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Masters of Architecture University of Applied Arts Vienna
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Curriculum Vitae
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Blockscape
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Histories of Heiligenbrunn
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Herds of the Hinterland
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Nature Orchestrated
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Landscapes of Performance
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Markets of Ghana
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Guabuliga Market
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Channels of Distribution between Camp Harshm and its Surroundings
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CV JONATHAN S. PALJOR D.O.B.
28.10.1990
Nationality
Indian
email:
jonathan.paljor@gmail.com
phone:
+43 66565145870
Educational Background 2015- Current
MArch Program
Studio Kazuyo Sejima, Unifersity of Applied Arts (Angewandte), Vienna, Austria
2013
BA(Hons) Interior Design
Goldsmith’s College, University of London, awarded through Lasalle College of the Arts
2012
Diploma Interior Design
Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore
2009
High School Diploma
Woodstock Internation School, Mussoorie, India
Competitions/Exhibitions/ Publications 2018 September
U r b a n M o r p h o l o g y, R e l a t i o n a l - m a t e r i a l A p p r o a c h . I n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y C e n t r e f o r U r b a n C u l t u r e a n d P u b l i c S p a c e , F a c u l t y o f A r c h i t e c t u r e a n d P l a n n i n , Te c h n i c a l U n i v e r s i t y V i e n n a
2017 July
ESSENCE Exhibiton - Blockscape/Herds of the Hinterland
2016 July
ESSENCE Exhibiton - Nature Orchestrated
2013 August
T h e L a s a l l e S h o w, S i n g a p o r e
2012 September
C a r d b o a r d F u r n i t u r e D e s i g n C o m p e t i t i o n , Ta m a n J u r o n g C o m m u n i t y C e n t e r
2012 July
S i n g a p o r e U r b a n R e d e v e l o p m e n t A u t h o r i t y, “ M y M a r i n a B a y, M y I n s p i r a t i o n ” ( W i n n e r )
2012 August
T h e L a s a l l e S h o w, S i n g a p o r e
2010 August
Thye Hua Kwan Charity Show 2010, Mediacorp Pte Ltd, Singapore
2010 August
Collective Works Exhibition, Foundational Studies Exhibition
2009 December
The Crimson Tide - Group Installation, Esplanade, Singapore
Experience 2018 Sep
a[FA] Research Project collaboration with UNIDO, Erbil, Iraq
2018 Feb
a[FA] Lab Project, Ghana
2018
Product Design, mything gmbh, Vienna
2016 Mar - 2018
Student Assistant - Studio Kazuyo Sejima
2016 Oct - 2018 Jun
Student Assistant - Structural Design Department
2013-2015
OCD Design Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Sofware Skills Rhino
Grasshopper
Auto CAD
Photoshop
Illustrator
Production Skills 3D Printing
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CNC Milling
Lasercutting
ZUND Digital Cutting
Indesign
After Effects
DaVinci Resolve
Cinema 4D
VRay
ArcGIS
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Courtyard and street connectivity within the the block and it’s relationship t o t h e e x t e r i o r.
B L O C K S C A P E V
The historic inner city of Vienna is made up of a dense built environment where structures from various time periods take their place within the constrained border of the district with some of the structures dating back to Medieval times. The density and organic growth of the inner city has given rise to multiple narrow interconnected passageways creating unexpected connections through main streets and interior courtyards which has produced a labrynthine like network through the buildings. Although this is not as prevalent in the more recent buildings as those from the medieval times as development in transport, societal hierarchies and larger master plans altered the growth in a way that eliminated s u c h c i r c u l a t o r y c o n d i t i o n s . Ye t t h e r e i s s o m e t h i n g t o b e g a i n e d f r o m t h e s p a t i a l experience and pragmatism provided by such alleyways. The culmination of our studies on the alleyways led to the adaptation of such conditions to a current housing project where we were able to explore the translation of the condition to the interior and its relation to the existing. The majority of buildings in cities are made up of residential ones and provide a reflection of the lifestyle within the inhabited area. Our study aims to apply the conditions of the Medieval alleyways to the revitalization and re-imagination of existing structures in a way that would uncover new dynamics within the dense built environment while creating interesting spatial occurrences which in turn creates various new types of living conditions as the redevelopment of existing structures becomes vital with the exponential growth of cities. While diversity and dynamics created in the living spaces becoming a reflection of the spectrum of lifestyle choices present in our current day and age.
