Jonathan Kaye — Portfolio

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My Motivation

I am a palimpsest proclaiming

I seek to offer my lived and learned

individuality through the record

design perspective while being

of people and experiences which

embedded amongst a new urban

laboured to assemble my identity.

landscape and cultural tradition.

Through work in construction

I am pursuing this position as an

administration, property

Architectural Designer to extend

development, regional civic

the physical and ideological borders

architecture, and global design firms,

of my institutional education toward

I have optimised project design

the germination of new ideas in the

for disparate stakeholders. These

context of considered professional

practical experiences complement

design. This firm’s design culture

the pedagogy of Iowa State

of pragmatic, poetical thinking

University’s five-year professional

resonates with my personal ethos

B.Arch degree, alongside a capstone

grounded in architectural historicism,

semester in TU Delft’s MSc1

phenomenological affectations,

international exchange, which

philosophical reasoning, and

together have induced competence, craft, cogitation, and provocation.

contemporary solutions.

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Works

Valor

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TU Delft F’22 with David Sauer

Headspace

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ISU F’21 with Sam Barger, Lexy Call, & Mackenzie Deiuliis

VOL(U)ME

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ISU S’20 with Shivang Patel

Prenestino Social Hub

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ISU S’21 with Finn Cleveland

Cover - Fig. 01 Diagram of clustered urban dwelling units (START, 2023).

VALOR Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Above - Fig. 02 Visualisation of Valor’s material harbour.

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The Netherlands plays an important role in the global food system as a distributor and value-added processor.

In the 21st century, the food system will transform through the novel circular economy, combining the efficiencies of industrialisation with the resilience of vernacular methods.

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Lower Left - Fig. 03 Diagram of the Port of Rotterdam.

Above - Fig. 04 Isometric site plan with circulation and material flows.

In the site vision, Waalhaven’s proximity to Rotterdam and its Port has been optimised, creating an industrial prototype of Food System 3.0.

Valor’s circulation arcade (245m length) adapts within existing buildings and spatially interrelates surrounding spaces with public programming.

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1. Processing — shredding, cleaning, and sorting bio-waste into substrate.

Programme Organisation Valor is positioned between value chains — intervening in the old linear system to incorporate “waste” as an opportunity within the circular economy.

The product, mycelium, is valorised across the site through multiple phases.

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3. Valorisation — researching and innovating with novel bio-materials.

2. Production — inoculation and incubation of substrate & fungi.

Upper Right - Fig. 05 Blanck ground floor plan.

Upper Centre - Fig. 06 de Roos ground floor plan.

Upper Left - Fig. 07 Material Harbour ground floor plan.

Lower Left - Fig. 08 Diagram of flows across the site.

Suspended Pulley System

Pivot Door

North Entrance (unrestricted water) North Entrance (unrestricted waterfront)

Public Circulation & Exhibition Space

Atelier & Public Workshops Blanck is an existing industrial building with precast concrete details, barrel vaults, and other architectural qualities.

The free floor plan with newly inserted spine-like workspace modules can be rearranged to accommodate activities.

Passive building ventilation is facilitated through new operable skylights (left) paired with a textile cooling system. < D1 Above - Fig. 09 Blanck perspective section.

Lower Left - Fig. 10 (D1) Blanck skylight connection detail.

Lower Right - Fig. 11 Blanck spine detail section.

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D1 9.6m

New Insulation for Passive Climate Management

Active Cooling via Metered Nebulizers

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Material Storage

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Material Testing Pool -2.4m

Materials & Public Circulation

South Entrance (via Nijmegenstraat)

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Suspended Pulley System of Fabric Drying Racks

Active Convection Cooling System via Automated Windows

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Public Mezzanine

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North Entrance (via Nijmegenstraat)

Public Circulation & Small-Scale Experimentation

Material Inoculation & Quality Control

Bio-Materials Factory de Roos is an existing warehouse with a steel structure and cement-shingle cladding.

