Ruth Jahja
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Ruth Jahja COVER LETTER
100 North Bonnie Avenue Apartment #3 Pasadena - CA 91106 Cellphone: 626-841-0953 Email: ruthjahja@gmail.com
May 19, 2011 Dear Sir/Miss, After more than four years to achieve a Bachelor of Fine Art for Interior Architecture, I would love to purse a career in design field by working in you company. At Woodbury University, I familiarized myself with tools and materials that are essential to create and present a design project. For my classes, I was required to use AutoCAD as a 2D production, Rhino with Maxwell Rendering for 3D modeling, and Adobe CS to create a presentation of my project. Additionally, during my spare time, I learned to work with DSLR and polish my hand sketching and rendering with multiple mediums because these skills allowed me to visualize my concept and ideas. During my last semester at Woodbury, I used these tools to deliver my research in form of senior project, which won the Award of Design Excellence and was chosen to be presented at the IIDA Student Exhibition. While Woodbury gave me the theoretical foundation to excel as a designer, my work experience as an intern at Greenmeme has given me the opportunity to use that foundation in a real-life project. At Greenmeme, my project was to help the artists to prepare for the production and installation of their temporary performance pavilion in Long Beach. This internship not only allowed me to participate in the process of transforming conceptual models and drawings into a finish installation, but also showed me the value in working as a team. Given my academic background and internship experience, I am confident that I will be a valuable addition to your organization. Along with this letter, I have also enclosed my resume and my portfolio to give you an outline of my qualifications and the quality of work that I did in college. For other additional information regarding my interior architecture portfolio, you can visit my personal web site at http://issuu.com/ruthjahja. I appreciate your time and consideration and look forward to hearing back from you soon. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (626) 841-0953 or ruthjahja@gmail.com Sincerely, Ruth Jahja
Ruth Jahja RESUME
100 North Bonnie Avenue Apartment #3 Pasadena - CA 91106 Cellphone: 626-841-0953 Email: ruthjahja@gmail.com
Woodbury University
2008-2011 Bachelor of Fine Art in Interior Architecture
EDUCATIONS
Pasadena City College
2006-2008 Associate of Art in Architecture
Greenmeme
May-August 2010 as Intern Assisted in production and installation of Urban Lab: Chantilly Clad (Long Beach)
WORK EXPERIENCE
2011 Award Of Design Excellence for Excellence in 4th Year Design, Woodbury University 2008 Walter-Putnam Memorial Award for Architecture for 2nd Semester, Pasadena City College 2007-08 Dean’s Honor, Pasadena City College
AWARDS
EXHIBITIONS
2011
IIDA SoCal Student Design Exhibition at OTIS College of Art and Design Represent Woodbury University for the exhibition of design student’s thesis projects.
2011
Fresh Produce 2: Photographic Exhibition for Woodbury University photography class Display of Advance Photography final project. Currated by Niku Kashef.
Softwares
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros, Maxwell (rendering), Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
PROFICIENCIES
Physical Model Making
Wood, foamcore, acrylic, chipboard, and cardboard
Other Presentation Skills
Hand drafting and freehand drawing with multiple mediums, digital photography with DSLR
Language Indonesian (Fluent)
REFERENCES
Freyja Bardell Principal, Greenmeme 310-977-8381 freya.greenmeme@gmail.com
Annie Chu Faculty, Woodbury University 213-304-0366 annie.chu@woodbury.edu
Job description:
INTERNSHIP Urban Lab: Chantilly Clad by Greenmeme Ocean Blvd and Lime Ave, Long Beach
Build representational model of the structure. Construct shop drawings for canopy and deck. Fabrication of lace pieces for canopy and the deck. Guide volunteers during lace and decks fabrication. Design a lace pattern. Install lace pieces to canopy’s steel structure.
Chantilly Clad photographs,taken by Moses Hacmon
FRESH PRODUCE 2
Annual exhibition to showcase the latest photographic works from students of beginner and advance photography class that currated by Niku Kashef. Students participation not limited only to work but also for the installation of the exhibiton space.
