jonah pruitt m.arch
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2019 Huntsman Architectural Group San Francisco Workplace design, visualization, 3D and 2D drafting, presentation creation, permit set submittals
2020 King Medal Award for Excellence in Architecture and Environmental Research
2018 Pohlar Construction Cincinnati Mixed-Use Development, Project management, 2D drafting, visualization, permit set submittals
2018 University of Cincinnati Department of Architecture Community Engagement Award
education 2020 M. Arch. University of Virginia School of Architecture delivered commencement speech 2018 B.S. Arch. University of Cincinnati School of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning Graduated Summa Cum Laude 2014 Chesterton High School Ranked 13 out of 490 students
academic 2020 ARCH 7100 Design Research Methods Teaching Assistant to professor M. Jull helping graduate students write research proposals and grants 2019 ARCH 3500 20th Century History of Ideas Teaching Assistant to professor W. Sherman instructing undergraduate students on contemporary architectural theory 2020 Contributing Writer to LUNCH, Journal for the UVA School of Architecture with piece called “Industrial Thick� written while pursuing thesis
2017 Simeone Deary Design Group Chicago Hospitality design, visualization, library and office management, 2D drafting, finish selection and curation 2016 Timbre Architecture Oakland Residential design, client contact, code research, 2D drafting, permit submittals, visualization 2016 Tillotson Design Associates, New York City Lighting design, electrical drawing sets, full scale mock-ups, office management, 2D drafting
2020 University of Virginia Faculty Award for Design Excellence
2018 University of Cincinnati Honors Program Graduate
exhibitions 2020 Venice Architecture Biennale with Arctic Design Group Build team for canceled Biennale exhibit about dwellings in the Arctic 2019 Smithsonian Exhibition Hong Kong Kinesthetic Montage 2017 Holz und Stein Design and build team for travel studio final project
competitions
skillsets
2018 Iceland Northern Lights Hotel Competition Shortlisted entry with fellow architecture student while at the University of Cincinnati
Physical Modeling and Mock Ups Hand and Digital Drafting Sketch and Digital Visualization Computer-Aided Fabrication Adobe Suite Permit Management Presentation Generation
table of contents projects ordered largest to smallest untitled power plant project
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NYC surPLUS
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LADAF
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iceland northern lights hotel
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Untitled Power Plant Project This project examines the future of the machined landscape of Northwest Indiana. The region as a whole, with its deep history of steel production and industry, is a vital area of study in order to understand future scenarios of post-industry in the ‘Rust Belt’ of America. After a century of producing steel, power, and capital, we need to think of a future where this altered and machined landscape can create renewable energy, rejuvenate the commons, and build a new social economy based on transformation instead of growth. The NIPSCO Michigan City Generation Station was announced to be closed by 2028 in 2018. Its proximity to Michigan City, the Indiana Dunes National Park, Michigan City’s Washington Park, and Lake Michigan make it an ideal testing ground for these ideas. Implementing concepts from the Green New Deal such as carbon sequestration, renewable energy generation, localized food production, and pollutant mitigation will retain the site’s identity as a place of production. Public programs centered around community culture and arts will also energize the site and cross pollinate with the infrastructural scale production. The goal is to create a site that is a true hybrid of social, economic energetic, ecologic, and engineeringpossibilities: a retooled landscape machine.
Michigan City, Indiana This power plant is set to close in 2028 and inspired this thesis project
Composite Collage of all I know about Northwest Indiana
speculative collage of Inland Steel, a prominent site on Lake Michigan
U.S.. Steel Garyworks spatial projection
View looking North on Site
View Looking South on Site
Site inventory
Collection of agencies and organizations that have stakes in area transformation
The New Landscape Machine diagram
Existing Plan and Flow where the landscape is used as a machine to process coal, natural gas, and water into power and pollution: a limited conception of land
Proposed Plan and Flow with a more complex web of inputs and outputs, where energy, food, clean air, and a new relationship to a machined landscape can form with the people of Michigan City
New Wetland
Constructed Wetland Water Cycle
Containment Field
Containment Strategy
Walkway and section of mechanical Storage
Mechanical Energy Storage Interior
Mechanical Energy Storage Section
Data Center Adaptation
Data Center Section
Carbon Sequestration Field
Food Production and Farmers Market
Food Production Section
Visitor Center Interior
Visitor Center Section
Central view
Railroad adaptation
Carbon Sequestration Field from Highway
Beach Development
NYC surPLUS This project pushes the idea of public space to a level worthy of New York’s vibrancy and odd quirks. Within the context of the High Line, Hudson Yards, and other massive projects that court the interest of tourists and the wealthy, we wanted to create a space that uses the block scale to tie together the surrounding community and the daily influx of new people. By raising the residences and creating an extension of Chelsea Park, an opportunity to bring people to and through the site emerges. This open land, mixed with programmatic and sensory experiences of The Exploratorium NYC, presents an incredible opportunity to show how public space can be more than a luxurious surplus. Using the structure of a public private partnership as a starting point, our intention was to maximize the public use while also providing an interesting and connected setting for Public School 33 elementary students. Our proposal is to be an architecture that lives in the gray scale of figure-ground of the city plan. It seeks to bring an alternative to gated parks and blank lots. This project was completed with friend and colleague, Sam Feldman (UVA 20).
Chelsea Neighborhood in New York City, with the new Highline and Hudson Yards.
