Undergraduate Portfolio by Maxwell

Max Jarosz

UNDERGRAD ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO

Max Jarosz EDUCATION 2010-2014

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Art History Minor 4th Year Candidate 3.5 Overall GPA / 3.3 Architectural GPA

SKILLS

AWARDS

German language, Rhinocerous 3D Modeling, AutoCAD, Adobe Master Suite,Grasshoper Parametric Modeling, Fire Fly, Maya, Microsoft Office, Model Construction, Photography.

UIC Talent Tuition Award Recipientm(2010-2014), Deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s List Academic Standing(2010+2010), Illinois State Scholar(2010), Advanced Placement Scholar Award (2010).

WORK EXPERIENCE 2012-Present

University of Illinois at Chicago, Architecture Print Lab Manager Supervisor: Meghan Funk -Proctor for managing file sizes and print quality, resolving issues for faculty and students, machine maintenance, keeping the print lab in an orderly manner, and printing for faculty and student exhibitions. Managing inventory levels, employee conflicts, and placing maintence orders.

2010-2012

Castle and Cooke Cold Storag/Madison Warehouse, Forklift Loading Supervisor: Luke Zygaldo -Loading trucks to be shipped in a timely manner and without damage, interacting with truck drivers, checking picked orders for accuracy, recieving products into the system, working with corporate clients during periods of special projects.

VOLUNTEER WORK 2013-Present

MisGuided Tactics Pamphlet Professor: Stewart Hicks -Compiling and producing work to be published in a series of architectural pamphlets in January 2014.

2010-Present

University of Illinois at Chicago School of Architecture -Barbie Architect: Worked with young children to inform and interest them in architecture and design. -FIELD Exhibition: Worked with Prof. Andrew Moddrell to fabricate and set up faculty exhibition. -Year End Shows: Helped print, paint, and set up projects for display in the annual year end show. -Cropped Exhibition: Helped set up the Cropped Exhibition in the school.

2012-2013

Early Learning Foundations Play Structure Professor: Thomas Kelley -Developed and built a play structure for children ages 2-5 in one of the classrooms at the ELF facilities.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS

NUCLEAR CATALYST p.1-6 A NEW FACE FOR THE CPL p.7-14 PARK PLACE TOWER p.15-18 PYRAMIDAL PAVILION p.19-22 Exhibited in the UIC Year End Show

COLLABRATIVE PROJECTS

EARLY LEARNING FOUNDATIONS p.23-26 STUDIO BERLIN p.27-30 ACTION REACTION p.31-36 Published on suckerPUNCH Exhibited in the UIC Year End Show

TVA, brings in gallons of

water from the lake, using it to cool the reactors. Releases water 20-30 degrees warmer.

IBM, uses new generation

data servers with warm water to regulate data server temperatues.

Glacier Ice, uses a

portion of the water to make ice, releases some cooler water.

Existing buildings use the warm water from IBM for heating, and the cooler water from Glacier Ice for cooling.

Lake, clean water is returned to the lake which is then sucked back in my the nuclear plant finishing the cycle.

River, flows filtered water

back in to the lake, to make a cleaner river.

CLEVELAND’S NUCLEAR CATALYST

1|Intro|NUCLEAR CATALYST

The continuous decline of Cleveland in terms of population, employment, and economy show that Cleveland needs a radical catalyst to propel it into a city of the future. Cleveland’s plethora of failed cut and paste urbanism projects show that it needs something unique and radical. Nuclear plants provide a cleaner, safer, and more productive energy production compared to other sources of energy. While Nuclear energy has historically had strong opposition the data along with many other countries support its ability to be a plausale solution for the future of energy. By putting a nuclear plant in downtown Cleveland two opportunities are provided. First, the development of a chain of production using the nuclear facility’s demand for large amounts of water from the lake. The water sucked in by the plant for cooling, would then be used by data servers and ice producers which all need water to function and provided a cheaper cost for those companies, which will eventually flow back into the river and return to the lake. The offset of this large chain produces varied temperatures in the water allowing for different micro climates. Second, these micro climates allow for a series of built structures using these varied temperatures to produce a new type of public realm that can serve different programs due to year round temperatures normally not available in Cleveland. Outside of these structures are a series of connected exterior spaces that develop a super plastic landscape that creates a differentiated identity from the typical green space.