Physical model making samples
Hand drafting and freehand drawing samples
PORTFOLIO Senior Thesis Woodbury University
Ruth Jahja
100 North Bonnie Avenue Apartment #3 Pasadena - CA 91106 Cellphone: 626-841-0953 Email: ruthjahja@gmail.com
Annie Chu and Michael Matteucci Fall 2010- Spring 2011
ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTER A study of narrative spaces Site: Partish of St. Matthews, Pacific Palisades, CA
Conceptual renderings of the side exterior facade Photographs of the 1st conceptual model
PROJECT DESCRIPTION One can argue that architecture has the unique quality to manipulate viewer’s emotional response through haptic and other physical experiences. This ability when combine with narratives have been utilized by churches and other institutions to convey their ideology and to create environments that manipulate viewers to agree with their point of view. Thus this Islamic cultural center is design as an attempt to change the bad perception Muslim community has garnered ever since 9/11.
Conceptual renderings of the front exterior facade
650-1260 632-660 Arab Expansion
611-632 570-610 A Man’s Journey Muhammad was born around 570 A.D. in Mecca. When he was approximately 40 years old, he received revelations that become the basis of Islam.
Photographs of the 2nd conceptual model
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In the next 12 years Muhammad would spread his preaching in Mecca until he moved to Medina due to the threat from traders from his native city. In the rest of his lifetime, Muhammad would establish separation between Islam with Judaism and Christianity, conquer Mecca, and completed his preaching.
After the dead of the Prophet, several caliphs lead Arabic Muslim community. The second caliph initiated Islamic expansion throughout the ancient world which resulted in the fall of Palestine, Syria, and most importantly the captured of Jerusalem in 638.
The Golden Age Islam achieve the highest period under Abbasids Empire where Islamic expansion spread throughout the world and prosperity that allow advance culture, arts, science, architecture, etc.
1260 onward The Decline of Islam The end of Islamic Golden Age start from the crusade, follow by Mongol Expansion, and the rise of Ottoman Empire.
9/11/2001 American Post 9/11
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Islam becomes synonymous with terrorism and spread of violence. As a result, Muslim American becomes the subject of prejudice and discrimination.
Diagram of Islam history with descriptions of each periods
DESIGN PROCESS The design first manifest itself in form of line diagram, a simplified version of Islamic history. This diagram then translated into 3 dimensional conceptual model that later integrated into the existing site. After several tweaking and adjustments of the big architectural gesture, the cultural center design then move into much smaller details and patterning that becomes a reminiscence of Islamic architecture.
Photographs of the 2nd conceptual model
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The story will unfold in series of exhibitions that represent the linear movement of time in spiral manner which delivers the narrative through the use of symbolism, forms, patterns, materials, different qualities of light, and relationship between the existing structures versus the newer additions.
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ENTRY The importance of entry area is not only as the gate and reception to exhibition of foreign culture, but to create welcoming and ease the transition between the interior and exterior spaces. Conceptually, to explain the narrative of Islamic culture, it is important to incorporate Christianity as the beginning just like how the Quran have incorporate old and new testaments. This idea is translated into different materials that reaching from inside and greet visitors who enter from the stair and/or ramp while the exterior pavement materials will bleed into the interior lobby. To lead visitors further inside, the exterior office materials will continue inside while the exterior canopy will breach outside and play with the idea of exterior and interior space..
Photographs of detail model
IIDA Southern California Student Design Exhibition 05/10/2011
OTIS College of Art and Design Ahmanson Hall
Display from Woodbury University
Exhibition display for thesis project
PORTFOLIO Studio 4 Woodbury University
Ruth Jahja
100 North Bonnie Avenue Apartment #3 Pasadena - CA 91106 Cellphone: 626-841-0953 Email: ruthjahja@gmail.com
Nina Briggs and Tracy A. Stone
Spring 2009
DIAGRAM, LOGO, and MERCHANDISE SMART HEIR A Smart Car dealership Site: Woodbury University Library Burbank, California
SmartHeir is designer reinterpretation of Smart Car which has a youthful design with consciousness of sustainability with persona of luxury from its Mercedes Benz heritage.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION Go Green is the most famous slogan one could hear now days. Smart Car is one of many manifestation of it in automotive industry. The site will not only be merely a place to rent a smart car for Woodbury students, but more as an experience center that transform SmartCar and the concept behind it into haptic experience.
