hypothetical architecture by David Johnson

David Rowan Johnson

selected works 2007-2011

516.317.8257

rowandesign1@gmail.com

David Rowan Johnson selected works 2007-2011 table of contents:

1. mobius studio

2. BODO sun

3. inhabitable visions

4. parametric shingles

5. innovation incubator

9. warped plies

6. corrugated shells

10. venice lounger

7. NIKE cloud

11. built works

8. between the sheets

12. small built works

Mobius Studio

Site Plan

instructor: Olivier Touraine program: UCLA Architecture Department The studio promotes interconnectivity within the school of architecture as well with the campus community. It is sited in such a way to create paths of convenience across the site and campus. The building wraps around these high traffic areas to expose the building and its uses to the public. The form relates to adjacent building height to fit with the “campus landscape” and wraps around a central courtyard and creates a continuous ring of space. Program is terraced within to create a more open and interconnected studio environment. Floor slabs are punctured to bring in more light as well as create more interior views. The building meets the ground with reveals for light as well as views inward. A meandering path makes its way into the building to give public a view of the work and facilities.

STUDENT/FACULTY

VISITOR

SITE STRATEGY :

CONVENIENCE PATHS

South Elevation

ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGY :

MEANDERING PATHS / CONTINUOUS SPACE

+36’

+24’

+12’

-12’

NORTH-SOUTH SECTION -20’

QUAD PERSPECTIVE

F2 DN

LIBRARY / LOUNGE -6

COMP. / PRINT

3RD YEAR

-12

2ND YEAR

1ST YEAR -3

FACULTY

GALLERY / PIN-UP

PINUP -7.5

DN -9

.P.I.S

LENAP SSALG TNECULSNART

GALLERY / PINUP

ENRTY COURTYARD

UP DN

ERUTCURTS YRADNOCES LAETS UP

CLASS FACULTY

CLASSRM LECTURE

SHOP

STORAGE

ERUTCURTS REPUS LAETS

GROUND FLOOR

F -1

YDUTS / YRARBIL RAEY DR3 RAEY DN2 .PMOC / TNIRP YTLUCAF

RAEY TS1

NOITARTSINIMDA YRELLAG

ERUTCEL MOORSSALC POHS

YRTNE OIDUTS YRTNE YRELLAG

YRTNE NOITARTSINIMDA YRTNE ERUTCEL

YRTNE DRAYTRUOC

YRTNE POHS

NORTH EAST AERIAL

Bodo Sun 1/5

Bodo Sun

instructor: Open Competition program: Boat Museum / Library / Theater collaborator: Chris White Bodø's unique geographic conditions challenge its architecture to be equally unique. Prolonged darkness gives man the opportunity to create the light of his own city. Only in prolonged light can man appreciate a perpetual oasis of warm, open shade. The Kulturhus will transform the waterfront of Bodø with light. Light will make the hall itself a destination not only for cultural events, but as everyday social space.The marina will be a landscape of bright warmth in the darkness of night and winter, with the Kulturhus serving as the Bodø Sun. The large face of the arched shell will radiate light outwards on the entire waterfront area. The Slooping Museum is chiefly for the purpose of exhibiting Bodø's maritime history and heritage. The proposal locates the museum on the pier root site facing the quay, where the main exhibition piece is the last remaing Nordlandsjekt, “Anna Karoline”, displayed through the center room of the building. Also included in the Museum is a small restaurant & snack bar, classroom, small presentation hall, office space, and additional exhibition space.

Bodo Sun 2/5 Site / Promenade Site: three conditions of symmetry Time-light Symmetry: Bodø Sun In analyzing the sun chart of Bodø (67°66’ North - 14°22’ East), the one month of night and one month of day is a unique and significant phenomenon. There is a possibility to introduce an artificial source of light which brightens the long darkness in the winter, attracting the inhabitants of Bodø to engage both buildings.

