Jacqueline A. McDowell M.Arch
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FAITHcollective M.Arch Thesis Project 2014
Parasitic Farm Group Project 2014
Open Block Housing Project 2013
Torrey Pines High school Theater Performance Arts Project 2013
182 Memorial Library Library Renovation Project 2012
Interests Beyond Architecture Volunteer Projects
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[email protected] (509) 680-1651Jacqueline McDowell
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2FAITHcollective: The Esperanza Chapel Complex
Location: El Colegio la Esperanza, Tijuana, MX
Materials: Cast-in-place concrete shell forms, Wood, Stained glass, Tile
Program: Chapel Hall, Meditation Space, Religions Library, Office
Project Area: 10,160 sqft
Project Description: Faithcollective became an interfaith chapel set on the campus of El Colegio la Esperanza, which utilizes local building practices to create a community space centered around permaculture and the sensitivity of the site. First and foremost the chapel complex furthered the schools goal of multi-cultural cross pollination of ideas, practices and values expressed through the arts. El Colegio la Esperanzas existing architecture was designed by James Hubbell, a San Diego artist, whose iconic design embraces organic forms and intimate spaces. Many of the design decisions are a reflection of his tutelage. The space within captures a flexibility needed to accommodate various religious practices while offering a place of solitude to those who seek inner reflection.
Project Work Flow: On-site data gathering, interviews, case studies, internet research, Library research, Rhino5 modeling, V-Ray rendering, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
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New FAITHcollective Religions Center
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Out-door Amphitheater
Edible GardenBathrooms/Storage
Bathrooms
Playground
Out-door OvensClassroom/Dance Studio
Classroom/Kitchen
Native Plant Garden
New Visitor Parking
Sports/Event Area
Site Plan
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Chapel Space
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The main floor houses all of the programmatic spaces including the rest rooms, office and library. It also includes the larger areas dedicated to worship and meditation.
A central water feature located by the library becomes and an extension of the library as well as a gathering area for visitors. It also adds a sensory element to the nearby meditation area.
The Chapel space can be configured to any event, religious or non-religious.
Balcony Level
Balcony level has an entrance from the main car turnaround for the school. This also offers views inside the building from an elevated platform.
As the structure encroaches into the nearby sports field to the south it creates a series of shaded alcoves for outdoor events.
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Rain Garden Detail
Central hub that captures rain water and diverts it to the inner garden.
Planter diameter: 4 Planter depth: 2
Low vegetation: succulents
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Exterior Tree Planter Detail
Exterior hub that supports the spokes of arches from the two center supports. Anchors into the hillside to help retain soil and prevent erosion. The trees soften the bright white building and help provide cool shade for visitors.
Planter diameter: 4 5 Planter depth: Uninhibited
High vegetation: Catalina Iron Wood, drought tolerant, evergreen tree. Native to southern California.
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Parasitic Farm: Urban in-fill Generator
Project Partners: Sara Gross, Jackie McDowell
Location: 430 4th Ave, San Diego, CA 92103
Materials: Steel, Wood, Green Roof
Program: Classroom, Prep Kitchen, Caretaker Living Quarters, Planting Beds, Chicken Coop, Goat Pen and Bee Hives
Project Area: 10,430 sqft
Project Description: The Parasitic Farm project is about reintroducing urban San Diego with its heritage of rural farming culture. This elevated farm provides nutritious alternatives to the residents of the Gas Lamp district and offers classes on home gardening for the public, and schools.
Project Work Flow: On-site data gathering, internet research, library research, Rhino 5 modeling, Revit layout design, V-Ray rendering, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
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KitchenRestrooms
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Studio Emergency
Stairs
Planting Space
Bee Hives
Flower Beds
Emergency Stairs
Composting Bins
Animal Bedding
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KitchenRestrooms
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Studio Emergency
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Bee Hives
Flower Beds
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Animal Bedding
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Woodchipsand
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KitchenRestrooms
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Flower Beds
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Horton Grand Theater
Mixed Use Condo Complex
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Floor plan layout by Sara Gross and Jackie McDowell
Schematic details of structure; modeled with Rhino by Jackie McDowell
Goat and Chicken Pen Rendering; rendered with V-Ray for Rhino by Jackie McDowell and Photoshoped by Sara Gross.