Processing phases have been divided between demountable modules, creating distinctive functional zones.

Existing skylights are replaced with a new unit (left) which facilitates passive building ventilation and mycelium fabric drying. < D2 Above - Fig. 12 de Roos perspective section.

Lower Left - Fig. 13 (D2) Skylight module exploded diagram.

Lower Right - Fig. 14 de Roos laboratory detail section.

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Passive Cooling via Open, Wet Fabric-clad Windcatcher

Material Production & Innovation

Cellulose Conveyor & Material Storage

South Entrance (via Harbour & Tidal Park)

Cellulose Soaking

Conveyor to De Roos

Cellulose Homogenization

Cellulose Shredding

Material Cleaning & Preparation -2.4m (high tide)

Unrestricted, Tide-Affected Waterfront

-4.5m (low tide)

Harbour & Circulatory Arcade New circulation and processing modules associate leisure with the economics of Food System 3.0.

Moving alongside public circulation, pre-sorted food waste materials enter the site via barge at a new harbour.

These are unloaded on a floating conveyor and processed into a uniform mix of raw cellulose.

Above - Fig. 15 Material Harbour perspective section.

Lower Left - Fig. 16 (D3) Processing module exploded diagram.

Lower Right - Fig. 17 Photograph of a sectional 1:100 scale model.

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Conveyor Position Adjusts to Tides

Cellulose Arrives on Barge

New Pedestrian Bridge Tidal Park

1. The volume of the grain bin located visitors between Gaston Bachelard’s conceptions of cellar and roof.

This annual studio transplants students from the university to a working farm where they are charged to create an installation within a defunct grain bin.

Physical acts of making were paired with rigorous theoretical analyses, leading to two conclusions:

2. Modulated light and colour intensity leveraged Sylvia Lavin’s insight on inducing psychologisation of space through architecture.

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HEADSPACE Ames, IA, USA

Above - Fig. 18 Photograph of a person transiting cellar & attic.

Atmospheric Articulation Above - Fig. 19 Drawing of farmland site context.

Lower Left - Fig. 20 Site plan of Black’s Heritage Farms.

Lower Left Centre - Fig. 21 Photograph of the grain bin entrances.

Lower Right Centre - Fig. 22 Photograph of Headspace’s entrance attentuation.

Lower Right - Fig. 23 Photograph of Headspace’s immersive entrance.

Situated in rural Iowa and embedded in the continuity of the Jeffersonian grid, the homestead is a common Midwestern typology.

Through onsite labour across weather conditions, seasons, and times of day, the distinctive historical and present character of the site revealed itself.

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Hands-On, Full-Scale Models

Upper Left - Fig. 24 Grain bin ground floor plan.

Centre Left - Fig. 25 Photograph of the louvre construction detail.

Lower Left - Fig. 26 Detail sketch of how louvres affect people.

Right - Fig. 27 Photograph of a sectional 1:12 scale model.

The grain bin was transformed in plan and section through attenuation, thermostatic colour and a louvred ceiling.

The multi-phase entry sequence elevated the bin’s atmosphere.

From day to night, the luminance of the bin became an attractor for visitors.

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VOL(U)ME New York City, NY, USA

Above - Fig. 28 Visualisation of a person in a retreat unit.

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VOL(U)ME is a wellness centre for the mind and body — a place to reset and restore internal community in the liminal space between boroughs.

VOL(U)ME Residents

Coliving Community

Person

A Dignified Stage Upper Left - Fig. 29 Diagram analysing context of Roosevelt Island.

Lower Left - Fig. 30 Diagram analysing degrees of visibility & community.

Upper Right - Fig. 31 Site Map of VOL(U)ME. Lower Right - Fig. 32 Figureground of Roosevelt Island between boroughs.

Roosevelt Island is a theatre in the round.

Its institutional history and current high-rise developments belies its picturesque setting and potential as a dignified stage.

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VOL(U)ME introduces a pair of low-rise residences with units spanning the full building width to engage nature.

