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SYNTHESIS - Mixed Use High Rise URBANISMO PSICODELICO - Social Housing Ceilandia VANISHING INDEXICALITY - Flagship store for Issey Miyake
DELEUZIAN BIG DATA - Technology for Theory
THE IMPOSSIBLE CITY - Hand Drawings
ENTREMEDIO - Community Workspace Barcelona
ATELIER MANFERDINI - Professional Work
GENSLER - Reimagining Houston Transit RESUME
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Mixed Use High Rise Fourth Year Studio / Prof. Koichiro Aitani Collaboration with Hannah Terry Texas A&M Univerisity / Fall 2018 Synthesis explores ideas of harmonization through surface conditions opening up to occupiable spaces, interior and exterior. Beginning with the harmonization of styles during experimental form finding, Synthesis formally arrives at the concept of cuts and sweeps that peel the surface of a volume, acting as pressure points for the release of energy. The cuts, peels, and surface lofts disrupt and stretch the spaces, occurring where activity is concentrated and where human energy can move from inside to out. By peeling away from and cutting into the tower, the facade creates interstitial spaces between interior and exterior. At the base of the tower, superficial cuts on the facade horizontally translate into the carving of volumetric elements. The color throughout the images of the building follows its circulation elements and diagrams the energy and flow of activity. The building includes a lower portion for retail and exhibition spaces. The tower includes a bar, skate park, club, and office spaces.
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02 U R B A N I S MO P S I CO D E L I CO Social Housing Ceilandia Third Year Studio / Prof. Livia Loureiro Collaboration with Alexia Hix, Michael Carroll, Judith Huerta & Jacqueline Mendoza Texas A&M Univerisity / Spring 2018 Our objective was to design social housing that is architecturally beautiful as well as cost-effective and efficient. Our site is located in Ceilandia, Brazil where there is a strong culture of the arts and music. The citizens especially use street art as forms of expression and we wanted the design to be accepted and express the local culture. We were inspired by Eduardo Kobra, a Brazilian street muralist who uses color and a “kaleidoscopegrid” overlay to produce a unique style to his art. Using a 3Dimensional grid of the master plan viewpoint, we extruded lines to create forms. From these forms, the “fins” were utilized as structural concrete beams and guidelines for the inhabitants to personalize the interior of their home. Brick is used in transitioning from public to private space. Street art is incorporated throughout the entire design and the residents are encouraged to create vertical gardens within the brick walls. The public space contains a skate park where self-expression through art is highly encouraged.
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03 V A N I S H I N G INDEXICALITY Flagship Store for Issey Miyake Indexicality Studio / Prof. Gabriel Esquivel Texas A&M Univerisity / Fall 2016 The Creek Vean House by Norman Foster and Richard Rogers and the Pleats Please collection dress by Issey Miyake were the two references that I indexed to begin this process. The project is about the expansion of a system via the implied vanishing lines. From indexing these lines, I constructed a scaffolding becoming the basis for the construction of the new figures that were created. The final drawings and renderings are the combination of the model and the dress. The warped surfaces mimic the articulation of the corrugated fabrics and become reminiscent of Miyake’s designs. The project addresses the lack of public space in the Houston Galleria area. It allows full usage both above and below ground by activating space in various ways.
Hand Drawn Diagram
Analog Model Creek Vean House by Norman Foster & Richard Rogers
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04 DELEUZIAN B I G D A T A Technology for Theory T4T LAB / Prof. Casey Rehm + Gabriel Esquivel Collaboration with Hannah Galbraith, Aaron Rosas & Ezequiel Campos Texas A&M Univerisity / Spring 2017 We can use the machine as an interface to produce repetition and repetitive geometry drawn out of context images to then organize public and private spaces in the architectural manifestation, creating different interfaces inside and outside the building. This residential apartment in downtown Los Angeles accepts these new truths and provides spaces driven by our usage and interaction with big data. Driven by rules of perception, it allows the user to always feel connected back into the public collective, while simultaneously being in a private space. The use of mirrors and column spacing allow separation of spaces without complete enclosure, thus allowing the user to feel simultaneously in two places at once, while still being able to observe themselves interacting with others. The private spaces in the home like the bedrooms and bathrooms as figural entities can become interactive screens, updating social media content and allowing personalization and mixture across the media-scape. As the user update their own feed, their data can likewise be mapped on the outside of the building, thus completing the circle of interaction of the perceiving and the perceived.