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OPENblock: Mixed Use
Location: Clairemont Town Square 4821 Clairemont Dr, San Diego, CA 92117
Materials: Steel, Wood, Concrete, Glass
Program: First floor commercial space, apartments, condos
Project Area: 26,984 sqft
Project Description: This project began as an in-fill exercise, urbanizing the shopping mall area of Clairemont Mesa. The mixed use condo/ apartments create a vertical solution to suburban sprawl. Each unit has a private outdoor space and promotes use of a large shared courtyard with the neighboring buildings. Views and light were carefully crafted into the building with a wood fin facade shading the south and expansive windows to the north.
Project Work Flow: On-site data gathering, case studies, internet research, Rhino 5 modeling, V-Ray rendering, Photoshop, Illustrator
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Architect: Sheppard Robson
Location: Madrid, Spain
Client: Empresa Municipal De La Vivienda y Suelo
Contractor: Prasi
Project Year: 2006
Project Area: 7,600 sqm
This building was meant to explore sustainable design and human comfort. In doing so each resident has a view to interior courtyards and surrounding public parks. The Louvre system unies the building visually and allows the residents to con-trol their environment directly by adjusting the large blinds. This allows for con-trol over incoming light and wind. Also the louvres provide privacy when needed. Each apartment has a balcony just inside the louvre system. Because the balco-nies are masked by the grid it adds to the translucency of the building envelope.
Architect: BLK2 Architekten
Location: Caamacherreihe 16, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
Client: CR sechzehn Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG, Germany
Project Team: Peter Lehmann, Martin Sieckmann, Annette Niethammer, Michaela Bluhm, Michael Gutena, Hannes Beinho
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 41.387 sqm (35.216 sqm oce / 6.171 sqm residential
The CR 16 oce and residential building has a dynamic sculptural facade, indicating the two roles it plays within the city. Glass and anodized brass create an austere high rise feeling set into a back-ground of subtle horizontal slats which ground and soften glare of glass. Inside is the biggest surprise where pockets of green trees and sky are tucked away for residents to relax in nature.
Architect: LAN Architecture
Location: Paris, France
Client: RIVP
Project Leaders: Sebastian Niemann, Venezia Ferret
Project Year: 2007
Project Area: 3,950 sqm
The public realm and private realm are separated by dierent materialities. Facing the street is a dark slate brick and the internal courtyard consists of vertical larch louvers. Puncturing the solid building are openings that allow for verti-cal circulation while also allowing light and air into the interior courtyard. The exterior circulation now becomes a space dened and developed by residents. Ground Floor 5th Floor
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Interior Light and Air
Building Material and Translucency
Integration of Exterior Green Space for Residents
Passive Cooling Technology
Clairemont Mesa Shop-ping center.
In ll existing parking lots to create an urban environment.
Reshape the concept of traditional city skylines to promote views and breeze ways.
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Jackie McDowellVertical Studio 2013OPENblock Mitra Kanaani
The ultimate goal of this project is to transition from purely suburban horizontal living into a dense vertical space. A key factor is still maintaining a private outdoor area for every unit.
Opening up the ground level allows light and air into the semi-public courtyard.
While puncturing the form allows access to the interior courtyard, also softening the SW corner of the building mimics the natural path of foot trac.
This further draws people to the small business ground oor with an inviting shade over hang, protected from the street.
Opening up the ground level allows light and air into the semi-public courtyard.
While puncturing the form allows access to the interior courtyard, it also softens the SW corner of the building and mimics the natural path of foot traffic.This further draws people into the small business ground floor with an inviting shade overhang, protected from the street traffic.
Visible Vertical Circulation
Interior Light and Air
Building Material and Translucence
Integration of Exterior Green Space for Residents
Passive Cooling Tech.
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Architect: Sheppard Robson
Location: Madrid, Spain
Client: Empresa Municipal De La Vivienda y Suelo
Contractor: Prasi
Project Year: 2006
Project Area: 7,600 sqm
This building was meant to explore sustainable design and human comfort. In doing so each resident has a view to interior courtyards and surrounding public parks. The Louvre system unies the building visually and allows the residents to con-trol their environment directly by adjusting the large blinds. This allows for con-trol over incoming light and wind. Also the louvres provide privacy when needed. Each apartment has a balcony just inside the louvre system. Because the balco-nies are masked by the grid it adds to the translucency of the building envelope.
Architect: BLK2 Architekten
Location: Caamacherreihe 16, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
Client: CR sechzehn Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG, Germany
Project Team: Peter Lehmann, Martin Sieckmann, Annette Niethammer, Michaela Bluhm, Michael Gutena, Hannes Beinho
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 41.387 sqm (35.216 sqm oce / 6.171 sqm residential
The CR 16 oce and residential building has a dynamic sculptural facade, indicating the two roles it plays within the city. Glass and anodized brass create an austere high rise feeling set into a back-ground of subtle horizontal slats which ground and soften glare of glass. Inside is the biggest surprise where pockets of green trees and sky are tucked away for residents to relax in nature.
