James C. Hardt Selected Works 2015 - 2019
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The Post Digital Garden Taxonomy of Volumes
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Alter Forum Expanding the typology of Museums
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CraftHouse A manifestation of the Industrial Factory
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Houston HyperInfrastructure Exploration into High Speed Transit
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Genesis Object as Building
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The Post Digital Garden _ Taxonomy of Volumes ARCH 205 _ Fall 2016 Indexicality Studio _ TAMU Instructor: Gabriel Esquivel
Floor One
Architecture today is entering a postdigital era. As the next generation of aspiring Architects, it is our task to define what this world will be. The possibilities are endless. This project is a speculative building centered in the complex and disorganized urban environment of Houston. The structure will serve as a flagship store for Issey Miyake in the Houston Galleria Area. The form was created through the combination of two separate studies: one of a twentieth century house through the process of “indexing�, and the other a transgression of surface logic based on the clothing line of Issey Miyake. Having created two separate objects, the logics were combined to create a resulting urban garden. A scattered reality in this Post-Digital world. The field surrounding the building produces many ways of approach to the entrance, all demanding further exploration of the site. Upon entry, the inserted volumes redefine the operations of each floor and the wayfinding of each. This garden and structure begin to challenge the notion of program and site context. The result is a beatification and insertion into the complex urban fabric of the Galleria.
Floor Three
Floor Seven
Perspective Render
Longitudinal Section
Interior of Auditorium
Transgression
Original Precedent
Dress Precedent
Surface Logic One
Surface Logic Two
Dress Precedent
Surface Logic Three
Surface Logic Four
Axonometric Render
Collection One
Collection Two
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Alter Forum _ Expanding the typology of Museums NonArchitecture _ Summer 2017 Competition: “Showing” Collaborator: Hannah L. Terry
Birds - Eye View
Who decides what is preserved and heralded? The building which houses a museum’s archive is a physical manifestation of its ideology. By consciously overturning the typical enclosed form, we can introduce a system of inclusivity and interaction. Alter Forum presents an alternative approach to socially ingrained notions of the museum typology. It resists institutionalized pyramidal relations between curators of museums’ content and the public. A work of architecture never exists apart from the social fabric, and our structure is only the bones of a cultural landmark, only being completed over time as the public sculpts and presents its identity. The open air museum is a reflection of the open invitation to create, and the ground, walls, platforms, and voids all serve as canvases and containers for expression. With use of the paint dispensary system, which is integrated into the structure, the ability to create is not limited by the access to medium. No piece, motif, or commentary is off limits, but public opinion decides the lifetime of any exhibition. This new typology opens avenues of connection with art, in which any piece can occupy, and where no place is off limits
City View
Close - Up
Axon. Drawing
Perspective Render
Interior Mural Render
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CraftHouse _ A manifestation of the Ind. Factory ARCH 305 _ Fall 2017 Study Abroad Studio _ BAC Instructor: Miquel R. & Marta O. Collaborator: Hannah L. Terry
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Sub Floor
The CraftHouse is centered inside Barcelona’s old city. This thick urban tissue is crowded with hard opaque buildings that hide all activity within their walls. The structure strives to provide transparency to this closed tissue. It provides both a space to work and to build or craft. Every component that resides within the glass shell is prefabricated. Thus making construction and assembly easy, but also allowing for large open spaces to be rearranged to every specific need. These spaces achieved by a series of stacking truss systems. During the industrial revolution, large, open floor, monster factories were born left and right, but since then these factories have needed a face lift and have been demolished by tourism and retail. The CraftHouse produces the 21st century factory made to be used by humans and their community. The result is a flagship for industrial revitalization and development in regards to construction and economics.
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Perspective Render
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POLY CARBONATE SEMI-TRANSPARENT
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POLYCARBONATE STEEL SUPPORTS STEEL STRUCTURE TRITAN PLASTIC CONCRETE CORRUGATED STEEL GLASS STEEL ATTACHMENTS ACOUSTIC POLYSTYRENE
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0.03m SHGC 0.24 TRITAN PLASTIC
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0.06m SHGC 0.10 CORIAN
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TRITAN PLASTIC
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Open Floorplan + Workstations + Limited Columns POD FLOOR
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Materials & Assembly
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Transverse Section 1:100
Night-Time Elevation
TRUSS STACKING
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Workshop Perspective
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Houston HyperInfrastructure _ Exploration into High Speed Transit Corgan Inc. _ Summer 2018 Internal Office Competition Collaborator: Anna C. , Rueben P. , Paul M. , Sutton J.
