Portfolio 2016-2020

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2021 2019

J O H A N N E S sjjohann@calpoly.edu

EXPERIENCE

SKILLS

LEED Green Associate

technical

U.S. Green Building Council

2020present

2021

• adobe creative suite

- 5 months experience engaging in all design development phases on a variety of housing and city projects across San Diego County - contributed to project progression by establishing office standards

• autoCAD

stephen dalton architects | solana beach, ca

campus ambassador

poly reps, cal poly | slo, ca

- selected from an application pool of 200+ applicants (6% acceptance rate) as one of 35 official Cal Poly ambassadors - representing a total campus population of nearly 25,000 by leading group tours ranging from 10-300 visitors and hosting events for prospective students and parents, administrators and counselors, as well as alumni and potential donors

admissions + recruitment student assistant cal poly admissions office | slo, ca

• grasshopper • sketchup • archiCAD • sefaira • MS Office

personal • communication • leadership • detail-oriented • collaboration • organization • time management

INTERESTS

- design PowerPoint presentations and promotional materials for information sessions seen by every campus visitor - chosen as a liaison between the cal poly welcome center and marketing team to plan and enhance social media initiatives

• sustainability

E D U CAT I O N

• surfing

bachelor of architecture + sustainable environments minor

california polytechnic state university | slo, ca dean’s list fall ‘17, summer ‘19; president’s list ‘18-19 overall GPA: 3.67

2020

• rhino

architectural intern

for drawing and 3D modeling, generating and enhancing construction documents for permitting, and curating marketing materials for client presentations and award submissions

2018present

CA | TN

global architecture + design

CIEE global institute | berlin, germany

spring semester with an emphasis on sustainability, regenerative architecture, and computational design theory

• environmental conservation • traveling • reading

CONTENTS SELECTED WORKS

POLYCEPHALUM

future sustainable city

CIEE Global Institute | spring 2020

HEAL THYSELF

health and wellness center cal poly slo | fall 2018

TINY HOME COMMUNITY

transitional housing for the homeless population cal poly slo | fall 2017

CCOMMON O M E + GROW GO library of the future

cal poly slo | winter + spring 2019

POLYCEPHALUM Berlin, Germany

PROJECT OVERVIEW Located in Berlin, Germany, the Tegel Airport is scheduled to close and is planned to become the site of “Berlin TXL, The Urban Tech Republic”, a science, technology, research, and innovation hub. Aimed to become a new ideal for the future of sustainable cities, the project focuses on solutions for energy, water, mobility, recycling, materials, and information and communications technology, while also addressing the extreme need for affordable housing due to Berlin’s rapid rate of growth. With an existing proposal for the site, students were given the option to design a building, city block or urban plan for the future development. As a team, Alexa Greig, Hannah Seppi, and I chose to redesign the urban plan for the site to fully encompass sustainable objectives that were established as a studio.

SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES Early on in the research stage of this project, our studio (10 students) collaborated to define six principles that would ensure the implementation of sustainable practices within the new city. These principles provide a framework for design and heavily influenced systems thinking and integration throughout the iterative design process.

agro-ecology

self-sustaining water cycle

energy

social sustainability

net-zero waste

transportation systems

CIEE Berlin, Germany | Lukas Kronnawitter | 4 yr. spring 2020 | Partners: Alexa Greig, Hannah Seppi

PROJECT FOCUS Once defining and understanding the sustainability objectives, our team decided to focus on transportation systems, agro-ecology, and social sustainability. With these objectives in mind, we explored their relationship to one another and their interconnectivity through design.

Innovative transportation approaches were discovered through bioinspiration and the study of slime mold along with urban transportation insight from Max Schwitalla and his “Flywheel” project for the Audi Urban Future Award. Access to sustainable, healthy food was another large area of focus, from which our agro-towers emerged.

These are centrally located for easy accessibility and organized as vertical, aeroponic farms. With a diverse range of program and variation of spacial arrangement, this project promotes social interaction and community.

LONGITUDINAL SECTION drawn at M 1:1000

MINIMAL PATH In order to convey a similar network that would have been created by slime mold, we used computational design strategies such as wooly thread and minimal path scripts in Grasshopper. Creating multiple scenarios with key entry points within and around the site, a hierarchy of paths was created.

The network was established and later programmed for the most efficient transportation methods.