Google, the cooler warm water to cool their data servers and returns the water to the river.

NUCLEAR CATALYST |Render|2

3|Site Plan|NUCLEAR CATALYST

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NUCLEAR CATALYST |Zoom Site Plan|4

Top: Thermal map showing winter temperatures of public areas of the park.

Bottom and Right: Axon and Model Photo of interior and exterior public spaces right next to nuclear cooling tower. 5|Info and Model Photo|NUCLEAR CATALYST

Top: Section cutting through the field of Dome environments. Bottom: Zoomed interior and exterior public spaces next to the cooling tower.

NUCLEAR CATALYST |Sections|6

A NEW FACE FOR THE CPL This studio was based on the exploration of the Midwest and using Narrative in architecture. Researching how different Midwestern Monuments worked we altered the stories and created collages to occumpany the story. The mechanism was then abstracted and applied to a building type of choice, which would eventually replace a similar building type in Chicago. A Backstory was written to give these buildings a home in a new fictional Chicago. This library became the outcome of using facial profiles to create an iconic figure-head for the Chicago Public Library. To create strong facial profiles, Giambatista Della Porta’s physiognony studies were used and the animal temperaments associated with the faces organized the different parts of the library into the four towers created by the facial profiles. The Interior would work in reference to Boullee’s Deuxieme projet pour la Bibliothèque du Roi with a series of stepped library stacks that become occupiable. The patterns and layouts in plan were formed from ct scans cut through a head in the same location.

7|Intro|CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY |Facial Elevation|8

ROCKET MAN IDENTITY

(The Gemini Giant, Wilmington, Il, USA)

A NEW FACE FOR THE CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

The Gemini Giant is a monument along side the historic Route 66. Its distinct astronaut style created an iconic identity for the people in the small town. This identity became very symbolic along with the emergence of the space race during the 1960’s. However, its once iconic identity is beginning to fade out with the memories of the space race becoming less known and a youth that doesn’t understand its historical significance to the people of that era.

During the 60’s many “muffler men” were placed along side Route 66 with different props in their hand. Most of them were insignificant and were taken down and only a few remain today.

Today, the Chicago Public library is the envy of the world’s library lovers. It has grown from the Chicago Fire into one of the largest Library systems in the world and services the entire Chicago region. But it wasn’t always this way. For years the vast library network was without a figurehead.

In order to rectify the situation, mayor Harold Washington hosted a competition that invited all of Chicago’s greatest architects to fight for the coveted spot of designing the new library in 1983. SOM, Arthur Erickson, Helmut Jahn, Dirk Lohan, and Hammond, Beeby, and Babka all entered the competition. Helmut Jahn was victorious

The Gemini Giant’s name comes from the Gemini Program which came in between the Mercury and Apollo missions. Its historical importance is embedded within the complexity of the space race. During this time the space race was an escalation from the Cold War which effected the entire nation. The space race stood for more than just a race to the moon, but a monumental showdown between democracy and communism, and touched the hearts of people across the nation. Many of the midwesterners that were isolated on their farms were only able to look in awe as rockets launched and inspired everyone from children to grandparents.

The outfit for the Gemini Giant consists of completely wrong pieces that form a whole that was still capable of sending its message and appears almost as the costume of a kid playing with a rocket and pretending to be an astronaut. For example, the helmet looks more like a welding mask than an actual space helmet., the space suit is a short sleeve shirt and is not what astronauts wore, the space ship looks more like a rocket than a space shuttle.

MONUMENTAL MIDWESTERN MECHANISM Create an iconic figure that represents a powerful and nastalgic historical era using a series of everyday objects.

9|Backstory|CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

But as quick as the weather changes in Chicago, so did the citizens opinion of the building. They soon began to exclaim it looked like an office building, an apartment building, and one even claimed it looked like a modern gas station. The people refused to have the icon of their library system be just another “international style building.”

Nearly 30 years later, Rahm Emmanuel finally gave the people their wish and went on a crusade to tear down the library.