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project members: Jonathan Paljor Gorana Savic
professor: Kazuyo Sejima
tutors: J o h a n n Tr a u p m a n n Jens Mehlan Indre Umbrasaite Lucy Styles Anna Gulinska
We discovered that the organic development of the city played a large role in the emergence of such alleyway conditions, where the incremental growth and redevelopment of the block created the intersections between streets, passages, and courtyards. The hierarchical distinctions although present, seem to blend into a singular network of varying spatial fluctuations of interiors and exteriors for the wandering pedestrian. At times the presence of the network is clearly visible, while at others it is completely betrayed by its scale and appearance a s a p r i v a t e s p a c e . Ye t t h e c o l l e c t i o n o f t h e s e q u a l i t i e s b r e a k s u p t h e g r o u n d plane of the block providing a level of porosity and spatial intrigue as one encounters the unexpected interiority of the block through navigating these passageways. This quality is translated into the interiors of the buildings by viewing the interior plan of the building where the poschĂŠ elements fragment the building solid, allowing one to view the interior spaces as individual elements in a three dimensional grid. The grid allows for the reorganization of the spaces where the various dimensions allows for diversity within the existing planar division of living spaces. Our proposal organizes this diversity into eight apartment typologies which have similar qualities yet are individually unique due the differentiation of the interior spaces. The process thus creates varying spatial conditions that reflects the qualities of the passages which through the incremental development creates varying sizes of spaces through interconnections and leftover niches of space, thus emulating the development of the alleyways.
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Incremental process of using the existing structure as a space of potential where new organizations and are formulated into a variety of typologies that are discovered within the existing framework.
One of the typologies in the block, The Journey house characterized by a series of spaces linked by intermediate hallways.
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Another of the apartment typologies, The Long house is characterized by a large narrow floor plan cutting across the block and providing glimses into various courtyards.
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H I S T O R I E S O F H E I L I G E N B R U N N A
Along the northwestern slopes of Heiligenbrunn rows of vineyards carpet the hills of this small village. Where the warm sunshine gives life to the vines from which flows the characteristic wine of Heiligenbrunn. The vineyards come tumbling down along the hill to end abruptly at a steep slope where a secluded patch of untamed shrubbery lies along its narrow slope, at its base another element of the winemaking process continues; clay cellars scatter themselves along the base of this slope leaving the patch as an irrelevant sliver of neglected space. The row of clay cellars emerge along a relatively flat area and are pushed back until they face the obstacle of the slope. Infront, somewhat neatly arranged rows of cellars fall along the central road and all attention flows towards this direction, while the slope regresses like a faded memory that suffered from a lack of attention. A sense of ambiguity permeates the space, being too steep to build on or properly cultivate, the space was given to a scattered assortment o f f r u i t a n d n u t t r e e s t h a t a r e l e f t t o t h e i r o w n n a t u r a l p r o c e s s e s . Ye t i t i s i n this place where a latent potential sits hidden in the in-between. It is a place i n b e t w e e n t h e h i g h e r a n d l o w e r, a s p a c e b e t w e e n t h e b u i l t a n d t h e c u l t i v a t e d , a space between the cellars, a space between trees. This is a place of the interstitial, a place that embodies a potential to sustain the confluence of forces. Where the in-between becomes an area in which the opposing forces collide and give birth to a new form.
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project members: Jonathan Paljor Zarina Belusova
professor: Kazuyo Sejima
tutors: J o h a n n Tr a u p m a n n Gregorio Lubroth Indre Umbrasaite Lucy Styles Anna Gulinska
T h e a r c h i t e c t u r e i n t e n d s t o t a k e i t s p l a c e w i t h i n t h i s s l i v e r, b e h a v i n g l i k e a mediator between the various forces present, both through its function and its form. Behaving not as a separate entity but equal to the natural environment in which it is placed. The architecture is in this way no different from the trees planted on this hill by the residents of kellergasse. It sprouts within the clearings and spreads itself between the trees.
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The architecture guides visitors along a journey where they interact and learn through interactions with the environment and curated experiences in order to understand the nature and history of Heiligenbrunn.
Dispersed througout the site with various programs along the w a y s u c h a s a g a l l e r y, theatre and consumption spaces. Making use of the environment in various ways to complement the program and structure.