Architect: LAN Architecture
Location: Paris, France
Client: RIVP
Project Leaders: Sebastian Niemann, Venezia Ferret
Project Year: 2007
Project Area: 3,950 sqm
The public realm and private realm are separated by dierent materialities. Facing the street is a dark slate brick and the internal courtyard consists of vertical larch louvers. Puncturing the solid building are openings that allow for verti-cal circulation while also allowing light and air into the interior courtyard. The exterior circulation now becomes a space dened and developed by residents. Ground Floor 5th Floor
5th Floor
9th Floor
Ground Floor
Evening Sun
Visible Vertical
Circulation
Natural Interior Light
Building Translucency
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Transit Development Corridor Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
Clarinet Mesa Blvd.
Genesse Ave.
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Visible Vertical Circulation
Interior Light and Air
Building Material and Translucency
Integration of Exterior Green Space for Residents
Passive Cooling Technology
Clairemont Mesa Shop-ping center.
In ll existing parking lots to create an urban environment.
Reshape the concept of traditional city skylines to promote views and breeze ways.
FORM
STRUCTURE
MATERIAL
PROGRAM
AMBITION
Jackie McDowellVertical Studio 2013OPENblock Mitra Kanaani
The ultimate goal of this project is to transition from purely suburban horizontal living into a dense vertical space. A key factor is still maintaining a private outdoor area for every unit.
Opening up the ground level allows light and air into the semi-public courtyard.
While puncturing the form allows access to the interior courtyard, also softening the SW corner of the building mimics the natural path of foot trac.
This further draws people to the small business ground oor with an inviting shade over hang, protected from the street.
Architect: Sheppard Robson
Location: Madrid, Spain
Client: Empresa Municipal De La Vivienda y Suelo
Contractor: Prasi
Project Year: 2006
Project Area: 7,600 sqm
This building was meant to explore sustainable design and human comfort. In doing so each resident has a view to interior courtyards and surrounding public parks. The Louvre system unies the building visually and allows the residents to con-trol their environment directly by adjusting the large blinds. This allows for con-trol over incoming light and wind. Also the louvres provide privacy when needed. Each apartment has a balcony just inside the louvre system. Because the balco-nies are masked by the grid it adds to the translucency of the building envelope.
Architect: BLK2 Architekten
Location: Caamacherreihe 16, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
Client: CR sechzehn Hamburg GmbH & Co.KG, Germany
Project Team: Peter Lehmann, Martin Sieckmann, Annette Niethammer, Michaela Bluhm, Michael Gutena, Hannes Beinho
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 41.387 sqm (35.216 sqm oce / 6.171 sqm residential
The CR 16 oce and residential building has a dynamic sculptural facade, indicating the two roles it plays within the city. Glass and anodized brass create an austere high rise feeling set into a back-ground of subtle horizontal slats which ground and soften glare of glass. Inside is the biggest surprise where pockets of green trees and sky are tucked away for residents to relax in nature.
Architect: LAN Architecture
Location: Paris, France
Client: RIVP
Project Leaders: Sebastian Niemann, Venezia Ferret
Project Year: 2007
Project Area: 3,950 sqm
The public realm and private realm are separated by dierent materialities. Facing the street is a dark slate brick and the internal courtyard consists of vertical larch louvers. Puncturing the solid building are openings that allow for verti-cal circulation while also allowing light and air into the interior courtyard. The exterior circulation now becomes a space dened and developed by residents. Ground Floor 5th Floor
5th Floor
9th Floor
Ground Floor
Evening Sun
Visible Vertical
Circulation
Natural Interior Light
Building Translucency
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dies
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Transit Development Corridor Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
Clarinet Mesa Blvd.
Genesse Ave.
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NW Wind
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5
Visible Vertical Circulation
Interior Light and Air
Building Material and Translucency
Integration of Exterior Green Space for Residents
Passive Cooling Technology
Clairemont Mesa Shop-ping center.
In ll existing parking lots to create an urban environment.
Reshape the concept of traditional city skylines to promote views and breeze ways.
FORM
STRUCTURE
MATERIAL
PROGRAM
AMBITION
Jackie McDowellVertical Studio 2013OPENblock Mitra Kanaani
The ultimate goal of this project is to transition from purely suburban horizontal living into a dense vertical space. A key factor is still maintaining a private outdoor area for every unit.