But one inspiring design went above and beyond in both ways. It took the existing parts from famous libraries around that world and collaged them into the shape of face. Of course! It could literally be the face of Chicago. By using existing library parts it would satisfy the need to clearly look like a library and the shapes of the faces would create an iconic building to be the face of the CPL.

Another design competition was held to rectify the mistakes of the past. The new challenge - how do we make a library that works as a recognizable and traditional library, but also creates a new and distinct face for the CPL and Chicago? He thought of the ornament from the earlier competition, and said the city would need something more “library-y.”

The library became the most loved (literally) landmark in Chicago. It operated as a great library and wonderful new public attraction. Tourists drove from all over the Midwest to kiss the faces for good luck. Even though the face in the library was no one in particular, everyone could see a little of themselves in it.

Emmanuel waded through the pile of uninspiring proposals from today’s most famous architects. Smith and Gill thought it should be a skyscraper. Jeanne Gang proposed a building with bland combination of popular styles inspired by Koolhaas. He worried that the proposals would hold the same fate as the last library.

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY |Backstory|10

11|Site Plan|CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

FACIAL PROFILES AND ANIMAL TEMPERMENTS

Adult Library - Dedicated to recreational reading (anything that is not considered research) for adults, it contains different subjects of books and offers digital media collections. Goats are extremely intelligent and tend to their boundaries of understanding. Left brain introverted horses have tendencies to stop and think about situations rather than turn and flee like others.

School Library/Kid Library - Dedicated to children's books and books used most frequently by ages K-12. Lion's hunt in prides, they develop their skills with other young lion's until they become mature enough to form their own pride. Dogs temperament depends strongly on how they are raised, but have a tendency to be nurturing and protective over children.

The resulting forms of the Adult and K-12 towers of the library.

Research Tower - Dedicated to Academic Studies and Research, occupants come to spend long hours researching and processing information. Chicken and Fish both operate rather quietly, they have adapt easily to confinement and are generally not aggressive when confined in small spaces.

Public Area - Dedicated to offering larger spaces for gathering, occupants can have book clubs, meetings, and discussions. Crows work well with others, they are one of the few bird species that is known to actually play with each other. Donkeys need companions, without other animals around them they suffer from extreme anxiety and depression.

The resulting forms of the Research and Public towers of the library

CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY |Face Profiles|12

13|Section|CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY

CROWN SPACES The adult portion of the library contains the Chicago Public Library Archives collection. The archives show a large urban library responding to social, political and economic factors affecting an American city in the 19th century, through the upheavals of the 20th century, and into the digital age. The children’s portion of the crown holds the collection of children’s books published in Chicago. This special collection showcases historical children’s books including, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, as well as fairy tales and “moveable” books. The Division holds the archives of the Volland Company that published Raggedy Andy. The research portion of the crown will hold both the historic neighborhood research collection and the rare book and manuscript portion. The neighborhood section holds photographs, manuscripts, clippings, and maps that chronicle the neighborhoods from the 19th and 20th Centuries. The rare book and manuscript portion comprises of examples of the history of the book from manuscript to print, Chicago pre-fire imprints, and volumes from the English Book Donation.

Top: Sketch of filling in cavities in the head. Bottom: Interior of the Crown

Top: Relationship to site Bottom: Interior of special collections inside the crown pavilions.

The public portion of the crown with hold the art and artifact collection. The collection contains paintings, drawings, prints, posters and sculpture from Lorado Taft to Anish Kapoor. These works are regularly on display for the public to come see.