Library

Vertical Symmetry: The reflecting sea To build this new sun for the city, we will take advantage of its location near the sea. Water duplicates the presence of an object through reflection, the reflection line dissolves with degrees of vibration. The Nye Kuturhus (BKN) is a lighted public arcade that extends into the sea with a semicircular outline, the reflection of which forms a huge disc of light.

Shadow Analysis

Horizontal Symmetry: Two poles and a promenade One pole is defined by the blocks 100 and 105, and the second by the Pier Root site. Both are facing each other, containing a virtual axis of symmetry in the water. Both are connected by what could be a very interesting urban landscape, the harbor promenade. Our proposal locates the Slooping Museum on the Pier Root Site, facing the quay front and the harbor, and leaves the more complex program to the second pole. The Nye Kulturhus is located on block 105 and face the harbor, and the library, the international center, etc, are located in the spacious block 100. There is a formal relationship between the two buildings; the Nye Kulturhus is an index to the form of the museum, which suggests one building being pulled from the other. There is a coherent structural system based on parabolic geometries and a common membrane that allows the possibility of both reflecting and emitting light over its entire surface.

Kulturhus

February 21

Promenade: an urban landscape Of equal importance as the buildings will be the attractiveness of the urban space that connects them. Our project addresses this space with wooden and glass strips as the basic cells that, in multiple combinations, would generate the individual elements needed to urbanize these spaces:

Promenade

1. Wind shelter: the wooden walkway folds to create a shelter that will attenuate the severe wind blowing across the harbor. 2. Benches: both as folded wood and cubic translucent glass emerging from the walkway. 3. Planters: some voids are inserted between the cells that allow vegetation to grow. 4. Light lines: below the boardwalk, lights project upwards forming an entropic landscape through the promenade. 5. Light displays: emerging from the walk as translucent monoliths, they will extend the inner exhibition program to the outdoors. They can be used to display information, or as art frames to display temporary digital work.

All the described elements are scattered between the twelve main lines that run from the Slooping Museum to the Nye Kulturhus.

Horizontal Symetry

April 21

Vertical Symetry

Wind Shelter

June 21

V3 6

Site Plan 1:750 Promenade Elements 1wind shelter 2 wood bench 3 transluscent bench 4 planter 5 light line 6 ligth display

Slooping Museum View 1- elements of promenade

View 2- wind shelter, transluscent bench, and light lines

View 3- wood bench and display

Bodo Sun 3/5 Kulturhus/ Library The Kulturhus will transform the waterfront of Bodø with light. Light will make the hall itself a destination not only for cultural events, but as everyday social space.The marina will be a landscape of bright warmth in the darkness of night and winter, with the Kulturhus serving as the Bodø Sun. The large face of the arched shell will radiate light outwards on the entire waterfront area. The proposal places in blocks 100 and 105 a complex hybrid building that emerges from the smaller and fragmented urban scale of the adjacent buildings, climbs vertically, merges into one form, and ends with a unified ring of light facing the harbor. A sheltered, open-air piazza provides Bodø's residents a refuge from the dark, windy winter months. Cafes border the piazza with tables, and the leeward-facing view of the marina, framed with a series of high wooden arches, keeps out the northwest wind and overlooks the illuminated marina and Slooping Museum.

Ground Floor 1: 500 Kulturhus Library 1 covered plaza 2 foyer hall 3 exhibition 4 tickets 5 cloakroom 6 refreshments 7 elevators 8 restrooms 9 second hall 10 escalators 11 tech storage 12 dressing room 13 greenroom 14 warm-up room 15 rehearsal hall 16 loading dock

Second Floor 1 : 500

1 waiting area 2 culture café 3 youth café 4 kitchen 5 restooms 6 showroom/ workshop 7 international center 8 black box theater 9 adult 10 children 11 lending area

L11 L10

Library

1 main hall 2 orchestra pit 3 stage 4 side stage 5 back stage 6set storage 7 rehearsal rooms 8 misc. workshop 9 offices misc.

