JASON D A V ID KNIGHT
“We don’t just make architecture, we create it.” Architecture is about integrating basic geometry, simplistic details and unique ideas to create magnificent structures that touch the inner emotions. Subtle and sometimes complex details can make even the simplest architecture stand out. Although everybody is different, I believe architecture is a way to bring people together and enjoy the space they inhabit. In my eyes, form plus function equals good design. A structure can be aesthetically pleasing, but not perform well. It is only when form and function work together that good design and creative ideas come to life in a building. My approach toward architecture starts with close consideration of the site and how the building should be subtly placed into the site as if it was already there. I am very experimental with different types of media to express my creative ideas. When looking at architecture, I think about how it was constructed, the materials used and how the building was matched to the site. I like looking at architecture as a whole then getting into the details and zooming back out and then repeating the process. My contribution to the architecture world would be making simple yet interesting and thought provoking architecture that everyone can relate to and appreciate in some form or fashion. I would like to enhance the idea that simple, yet modest details can create an interesting structure that is very pleasing to the eye yet practical in how it is used. We don’t just make architecture, we create it.
Jason Knight jknigh26@student.scad.edu 678.982.7911
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Courses Fundamentals II
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Studio I
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The Lahti Cove Community
Robot Workshop
Farmers and Artisans Market
Kofele Community Center
Fundamentals I
Fundamentals I
Fundamentals I DSGN 223 Professor Dudzik Fall 2010 Objective: A sequence of studio exercises leads to the development of the foundation of basic architectural design, and the understanding of spatial relationships. The course allows students to see abstract entities and bring them into a functioning space using the design concepts learned. Throughout the course, students’ progress from designing one space to then designing multiple spaces. 6
Throughout this course I thought about the delineation between spaces and how they where formed and connected with one another. I tried to establish a hierarchy of spaces with all of the models. I also considered creating open and closed spaces and creating voids within them. My design concept for this project was to create large bands that reach across the building and carry you throughout the spaces.
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Fundamentals II
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Fundamentals II DSGN 224 Professor Singeisen Winter 2011 Objective: This course introduces physical environments into the design process. It continues to build upon the concepts of visual space and design concepts, learned in Fundamentals I. The exercises in this course grow in difficulty as the student takes into consideration form and space functions, and their relationships with each other. An example of this would be the program given to the students that had to be followed to exact specifications. 12
This project was building a museum around a relic boat display that was found buried in the ground. This building is placed on a slope to give the feeling of going downhill to interact with the relic. Viewers can walk back upstairs to view additional art pieces and information about the boat.
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Fundamentals III
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Fundamentals III DSGN 225 Professor Dietz Spring 2011 Objective: This course introduced the concept of movement and how humans use the space that has been designed. Some things that were taken into consideration while taking this studio are the dynamics of configurations, motility, light, and view. These were considered within the space at various scales to determine what would function best in each space. 18
Arabesque
When designing this building I was thinking about the movement that a ballerina makes when doing a arabesque. This movement helped me come up with a building form that I could manipulative into a building. Keeping with the urban edge of Savannah I decided to place my building on the corner of the lot.
In the dance studio and transit station, my design allowed for maximum natural light in the large spaces for the quality of human comfort. I placed opaque glass and perforated metal on the outside to shade the dance studio. Not only does it shade the studio, but people on the street level can see the movement of silhouettes through the window as if they were viewing a dance performance.
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Studio I ARCH 301 Professor Bacha Fall 2011
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Objective: Studio I focuses on how human factors affect architectural design. Some aspects are human behavior, and human aspiration. These factors are used in solving simple architectural problems.
