Jef Biesinger_PORTFOLIO_Architecture_2022 by Jef Biesinger

PROJECTS LEISURE

Public interaction at leisure spaces.

Collaborating on hospitality projects has allowed me to incorporate a previous career in hospitality before architecture and a passion for leisure environments to create places for memorable experiences.

Concept: Curating Experience (In Progress)

Columbia College Presentation

2019 Fall

Interior Architect / Project Manager

South Beach Hotel

Ken Fulk Inc.

Interior Architect / Project Manager

The Harrison. Residential high-rise Ken Fulk Inc.

Conceptual Design

Flav Box Karaoki Cafe

SMA Architects

BIM Modeling

Disneyland Hong Kong

Puccini Group

The GoodTime Hotel, Miami

A mixed-use hotel & retail project covering a city block in South Beach Miami. Amenity spaces include a restaurant, bar, lounges & pool club.

Ken Fulk Inc. role as Creative Director encompasses conceptual design through construction administration of entire guest experience from valet thru hotel, restaurant, and pool club.

Role: Interior Architect Project Management

• Coordinate Design Execution with all consultants.

• Hotel Branding Package Concept

• Model Room Mock-up (MUR)

• Hotel room design for all atypical room-types.

• Interior Design of all public spaces.

• Pool Club Design.

Ken Fulk Inc. - Creative Director

‘Playfulness rules when entering this magical concept with a mood Margot Tenenbaum would totally approve of’ architectural digest

The sum of these elegant and eccentric parts—is that the Goodtime Hotel is an example of the “daylife” trend, where special attention is devoted to daytime over nighttime programming. architectural digest

a bit of

Indulge in

hedonism and then indulge in the healthier side too. That’s the ultimate good time. Dave Grutman, architectural digest

Strawberry Moon Pool Club, Restaurant, & Cafe

Guest Room Experience

NOTE:

1. BATHROOM OUTLET GFI TYPE.

2. ALL LITE CONTROL & ELEC PANEL SPEC PROVIDED BY LIGHTING CONSULTANT W/ KFI APPROVAL.

3. OUTLET DIM. TO PANEL CENTER LINE. LIGHT FIXTURE DIM TO J-BOX CENTER.

4. GC TO PROVIDE BLOCKING FOR ALL WALL HUNG ITEMS.

5. POWER OUTLETS TO HAVE DUAL USB CHARGING, TYPICAL UON.

6. SEE ELECTRICAL PLAN FOR ELEC. CHANGES

7. SEE MUR2 DRAWING & SCHEDULE INDEX FOR CURRENT DOCUMENT REVISION.

The Harrison “heroic public spaces”

ROLE:

Interior Architect

My first project at Ken Fulk, diving into the ‘magic factory’! Collaborated with designers to develop ideas into grand spaces. Managed construction administration to ensure design intent was executed throughout the 49 floor building.

CONCEPT / NARRATIVE

A Few Words from Ken Fulk:

[Communal spaces] “are all about building community”. “People have a strong desire to connect with one another, and we designed these moments for residents to gather, to linger, and to have more opportunities to engage one another."

‘Ken wanted the apartment to feel like a refuge, wanted people to walk through their doors and exhale,” says Fulk. “It should feel beautiful and comforting.”

(Interview architectural digest)

phase

typology

employer date location

Design Development thru CA.

Residential Luxury-Condo (49 Floors, 298-unit)

Ken Fulk Inc., Creative Director

Completed 2017 San Francisco, Ca

“place of refuge”

Entry

Procession

Amenity Spaces

Valet Entry

Pantry

Lounge Curiosity Room

Cultural Luxury in the Sky

Daily Events to Enlighten Residents Urban Life: Bookreading, Lecture, Wine Tasting, ..

Uncle Harry’s

Parlor

Uncle

Fireplace Elevation

Fireplace Detail

Opera Powder Rooms

+ Cafe

ROLE: Design Consultant

CONCEPT

Spectacle Space

The karaoke box is an intimate and isolated space containing intense emotional interaction among the participants.

Spectacle is represented by an extreme diversity of identities, yet rarely experienced in its pure context, since the diluted simulation has made the original obsolete.

The Blues is an example, where no true blues musician can make a living on his art, the foundation of rock & roll, yet the House of Blues is available in many cities with its iconic blues aesthetics and predictable culture.

The intense, compressed, space of the box isolates it from all context, thus is an opportunity to transport one into an aesthetic - simulation.

Karaoke + Cafe

Concept Design Cafe (1,600 s.f.)

Febuary 2008

Sunset, San Francisco, CA

Curated Aesthetic Experience

Each karaoke box is an immersive experience in a musical genre

Bling Pop Driving thru the desert ... Diva / Divo on stage

Enter

Honky Tonk

Roots Box

Rat Pack Box

SuperStar Box

Paparazzi Box

Sculptural Wall

CONCEPT: FACETED VIEWING

Typical mirror wall is distorted to effect more dynamic perspectives of the space.

The ‘Wave’ is a faceted or cubist surface

Elevation

Research:

Sculpted View

Precedent

Study Models

PROJECTS PATTERNS

Performance Material Forms

Projects represent explorations of

• Conceptual Pattern-Making

• Material Intelligence

• Digital Fabrication

These forms are generated from processes that infuse a form with performative properties while generating its own aesthetic system.

Laser Cad-Cam Exploration

Exoskeleton DNA

CCA Barch Studio

CNC Cad-Cam Exploration

Performative Surface Structure

CCA Barch Studio

CNC Router

Cut, Fold, Rotate Bench

Casework Design

Oval Bar

Ken Fulk Inc

Performative Exoskeleton

CONCEPT

Genetic Form Evolution

Adapt exoskeleton principles to a structural skin module that effects an assembled system.

Theory / Technology Explored:

� Versioning Process (not prototype)

� Embedded Intelligence

� Laser Cutting Technology

Desired Emerging Conditions:

Micro: Module Performance

Precision hardware

Macro: Geometric arch form

Team Project

Technique: Laser Cutting

Material: Mylar

1. Research Exoskeleton + Biomimicry

Exo·skel·e·ton noun 1847

1 : an external supportive covering of an animal (as an arthropod)

2 : bony or horny parts of a vertebrate produced from epidermal tissues

3 : an artificial external supporting structure

BioMimicry

Example: Aphid-Plant Lice

Rotational overlap-joint

The surface(s) undulates (baroque "fold") and the undulations of the 2 surfaces intersect in 3D complexity to develop structural integrity.

It is similar to a medicine bottle, where two offset extrusions around a cylinder, move past each other, rotate one unit, and lock in place.

Performance Goals of Evolved Form

1. When combining multiple systems, combine the overlaping or separate characteristics.

2. The structure, surface, & connection relationships need to mutate to allow macro & micro performative effects.

3. Surface to Structure ratio effects malleable capacity.

4. Material Grain direction determines macro form.

5. Connections or hardware built into the material has so much potential and versions by shiftinglocation or features.

6. Structure axial rotation effects macro form.

Module Iteration

Experimenting

The DNA code (form characteristics) of features, scale, dimensions, tentacle length, etc. evolve and adapt according to current & desired performative macro & micro conditions.