Its design offers residents solutions for articulating visibility across senses and engaging with wellness.

CLT Module Construction Prefabricated Offsite Fire-Rated Core Fin Facade (privacy) Aluminum Screen (shade)

Coliving Communities Form studies demonstrated the value of establishing shelter with a courtyard.

Site conditions further influenced the two building’s orientations.

Upper Left - Fig. 33 Diagrams describing form methodology.

Lower Left - Fig. 34 Visualisation of VOL(U)ME from the adjacent park.

Upper Right - Fig. 35 Rendered axonometric plan of coliving unit.

Lower Right - Fig. 36 Photograph of 1:250 site model with form study.

Each building incorporates a series of multi-story coliving units to offer different community sizes alongside private bedrooms.

With commercial activity on the ground floor and a wellness centre underground, the buildings feature patterns of liveliness across each day.

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Two-Story Coliving Suites (3 - 7) Individual Rooms (1) Shared Kitchen & Living (1) Internal Staircase

VOL(U)ME Programming (2) Residential Buildings Coliving & Short-Term Retreat Units Skylit, Underground Wellness Centre

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Modular, Responsive Design New York’s four-season climate demanded an optimised building performance through materials and engineering.

Above - Fig. 37 VOL(U)ME transverse section.

Lower Left - Fig. 38 Sketch exploring VOL(U)ME’s form and spatial relations.

Lower Right - Fig. 39 Exploded, rendered axonometric drawing of a living module.

A 10x10m module size was specified with integrated mechanical and facade systems. Different programme functions are accommodated, seeking to empower the user within each space.

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20cm Cross-Laminated Timber Wall

Integrated Int. Screen 2cm Triple-Pane Glass 15cm Window Mullion

6mm Perforated Al. Screen Custom Steel Fasteners 0,5cm Glulam Sheet 5x15cm Timber Purlins 0,5cm Glulam Sheet

0,5cm Glulam Sheet 2cm Mineral Wool Ins. 5x15cm Timber Purlins Ductwork & Plumbing 0,5cm Glulam Sheet

Below - Fig. 40 Axonometric drawing of Prenestino Social Hub.

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PRENESTINO SOCIAL HUB Pigneto, Rome, Italy

Prenestino Social Hub is sited on a parkland site in the Roman quartiere of Pigneto. As an intentional act of placemaking, this cultural centre seeks to expand and extend the landscape.

Bombed heavily during WWII, the site is defined by disparate morphologies: railways, varying scales of housing, and the distinct identity of the ancient cylindrical tomb, Torrione Prenestino.

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A New Campagna

Left - Fig. 41 Diagram of viewpoints at various elevations.

Upper Right - Fig. 42 Axonometric “jellyfish” drawing.

Lower Right - Fig. 43 Diagrammatic section of interconnected public spaces.

The site’s varied topography facilitates distinct views of the Torrione and Pigneto across elevations.

To restore access and dignity to the community, a series of interconnected interior public spaces animate the site.

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Decisive Formmaking The Social Hub is set opposite the Torrione as a long, slim horizontal tube cut at an obtuse angle (simulating the cut ofTorrione by the highway).

Framed by an open piazza below and the cantilevered gallery above, the Torrione’s importance is re-established.

Upper Left - Fig. 44 East-West Perspective Section.

Right - Fig. 45 Building Plans for floors -1 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4.

Lower Left - Fig. 46 Ground floor building plan with surrounding context.

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Poetic Pragmatism The Social Hub’s forms open at the end like cyclops, framing respective views of the constructed context and restored nature.

This forms a balanced counterpoint to Torrione in elevation and scale, while amplifying porosity and identity.

Above - Fig. 47 North-South section across the site’s elevations.

Lower Left - Fig. 48 Diagram of manipulated pure forms.

Lower Centre - Fig. 49 Working model of an early form study.

Lower Right - Fig. 50 Visualisation of the re-established campagna.

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