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John Fajardo
Marywood School of Architecture + Design 2009 - 2013
PROJECTS year 03 - 2013 Oasis: First Friday Pavillions year 03 - 2012 Spirit Chapel YMCA: Pavillions year 02 - 2012 The Lightbox In Moab Kinetic Architecture: A Bike Shop Kinetic Art outinthe ENCLOSED OPEN year 02 - 2011 Band_Stand Curious Obejcts year 01 - 2010 A Study In Shadows Digital Media Layering Information Photography Sketchbook
Everything that you can see, in the world around you, presents itself to your eyes only as an arrangement of patches of different colours variously shaded. The Elements of Drawing, John Ruskin
Spirit Chapel
ARCH 310: Design Studio V Instructor: Professor Jayashree Shamanna /
NORTH WASHINGTON SOUTHEAST CONTEXT ELEVATION
NORTH WASHINGTON nORTHWEST CONTEXT ELEVATION
Employee Parking Employee Parking Van Parking
SYMMETRY ANALYSIS Scale : 1/32" = 1' - 0"
sITE PLAN Scale : 1/16" = 1' - 0"
access + circulation Scale : 1/32" = 1' - 0"
LONGITUDINAL SECTION A-A
TRANSVERSE SECTION C-C
Scale : 1/8" = 1' - 0"
Scale : 1/8" = 1' - 0"
LONGITUDINAL SECTION B-B
TRANSVERSE SECTION D-D
The Spirit Chapel is a non-denominational chapel designed for MWOOD. During the design process of the chapel, the main issue that needed to be address was how to take care of the given site. The idea of creating a visual contrast came to mind in order to set the project apart from the surrounding buildings. An example of this is the undulating form of the structure which takes the shape of a human spine in reference to the seven chakras.
FLOOR PLAN Scale : 1/8" = 1' - 0"
YMCA: Pavillions ARCH 310: Design Studio V Instructor: Professor Jayashree Shamanna
This project was for the YMCA’s public. The main goal for the space was to construct a structure that could be both visually striking and at the same time has a quality of lightness to it. The end product came about as three pavillions. These pavillions were designed to mimic the tree branches of the dense vegetation surrounding the street the YMCA was sited on. The light roofs provided a suggestion of a shelter without adding on to the heavy setting of the surrounding buldings.
The Lightbox In Moab ARCH 220: Design Studio IV Instructor: Professor Kate O’Connor
This is a shelter for bikers who’ll take part on the 24 Hours of Moab. Its design is an extension of the bike shop project. A continuation of the idea of overlays, it utilizes the concept of a double skin. Sited near a cave, its most private parts uses the cave to literally create a double skin. The main gathering space lies at the center of the structure, where an open-faced hearth is placed, which is not only utilized for cooking and heath, but it also as a beacon of light which signals bikers of its location.
Kinetic Architecture: A Bike Shop ARCH 220: Design Studio IV Instructor: Professor Kate O’Connor
The design for this project came about through the study of kinetic art. Throughout the project, the idea of interstitial spaces was implemented. The quality of interstiltial spaces was defined as a convergence in space that denotes moments of overlaps and overlays. One of the key features of the building that signifies this property is its facade. This facade overlays throught the whole structure and acts as a screen and a roof.
Kinetic Art
ARCH 220: Design Studio IV Instructor: Professor Kate O’Connor
2d kaleidoscope
2d to 3d: Extending the kaleidoscope
As part of initial explorations, each student were asked to pick a part of a given poem and provide a 2d demonstration representing something ‘KINETIC’. Further experiments focused on creating a literal interpretation of the term. This particular investigation initially focused on creating visual movement through color (2d). The creation of the literal form of movement was achieved by implementing the undulating property of a spring with the visual properties of colors.
How far can a spring go? These experimentations show what happens to the undulating property of a spring as it is subjected to different materials and applications.
outinthe (ENCLOSED) OPEN. 4th Place Public Toilet For Joggers Marywood University 2012 SOA Annual Design Competition
Exterior Perspective
Side Elevations
This structure’s inspiration came from the lush greenery surrounding Lake Scranton. The natural vegetation encloses much of the open area, including the track that circles the lake. The enclosure of this path creates the idea of being in an open environment yet at the same, time feeling as if you are within a closed space. These moments vary throughout the lake, and are dependent on where much of the vegetation lies.
Roof Plan
Floor Plan
Spatial Movement Study
Band_Stand
ARCH 210: Design Studio III Instructor: Professor Jayashree Shamanna
Floor Plan
Side Elevations
This project centered on the idea of creating contrast and focus. The prominent element of repetition joined the two together to become one, resulting in the creation of a Band Stand. The creation of contrast was accomplished with a dense curtain of string. This curtain provided balance as it was juxtaposed to the openness of the structure. As the density of the string increased, a perspective is created. This factor produced the focal point - the stage, the most important space.
Moment Models & Final Construction
Curious Objects ARCH 210: Design Studio III Instructor: Professor Jayashree Shamanna
The goal of this project was to produce a focused investigation on a particular found object, which in this case was a marble. Initial experiments was done on a single marble and later studies looked at marbles collectively and the certain reptetitive quality they possess. Moving on from the main found object, the analysis of repetition was expanded on through different medias and materials (colors, candles, etc.) that would generate the same property seen from the marble.
A Study In Shadowss ARCH 120: Foundation Design II Instructor: Professor Stephen Garrison
Exterior to interior Transition View.
A drawing based on the Cinematic Analysis of a movie.
Each student was instructed to create a drawing which signifies their cinematic analysis of a given movie. This drawing provided the basis for their final construction. This particular concept was inspired by the movie’s rapid succession to a climactic scene, immediately followed by a slow inclination towards a monotone scene. This notion becomes the main theme of the movie, hence the reason as to why there are only two main pathways - an ascent and descent from one extreme to another.
Final Construction
Experimental models showing a study on how to integrate the drawing’s concepts into actual spaces.
Layering ayering Layering ayering eringInformation Info Information Information ARCH 212: Digital Media I Instructor: Professor Reagan King
This project focused on the exploration of photoshop tools and how to utilize them to provide a clear visual information. Each student used a found object which they cut up into a grid based on the number of tools they intended to use. The final product was meant to show an exaggerated / highlighted found object which conveys its most important and interesting parts.
Photography Digital + Film Work 2008 - 2012
Sketchbook Mixed Media Sketchwork 2008 - 2012
skills: Hand drawing Painting [acrylic / watercolor] Pastel [oil / chalk] Charcoal Model Making Woodwork / Woodshop Laser Cutter 3D Printing Casting [cement] Photography [digital / film]
software: InDesign Photoshop Illustrator Adobe Flash AutoCAD Revit DoubleCAD Sketchup Rhino 3D Kerkythea Renditioner
details: jfajardo@m.marywood.edu