JAIME C HENDERSON

JA IM E C HEN D ERSON
jaime.henderson@gmail.com 801 East 2nd Avenue Easley, SC 29640 864 650 1376

Introduction Academic

Manifesto Embedded Landscapes Desert School 32 Iterations Artificial Mountain Formative Rio Vista Lantern Kit of Parts Miscellaneous Grand Tour Photography Garden City Threshold Memorial 0.9 Hectare

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Professional

Seeing Competitions

Architecture is a form of knowledge and each project should represent a significant contribution to this body of work. Architectural theory is a form of mediation; the act of establishing relationships between cultural constructs and spatial constructions. Architecture is an investigation of the culture in which it exists and therefore should provide a commentary or critique much like literature or cinema. It challenges convention and provokes a response. The diagram on the following page illustrates how cultural, theoretical, and contextural issues influence a design concept. Through intuition, research, and interpretation, the concept manifests in the design scheme(s). This process is repeated and refined with each iteration. An evolving process ensures continued relevance. A realized project (material or theoretical) becomes part of the body of work that encompasses mankinds contribution to culture through architecture.

Designing by Conviction :
1 | Introduction

While every concept is influenced by numerous external (general) and internal (project specific) forces, a well designed project must show that the following 5 key elements are understood and applied in cohesive way. Tectonics The poetic expression through a meaningful arrangement of construction and structure. Tectonics can be thought of as the intersection of poesis and techne. Poesis is the creation by means of thought and action and techne the knowledge or skill (craftsmanship) by which one creates something. Program / Event The action of human beings (culture) within a space and therefore it is the framework where our culture, or any culture plays itself out. Program is the reason for a building to exist. The intersection of built physical artifact with the event (human action and interaction) within it. Experience The perception (through the senses), understanding (through the mind) and remembering (through the memory) of a space based on its materiality. The architect has no control over the human reaction, he or she can only suggest through architectural means (materiality, light, scale, color, etc) Context Context refers to the morphological (form and shape), typological (typologies: landscapes, cities, buildings) and cultural conditions surrounding the project immediately and in a larger sense. (adjacent buildings - street - neighborhood - city). Sustainability A characteristic of a process or state that can be maintained at a certain level indefinitely. The term, in its environmental usage, refers to the potential longevity of vital human ecological support systems, such as the planets climatic system, systems of agriculture, industry, forestry and fisheries, and human communities in general and the various systems on which they depend.

Manifesto | 2

Embedded Landscapes :
3 | Academic

Graduate Thesis Architecture School Charleston, SC Thesis Chair - Scott Murff ... space is produced by, and produces society ...social relations are encoded on the landscape through shared and divided social spaces Henri Lefebvre The goal of the project was to provide an appropriate example of contemporary architecture in a historic setting by reinterpreting the heritage of the city. A holistic understanding of the urban landscape can be achieved through a comparative framework of historical geographies. Historical geographies are urban artifacts that are analyzed formally, functionally, and through representation to fully understand their interrelationships and links with social practice. In other word, the cityscape can be understood and reinterpreted in order to influence social structures. Establish heritage through a Living Architectural Approach Spring 2004

Embedded Landscapes | 4

Faade Studies

5 | Academic

Program Study

Meeting Street Perspective | A |

Gallery Interior

Embedded Landscapes | 6

Aerial View

7 | Academic

Building Elevation

George Street D

Meeting Street

5 1

4 3 3 D

Second Level Plan 1 Studio 2 Conference Room 3 Gallery 4 Jury Room 5 Piazza Below 6 Computer Lab

Embedded Landscapes | 8

George Street Perspective | B |

Building Elevation 9 | Academic

Piazza Perspective | C |

Longitudinal Section | D | Embedded Landscapes | 10

Desert School :
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Graduate Project Leading Edge Student Design Competition College of the Desert Desert Palm, CA The project is designed with multi-valent components that become both building systems and architecture. Within this hybrid system, the components build upon each other to achieve the goal of a net zero energy building. The second and equally important goal was to create a building that enhances the campus experience by providing multiuse student spaces. The campus landscape [berms and ramps] inspired the continuous surface running through the building, acting as a signifier for the concept of integration and response to the environment. Moreover, it is an organizational device to structure program and circulation. The desert context inspired a circulation sequence that decompresses the user through a series of decreasing temperatures. The symbiosis between architecture and technology informed the visual expression of the project, i.e. the language sustainable systems. Other Team Members Jens Kolb Aalok Deshmukh Vaibhav Potnis Energy Studio Professor Vidar Lerum Fall 2003

Merit Citation: Exceptional Integration of Engineering Passive Features Arizona State University Design Excellence Award

