JACLINE VARGAS
“Architecture is the thoughtful making of spaces. It is the creating of spaces that evoke a feeling of appropriate use.” - Kahn
Table of Contents
Professional Works
01. Session Gym - Commercial Design
02. 141 East 17th Street- Multistory Dwelling
03. 2o Charles Street- Single Family Home
04. Tiffany & Co - Commercial Design
05. Pool Canopies - Pool Design
06. 61-65 Newkirk Street- Multistory Dwelling
07. 16 Minetta Lane - Single Family Home
08. 136 Summit Avenue - Multistory Dwelling
09. Selma’s House - Design & Rehabilitation
10. Public School 105X - School Design (Addition)
11. Exterior Restoration - Various Project Types
12. Public School 224Q - Locker Room & Bathroom Upgrade
Academic Works
13. A Circular Economy for Haiti
14. Lehman College Dormitories
15. Harlem School of the Arts
16. Gaza Train Station & Plaza
17. Fort Tryon Cultural Center
18. Case Studies & Precedents
19. Additional & Extracurricular Works
20. Architectural Photography
Professional Works
Session Gym
98 South 4th Street
Brooklyn, NY
Sessions Gym is a small fitness center in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The design intent for this gym was to emphasize the materiality and create spaces that could be multi-functional. The open floor plan allowed us to achieve this multi-functional aspect and the small space provided a welcome challenge where we were able to get creative and push the boundaries.
Role: Lead Drafter and Assistant Project Manager Software: Vectorworks, Autocad, Sketchup
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3 Family Residence
141 East 17th Street
New York, NY
This 4 Story 3 Family home in Gramercy Park is a full gut renovation which was previously an artists home and studio as well as a bicycle shop on the ground floor. The building was completely redesigned on the interior, and this included minor demolition, new finishes, and a new 4th floor addition. This included a two bedroom apartment on the ground floor, a duplex on the front-most part of the building and a triplex on the back.
Single Family Townhouse
20 Charles Street
New York, NY
This townhouse in Greenwich Village is a redesign project of a 3 story single family home. The home included work on the basement and 1st to 3rd floor. This renovation included demolition of interior non-load bearing partitions, new kitchen, adjustments to the layouts on each floor, new finishes, new access stair on the rear yard and some minor structural work.
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TIffany & Co.
During my time as an intern at DS&F Architect P.C. I was able to work on multiple high-end commercial projects, such as Tiffany & Co and Hermes of Paris. The work shown here is specifically for Tiffany & Co. and this includes work on the storefront, signage, design development, store layout, developing standards and drafting construction details.
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Pool Canopies
765 N. Mountain Rd.
Gardiner, NY
These Pool Canopies in Gardiner NY, are part of a larger residential single family home and weekend retreat. The first phase of this project was to design and build the pool and canopies on the property, prior to building the family home. These structures are the first 3D printed forms of this scale in the U.S., and the project was developed as a design build between Kushner Studios and Dshape Enterprises. The project won many awards and mentions, among them the Architizer A+ Awards for 3d Printing and Design.
61-65 Newkirk Street
Jersey City, NJ
This 5 story new building development in Jersey City, NJ, is a residential multi-dwelling project which began in 2015. The design includes 2 and 3 bedroom apartments, balconies on the front-most part of the building, bicycle parking and a habitable rooftop with trellises and views to NYC.
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16 Minetta Lane
New York, NY
16 Minetta lane was originally a 3-story townhouse in Greenwich village; but most recently this project, which commenced in 2013, converted this building from a 3-story to a 5-story structure. It was designed as a family home for an architect, his wife and their twins. The building also houses two courtyard spaces, a basement designed for entertaining and a carriages house on the rear intended for guest use. The facade of this project is comprised of webbed steel pieces welded together and finished with glass. This provides ample light into the spaces and demonstrates the clear divide between the old and the new. The exterior is suppose to represent a more tree like earthly presence, with the use of wines wrapped on the steel and etched glass which mimic the cut bark of a tree. The estimated completion is due in summer of
136 Summit Avenue
Jersey City, NJ
This 9 story multi-dwelling project is a residential complex in Jersey City, New Jersey. The Design concept had to do with creating an exterior curved envelope on the northern side , which is oriented towards journal square and New York City.
The unique shape of the building created a number of different units within. The first floor of this new development has commercial spaces, a lobby and some recreational areas, while the rest if the building has parking on the cellar, and a habitable rooftop deck.
