John Perrine - Undergraduate Portfolio

JOHN FARNSWORTH PERRINE

JOHN PERRINE

5242 N. MAGNOLIA

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CHICAGO, IL 60640

JPERRINE@HAWK.IIT.EDU

OBJECTIVE

EDUCATION

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773.450.5242

To work in an environment that pushes the current limits of my abilities, allows me the chance to further my knowledge, and offers me a chance for mutual respect between my peers. In addition, the opportunity to offer up my skills to better the design, development, and quality of a project.

Illinois Institute of Technology | Chicago, IL Bachelors of Architecture

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Graduated: May 2014

Study Abroad | Paris, France January 2013 - June 2013

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Computer Skills AutoCAD | Rhinoceros | Grasshopper | SketchUp Photoshop | Illustrator | InDesign | Microsoft Office Constructions Skills Wood Shop | Welding/Metal Work | Hand Drafting Model Making | Furniture Design | 3D Printing | Laser Cutting

WORK EXPERIENCE

Binny’s | Chicago, IL | September 2013 - Present Store Associate: Assisting customers throughout the store, stocking sales floor shelves and managing the registers.

Chicago Urban Pets | Chicago, IL | Summer 2013 - Spring 2014 Dog Walker: General in-home pet sitting, dog walking, and overnight care for clients pets.

Walmart | Cheyenne, WY | Spring 2012 - Fall 2012 Receiving Associate: Loaded and unloaded shipments, organized warehouse stock, and stocked sales floor shelves to meet customer demand.

PROJECTS

Open Source Construction IPRO | Chicago, IL | Fall Semester 2013 Development and implementation of a recycle/found object based construction manual for developing countries, impoverished communities, and disaster relief zones.

Big Tree Paradigm Competition| Fukushima, JPN | Fall Semester 2012 14th Shelter International Competition: The design of a home with the attractive qualities of a big, ancient tree.

Contents

1-14 Monastery/Chapel Indiana, USA

Wood Framing Toronto, CAN 15-20 Technical Drawings Illinois, USA 21-26

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39-52 Big Tree Paradigm Fukushima, JPN

Cultural Center Helsinki, FIN

RURAL CHAPEL + MONASTERY Indiana, USA

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Spring 2013 - Paris - Helsinki Cultural Center - 2

Chapel Model Shot: MDF and paper model View from chapel entrance.

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Monastery in Rural Indiana: A place for personal contemplation A monastery is a closed circuit, a private and internal building. Everything comes from within and stays there.

Because of this, the monastery should be designed from the inside out; each room should be tailored for the specific activity it is built for.

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Chapter House Rendered Model Shot: MDF and paper model Internal meeting place for discussion among monks.

The refectory is the sole place where monks have discussions. It provides an open forum to go over ideas, issues and updates with the monastery. Traditionally a refectory has seating in a ‘U’ shape to allow for focus to be directed to single speaker or allow for a circular discussion. Creating a lit backdrop focuses attention at the speaker while at the same time blanketing the space with light for group talks.

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Hall Rendered Model Shot: MDF and paper model Outside monk cells, through to Cloister.

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Refectory Rendered Model Shot: MDF and paper model Dining Hall for monks.

Library Rendered Model Shot: MDF and paper model Shot though both library entrances.

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Public Church Rendered Model Shot: MDF and polished plywood View towards alter.

Only public place in monastery

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Monk Cell Rendered Model Shot: MDF and paper model View towards door.

Personal bedroom and reflective space for monks.

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Perceived mass and a decentralized cloister: The plan and layout of the monastery originates from the idea that the cloister, the garden for god, should not be used simply as circulation, but rather a room in itself. Traditionally the cloister serves as the primary means of moving from room to room. By decentralizing it, the cloister will become a destination. Because of this, the monastery can take on a new form, one that allows for a more direct way of moving from place to place. The plan is broken up into 4 sections; the public church, the monks cells, the day to day activities, and the cloister. Each part is sectioned off using blocks of utility space; bathrooms, kitchen, infirmity, and administration.

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Two hallways line both sides of the monastery creating a barrier between the internal workings and the external world. By recessing the doors of the private areas, a perceived mass is created, allowing for a noticeable compression that dictates the quiet mood of the space. In contrast, the more open spaces like the refectory and chapter house are left open to the circulation allowing for an easy procession of monks in and out.

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WOOD FRAMING

Craven Road House - Shim Architects Toronto, CAN

Roof

Second Floor

First Floor

Framing Model: 1/4”=1’ Basswood and MDF

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Spring 2011 - Wood Framing - 18

Section Model: 3/4”=1’ Basswood and MDF

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TECHNICAL DRAWINGS Residential Studio, Fall 2010 Chicago Boathouse, Fall 2011

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Residential Studio Floor Plan: Brick and CMU bearing walls with interior stud walls.

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Residential Studio wall section: Brick and CMU bearing walls with hollow core conrete slabs.

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Chicago Boathouse Wall Section: Steel frame with cast in place conrete slabs.

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Chicago Boathouse Wall Section: Steel frame with brick fascade.

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CULTURAL MAGNET Helsinki, FIN

IIT Paris Program: Re-imagining the failed Guggenheim Cultural Center in Helsinki, Finland The proposal for a Guggenheim museum in Helsinki was ultimately a failure due to its status in the art world and lack of sensitivity towards the disinterests of Helsinki residents. The people of helsinki feared that the “ArtDonalds” that is Guggenheim was there to simply milk the The Helsinki Arts Museum commission fee

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with little to no support for the museums construction and operation as had happened in previous cities.

