JULES RENAUD
M.Arch Student
Based in Los Angeles
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01
CORVALLIS RESIDENCE
A transformative remodel from a modest ranch house to an environmentally-focused “forever home”.
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02
BROOKLYN STREET ADU
Fully designed, permitted and constructed by myself and two childhood friends.
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03
MCKENZIE RIVER CABIN
A simple countryside getaway resting by a roaring river.
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04
DOROTHY CHANDLER PAVILION RENOVATION
Reimagining Los Angeles’ opera house to actively engage the public.
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05
SANTA ANA MARKETPLACE
A modern twist on Le Corbusier’s “Marseille Housing Block”.
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06
COVERED PATIO EXTENSION
An airy extension that faithfully replicates the design language of an existing Passive House.
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07
CAL POLY EXPANSION BUILDING
A new Cal Poly Pomona School of Architecture building focused on massing and orientation.
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08
SHOU SUGI BAN PERGOLA
Clad with hand-charred yakisugi (a Japanese method of wood preservation).
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09
WASHINGTON STREET HOUSE
An environmentally-driven design that compactly fits onto a residential site with an existing house.
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10
CALTECH LABS
Laboratory and residence spaces within a series of stainless steel scallops.
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11
INFLATABLE INSTALLATIONS
An homage to Ant Farm. A portable polyethylene space for overnight campouts and parties.
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12
KURUVUNGA VILLAGE SPRINGS ENTRANCE
A series of pergolas that create a celebratory entryway for a historic Tongvar freshwater spring.
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13
PORTABLE CLASSROOMS
Twelve classrooms as cheap and quick as possible.
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14
RECYCLED RAIN JACKETS
Repurposing plastic bags into wearable jacket designs.
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07 CAL POLY EXPANSION BUILDING
Project Type | Academic Assignment
Location | Pomona, California
Size | 110,000 SF
Year | 2023
Course | Spring Semester Studio
Instructor | Garet AmmermanAbout | This proposal for a new Cal Poly Pomona School of Architecture building in downtown Pomona focuses on massing and orientation. To accomplish this design, the pre-designed structure must be slightly modified. The tower is rotated 90 degrees to an east-west orientation for three reasons - better lighting and environmental control, shading the plinth’s rooftop on a greater number of days, and the minimization of the building’s scale at the main pedestrian entrance.
The massing pulls vertical strips from the bas relief, bundles them, and orients them vertically and horizontally to create a tower and plinth. This practice is inspired from the painted patterns on the nearby School of Arts and Enterprise. The volumetric design starts to fray towards the building’s top. The project works to respect the adjacent African American Advisory Building much as possible. The plinth is cut away to create a ground floor plaza where visitors can view the existing mural of Karl Benjamin.
Programmatically, the plinth is arranged to prioritize access to public spaces, with both the lobby and cafe acting as nexus points. The cafe serves as an informal entrance, with easy access to the eastern outdoor plaza near the Karl Benjamin mural. Deeper inside, the lobby directs visitors to galleries and lecture halls, with the model shop and fab lab tucked away in the back. Circulation between floors four through twelve is focused on intensive interconnectedness between each student’s studio space within a private sphere - circulation within the plinth is designed to welcome the public.