Selma’s House
Queens, NY
Selma’s House was the home of Selma Heraldo, close friend and neighbor of famed American jazz musician, Louis Armstrong. Before her death Selma donated her house to the Louis Armstrong House Museum, with the intent to provide an axillary space for the organization, and support the museum in its mission. The House is a typical wood-framed colonial home, once clad at the exterior with wood shingles but now in vinyl siding. CTA Architects was brought onto this project with the goal of adapting the interior of Selma’s House to suit the needs of the growing Louis Armstrong organization. This included localized exterior repair, the addition of ADA accessibility, minor interior renovation, and reconfiguring the existing kitchen to provide a food preparation space for catering purposes. Due to current code requirements for changing the use of the house from residential to office space, a sprinkler system had to be installed, and all of the exterior walls needed to be retrofitted with fireproof insulation. ADA accessibility was the biggest challenge because the public sidewalk is about 6’-6” below the finished first floor level. The project is currently in the bidding phase.
Public School 105X
Bronx, NY
The design for the addition at P.S. 105X is organized as a three-story bar building, with double-loaded end-lit corridors. It includes Kindergartens, Music & Art rooms at the first floor, and 1st thru 5th grade classrooms as well as Special Education classrooms at the second and third floor levels. Connection from the new addition to the existing building is provided at all levels. The lobby, located at grade, connects to the first-floor level by stair and elevator, and aligns with the existing building’s floor. The cafeteria at the basement is on grade and can be accessed from both the addition and the existing building and directly from the lobby. The mechanical rooms, custodian office, lockers and storage are located at the partially excavated cellar. The boiler room bulkhead provides an accessible connection to the existing building’s top floor, and a rooftop playground was proposed to be included atop the cafeteria.
Exterior Restoration
New York, NY
As part of the work at CTA Architects, I was involved in numerous exterior restoration projects which included scope of work such as: Masonry/Stone Repairs, Shelf Angle and Lintel Replacement, Waterproofing and Roof Replacements, Sill Replacement, Terracotta Restoration, Sound Testing, Curtain Wall and Glass Repairs, Balcony Repairs, Parapet Rebuilding, Probing, and Local Law Façade Inspections. Shown herein are three distinct projects where exterior restoration took place, including one school and two residential buildings.
Roles & Responsibilities: Façade Inspections; Sound Testing; Drafting Field Reports; Construction Drawings and Specification Documents; Detailing; Construction Administration; City Approvals; Bidding; Communicating and Coordinating with Clients, Contractors, Consultants and Manufacturers; Review of shop drawings, Submittals, and RFIs; Performing Punch List Walkthroughs and close-out tasks.
Public School 224
Queens, NY
Public School 224Q, located in Queens NY, required a redesign/upgrade of their existing locker rooms and bathrooms. This area of work currently serves the school’s existing recreational swimming pool. Therefore the scope of work for this locker room and bathroom upgrade consisted of the following: selective demolition and removals of interior non-load bearing partitions, removals of existing fixtures and equipment, removals of finishes, installation of new walls to accommodate the propsed layout, installation of new equipment and bathroom accessories, installation of new finishes, installation of new fixtures, installation of new furnishings, and an MEP upgrade to include new plumbing, mechanical and electrical systems.
Academic Works
A Circular Economy
For Haiti- Fonds Parisian
The goal of this 8 week project was to provide a master-plan for a site in Haiti that would layout local infrastructural services, such as sanitation, water, energy, improved agriculture, and aid in economic development. The site developed was adjacent to Quisqueya Natural Park on Lake Azuéi in Fonds Parisian and included an Eco-industrial park, Eco-tourism facilities and settlements for local people.
This student project was designed and completed under the purview of professor Hilary Brown in the Masters of Sustainability in the Urban Environment Program.
Lehman College Dormitories
After exploring sectional relationships of ground throughout the Lehman College campus, it was concluded that the most important sectional shifts are used as student gathering areas. These sectional differences allow the students to adopt a specific area as communal and this proved to be an interesting attribute of Lehman College.
Keeping this in mind I decided to place the proposal for new dormitories on the Northeastern side of the sports field, next to the Library. This area is unused but can serve as a major campus link, in-terms of movement and can allow for new programs based of student life.
This area has major changes in ground elevation similar to the rest of the campus and this is another key reason to place the dormitories in this area, so to adopt some of those interesting sectional differences that create student interactivity.
Master-planning Scheme
Prompt: How can reorganizing the southern part
Rotatethefield
CreateaPlaza AddParkingSpaces
Description:
Scheme A is based off of the idea to activate the southern end of the campus.
The approach was to propose a division of spaces within the south which includes an upper plaza level that comes off of the main path, that can contain program underneath and looks over to a lower level plaza.
