JAMES HALL
JAMES HALL
2010 M.ARCH APPLICANT UNIVERSITY OF UTAH 752 EAST 800 SOUTH APT. 21 SALT LAKE CITY UT, 84102 jamesh755@gmail.com
PLAYHOUSE BIKE CO-OP & CHILLER PLANT RITUAL INTERACTIVE SPACE BLUES CLUB TABLOID ARCHITECTURE ANALOG AND PHOTOGRAPHY EVANSTON AIRPORT
PLAYHOUSE PERSONAL DESIGN/BUILD PROJECT SUMMER 2009
PARTNER - CHASE HEARN DURATION - 3 MONTHS
THIS PROJECT BEGAN AFTER BEING APPROACHED BY A CLIENT INTERESTED IN A SPECIFIC TYPOLOGY OF VERNACULAR PLAY AND TREE HOUSES, PARTICULARLY THOSE REMINISCENT OF HOBBITS. WE QUICKLY REALIZED THAT WE COULD ACCOMPLISH MORE THROUGH THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE SECRETIVE NATURE OF HOBBITS. THIS CONCEPT HEAVILY INFORMED CIRCULATION, INTERACTION WITH SITE, AND THE LANGUAGE OF THE BUILT ELEMENTS.
BIKE CO-OP & CHILLER PLANT SPRING 2009
DURATION - 8 WEEKS
THE PROGRAM CONSISTED OF TWO STARKLY CONTRASTING ELEMENTS. ONE, A PUBLIC SPACE ENCOURAGING STUDENT INTERACTION AND BECOMING A NEW CAMPUS NODE. THE OTHER, AN INFRASTRUCTURAL NECESSITY TYPICALLY HIDDEN FROM PUBLIC EYE OR KNOWLEDGE. BY SHOWCASING THE ESOTERIC AND EDUCATING THE MASSES, A CELEBRATION OF THE MECHANICAL BEGINS TO OCCUR, BE IT CYCLE OR CHILLER ENGINE.
RITUAL INTERACTIVE SPACE PARTNERS: JON GALBRAITH, KATYANNE LANGSTON, SCOTT MOSES, NALINTHORN PHONCHAROEN FALL 2008 DURATION - 5 WEEKS THIS INSTALLATION WAS CREATED FOR A NEW YEAR’S CIVIC CELEBRATION IN DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE CITY. ALL INSTALLATIONS WERE INTENDED TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO REFLECT ON THE PAST AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE. WE CREATED A JOURNEY THROUGH A SERIES OF SHIFTING ARCHES PUNCTUATED BY REFLECTING BENCHES. THE SHIFTING AND COMPRESSION OF THE GEOMETRY EVOKES MEMORIES OF CHANGE AND PROGRESSION.
BLUES CLUB SPRING 2009
DURATION - 4 WEEKS
HARMONICA BLUES CONSISTS OF SERIES OF IMPROVISATIONAL RIFTS ANCHORED BY A DISTINCT GROUNDING RHYTHM. A SIMPLE INSTRUMENT BECOMES THE MANIFESTATION OF EMOTION, WHICH THE SPACE ACCENTUATES AND AMPLIFIES. THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES TWO PERFORMING SPACES, A LOUNGE, AND GATHERING SPACE. THE PROJECT IS AN URBAN INTERVENTION OF AN ABANDONED SITE IN DOWNTOWN SALT LAKE CITY.
TABLOID ARCHITECTURE FALL 2008
DURATION - 8 WEEKS
SET IN THE COSMIC SCALED SALT FLATS ENVIRONMENT, THE PROGRAM REQUIRED FOUR DISTINCT SPACES FOR THE FACILITATION OF WRITING AND PRODUCING AN EXISTENTIAL JOURNAL. THIS EVOLVED INTO AN EXPLORATION OF TABLOID ARCHITECTURE, A PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF HYPERBOLE. THE TOWER HOLDS MINIMAL HABITABLE SPACE, PROVIDING THE MINIMUM SPACIAL REQUIREMENTS AT A NONSENSICAL SCALE, CONSCIOUSLY DEFACING THE VAST LANDSCAPE IT PUNCTUATES.
INDIA INK
ANALOG AND PHOTOGRAPHY THE MARK OF THE HAND LEAVES A SIGNATURE THAT CANNOT BE FORGED. THE DESIGNER LEAVES PART OF HIMSELF IN EVERY PROJECT HE BEGINS, WE MUST ALWAYS BE VIGILANT. MY EXPLORATIONS IN PHOTOGRAPHY AND ANALOG MEDIA HAVE RAISED AN AWARENESS OF MY INFLUENCE OVER THE VIEWER OR USER. I PRESENT THE WORLD, THEY INTERPRET AND REACT.
PENCIL
PASTEL
EVANSTON AIRPORT FALL 2009
DURATION - 8 WEEKS
EVANSTON IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF WYOMING. I EXPLORED THE PROJECT AS A TOOL TO CREATE A PASSENGER EXPERIENCE THAT WOULD PROVIDE GLIMPSES OF THE WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF THE PILOT. THIS WOULD OCCUR DURING A JOURNEY UP AND THROUGH THE SPACE, ENDING IN A CELEBRATORY MOMENT IN THE PASSENGER WAITING AREA. FINALLY MOVING DOWN ONTO THE TARMACK TO BOARD THIER FLIGHT.