Jonathan Chambless Architecture+Design Porfolio

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Jonathan Chambless Architecture+Design Portfolio Selected works 2015-2017 Vol. 7

Jonathan Chambless Architect + Designer 5301 US Highway 35 S, Muncie, IN 47302 Jcchambless77@gmail.com (765).520.1532

Education

2017 - Ball State University College of Architecture & Planning BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in Architecture, Minor in Interior design

Experience

JUNE 2017-PRESENT - FULLER ARCHITECTURAL HARDWOODS DESIGNER+PROJECT MANAGER budget, Schedule, oversee, and document all aspects of specific projects relaitng to Architectural millwork and the production and fabrication of custom hardwood designs JANUARY 2017-MAY 2017 - College of Architecture & Planning FabLab - Laser Lab Attendant Assist students with laser cutters and 3d printers Providing insight to Aid production of physical models with broad understanding of various software and output parameters May 2016-September 2016 - U.S. Architects Architecture Intern provide support to lead architect with design, material selection, Systems integration, and preparation of construction documents and Specifications May 2014-Present - Tom Ray Construction LLC. Interior Remodel+Installer primarily residential kitchens and restrooms, Labor required knowlege of Rough construction and finish work including design and installation of varying materials and products

Exhibitions+Achievements 2016 - Co-founder and President Design Intelligence Guild @ College of Architecture 2015 - MKM & Acsa Steel design Competition 2nd Place, Form 15, Collaboration with Tyler Vankirk 2014 - IHLA Wood design Competition Top 20 Finalist, Indiana Hardwood History Museum

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES Rhino Grasshopper, Python, V-ray, T-splines, RhinoCam Autodesk Revit 2016, 123Dmake, Remake, Autocad, Inventor Adobe CS6 & CC Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, Acrobat Microsoft Office Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook Other Design software: Sketch-up, Maker-bot, ArcGis 10.4.1 Digital Fabrication Laser Cutting Makerbot 3d filament Printers Zcorp 3d Powder printers CNC Milling

Form 15

Intersection

de beleza

Adjacent

Negative

Studio 60

Form 15 - Arch 302 - Acsa Steel design Competition - Prof. Wes Janz & Prof. George Elvin - Collaboration With tyler vankirk Modularity in architecture commonly has mixed opinions within the design community. Some see it as a lack of innovation and monotony due to the replication of shape and form, whereas others may see it in terms of practicality and easy expandability. For this project, we wanted to challenge the concept of modularity in terms of program, form, and design.

In terms of program we aimed to find something that would commonly needed to be changed, expanded, manipulated, etc. and something that would benefit the culture of Vancouver. To increase the need for expansion of the program, we came up with the concept of an art college, where students become instructors in their final year of school or a potential year fellowship after graduating. Depending on the amount of students that would be returning as teachers, new classrooms and facility spaces would need to be easily added as well as other spaces for living, working, and recreation. The base module design is a biscribed truncated octahedron, after going through many different concepts, this one offered the most benefits both practically, aesthetically, and structurally.

The structure of the design is directly derived from the module itself made of steel tubing and is celebrated throughout the design. The open steel frame provides a frame work for community members to understand how the building can expand and adapt with the community. Navigating the outdoor areas within the design, the steel members not only act structurally, but aesthetically, as a radiant canopy of steel trees. The actual form of the building can be explained in three parts, perminate interior module space, open structural space, and complete void of both module and structure. the Vancouver College of Film and Design would serve as an example of the effective logic of modularity exhibiting how modules can act as a language of both easy expandability and innovative design.

The design required analysis of the schematic floor plans of each level to determine areas that overlay vertically for major circulation. The floor plan diagram to the right shows this complexity. the result of our analysis did not lead us to a clear and concise set of stairwells and elevators, but rather an intricate system that defines a meandering flow of moderate circulation paths. The program of a university provides logic for the circulation and adds to the on campus experience for the students.

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Similar to plumbing type connections, our structural system is made up of two different lengths of “rods” and two types of “joints”, one for modular unit connections and one for edge connections, seen here. using the biscribed truncated octahedron as a modular unit provided an excellent and simple structural steel framework concept.

Welding these system units together creates our intricate fractal design aesthetic that can be seen from all views, within and from a far, of our structure.

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Intersection - Arch 498 & arch 301 - Prof. Simon Bussiere & prof. Ana Debrea - What is beauty?

