PORTFOLIO James Michael Deering
CONTENTS GRADUATE WORK 1 Housing Station 2010 - Tech Comm - Instructor: Vince Snyder (UT Austin) 9
Tectonic Constructions + Boat House for Lady Bird Lake - Instructor: Joyce Rosner (UT Austin)
PROFESSIONAL WORK 15 The Galleries at Turney - multifamily - Employer: (merz) project 17 El Tigre Resort & Winery: Utah - resort, winery, masterplan - Employer: Taller de Arquitectura: Mauricio Rocha 25 Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca: Mexico City - mixed use - Employer: Taller de Arquitectura: Mauricio Rocha 31 Telegraph Hill Residence - private residence - Employer: Artthaus 33 Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca: Mexico City - private residence - Employer: Artthaus 35 Amangiri Resort: Utah - resort - Employer: I-10 Studio
GRADUATE WORK HOUSING STATION 2010
HOUSING STATION 2010 Tech Comm: instructor Vince Snyder A collaboration with Cory Dear
The design challenge for tech comm was to create an adaptable, portable dwelling unit that could be sited in two locations at a minimum 2000 miles apart: one urban with a low grade, and one away from the city on a 30%+ slope. We drew our inspiration from many different sources, ranging from the film, The Road Warrior, to the practical mechanics of construction equipment, such as boom cranes and semi-monocoque fuselages. Our ultimate design became a lab and residence that inhabits man-made wastelands. The aim of the project was to create a structure that was flexible enough to adapt to different climates, to live off the grid, or plug into an existing infrastructure on site. December 2009 Design Excellence Award, The University of Texas Austin
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GRADUATE WORK TECTONIC CONSTRUCTIONS + BOAT HOUSE FOR LADY BIRD LAKE
TECTONIC CONSTRUCTIONS Spring 2009 - ARCH522 - Joyce Rosner This studio was focused on an intensely process-driven exploration of materiality and tectonics through the use of a variety of media. We created many drawings using pencil, ink, watercolor, and pastel+turpenoid. Our first series of constructions were built of 2x4s within a 16�x16� cubic spatial constraint. No glue was to be used. This lent itself to explorations of wood joinery and much craft was involved in the creation of these objects. These cubes served as inspiration for the design process of a boathouse, which itself involved a number of explorations in material and tectonic relationships. Below are a series of sketches from the design process that led to the full size constructions seen on the right. These constructions attempt a minimalist reduction of tension and compression. All of the forces of the glueless frame are held in tension and rest on two struts that hold the
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A BOAT HOUSE FOR LADY BIRD LAKE Spring 2009 - ARCH522 Joyce Rosner This is a project for the design of a new boathouse and recreational facility for the Austin Rowing Club on Lady Bird Lake. The Program involves space for housing a fair number of boats, an area for the delivery of boats and for staging competitions, a recreational component with rowing machines and other exercise equipment, and a gathering area for club members and the public at large. The design emerges from the landscape that rests just beneath the ground where the city rests just behind the site, a subtle incline, and the horizontal datum of the lake beneath where one can experience horizontality where the landscape meets the water’s edge.
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A light volume of wood framed construction clad in vertically slotted rain screen members rests upon a heavier lower volume of vertical board formed concrete with lazy lift lines of the same dimension, The choice of materials relates to the experience of the site and the procession. As the visitor descends through the tree canopy through from the higher urban ground to the lower level of the water, they are drawn into the gravity of the land itself. One reaches the water’s edge by a long horizontal dock below, or from the deck of the cafe and casual gathering space above. The more intimate spaces of the project are housed below in massive and heavy spaces that engage the land. As the rowers return from the bright lake, they enter through the thick concrete mass and are greeted by the sound of dripping water. Bodies are calmed by a privately screened court and from there into a series of chambers which afford the members a purely framed and exclusive view to the landscape. This project is about the experience of earth and mass, or air and lightness, and of water; which is about the horizon, rhythm, movement.
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PROFESSIONAL WORK THE GALLERIES AT TURNEY
THE GALLERIES AT TURNEY Employer: (merz) project I worked on several presentation models and the CDs for this project in 2006. The Galleries consist of eight detached residences in a quiet gated enclave located several blocks south of Phoenix’s bustling 24th Street and Camelback area. Each residence is nearly 2,000 square feet and two stories/30 feet in height. Each features spacious interiors––two bedrooms, den/office/bedroom option, and two baths. Large windows and decks provide spectacular views of the Phoenix skyline; this project is the first LEED-H certified project in the state of Arizona.