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Water Reuse Diagram

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Section A-A

Circulation Diagram

Section B-B

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B Lower Level Ground Level

Temperature / Circulation Sequence Diagram

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Auditorium Lobby Administration Faculty Office Student Records Bridge Presidents Office Computer Classroom Conference Room Classroom Caf

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Upper Level

Cooling Skin Diagram

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32 Iterations :
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Graduate Project Sustainable Housing Seattle, WA Phoenix, AZ Chicago, IL Miami, FL Energy Studio Professor Vidar Lerum Fall 2003

The study of four different climates in the U.S. yielded vastly different conditions and opportunities for passive energy systems. Conceptual motifs were generated through the combination of various sustainable techniques. Each of the four prototypes adapted to seasonal conditions as well as the often vast environmental changes that occur between day and night. Certain passive systems could be derived by the analysis of vernacular architecture. 4 Cities 4 Seasons Day and Night 4 x 4 x 2 = 32

32 Iterations | 18

Miami Summer Day

Miami Winter Day

Chicago House

Miami Hurricane

19 | Academic

Phoenix House

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Artificial Mountain :
21 | Academic

Graduate Project YMCA Scottsdale Scottsdale, Arizona The new Scottsdale YMCA operates as a destination feature / amenity and a connective infrastructure for the area surrounding southern Scottsdale. Integration of structure with space, program, and tectonics were considered key issues in the synthesis of the complex program. The decaying neighborhood is comprised of a featureless urban grid that impedes the proliferation of the community. The solution utilizes porosity and connectivity by creating a permeable, artificial landform. The new landscape is open to the public, allowing pedestrians to become spectator or participant. The canopy engages the context, extending a pedestrian walkway through the YMCA and into a public park. The bus stop and future light-rail station are integrated into the public spaces housed under the canopy. As an artificial interruption in the grid of Scottsdale, the YMCA acts as a beacon within the community. Professor Darren Petrucci Graduate Fall 2002 Arizona State University Design Excellence Award

Artificial Mountain | 22

Lateral Section

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Longitudinal Section

Artificial Mountain | 24

Roof Diagram Model Rubberbands, T-pins, Cardboard 25 | Academic

Massing Model Paper, Basswood, Chipboard

Artificial Mountain | 26

Formative :
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Undergraduate Work Autopia Los Angeles, CA 3rd Year Studio Professor Victor Jones Fall 1998 Autopia The exercise dealt with the unique and varied urban landscapes of California. The first objective was to identify an aspect of the urban landscape and build a generic site model to represent a sense of place. The second objective was to create a parti that would react to and enhance the architectural milieu of the context. Lever House Addition The Lever House was an important project for the use of glass curtain wall technology. The project brief required a 50% increase in floor area for Gordon Bunshafts landmark high rise. Community Center An enclosure is a complex building system that separates interior from exterior, sheltering the activities within. Architecture combines the concepts of threshold, layering, transparency, solid-void, environmental control, and structure to create the building envelope. A gymnasium/natatorium program was used as a basis for exploration of the envelope. Lever House Addition New York, NY 3rd Year Studio Professor Victor Jones Fall 1998 Community Center Anderson, SC 3rd Year Studio Professor Jose Caban Spring 1999

Formative | 28

Model Basswood, Plywood, Chipboard

Massing Study

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Parti Sketch

Model Basswood, Acetate

Site Model Basswood, Acetate, Museum Board

Elevation

Section Formative | 30

Structure / Skin Study

Natatorium Perspective | B | 31 | Academic

Exterior Perspective | A |

B 5 1 2

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Natatorium Gymnasium Meeting Rooms Offices Locker Rooms Track Above

4 6 Floor Plan

Model Basswood, Metal, Acetate Formative | 32

Rio Vista :
33 | Professional

Peoria Rio Vista Recreation Center 50,000 SF | 2 Story Peoria, Arizona The new recreation center was the centerpiece for the multi-phase Peoria Rio Vista Park. The design nestles the program requirements on a parcel of land that extends into the existing lake. The project enhances the park circulation paths by creating a public walkway through the building, and extending over a pedestrian bridge. The steel truss pedestrian bridge was conceived as a program space, giving visitors adequate room to congregate. The program is skillfully arrange to eliminate corridors and to separate the public zones from the membership zones. The program included a gymnasium, racquetball courts, fitness space, aerobics and dance rooms, climbing wall, day care, activity zone, classrooms, large multi-use spaces, and a kitchen. Project Designer Architekton 2005

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First Floor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Gymnasium Office Conference Racquetball Classroom Check-In Climbing Wall Loading Deck Pedestrian Bridge Veterans Memorial Lake

Aerial Photo

Pedestrian Bridge

Veterans Memorial 35 | Professional

9 Massing Studies 4

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6 1 3 Second Floor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gymnasium Below Jogging Track Free Weights Dance Studio Aerobics Room Lobby Below Climbing Wall Mechanical Deck