In the end, the project was scrapped leaving a void in the expectations of the population for a cultural center.

The cultural development has taken wide swings over the years with backing from different sides of the political spectrum; the conservative right pushed for shopping and attractions while the left pushed for museums and arts.

The resulting composition is a thorough mix of malls and museums.

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Proposed Site

MALL DENSITY

Kamppi Mall

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Proposed Site

MUSEUM DENSITY Kiasma Museum

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Creation of a Mall-Museum magnet: The current state of the MUSEUM is flawed. The presentation and exclusivity of objects displayed removes any and all purpose or design intent. It has created an extreme disconnect between the objects and the viewer. At the other extreme is the MALL, a place filled with bastardized product versions in an effort to increase productivity and fuel our consumerist world. The age of building products to last has been replaced by planned obsolescence, cheap materials, and outsourced production.

These issues, both with the MUSEUM and the MALL, lead to the same outcome, a disconnect between the origin of a product and the process needed to produce that product. There is a lack of appreciation for the effort needed to produce both museum and consumer grade products; in some cases, what was once a commercial product has been eaten up by the prison that is the MUSEUM with little to no explanation.

The remedy comes through a leak in both institutions. The quality of the MUSEUM needs to be merged with the access of the MALL while at the same time exposing the process of production in order to give substance back to the products. The result of this creates an institution that is unfortunately alien to the public but will, in time, become an exemplary model.

By attaching the Cultural Center to the existing Kamppi mall it can create a parasitic relationship, leaching the inhabitants of the mall and exposing them to the craft of the center. By placing the process of each workshop linearly, the process from a products conception can be shown in full. Using the exterior facade as exposed storage units, the embodied input of the products can be displayed.

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Rendered Model Shot: Wood and chipboard model View from Kamppi square Cultural center wall partially filled with material.

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Textile

Glass

Metals

Ceramics

Print

Stoneware

Wood

Bakery

Brewery

Material Drop Off

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Design

Silica Melting

Sizing

Moulding

Sizing

Measuring

Measuring/ Milling

Print Screen

Forming/ Construction/ Coloring Welding

Pigment Model Casting Selection

Forming

Printing

Sizing

Construction

Mixing

Mashing

Printing

Cooldown/ Tempering

Finishing

Drying

Coalating

Detailing

Finishing

Forming

Boiling

Sealing

Shop

Plating

Painting

Cutting

Smoothing

Painging/ Staining

Baking

Fermentation

Washing

Painting

Baking

Binding

Finishing

Shop

Cooldown

Shop

Shop

Shop

Shop

Shop

Glass

Material Drop Off

Material Drop Off

Material Drop Off

Silica Melting

Construction/ Welding

Design

Print Screen

Forming/ Coloring Cooldown/ Tempering

Metals Ceramics

Finishing

Material Drop Off

Forming

Shop

Pigment

Drying

Shop

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Model Casting

Detailing Smoothing

Painting

Shop

Baking

Wood

Bakery

Brewery

Material Drop Off

Material Drop Off

Finishing

Cutting Binding

Shop

Mashing Shop

Fermentation Conditioning Bottling Shop

Shop Coalating

Bottling/ Shop

Material Drop Off

Finishing

Shop

Washing

Material Drop Off

Sizing Printing

Shop Printing

Print Stoneware Material Drop Off

Construction

Textile

Shop

Conditioning

Second Floor Plan

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BIG TREE PARADIGM COMPETITION

14th Shelter International Architectural Design Competition for Students 2012 Fukushima, JPN

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A Single Big Tree used in parts to provide for the growth of a home over numerous generations.

A single big tree similar to the great redwoods of California could be used in parts on as-needed basis as a family grows. When a new member comes into the family, they will be alloted a piece of the family tree to be used to add room to the home. The tree would continue to give generation after generation.

In later developments of the project, the one Big Tree would be supplemented with numerous small trees in the form of an orchard.

FAMILY HOME

GENERATIONAL HOME

FAMILY HOME

COUPLES HOME

INDIVIDUAL HOME

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MUTUAL GROUND Final Competition Board

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Forced Perspective Model Shot: Basswood frame in shadowbox View from tea room onto orchard

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Organization and Hierarchy of spaces to facilitate a communal family: Creating a central gathering space in the form of a traditional Japanese tea room The first generation of the home is designed as an outpost. It serves as a meeting and resting space for the workers and family as the orchard is developed. Key to this outpost is the tea room, serving as the communal place to talk, eat, and relax. This room serves as the basis for the proportions, layout, and future generation additions of the whole home. Using the traditional tatami mat proportions (176cm x 88cm) of the tea room, each room serves as supplements.

The tea room is where the family exists.

Situated on the second floor, the tea room also acts as the observation point of the orchard, looking out over the fuel that builds the home. The addition rooms grow out from the spine and grow into the ground becoming what is essentially the roots of the home. The home grows from the outpost generation into a couples home, a family home, and a generational home. Each generation expands the house using the forest as material.

Forced Perspective Model Shot: Paper model in shadowbox Long section through bedroom and tea room

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Forced Perspective Model Shot: Paper model in shadowbox Section of tea room Cantilever

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Forced Perspective Model Shot: Paper model in shadowbox Section of tea room, kitchen, and dining room

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Gen 1: Outpost

Gen 2: Couples Home

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Gen 3: Family Home

Gen 4: Generational Home

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JOHN FARNSWORTH PERRINE