CHRIS DUNN // Selected Works 2015

is a fifth-year student at the Tulane School of

Architecture in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is from

Charlotte, North Carolina, and is primarily interested

in how to properly connect architecture with its

predominantly urban context in order to create

more cohesive and more liveable cities. Recently,

he has also been excited about the possibilities

that parametric and algorithmic modelling offer

to designers, and hopes to utilize these tools in a

manner which may change their role in architecture.

CHRIS DUNN

CONTENTS 300 CANAL STREET

HARBOR ROW HOUSES

KLØVERMARKEN INDUSTRIAL SITE REDEVELOPMENT

JINTANG EXPANSION

NEW ORLEANS DANCE ACADEMY

SPIRAL ALGORITHM

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300 CANAL STREET // New Orleans, Louisiana, USA / 2014 / Mixed-Use High Rise

Mixing residences, offices, and retail spaces, this building is programmatically similar to New Orleans’ historic French Quarter fabric, condensed into a single 2,600 sq ft site. The tower thus emulates the successful French Quarter block typology’s organizational principles, allowing covered communal outdoor spaces to break up the mass of the building and bringing outdoor spaces within reach for all residents and visitors. Likewise, residences and offices are placed in close proximity to each other, allowing a re-interpretation the live-work scenario common to the French Quarter’s history.

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Penthouses

1 Bedroom Units

2 Bedroom Units Offices

Outdoor Spaces

Retail Space

Studio Units

300 CANAL STREET

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1// 2// 3//Uniform Distribution of Units Creation of Shared Outdoor Space Connective Circulation

French Quarter Block Tower Block

View of Outdoor Spaces

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12th Floor Plan1’ 5’ 10’

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View of Penthouse

View of Pool Deck

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Office Double Apt.

Single Apt.

300 CANAL STREET

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View of French Quarter at 95’

Physical Model

View of River at 75’ N

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HARBOR ROW HOUSES // Pakhuskay, Copenhagen, Denmark / 2013 / Single-Family, 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath

When applying the rowhouse to a floating setting, it is crucial that family lifestyles be maintained. This project therefore looks to take advantage of a second-level public access path in order to place family living spaces at the core of the building. With bedrooms and bathrooms separated by stairs, the family is left with a clean space for living and for entertaining guests.

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Student Room + Bathroom

Living Spaces + Kitchen

Boat Landing + Swimming Deck

Family Bedrooms + Bathroom

Roof Garden

Natural Light from SouthViews of Harbor

HARBOR ROW HOUSES

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Roof Garden

07Flexible Roof Space

Bedrooms + Bath

Balcony

Entry, Kitchen + Family Spaces

Student Bedroom + Bath

Boat Landing + Deck

Bridge across Harbor,With Bike Path and Sidewalk

Overview of Two Units

HARBOR ROW HOUSES

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View of Entry and Living Space

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KLØVERMARKEN INDUSTRIAL SITE REDEVELOPMENT // Kløvermarken, Copenhagen, Denmark / 2013 / Urban Plan + Sports and Community Center

On the island of Amager, an increasingly urban suburb of Copenhagen, sits Kløvermarken, a cluster of twenty-five sports fields. These fields lie just beyond a large industrial site, separating them from both Copenhagen and Amager itself. This project establishes paths through a redevelopment of the industrial site in order to connect Copenhagen and Amager with the fields of Kløvermarken. Mixed use buildings following the city’s courtyard paradigm are established on the site in order to help satisfy the city’s housing shortage and ensure the prolonged vitality of the area. Centrally-located is a Sports and Community Center built onto an existing pumping station. This Center will provide a vital social and activity hub for residents of the new community, and will act as a welcome center to new visitors.

Existing buildings in orange, and route carved into new urban mass

Definition of building masses and creation of public spaces

Sports Fields

Historic City Center

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Amager

Site

Map of Copenhagen showing connections to the site1 km

KLØVERMARKEN INDUSTRIAL SITE REDEVELOPMENT

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Mixed Use, High Commercial ActivityMixed Use, Some Commercial ActivityOfficesHousingCommunity + Sports Center

11 View of Sports and Community Center

View of Sports and Community CenterCarving Access to Existing Building Floor

KLØVERMARKEN INDUSTRIAL SITE REDEVELOPMENT

12View of Lounge + Entry to Café

Section through Theater and Lounge

Theater Lounge

1m 5m 10m

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Historic Jintang

Radial Grid Following River

Community Clusters, Parks + Waterways

Civic FunctionsCBD, Mixed Use, OfficesCultural Functions, Museum, BarsCommercial, Retail, Mixed UsePrimarily Residential Mixed Use

JINTANG EXPANSION / NEW URBAN QUARTER // Jintang, Sichuan, China / 2014 / Urban Plan

As a satellite town of the massive Chengdu, Jintang is poised for significant growth. The town seeks to establish a new dense urban quarter connecting its old city and riverfront areas to the new highway and universities across the river. This new quarter takes its grid from the river’s curvature, while also carving a new waterway park through the new center. The resulting series of park spaces connect the city’s various districts and neighborhoods both to each other and to the river, while also following district boundaries, increasing both pedestrian access and legibility.

Modern Jintang

Existing Universities

JINTANG EXPANSION

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View of Stadium Park

View above

3D Overview

NEW ORLEANS DANCE ACADEMY // New Orleans, Louisiana, USA / 2013 / Dance School with Performance Spaces

In creating a place which honors dance, public access to spaces of performance is critical. Additionally, an effective method of grouping and relating dance studios is imperative as students learn dance. The solution to both was found by establishing a circulatory pattern that meanders through the building in a manner which encourages chance encounters. Circulation therefore offers a multiplicity of routes between destinations in the building, but all are related in such a way as to invite occupants to join into the dance which the project seeks to celebrate.

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Public

Circulation

Massing

Service School

NEW ORLEANS DANCE ACADEMY

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NEW ORLEANS DANCE ACADEMY

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View of Entry to School

Facade Assembly

SPIRAL ALGORITHM // Modeling in Grasshopper / Lighting Fixture

Initially thought of as a filter for light, this project evolved into a spiral form that can be parametrically changed into an infinite number of configurations. This is constructed with a series of concentric, spiral-shaped masses (step 3 below) which are duplicated and rotated to provide structure and enclosure. The whole form is therefore simultaneously expressive of its tectonic construction, the light-altering curvature of its surfaces, and the nature of its physical fabrication.

19 Spiral used as lamp

1 // Spiral created 2 // Spiral copied, shifted 3 // Spirals lofted into one mass 4 // Spiral copied, mirrored 5 // Mass created for support 6 // Completed form

Photo of 3D Print

SPIRAL ALGORITHM

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Photo of 3D Print

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SPIRAL ALGORITHM

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