Intersection is about a moment in which two architectural concepts collide with each other. The surface-to-strucure methodology of design is the dominate concept focused on in this project. The mathematical proofs of villarceau circles, combined with common methods in 3d modeling, reveals these interesting intersections among multiple surfaces. Once the mathematical qualities are established, a triangulation of three surfaces are extracted from the torus. A ground plane is then introduced in which the structural Capabilities, surfaces, and surface sections are ALSO revealed.

Understanding the scale of the structure was the next portion of the design. The original thought was one of an airport terminal, however as the project developed the scale of the arch began to appeal towards a much more intimate scale that creates a smaller overall volume. Due to the new scale of the structure and the parametric formation of the structure, the product was given the appropriate name intersection, which immulates the ideas incorporated into the design and the feeling derived from the Terminal to the pavilion and finally to the treehouse space.

The torus is given implicitly as:

the set of points on circles of radius three around points on a circle of radius five in the xy plane: 0 = ( x2 + y2 + z2 + 16)2 – 100( x2 + y2 ) Slicing with the z = 0 plane produces two concentric circles: x2 + y2 = 22 and x2 + y2 = 82 Slicing with the x = 0, and or y = 0, plane produces two side-by-side or mirrored circles: (y − 5)2 + z2 = 32 and (y + 5)2 + z2 = 32

Two Villarceau circles can be produced by slicing with the plane 3x = 4z. One is centered at (0, +3, 0) and the

other at (0, −3, 0); both have radius five. They can be written in parametric form as: (x, y, z) = (4cos v, + 3 + 5sin v, 3cos v) and (x, y, z) = (4cos v, - 3 + 5sin v, 3cos v)

The slicing plane is chosen to be tangent to the torus while passing through its center. Iin the Diagram to the right, it is tangent at (16⁄5, 0, 12⁄5) and at (−16⁄5, 0, −12⁄5). The angle of slicing is uniquely Determined by the dimensions of the chosen torus, and rotating any one such plane around the central vertical axis gives all of the villarceau circles, being congruent each time, for that torus.

de belez - FCID 320 - Prof. Reza Amahdi -

The act of creating a piece of art can reveal to us the process in which we think and design. This piece, fashioned around the concepts, methodologies, designs, and projects of Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, expresses the idea of art and design working together in one notion. The design is based on the curved naturalism and structural capabilities that appears in Niemeyer’s explanations of his designs.

The chair is constructed using edge laminated walnut PLANKS, and PLYWOOD THAT CREATES a basic framework or skeleton for the main body of the chair. The individual pieces of the skeleton are CNC milled to shape, using edge cross-lap joints, and then glued and mechanically fastened together. The back piece is made up of layers of quarter inch PANELING and walnut veneer, laminated together in a pre-defined bow formwork.

“It is not the right angle that attracts me, nor the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. What attracts me is the free and sensual curve — the curve that I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuous course of its rivers....for My work is not about ‘form follows function,’ but ‘form follows beauty’”

- Oscar Niemeyer

Adjacent - Arch 314 - Prof. Dick Stafford - collaboration with Kyle miles & david Torres INSPIRATION DRIVEN FROM THE DESIRES OF OUR OWN DREAMS FUELS THE PRODUCTION OF THIS LAKESIDE VACATION HOME. WE ALL ASPIRE TO PROVE OUR SUCCESS BY THE THINGS WE aquire over our lifetime. HOWEVER, THIS seaonal HOME IS ABOUT THE PLACES WE ARE AND HOW WE USE SPACE accordingly. THE CONCEPT OF THE HOUSE WAS TO BE AN EMPTY SHELL DURRING THE DAY AND A GATHERING HUB THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT and to develop that concept with simple form finding operations.

THE GOAL FOR OUR GROUP WAS TO DESIGN A PLACE THAT HAD A STRONG feeling of CONnECTEDNESS TO NATURE. THE LOCATION, ADJACENT TO An accessible LAKEFRONT with excellent views to the surrounding nature, in combination with Operable partions and a remarkable amount of fenistration, give our secluded get-away the ability for the interior space to become exterior. geograpically local MATERIALS USED for the structural system and finishes ON THE INTERIOR, give the cabin that connectedness we disired. THE HOME PROVIDES A COMFORTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND AN EXCELLENT SOURCE FOR RELAXATION, escape, AND ENJOYMENT throughout a families short allowance for VACATIONs.

1 - Covered entry 2 - Dining area 3 - Walnut Stairs 4 - entertaining Kitchen 5 - Bathroom 6 - Main living space 7 - Master bedroom 8 - Operable partition wall 9 - thermally modified deck

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Negative - Arch 402 - Prof. Richard Tursky - Project 7: Light cement You are given:

-One candle.

