JAY STEVENS | Architecture. Computational Design. Graphic Visualization.

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ARCHITECTURE COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN GRAPHIC VISUALIZATION

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CURRICULUM VITAE

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INTRODUCTION

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LIBRARY OF GLOBAL AMBIENT SOUND (LGAS)

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DLR GROUP AND THE SHOPPEs AT GATEWAY

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3D PRINTINg R+D

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SINNOVATE TECHNOLOgY HUB

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BALsAM HILL HOUsE

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OTHER WORK architecture, computational design, furniture design/fabrication, design visualisation, freehand sketching, photography, branding and entrepreneurship

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undergraduate design project

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professional design and production experience

internal research and development

design computation and production

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independent design and production of a built single-family residence

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JAYstevens

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jaymichaelstevens@gmail.com +31 6 83 51 14 07 1017VR Amsterdam Noord-Holland, Nederland

EXPERIENCE SDA Owner, Design Consultant

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS 2019-present

AECOM Architectural Designer

2017-2019

SDA Owner, Design Architect

2016-2017

DLR Group Architectural Staff, Designer

2013-2016

Jason Moses Projects Production Designer

2013

Common Thread Research Associate

2013

REDlab Director, Designer

2011-2013

Indigo Architecture + Interiors Architectural Intern

2010

Clark Construction Design + Constructability Intern

2010

MulvannyG2 Architecture Student Intern

2008

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ArgentinaCanadaCostaRica CroatiaCzechRepublicDenmark EnglandFranceGermanyItalyMexico MoroccoNetherlandsNorwayPortugal SpainSwedenSwitzerland UnitedStatesUruguay

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PERSONAL INTERESTS

CyclingTravel CreativeMediaFurnitureDesign AlpineSkiingRockClimbing CookingDrumming

Art LanguageEconomics ComputationalDesignMorphology EcologicalArchitectureBiomimetics MaterialEcologyDigitalFabrication ComplexGeometryProductDesignBranding InteractiveSystemsExperienceDesign MasterPlanningAcousticsSound SyntheticBiologyBiotechnology ComputerScience Psychology

PhotoshopBridgeInDesign PremiereProIllustratorLightroom OfficeSuiteBluebeamEarthSketchup GrasshopperRhinocerosRevit AutoCADMayaVray

digital/physical modeling graphic rendering/visualisation algorithmic/parametric programming freehand sketching

LANGUAGES English Spanish Dutch German

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AFFILIATIONS & VOLUNTEERING Architecture Foundation of Oregon Architects in Schools Program Volunteer

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MSU Cycling Team student athlete club vice president

2008-2010 2009-2010

EDUCATION Montana State University, College of Arts & Architecture BA Environmental Design

2005-2011

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ello, I’m Jay.

I am a life enthusiast, creative thinker, and multidisciplinary designer from the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

Beyond having valuable professional experience in design, architecture, construction, research, and branding, I am equipped with a strong set of both technical and non-technical skills, along with a general knowledge base to effectively add value to a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment, whether I’m working independently or with a large team. My intent is to build genuine professional relationships that are mutually-beneficial while cultivating a fruitful career that reflects working fluidity through architecture, design, art, computation, multimedia communication and more. The approach I take to my own professional career is to seek meaningful opportunities for effective engagement with people, communities of all kinds, and with society as a fascinating living network, as a means to more deeply understand, feel, discuss, express, and interact with life and the world we share rather than being defined by or confined to any single discipline or societal position.

Specific areas of interest I would like to work with and develop include architectural ecologies, computational design, complex geometry, topology, digital fabrication, sound and acoustics, graphic visualisation and animation, interactivie systems design, and experience design. I currently seek opportunities that encourage innovation and allow projects to be informed and influenced by studying biological phenomena, morphological processes, and emergent systems, all of which are sources of endless inspiration that allow access to a fuller understanding of the embedded intelligence that is the framework for the natural world. Lastly, I want to regularly engage with and learn from other professionals from many disciplines who look ways to identify strategic relationships of complex knowledge and inquiry, weaving them into an integrated design space as a significant means to elevate the human experience for people of all walks of life through intelligent design solutions.