Rendering of main seating area
smart heir
CONCEPT For the branding purposes of this showroom, designer attempt to appeal to the student identities of Woodbury University as young and hip people with desired to be sustainable yet desired a certain degree of luxury that they achieve from enrolling in private university.
South Section
PORTFOLIO Studio 7 Woodbury University
Ruth Jahja
100 North Bonnie Avenue Apartment #3 Pasadena - CA 91106 Cellphone: 626-841-0953 Email: ruthjahja@gmail.com
Mattew Gillis and Leigh Christy
Fall 2010
DESIGN PROCESS CLASSICAL HIP Music Education/Production/Performance Site: 548 S Spring St, Los Angeles
Using simple obloque triangle that rotated, reflected, and multiplied, one were asked to create a field of pattern. These pattern then translated into 3D patterns and become the organizational and detail system of the project.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION This music education/recording/and performance space is where classical music that represented by string instruments meet the popular music in today’s culture. By bringing the distinctive qualities from each genres, one could create beautiful, new, and unique music that appeal to different group of people. The visitors and venues of Downtown Artwalk are the perfect market for this type of collaboration.
Light study with charcoal of the main performance space
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The classical and the hip will be represented by using two different vamping moves, CUT and SHIFT. Cut is used to define the public spaces while shift is used to represent the private areas. Cut in music is a sense of repetition where the music suddenly skip back into the beginning that we have already heard. Shift on the other hand, is a technique use in string instruments that involve the change position of hand.
COLORS, MATERIALS, AND FURNITURES Inspirations for this project come from nightlife, classical music scene, and the possibilities when two of them collide. Classical music have much more warm colors and materials with linear quality. Hip materials on the other hand are much cooler with radial quality.
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PORTFOLIO Techtonic 2 Woodbury University
Ruth Jahja
100 North Bonnie Avenue Apartment #3 Pasadena - CA 91106 Cellphone: 626-841-0953 Email: ruthjahja@gmail.com
Tracy A. Stone Fall 2009
AYA KATO RESIDENCY Temporary artist in residence Site: Woodbury University Burbank, California
Short section facing seating area
PROJECT DESCRIPTION This artist in residence project is made to represent Aya Kato, genius Japanese graphic designer. Other that represent the quality and characterics of Aya Kato’s, the project also need to be removeable, effective, green, and recycleable.
Long section cutting through private space
GALLERY FOR A STORY TELLER Aya Kato believed that her artworks are her way to speak her mind to the world. Thus, her gallery should express this.Viewer will passed through series of arches until it finally reach Aya’s private place.
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CONCEPT There are several key concepts that can be derived from Aya Kato’s works. The first one is her reference toward ukiyoe, Japanese ancient woodblock printing that involve layering. Her heavy reference of Japanese cultures such as kimone lead to the use or origami as a mean of structures, to create volume from planar surface. Her art-noveau referance show strong circular center that floating and appear to be lightweight. Exploded Axons
PORTFOLIO Architecture 10B Pasadena City College
Ruth Jahja
100 North Bonnie Avenue Apartment #3 Pasadena - CA 91106 Cellphone: 626-841-0953 Email: ruthjahja@gmail.com
Coleman Griffith Fall 2007
Commercial commercial
REHABILITATION CENTER for physical disability and non-violent prisoners
School school Site site
Site:Van de Kamps Bakery Los Angeles, California
Residential residential
PROJECT DESCRIPTION Rehabilitation can be defined as restoring one’s to useful position in society; converting wasteland to useful and habitable land,; vindication of one’s personality and restoration of one’s reputation. Based on the definition of the program, there will be three different clients for this project: people with disability, non-violent inmate, and the site itself.
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The consept for this rehabilitation center is EMERGING for the new addition and RESTRICTION for the existing building.
L.A.river River LA Site site
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PORTFOLIO Architecture 10A Pasadena City College
Ruth Jahja
100 North Bonnie Avenue Apartment #3 Pasadena - CA 91106 Cellphone: 626-841-0953 Email: ruthjahja@gmail.com
Deborah Bird
Spring 2007
SLEEPING SALON Site: Old Town Pasadena Pasadena, California
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION Sleep is one of the necessity that always being neglected. Many decided to take a nap in various places to satisfied their need, and this salon is dedicated for them. In sleeping salon, people could check in, take a quick yet important nap without the risk of oversleep, enjoy refreshing caffeinated drinks, and continue with their hectic life.