Completed March 2007 2007 AIA Arizona MeritAward 2007 AIA Arizona Sustainable Award
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PROFESSIONAL WORK EL TIGRE: WINERY & HOTEL BOUTIQUE: BAJA CALIFORNIA
EL TIGRE RESORT: BAJA Employer: Taller de Arquitectura: Mauricio Rocha El Tigre is a master plan and development based on a winery and housing component that is perched on the coast of Baja, California just north of Ensenada. This hotel and winery is just one of many parts of this project. The hotel will be nestled in a high valley on a ridge that overlooks the Pacific Ocean. It will be hardly visible from any point although nearly every space will have full ocean views, especially the primary volumes, which will straddle the valley between the two main ridges. It will include a generous entry with a restaurant and lounge, a full spa, a terrace with two infinity pools, a winery, and three types of habitations: double rooms, suites, and fully furnished longer term habitations. Open to the surrounding landscape. The process was heavy and fast: two months in total from the first sketch through design development. It involved intensive model building from the very beginning. I quickly built the first two conceptual models while we developed the plans and sections and the first rendition was completed within just days. After that the process moved to many perspectives and renderings accompanied with yet more models. My role was halfway between designer and creative director as I madly scrambled to define so many parts of this vast concept.
(below) interior render spa (above) terrace at lobby/entrance
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exterior render vinicola, entry and intersection at hotel volumes
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(below ) view below the ridge approaching site (above) view from the hotel
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After two months of intense teamwork we presented a giant site model complete with vineyards and all of the buildings we had designed (right) and a larger scale detail model of the hotel. The process was highly conceptually driven and always related to the landscape on an experiential level. The building entering and exiting the terrain is a result of several study models that we constucted. Therefore, from the valley where the vineyards are planted one will only see the spa and vineyard volumes peeking through the hillside. The experience is focused on the view. the view. models and process work: much credit is due to Luis, Gabriel, and Paco
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perspective at terrace, albercas and infinitum lap pool
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After passing into the hotel lobby one has a command of the entire ocean view. The other experience is much more subtle and contrasted with these grand vistas. Here the building penetrates the terrain and is accompanied with more private moments where light merely filters from above. The guest rooms are set with long slender volumes that cantilever between the two main ridges of the valley. (left) They look over one another and achieve a sense of serenity and privacy and at the same time a sense of purity and openness. In contrast to this lightness and defiance of gravity are spaces which are embedded in the terrain. The winery (right) and the spa (initial spread) are examples of these more intimate experiences. These moments occur at points of intersection between larger volumes and are instrumental in creating moments of transition within the project. cantilevered guest rooms/ typical guest room (above)
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the cava: a wine bar at the intersection of the winery and the hotel
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PROFESSIONAL WORK FERROCARRIL DE CUERNAVACA: MEXICO CITY
FERROCARRIL DE CUERNAVACA Taller de Arquitectura: Mauricio Rocha Ferrocarrill de Cuernavaca is a mixeduse project in Polanco (Mexico City). It is comprised of three levels of underground parking, two levels of retail, two levels of office space, and a roof garden/terrace with restaurant. The process involved many studies of the facade and the maximization of every possible square meter. The roof garden was purchased as an exception and the cantilever as a impermeable addition to the enclosed building envelope. Ultimately this building was formed by the conformance to city restrictions and by studies of massing and facade. I made many solar studies in order to create a second skin for the upper levels. The result is a floating volume that responds to underground parking constraints, street level retail, and to upper level office and roof terrace park views.
