Design Portfolio 2023 johnptrevor@gmail.com (334) 322-6765 John P. Trevor AIA
Shenandoah County Library renovation and addition edinburg, va
This library renovation and addition will meet a longoverdueneedinthecountyforalarger,more welcoming and functional central hub.
During an in-depth public engagement process, thelibrarystaffandconstituentsemphasizedthat a successful project must represent the identity andaspirationsofShenandoahCountybymaking connectionstoitshistory,geography,andculture.
The county’s historic built fabric includes a broad array of vernacular structures and designed, civic buildings, typically located in towns. Quickly it becamecleartothedesignteamandstakeholders
that the everyday, vernacular buildings best capturedthespiritoftheplaceanddemonstrated the importance of the landscape - both as natural vista or preserve and as the productive agricultural resource that supports the region’s economy.
landscape. They are geometrically simple volumes, o"en built over time as needs dictate. The volumes are added to one another informally, typically without overt expression of the joints between them.
Everyday buildings from the county’s past exhibit a beautiful simplicity and directness. Residents in rural communities and on farmsteads have built countless anonymous structures from local wood and masonry. These buildings are made to be functional and have a harmony with the local
The new Shenandoah County Library design responds to this context of elegant, simple local construction with a contemporary construction that seeks to elevate a simple massing strategy and material palette through well-cra"ed details.
^ local precedent from
corner of the site
county archives
looking east to Massanutten Mtn. >
Total 3,860 sf Total 2,915 sf Total 575 sf Total 3,105 sf Total 3,506 sf Total 3,270 sf Total 1,500 sf Total 2,030 sf Total 1,600 sf Proposed Children’s Area Teens Stacks 150 30 275 200 Booth Booth t o a 400sf to a WC 60 Living Room Stone House Garage h Sto a 1 2 00 Local History Meeting public engagement and programming
concept scheme 1concept scheme 2
existing library site plan
concept scheme 3
design development building and site diagram
existing library - proposed library - ecotect daylighting simulation 9% glazing21% glazing
glazing and daylighting studies
schematic design aerial view
view of new terraced reading garden with double height reading room beyond
entry porch and stormwater garden
New City Library
renovation and addition new city, ny
original buildingprior additionproposed addition
DARK BRONZE ANODIZED METAL PANEL TO MATCH STOREFRONT MULLIONS GLEN GERY SIOUX CITY BRICK VINTAGE BLACK VELOUR DECORATIVE COURSING BRONZE ANODIZED METAL PANEL GLEN GERY SIOUX CITY BRICK 70% MIDTOWN IRONSPOT VELOUR 30% BLACK HILLS VELOUR RUNNING BOND DARK BRONZE LOW PROFILE FASCIA GLEN GERY SIOUX CITY BRICK VINTAGE BLACK VELOUR ROWLOCK COURSING development of children’s library addition and courtyard
interior view from main entry
main reading area with local history and group study rooms beyond
Centennial Village Housing & Dining
University of Miami coral gables, fl
Creativity & Innovation District LLC
Virginia Tech blacksburg, va
Greer Environmental Sciences Center
Virginia Wesleyan University virginia beach, va
Jennings Hall
James Madison University
new construction residence life
Study of Finnish Libraries
travel fellowship helsinki & jyvaskyla, finland
Old City Arts Collaborative graduate studio philadelphia, pa
The Old City Arts Collaborative is a new collaborative art residency center in Old City, Philadelphia.
This project was developed through 4 objectives: reclaiming abandoned spaces for the city fostering collaborations between visitors and the public
developing simple, flexible buildings expressing the creative mission through building details.
The rectangular volumes of the three buildings relate to the dense, historic context, but the surfaces shi" in and out of the volumes and slide past one another, evoking and revealing the creative activity inside.
plaza shading studiesmarch 23june 21september 23december plaza21 axon and activity diagrams sculpture installations collaborative building workshops outdoor classes performance space public market first friday art sales 2 double layer channel glass translucent insulation channel glass frame steel angle bolted to slab edge 1 steel parapet cap rigid insulation steel angle bolted to concrete channel glass frame double layer channel glass translucent insulation 3 double layer channel glass translucent insulation channel glass frame steel angle bolted to slab edge rigid insulation waterproofing steel tube curtain wall assembly 4 curtain wall assembly waterproofing rigid insulation steel tube 10” reinforced concrete slab 5 insulated channel glass steel railing bolted to plate steel edge plate radiant heat piping topping slab reinforced concrete slab 6 insulated channel glass channel glass frame steel angle vapor barrier rigid insulation waterproofing reinforced concrete wall site cast concrete bench
Atlantic City Cultural Center
developing infrastructure for culture and resilience
Atlantic City’s cultural offerings once included a diverse range of outdoor recreation, family entertainment, cinemas, music and dance. Since the introduction of casino gambling in 1976, much of this vitality has been drawn into the windowless casinos, isolating the experience of the city from the natural environment that first
brought development to the island. The city’s casino industry is in decline due to increased competition.
Atlantic City Performing Arts Center Upper Floor Plan & Building Section
Atlantic City Cultural Center
City Market Section through water course facing dunes beyond
When you went here, there was enormous excitement think it was the combination of the spectacular ocean, and he Boardwalk, and the romantic fairy-tale-like buildings. remembe being particularly in ove with he Traymore way, way back.
Then later, when you come to analyze the combination of the ocean, the beach, the Boardw at hotel ardwalk, and the gre otels, you realize that the dramatic quali quality came because you had on the one hand
the vast space of the ocean-
-purely a natural phenomenon, always the same, never touched- thishighlyartificial, very urban, veryurban, constantlychangingplace.
The drama of the one side with with one thing and the other side the other was s was simply amazing.
It was like nothing else in the wor e world.
and on the other side you had e you
-Robert Venturi interview in AIA Journal, Nov. 1982
Travel drawing
During the Vicenza summer program I spent 5 weeks studying the architecture and urban spaces of the Veneto. The following drawings were created on site to record the relationships between building masses and voids, the historic palimpsest of the city, and the precisely articulated geometric relationships found throughout Renaissance architecture.
castelfranco basilica and city walls
Vicenza