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1. Mapping study of differential 3 Dimensional zoning densities of Manhattan to locate sites for public private partnership. 2. Chelsea Public School 33 3. View from the High Line 4. Detail of Mapping study
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1. Program breakdown 2. Model iterations to find mix of high density and openness with surroundings 3. Collage iterations of various constructed elements to create blockscale articulation of public space
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1. Massing Operations 2. Final Axon 3. Site Plan where the design is not quite figure nor ground
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Service UP
Natural Sciences
Museum Administration
Storage
Biology and Physics
Gym
Living Systems Area
BR 2 Tactile Dome
BR 1 Exit
Mech.
Mech.
BR2 Lightwell
BR1
Alternate Entrance/Exit
Human Phenomena Tinkering Studio Space
Light Experience Room
UP
basement/exploratorium level
Storage
Cafeteria UP
Museum Store
Serving Counter
Lobby
Kitchen
BR2 DN
Exit Ramp
BR1
Service
Admin
Gated Drop Off
Admin
Residential Lobby
UP
Student Service
UP
Principal's Office Open To Below
Lobby
Open To Below
Open To Below
Entry Stair DN
ground/entry level
UP Class
Kindergarden
Playground BR2
Kindergarden DN
BR1
Kindergarden
Kindergarden Playground
Small Class
Storage Storage
Small Class
Small Class
Small Class
mezzanine/roofscape level
Classroom
Classroom
Classroom BR2 DN UP BR2
BR1 Classroom
BR1
Art
Storage
Cafe Gym / Lounge
Gym
transfer level
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UP UP
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UP UP
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UP DN
UP UP
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DN
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typical unit level
roof level
School Entry
Section through PS 33 and Exploratorium Fountain
Transfer Floor
Typical Unit Living room
Section through Units and Exploratorium
Exploratorium NYC
Primary Section through Exploratorium NYC
Section detail of Typical Unit, each given double height spaces and multiple layouts
1:200 Model with unique, interlocking Units shown
1:200 Model, a block over a sculpted mezzanine
1. 1:2000 jewel model, the horizontal quality of the design compliments the open space park next door 2. Roofscape over the Exploratorium NYC 3. Street level means of interacting with different levels of the design 4. Unit details and fountain 5. From park side
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View from highline side
Los Angeles Disaster Advocacy Center Using Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) walls and a radial site strategy, the goal of the project is to create a public square that can act as a center for relief efforts when disaster strikes Santa Monica. The core program for the interior built space will be the Los Angeles Disaster Advocacy Foundation, where residents can come for professional legal and insurance advice as well as community workshops on disaster response and awareness. The public exterior square will serve many functions throughout the day, from farmers’ markets to transit connector or a place to get out of the sun. By connecting the four corners of the site and incorporating it with the neighboring open spaces like City Hall and the Santa Monica Pier, an extended network of public space will be created. As one of the largest tourist hubs of the Los Angeles Area, this type of non-corporate public space is a necessity to build an atmosphere of place and enjoyment.
Santa Monica, less than half a mile to the pier and at the end of the mall.
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1. Tectonic Concept Model 1 :100 2.Tectonic Concept Model 1:100 3. Retaining Wall Concept Model 1:20 4. Retaining Wall Concept Model 1:20 5. Tectonic Concept Model II 1:100
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corner connection
roof
program
structural systems
mechanical systems
circulation
Ground Floor Plan
Upper Ground Plan
Second Floor Plan
Section Perspective 1:20 showing retaining wall
Architectural Axon, a wide shed
Building Section, a new covered arcade
Central Court Entry
Central Court
Bus Waiting Area
Office Entry
Architectural Model, 1:200
Building Elevations
Architectural Model, 1:200
Architectural Model, 1:200
Architectural Model, 1:200
Iceland Northern Lights Hotel This competition was for a hotel in eastern Iceland. The brief required movable cabins for guests and amenities such as a sauna and communal eating area, a main house for the owner’s family, and a barn for the owner’s horses. This project was completed in partnership with dear friend, Shanna Sidell. She worked mostly on the individual cabin designs and landscape alterations while I worked on the main house complex. The overall concept organized the three principal programs (home, guest amenities, and stable) into three volumes connected by covered walkways protected by gabion walls filled with local stone. Each volume’s entrance has an ‘air lock’ area for storage and buffering the cold Iceland air from reaching the main living area. Clad in corrugated steel and inset on a small hill on the site, the complex punctuates views to the lake and nearby hills. The interiors of the buildings are clad in plywood with radiant heated concrete floors. Thick walls allow for the windows to serve as seating. The movable pods around the site mirror the main living complex and have an angled glass portion of the roof to maximize views of the Northern Lights. Our design was shortlisted by the jury.
northeastern iceland The competition site is on a hill next to a lake with beautiful views of the landscape
Isometric of hotel compound with separate areas for the family, guests, and horses
Section of guest common house and stable
Section of guest common house and family quarters
Compound plan
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1. Living room for family quarters 2. Living area for visitor common area 3. Interior of sleeping pod 4. Walkway connecting family quarters, visitor common house, and stables
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Site plan with hotel compound and guest sleeping pods
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1. Night time view from lake 2. Exterior of portable sleeping pod 3. Section of sleeping pod 4. Mechanical berm for electric and waste hookups for sleeping pods
View looking towards the lake
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