-One pound of dry Rockite.

-One plastic cup.

-Four popsicle stir sticks.

You will need to supply:

-Mold release (vaseline or commercial mold release).

-Strong tape.

The task is to:

1. Design (initially through sketching and diagramming) and 3D print a separable mold for a

candlestick holder using a combination of scripted and explicit modeling in Rhino.

2. The overall form and surfaces may be explicitly modeled in Rhino, but Python scripting must be

used to create a variegated patterning on the surfaces that is integral to the overall design.

3. Using this mold, a Rockite cast will be made of the holder.

Constraints:

-The cast holder must hold the given candlestick such that it can burn normally it entire length.

-The mold must be made with a 3D printer to receive any points for this project.

-At most one pound (dry weight) of Rockite may be used to cast the holder.

-The holder can rest on a horizontal surface and/or hang on a vertical surface.

-Scripting for the surface patterning must be done using Python script in Rhino to receive any

points for this project.

Supplemental Reading:

Mark West’s Thinking with Matter

Rhino Python Script: #2D Array on a Surface import rhinoscriptsyntax as rs uInt = 10 vInt = 10 #Get surface srfGUID = rs.GetObject(‘select surface’, rs.filter.surface) #Get Point AttractPt1 = rs.GetObject(‘select attractor point1’, rs.filter.point) #Surface domain uDomain = rs.SurfaceDomain(srfGUID, 0) vDomain = rs.SurfaceDomain(srfGUID, 1) #Step uStep = (uDomain[1] - uDomain[0]) / uInt vStep = (vDomain[1] - vDomain[0]) / vInt for i in range(uInt + 1): for j in range(vInt + 1): u = uDomain[0] + uStep * i v = vDomain[0] + vStep * j point = rs.EvaluateSurface(srfGUID, u, v) points = rs.AddPoint(point) lines = rs.AddLine(points,AttractPt1) #rs.AddCylinder(AttractPt1,points,.125,True) rs.AddCone(AttractPt1,points,2,True)

filament 3d print negatives

filament 3D Print Positive

Concrete Pour Positive

Studio 60 - Arch 402 studio - Prof. Kevin Klinger - Loopholes SOMETIMES RULES AND REGULATIONS GET IN THE WAY OF DESIGN, ESPECIALLY IN ARCHITECTURE. IN THIS CASE , THE INITIAL PART OF THE studio PROJECT WAS MAKING PART OF OUR SPACE A PLACE TO RELAX. A FEW OF OUR STUDIO MATES BROUGHT IN SOME FURNITURE sparking IMMEDIATE RESPONSES from “the man” REQUIRING US TO REMOVE said furniture from the premises. this DROVE US TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDIO SPACES. AFTER MULTIPLE BACK AND FORTH EMAILS BETWEEN THE BUILDING MANAGER OF THE ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT and i, WE HAD TO CREATE FURNITURE CONFORMING TO THE BUILDING REGULATIONS. As 4th year architecture students, we understood the laws and building code reasons for not allowing the furniture, but we fought back anyways.

THEN THE ASSOCIATE DEAN AND THE CHAIR OF THE ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT APPROACHED US TO TAKE ON THE CONCEPT OF REDESIGNING THE STUDIO SPACES. MY APPROACH WAS TO TAKE ON THE DEFINING ATTRIBUTE OF ALL STUDIOS, THE INDIVIDUAL DESK. THE CONCEPT I CREATED WAS DEVELOPED WITH NOTIONS OF COLLABORATION ALONG WITH INDIVIDUAL ASPECTS OF A WORKSPACE.

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ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN

Jonathan Chambless 5301 US Highway 35 South, Muncie, Indiana, 47302 jcchambless@bsu.edu cell: (765)-520-1532

Jonathan was born October 24, 1994, to his parents Jeff and Kristi in the small town of Middletown, Indiana. He has two sisters and one brother, Katlynn, Jakob, and Kamille. Jonathan married his wonderful wife Cambry in May of 2014.

They are currently living in Muncie, Indiana where he is studying for an undergraduate degree in architecture at Ball State University. Jonathan has always loved creating, designing, engineering, and constructing anything he can get his hands on. He was also extremely interested and involved in sports throughout high school and plays basketball and volleyball in many leagues around the Muncie area. His strong-willed persona, competitive nature, and his open minded attitude extend through his ideas and theories about design into the composition of his work.

Jonathan is proficient in his ability to grasp new concepts and rapidly

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