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Kofele Community Center
Title: Kofele School and Community Center Location: Kofele, Ethiopia This project focused on designing multiple buildings from a church and assembly hall to classroom and living quarters. The challenge of this studio was to create a design which maximized the use of the natural environment in Ethiopia. Specifically, the design required the use of natural light and ventilation since MEP and sources of electricity did not exist in Kofele. The construction method and materials were much different than in other parts of the world. The design required use of local materials like bamboo and rammed earth to build our structures. 26
1. Restrooms 2. Church 3. Classrooms 4. Assembly 5. Kitchen 6. Living Quarters 7. Laundry/ Restrooms 28
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The idea behind this project was using both expansion and contraction concepts. My design expands out to the community around it and uses education to contract into a smaller community like atmosphere. The way I thought about this was having the expanding being very open and public and the contracting being more compressed and private. Another part of my concept was trying to use the native weaving technique in all of my buildings. The weaving design would be replicated, but varied from public to private buildings based on the amount of light and size of the weaving. 30
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“In my view, no space without natural light is worthy of human occupation.”
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Studio II ARCH 302 Professor Clements Winter 2012
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Objective: Studio II focuses on how a building’s physical environment influences its design. Students learn to conduct site analysis and use that knowledge to make design decisions. Emphasis is placed on being able to create design solutions and fulfill the requirements of a program. Issues with building sites and environments are also addressed.
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Farmers and Artisans Market
Title: Farmers and Artisans Market Location: Savannah, Georgia This project was to create an Artisans and Farmers market in the city of Savannah, GA on the site of Trustees Garden. We were given certain requirements for the project, including considering the circulation of the site and connecting it to the new Savannah Squares. Another requirement was that both markets had to be enclosed structures which could be closed to the public during non-operating hours.
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Left: A series of watercolor sketches to try and figure out the circulation and building placement Above: Final Site plan Right: Final Watercolor scheme showing all the context around it My idea for the site was about creating and maintaining the Savannah Square by adding a threshold into the site. To do this I elongated the square into a rectangle which made it have more of a linear feel and continue into new Savannah.
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Emerging (Past)
Extending (Future)
Connecting (Present)
My concept was about connections to and through the site and trying to find a commonality between the old and new found on the site. So with this idea a created elements that represented that idea. This idea included wide flanges that came emerging up from the ground bringing up the past and the roof and floor elements would cantilever into the future of Savannah. Then metal ties would be applied to represent a connection to the land and present.
Material Evolution
Herb House
Crushed brick on site Fort Wayne Concrete
Wood louvers Building Skin
Kehoe Iron Works
Charles H. Morris Center
Left: Different material elements from the site that I wanted to include in my skin. Middle: The building skin was laid on a grid system with different elements from the site like brick. Right: Since there was some brick left over on the site I decided to use it as aggregate for the concrete to give it a reddish tint. 44
Here you can see the building skin and panels as a whole. The grid is almost reminiscent of the brick styles on the site. You can also see the different elemental materials from the wooden louvers, glass and concrete with crushed brick aggregate. Some panels are also able to flip sideways to let breezes pass through the building on hot days.
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This section model shows the interior of the Artisans Market and a business office space underneath. I used the north facing sawtooth roof style to get the most natural diffused light into the space. Since I used this roof style I thought it was ideal to place PV panels on the roof to take advantage of the sun.
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Studio III ARCH 303 Professor Elnahas Spring 2012
Studio III
Objective: Studio III focuses on structural systems and how they work together as a whole. Some structures that are looked at are long-span structures, and short-span structures. Students will design projects that look at different forms of structural issues such as tectonic issues and issues related to stress on the building. Other topics learned are structural systems and tectonic language used in architecture.
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Robot Workshop
Title: Robot Workshop Location: Brooklyn, New York This project was designing a Robot Workshop in Brooklyn, New York in the Clinton Hill District. The project included studios, offices, workshops, lecture room, and gallery. The difficult aspect about designing this type of structure is considering the neighboring context and ensuring it blends in nicely with the urban environment without taking anything away.
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My design intent is about the use of torque and force that we as humans apply to the robot to make them work. Not only do we make them but we program and interact with them. Robots today are being seen as social technology as we are interacting with more robots every year. Humans are connecting to robots physically and also by communicating with them. I designed my building around an open collaboration plan to make it more fun and have an interactive learning environment.