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E R I S F T O E
X P L O A T I O N S N T O T H E P A T I A L A U N A I N H E E C O L G Y O F S S L I N G
H E R D S O F T H E H I N T E R L A N D V Essling, located on the South Eastern periphery of Vienna is a region that grew into a suburban settlement as one of the villages that was absorbed into the b o r d e r o f t h e c a p i t a l c i t y. E s s l i n g s u f f e r s w i t h p r o b l e m s t y p i c a l t o m o s t s u b u r b a n areas with low densities of inhabitants and populated with largely spread out developments that are more suitable for automotive vehicles than pedestrians. The area is also interesting in that it is surrounded by vast areas of farmland as well as natural reserves particularly the Lobau, which is part of the Danube river f l o o d p l a i n a n d i s c o m p o s e d o f r i c h b i o d i v e r s i t y. I n t e r m s o f p u b l i c s p a c e E s s l i n g provides a unique opportunity as the diversity of Biotopes within the area p r o v i d e v a r i o u s c o n d i t i o n s w h e r e p l a c e s f o r s o c i a l i n t e r a c t i o n s c a n o c c u r. The three main Biotopes that can be identified are the suburban settlements, the farmland and the Lobau. Therefore in order to respond to these conditions three speciations of Spatial Fauna are born. A group of Capreolus Agricola inhabit the fields and grasslands around Essling. They take a keen interest in their surroundings regulating the needs of the fields they inhabit. Farmers have learned to depend on them to gain vital information about the vigour of their crops in order to grow ever more healthier produce. Another species, the Rana Silva which inhabits the floodplains of the Lobau in the south is an amphibian that tends to the exotic biodiversity of the Lobau and being very friendly can be often seen playing with children in the water for sport. What makes these species unique is their migratory behaviors. As their habitats in Essling are spread out in fragmented patches they often migrate from one patch t o a n o t h e r, a n d t h e i r i n s t i n c t u a l p r e o c c u p a t i o n w i t h t e n d i n g t o t h e i r s p e c i f i c habitats prompts them to plant vegetation relevant to their habitats in any open p a t c h e s o f l a n d t h a t t h e y f i n d a l o n g t h e i r w a y. T h e o b s e r v a t i o n o f t h i s b e h a v i o r has led residents in the area to remove their plot fences causing the two species to grow their habitats in the backyards, which has led to corridors of agricultural produce and gardens to sprout along the migration paths. This behavior has led to the addition of a third species, the Bubalus Viae which inhabits the road networks of the area. The Bubalus Viae harvests the produce created along these corridors in order to facilitate the local economy through a special market that it creates when it herds with others of its kind allowing people to purchase the vegetables and exotic herbs and flowers. The development of these Spatial Fauna gives us insight into the potential advantages of spaces that migrate and adapt to social needs as well as providing a direction of how autonomous machines may interact with humans in a way where we are empathetic towards them. Spaces themselves become live infrastructural organisms, stimulating the urban tissue and creating an ecological coherence for both environmental and social conditions.
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project author: Jonathan Paljor
guest professors: Cristina DĂaz Moreno EfrĂŠn GarcĂa Grinda L i a m Yo u n g Klaus Stattmann
tutors: Andrea Boerner Bernhard Sommer Galo Moncaya Anna Gulinska
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Anatomy of the various “Spatial Fauna”
The Capreolus Agricola wanders the farms of Essling tending to the crops, roaming the different agricultural pockets of the region
The Rana Silva travels along one of its migration paths from one region to another tending to the open patches of g a r d e n i t f i n d s a l o n g t h e w a y.
N A T U R E ORCHESTRATED I
The Project takes a closer look at the historical perspective of the Island of Inujima, located in the South West of Japan and is part of a group of islands in the Seto Inland Sea along with Naoshima where various islands become a v e n u e f o r t h e S e t o u c h Tr i e n n a l e . T h e triennale was a means of reviving the declining population and economy of the area. This project looks at the manner in which Inujima was exploited as a natural resource during the industrial boom. Being used as an area for copper refining and stone quarrying. Our proposal tries to create a new method of navigating the Island that allows people to experience the natural conditions of the Island in order to appreciate it for its inherent qualities by influencing the patrons senses through an amplification or alteration of various natural phenomenon and conditions.
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project members: Jonathan Paljor Dima Isaiev Ziwar Al Nouri
professor: Kazuyo Sejima
tutors: J o h a n n Tr a u p m a n n Jens Mehlan Robert Neumayr Indre Umbrasaite Anna Gulinska
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CHAMBER OF RESONANCE
TRAIL OF DISTORTION
OVERVIEW
Overview of the path and various c o m p o n e n t s a l o n g t h e e n t i r e j o u r n e y.
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The entrance to the chamber of resonance through the hill (above), The path of dispersion where the light is dispersed onto the surface of the roof.
A shifting section creates a transition into the mountain where auditory and visisual sensoray information is decreased before entering an area of auditory amplification.
This particular part of the path looked at the flow of water down that hillside where it was embedded and the water is directed over a mesh where it shimmers in the sunlight.
Light entering at various angles during the day is reflected into the passage where it disperses on the surface of the roof thereby amplifying the condition of light by breaking it down into its spectrum.
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India is a territory that exemplifies diversity as a nation, a country made up of 1.3 billion people, of which there are over two thousand ethnic groups, with every major religion being represented and 122 major languages being spoken. This project explores an architectural reponse in such a region, where a variety of cultures were united and formed into a single nation and deals with sustaining the dichotomy of a nation that is both diverse and united.
