2018 - 2020 | Selected Work
JAYA TOLEFREE
Bachelor of Architecture| Iowa State University
PORT FOLIO
PORT FOLIO
2020
ARCH ITECT URE
SELECTED WORKS BY JAYA TOLEFREE
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RESUME |3 ADAPATIVE RE-USERESUME PROJECT OF AN JAYA TOLEFREE’S ABONDONED POWERPLANT
POWERPLANT | 4 - 2 1 ADAPTIVE RE-USE PROJECT OF AN ABANDONED POWER PLANT
H.A.R.V.E.S.T | 2 2 - 2 7 INTERN PROJECT | REHABILITATION CENTER FOR THE MENTALLY ILLiation
.ASMNC AMNS.DC AMNS.C M.ANSC DMN.AS C.MANDSC AM.DNSC AMDNS.C A.MSD
THE FLUX 2050 | 2 8 - 3 7 URBAN RENEWAL: FUTURISTIC TRAIN RAIL SYSTEM | AFFORDABLE HOUSING VBDASC
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KENYON COLLEGE | 3 8 - 4 5 NATION COMPETITION FOR A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
THE BACKSTREET | 4 1 - 5 0 GENTRIFICATION OF NEW YORK NEIGHBORHOOD | RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.ASMNC AMNS.DC AMNS.C M.ANSC DMN.AS C.MANDSC AM.DNSC AMDNS.C A.MSD
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J AYA TOLEFREE
(262)-349-3231 To l e f r e e @ i a s t a t e . e d u
Iowa State University Bachelor of Architecture
Education Iowa State University Ames, Iowa | Rome, Italy Expected Graduation Date: May 2021 Minor: Digital Media GPA: 3.68 Waukesha West High School Waukesha, Wisconsin Sep 2016 - June 2016 GPA: 3.98
Awards H. Kennard Bussard Award Nominee | 2020
Profile Hi ghly c re a t i ve a n d h a rd - w or k i n g A rc h i tec t g ra d u a te a d ep t a t d es i g n i n g d i ver s e p roj ec t s , p rovidin g pro fe ss i o n a l c rea t i ve c on c ep t s , a n d c on d u c t i n g rep or t s on t h e p rog ress of t h e p roj ec t s , i s se e kin g a po s i t i o n a s a de s i g n a rc h i tec t . O f fer s s t ron g a t ten t i on to a c c u ra c y, ex ten s i ve k n ow l ed g e of mu l tipl e a rc h i te c t ure s o ft wa re p rog ra m s a n d a b i l i ty to p er for m w el l i n a tea m .
Work Experience May 2019 - Aug2019
Corgan - Data Center Architectural Intern
July 2020 - Aug 2020
D es i g n ed a n d g en era ted m u l t i p l e c on s t r u c t i on d ra w i n g s , i l l u s t ra t i on s an d ren d er i n g s t h rou g h va r i ou s p h a s es of t h e d es i g n p roc ess en s u r i n g t h a t th e c l i en t’ s n eed s a n d g oa l s w ere f u l ly m et .
D a l l a s , Tex a s
A ss i s ted w i t h t h e d evel op m en t a n d p rod u c t i on of a rc h i tec t u ra l c on s t r u ctio n d oc u m en t s , w h i c h i n c l u d es A u toCA D d ra w i n g a n d B I M m od el s . Proa c t i vely p a r t i c i p a ted i n w eek ly tea m m eet i n g s w h ere I b ra i n s tor m ed d e sign s ol u t i on s a n d c on t r i b u ted to i d ea g en era t i on .
Hugo Design Sprint Finalist2nd Place | 2020
Rev i ew c on s t r u c t i on s u b m i t ta l s a n d a ss i s t p roj ec t m a n a g er i n c on s t r u ctio n a d m i n i s t ra t i on . Com m u n i c a ted a n d w or ked c l os ely w i t h ot h er p rofess i on a l A rc h i tec t s ; p er for m ed ot h er d u t i es a s a ss i g n ed .
DLR Group Prize Finalist | 2019
Pa r t i c i p a ted i n a f i r m c on tes t a s a l ea d m em b er of a n i n ter n d es i g n tea m . Des i g n ed a H om el ess Reh a b i l i ta t i on s h el ter – 2 n d Pl a c e w i n n er s .