CROWN TRANSITIONAL SPACES The transition between the adult and children’s portion contains the World’s Columbian Exhibition Collection which contains official and unofficial photographs of the fair. It contains Illustrated Press: Chicago through July 2013, and an exhibit on the Legacy of Harold Washington. The transition between the children’s and public display holds the exhibit on the Century of Progress. It contains souvenier booklets, guidebooks, and photographs that chronicle the fair held in Chicago. The transition between the adult and research portion contains the Special Collection’s Civil War holdings, which include one of the first paintings of Ulysses S. Grant, diaries by Illinois soldiers and swords carried by Union officers. Books about the war, from regimental histories written by soldiers to modern studies of the conflict. The transition between the public and research sections contains the Chicago Theater Collection,. It contains scrapbooks and extensive runs of programs that reveal the city’s theatrical life in the early 19th and early 20th Century. It documents more than 100 theaters. CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY |Crown Information|14

Formal Adjustment

Current Condition

Condensing Parks

Vertical Adjustment

PARK PLACE TOWER The concept of this tower is to increase the density of local outside activities. Typically, access to many different activities requires traveling far distances in the city which can become very inconvienent. With this new tower, mass is subtracted from a rectangular tower increasing inhabital surface to insert parks. Then parts of the tower set back to increase the the quality of the newly formed outside parks in terms of light and air. Program for these parks are inserted based on size and access to light and the different types of program allow for a mixture of interior program because of the shared exterior space. On the interior all office, hotel, and dorm programs are independent only mixing in public or retail space, forcing the interaction to happen on the exterior parks. This happens because the parks divide the program formally, and mix them programatically. Different types of program prefer different types of activity which are mixed in these new urban parks increasing the amount of interaction between program as they enjoy the new exterior spaces.

15|Intro|PARK PLACE TOWER

New Condition

PARK PLACE TOWER |Model|16

17|Sections|PARK PLACE TOWER

PROGRAM

PARKING

RESIDENTIAL

OFFICE

RETAIL

HOTEL

CIRCULATION CORES

PARKS AND PUBLIC

FRONT STRUCTURE

BACK STRUCTURE

PARK PLACE TOWER |Plans and Program|18

PYRAMIDAL PAVILION This design studio was about generating form based on the transition between point, line, and surface. Developing a module of points which when manipulated by 90 degree transformations created a cube with varying densities. The same system was applied to the creation of lines through the system of points. After numerous models one was selected and the sections through this model provide the foundation to create surfaces. By connecting lines from the sections a pyramidal form was created. After the surface model was created a series of triangulated perferations were created and then lofted towards the center to create depth. This form was then inserted into the ground to be used as a pavilion.

19|Intro|PYRAMIDAL PAVILION

PYRAMIDAL PAVILION |Render|20

Plan 1

SECTION A

Plan 2

SECTION B

21|Plan and Section|PYRAMIDAL PAVILION

FRONT ELEVATION

BACK ELEVATION

RIGHT ELEVATION

LEFT ELEVATION

PYRAMIDAL PAVILION |Elevations|22

studioBERLIN Studio Berlin was a study abroad workshop in Berlin, Germany. We stayed for 5 weeks and visited various buildings and traveled to a few other cities. The project that was done was on the abandoned Templehof Airfield. We designed a 9 piece pavilion that could be brought together as one in a closed form, split apart to host an event, or act as individual pieces for the local urban gardeners that made their own gardens on the airfield. After we left we gave them the project to use as they saw fit in their garden. Personal Contribution: As a studio we worked on various design proposals and met with the gardeners to listen to their feedback, everyone was involved with the overall design. We then split up into teams to work on the individual pieces after splitting the form with a 9 square grid. I worked specifically with Sam Tanis on the Pissour Piece, both design and fabrication. Team Members: Sam T, Jessica L, Colin B, Shuya W, Adrian F, Samra P, Jeisler S, Josh L, Siobhan B, Emily H, Julie G, Alex P, Robert B, Lewis G, Emma D, Jose G, Chris S, Heather W, and Suroor K.

27|Intro|studioBERLIN

studioBERLIN |Exhibition Photo|28

29|Photos|studioBERLIN

Top: Seating piece closed in garden. Bottom: Seating piece opened for seating.

Top: Gallery Piece located to draw people into the garden. Bottom: Group picture on the pavilion put together.

studioBERLIN |Photos|30

EARLY LEARNING FOUNDATIONS The Early Learning Foundation Play Structure aims to both educate the mind and stimulate the body. Through the application of visual shape recognition and varying styles of physical play, the project proposes to thicken an existing column and occupy it with movable play shapes and an interiorized playhouse. The proposal aims to resolve a variety of functional and educational strategies under the framework of a compact and expand process. Personal Contribution: Initially we all worked on individual designs and tried to take the best parts from each. After Thomas Kelley established the final design, I worked on the fabrication of the structure and early fabrication of some of the play shapes. Team Members: Prof. Thomas Kelley, Jacob Waas, Anges Rutkowski, Agustin Bernal.

