JedidiahGordon-Moran

P O R T F O L I O

03 Masters work19 Bachelors work23 Workshops &

Building

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Master’s thesis, 2011

Proposing a new model for the

Marsa Open Centre

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AN ACCOMMODATION AND COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS IN MALTA

U sing an the existing Marsa Open Centre starting point, with all its inherent issues and opportunities, I developed

a new model of an open centre that grew directly from the needs of the occupants and provided opportunities for their transition into society.

My proposal for the Marsa Open Centre embodied a move from an architecture of fear, dependency, and isolation to an architecture of community, participation, and transition.

A flexible structural system in conjunction with an overall scheme that supported important new and existing centers enabled the new Marsa Centre to grow or contract in response to a very real situation: fluctuations in migration to Malta.

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Exisiting condition in October, 2010500 - 1000 asylum seekers

Asylum seeker population holds steady; development of existing community facilities

Construction begins for new, larger community facilities and outdoor public space

Increase in asylum seeker population due to “Arab Spring” uprisings >> redistribution of resources into rapid construction of additional housing; development of community spaces temporarily scaled-back

Decrease in asylum seeker population due to resettlement programmes >> resources focussed on development of large community facilities to be shared with host community

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{ Possible development scenarios }

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Top: Long section through community centreBottom: Cross sections through community centre spaces

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Top: Site view of new housing and outdoor marketplaceBottom, L-R: Interior library - infill options - external walkway

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Exploded axonometric detail: Community centre construction> Use of existing material flows and local

fabrication techniques

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Exploded axonometric detail:Housing and marketplace construction > Small, lightweight components increase

flexibility and opportunities for self-building

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P L A N / B R I D G E C O M M U N I T Y C E N T R E

MULTIFAITH ROOM

IT TERRACES

READING ROOM

CLASS/MEETING ROOMS

COUNSELLING OFFICE

BELOW1 Workshops2 Mul t ipurpose hal l3 C lassrooms/ent rance4 Restaurant

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S I T E P L A N

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S E C T I O N A - A

Prevailing wind

Cooler, fresh outdoor airHot, stale indoor air

Excess ra inwater (notcol lected by roof)

fabr icat ion 50 m

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const ruct ion

Macrophyte pond >settling

Constructed wetland>cleaning

Gabion embankment>filtering

NATURAL RUNOFF MANAGEMENT AND BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS >>

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HEALING GROUNDAn urban

market farm in Sarajevo

Masters year 1, 2010

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HEALING GROUND

REINTERPRETING AND RECONNECTING PUBLIC SPACE IN SARAJEVO

T he existing Markale Produce Market in Sarajevo, site of one of the worst civilian massacres during the Bosnian War, became

the basis for a community market-farm.

A combined cooperative market and farm offered the potential for psychological and physical healing through the re-connection to productive land, environment, food systems, and ideas of provenance.

The components included:

> A rooftop farm with terraces and raised beds to grow crops and flowers to be sold in the market.> A solar greenhouse that contained aquaponic units in order to provide fresh fish and vegetables in an integrated closed loop system for sale in the market.> A chicken house attached to the greenhouse that provided a renewable source of heat as well as eggs and poultry for the market.

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HEALING GROUND

Chicken house Aquaponics Rooftop farm Drainage + water storage> rainwater collected for irrigation during dry spells

Thermal mass wall> assists in temperature regulation of greenhouse

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HEALING GROUND

BachelorWorkshops

Design-build

OTHER PROJECTS

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CIV IC SPACE: THE HALIFAX-DARTMOUTH FERRY TERMINAL AND CAMERA OBSCURA | 2009

A final-year studio project that explored the connections between urban public space, city infrastructure, and a building program through the design of a significant public

building on the Halifax Harbour.

The main programmatic elements were a ferry terminal and an observation tower with a camera obscura. The project investigated ideas of extending the public space to the roof of the ferry terminal and shifting perspectives of the city and harbour.

B A C H E L O RP R O J E C T S

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{ Hydrostone community performing arts centre | 2008 }

B A C H E L O RP R O J E C T S

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B A C H E L O RP R O J E C T S

{ Container House | 2008 }

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W O R K S H O P S

MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR: A WORKSHOP WITH GUEST PROF . MARK BURRY , RMIT & C ITA | 2010

A workshop that developed tools and strategies for the fabrication of a light-weight, materially efficient reciprocal

beam structure for an exhibition by the Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA) and RMIT at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture.

Tools employed: Maya, Grasshopper, Rhinoceros, physical modeling and prototyping

8-BIT BEHAVIOURS: EXPLORING THE ARCHITECTURAL POTENTIALS OF TIME-BASED, SPATIAL AND MATERIAL TRANSFORM | 2010

T his collaborative workshop with students and professors from the Bartlett School of Architecture included:

> Introduction to and experimentation with general concepts of physical computing.> Exploration and invention of synergies and complementaries that can be constructed between the digital and the material.

Tools employed: Processing, Arduino, physical modeling and prototyping

W O V E N W O O D : D E S I G N I N G F O R M A T E R I A L PERFORMANCE | 2009

T his workshop explored the intersection between digital design strategies and designing for material performance.

Working with woven wood structures, hybrid materials, and parametric digital design tools, students investigated how self-bracing wood structures can lead to new structural systems.

Tools employed: Grasshopper, Rhinoceros, physical modeling and prototyping

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