Aaron Brown
Donald Judd Oasis
Spring 2010
Prof. Hansjoerg Goeritz
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Situated in the high desert of Marfa, Texas the Judd Oasis is intended to serve as an archive of Donald Judd's material and a refuge from the Texas heat for designers.
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Taking advantage of the thermal benefits of the earth, the majority of the project is located below grade with only a few facades that are exposed to daylight.
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Drawing from the city's grid, the project incorporates this angle into not only the approach, but the overall procession through the site.​
Architecture
MoCCA
Spring 2011
Prof. Greg Spaw
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Located in the lower east side of Manhattan the Museum of Cartoon and Comedic Art is designed to house gallery spaces, a library, educational spaces, a theater, an auditorium, and a small retail space.
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Looking at the refinement of media and presentation of cartoon and comedic art throughout history, the building is designed to reflect this through reflect this gradient vertically. Materials and the amount of direct light allowed into the building were key to locating program which desired more or less direct light in order to protect artwork.
LEAP Collaborative
Fall 2011
Prof. Bill Martella / Lisa Hoskins
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Downtown Knoxville, Tennessee is the site for the LEAP Collaborative (Landscape, Engineering, Architecture, & Planning) firm's corporate headquarters. The building was a design integration project intended to be highly sustainable.
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Few people realize how labor intensive the process of designing and building a building is, with that in mind, the design process is located on the most public facade of the building. This creates a vertical design bar that maintains visual connection to floors above and below with the open stair. ​Samuel Mockbee once said, "Architects are by nature and pursuit, leaders and teachers." By utilizing available daylight, geothermal heat pumps, renewable energy production, and a combination of green and white roofs, the building becomes a teaching tool for the general public about the design and construction process.​
View of the front facade from the North.
Aerial View from western Delancey Street.
View of the front facade from the North.
The most public corner of the project. Viewed from Walnut Street and West Church Avenue.
Shot of green space with water collection pond.
Rear of the building, showing green space buffer for parking area.
The most public corner of the project. Viewed from Walnut Street and West Church Avenue.
Rendered site plan of L'Exode Secondary School in Fond-des-Blanc, Haiti. Architecture, interior design, and engineering students collaborated to create a successful design that provides a safe environment for children to learn.
First floor plan of dormitories.
Roof removed in order to show spatial organization.
Rendered site plan of L'Exode Secondary School in Fond-des-Blanc, Haiti. Architecture, interior design, and engineering students collaborated to create a successful design that provides a safe environment for children to learn.
Haiti UTK Projects
2011 - Present
Prof. John McRae
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Haiti UTK has provided several design solutions to the Haitian Christian Development Fund, which are in varying stages of completion.
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​In 2011 a collaboration of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, and engineering students successfully completed and delivered construction documents to Haiti for L'Exode Secondary School. Phase I of construction on the school opened its doors to students in September of 2012. ​
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Spring 2012 students worked on the design of a housing development for faculty of L'Exode Secondary School, Expatriate families, and Haitian citizens wishing to relocate to a developing rural community.
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The fall semester of 2012 brought the ability to design healthy and sustainable housing for Haiti. Design students collaborated with nursing graduate students and faculty to design housing that addressed the various factors that influence disease transmission.​