DBIA National Student Competition | 2019 Iowa State University Dean’s List | 2017-Current Scholastic Art Award | 2015 & 2016
Strengths -Provided by Clifton Strengths Assessment-
Leadership Style
Relationship Building Executing Influencing
Top Five Strengths Restorative Positivity Inclusive Woo Individualization
Involvement Sep 2017 Design Build Institution - Current of America Competition Member
Aug 2017 Datum Architectural Journal - Jan 2020 I o w a S t a t e - T r e a s u r e r
Software Proficient Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator,InDesign,Rhino 3D, Vray, Lumion, AutoCad, Microsoft Office, Revit, BIM
Aug 2017 Design Studies Core Program - May 2020 M e n t o r
Capable
Aug 2016 BUILD Multicultural - Dec 2016 Mentor-ship Program
Bluebeam, Printstudio, 3DS Max
Mentee
Aug 2016 Alpha Delta Pi - Aug 2018 M e m b e r Sep 2018 Reiman Garden- Design Build - April 2019 J u n i o r D e s i g n e r
Learning Grasshopper, Twinmotion, After Effects, Sefira
POWERPLANT PROJECT 01 | FALL 2020
Fifth Year Architecture Studio Site: Philadelphia, PA Program: Adaptive Re-use Team: Tike Akintan, Andrew Evans PowerPlant is an adaptive re-use project that transforms Philadelphia’s once abandoned PECO Delaware Power Station into an urban farming innovation center. The site was given national and local historic designation for its history and impact within the Philadelphia area. However, this present-day status of monumentality in some ways celebrates the death of the building. Rather than seeing death as the end, we see the existing ethos of output and innovations longing to be brought up again. We believe that New Monumentality reflects upon its past to respond to its present context, thus creating a new future for what it once was. New monumentality should continue to be expanded upon, to be passed on, and shared among other generations to inspire. Looking at issues holding Philadelphia back we have seen an increase in high poverty rate, lacking job opportunities, lagging in the tech era, and poor access to healthy food. Though, these issues may differ across the board, yet they are more ways than not, intertwined. Seeing the connections between these issues, we develop a reciprocal approach, one with a common ground. In our search for a domino effect in which address these issues, we found urban farming to be a key catalyst. Transforming the PECO Delaware Station into an urban farming innovation center aims to expose Philadelphia to new technologies, giving the city stake in this current technological era. Our program focuses on engaging the residents of Philadelphia and evolves into an exponentially transformative impact. Visitors are drawn to immersive learning opportunities within the building and can focus on skills and technologies to implement them within their communities. Through this, we breathe a new life into the existing ethos of the site, thus, having an impact that goes beyond the bounds of the physical building.
-H. Kennard Bussard Award NomineeJury: RDG Planning and Design
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NEW MONUMENTALITY- VIRTUAL MODEL STUDY
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DRONE DEPOT
HUB PLACEMENT
ATRIUM
SHIPPING SYSTEM
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN- 4’
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MID LEVEL PLAN - 56’
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H . A . R . V. E . S . T PROJECT 02 | SUMMER 2020 Corgan Internship | Hugo Design Sprint Site: Dallas, TX Program: Rehabilitation Center Team: Tyune Le, Johnathan Kircus, Chole Thomasian Homeless . Advancement . Rehabilitation . Venue . Energy . Sustainability . Technology Severe mental illness disrupts people’s ability to carry out essential aspects of daily life, such as self-caring, working, and living. Mental illness may also prevent people from maintaining stable relationships or cause people to misinterpret others’ guidance and react irrationally. These behaviors widen the gap between the societal norms and those who suffer from mental illnesses, causing stress on their living condition. Ultimately, they are more likely to become homeless. In Dallas alone, 44% of the homeless population suffers from mental illness and 25,000 are unsheltered. The traditional homeless shelter system is too traumatizing for people with mental issues. Our project H.A.R.V.E.S.T. is a community that provides housing and mental health treatment through transitional programs to help individuals who may otherwise be trapped in a vicious cycle of homelessness, substance abuse, and financial insecurity. It is an intervention, a chance to provide a long-lasting positive impact on the unfortunate individuals who suffer from both homelessness and mental illness, as well as a unique way to educate and inform surrounding communities, altering societal perceptions. H.A.R.V.E.S.T. is a holistic approach based on the premise of rehabilitation architecture and is designed to help the homeless population regain their sense of purpose, and be successful in their way. H.A.R.V.E.S.T. is a self-sustaining community that relies on solar and wind power and is equipped with an innovative aqua web system for rainwater collection. With the energy gained on-site, the community can sell this to the city’s electrical grid line for revenue in support of the therapeutic programs the project offers, due to its adaptability, multi-purpose quality, and self-sustainability. H.A.R.V.E.S.T welcomes and supports this highly neglected group into taking control and living a purposeful and deserving life.
-HUGO Design Sprint Finalist2nd Place
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Nature Counseling Units
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THE FLUX 2050 PROJECT 03 | FALL 2019 Fourth Year Architecture Studio Site: Des Moines, IA Program: Train Station | Affordable Housing Team: Herny Melendrez “Human activity is the dominant cause of observed climate change over the past century.� The aim of the project looks at architectural and infrastructural strategies for reducing carbon emissions and global warming. This takes the form of affordable housing and a revitalized transformation system to run along with the interstate infrastructure. We speculate that in 2050, burning fossil fuels has risen to dangerous levels of carbon emission in our atmosphere. This future will require imagining new strategies for sustainability, through a means of architecture as well as developing new methods of travel to counteract the effects of pollution - such as our proposed Flux. The Flux serves to navigate the urban/ rural divide by creating a system for shared autonomous vehicles a well as pods designed for quick, affordable transport. With a ban on burning fossil fuels, people would be required to share electric vehicles, dispersed through cities and towns, to make transportation accessible. The autonomous vehicles would travel along the Flux for long-distance travel, and to enter the city. Our proposal points direct criticism towards a potential use of high-speed rail in the U.S. The average American loses over $1,000 by sitting in traffic creating phantom jams that cost the U.S. about $121 billion/year due to congested traffic on the interstate. Revitalizing interstate travel using the existing infrastructure to create high-speed lanes for pedestrian/ vehicle transportation will eliminate many of the issues associate with climate change.
