Js cv portfolio1 by Johnathan Shillingford

Johnathan SHILLINGFORD shillingfordj@gmail.com + 33 [0]7 50 48 00 85 + 1 268 726 0176 CURICULUM VITAE

and planes connecting to establish spaces and volumes. I was oblivious however, at just seven years old, to how this fascination might activate a career. A visit to an uncle’s architectural practice sealed the deal. It was then at my discovery of the profession, similarly to the way a child might first understand that a doctor takes care of their health, that I knew I wanted to create art through the form of buildings.

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The allure of architecture presented itself to me at a young age. Growing up in the Anglo-Creole island of Dominica gave me little exposure to structures beyond that of the vernacular. Things built to withstand hurricanes with materials that were local with modest esthetics; an inherent sustainability.

My fascination non-the-less ripened with the interest in constructing objects from bits of paper, cereal boxes, and my mother’s fabric, to form surfaces

A BArch degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, I certainly am more competent and knowledgeable now than I was at age seven. I am interested in an affiliation because I believe that you offer resources and an environment conducive to innovation. Your interest in new materials, the fabrication of responsive spaces -and the executuon of such- I find to be fascinating. I hope that you will consider inviting me to become a part of your team as I continue to grow within the field.

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With a disciplined work ethic and vigorous design process, combined with un-pacified creativity and excellent mentorship, I’ve been able to pursue my craving for the discovery of architectural techniques and ideas.

2013- AGENCE TER Paris, FRANCE present STAGE Leading the design of key activating, sculptural structures within a developing park while contributing to at least three other projects in both design and construction phases concurrently. Exposure to large scale urban and landscape strategies.

2008-2013 ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Chicago b.arch

Member of the College of Architecture Student Council | Senator on the Student Government Association | College of Architecture Spring Awards Nominee | Deans List | Interprofessional Project Deans Choice Award for Shipping Container Emergency Housing Proposal.

2012 ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Paris semester abroad at IIT’s design studio in paris

Proposed re-activation of the Petite Ceinture | Collaborated with Scenography students of the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs for outdoor, sculptural installations at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.

2003-2008 ISLAND ACADEMY Antigua, West indies international baccalaureate

Graduated valedictorian, best art student, and best science student | President of Student Government | Vice President and competitor for the Equestrian Organization.

2011 OBM INTERNATIONAL Antigua, W.I. summer Architectural Intern Opportunity to work alongside principal architect throughout the design process of a residence. Produced digital model and other critical drawings towars the project success and realization.

2010 ANONYM’ART ARCHITECTURE Martinique, W.I. summer Architectural Intern/Designer Held a comprehensive position as project assistant for a cliff-side residential development. Explored design solutions for individual housing units and investigated site manipulation strategies through physical modeling

2009-2010 VELOCITY INITIATIVE IIT, Chicago, USA Student Ambassador

Articulated with IIT Alumni through the means of interviews to gather post-graduation related information to be used toward alumni programming and university planning.

skills Adobe suite CS6, Autocad, Rhino/Grasshopper, Sketchup, Revit, 3DSMax, FinalCut Pro

Creative and analytical model making, freehand rendering, watercolour, pastels, graphite, ink drawing Equestrian show jumping+dressage, vocal+performing arts, eloquent public speaker, furniture design+fabrication, sailing, swimming, certified scuba diver

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Photography, image processing, image development

Johnathan SHILLINGFORD shillingfordj@gmail.com + 33 [0]7 50 48 00 85 + 1 268 726 0176

PORTFOLIO

BIG SKY SKI LODGE_warming hut BIG SKY SKI LODGE_lodge FARMERS MARKET A NEW CONTEMPORARY BRIDGE SHIPPING CONTAINER EMERGENCY HOUSING

OAK ST. FASHION CENTER

CHALET DE SKI

big sky ski lodge_1 warming hut big sky, montana, USA prof. timothy brown

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Big Sky is a resort town in the impressive snowy mountains of Montana known for its ideal ski conditions. The first sequence of this design studio proposed a warming hut where skiers can break from their downhill treck, light a fire to warm up and observe the slopes.

framed view

skier-navigable tunnels

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fire wood bearing wall

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Imagine being a skier making your way down a challenging slope. Within your sight suddenly, a threshold pushing itself outward from within the ground, its depths seem cave-like. You approach and the dimensions of the tunnel allow you to circulate with your skis on; the darkness allows for your eyes to adjust from the frosty white overexposure above. You descend and arrive at an entry with a wall of fire wood to your left and the entry to your right with a glazed opening at the end of the space. You leave your gear at this entry threshold, and gather some wood for the fire pit within. You quickly light a fire with the props you find inside, and warm up for a few moments while observing other skiers making their way down.