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05 T H E IMPOSSIBLE C I T Y Hand Drawings Freshman Studio / Prof. Rene Graham + Mehdi Azizkhani Texas A&M Univerisity / Fall 2015 My design inspiration was taken from a drawing of The Seattle Central Library. I highlighted the important structural elements in my diagrams which I then constructed into a 3D model. I kept a sense of order with the grid while combining disruptive elements through a series of operations - translation, rotation, reflection, and dilation. The red line that runs along the cardboard model represents the circulation path that defies gravity throughout the futeristic building.
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06 E N T R E M E D I O Community Workspace Barcelona Third year studio / Prof. Miguel Roldán Collaboration with Diego Bazzani Barcelona Architecture Center / Fall 2017 This remodel project was created utilizing a massing strategy and it’s relationship to the city’s composition. The interior open public spaces found in the Eixample district’s manzanas inspired the concept of the central courtyard. This public courtyard serves as the programmatic “spine” of the mass allowing for communication between floors and connection to the existing neighborhood. The structure consists of floor plates cantilevered from the “spine” and “arms”. The “arms” are the load bearing walls encompassing the floor plates. We pulled back from the existing arcade’s traditional facades and added two new facades to the building. With the new facades, the application of glass material provides a transparency that acts against the visual density of the existing facades. This allowed the interior slabs to be put on display and the vertical circulation between floors is forced to the forefront of the pedestrian’s view. The main form of horizontal circulation is created by interior corridors using the points of entrance and exit to produce paths. These forms allow for division of public and private spaces.
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07 A T E L I E R MANFERDINI Summer Internship Professional / Elena Manferdini Los Angeles, California / June - Aug. 2017
Elena Manferdini + Urban Fabric Scarf Promotional Video
“This limited edition collection of scarfs is an adaptation of Manferdini’s drawings and images from her body of work entitled “Building Portraits”. Manferdini’s drawings blur lines between fashion and pattern in an architectural context and introduce new contemporary landscapes.” As an intern I was given the task to model and compose promotional videos for selling the scarfs.
Chicago Architecture Biennial Video Animation
“Atelier Manferdini’s dimensional wallpaper builds from an earlier set of works titled Building Portraits. These portraits—ranging from small acrylic objects to fully immersive wallpapered environments—all originate from frontal photography of renowned Chicago buildings designed by Mies van der Rohe.” I gave the drawings life by creating animations and compiling them into a video for the exhibition.
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Reimagining Houston Transit Professional Internship Collaboration with the Gensler Summer Intern Class Houston, Texas / June - Aug. 2018 Stretching towards Houston’s historic Buffalo Bayou, The Landing is an expression of movement. Located in north downtown, this new transit center will support the city’s growing public transit needs. The building itself is in motion, connecting the bayou and city through its linear form and extensive green walkways. The interior of The Landing creates a place of movement for human engagement and interaction. Here, a variety of experiences and amenities are offered, some of which include an amphitheater, convenience store, coffee shop, restaurant, event space, and food truck plaza. The Landing will not only connect people through public transit, but also move people to connect with each other in a space that celebrates the Bayou City.
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EDUCATION TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Environmental Design Architecture Major Art Minor Classification U4 / 3.7 GPA BARCELONA ARCHITECTURE CENTER Study Abroad Program / Fall 2017 Classification U3 / 4.0 GPA
SOFTWARE + FABRICATION Rhinoceros Grasshopper Vray SketchUp Revit AutoCAD Maya Processing Keyshot Illustrator Photoshop InDesign AfterEffects Microsoft Office Apple iWork 3D Printing, CNC Milling, Laser Cutting
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE GENSLER Houston, TX / Professional Intern / June - Aug. 2018 Projects worked: Del Mar College South Campus Intern Project - Reimagining Houston Public Transit ATELIER MANFERDINI Los Angeles, CA / Architectural Intern / June - Aug. 2017 Projects worked: Chicago Architecture Biennial Exhibition Elena Manferdini + Urban Fabric Promo Videos BOURNE JEWELRY & DESIGN Houston, TX / Design Assistant / Aug. 2014 - May 2017 Jewelry Designer & Crafter, Organizer, Social Media Account Manager, Web Designer
HONORS & AWARDS Department of Architecture Honors / 2016 - Present Selected for Freshman Honors Studio / Spring 2016 IEFS Study Abroad Scholarship Recipient / Fall 2017 Houston Hispanic Architects & Engineers Scholarship Recipient / Spring 2015
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS thearchiologist.com / Vanishing Indexicality / Feb. 2017 https://thearchiologist.com/student/jasper-gregory