1 rythmic center 2 meeting room 3 study area 4 public computers 5 news papers 6 local collection 7 open collection 8 information 9 sorting machines 10 exhibition display 11 seating area 12 restrooms 13 offices misc.

L6 K15

L11 L10

K9 K12

K14

L8 K6

K13 K11

K12

K12 L4

K12

K4 L5

K16

The form of this large foyer space comes directly form the theater floor which swoops overhead, with wooden planks that conjure the hull of a huge ship resting on the soaring glass wall.

K6 K10 K8

2 7

Section 1:300 1 restaurant 2 main hall 3 stage 4 dressing room 5 tech room 6 loading 7 bridge 8 rythmic center 9 library

Elevation 1: 500

K3 K1

A restaurant is located above the main theatre, providing beautiful views of the harbor. The libraries, showrooms, cafeterias, international center and rhythmic center are located on block 100. A central covered street gives access to these programs, connecting a unified, continuous space below the singular translucent roof. In the upper level, the circulation surrounds the high space of the libraries. Here we find other services, like the newspapers, collections, seating room and the administration offices

L12

L13

L1 K8

The building reads as a cascade of light that connects both blocks with a bridge above Halogalandsqata Street. The ground floor of the Kulturhus is divided into two areas: public gathering space, and theater support areas. Just inside the sheltered public plaza, ticket sales, restrooms, and cloak rooms receive concert goers. A facade of treated glazing separates the interior space from the piazza. The marina is visible through parabolic glazed arches which speak to the Slooping Museum directly across the water.

Kulturhus

Bodo Sun 4/5 Slooping Museum The Slooping Museum is chiefly for the purpose of exhibiting BodĂ¸'s maritime history and heritage. The proposal locates the museum on the pier root site facing the quay, where the main exhibition piece is the last remaing Nordlandsjekt, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Anna Karolineâ&#x20AC;?, displayed through the center room of the building. Also included in the Museum is a small restaurant & snack bar, classroom, small presentation hall, office space, and additional exhibition space. The space is wholly day-lit by the fully glazed facades at east and west. The different light quality over both the course of the day and the year changes the atmosphere and experience of visiting the museum continually. The form of the museum is determined by the geometry of a parabola. The profile of the shell registers three intersecting parabolas. At these intersections, parabolic openings connect the interior spaces transversely across the museum.

The form of these parabolas are taken directly from the apertures on the face of the Kulturhus, which faces the museum across the marina. The direct correlation between these two building forms creates a strong visual continuity across the harbor.

The main public areas of the museum are located on the ground level. An open plan, divided into three parallel sections, accommodate the major public programs. The entrance to the museum opens directly to the ticket counter. Adjacent to the ticket counter, the restaurant has a view of the city and sea to the west.

Membrane Detail 1 inner translucent polycarbonate 4cm 2 triangulated steel rib structure 3 controlled air chamber 4 external translucent polycarbonate 4cm 5 substructure of steel for wooden skin 6 external skin: lattice of pressure treated wood

The central exhibit space, steps down below grade, allowing visitors to get face to face with hull of the ship. From this lower space, visitors have have access to a classroom and small meeting hall. Also below grade, office space and museum storage lie below the secondary exhibit space.

The secondary exhibit space is designed to accommodate both permanent and temporary installations.

Section A 1 : 200 1 exhibition space 2 classroom 3 auditorium

Elevation 1:300

Inhabitable Visions

instructor: Judith Mussel program: Tara Donovan Gallery

Styrofoam

Occupying multiple planes; floors, walls, ceiling, each of Donovan’s works is to be view from a certain angle. In creating a space that houses her work highlighting these views, the gallery becomes an instrument for viewing. Lines of sight are made physical to bring focus to each piece, while creating a dynamic space to experience the work. The work plays back on the architecture with powerful light and shadow on the simple concrete finish.

