714.615.5685 Justin.Skoda@me.com Jskoda@calpoly.edu 10985 Matthews Drive, Tustin, CA, 92782
Education 2008 - 2013
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA
Bachelor of Architecture Minor in Sustainability Deans List: 8 Quarters 2011 - 2012
Danish Institute for Study Abroad Copenhagen, Denmark
Studies Included Architectural Studio Coursework, Urban Design Theory, Urban Analysis, and European Urban Historical Theory.
Experience 06.2012 - 09.2012
Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects San Diego, CA
Summer Internship. Worked on conceptual and final design presentation materials, diagramming, renderings, drawings, construction detail drawings, physical and digital modeling, site visits, client meetings, promotional materials, construction site observation. Assisted with Ventura City Freeway Cap Redevelopment Study, TMCAS Park Competition, San Dieguito Lagoon Pavilion, part of site observation at City College, San Diego. Summers 2009 and 2011
Lomeli Photography Yorba Linda, CA
Professional Photography Studio Assistant: Photoshop editing, photo organization, photo-package processing, and off-site assistant. Assisted with off site setup and photo processing and logistical organization.
Skills 2D/3D
Rhino, Photoshop, Illustrator, Autocad, Sketchup, Brazil for Rhino, Revit
Design Skills
InDesign, Hand Drawing, Watercolor, Physical Models, Keynote, Powerpoint
Professional
Conversational Danish and Spanish Language Skills IDP Hours Toward Architect License
Activities KCPR Campus Radio DJ
Managed radio program, with responsibilities for playing, selecting, and organizing show.
Private Volunteer Tutor
Created personalized lesson plans and tutored clients to help them succeed.
Urban Social Potentials
Cities are the centers of our social cultural production. However they have been neutered of this function and no long function as the rich spontaneous meeting place of the masses, largely in part because the urban spaces that served as the social organs of the city have been eviscerated and neglected in the creation of our modern cities. Instead what ‘public space’ remains serves ulterior motives and is exclusionary to activities and social groups that do not serve to further strengthen a sense of control or profit motive over our public social sphere. Instead the mall and freeway are the meeting place of populace as opposed to the civic plaza. Opposed to the norm of undefined non-space in between real destinations, the urban voids can support the rich intermixing and spontaneous social encounter that was so integral to historical cities. The pseudo ‘public-ness’ of the shopping mall is in fact overtly planned and highly controlled, subverting the spontaneity inherent in true urban environments. Instead tightly controlled spaces serve to further ulterior monetary goals subverting social interaction while also limiting chance encounter and oppressing diversity in favor of the expected and homogenized ‘normal’ social condition. Consequently, the urban fabric should serve all social groups and allow for the full spectrum of social diversity to partake in the city’s cultural discourse. Through offering the greatest degree of diversity, hierarchy, differentiation and overlap, the proposed form and subsequent urban spaces, can better serve the social urban needs and again create a space that is in tune with social trends, and also give the public a space that is truly ‘urban’ in its richness, variety and cultural importance to the city at large.
Santa Ana River
Freeway System
Proposed Train Site
Housing
Commercial
Intermixed Temporal Program
Park Civic Education
Shopping Mall
Urban Proposal
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Carlsberg Corporate Social Responsibility Center
An adaptive reuse project in the Carlsberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark. The building is an defunct bottling facility and warehouse, recycled into a Corporate Social Responsibility Center. Additional new neighborhood community program was added to integrate the public and private functions of the building and expose the issues and exhibits hosted within to a wider audience, while at the same time creating new amenities and spaces for the new Carlsberg residents as the district is developed. Classrooms, lecture halls and cafe can double on weekends or off work hours to be used for other events like local markets and art shows, expanding the use of the building and making it a foci for the local neighborhood community. Conference Rooms Incubator OfďŹ ces Restaurant Classrooms Lecture Hall
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Fredriksberg Kultur House And Metro Station
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As part of Copenhagen’s City Ring subway expansion, the proposed Fredriksberg station can also double as a culture house, creating a new community center for the neighborhood while respecting the local corner-buildingblock typology and creating new outdoor amenities encasing a day lit atrium space that brings light down into the metro and various program spaces. A new park area and public axis through the building connects the station with the adjacent urban fabric and streetscape.
Terrace Solar Orientation
Light Well to Metro
Metro
Lower Foyer DOWN
Buildable Volume
Auditorium
UP
Cafe UP
Lobby
New Public Space Axis
Entry as Landmark of Varying Scales
Final Form
Sundby Harbor Row Houses
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Divide Block to Allow Views & Variety
Rotate Orientation for Solar Access
Stagger Units to Create New Public Space
A study into developing the Danish row house typology at Sundby Harbor on the island of Amager in Copenhagen. Attention was given to site orientation and organization in order to preserve public access along the harbor front promenade to the Maritime Youth House and adjoining beach front. New public and outdoor spaces are created by recessing groupings of houses as they are staggered backward to allow for views toward the city and sea and create a more dynamic street frontage. Material changes denote shifts in public-private relationships and provide a diverse range of outdoor hardscape and softscape conditions. FRONT YARD
PERMEABLE BACK STREET YARD
South Elevation
PUBLIC WAY HARBOR INTERACTION
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South Elevation
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North Elevation
2m
10 m 5m
10 m 5m