Portfolio by Jon Hagar

JON HAGARDESIGN PORTFOLIO

I came to architecture by way of the fine arts, with a design approach blending the intuitive nature of drawing with an embrace of new technologies. I value the fieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collaborative nature, requiring the agility to be able to work with both like- and unlike-minded people to achieve design solutions that meet clientsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; needs. This process entails constant problem-solving and the rigorous application of technical expertise to program and site through iteration and revision. It requires proficiency in a breadth of fields and the ability to coordinate an often-changing set of variables. From these parameters and restraints, however, come opportunities for creating memorable spaces, for revealing something previously unseen through the balance of scale, light and material on either a subconscious level or by evoking an emotional response. Striving to create these experiences is what drives me as a designer because, from the farmhouse I grew up in to the awe of seeing Notre Dame for the first time, these are the experiences that I have held on to.

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

TULANE UNIVERSITY

FOX ARCHITECTS

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

CHRISTNER, INC.

Master of Architecture New Orleans, 2010

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Magna Cum Laude Ann Arbor, 2001

www.fox-arch.com Project Designer, Saint Louis, 2011-present www.christner.com Intern Architect, Saint Louis, 2010-11

ESKEW+DUMEZ+RIPPLE

www.eskewdumezripple.com Intern Architect, New Orleans, 2009-10

AGUIRRE RODEN

www.aguirreroden.com Intern Architect, Austin, 2005-09

TULANE URBANBUILD

tulaneurbanbuild.com Co-founder / Project Designer, New Orleans, 2005

CONTENTS EMERSON IOPS CENTER 2 RGA GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS 7 EMERSON REGULATOR TECHNOLOGIES 10 EMERSON NETWORK POWER HQ 12 UIU SCULPTURE & CERAMICS BUILDING 14 SUPERDOME ENHANCEMENTS 16 GRADUATE THESIS 19 TULANE URBANBUILD 22 FINE ARTS 26

EMERSON IOPS CENTER ROLE: PROJECT DESIGNER PHASES WORKED: ALL SOFTWARE USED: REVIT, SKETCHUP, VRAY FIRM: FOX ARCHITECTS PROJECT ARCHITECT: BOB DUNN COMPLETION: 2013 LOCATION: ROUND ROCK, TEXAS CONSTRUCTION COST: $6.25 MILLION

In this project, the client sought an immersive and interactive environment for meeting with customers and showcasing their products and services. Sited just north of a major highway and between two five-story office towers and a parking garage, marking a clear transition into this new space was a primary objective. Although the building addition itself is geometrically simple and consistent with the language of the office towers, the programmatic elements within are organic and curvilinear.

Entry into the project is signaled by a curved glass wall that cants dramatically into the corridor linking the office towers. Beyond the entry lie a sculptural piece of display casework and two wood veneer walls that bound the main videoconference and demonstration spaces. These spaces are grouped tightly together, strategically placed yet floating within the glass pavilion enclosure. Glass walls are layered over serpentine wood veneer walls; where the two overlap marks the entry into each space. The arrangement of these entries forms a semi-closed loop; customers visiting the center move seamlessly from one space to the next. The dynamic geometry of these

spaces sits in sharp contrast to the simple geometry of the enclosure, as does the warmth of the wood veneer walls against the centerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s overall neutral palette. The layering process further takes advantage of the natural light coming through the exterior curtain wall. As a counterpoint to the three primary program spaces, three sculptural elements organize circulation through the space. The Concierge sculpture, the Hightower star bench at the Lounge, and the servery casework at the Dining area each sit beneath ceiling clouds with indirect cove lighting. In addition to aiding in wayfinding, these interstitial spaces provide a sense of openness and visual relief. Sightlines through these spaces are carefully

Left: Concierge at Entry Above, from top: Dining, Lounge, Conference, Entry All photos by Patrick Wong

managed, preventing one from fully seeing presentations and demonstrations occurring in the videoconference rooms and control center.