FLYWHEEL

FLYWAY

Special thanks to Studio Schwitalla for their ‘Flywheel’

SITE PLAN drawn at M 1:500

CIEE Berlin, Germany | Lukas Kronnawitter | 4 yr. spring 2020 | Partners: Alexa Greig, Hannah Seppi

agro-towers

raised paths

industry

buildings residential

commercial

plots

community

ground paths

CONCEPT

WATER SYSTEMS

TYPOLOGY

The project’s design developed from voronoi

Water on the site is categorized by semi-

Based on the program requirements and social

and minimal path grasshopper scripts that

permeable and permeable surfaces, water

sustainability objectives, the distribution of

first defined the transportation network

retention areas, and green roof collection

spaces responds to location on the site, size of

which then inspired the building plots and

systems. These strategies reduce indoor and

building, and community accessibility. Nearly all

footprints. The raised path network was later

outdoor water use and allow for alternate water

buildings, with the exception of industry spaces,

implemented for vertical circulation.

sources to be adequately used on site.

are mixed used to promote interaction.

commute

farming

community

HEAL THYSELF San Luis Obispo, CA

PROJECT OVERVIEW Located along the central coast, San Luis Obispo is surrounded by rolling hills and ocean cliffs. The city has a population of 48,000 people, of which about 2 0,000 are students at California Polytechnic State Un iversity. Located between residential neighborhoods and commercial squares on the corner of North Chorro and Foothill Boulevard, the new Health and Wellness Center will connect the community and provide a common space for care, growth, and enrichment through recreation, education, and healthcare.

principles, this new community amenity exemplifies health and wellness through environmental light and materials, enhanced programmatic organization and circulation, and sustainable systems integration. Careful attention was paid to site specific conditions and requirements that ultimately facilitated the overall success of the project.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES By analyzing the foundations of human health and wellness, along with key sustainability Cal Poly SLO | Stacey White | 3 yr. fall 2018

CA climate zone 5; ASHRAE 3C

the implementation of solar shading devices, minimal west glazing, and window to wall ratios allow for quality daylighting while simulataneously increasing thermal comfort through sunlight. Operable glazing provides natural ventilation from northwesterly winds.

10.2%

1

comfort

3.4%

5

direct evaporative cooling

3.8%

7

natural ventilation cooling

45.3%

9

internal heat gain

16.9%

11

passive solar direct gain

69.1% COMFORTABLE HOURS

emotional

financial

environmental

intellectual

wellness

physical

social

spiritual

occupational

62 walk

37 transit

PLANS

91 bike

drawn at 1/32” = 1’

group therapy

group therapy

Counseling

group therapy

racquetball

N

crisis racquetball studio

studio

racquetball

E site

bus route

site arrival

bike lane

level 3

PROGRAM

health ed.

crisis advocate crisis advocate grad assistant

grad assistant

peer counsel

peer counsel

level 3 health ed.

health ed.

health ed.

health ed.

health ed.

health ed.

health ed.

health ed.

peer counsel

peer counsel

locker

racquetball

health ed.

health ed.

health ed.

locker

kitchen racquetball

workshop/instruction Patient Room

Women’s Health

Primary Care

Patient Room

Patient Room

racquetball Patient Room

Patient Room

Patient Room

Patient Room

studio

level 2

Patient Room

Patient Room

Patient Room

Patient Room

level 2

level 1 exam

exam

exam

exam

exam

exam

exam

exam storage

culinary admin

culinary admin

exam culinary admin

exam restroom

food pantry

crisis room exam

exam

exam

exam

exam

exam

exam

locker

xray

xray

kitchen

locker

xray

lab

xray

prep area

phlebotomy

consult

billing telemedicine

admin office suite billing

culinary

recreation

health

shared

LONGITUDINAL SECTION drawn at 1/4” = 1’

director

storage

consult

admin office suite

director

consult

pharmacy

billing

consult

level 1

TINY HOME COMMUNITY San Luis Obispo, CA

PROJECT OVERVIEW The City of San Luis Obispo and the Railroad have joined together to combat homelessness by participating in THE SLO HOMELESS TINY HOMES. This project is funded by a few private foundations with the purpose of exploring experimental strategies for housing those experiencing homelessness. Located on a 50’ x 200’ lot between the railroad and the intersection of Pepper Street and Monterey Street near downtown, this project transforms an unconventional site through the addition of six tiny home units and a community center. The project focuses on connection- to nature and one another. By implementing private and shared indoor and outdoor spaces, the residents transitioning from homelessness are provided with space to live, learn and support themselves to reconnect with the community.

