. North Ridge Elementary ...........6

III. Urban Design ...........10ii. Hines ...........12iii. Food Desert Analysis ...........14iv. University City ...........16v. Eco2o Proposal ...........20

IV. Architecture ...........24vi. Cascades Park ...........26vii. Gallie Alley ...........27

viii. NOLA Project ...........28

V. Photography ...........30ix. Seattle ...........32x. Brazil ...........33

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In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create but by what we refuse to destroy.-John Sawhill

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LAndScAPe ArchitectUre

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North Ridge Elementary School is an existing mid-century built school nestled in the North Ridge community of North Raleigh. It is currently looking to be updated by Wake County and the local LS3P architectural firm who are working together with the current principal on a new plan. In teams combining architecture and landscape architecture, students worked together to create whole site plans that addressed the needs of the school and Wake County School Board standards and initiatives. Shown here are existing site pictures, audio analysis, final renderings, and final diagrams.

Designed in collaboration with Arlene Gillman of the NCSU Masters of Landscape Architecture Graduate Program and Allyssa Holland and Amanda Wyrick of the NCSU Bachelors of Architecture Undergraduate Program

NORTH RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:A cooPerAtive ProJect with the firSt YeAr MlA StUdio And third YeAr bArch StUdio At ncSU

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Urbanism works when it creates a journey as desirable as the destination.-Paul Goldberger

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UrbAn deSign

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The main goal of the Second Line – Second Life project was to bridge the gaps between a blighted community, an advancing medical district, and an incoming greenway project that connected to the French Quarter. The concept relied heavily on merging these separate forces into one contemporary, cohesive fabric that melded with the flavor of historic New Orleans. Features of project include a pedestrian promenade, a neighborhood plaza entrance, and a museum dedicated to the history of the neighborhood and adjacent cemetery. Shown here are conceptual diagrams, phasing diagrams, perspectives, and the master planDesigned in collaboration with Alicia Foreman, Ojah Vasser, Gaoxin Wang, and Kyle Wyatt, graduates of the UNCC Masters of Urban Design Program

SECOND LINE, SECOND LIFE:bUilding An Active coMMUnitY

A deSign for the 2015 Uli hineS coMPetition

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The intent of this GIS data driven study was to compare previously identified food deserts in Mecklenburg County to existing farmers’ markets and community gardens. Assuming that each garden or market would have a service area of one mile, it changes the boundary of areas with no access to fresh produce. Using the local zoning codes, vacant parcels owned by the municipalities of proper size for markets and gardens were identified as suitable sites within the identified food desert areas. This study needs further research to measure these sites against soil quality layers, neighborhood patterns, and future zoning, as well as on the ground community involvement.

FILLING THE GAPSA giS bASed StUdY of food deSertS in MecklenbUrg coUntY And how freSh ProdUce cAn be better Provided for low incoMe reSidentS.

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The University Research Park and Innovation Research Park are two neighboring office parks located 6 miles out of Charlotte’s city center. In a project to designed increase the connectivity, livability, and walkability the University City area, a greenway was defined and connected, a gridded road network was super imposed, parking lots were converted into buildings, and plazas and pocket parks were added into the built space. A form-based code was created for this district under the guidance of professors David Walters (RIBA, APA, ULI) and Scott Curry (AICP, CNUa).Designed in Collaboration with Ojah Vasser, graduate of the UNCC Masters of Urban Design Program

UNIVERSITY CITY PROJECTStUdio ProJect coMMiSSioned bY the UniverSitY citY PArtnerS to creAte A new AreA PlAn. thiS iS intended to be A 2050 bUild oUt.

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This project is a regional plan to be implement at specific nodes within Vargens, a largely rural area with single-family homes and favelas, or informal slum communities. The criteria for choosing the location of the nodes were the presence of a favela, connection to a waterway, and proximity to different levels of flooding. The levels of flooding directly correlate to the type of residential density and building construction. The focus of this proposal is to focus of social justice, sustainability, and resilience and includes built and spatial components that support these notions.Shown here are contextual diagrams, process and conceptual diagrams at regional and nodal scales, the master plan, an aerial perspective, and phasing diagrams.