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2011 LIBRARY OF GLOBAL AMBIENT SOUND lightrail to university of washington

summit avenue east

broadway east

LGAS is a distributed network of event processing and archival facilities, the first node of which is proposed for the lively and diverse Capitol Hill neighborhood in Seattle. The project functions as a library, performance space, exhibition space, archive, museum, data transcription center, generative art/sculpture factory and extraction/transport bay. The facility also includes a cafe, outdoor patio, public park, quiet study area, computer lab, LGAS staff offices, lounge, and conference room, as well as a pedestrian tunnel and bridge loop providing a direct physical connection to a new underground light rail station/platform and to the existing Cal Anderson Park across the street. bellevue avenue east

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LOCATION: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON FUNCTION: MUSEUM, ASSEMBLY, LIBRARY, EXHIBITION, TRANSIT

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early conceptual model articulating urban fragmentation and system complexity in the modern metropolitan organism o lt n ai w tr to h n e ligow ttl d ea s

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downtown seattle and city center

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HIGH FLY ASH CONCRETE COMPOSITION CLEAR INSULATED GLASS INSULATED VESTIBULE AT ENTRANCE TO ENCLOSED BRIDGE STRUCTURE PREFABRICATED VACUUM INSULATED PANELS (VIPS) WITH INTEGRATED GRADIENTIAL ARRAY OF VEGETATION POCKETS WITH INTEGRATED DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM ON-SITE RAINWATER RETENTION POND AS STOCK FOR IRRIGATION SYSTEM GREEN ROOF DOUBLE-SKIN FACADE AT DATA-VISUALIZATION HYPERSPACE

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BOARD-FORMED CONCRETE GLASS MATTE ALUMINUM PANELING WITH INTEGRATED VEGETATION POCKETS

CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT FOR LGAS WAS DRIVEN BY PERSONAL CURIOUSITY THAT LAUNCHED A DEEP INVESTIGATION INTO EXISTENTIAL AND METALOGICAL UNDERSTANDING OF SPACE AND PLACE WHILE EXPLORING CONCEPTS OF MEMORY, TEMPORALITY, AND GLOBAL INTERCONNECTIVITY. ACADEMIC STUDY OF THESE AREAS WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH MY OWN INQUIRY, SEARCH, ANALYSIS, CREATIVE ARTICULATION AND ITERATIVE OUTPUT IN PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL SPACE TO INFORM THE ARCHITECTURAL MANIFESTATION OF

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The initial model for concept exploration was developed as a game, and was an interactive object comprised of a series of rearrangable panels, shown left. The edges of each panel are wrapped with a slice of Seattle’s aerial map while the faces of each panel display two things.

On one side is an image from the Seattle municipal archives, taken from a point on the panel’s map slice, which is highlighted directly on the edge of the panel.

The opposite face shows the date and description of the image. The objective of this interactive system, or “game” is two-fold:

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AS ONE OBJECTIVE IS ACHEIVED, THE OTHER IS NO LONGER ACCOMPLISHED, THEREFORE THE PLAYER REALIZES A RECURSIVE LOOP...

PANELS MUST BE ARRANGED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. PANELS MUST BE ARRANGED IN ORDER ACTUAL CARTOGRAPHICAL LAYOUT OF THE MAP.

WHILE THIS INITIALLY APPEARS TO BE A GAME, THE PLAYER FINDS THEMSELF IN AN INFINITELY RESTLESS CONSTRUCT AND DISCOVERS THAT THE GAME IS ACTUALLY NOT A GAME AT ALL AS IT CANNOT BE WON AND HAS NO END.

An early conceptual model communicates a design concept for two intertwined paths through a subterranean volume. The two paths never intersect, however the design provide direct, intermittent visual connections between both paths to create a sense of curious separation, instilling the feeling of existential fragmentation in an urban environment, a central theme of the project.