23|Intro|EARLY LEARNING FOUNDATIONS

EARLY LEARNING FOUNDATIONS |Photo|24

Left: Column in classroom Top: Peeking into the interior. Bottom: Other side.

25|Photos|EARLY LEARNING FOUNDATIONS

Top and Bottom: Play shapes cladded with foam for safety Right: Early mock up

EARLY LEARNING FOUNDATIONS |Construction Photos|26

ACTION/REACTION The focus of this project was the translation of built details into an occupiable scale. Our group used the Reliance Building as our precedent, focusing on the double bay and joint details. These pieces were then examined through three different scales, too big, too small, and just right. The just right scale became the final design and created a field of interconnected planks and each movement creates a reaction across the field of planks. The final task was creating a series of games that forced participants to experience the object. Personal Contribution: I was personally responsible for all of the grasshopper and firefly programming and the wiring of the LED lights. Before we reached that step, I worked on the inital design within a group of 4 students. After this I helped with the construction of the final product. Team Members: Jacob D, Afshan A, Radu A, Jessica L, Salvador C, Matt M, Crystal T, Nichole T, Steven K, Diana K, and Conor L.

31|Intro|ACTION/REACTION

ACTION/REACTION |Final Presentation Photo|32

The slip connection of the metal from plank to plank.

Plank to fulcrum connection.

33|Axon|ACTION/REACTION

Fulcrum to base connection.

18 4A

18. Plexi Glass 1/2" x 3/4" x 15"

4B 4C 17. Nuts D - 3/4"

16. Washers D - 3/4"

15. Stainless Steel 20 Gauge

14. Sheet Metal Connections 20 Gauge

12,13

8, 13

13. Birch Wood 1/2" x 4"

2, 8,10,13

12. Birch Wood 1/2" x 15"

11. Sheet Metal 20 Gauge

10. Plywood Strips 3/4" x 4"

Top: Early plank strength and safety test Bottom: Construction Photo

Top: Arduino and amplifier detail Bottom: Near finished construction

9. Steel Tubing Supports 2" x 1 1/4" x 1/8"

6 Ready-To-Use

8. Plywood 4' x 8'

CONCRETE MIX Mezcla de Concreto Lisa Para Su Uso

QUIKRETE Just Add Water!

80 LB

7. Nuts D - 1/2"

6. Washers D - 1/2"

6, 7, 16, 17 5. Concrete

4A. LED lights 4B. Amplifiers 4C. Arduino Megabaord 4D. Wires 4E. Computer

3A. Rebar 3B. Bolts 3C. Conduits 3D. Ties

2. Base Wood 2" x 4"

1. Angle Iron 2" x 3"

Kit of parts.

ACTION/REACTION |Construction Photos|34

Balance it out

Balance masters

Balancing act

one team

Team one

Balanced Plank:

One person

Balanced Plank:

Imbalanced Team two

Team vs

Imbalanced Plank

one person from team one goes to step on the lit up plank

a person from team two goes on the plank that is lit up

the second person from team one goes on to the model to balance it out

as the different planks light up one person at a time has to step onto the model until the group of people are on the model while trying to keep it balanced, but noone is allowed to stand in the center of the plank

the second person from the team two goes to the plank to balance out plank, while also trying to imbalance the other teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plank

one person from team one goes to step on the lit up plank

people from the other team go on one by one to try to balance out the model again trying to keep the fewest number of people on the model as possible

once all members of the group are on the model it should be balanced the planks will light up if they are balanced

35|Game Descriptions|ACTION/REACTION

if both teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s planks are balanced then a new light will light up and the game start again with team two

the lights will light up if the team was able to successfully balance the model Levels of Difficulty Beginner Intermediate Difficult

if they are not able to with eight people, then the planks will light up red, and the single player is the winner

ACTION/REACTION |Photos|36