Cal Poly SLO| Margaret Pedone | 2 yr. fall 2017

SCALELESS CONSTRUCTION This project launched the exploration of the basic elements of designpoint, line, plane, solid, and spacethrough physical modeling three series of 3” cubes from wood and concrete.

Each series had set parameters and constraints and progressed in complexity. The basics of geometry and construction tectonics were challenged, abstracted and understood through a variation of material components and their architectural elements. The formal, spatial, compositional and tectonic principles of the final cubes ultimately informed the design and constructability of the tiny homes and community center designs. Set parameters required for grids to be aligned and set for the cubes, tiny homes, community center and overall site design.

SITE AXON

BUILDING AXONS

unit 1

unit 2

SITE PLAN drawn at 1/32” = 1’

Pepper Street

LONGITUDINAL SECTION drawn at 1/32” = 1’

community center

COME + GO COMMON GROW Oakland, CA

PROJECT OVERVIEW The role of the library has changed significantly over the course of its existence and is evolving to become a place for exchange of information and not just books. As one of the last true public spaces, the library serves as a common place for an uncommun user. This project reimagines the expectations and potentials of the future public library by examining the scope of media and programming.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES Located in Oakland, CA, this public library strives to reconnect to nature and improve the public with a place to gather, learn and grow.

Programmatically, this building provides community amenities such as resource libraries, social services, community gardens, and flexible spaces that adapt to the changing needs of the city.

PROJECT PERFORMANCE Detailed environmental site analysis was performed during design development and informed the overall building form and materiality.

Semi-translucent ETFE pillows provide thermal comfort and optimal daylighting along with strategically placed, operable low-e glazing that enhance surrounding views and allow natural ventilation.

The building form originated from a pure torus form that was manipulated to serve the site and project surroundings. The circular design promotes continuous circulation and creates a focal central space.

Structurally, this building is anchored by a concrete system underground and consists of a hollow steel tube system that emerges from the earth and cantilevers above ground.

Cal Poly SLO | Jeff Ponitz | 3 yr. winter+ spring 2018-19 | Partner: Elise Webb

LAKE MERRITT

DIAGRAMS CONCEPT

pure torus geometry to emulate

raised on west in response to urban

deformed purity through pinch and

panelized to allow modulation for ease

continuity and create a focused central

context and provide view towards Lake

pull to shape experience of interior

of manufacturing and construction

space

Merritt

spaces

MATERIAL

semi translucent ETFE pillows perform

earth is pulled onto the building where

low-e gray tinted glazing strategically

overall composition designed for each

thermally and provide ambient

it meets the site in an interlocking

placed based on daylighting and

material and its relationship to one

pattern

desired views

another

daylighting

INTEGRATED DESIGN

entry conditions from the BART &

winter sun 24.7 degrees

continuous circulation through central

radiation analysis informs where PV

Madison St.

summer sun 64 degrees

staircase aligns with structural frame

panels will best perform

and glazing to enhance ascending experience

LONGITUDINAL SECTION drawn at 1/32” = 1’

CL

CL

01 02 03

STRUCTURE hollow steel tube lattice structure supports cantilever and is anchored into the earth with a concrete base

04 05 06 07 08

TERTIARY 10” diameter

09 10 11

SECONDARY 1’ diameter

PRIMARY 1.5’ diameter

WALL SECTION

drawn at 1/4” = 1’ 01 Morning summer sun at 65° 02 Triangulated translucent ETFE pillows fitting in between lattice structure allow ambient luminescence

03 HVAC runs through hollow structure tubes 04 1.5’ Diameter [structural steel lattice] 05 1’ Diameter [structural steel lattice] 06 10” Diameter [structural steel lattice] 07 22” Deep I Beams 08 3/4” Wood floor finish above exposed steel beams and girders 09 Morning winter sun = 14° 10 5/16” Low E Glazing ingrey solar tint: some operable for ventilation 11 2” Mullions connecting glazing

CHUNK MODEL 1/4” scale

FULL SITE MODEL 1/8” scale

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