John Addison Portfolio

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My name is John Addison, and I am currently a graduate student at Washington University in Saint Louis. My Academic journey started at the University of Missouri where I discovered my interest in Architecture. Being passionate about innovative solutions and sustainability, my portfolio reflects my commitment to pushing the boundaries of conventional design. From initial sketches to intricate model making, each project represents who I am as a designer. Throughout the next pages, you will see my work over the past several years, displaying the progress I have made in my previous studio classes. Thank you for taking the time to view my portfolio and I hope you enjoy my work.

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International Housing Studio Barceloneta 2023

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Artist Residence Studio Saint Louis 2022

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Green House Studio Saint Louis 2022

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International Housing Studio Year: 2023 Studio: 419 Goal: Dirty Realism Overview: During the 419 studio, our goal was to create a housing project that encapsulated traditional Barcelona architecture while also incorporating contemporary elements. Our studio placed decided site within the small fishing community of Barceloneta. I began by viewing thresholds across the cities compact urban landscape and more specifically, the communal to city thresholds to view how interiors respond to a site’s specific conditions. Most of my work during this time was based off a concept written by Carlos Moreno, known as “The 15 Minute City” where all a community’s needs would be within a 15-minute walk.

Composition: The apartment complex I created would also take sustainability into account as the building is composed of Rammed earth while also having cross ventilation as the only means of heating and cooling. In addition to this, a green was added to its roof plan to encourage the buildings residences to participate in communal gardening.

Production: The goal of this studio was to reach an aspect of “Dirty Realism” where we would not use rendering software’s to achieve our goals. Instead, we used a combination of modelmaking and photography to convey a lifelike and organic feeling project

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Unit Plan 10

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Artist Residence Studio

Year: 2022 Studio: 318 Goal: Community

Overview: In the 318 studios, I was tasked with creating an artist residency and studio for specific site located in Soulard Saint Louis. This local site proposed a challenging steep incline in which the artist would reside. The area of Soulard is met with a decline within its community and architecture. Older buildings are neglected, and the local communities are ignored. By adding this studio to the surrounding environment, it would hopefully create an engaging and interactive space for the neighbors and artists.

Composition: This studio is created with the building’s exterior being channeled U glass. The idea is to have the channeled U glass help illuminate the interior space without causing harsh sun rays come into the building and cause inadequate lighting for all of the artwork.

Production: This artist studio consists of three separated buildings with three different functions. The East building-a gallery space for local artists to display their work.

The central building-an interactive workspace filled with a ceramics workshop, painters’ studio, classrooms, and a rooftop garden. The third building-the actual artist residence consisting of three small apartment units that each have their own private working space.

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Green House Studio

Year: 2022 Studio: 317 Goal: Urban Addition

Overview: During the 317 studio, we were tasked to create an addition to the ever growing Forest Park located in the center of Saint Louis. This was the first project I took on in graduate school and served as a great starting point to begin exploring new graphical options. The idea behind designing a green house was to start viewing basic structural components in addition to making a park addition that would help develop the local community.

Composition: The greenhouse project is composed of three different areas. The focus being the greenhouse itself where various plant life mixed with an open circulation plan would create an interesting yet easily accessible experience. The second portion is the classroom where classes on wildlife and vegetation would take place. However, it would also act as a stage for the third portion being the amphitheater. The amphitheater is lined with series of community planters in hopes that the community would gather to grow fruits and vegetables for the Saint louis’ area.

Production: The goal of this studio was to create a greenhouse that would hopefully bring the community closer together. In addition to this, we used this project to be introduced into Washington Universities curriculum and get an understanding for how the school operates.

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