JEDIDIAH GORDON-MORAN ✦
Architect M.A., BEDS, BFA
ARBEITSPROBEN ✦
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am a creative and motivated graduate architect interested in the connections between architecture, urbanism, and the environment. My inspirations are a continuous desire to learn as well to as achieve positive social and environmental change through handson, collaborative design and capacity building.
CONTACT âœŚ
10435 Berlin +49 0176 71680173 email
jedidiah@thesmalleningworld.com portfolio
www.thesmalleningworld.com/about
EDUC AT ION 2009 - 2011
Master of Architecture
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture | Copenhagen > Certification to practice as an architect in Denmark and the EU 2007 - 2009
Bachelor Of Environmental Design
Dalhousie University | Halifax, Nova Scotia > CACB-accredited pre-professional architecture degree > Dean’s Honours list 2001 - 2005
Bachelor Of Fine Art, Film Studies
Ryerson University | Toronto
E X P ER IENCE 10/2011 - 07/2012 (freelance from 05/12)
06/2009 - 09/2009
Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Graduate architect, competitions | Berlin > 1st prize international competition, urban design for Zhenghou New District, China > Design of urban furniture for Joanneum Museum in Graz, Austria > 3D modelling, design, rendering, visualizations, model making, planning, research MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects
Assistant proposal/bid manager | Toronto > Designed proposals that resulted in a number of important commissions for civic, sports, and recreation projects > Layout, graphic design, presentations, architectural photography, administration
08/2008 – 12/2008
Montgomery Sisam Architects
10/2006 – 09/2008
University of Toronto Sustainability Office
Co-op/internship | Toronto > Assisted project teams in an award-winning 35 person architectural practice > Gained experience in each phase of a project’s development > Schematic design, visualization, detailing, and construction documents for civic, housing, healthcare, and recreational projects
Graphic Designer | Toronto
P ROF ICIENCIE S > > > > > >
Rhinoceros Grasshopper V-ray AutoCAD Ecotect Vectorworks
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InDesign Photoshop Illustrator AfterEffects Premiere Pro MS Office
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Photography Videograpy Graphic design Layout Video editing HTML/CSS
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Languages: Basic German, Spanish, and French
R E C OGNI T ION CoARQ Architecture Competition
Honourable Mention | 2010 > Healing Ground: An Urban Market Farm in Sarajevo (1st year Master’s project)
Treehugger
Online article | November 20, 2010 > “Site of War-Time Massacre in Sarajevo Transformed into Place of Peace, Love, and Local Produce” > Healing Ground: An Urban Market Farm in Sarajevo
IN T ER E S T S Marathon running, rock climbing, photography, graphic design, screen printing, permaculture
R EF ER ENCE S Dirk Landt
Büroleitung Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos | Berlin e: d.landt@nietosobejano.de t: +49 30 6953 868-11
Anne Romme
Arkitekt MAA, Ph.D. candidate, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation - School of Architecture | Copenhagen e: anne.romme@kadk.dk t: +45 20 68 67 22
J E D I D I A H G O R D O N -MO RA R AN ✦ {Architect MA, BEDS, BFA} Berlin, Germany · +49 0176 71680173 jedidiah@thesmalleningworld.com · thesmalleningworld.com
PROFESSIONAL WORK âœŚ
COMPETITIONS & DESIGN at
NIETO SOBEJANO ARQUITECTOS october 2011 - june 2012
[1] ZHENGZHOU NEW DISTRICT URBAN DESIGN 1st prize international competition Zhengzhou, China ~ 2012
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âœŚ n urban design proposal for a new 42 sq km mixed-used district for 500 000 people near Zhengzhou, China. The scheme won first prize in an invited international competition in janu-
ary, 2012 Responsibilities as part of the competition team at Nieto Sobejano included: > C omplete 3D modeling of the project in Rhino 3D and parametric design with Grasshopper > Rendering in V-ray for Rhino > Schematic design and model making > Drafting of plans, sections, and elevations in AutoCAD > P ublic transportation, roads, and traffic analysis and planning > Programme and land use planning > Research on urban waterfronts, public space, transportation systems, and housing typologies in China
✦ theatre island
✦ museum island
✦ nature islands
[2] JOA 1 URBAN FURNITURE modular outdoor furniture system Graz, Austria ~ 2012
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âœŚ he Universalmuseum Joanneum asked Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos to design pieces of urban furniture for the courtyard of the recently completed extension to the museum (Nieto Sobeja-
no, 2011).
The design of the furniture reflected the conical forms of the light wells in Nieto Sobejano’s underground building. The furniture could be moved and combined into multiple configurations creating unique social spaces within the larger courtyard.
[3] MESSE ESSEN international competition entry Essen, Germany ~ 2012
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competition entry for an extension to the Messe Essen (exhibition centre) in Essen, Germany. The program for a building of 60 000 sqm encompassed 6 exhibition halls, a congress centre, restaurants, and administrative offices. My responsibilities on the project included: > Building of conceptual and design models > Involvement in conceptual design, schematic design, and programming > Drafting of plans and sections > 3D modeling and test renders
ARCHITECTURE OF TRANSITION ✦
PROPOSING a
NEW MODEL for the
MARSA OPEN CENTRE master’s thesis ~ 2011
An accommodation & community centre for asylum seekers in Malta
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sing an the existing Marsa Open Centre starting point, with all its inherent issues and opportunities, I developed a new model of an open centre that grew directly from the needs of the occupants and provided opportunities for their transition into society. My proposal for the Marsa Open Centre embodied a move from an architecture of fear, dependency, and isolation to an architecture of community, participation, and transition. A flexible structural system was created in conjunction with an overall scheme that supported existing centers of community support as well as new facilities that could be shared by asylum seekers and the surrounding community. This enabled the new Marsa Centre to respond dynamically to changing needs and unstable conditions, in particular fluctuations in migration to Malta.
âœŚ incremental changes over time
HEALING GROUND ✦
an
URBAN MARKET FARM in
SARAJEVO master’s year 1 ~ 2010
Reinterpreting & reconnecting public space in Sarajevo
✦ The existing Markale Produce Market in Sarajevo, site of one of the worst civilian massacres during the Bosnian War, became the basis for a community market-farm in the heart of the city. A combined cooperative market and farm offered the potential for psychological and physical healing through re-connection to productive land, the environment, food systems, and ideas of provenance. The goal was to build resilient urban food systems and reinvigorate an existing public space. Components included: > A rooftop farm with terraces and raised beds to grow crops and flowers to be sold in the market. > A solar greenhouse that contained aquaponic units in order to provide fresh fish and vegetables in an integrated closed loop system for sale in the market. > A chicken house attached to the greenhouse that provided a renewable source of heat as well as eggs and poultry for the market.