-DLR Student Competition Finalist-
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TRAIN STATION
TRAINPROGRAM PROGRAM TRAIN
2NDFLOOR FLOOR 2ND 1’==1/16” 1/16” 1’
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RETAIL RETAIL
STORAGE STORAGE
COMMERCIAL SPACE FOOD FOOD BATHROOM BATHROOM
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RESIDENTIAL HOUSING
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RAISED FLOOR LATTICE STEEL IN SLAB VENTS FOR VENTILATION DOUBLE GLASS FACADE
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KENYON COLLEGE PROJECT 04 | FALL 2019 DBIA NATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION Site: Gambier, OH Program: Performing Arts Center Team: (Architects): Andrew Evans, Brett Snyder (Engineers) : Grant Blaskovich , Brett Poulsen This project was apart of the 2019 Design-Build Institution of America student Competition. The competition asked for teams of five architecture and engineer students. We were to submit a 36-page RFQ to qualify for the next stage. Each team was given the same task of designing a Performing Arts Center on the campus of Kenyon College, in Ohio. We developed a company structure, showed past projects, created a preliminary design, and explained why our company, Titan Design- Build, was qualified. As a regional winner and national finalist, our team was then asked to submit an RFP to further develop our project. This required a more developed schedule, cost estimate, and building design. Working collaboratively to manage each facet of the project, we submitted a 28 page RFP, which placed fourth nationally. My role was to establish the overall design of this project. We spent quality time configuring elements of the building, which included over 100 requested programs, circulation, ADA, MEP, site, and context. We paid close attention to the details given in the brief, making sure we had exceeded expectations, and meeting the engineers’ needs. As we team we successfully came together to create a beautiful project. Our design for the Performing Arts Center was entirely integrated into Kenyon college’s campus. The large plaza opens to the campus and welcomes visitors into the building. Three twenty-foot tall glass doors can be opened on temperate days to further blur the lines between interior and exterior spaces. The welcoming lobby created a flexible space, allowing for studying, gathering during intermissions, or hosting events. The early collaboration allowed for sustainable features such as rainwater mitigation and PV arrays allowed our project to be estimated at LEED platinum. Moving inside, the building complex program includes a 400 seat theater, two studio performance spaces, classroom offices, and back of house spaces for productions. To handle these complexities, we laid out the building with a strict division between the front and back of house areas. Overall, our team’s designs reflect the necessary collaboration and attention to detail required to find success in such a complex and layered project.
-DBIA National FinalistFourth Place
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Basement Plan
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Thrid Floor Plan
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THE BACKSTREET PROJECT 05 | SPRING 2018 Third Year Architecture Studio Site: New York City, NY Program: Residential Team: Lauren Fordyce
As Hell’s Kitchen becomes disrupted by the rapid uprising of Hudson Yards, culture and sociability have been driven out and replaced by deteriorating industry and unwelcoming conditions. The backstreet is a solution to bring back the importance of the pedestrian and neighborhood. Targeted towards youth and vibrancy, it resists the unsettling, corporate culture that the Hudson Yards had coerced into the community. Small pop-up shops and food trucks sprinkle the plaza and street. Indoor markets to allow for a laid-back shopping trip or a casual meal in the neighborhood. Trendy restaurants attract visitors to the site. And existing local businesses are supported through the growth of the community. There are extensive green spaces and plazas that promote residents to spend time outdoors and with their neighbors, local bands and bohemian entertainers have the opportunity to perform in the adaptable venue. The two towers offer residents to live in a bustling community with endless amenities. Moving up the two towers, spaces transform into smaller communities while still exerting privacy as the units face outward from the site. By introducing new traffic flows, this can allow for relief from the congestion of the city; while also creating a refuge on 37th Street to become a full pedestrian block. United with this block is the site, built over the Lincoln Tunnel it blocks unwanted sounds and air pollution to further divide this sanctuary from the chaos of the city. The form resembles a cracked geode, from the outside it speaks the language of Hell’s Kitchen, but as the inside opens into the site it exhibits a monumental facade as a representation of the revitalization of the neighborhood.
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Site Plan
Circulation
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Structural System
Form Diveration
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Lobby Plan
Tower 1
Amenity Plan
Residential Plan
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