Right, above: Floor plan Right, below: Axon Below, from top: Exterior, Lounge, Demonstration

RGA GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS ROLE: PROJECT DESIGNER PHASES WORKED: ALL SOFTWARE USED: REVIT, 3DS MAX, VRAY FIRM: FOX ARCHITECTS PROJECT ARCHITECT: BOB DUNN EST. COMPLETION: 2014 LOCATION: ST LOUIS CONSTRUCTION COST: $160 MILLION

Reinsurance Group of America, a Fortune 500 company based in Chesterfield, Missouri, hired Fox Architects as the interior architect and core & shell architectural consultant for its new global headquarters. The project consists of two five-story office towers linked by a two-story amenity space. It consists of 405,000 square feet and is planned for a population of 1,600 employees. Gensler Chicago is the core & shell architect. The interior was developed concurrently with the exterior and is based on the same parti. Conceptually, the building’s limestone-clad base represents RGA’s Missouri roots, while the glass curtain-wall clad office towers represent their global presence. The interior’s key public spaces are the amenity level and lobby. The former, featuring a double-height café space, is embedded into the hillside because of the site’s dramatic north-south slope. Only its southern façade is exposed (the northern façade abuts the below-grade parking garage). Accordingly, the café feels carved out of a larger solid, with two large strategic openings punched through to the entry level lobby above, providing a visual connection to the office towers above as well as much-needed daylight. A three-story glass wall

Previous page: Lobby Left: Café Below, from top: Lobby, Open Office, Boardroom, Aerial Perspective (image by Gensler)

further connects the lobby and café. A mezzanine both provides access to the café and elevator lobbies from the 2nd level of the parking garage and serves as a grand landing for the communicating stair between the lobby and café levels. A two-story glass conference room is placed adjacent to one of the floor openings in order to capture daylight and act as a lantern for the amenity level. The design of the office towers is more streamlined. Most private offices are placed along the building core, with simple filmed-glass and wood door storefronts. Open office workstations occupy the perimeter of the building. The elevator lobbies, with wood paneling and porcelain tile floors, provide a material connection to the lobby and amenity levels.

Construction is scheduled to be complete in October 2014.

Conf..

Level 2

Conf..

Lobby

Patio

Entry Level

Mezz.

Mezzanine

Café

Training Lower Level Section through Lobby & Café

Meeting Space Office Space Open Office Space

Core and Shell Support Space

Support

Servery

Parking

Office

Conf

Lobby

Café

Lower (Amenity) Level

Entry

Conf

itness

Office

Mech Entry Level

Levels 2-4

Office

EMERSON REGULATOR TECHNOLOGIES The program for the Emerson Regulator Technologies Headquarters in McKinney, Texas consists of 75,000 SF of office space and 55,000 SF of lab and warehouse space. I worked on the project during concepting, producing one of 3 design options presented to the client. In this design, a 2-story office building straddles the legs of a Y-shaped ground level that contains the lab and warehouse spaces as well as the public office spaces. Entry occurs at the intersection between the two. Bordering the triangular courtyard within is a corridor used for bring client tours through the labs.

ROLE: CONCEPTING PHASES WORKED: SD SOFTWARE USED: AUTOCAD, SKETCHUP, KERKYTHEA FIRM: FOX ARCHITECTS PROJECT ARCHITECT: JOHN BERENDZEN COMPLETION: 2013 (NOT THIS DESIGN) LOCATION: MCKINNEY, TEXAS

Ultimately the client found this design too aggressive and there were concerns over the cost of the structure. A more traditional concept was completed in 2013.