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(left) facade studies and sketches (right) more facade studies and studies for the sunken court
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I initiated the project by myself after several meetings with the principal Mauricio Rocha and the client. (an former architect turned developer) The initial form is a result of parking requirements and city building codes. The setback is due to a city restriction for permeable area, but the terraces that support the second skin of the building above help to gain back square footage. The sunken garden and roof terrace/restaurant are also effective in gaining back valuable space for retail. It became evident that the most efficient location for the service core of the building was to the rear of the building, and after a rigorous process of model building and rendering it was decided that the service core would be expressed on the facade in correspondence with the walls for the car elevators. The most rigorous part of the process dealt with the congruence of parking layout, car elevators, and the concrete structure. After this was resolved I spent quite some time developing the details for the facade in an effort to create a form that is intelligent, functional, and elegant. (left) studies in model form (above)facade and program studies
final work in progress: detail of stone louvers
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semi final exterior render
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final plans and renderings
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PROFESSIONAL WORK TELEGRAPH HILL RESIDENCE
TELEGRAPH HILL RESIDENCE Employer: Artthaus I managed the set of drawings for this project from the first as-builts through the construction details. Originally a project by Stanley Saitowitz for a prominent San Francisco resident, this house is formed by the combination of two existing residences on Telegraph Hill. We hit the gound running and developed the demolition-plan as walls were already being torn down. Our intervention was to liberate the floor plan, open the building envelope to breathtaking views, and to create a much more fluid experience between the interior and exterior. This required a good amount of new structure and glazing and a completely new finish package. The millwork was designed on collaboration with Molteni-Dada and a local cabinet maker. family room (above) and drawings of kitchen (below)
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from left to right: family room, master bath, living room, side bar, and stair detail
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PROFESSIONAL WORK JACKSON STREET RESIDENCE
JACKSON ST RESIDENCE Employer: Artthaus This residence is located by the Presidio and has extensive views over the roof of the Eploratorium. This project presented large challenges in dealing with nieghbors and the building department. In the end, we preserved the original facade and rebuilt everything beyond: adding approxinately 2,000 square feet in the process. I worked closely with cabinet makers and other fabricators of all trades in order to achieve a final product that is resolved to a high level of detail. We worked very closely with the client in the design of entirely built-in millwork and the selection of all furniture. We even worked on the selection of artwork to fit with the rest of the design. There were many design challenges to resolve, including the installation of the living wall and a transparent glazing and entry system by C.R. Lawrence.
Completed May 2014
view of main staircase and entry from dining room
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left to right: entry detail, dining room, family room, main circulation corridor
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PROFESSIONAL WORK AMANGIRI RESORT: UTAH
AMANGIRI RESORT: UTAH Employer: I-10 Studio It was a challenging and rewarding experience to work with I-10 Studio on the develoment of Amangiri. The Amangiri Resort and Spa, located on a spectacular 600+ acre site in southern Utah, is a one-time collaboration between three established individual architects: Marwan Al-Sayed, Wendell Burnette, and Rick Joy. Our three firms came together under a separate company, named I-10 Studio, formed solely for the design and execution of the Amangiri resort, using their individual firms resources to support this effort. Together, our studios collaborated to design every piece of the project. It was refreshing to have the opportunity to work on a smaller scale and to develop ideas from a very personalized detail, material, and user-oriented perspective. This project has piqued my interest in the process through which designers are able to translate larger concepts to the scale if an individuaI.
Completed December 2009 Published in Wallpaper January 2010 Published in Architectural Record July 2010
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We were also responsible for the design of all the interiors, lighting, furnishings and signage, which are all custom designed to blend in with the architecture and the surrounding landscape. With modern reinterpretations of woven hides and leathers, blackened and forged steel, the interiors and furnishings include everything from desks, couches, chairs and tables to lights and hooks, all of which have been designed to capture something unique and particular about the American Southwest, while being rendered in a thoroughly modern way. The interiors allude to, yet never succumb to, essences of the Native American tribes, the cowboys, and the ranchers that continue to inhabit this particular corner of the earth. This segment of the project represents the largest part of the work.
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JAMES M. DEERING
M Arch | BSD Arch
EXPERIENCE I am a designer with a formal education in Architecture. I hold a Masters Degree and have eight years of experience in the field. I am an architectural designer with a curriculum that pulls from a great variety of experiences. I am a firm believer in a strong design process and in teamwork. Through my role as a collaborator and as a team leader in many different capacities, I have developed the ability to critically assess any issue at hand and respond decisively. After living in the Bay Area for several years I have developed a good understanding of local building codes and the permitting/construction process.