Cones of Vision (Detail)

Haze

Styrofoam Cups

(25’ x 25’ x 6’)

Circulation

+15’

+5’

Haze

+12’

(25’x 8” x 10’)

OPEN TO BELOW

Transplant

(20’ x 25’ x 4’)

Donovan’s Work

Cones of Vision

Exploded Axon

16’

A B

+15’

+2.5’

DN +5’

+12’ OPEN TO BELOW

+5’

+0’

F2 0

F1 4

16’ B

A A

+2.5’

-12’ +5’ UP

+0’

F-1

Section B

SCALE: 1/4” = 1’-0”

Section C

SCALE: 1/4” = 1’-0”

Section A

SCALE: 1/4” = 1’-0”

Parametric Shingle

instructor: Michael Ra program: Single Family Racade Detail Rethinking a standard building element, parametric shingles function both environmentally and aesthetically. With three points of connection each shingles orientation is highly controlled, to both views and solar protection. The translucent veneer wood shingles are position and oriented to mitigate the most direct solar gains of the interior space. This pattern, parametrically calibrated, composes both an overall and local strategies to the surroundings with criteria such as a solar response, day-light control, amble operability for views, and a sensibility to spatial affect.

VIEW points SU M ER

W IN TE R

VE NA

D BLV RE SHI WIL

RLY

EVE

S. B

BLV

1. master Bed 2. master bath 3. kitchen 4. dining 5. sun deck 6. deck 7. parking 8. living 9. guest

9 5

4 8

3 7

(E QU IN OX ) CONDITIONED

UNCONDITIONED

ROTATIONAL POSITIONS

-15째

0째

+15째

OPERABLE

FIXED

SYSTEM DETAIL

EXPLODED BALL JOINT

steel cable / rod cable sleeve set screw molded plastic coupler translucent wood veneer resin panel

BALL JOINT SECTION

Innovation Incubator

instructor: Craig Hodgetts program: Center for Innovation collaborator: Adam Levine The organizational layout of this project is derived from a number of hierarchies; including social interaction, efficient workflow, noise control and air quality. The southern section of the site is given to the public, which includes the offices, galleries and theaters. The shops are brought together at the center of the site for a few reasons. Workflow is less disturbed when shops are adjacent to each other, allowing users to have quick access to differing types of tools. This crossover also increases social interaction among firms that work on different sorts of projects. Another benefit is that all specialized HVAC and air removal equipment can be condensed and minimized. The shops are all on one level, allowing for ease of shipping as well as moving ones work from assembly space to shop and to gallery space. Pods of small shop space and meeting rooms are dispersed through the site for the benefit of people who primarily function in the design and assembly spaces. These pods are organized by adjacencies and sight connections throughout the project. Circulatory paths also catalyze social and visual interaction

3D PRINT ROOM

DESIGN

MEETING ROOM

LASER CUT ROOM

ASSEMBLY

MEETING

DESIGN

GALLERY

LASER

COMMUNAL

DESIGN

ASSEMBLY

3D PRINT

ELECTRONICS MEETING

ASSEMBLY

ADMIN. ADMIN.

GALLERY MECHANICAL

SHOP LEVEL

PARKING ENTRY

STORAGE

SHOP PARKING

SECTION B: CROSS ATRIUM DIAGRAMMATIC SECTION

DESIGN B

THEATER PUBLIC

THEATER

SHOP SECTION A: EAST ATRIUM

ASSEMBLY GALLERY

GALLERY

DESIGN

NTRY

GE PARKIN

fabrication pods

shop view

main atrium

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STAI R

CH ANI

LI LO C BA CK EN P TH ER RI TR VA RO R Y TE O OO M EN /S M HO TR W Y ER

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LLW AY

MATERIAL STORE

TO PAR KIN G

LOADING DOCK

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PUBLIC ENTRY

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STAIR TO PA RKIN G

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Umbrella House

Instructor: Mark Mack program: Single family Residence Sited on Eastern Canal in Venice, CA the Umbrella House is a steel structure who’s form relates to views of the canal and solar orientation. The curved shells shade the harsh south/ southwest sun with an air gap to vent hot air. The plan maximizes site usage, taking advantage of the necessary site set backs. The south terrace accepts the three foot set back giving it a functional use. The ground floor kitchen opens up the canal side yard bringing the exterior into the house. The split level organization helps to define interior spaces while leaving it open with little partition.

