Jefferson Island Environmental Education Center
Fall 2020
Professor Cordula Roser
The mineral resources and natural beauty of Jefferson Island have led to a complex geological, economic, and cultural history. It is located above a salt dome and abandoned mine shaft and was partially formed by a massive sinkhole in a 1980 drilling disaster. Using Mies Van De Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie as a precedent, the proposal for this environmental education center was designed after researching, interpreting, and modeling of the site.
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cardboard topographic models
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concept sketches
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vegetation textures diagram
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topography, mineshaft, and salt dome
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site plan
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site section
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basement plan
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ground floor plan
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sections
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