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big sky ski lodge_2 lodge big sky, montana, USA prof. timothy brown

Big Sky is a resort town in the impressive snowy mountains of Montana known for its ideal ski conditions. The second sequence of this design studio exploited the design language and strategies of the warming hut and proposed a lodge further down the slopes between the summit and town below.

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The spirit of the lodge developed within the key strategy that it ought to be a brief stop within the skierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agenda of an exciting decent. The building therefore, is organized along the winding motion of a skier, with pockets of program as peripherals along a path. The adventure, although winding, is directional in movement until the skier is then deposited back onto the mountain.

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The program consists of a cafeteria and bar, lounge and dining spaces, a health centre, snow patrol center and gift shop. The building is cradled within the mountain with concrete bearing walls, their convex curvilinearity allows for additional bearing strength. Dispersed within the building footprint are small natural gardens that are aquariums of indigineous plants. Adjacent to them are glazed openings that extend to the mountain views.

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farmers market market hall at North+Clybourne chicago, illinois, USA prof. richard blender

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The intersection of North Av. and Clybourne St. is quickly becoming one of Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s busiest nodes. With endless pedestrian traffic, commercial and indistrial growth, and just steps away from the public subway and bus routes. The farmers market surves as a depository pool where people can gather to share their produce or pick up fresh local ingredients.

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process study models

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programmatic relationships

folded enclosure

As a public building ultimately serving the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs, the critical questions to address were what are those needs, and does the city really need another market, structure, or even, another place to go? Site analysis revealed demographic varieties and densities which influenced the design. The major nodes of activity that surrounded the site made it an ideal location to for comercial activity, and connector between the main streets. Further environmental analyses revealed acoustic/noice, sunlight and wind conditions. These elements influenced the programmatic distribution.

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modelled circulation

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The language developed as a variety of strati or ribbons that undulated, each fold, housing a particular program: vegetables/fruits vs. seafood and meat produce, sales points vs. cafeteria eating space. With only a small percentage of the site as conditioned space, the remaining outdoor and outdoor/indoor areas are activated with additional market space to pick up energy from the sidewalks. These spaces are sheltered under the lace-like steel ribbon structure that also extends to the sidewalk. The canopy above folds down to the permeable entry walls that both filter and stimulate users to touch and engage the architecture.

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UN NOUVEAU PONT

a new contemporary bridge pedestrian river-walk paris, france student competition entry

The history of the city suggests that walking is the preffered form of circulation. In-fact, the idea of walking as a pleasure activity manifested in Paris, coined by Walter Benjamin, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Flaneurâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.

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The city of Paris receives more tourist visitors each year than any other city in the world. With such a thriving industry, infrastructure is a key feature within the city to allow for the easy circulation of so many people: tourists and locals alike.

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undulating paths

mesh-like structure

The Seine divides Paris into two distinctive areas: right bank to the north and left bank to the south. Considering that there are approximately 37 bridges over the Seine, the NEW bridge creates an identity for itself as an iconic landmark in Paris by esthetically and programmatically standing out from the other bridges in the city. The design suggests a new Passage to the arts and what is possible today.

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interlocking tubes

The proposed design is a pedestrian bridge that encourages the idea of a pleasure walk, rather than on a boulevard however, accross the picturesque river Seine. The winding as apposed to direct paths extend the time it takes the pedestrian to cross. Paths fluctuate and undulate in height, in some places come very close to touching, and even collide. These collisions and intermeshings allow for interesting social conditions as users from different paths may have curious views and interactions with other strangers. An enriched public space above the water, the New Bridge is entertaining for both users and water traffic below.

