JONAH NEES UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO UNIVERSITY OF OREGON 2024
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INTRODUCTION
I am a junior pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon. I am passionate about community led design, challenging approaches to sustainability, communication & graphic design excellence, and creative problem solving within the field of architecture. My interests include abstract approaches to design, art, photography and being in nature. These are reflected within my projects, strengthening my critical thinking and architectural endeavours.
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CONTACT
FLIGHT/ANCHOR
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MAKE/SHIFT
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FRACTURES
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VALLEY
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PHOTOGRAPHY/ART
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Instagram Portfolio: @JONAHSPHOTO For more work Email: Jonahnees@live.com Phone: 971-246-6871
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FLIGHT / ANCHOR Project: Portland Performing Arts Center Professor: Sioban Rockcastle Course: ARCH 384 Spring 2023 This project focuses on a creative theater within an urban infill project in downtown Portland. Located across the Park Blocks, this building is a gift to the local community, celebrating the experience of the arts. The architectural concept is grounded within the experience of the performer, and this is reflected in the careful design of prospect and refuge. As visitors enter, they can either ascend to the curving tiered atrium which reflects the stage, or decend to the dark black box theater within the basement which represents the role of the audience.
Skills used: Rhino, Enscape, Adobe Illustrator, Physical Model
FLOOR 4
PROCESSION THROUGH THE ATRIUM
NW GLISAN ST
GROUND FLOOR
CAFE OFFICE(S) GROUND LOBBY
ATRIUM AS A STAGE SCENE STUDIO
GALLERY
NW PARK ST
CONCEPT PARTI 5
PHYSICAL MASSING MODEL
SELECT FLOOR PLANS Jonah Nees
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CROSS SECTION THROUGH CENTRAL ATRIUM
LONGITUDINAL PERSPECTIVE SECTION THROUGH CENTRAL ATRIUM
EAST ELEVATION FROM NORTH PARK BLOCKS
NORTH ELEVATION FROM PUBLIC STREET Jonah Nees
INTERIOR RENDER OF CURVED TIERS FACING EAST PARK BLOCKS
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EAST EXTERIOR RENDER FROM PARK BLOCKS
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MAKE / SHIFT Project: Portland Furniture Studio Professor: Sebastian Guivernau Course: ARCH 484 Fall 2023
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6 RETAIL + SHIPPING
This studio focused on exploring spaces for remote work within existing building programs. I chose a furniture studio: a creative, productive and aesthetic environment to work in. The Woodworking Furniture Store and Factory focuses on Modularity: an idea echoed through form, sequence and materiality - both in regards to the manufactured projects and the facility design. A key concept emerges concerning the user experience in which invited work can make module furniture, and shift it to accomodate personal and worklife needs. The project aims to lead a return to woodworking craft and quality within it’s industrial context, opposing modern applications of plastic and metal mass production.
5 TESTING
4 ASSEMBLY PROCESS
1 IMPORT MATERIALS
2 QUALITY CHECK 3 WOODWORKING + MANUFACTURE
Programs Used: Rhino, Enscape, Adobe Illustrator, Indesign, Physical modeling + woodworking
CONCEPT DIAGRAM OF MODULE MASSING
1”=16’ WOODEN MODEL 9
1”=16’ CHIPBOARD LASERCUT PORTLAND SITE MODEL Jonah Nees
WATERFRONT EXTERIOR RENDER
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SITE PLAN OF WILLAMETTE RIVER WATERFRONT + SURROUNDING PORTLAND AREA
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GROUND PLAN OF FURNTIURE FACTORY + STORE ON THE SITE
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INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE OF FURNITURE FACTORY
INTERIOR PERSPECTIVE OF FURNITURE STORE
WOOD WORKSPACE BALCONIES
SAW TOOTH SKYLIGHT
ACCESS TO FRESH AIR AND NATURE ON PUBLIC LEVEL
ADDED FOR NATURAL LIGHT & COHESION WITH INDUSTRIAL TYPOLOGY
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FRONT COURTYARDS BELOW DECK
WOOD MODULAR WORKSHOPS
WOOD FLOORING IN PUBLIC HALLWAYS
WOODEN SIDE DECK
IN FRONT LINING ENTRANCES INTO FIRST LEVEL WORKSHOPS
ALONGSIDE WAREHOUSE TO CREATE PUBLIC SPACE FOR WOODWORKING AND WORK
CODING CIRCULATION FOR SAFETY AND ASTHETICS IN THE FACTORY
EXTERIOR ADDITON THAT LEADS TO NATURE AND VIEWS OF RIVER
CROSS SECTION OF FURNITURE FACTORY 12
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FRACTURES Project: Grasshopper Parametric Design Professor: Nancy Cheng Course: ARCH 423 Fall 2023 While the goal was to utilize the program Grasshopper to produce a unique architectural project, I focused on the opportunities computational design can offer landscape planning. Developing an iterative complex geometric pattern, this design transformed user experience of green spaces, as well as the approach to gardening. It is adaptable to any context, and can be integrated into community gardens, city green spaces, and even children playgrounds. The seemingly “Fractured” pattern becomes a method of organizing landscaping, and supports species growth through filtering rainwater into deep planters that penetrate the soil. In addition, the pattern becomes adjustable and through an attractor, meaning that one could manipulate the sizing of the fractures for different applications.
Programs Used: Rhino, Grasshopper, Enscape, Adobe Illustrator
IDENTIFY BOUNDARY BOX
POPULATE BOUNDARY BOX VORONOI
IDENTIFY BOUNDARY BOX
NURBS CURVE: FRACTURE SHAPES
SCALE, MANIPULATE + CREATE SURFACE
POPULATE ATTRACTOR SHAPES OPERATIONAL DIAGRAM OF GRASSHOPPER SCRIPT
INSPIRATION IMAGE FROM HIKING ALVORD DESERT, OREGON
ITERATIONS THROUGH GRASSHOPPER SCRIPT
BIGGER PLANTERS
PAVING
PLAN OF LAYERED COMPOSITION 15
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NATIVE SPECIES REPLANTING
2ND LAYER RIDGES DIRECT RAINWATER TO VEGETATION IN HOLES
RAISED PIECES WITHIN GRID TO CREATE SEATING AND EDGES
FILLED GRID FOR WALKWAYS
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC DIAGRAM
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AXONOMETRIC RENDER OF FRACTURES
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VALLEY Project: Dexter Reservoir Boathouse + Community Hall Professor: Hanjuerg Minder Course: ARCH 383 Fall 2022 This project responded to the proposal of a Boathouse and Community Hall on the site of Dexter Reservoir, in Lowell, Oregon. The Valley - is a public space that provides many mixed use opportunities to visitors and the local community in a natural preserved landscape. Challenges included dealing with a heavy slope and contrasting complex programs of each building. This design’s primary goal was to encourage a return to this historic park, and re-establish a sense of place for this reservoir that will support local community needs and events.
Skills Used: Hand Drawing, Rhino, Adobe Illustrator + Photoshop
HAND DRAWN CONCEPT SKETCHING
SITE PLAN OF BOATHOUSE AND COMMUNITY HALL
COMMUNITY HALL SECTION 19
LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF BOATHOUSE AND COMMUNITY HALL Jonah Nees
DIGITAL COLLAGE OF BOATHOUSE FACADE
HAND DRAWN FACADE SKETCHING
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DIGITAL COLLAGE OF COMMUNITY HALL FACADE
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PHOTOSHOP COLLAGE OF COMMUNITY HALL INTERIOR
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PHOTOGRAPHY / ART Personal Hobby
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