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DESIGN SOLUTION The conceptual model become a physical representation of people’s sleep pattern. Two walls that pushed and pulled represent how people try to minimize sleep time with caffeine and alarm while the datum represent the necessary sleep time.
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PORTFOLIO Studio 3 Woodbury University
Ruth Jahja
100 North Bonnie Avenue Apartment #3 Pasadena - CA 91106 Cellphone: 626-841-0953 Email: ruthjahja@gmail.com
Leigh Christy Fall 2008
SKY CAFE Site: Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION Due to the location of the site, there will be two types of customers that change as day pas by; the office people who enjoy the lunch and other clientele that dine in style. Thus, the ambiance of the cafe will change almost in same period as sky to accomodate the client’s need.
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2D and 3D DIAGRAMS The diagrams are made based on progression of shadows throughout the day. It represent 2D via ink on mylar and build in 3D to represent the characteristics of the shadows.
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CONCEPT The radial organization that radiate from seating area is based from the diagrams. The artificial landscape is created to recreate the stepping and to emphasize the weight of certain shadows from the diagrams.
West Section
PORTFOLIO Studio 6 Woodbury University
Ruth Jahja
100 North Bonnie Avenue Apartment #3 Pasadena - CA 91106 Cellphone: 626-841-0953 Email: ruthjahja@gmail.com
Joshua Stein and Richard Yoo Spring 2010
COMMUNITIES WITHIN COMMUNITY Artists in Recidence Site: Hollywood Blvd. and N. Western Ave. Los Angeles
WHY COMMUNITIES? Ball&Nogues, Judy Baca, Suzanne Lacy, and John Malpade were chose because each of them have a very specific group(s) of people that associated with them. During their recidencies, these different communities that might never met with each other would have to interact with one another.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION Located at the heart of Hollywood, this Artists in Recidence program will attempt to provide a living, production, and educating areas for different artists and the communities they become associated with. This Residencies is design for Ball&Nogues, Judy Baca, Suzanne Lacy, and John Malpede.
Hand perspectives of entry sequences
John Malpede Homeless Community Seen as partner
Judy Baca Minority Seen as helper and source of inspiration
Suzanne Lacy Women and Elderly Seen as helper and source of inspiration
Ball-Nogues Architecture Students As voulenteers
Hierarchy diagram Minority and marginal community
Suzanne Lacy
Performance art community Dancer
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John Malpede
Judy Baca
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Architect and Engineer
Artists and their communities
Homeless community
NEW HIERARCHY The hiearchy system for this recidency is based on artist’s point of view toward their predeterminded communities. This new hierarchy system intrestingly reverse the normal hierarchy based on social class. John Malpede artworks attempt to direct stories from this community with homeless communities as the actor and actresses in his production. Judy Baca and Suzanne Lacy inspired by their communities and need them help produce their works. Ball-Nogues on the other hand need voulenteers of architecture students as a mean of production for their intense physical labor installations.
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CONCEPT The design for this recidencies were taylored to fits the production and education requirements which are uniques for every artist and differentiation between working and living areas. For the artists areas, it is hierarchily arrange based on their relationship with their associated communities. Due to the massive number of people who will use this facility, it is important to give these people a clear sense of direction to where he/she supposed to go.
Basement Floorplan
Early conceptual models
Ruth Jahja PORTFOLIO Internship Greenmeme
100 North Bonnie Avenue Apartment #3 Pasadena - CA 91106 Cellphone: 626-841-0953 Email: ruthjahja@gmail.com
May-August 2010
JOB DESCRIPTION Build representational physical model during early stages that use to explain the project to engineers and sponsors. Construct shop drawings for CNC that later used as the template to create the lace pieces. Fabrication of lace pieces for canopy. Fabrication of the decks. Guide volunteers during fabrication. Design a lace pattern. Install lace pieces to the structure.
Petal A
Petal B
Petal C
Petal D
Shop drawings for CNC
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