Opposite, above: Perspective studies Below: Plans USE

HO WARE OFFICE

LAB

OFFICE

Second & Third Floor Plan B

LA Y TR

Site Plan First Floor Plan

EMERSON NETWORK POWER HQ Emerson Network Power hired Fox Architects to produce schematic design options for a Customer Experience Center inside their existing headquarters building, a 200,000 SF manufacturing facility in Columbus, Ohio. The project eventually grew into a master planning exercise, with a new 2-story addition housing both the customer space as well as expansion office space. On the first floor, the customer center showcases Network Powerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s data center management products, which include software, servers, computer room air conditioners, and more. A data center lab, conference rooms, and a showroom exist as floating elements within a larger circulation and display

ROLE: SITE PLANNING, PROGRAMMING, RENDERING PHASES WORKED: SD FIRM: FOX ARCHITECTS PROJECT ARCHITECT: JOHN BERENDZEN COMPLETION: N/A LOCATION: COLUMBUS, OHIO

space. Office space occupies the second floor. The addition is formally simple and detailed to relate to its industrial context.

EXT’G MFG SPACE PROJECT SCOPE

Opposite: Exterior view Far right: Interior sketch Right: Site plan Below: First floor plan

CAFE

DATA CENTER

DISPLAY

HR LOUNGE ENTRY

UIU SCULPTURE & CERAMICS BUILDING Upper Iowa University hired Fox Architects to produce a schematic plan and rendering for a new 5,000 SF Sculpture and Ceramics building to be used for fundraising for the project. Sited in a neighborhood across Union Street from the campus building that houses the existing sculpture facilities, the project had to both speak to the campus context and be scaled appriopriately for its residential setting. In plan, the design is two simple rectangles -- one houses offices and storage, the other studio space -- joined by a central corridor. The project is clad in hardiplank to relate to the wood siding of the adjacent houses. In the studio, a generous clerestory

ROLE: PROJECT DESIGNER PHASES WORKED: SD SOFTWARE USED: SKETCHUP, VRAY, PHOTOSHOP FIRM: FOX ARCHITECTS PROJECT ARCHITECT: JOE BURZINSKI COMPLETION: N/A LOCATION: FAYETTE, IOWA

provides wall space for storage and ample natural light. A large overhang reduces the glare of direct sunlight. The entry court showcases a metal sculpture by one of the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduates.

New 5,000 SF Building

Union St

E Clark St

Opposite: Site Plan Right: Final rendering Below: Alternate design studies

SUPERDOME ENHANCEMENTS ROLE: INTERN ARCHITECT PHASES WORKED: CD, CA FIRM: ESKEW+DUMEZ+RIPPLE PROJECT ARCHITECT: KURT HAGSTETTE COMPLETION: 2013 LOCATION: NEW ORLEANS

The Superdome is Louisiana’s most recognizable landmark and the $193 million rehabilitation was key to bringing New Orleans back to life following Hurricane Katrina. The dome was “football ready” just seven months after construction began. The facility now boasts a new roof, scoreboards, video boards, sound system, concession stands, box suites, club lounge, elevators, windows and seating, and with this new enhancemwnt package will add additional suites and retail vendor opportunities as was as a restructured seating configuration. The latest enhancement package is an $85 Million effort being executed in a phases in an effort to accomodate the facility’s dynamic schedule. My contributions to this project included the design and detailing of the wood paneled ceilings in the premium bunker clubs (opposite page). Additionally, I was responsible for making the project’s Revit file ready for the transition from the Construction Document phase to the Construction Administration phase.

Opposite: Premium Seating Above, Top & Middle: Locker Room Above, Bottom: Showers Right: Bunker Club

GRADUATE THESIS SCHOOL: TULANE UNIVERSITY THESIS PROFESSOR: AMMAR ELOUEINI SOFTWARE USED: REVIT, ACCURENDER COMPLETION: SPRING 2010 LOCATION: CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, NEW ORLEANS

My graduate thesis project was an exploration into the effect of movement and site upon on the experience of architecture. The project is an 8-story boutique hotel overlooking Lee Circle in New Orleans’ Central Business District. Using the animation software Softimage by Autodesk, I studied the movement of the potential user across all dimensions: in the X-Y plane, the user approaches the site at the street level, interacting with its immediate landmarks; in the Z-axis, the user travels upwards, interacting with shifting views of the city’s landmarks at increasing elevations. The project’s overall form is an upward extrusion of its street level footprint, visible in the front elevation. Support and back-of-house functions are located on the first two levels with guest rooms above. The exterior is clad in graphitecolored zinc panels save for cantilevered wooden boxes oriented towards specific landmarks: those on the ground floor open directly to Lee Circle, a major thoroughfare and Mardi Gras parade route; those on intermediate levels overlook the Crescent City Connection bridge; and, at the highest level, the viewer gazes onto the Mississippi

