RASMUS JONASSON
Hej!
Jag heter Rasmus Jonasson, och detta är min portfolio. Samtliga projekt är skapade på Umeå arkitekthögskola (UMA). Portfolion är även på engelska då det är utbildningens undervisningsspråk
EDUCATION
Umeå School of Architecture UMA Ba. Architecture
2019-present
Uddevalla Gymnasieskola 2015-2018 Technical program, Urban planning and environment
COMPETITIONS
Non-architecture RE-DRAW.02 Architectural representation 2020 (mar-apr)
WORK
IKEA 2017-2022 Food + Sales co-worker (oct-may) working with direct customer meetings in the restuarant , store space and logistics department. As well as behind the scenes. Creating/curating advertisment spaces in store for food products, reorganizing sales and customer areas.
EXTRACURRICULAR
Arkipelago UMA (Work fair) Fair group 2019/20 furniture + bar Company Contact 2020/21 Contact + scheduling Communication manager Leading a team of 5, creating posters and other graphical material for the fair as well as company contact.
VILLA SJÖTORP Kitchen assistant
2017 (may-jul)
FORSHÄLLA KYRKOGÅRD Cemetary Caretaker
2016 (jul)
Design Section NTK UMA (Student Union) Vice chairman 2020/21 (aug20-oct20) Acting chairman 2020/21 (oct20-apr21)
2021/22
SOFTWARE Photoshop
Lightroom
Autocad
Sketchup
Illustrator
Indesign
Qgis
Rhino
Twinmotion
USE(R)S
Temporary Reuse + activity-making, Umeå Fall 2021 UMA 3 - Studio 3 Atlas of future explorations - Towards a constructed ecology in architecture Studio Tutors: Maria Luna Nobile, Richard Conway External tutors: David Ortega Individual Project
USE(R)S An investigation in activity + space-making through reuse of abandoned or underused buildings. A strategy to bring purpose + value while only applying temporary structures and collective engagement. The architecture chosen is an old gymnastics hall, located in central Umeå and the concept/strategy is open to interpretation and anyone is free to add, remove or change aspects as they see fit.
The strategy is applied to the program of cooking and eating food. Dividing preparation, cooking and eating with simple textile sheets. Proposing simple architecture around which to gather and enjoy the company of friends + family.
Planning During the early stages the project was stuck in a loop of research and planning. Never taking the next step with the fear of doing something that wouldn’t be good enough.
Acting It was first after a idea about acting instead of thinking came that the project really formed. An idea that when working with this type of temporarity and simple means, acting to actually make something can be very valuable compared to planning something that never happens.
Adapting Through the idea of making something by acting more than planning one must acknowledge that what has been done needs to be open to adaptation. In this sense the planning can advance during the projects lifespan and lead to both action and future optimization.
General repetition
Repetition found in the architecture
Arches, material and function
Interior panorama from site visit, showing the main hall
The gymnastics hall has not been used since the mid 1900’s. The whole interior has been taken out, except for a few elements such as the bench seen in the photo. What is left lays even more focus than before on certain elements such as the arched windows found throughout the building. The arch has from the beginning been a point of interest and is the main element which has been explored throughout the project
Model of the building + Explorative models, concrete, resin, mdf and cardboard
Step 1, Preparation Shopping Bringing Food + furniture
Step 2, Cooking Preparing the food Setting the table
Step 3, Eating Eating food Socializing Enjoying the company
Step 4, Watching Collective activity Music/Film/Etc Connecting
Exploration of sequential activities
Left:
Program stages
Division of spaces
Arches as a system, laser cut mdf
Deconstructed brick arch, resin + concrete
The scale of the arch is found by adapting the window shape to the human body
Exploration of arch, textile, 1:1
Left:
Development, window -> archway
Reflection When the goal is to actually do or make something, precise meticulous planning and scheming carries very little value compared to the simple act of simply acting if the aim is to act in the moment rather than in a potential future.
19-25
Collective housing in Gräsmyr, Nordmaling Spring 2021 UMA 2 - Studio 2 Nordmaling Calling - Exploring future alternatives of local resilience Studio Tutors: Sara Thor, Maja Hallén, Sergio Montero Bravo, Cornelia Redeker Design Team: Axel Gillblad, Rasmus Jonasson Group Project
19-25 is a cooperative housing concept, utilizing empty municipally owned lots in the rural village of Nordmaling. The aim of the project is enabling rural living for groups generally unable to live outside of urban areas, such as young adults lacking the capital needed to purchase, or people too old to maintain an entire house on their own.