16'-3"

4'0"

CANAL ELEVATION 1/4” = 1’

22'-0"

4'0"

29'2"

SOUTH ELEVATION 1/4” = 1’

9'3"

15'-4"

17'-7"

4'4"

5'-0"

D1_ROOF TO WALL DETAIL

2x10 JOIST 1/2” PLYWOOD W 8 X 31 2 X 10 BLOCKING 10 BAT INSULATION JOIST HANGER 4’R 3”CORRUGATED STEEL 2 LAYERS 1/2” PLYWOOD 4 “ STEEL PURLIN 1/2” BOLT ROOFING MEMBRANE 3” CORRUGATED STEEL

SECTION A

D2_CURVED ROOF DETAIL

D1- ROOF TO WALL DETAIL 1-1/2

SUN

E PAC

S TO

D IN

CTE

LE DEF

15'0"

UMBRELLA ROOF SHIELDS DIRECT HEAT AND LIGHT

9'3"

15'4"

17'7"

STRUCTURAL AXON

ICE

29'2"

4'4"

ING

DIN

FLOORS SHIFTED TO DIVIDE SPACE AND EASY VERTICAL TRANSITION.

16'-5"

ING

LIV

18'-10"

ERN

AFT

4'-4"

S ADE

4'3"

ROTATED SOUTH

9'3"

21'-8"

17'7" 15'4"

12'-8" 3'1

9'3"

14'2"

SECTION B 1/4” = 1’

18'-10"

29'2"

10'0"

6'-8"

3'10"

BASEMENT 1/4” = 1’

FIRST FLOOR 1/4” = 1’

SECOND FLOOR 1/4” = 1’

NIKE Cloud instructor: Greg Lynn program: Retail / Fitness Center. Creating a new relationship between retail and fitness, NIKE cloud places tracks, basketball courts, tennis courts, fitness centers, racquetball and other sports courts around a central retail core. Apperatures in the main court create visual connections between the two programs creating a dialogue with eachother. An immersive retail environment NIKE Cloud rethinks the standard display, using a spherical forms to envelope the consumer in merchandise.

B1 UP

B4 UP

1. inventory 2. fitness center 3. racquetball court 4. retail display

F3 1/8” = 1’

F1 1/16” = 1’

1/16” = 1’

F4 1/16” = 1’

154'

130'

106'

82'

72'

62'

52'

42'

32'

22'

CONTEXT SECTION 1/32” = 1’

EAST WEST SECTIO 1/8” = 1’

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instructor: Heather Roberge program: Facade Panel System Digital design has given rise to formal experimentation that outpaces advancements in construction methods. This technology seminar attempts to choreograph formal experiments in step with computer aided manufacturing processes such that the two are linked from the outset. Participants design and prototype formed aluminum panel arrays for use in building envelopes. In order to incorporate highly crafted, custom panel manufacture, the design proposals will limit tooling costs by limiting unit types. The unit will be understood as a tessellation unit capable of drawing topographic fields with geometric rhythm. Modulation of pattern, shape and texture are the primary design techniques with each relying heavily on intense fields of geometric description.

Panel Assembly Axonometric

5 2

3 4

Exploded Connection Axon

Panel Connection Detail

1- 1/8” Steel rod and plate 2- 1/4” Injection molded Urethane 3- 1/8” Panhead screw 4- 1/8” Steel cable 5- 1/8” Wire ties 6- 1/16” Rubber

Warped Plies

instructor: Jason Payne aim: distortion of primitive This project is specifically interested in exploiting the double curvature of a standard skate deck beyond its material capabilities to create bends that can only be achieved by predetermined slits and darts. Charles and Ray Eames engineered six different darts into the leg splint in order to allow the various curvatures for each part of the splint; in addition, each slit in the ply rotates around a central pivot point to create slits rather than cuts. The formal expression of the bulges arrayed across the surface was chosen by displacing the areas of double curvature to specified locations. The result of the displayed double curvature is a reaction to forces of nine localized curvatures. The combination of these nine forces results in unique areas of localization that are doubly curved to resolve the surface within the provided parameters.