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The proposal for the new high-speed rail and masterplan intends to address certain questions about Houston and Texas scale transport and urbanity. As a city stitched together by both small and large scale urban organizations (i.e. The Woodlands suburb, or Grand Parkway), the project uses landscape to stitch together programs that have the potential of transforming this area of Houston into a new transportation hub that houses both new entrepreneurs, established corporations, old and new families, existing and emerging cultures and social behaviors, and visitors from all over Texas. Through a sensitive approach to community and optimistic vision for transportation, slippages of landscape carry pedestrians, vehicles, and trains to different edges of the site the house said programs. In the interest of constructing a station that has longterm permanence, a series of extended surfaces protect passengers from the elements and give the impression of being outside while in fact being inside. Sheltered from the elements, yet moving fast to the next destination.
Pedestrian Drop-Off Roads Highway
Circulation
Transportation Community Office / Center Commercial Residential Industrial
Zoning Map
Perspective Render
Cutaway Drawing
High Speed Rail Station
Local Rail Station
View of Park and Market
Interior of Marketplace
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Genesis _ Object as Building ARCH 405 _ Fall 2018 Integrated Studio _ TAMU Instructor: Koichiro Aitani Collaborator: Nicholas G. Houser Roof Plan
Centered in the heart of downtown Dallas is Genesis, a multi-use commercial and cultural object. This structure follows a streak of cultural objects in this region. The project serves as a catalyst to connect the Winspear Opera House, the DMA, the Nasher, and the Perot all to Klyde Warren Park, in order to form a hub of activity in this district. The program of this object consists of seven floors of a contemporary museum, which will house a permanent collection with seasonal exhibits circulating through. Tied to the museum are two commercial entities. These entities serve to justify economic development of this site and bring amenities with rentable space to the Klyde Warren area. In order to tie Klyde Warren to our site, a pedestrian bridge spans the road way allowing for pedestrians to move across the space. Upon entry into the object, the viewer is taken along a path up through the building. The path is a contrast between permanent exhibitions housed in the large volumes inserted into the facade and the seasonal exhibitions housed in the interstitial spaces. This precession justifies the placements of the volumes in contrast to the generic floor slab exhibition spaces as it gives the viewer only one path to follow.
Volumes Axon.
Figure Ground
Perspective Render
North Elevation
East Elevation
South Elevation
West Elevation
Second Level
Third Level
Fourth Level
Hotel and Office Levels
Fifth Level
Sixth Level
Additional Plans
Typ. HSS Steel Joint HSS Steel Section Site Cast Two-Way Slab
Typ. Office Furniture Typ. Meeting Space Typ. Office Flooring
Typ. Plumbing Typ. HVAC System Typ. Drop Ceiling
Electrical Wiring Fire Sprinkler System Site Cast Concrete Column
Epoxy Coated Expo. Flooring Typ. Double Insulated Glazing Typ. Aluminum Mullions
Typ. Cast-in-place Rebar Site Cast Bearing Concrete Wall Metal Sun - Shading Screen
Transverse Section
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Mural Installation
Birth of Venus 2030
Interior Panoramic
Longitudinal Section
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Skeleton Axon.