IN ADDITION TO LINEAR VISUAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO INTERTWINED UNDERGROUND PATHS, A SERIES OF SOUND TUBES PROVIDE AN SONIC CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO DISSIMILAR WORLDS - THE OTHERWISE DISCONNECTED, DISORIENTING UNDERGROUND SPACE AND AND THE OPEN STREETSCAPE AND OUTDOOR PARK ABOVE. Direct access to a subterranean light rail platform across the street makes LGAS an active intersection node and stimulates sociocultural cross-pollination. This early conceptual model helped generate this schematic design for an architectural landscape at the north end of the site with two opposing ground-level access points to separate, intertwined paths that lead to the Capitol Hill light rail station on the East side of Broadway via a tunnel connection below the street.

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PLANS

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LEVEL 1

program includes computer workstations, staff offices/ lounge, conference room, reference and circulation desks, service/storage, restrooms, bicycle storage, and the main hyperspace for intermedial transcriptive output

LEVEL 0

program includes an interactive listening space, reading area, outdoor patio, quiet study space, restrooms, conference room, childrens area and cafe

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underground mezzanine with access tunnel to light rail platform - other program includes new media, main sound collection, mechanical/storage, servers, restooms, and a unique morphechoic chamber

COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES “strange attractor� [below] the lorenz attractor is an energy/ field-based model related to electromagnetism and physical science, used here to generate a conceptual visualization for future work on lgas.

explorations in parametric definitions using grasshopper and rhinoceros

northeast perspective showing tunnel connection below broadway

section perspective

SECTIONS

section a

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02 LIBRARY OF GLOBAL AMBIENT SOUND DLR GROUP EXPERIENCE 3D PRINTING R+D SINNOVATE TECHNOLOGY HUB BALSAM HILL HOUSE OTHER WORK

pedestrian view of new storefronts at primary access side of a large mall redevelopment project

2013-2016 DLR GROUP LOCATION: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON + PORTLAND, OREGON

A full-time position at DLR Group, an employee-owned design firm that offers services architecture, engineering, interiors, and planning, provided the opportunity to work regularly and collaboratively with other in-house disciplines such as structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, as well as with outside consultants for landscape and civil. DLR Group upholds a strong standard of professionalism and quality of work, maintains fast-paced creative work environments, and is among the leaders in the architecture and design industry with many offices across the US and internationally.

While the majority of my experience at DLR Group was in the retail sector doing work for various commercial/ retail property development and real estate companies, I also gained experience in civic/justice and K-12 education sectors through many other projects, such as the renovation of an existing juvenile detention center; a competitive design submission in response to an RFP for a new police station; design/production of a new media center in an existing elementary school remodel; schematic design, design development and construction document production for an existing middle school renovation; and a new hi-tech campus as a collaboration between Saudia Airlines and the Saudi Arabian Government, which included business development and education facilities, multiple data centers, and a convention center (see opposite page for more about this project). aerial view of new storefronts at the redeveloped retail property

2015-2016 3D PRINTING R+D LOCATION: DLR GROUP OFFICES IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON + PORTLAND, OREGON

A research and development effort at DLR Group gave me the opportunity to research, test, and evaluate different 3D printers to understand the limits/ pros/cons of each and viability of implementing in the Group’s workflow. I worked together with one other architectural staff member in the Seattle and Portland offices under the direction of DLR Group’s national design leader for this project.

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ORGANIC GEOMETRY, NATURAL FLOWS, AND THE FLUIDITY OF WATER WERE ALL INTEGRAL DRIVERS TO THE OVERALL PROJECT CONCEPT FOR SINNOVATE TECHNOLOGY HUB, AND INSPIRED THE DESIGN FOR THIS CUSTOM CEILING SYSTEM.