ECO2O : RIO 2100An ecologicAl And econoMicAl StrAtegY for A flooding environMent for the Uncc SUMMer StUdY AbroAd ProgrAM

Designed in Collaboration with Alicia Foreman, graduate of the UNCC Masters of Urban Design Program, Noel Sumrall of the UNCC Latin American Studies Program, along with international cohorts Camila Medeiros and Erika Pereira, graduate students from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio

21MASter PlAn, AxonoMetric, PhASing diAgrAMS

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In the full version of the project, the high and low density zones are called out to show the variety in housing and open space types within the design. The low density zone functions as a rural neighborhood of one to four story residential buildings. As these zones have the highest risks of flooding, the buildings and open spaces are intended to adapt and remain fully functional even in the area’s rainy months. These typologies include buildings on silts, permeable platforms, or floating platforms and community gardens, recreational areas, floodable plazas, and a large central farm space.

Shown here are the master plan, related diagrams, perspectives, and sections.

EC020low denSitY Zone PlAn

MASter PlAn And diAgrAMS

Designed in Collaboration with Alicia Foreman, graduate of the UNCC Masters of Urban Design Program, Noel Sumrall of the UNCC Latin American Studies Program, along with international cohorts Camila Medeiros and Erika Pereira, graduate students from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio

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Street Section Courtyard Section

Community Farmland Perspective Community Courtyard PerspectiveGreenway through Marshland Perspective

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We shapeour buildings;thereafter they shape us.-Winston Churchill

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ArchitectUre

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Recently, the city of Tallahassee opened the popular Cascade Park. The park rests on the founding spot for the city and is located just outside of downtown, between two historic neighborhoods, and at the end of the new FAMU Way, a beautified street running along the northern edge of the university. The Solid Sound Steel Bridge is intended to be an interactive connection piece. The form itself mimics sound waves radiating out from the stage and the steel slacks function as habitable xylophone; when struck, each slack vibrates to emit a note. Shown here are persepectives and a site plan of the amphitheater.

SOLID SOUND STEEL BRIDGEA Charette Project For Cascade Park

Tallahassee, Florida

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Directly across from Tallahassee’s capital buildings is an historic block group that contains Gallie Alley, named for the historic Gallie Hotel located there. The Gallie Alley Mixed Use Building is a proposal for not only a new building but a renovation of the back alley space for more community use. The plan features stage and vender space in the form of gazebos in the alley space, commercial space for a full service restaurant, a café, a bookstore, a small retail vender on the first and second floors, four apartments on the top two floors, and a public rooftop terrace. Shown here are before and after site plans, elevations, and a perspective.

GALLIE ALLEY MIXED USE BUILDINGAn Infill Project for Downtown Tallahassee

Tallahassee, Florida

Site Plan 1/8” = 1’ 0”

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Right outside of the famed French Quarter of New Orleans is the lesser known Sugar and Spice District. Much of the site is currently large parking lots with a few historic buildings sitting alone in odd places. Working with a team of design students, a programmed master plan was created that included an art museum, residential towers, a culinary school, and a luxury hotel. The luxury hotel is the component shown here. It features a public restaurant, conference spaces, a gym, an outdoor plaza, a small vender component, and faces the park areas. Much of the rooms are have balconies that are behind a screen wall that wraps the building to shelter it from day light. Shown here are an aerial perspective, a site master plan, elevations, plans, and rendered perspectives.

SUGAR DISTRICT LUXORY HOTELA Fourth Year Level Final Project

New Orleans, Louisian

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Photography is an art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with way you see them. -Winston Churchill

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Art & PhotogrAPhY

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33RIO DE JANEIRO & SAO PAOLOSUMMER 2015