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The project takes its form as a mobile deployable “Cultural Research Centre� that travels across the subcontinent, archiving the cultural medium of folk performances through their embodied nature and associated cultural artefacts. And so translating the traditions and stories engendered in communities across the varied idiosyncratic populations of India.
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The architecture as a whole is innately responsive to its environment with its journey being regulated through an understanding of the seasonal changes across India while the structures themselves react to varying physical conditions. It aims to create a facility that is adaptable to various landscapes and provide a diverse set of spatial possiblities through its arrangement and adaptation. Therefore making architecture availible to varying groups of people and creating possiblities of entertainment and social engagement.
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tutors: J o h a n n Tr a u p m a n n Gregorio Lubroth Indre Umbrasaite Lucy Styles Anna Gulinska
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A surface is deployed that creates a landscape between which performances take place while the interior of the “landscape� holds spaces for exhibits and living for the people travelling with the facility
The flexibility of the system allows it to create a variety of spatial possibilities, reacting to elements in the landscape such as the topography and existing structures
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The project explored the development of specialized components for the fabrication of such a deployable structure
Double hinged joinery system with quick attachment to roofing membrane
Ground anchoring system including a bidirectional hinge
The structure creates a variety of spaces that adapt to the landscape and provides a space for performances carried along with the structure as well a place of social activity
Ta m a l e : M e a n s o f s e l l i n g
Walewale : Shelters
Wulugu : Display On and Off Market Days
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As part of a project on developing a market for the Ghanaian village of Guabuliga, various markets across Ghana were studied in order to gain an understaning of the cultural, social, economic, tectonic practices that make a Ghanain market.
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The examples show three different markets where different characteristics were studied in the areas of Walewale, Wulugu and Kumasi.
Baerbel Mueller
Each of the markets was u n i q u e i n i t s o w n w a y, y e t h a d the characteristics that were common among them in the way that goods were displayed or the means of transport that were utilized as well as the kind of products avalible in the Ghanain market.
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S I M U L T A N E I T Y T H R O U G H D Y N A M I C S A T K U M A S I M A R K E T
Markets are places full of movement and continual change, even more so in the case of the markets in Ghana where the market is in a state of constant dynamism, reshaping itself to increase the potentials of the space. The following drawing documents the wholesale area at the southern edge of the Kumasi Central Market where a large open area is filled with umbrellas under which women sit with large pans filled with a variety of pulses as well as stacked piles o f y a m s a n d c a s s a v a . Ye t t h i s a r e a i s a l s o one of the main loading and unloading zones within the market where large trucks move through the space. Thus the market shifts in order to accomodate simultaneous needs where the bowls and mats on the ground, which are adapted to easy carrying a n d d i s p l a y, s l i d e a w a y t o m a k e s p a c e f o r vehicles.
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G U A B U L I G A M A R K E T G
The market for Guabuliga is an ongoing project under the foregin affairs program supervised by Baerbel Muller at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna. The project is working in collaboration with Braveaurora an NGO working in rural Ghana. This project looked at designing a market for the village as the village was without the a market place and was growing rapidly the infrastructural development of a market was needed. Through extensive research on various markets throughout Ghana and local social and building practices, a design for a market based on incremental growth and using earth as a primary material was proposed. Where the addition of cone elements act as storage spaces and organize an organic circulation typical of the markets of Ghana.
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team members: Jonathan Paljor Chien Hua Klara Jorg Magdalena Gorecka To m s K a m p a r s
professor: Baerbel Mueller
tutors: Juergen Strohmayer
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G u a b u l i g a Development
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Road to Wulugu
Market Site
Road to Walewale
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Zoning and Identification of suitable site
Road to Walewale
Essential market elements
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Shop locations at camp Harsm
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Shops Mobile Vendors at Camp Mobile Vendors External
To p t h r e e B a b y D i a p e r s products product rank: #3 price IQD: 1000-5000
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Jogyurt/Cheese product rank: #2 price IQD: 1000 (Jogyurt) 500 (Cheese)
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Soft Drinks product rank: #1 price IQD: 1000 (1.75L) 500 (330ml)
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The project provides insight into some of the essential products being distributed either through rations or shops in Harshm Camp in Erbil, Iraq and traces their various points of origin and the means by which they arrive and are distributed at the camp. Residents in the camp are provided with regular fixed rations that consist of basic amenities and therefore research into the shops has shown that the local economy revolves mainly around non-sustenance goods which are supported by a monthly cash distribution among the residents. Therefore by examining the various means by which sellers in the camp obtain their goods, the transportation used, distances covered and wholesalers engaged we are able to gain an understanding on the channels of distribution of products at the camp and how those relationships exist within Harsham’s greater urban environment.
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project author: Jonathan Paljor
professor: Baerbel Mueller
tutors: Stefanie Theuretzbacher
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