Ernastrasse 13 Zürich, Switzerland 8004 jfhonsa@gmail.com +41 76 771 39 20
J e s s e H o n sa OBJECTIVE To gain experience in a diverse cultural environment that mediates creative thought with the pragmatics of building. EDUCATION
Providence, RI 2008 2007 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 2006
Rhode Island School of Design Bachelor of Architecture, Cum Laude Bachelor of Fine Arts, Architecture
Edinburgh College of Art
Urban Design Exchange Program EXPERIENCE
Zürich, Switzerland 2009-2011
New York, NY 2008 Zürich, Switzerland 2007 Providence, RI 2004-2008 Brockton, MA 2004-2006
Rutz Architekten / AGPS Arbeitsgemeinschaft 2
Project Architect: Carried a 41,300 m , 211-unit housing project in the business district of Zürich from schematic design to construction documents. As part of a collaboration between two architecture firms, formulated the building’s urban concept, mastered floor-plans, and developed facades.
Aardvarchitecture
Designer: Design development, construction documents, and project managing for loft conversions and a harlem townhouse.
Birchmeier Uhlmann Architekten
Intern: Worked on the design development phase of a retirement home in Chur, Switzerland. Built working models, renderings, and construction drawings with a team.
Rhode Island School of Design
Teacher's Assistant/Critic: Guided and critiqued graduate and undergraduate students in their core studios: Design Principles, Architectural Design, 3-D Design, and Drawing.
Outpost Gallery
Chief Designer, Co-Founder: Collaborated with artists and a developer in the establishment of an independent cultural venue in the former industrial hub of Brockton. Transformed a derelict ballroom into a multi-functional gallery on a tight budget through creative material explorations. SKILLS Ability to communicate visually and verbally; capacity for spatializing solutions and mediating complex issues. Protean capability for adapting to changing circumstances and disciplines. Wellversed with a variety of model-making materials and forms of construction. Mac+PC: Autocad, Archicad, Rhinoceros, Vectorworks, Sketch-up, Adobe Suite, Dreamweaver, Excel Languages: English (native), German (A1) AWARDS/ SELECT EXHIBITIONS/ PUBLICATIONS
Zagreb, Croatia 2011 London, UK 2010 Providence, RI 2008 Lugano, Switzerland / Providence, RI 2007 Brockton, MA 2006 Washington, DC 2003
Think-Space: Urban Borders International Ideas Competition Zagreb Society of Architects; juried by Shohei Shigematsu of OMA NY and Eva Franch 1st Prize, 1,000 Euros: conceptual masterplan for Detroit, MI Faith in the City Architecture Foundation of London Invited presentation as part of a symposium on the politicalization of Islamic space in the west Alumni Travel Award Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Architecture First Place, $3,000: Grant to study the tectonics of space in the Indonesian Archipelago Abstraction and Empathy: Designing From a Distance (Editor, studio work published) Rhode Island School of Design Life Grows from an Open Wound (Painting Exhibition) Outpost Gallery, Brockton MA National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Medal, Art Portfolio, National Level (Graduating High School Seniors)