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structural component strategy

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CONTENEUR de TRANSPORT HEBERGMENT Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;URGENCE

shipping container emergency housing disaster response strategy midwest region, USA Sponsored by MiJack Products, Hazel Crest, IL. A manufacturer in the Chicago area and a large manufacturer of intermodal equiptment

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What is Intermodal? It is the cyclical process that describes the movement of materials [inside a container] from a site, via truck, to a train, often from there to a sorting facicilty, and finaly to another location for delivery.

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The problem presented by the sponsor was to find creative solutions that exploit the intermodal process and shipping container resources at their disposal. The question was posed to a group of students part of the InterProfessional Project, a project that binds together students from various disciplines within the Illinois Institute of Technology to propose innovative solutions to real world problems.

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REBUILD+REPAIR PHASE

provide emergency housing and medical care for victims. containers provide short term housing.

initiate the return to a normal life, clean up destruction and begin repair process

full scale rebuilding process while containers provide long term housing

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TRIBUTAR CITY

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new homes are contructed and containers return to storage

day 120-150

rebuild + repair

‘PIT-STOP’ CITY

COLLECT ASSISTIVE GOODS ALONG THE WAY

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move to permanent housing

SHELTER/DISASTER CITY

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According to FEMA procedures and Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing Standards, an emergency response strategy was develped using manipulated shipping containers as housing units. The shipping containers are implemented within the emergency phase of the disaster response process as temporary housing.

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Shipping containers are cheap and very available enclosures that can be punctured and outfitted without compromising their structural intengrity. The infrastructure is already in place to allow for the rapid movement and delivery of containers via rail and truck.

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The units of various critical program are delivered to the disaster city pre-fabricated and self-sustaining with amenities signifiancly more acmmodating than existing emergency housing options. The units are arranged so that the families and individuals within the shelter compound have access to community spaces medical, and educational facilities.

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solar panels for housing

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case study_joplin tornado AFTER

The city of Joplin, Misouri [USA] was hit by a catastrophic EF5 multiple-vortex tornado in May, 2011. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s damages totaled to $2.91 billion, with over 7, 000 homes either flattened or blown away, and an additional 850 homes destroyed.

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DISTANCE FROM TRIBUTARY CITIES BY TRUCK

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Shelter units are deployed from tributary cities nearby the disaster city, with a simulated waiting time of approximately 2 minutes per individual for emergency housing facilities [per ARENA event simulation software]. The shipping containers may stop at â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;pit-stopâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cities en-route to the disaster city where additional relief can be collected.

CENTER DE LA MODE Ă OAK ST.

oak st. fashion center fashion center / theater / school of fashion / gallery chicago, illinois, USA prof. steven brubaker

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The building site is loacted on one of Chicagoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most prestigious shopping destination, Oak St. Between Michigan Av. and Rush St., Oak is unlike both of the latter, with couture houses and luxury brands as residents. The proposed Fashion Center exploits this haute couture world and offers the different building users a variety of experiences.

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kinetic facade

structural core

b: design studios + informal gardens

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lounge

The program is organized into worlds a + b. The user enters through an unconditioned garden buffer zone off the sidewalk and begins to explore world a.

oak st. fashion center

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a: theater + performance

Within a comercial context, it was important to examine the street facade and address the language of a ‘store-front’ . The Fashion Center’s face is veiled with panelled aluminum fabric, assembled to a rainscreen structure that allows the panels to move with the wind. The consequential effect is that of a reflective, wave-like drape.

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The stairs trickle upward with a rest platform at the street facade’s only punture, offering the explorer views to the street and the runway. This marks the departure of world a into b. Students, administration, and visitors whose merchandise require custom adjustments gather in this 2 story, sunny space with views outward toward Chicago’s skyline. From world b, the user can descretely examine the activity below and all around them.

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Exhibition, boutique, theater for runway shows and exclusive lounging, world a is introverted and focuses the user’s attention within. The grand staircase that unflods is surrounded by reflective surfaces; the visitor has the feeling of being at an opera house, seeing and being seen, everything is a performance.

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