2014 SINNOVATE TECHNOLOGY HUB LOCATION: KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, SAUDI ARABIA FUNCTION: TECHNOLOGY + INNOVATION CAMPUS

Sinnovate Technology Hub is a hi-tech campus for educational and business development activities related to technology and innovation. My role in the project was to produce a set of interior construction documents for the orb-like convention center, one of four buildings on the campus. As interior CD production began, the client requested a design for a permanent custom ceiling installation throughout the first floor of the convention center. The design response was to compare two related options for a suspended ceiling system, composed of many prefabricated 22-gauge steel strips, each having a unique identification label for proper installation, so in order to achieve this I wrote a parametric algorithm that generated bundled curves within the building’s spatial parameters to achieve the motion effect of a freely floating particle system in a liquid medium like water.

Project Credits: CH2M Hill, DLR Group, Arktura

typical installation details were provided by fabrication consultant, arktura

The convention center is distinct from adjacent buildings in its ovoid geometry is an anchoring element on the site that serves as a programmatic node of intersection through formal/informal dining facilities, areas for social functions, and spaces for live performance and entertainment. image credit: CH2M Hill

reflected ceiling plans at left show two design variations based on a parametric algorithm for a custom ceiling in the convention center

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2016 BALSAM HILL HOUSE LOCATION: OKANOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON FUNCTION: SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL

On August 19, 2015, the Okanagan Complex Fire blazed near Twisp, a small town in the Methow Valley, burning over 300,000 acres, destroying many private properties, and worst of all, killing three firefighters working to stop it. My family was among those who lost property in the fire and was left with a pile of ash and debris that was for many years a simple, rustic cabin and a special place to be together and enjoy the many outdoor activities the Methow Valley has to offer year round.

The family came to me with a general plan layout they had sketched in pencil on a piece of notebook paper. From there, I took on the project and worked collaboratively with them every step of the way to challenge the design and ultimately produce a contemporary project that exceeded their expectations, creating value that wasn’t there before and procuring a new place that we can enjoy and share for many years to come.

Considering the fire hazard in the region, the building exterior is clad with noncombustible materials, a combination of corrugated metal and fiber cement panels. Standing-seam metal roofs are supported by a fire-resistive, treated wood structural system designed to carry the winter’s heavy snow loads that are retained by a series of snow brakes installed on the sloped roof planes, providing additional insulation and preventing potential damage caused by slides.

section perspective visualizes a design option for a room transition element and the use of wood slatsas an interior finish on select surfaces

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photograph of completed project from approach side during a fall evening

THE PRIMARY ROOF FORM DEFINES SHARED COMMON SPACES AND THE HALLWAY IN THE CORE OF THE BUILDING THAT CONNECTS PRIVATE SPACES TO THE MAIN CIRCULATION PATH.PRIVATE AREAS ARE ARTICULATED BY SMALLER ROOF FORMS THAT ARE PART OF TWO WRAPPING ELEMENTS ON EITHER SIDE, VISUALLY CRADLING THE PRIMARY ROOF FORM

southwest exterior perspective rendering explores a fiber cement plank-module cladding scheme with vertical orientation, one of several material studies during the design process

THAT IS CANTILEVERED AT BOTH ENDS, WHICH GIVES IT A GENTLE FLOATING EFFECT AS IT PROJECTS OUT OVER THE COMMON AREA AT THE SOUTH END OF THE BUILDING, GIVING SPATIAL DEFINITION TO THE LARGE OUTDOOR PATIO WHILE ACCENTUATING THE STUNNING VIEWS THE SITE HAS TO OFFER.

southwest exterior perspective showing final material selection as the project nears completion

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balsam hill house under construction during the snowy winter, as seen from northeast hillside

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ENTRY WALKWAY CARPORT GUEST PARKING STORAGE BENCH ALCOVE PIPESTONE HALL UTILITY ROOM METHOW ROOM CASCADE ROOM GRASSHOPPER ROOM LIBERTY BELL ROOM BUTTERMILK ROOM OUTDOOR PATIO OUTOOR FIREPLACE

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Thank you.

Jay Stevens jaymichaelstevens@gmail.com +31 6 83 51 14 07 Amsterdam 1017 VR Noord-Holland, Nederland