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The above section drawing was experimental where I was playing around with the idea of how much light would be received into the spaces. I used brown paper, graphite and a white color pencil to achieve this.
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Primary Secondary Structure System
Connection Detail
Vegetation Soil Drainage Insulation Membrane Protection Roof Membrane
Circulation Vents Perforrated Metal Single Pane Glass Air Space Double Glazing (operable window)
Ventilation and Daylight
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The circulation core in my building helps improve the flow of air and provides increased daylighting. I also put a double skin facade on the backside of my building to protect against heat and to let natural air through without the use of opening windows. 62
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This North elevation shows how the building was “torqued�. As you can see each level is different based on the movement of the building.
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Studio IV ARCH 404 Professor Payne Fall 2012
Studio IV
Objective: Studio IV focuses on the problems that arise when developing new architecture in a highly dense area that has different social and cultural characters. This studio concentrates on creating solutions that are highly developed and meaningful to the issues in the urban environment. Students will conduct analyses in order to understand the site, building, and the tradition of buildings within the city. Multi-story architecture and vertical circulation systems are introduced and solutions to issues that arise with each are discussed.
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The Lahti Cove Community
Title: Lahti Community Housing Location: Lahti, Finland The key focus of this project was to take a broad view of architecture intended to design future housing for the year 2049 in Finland. When I think of housing, I visualize different aspects of a community. I believe in the future, people will be more in touch with their surroundings than they are today. The year is 2049 and people are being more open and social with each other. A new sense of community has emerged. All age groups will be living together from the young to the old. People will take pride in their city and the way they live. It will have multiple eco solutions and sustainable elements. 70
My concept revolves around the idea of integration of the different kinds of people from the young to the old living together. I expressed this with the buildings form also, by combing the existing buildings and inserting new ones into them. Also I wanted to establish some sort of community as a whole where everyone communicates with each other even if they are in their rooms.
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These sketches show the early development process. I was thinking about the basic and overall shape of the building or buildings. I was trying to determine how many buildings I wanted and if they were going to be all the same shape and size.
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Early watercolor rendering showing the different materials of the building from the wood to the concrete. You can see the old building intersecting into the new one. I decided to refurbish an existing warehouse on my site and convert it to housing and re-coating the facade with wood slats.
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The idea behind this window concept revolved around the idea of private and public space based on which way they were facing. I started out by protruding spaces outward but then I felt that they had a very limited view outside. So I divided the spaces into to areas based on which way they were facing. The semi-public area is larger and facing towards a park while the semi-private view is smaller and facing the community and residential areas. Another part of my concept was about keeping as much green space as I could. I noticed there were a lot of trees going through my site so I wanted to recreate that feeling of them still being there without taking them away. I made most of my design decisions through this thought process of working around the trees and the green space.
Existing Trees New Trees
Old vs New Trees
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This was a garden shed that our Studio 1 class designed and built together for Second Harvest in Savannah. This was a project in understanding human scale and proportions. It gave us a good idea of what materials they would be using in Ethiopia like rammed earth. We made rammed earth benches and pavers. The siding on the shed is actually reused wooden pallets from nearby buildings. My contribution to the project consisted of making rammed earth pavers and bench, laying down the foundation, and cutting wood. Overall the project turned out really well and I learned a lot from the projects and small details that you don’t see in the classroom. Professor Bacha Studio I Fall 2011 Students: Andrew Horn Rachel Taylor Alex Ross Donita del Rosario Nathan Cartwright Jordan Kasperson
Rachel Pepin Timothy Balding Phil Hoderny Mattew Friedmeyer Eric Meckley Jason Knight
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Made out of poplar wood. 2012.Shelving unit.
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Made out of poplar wood. 2012. Bench 98
Leaves Graphite 8.5”x 11” 2009
Bike Graphite 8.5”x 11” 2009
American Flag Pastel 17”x 15” 2008
“Nighthawk” by Edward Hopper Charcoal 18”x 24” 2009 100
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