Opening up the ground level allows light and air into the semi-public courtyard.
While puncturing the form allows access to the interior courtyard, also softening the SW corner of the building mimics the natural path of foot trac.
This further draws people to the small business ground oor with an inviting shade over hang, protected from the street.
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Torrey Pines High school Theater: Performance Arts Project
Location: 3710 Del Mar Heights Rd, San Diego, CA 92130
Materials: Glulam Beams, Glass block, CMU
Program: Band room, Choir room, Orchestra room, Dance studio, Lobby, Outdoor classroom, Auditorium, Stage, Black box theater, Fabrication shop, Mechanical space, A/V room
Project Area: 39,175sqft
Project Description: Torrey Pines High school was looking to renovate and expand their performance arts departments. The iconic architecture of the existing campus includes large glulam beams with repeating horizontal CMU blocks. The performing arts complex builds on that iconography by duplicating the outdoor circulation on a grand scale, create outdoor classroom/performing spaces and utilizes similar materials. Glass block is a new addition to the palette of Torrey Pines, this brings transparency to the otherwise solid CMU walls throughout. All of the public entrances and facilities are identified by the glass block walls.
Project Work Flow: On-site data gathering, case studies, internet research, Rhino 5 modeling, V-Ray rendering, Photoshop, Illustrator
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The exterior circulation connects all of the programed spaces. Band and orchestra have direct access to the black box and back of stage, making it easy to move large equipment.
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182 Memorial Library: Library Renovation Project
Location: North Park Library3795 31st St, San Diego, CA 92104
Materials: Glulam, Wood, Concrete, Glass
Program: Childrens Books, Memorial, Circulation desk, Staff area, Storage, Main Book stacks, Auditorium, Media area, Computer lab.
Project Area: 10,955 sqft
Project Description: In 1978 North Park was subject to a terrible air plane crash, the wounds of which have never quite healed. In a minimal attempt the public placed a small plaque and tree in remembrance of the incident near the North Park Library. This project presents a more sophisticated approach to memorial architecture. The way we learn and retain information is changing, and the public needs an adapted facility to nurture and memorialise our future and past.
Project Work Flow: On-site data gathering, internet research, interviews, Rhino 5 modeling, V-Ray rendering, Photoshop, Illustrator
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At the center of the remodel, a depression in the floor correlates with a bubble in the roof. This area signifies the memorial, an element coming from the air, and the impact it has on the ground.
The expansion of the Library continues up over the existing parking lot, a ramp and stepped theater seating creates a lounge area perfect for lectures.
Floating above the parking lot, the computer lab and technology center is light and airy, perfect for study.
The column/roof support/bookshelf is adjustable and can be varied on the set grid.
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Pacific Rim Park
Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Materials: Concrete, Brick, Tile, Flagstone, Earth, Planting
Program: Public Park, vista point for Pacific Ocean
Project Area: 1,200 sqft
Project Description: James Hubbell and Kyle Bergman lead a revolutionary organization called Pacific Rim Parks. The organization seeks to bring together all of the countries that share the Pacific Ocean by uniting them with peace parks. All of the public parks are built by a select few students from each country represented. I was chosen as one of two students from the U.S. to participate in June-August of 2013. Students learn how to group design, survey, tie rebar, build concrete forms and many other skills. During the 30 day intensive workshop students explore, design and build a complete park. The experience built leadership, patience and skills I apply in my daily life.
Project Work Flow: On-site data gathering, cultural observation, team design, drawing, modeling, building.
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Chollas Creek Crossing
Location: Encanto, San Diego CA
Materials: Steel, Wood, Concrete, Urbanite, Decomposed Granite, Earth, Planting
Program: Temporary Gathering Space, Chollas Creek restoration project
Project Area: 38,560 sqft
Project Description: The Civic Innovation Lab of San Diego partnered with the community to restore and revitalize a derelict strip of land along the Chollas Creek in Encanto. Ilisa Goldman was the project lead and coordinator, under her I helped direct community design meetings, gathered data, created site plans and details. The project broke ground June 26th with an intense four day volunteer work weekend. During that time I was a team captain heading the layout, execution and finishing of the large urbanite gathering space and pathways. Following the four day build there will be many volunteer groups finishing and maintaining the site. Project Work Flow: On-site data gathering, community input meetings, community design charrettes, hand sketching, AutoCAD drafting, Sketchup 3D, building.