The project is made up of private living units and shared spaces. 8 smaller and 2 larger apartments as well as a collective kitchen, community spaces, winter garden, garage, workshop and a greenhouse. The focus of the project lies in offering a sustainable lifestyle through Social, Economic and ecological factors
Social: Cooperative living creates a community among the residents. Working against loneliness and exclusion through allowing spontaneous meetings and activities between residents
Ecologic: The project is planned with passive and active climate strategies as well as designed with locally produced, lightweight timber beams, from Masonite beams, simplifying production, transport and construction.
Economic: Apart from a cost effective structure in the building phase, the sharing of spaces and resources splits the cost of these things between residents lowering the individual cost for each individual.
Site model, cardboard + plaster
Right: Situational map over Gräsmyr
Shared spaces are placed in the middle with the private spaces to the sides
The private and shared spaces connect via a corridor running throughout the building
The building is raised to contain two floors
A sloped roof with diagonal sections following the interior walls guides rainwater into controlled points
A system of connected pillars on the outside protect from falling snow in the winter.
Left: Division of spaces Right: Design development
Sectional model, laser cut, mdf board + plexi glass
Main structural elements
Left: Wall detail Right: Plan, upper + lower floor
Reflection Discovering models for living, both alone and together in the future is key to developing and surviving as a sustainable society. Through pin pointing what is valued that can also be provided while what is not can be reworked into something also bringing value and sustainability.
Notholmen Algae-farm
Macro-algae and Seaweed Aquaculture, Nordmaling Fall 2020 UMA 2 - Studio 2 Nordmaling Calling - Exploring future alternatives of local resilience Studio Tutors: Sara Thor, Maja Hallén, Sergio Montero Bravo Individual Project
Notholmen Algae farm This project explores future ways of food production through looking at resources used in other parts of the world but still relatively new in a Northern European context. Growing seaweed is both actively positive for the environment through acting as shelter for small fishes and other marine animals but also by moving food production from conventional agriculture. Through
moving some food production in this way, the use of fertilizer etc which heavily pollutes our waters is reduced. Placing a program such as this in the Baltic sea can be a way to work towards revitalizing a dying body of water.
[I] Growth + Harvest The first space is the pier, where the seaweed is grown on ropes hanging in the protected areas in between. When the seaweed is ready to harvest, this is easily done taking the rope out of the water.
[II] Drying To be able to process the harvest it first needs to be dried. This can be done through passive systems working with solar heat, thermal mass and ventilation.
[III] Sorting + Storing When the seaweed is dried it needs to be packaged and those packages needs a storage room. This space also doubles as a place for sorting the different species.
[IV] Equipment Even though this operation has a very low need of equipment there still needs to exist a space for this. Extra rope, scuba equipment etc takes vey little space and the room for this lies in connection to the rest.
Left: Program Diagram Right: Flow model, hand cut mdf + thread
Left: Section + Plan Right: Harbor Usage Decline
Decline of harbor usage. Making the site less prone to pollution and more favorable for growing seaweed.
1960
1975
2020
BLADDER WRACK Perennial Propagation period MAY-JUN SEP-NOV
NARROW WRACK Perennial Propagation period SEP-NOV
GRASS KELP
Annual Propagation period JAN-JUN
DEAD MANS ROPE Annual Propagation period DEC-JAN
SUMMER In summer the main room is used for hanging recently harvested seaweed in front of the large window, drying it through the solar energy both directly and through the thick back wall utilizing the thermal mass.
WINTER In winter the main room is transformed into a space for resting, having fika and socializing. Tables are brought in to allow people coming there to sit for a while, enjoying the sun and view while shielded from the northern climate.
The pier is both used for growing/harvesting as well as allowing access for fishing and swimming
The pier allows easy access for ice skating, winter bathing and ice fishing for example.
LEFT: Seaweed-species, growable on site RIGHT: Key space in summer + winter
UMA 1 - Selected works First year explorations Fall 2019 + Spring 2020 UMA 1 Year 1 Tutors: Carla Collevechio, Richard Conway Individual projects
BODY SERIES. An exploration of the body in space and an investigation of movement. An introduction to inhabiting a space.
Coreography
Lines
Planes
Geometric Skeleton
GEOMETRIC SERIES. A Continuation of the body series analysis, a choreography was translated into the geometric forms of Lines, Planes and Volumes.
CASTING WORKSHOP. A workshop over 2 weeks, introducing modelmaking through casting and its possibilities.
Positive, Styrofoam
Positive, Concrete
Shell, Plaster
Negative, Plaster
LANDSCAPE SERIES. Following the casting workshop the negative casts where used as a base for translating the cast into a topographical landscape model.
Reflection Throughout the first year at UMA, a wide range of architectural tools are explored. Ranging from the body in space to design of a pavilion. This sets up a good base from where new architectural explorations can spring.