Model Images
Structural Detail Section 1
ROOF DETAIL 1. Perforated Metal Skin 2. Water Proof Membrane 3. Drain With Grate 4. Tapered Insulation 5. Vapor Barrier 6. Grey Water Run-off return
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Cut extended back 15’
FRAMING DETAIL
7. Metal cross bracing 8. Metal Stud Spaced 16” o.c. 9. Insulation between Volume and 10. Wood 2x4 for future hanging
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mass to regulate separate Climates 12
75’ - LEVEL 6
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SPACE FRAME DETAIL
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Formed W-Section for Space Frame System Fiberglass Modular Panel Off site bolted connection Pin joint On site Bolted Conection Formed W section Steel Rib for Lateral Support
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Temporary Exhibition Level
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60’ - LEVEL 5 CONNECTION DETAIL
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Welded plate onto precast plate in concrete column Bolted connection into welded plate W-section Louvres into mechanical room
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Mechanical Room Sevicing Upper Museum levels 21
SKIN DETAIL
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Welded connection Steel Angle Hss Square Section Perforated Metal Skin Aluminum Extrusion
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Sheetrock Insulation Metal Stud
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Rolled steel panels W-Section Rib for Monocoque System
Special Devised system that allows for the insertion of the large volumes into the concrete bay system. The Acceptor is a series of custom steel braces that holds the spaceframe and monocoque systems.
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45’ - LEVEL 4
WALL DETAIL
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Administrative Offices for Museum
MONOCOQUE DETAIL
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30’ - LEVEL 3 WINDOW DETAIL
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Exterior Flashing Weather resistant barrier Drip plane Insulation Metal Stud Frame Triple Glazing
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CEILING DETAIL
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Gypsum Panels Multipanel Carrier Hanger Duct
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Earth Monolith Pour
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38 Administrative Offices for Building Managers
SITE DETAIL
15’ - LEVEL 2
SPECIAL DETAIL
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Shear Wall to help brace large Monocoque Volume Gusset Plates For Stabalizing Composite Acceptor Support
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Rebar Rods Rebar Links Site Cast Concrete 2 Way Slab
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Rebar Rods Rebar Links Site Cast Concrete Large Rebar Rods for 1 way slabs
FLOOR DETAIL
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FOUNDATION DETAIL
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Lobby for all building employees 44
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1’ -GROUND LEVEL
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Parking Level -1 & Special Service areas
Structural Section -15’ - PARKING LEVEL -1
James C. Hardt College Station, Texas + 1.512.966.5282 james@texashardts.com
SKILLS Leadership
_ Competition Collabaration, Directing Organizations _ Instructing Workshops, Selection Committies
Software: Modeling
_ AutoCAD, Grasshopper, Maya, Revit, Rhino, T-splines
Software: Visualization
_ Adobe Suite, Keyshot, Maxwell, Octane, Substance, Vray
Fabrication
_ Carpentry, Laser Cutting, Working Plexiglass, 3DPrinting
EDUCATION Texas A&M University
Bachlors of Environmental Design - Class 2019 Minor Study in Urban & Regional Planning
Barcelona Architecture Center Study Aboard Program - Fall 2017
ASSOCIATIONS Axiom Editor-in-Chief : AIAS
August 2018 - Present _ Leading a team for the curation and print of a student work publication.
Mentorship Program : AIAS
January 2018 - Present _ Helped start the mentor program, where I now mentor six lower classman students.
Student Ambassador : C.O.A EMPLOYMENT TAMU MakerPlace - Student Tech. August 2018 - Present _ Assist Students in 3D printing and Fabrication.
Corgan Inc. - Architectural Intern
May 2018 - August 2018 _ Redlines and construction documents of data centers.
Embree Assest Group - Intern
May 2017 - August 2017 _ Responsible for mapping data and regulation oversite.
January 2018 - Present _ Represent the College of Architecture at public functions and administer weekly visitor tours.
Student Leadership Council : D.O.A January 2018 - Present _ Advise the Department of Architecture on the needs, concerns, and possibilities of studio culture.
Design Command Team : BUILD
Fall 2016 - Fall 2017 _ Design and Construction of the Texas Aggie Medical Clinics. ( 6 shipping containers)
HONORS Eagle Scout Rank : B.S.A.
November 2013 _ Highest Rank in the Boy Scouts of America under the ideals of servent leadership and community service.
Gary W. Chapman 89 Design Scholarship
Fall 2017 - Spring 2018 _ $2,000 Award based on portfolio submission through the Department of Architecture.
Leola W. & Charles H. Hugg Trust Fall 2015 - Spring 2019 _ $1,000 yearly award based on merit.
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