The arrangement also includes dormitories which can be Arranged in order to create communal spaces
Dorm A+B:
# Of Units: 40
# Of Beds: 80
# Of Floors: 3
Sq. Footage: 11,475
Additional Programs: Communal Bathrooms, Lounge, And Front desk area
Dorm C:
# Of Units: 100
# Of Beds: 200
# Of Floors: 3
Sq. Footage: 26,760
Additional Programs: Communal Bathrooms, Lounge, and Front desk area
Harlem School of The Arts
The design concept for this redesign of The Harlem School of the Arts, focused on inward-facing volumes that create Interlocking programs. An open central space encourages Social interactions, while the facade and circulation emphasize interactions between the interior and the exterior.
This 3rd year architecture school project was developed as a Collaborative effort with the students of the art school providing their input at every turn, given that they were our Clients this helped develop a better understanding of how
Gaza Strip Market Habitats &
Welcome Center
Our design intent was to use this axis perpendicular to the “All Mans Land” as a tool for the way Gaza city and Israel can grow. The main idea behind it Was to emphasize the idea of production, distribution and consumption. Keeping in mind traditions of open air markets which exist in this area of Gaza which is Khan Younis, We decided to create communal areas/ nodes where important features come together. These plazas or “Incubators” hold important programs such as: educational centers, water treatment and research facilities, food processing facilities
Fort Tryon Cultural Center
The primary goal of this project is to create a cultural and recreational public space. The building is to function as a binding agent between park and residential. To provide more growth to the community in the areas of arts, sports (health), and the environment. The main idea of this exploration can be summed up in two words.; Community outreach. Reaching out to the community and allowing them to learn, gather and be active, with the end goal of enhancing the surrounding environment, people and culture.
With the importance of the park and the areas history it became clear that the building should also function as a visitors center that would hold all the information on the park and the community. The site is located in one of NYC’s highest peaks. The importance of the slope allowed for the development of a concept, which spoke to the many changes in elevation, and thus having the community inhabit these different planes of public function.
SITE LOCATION: USA, NEW YORK, MANHATTAN, INWOOD (COMMUNITY DISTRICT 12)
THE SELECTION OF THE SITE FOR THE CENTER WAS BASED OFF FINDING A LOCATION UNIQUE WITHIN THE CITY THAT WAS FLOURISHED WITH COMMUNITY ACTIVITY AND HAD ROOM FOR GROWTH.
SITE INFO/FACTS - INWOOD, MANHATTAN Demographics, Park Facts, & Community Center Locations
DEMOGRAPHICS
NYC POPULATION: 8.4 MILLION
INWOOD POPULATION: 190,000
NYC PARKS FACTS CONT’D
-THERE ARE 29,000 ACRES OF PARK INCLUDING PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, THIS COVERS 14% OF THE CITY.
-CENTRAL PARK IS 843 ACRES
NYC PARKS FACTS
-27% OF SPACE IN NEW YORK IS OPEN SPACE.
-COMMUNITY DISTRICT 12 / INWOOD HAS 600 ACRES OF PARKLAND FORT TRYON PARK IS ONLY 67 ACRES
-FORT TRYON PARK WAS BUILT BY FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED JR. SON O F THE ARCHITECT OF CENTRAL PARK, IN 1935 AFTER BEING GIFTED TO THE CITY BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IN 1917
1000 PLAYGROUNDS
800 ATHLETIC FIELDS
17 NATURE CENTERS
14 MILES OF BEACH 13 GOLF COURSES
Case Studies & Precedents
The following projects were case studies and precedents which were investigated prior to the start of other academic projects whilst I attended my undergraduate architecture program. These series of case studies involved drawing, drafting, model making, research, collaging, and diagramming as tools of investigation and methods of understanding concept, form and constructibility.
Some of these precedents included, but are not limited to: The Underground Spa by Carmody and Groarke as seen to the right, the double house by MVRDV, Villa La Roche by Le Corbusier, and Bornhuetter Hall by Ltl Architects.
Underground Spa/Swimming Pool, Carmody & Groarke
Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Weiss Manfredi
Bornhuetter Hall, Ltl Architects
Double House, MVRDV
Villa La Roche, Le Corbusier
Additional & Extracurricular Works
The following projects are additional and extracurricular works completed during and prior to my undergraduate degree in architecture. The projects include abstract models which represent path, place and threshold, as well as a collection of drawings, 2D ink Design, work with plaster cement, collage, massing models, site models and photography.
Architectural Photography
The following images are representations of how I see architecture through the lens of my camera. The photographs are a collection of dark room (Film), black and white photography and digital color Photography.