River. In the private spaces such as guest rooms, the experience is internalized and the building mass is left intact. In public spaces however, the experience is drawn outward by interaction with the city, carving out the void within each wooden box. These open public spaces take inspiration from and draw a connection to New Orleans’ deeply ingrained balcony culture. The city’s vernacular architecture has a dynamic sectional quality, with its active street life and abundant balconies prompting residents as well as tourists to constantly interact in the Z-axis. The project embraces that quality and uses it to re-engage the users at higher elevations with the street.

Far left: Typical guest room Left: Restaurant Above, from top: Presentation model, pool, entry

Below: Animation studies showing movement through Lee Circle

Front Elevation

Reception Lounge

Entry Offices

CafĂŠ

Restaurant

Ground Level Plan

TULANE URBANBUILD ROLE: FOUDING MEMBER, PROJECT DESIGNER SCHOOL: TULANE UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS: BYRON MOUTON, DOUG HARMON SOFTWARE USED: VECTORWORKS COMPLETION: 2005 (UNBUILT) LOCATION: HOLY GHOST NEIGHBORHOOD, NEW ORLEANS

In the summer of 2005, members of my graduate class at Tulane University decided that we wanted a project for our final year that would not only elevate the quality of our education but also engage our community at large. The result was the urbanBUILD program. Partnering with Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans, and using programs like Auburn’s Rural Studio and University of Kentucky’s Studio 804 as templates, Tulane students would design and build a low-income housing prototype that NHS would then sell to an eligible Central City family. The inaugural project was the Holy Ghost house, a 1400 SF single-family house in Central City New Orleans. Our studio was set up like an architectural office, with different teams assigned to different tasks: design & documentation, fundraising, community outreach, etc. I was a member of the design & documentation team. Through site investigation and significant time interacting with neighborhood residents, we developed a site strategy that sheltered private space from the street corner while

maximizing the interaction between public spaces and the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s active street life. Using the traditional shotgun housing type as a starting point, individual spaces shift against the houseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s long axis creating visual and physical access points as well as occupiable exterior spaces. We were set to break ground on the Holy Ghost House in early September 2005. Unfortunately, Hurricane Katrina interrupted that semester and the project was never built. Once students returned in the Spring of 2006, however, the urbanBUILD program thrived and has since produced seven homes in the city. The program also led to the creation of Tulane City Center, which engages in community outreach projects across New Orleans and acts as a research hub not only for Tulane students, but for students at universities around the country interested in the rebuilding process.

Previous: Design review with professors Byron Mouton and Doug Harmon Left: View from Danneel St Above, top: View from 7th St Above, below: Group photo at Rural Studio

Danneel St.

Bath Dining

Family

Parking

7th St.

Living

Patio Kitchen

Bedroom

Master Bedroom

Floor Plan

West Elevation

South Elevation

East Elevation

North Elevation

FINE ARTS Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been drawing and painting since I was old enough to hold a crayon. My mother was an artist and art educator and we always had supplies in the house. I eventually enrolled in the Fine Arts program at University of Michigan, receiving my BFA in 2001. Although I struggle to find the time and space to paint anymore, I still draw on a regular basis. I especially enjoy figurative work, both for the challenge and for the emotional and psychological content it carries. More importantly, it connects me to my intuitive side and constantly informs my design work. What follows is a selection of the work Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done both at Michigan and in the years since.

Charcoal on paper

Charcoal & pencil on paper

Cast plaster from clay model

Oil on board

Thank you for taking the time to review my work. Sincerely,

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