R 0’-1”

R 0’-1 1/2” R 0’-7 3/4”

R 0’-1” R 0’-1/2” R 1’-8” R 10’-9 1/2”

R 0’-8 1/2” R 0’-1 1/2” R 0’-2 1/2”

R 8’-1 3/2” R 0’-1 1/2” R 1’-11 1/2” R 0’-2 1/2”

R 4’-3 3/4”

R 0’-2”

R 1’-8”

plywood mold

top surface

skate deck with deformation unrolled

Venice Lounger

independent recycled skateboards / oak plywood The skateboard has had a long lasting and continuing effect on Californiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s culture and way of life. As a reaction to this pervasive influence, I hope to tap into this vast market by creating a product that makes use of recycled skateboard decks and components. The skateboard has a number of inherent qualities that are apt for furniture design. The skate deck has natural curves that can be manipulated to conform to the human body. The trucks and hardware alternatively can allow the decks to flex and serve as an active cushioning system for the product. My intention is to use these properties innovatively to create a marketable product, meanwhile enhancing my craft in woodworking and digital fabrication.

2 24"

70% material efficiency

32"

Built Work

Independent With a love for designing and building, I spend my freetime working on furniture, products and other small projects. Above: This private deck in Princeton, NJ, makes use of a simple design and matierials (rebar and decking) to keep the cost down for clients. Below: Halfpipe in Princeton, adapts a time tested design to a small space.

glasses: molded plastic and bent plywood

lounger: plywood and canvas OSB Tea table laptop stand: perforated bent plywood

deck chair

shaped plywood longboard

David Rowan Johnson

1322 Electric Ave _ Venice, CA 90291 _ rowandesign1@gmail.com _ (516) 317-8257 Design- rowan.carbonmade.com Handmade- rowandesign.carbonmade.com Digital Fabrication- rowanfabrication.carbonmade.com

EDUCATION + Master of Architecture @ University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) 2008-2011 + Bachelor of Science in Architecture @ SUNY Buffalo 2004-2008 - Barcelona Study Abroad Program (summer 2007)

EXPERIENCE + Ilan Dei Studio _ Venice, CA _ December 2010 - May 2011 - Designer / fabricator- interior / product design_ digital and analog fabrication _ material research + Eva Jensen Design _ New York, NY _ June-September 2008 - Architectural intern- high end residential: site documentation_conceptual design_design development_drafting_3D modeling_rendering + Interiors: with Interior Designer, Barbara Campbell _ Princeton, NJ _ June-August 2006 - high end residential, design, interior finish work + Construction: with private contractor, Merrill Hammond _ Princeton, NJ _ June-August 2004-2006 - carpentry, additions, roofing, framing, flooring, drywall, painting + Freelance Work: furniture design / build, fence and porch construction, finish carpentry, rendering, drawing, model making.

SKILLS + DIGITAL - Rhino, RhinoCam, Grasshopper, V-ray , SurfCam, Auto CAD, 3-D Studio Max, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier + ANALOG - model making, woodworking (furniture, products, interiors), metalworking, construction and installation - digital fabrication ( highly knowledgeable with techniques and methods of digital fabrication using Laser cutter, 3D printer and 3 Axis CNC mill)

HONORS + Herrick’s High school “Outstanding achievement in Technology 2004” +“Department of Architecture’s High Achievement” _ SUNY Buffalo_spring and fall 2006. + Currents Exhibition UCLA, “Best of student work”_ fall 2008

PUBLICATIONS + SUNY Buffalo Intersight V 9.06 (pg. 6) + UCLA Architecture and Urban Design 2009-2011 (pg. 21)

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