PROJECT MANAGER/ ADVANCED DESIGNER | ZACK DE VITO ARCHITECTURE | San Francisco, CA: March 2014 - December 2014 I have taken part from the very beginning for the oversight of a spec home that is being constructed in Mill Valley by our design + build firm on Mt Tam. I have been responsible for overseeing multiple sets of permit drawings and for the construction set. My responsibilities include corresponding with consultants, and for developing the set from the initial plan throught the development of details. This has been a valuable experience in developing construction drawings for the job site. I have also learned a lot about local codes, about project management, and about what it takes to deal with local building & planning departments.
DESIGN MANAGER/ PROJECT MANAGER | ARTTHAUS | San Francisco, CA: April 2013 - January 2014 Oversaw the design team ond the architectural and project management side of several high end residential projects in San Francisco. Managed the design process and execution, schematic design through construction administration. I corresponding with consultants, and managed the drawing set, and in client relations. I started out as a one man show on the design side and departed with a team of 5. I took part in the establishment of a new design build firm and rapidly adapted to many tasks that were previously beyond my scope of knowledge.
PROJECT MANAGER/ ADVANCED DESIGNER | TERRY AND TERRY ARCHITECTURE | Berkeley, CA: February 2012 - April 2013 Oversaw many aspects of several residential projects in the SF bay area. This means being thoroughly integrated in the design process, schematic design through construction administration. My responsibilities included corresponding with consultants, in managing the set of drawings, and in client relations. We are a small team so it is necessary that I know and take part in every part of the work. It was a valuable experience for me as I now know a great deal more about what it takes to run projects and observe the delelopment of a firm.
PROJECT ARCHITECT | TALLER DE ARQUITECTURA, MAURICIO ROCHA | Mexico City, DF: August 2010 - January 2012 Oversaw the design process (conceptual through construction documents) for numerous projects in Mexico. A commercial building in Polanco, a hotel in Puebla, a central park in Huatulco, a small development in Valle de Bravo, and a hotel boutique/winery in Baja California. I held a level of control and responsibility that went far beyond anything that I was involved in previously. By the time I left I had worked as a designer for more than 7 new projects. Working for Taller de Arquitectura was very intense, studio-like, and team driven.
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DESIGN ARCHITECT | MARWAN AL-SAYED ARCHITECTS + I-10 STUDIO | Phoenix, AZ: November 2006 - August 2008 As a Design Architect, I worked in close collaboration with a tightly-knit group of architects and designers. Everyone wears many different hats at a firm of this scale. The work was very solidly based in the pursuit of design excellence and construction expertise, particularly through the exploration of materiality, light, and detail. I was heavily involved in the design of a private residence in Phoenix and a hotel in Dubai. I was also able to play role on the design team at 1-10 Studio for Amangiri resort in Utah (a one-time collaboration with Wendell Burnette and Rick Joy)
ARCHITECTURAL INTERN | [MERZ] PROJECT | Phoenix, AZ: November 2005 - July 2006 This was a very valuable position in terms of the hands-on experience that I gained in many facets of the world of architecture and construction. The firm maintains a strong commitment to design and to the community. My work at Merz Project included model-building, graphic design, construction drawings, and architectural presentation renderings. In addition to working in many facets of the firm, I had the opportunity to spend a lot of time on job sites and learn more about the process of construction.
ARCHITECTURAL INTERN | SPBR ARQUITETOS | Sao Paulo, BR: June 2005 - August 2005 I was offered the opportunity to work for a summer in Sao Paulo, Brazil with Angelo Bucci, a remarkable architect and teacher. I took part in the schematic design process for several civic projects and documented a number of models for the firm’s portfolio. I also helped to build conceptual models and took part in the initial development of several schemes for a residence in Bahia.
EDUCATION The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | Master of Architecture, May 2010 Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | 4 year BSD in Architecture, May 2006
AWARDS Design Excellence Award | The University of Texas at Austin | Nominated 3 semesters and awarded Fall 2009 Design Excellence Nomination | Arizona State University | Spring 2002 and Spring 2006 Blake Alexander Traveling Student Fellowship in Architecture | The University of Texas at Austin - Brazil | Spring 2010
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and all the rest of the family. Equally procient on Mac OSX and Windows platforms. Experienced in AutoCAD, Vectorworks, ArchiCAD, Rhino, Sketchup, 3DSMax, Maxwell, Artlantis and of course the Microsoft Office suite.