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Philosophy: The architect has the unique responsibility to harness strengths and talents from the city, community, and client to reinforce the prevailing thought and and challenge current comfort. Architecture is the physical manifestation of time, prevailing thought, and reality. The impact on these things must be considered by the architect to provide richer experiences for the users of his built projects. Architecture inspires thought, culture, and people. The city needs architecture to define its form and reinforce its significance. This is why architecture is relevant today and foerver.
John Colwart B.Arch , NSA+D 2017 jacolwart@gmail.com 310.525.6466
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The urban context and its memory directly influences architectural decay. Aldo Rossi (1982) states, “With time, the city grows upon itself; it acquires a consciousness and memory. In the course of its construction, its original themes persist, but at the same time modifies and renders these themes of its own development more specific.� Rossi (1982) is referring to the characteristics that impact architecture through time within the city. (p. 20) Using Rossi’s study of the city as inspiration for this investigation of architectural decay in SOLA, the following is assumed; 1) the urban environment is a constant interplay between particular and universal architectures (monuments and infrastructures) that help define the form of it over time, 2) the area is a product of its historical institutions (social, political, and economic), 3) the area is a unique spatial structure with its own architecture (buildings) and geography (streets, terrain, blocks, and limits) that are constantly evolving. These things have a direct impact on the viability of an area 6
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FUTURE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT
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a constant dialogue with the architectural ruin to preserve the preceding layers of urban memory and facilitate progressive urban evolution. As SOLA evolves, architects will need to address the many architectural ruins in the city, to accommodate rising densities, waning urban identities, and facilitate sustained urban revitalization through historic preservation, programmatic repurposing, and controlled redevelopment.
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The project prompts the design of a new physical sciences building for East Los Angeles Community College located in Monterey Park, California. The program is required to house a variety of academic disciplines. The site is nested within a burgeoning academic complex. The existing complex currently house science, mathematic, and science programs. There is a four-story building currently under construction to the south of the project. The juxtaposition of all of the building including the proposed G8 building will frame a formal exterior courtyard. The design concept seeks to bridge the interior and exterior spaces through voids, porous edge conditions, and light. The massing concept is inspired mainly by the program and its corresponding adjacencies and circulation areas. The circulation spaces are the anchor for the program organization and act as a facilitator of light into the core of G8.
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The project intends to blur the line between the indoorsWand outdoors. The project seeks to reach net zero by maximizing daylighting, thermal comfort, energy efficiency, and energy production. The concept is inspired by analyzing the local city NUTMEG grid at varying STREETscales near Bankers Hill, San Diego, CA and analyzing emerging geometries that occur at edge conditions.
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STEA+M PAVILLION
This team project was organized by NewSchool of Architecture and Design and STEAM Connect San Diego and called for the design and subsequent fabrication of a reception pavillion. The pavillion was design and installed in three weeks. Various fabrication techniques were employed to include; CNC routing, laser cutting, carpentry, and modular construction. In 2015, the STEAM pavilion was nominated for the annual architecture design award “Orchids and Onions� in 2015. In 2016, the design also received a A+ Awards Special Mention from the Architizer.
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CLUSTER TO DWELLING
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The project was an exploration into spatial arrangement and the aggregation of modular living spaces intended for urban college students in downtown San Diego. Through the design development, ordering principles, facade development, and space planning were primary principles that influenced the design. The arrangement of the project is a stacked line of dormitory spaces. Three primary aggregate systems were deployed to achieve heterogenity while maintaining modular coherence.
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RAISED OASIS
Raised Oasis is the manifestation of the balance a thriving city requires between culture and politics for the better of the people. In a rapidly redeveloping and growing city, it is important to preserve the essence of Dubai, a regional oasis in a complex setting. The two converging towers represent the fusion of culture and politics coming together to support and balance a thriving society today and for the future. In one instance, religion establishes Dubai’s moral values and identity, and in the other, an adaptive political mindset helps to ensure a thriving future. When these two institutions come together they help create a thriving society that can adjust for the future, while retaining their collective memory. The tower is a hub for people to come to, make their way up the tower through the various indoor parks that frame views to connect the occupants back to the city. Raised Oasis is the manifestation of resource procurement and distribution of the raised city – the next chapter of Dubai’s memory.
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