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South Faade

West Faade

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Gymnasium Scrim Wall

Entry View Rio Vista | 38

Gymnasium Interior

Plan Sketch

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Lobby Interior

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Lantern :
41 | Professional

LDS Institute of Religion 40,000 SF | 2 Story Parking Garage Tempe, Arizona The traditional forms of the LDS Institute of Religion are rendered in the contemporary context of Arizona State University and its desert climate through materiality and physical connectivity. Pedestrian plazas, circulation paths, and outdoor amphitheaters connect the program to the surrounding campus. The building forms a connecting plaza with its adjacent 600-vehicle parking structure. Brick masonry, precast concrete, horizontal aluminum louvers, and glazing are combined to realize the building entries as transparent lanterns. The project includes a gymnasium, 400-seat chapel, multi-use spaces, state of the art class and conference rooms, computer labs, kitchen and dining rooms, and administrative spaces. Project Designer Architekton 2005

Lantern | 42

Entry Rendering

Entry 'Lantern' Detail 43 | Professional

Lantern | 44

Site Model

Entry Study

Window Louver Detail 45 | Professional Plaza View

North Faade

Garage Faade

Garage Detail

Lantern | 46

Kit of Parts :
47 | Professional

The Park Ministries Adaptive Reuse Charlotte, NC 350,000 SF | 5 Story In 2007, The Park Ministries, the largest African American congregation in North Carolina, purchased the old Charlotte Merchandise Mart to convert into their new ministry center. A primary goal of the project was to unify the disparate elements into a clearly organized sequence of program. The solution looks at each floor plate as a field condition where programmatic elements are arranged for optimal efficiencies. Architectural pieces within the kit of parts included circulation devices, corridor thresholds, and public lounges. These elements acted to organize and bridge programs, define circulation paths, create public spaces, and define a new identity for the new owners. Rather than approaching the building as a blank slate, the kit of parts strategy was surgical in its application. Accent colors, spatial lighting, and stenciled signage supplement architectural organization devices. Ultimately, the complex familiar to Charlotte is visually and organizationally redefined to reflect the clients mission. Project Manager / Designer Neal Prince Architects 2006-2009

Kit of Parts | 48

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Lobby Library Living Room Information Conference Break-Out Classroom Nursery Check-In Nursery Youth Library Computer Class Office

Second Level Adult Education / Childcare

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Lobby Check-In Living Room Information Game Room Youth Worship Classroom Multi-Purpose Office Dance Room Computer Lab Breakout Space

Third Level Youth Worship / Education

Kit of Parts | 50

Miscellaneous :
51 | Professional

ASU Downtown Concept Plan Architekton Project Designer GHS Ambulatory Care Neal Prince Architects Project Designer Christ Church Masterplan Neal Prince Architects Project Designer Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research Neal Prince Architects Site Model / Rendering

Miscellaneous | 52

Site Plan GHS Ambulatory Care

Entry Study GHS Ambulatory Care

Building Study GHS Ambulatory Care

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Interior Study GHS Ambulatory Care

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Floor Plan GHS Ambulatory Care 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Lobby Exam Room Administration Waiting Lab Procedure Room X-Ray Doctor / Nurse Station Community Room Break Room Physical Therapy

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Miscellaneous | 54

Site Study Christ Church Masterplan

'String of Pearls' Diagram Christ Church Masterplan

55 | Professional

Upper Level Plan Christ Church Masterplan

Esplanade Study Christ Church Masterplan

Entry Study Christ Church Masterplan

Ground Level Plan Christ Church Masterplan

Miscellaneous | 56

Aerial Perspective CU ICAR Campus

57 | Professional

Aerial Perspective CU ICAR Campus

Site Section CU ICAR Campus

Miscellaneous | 58

Grand Tour :
59 | Seeing

Grand Tour Europe Study Abroad Fall 1999 / Fall 2004

The Lore Lure of the Grand Tour

The architects education abroad is critical to the understanding of culture and the physical apparatus in which they function. Translating ideas into physical space is the architects raison dtre. While the study of architecture was a focus, the holistic cultural experience embraced cuisine, fashion, lifestyle, art, and language. Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden.

Grand Tour | 60

View of San Lorenzo from the Duomo Florence, Italy 3B Graphite Pencil

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Tempietto Rome, Italy 4B Graphite Pencil

Portale del Palazzo Brignole Durrazzo Genova, Italy Pastel Pencil

Piazza del Popolo Rome, Italy Pastel Pencil

Grand Tour | 62

Basilica Vicenza, Italy 3B Graphite Pencil

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Villa Bruzzo Genova, Italy 3B Graphite Pencil

Paris Opera House Stair Detail Paris, France 2B Graphite Pencil

Trevi Fountain Detail Rome, Italy 6B Graphite Stick

Grand Tour | 64

Photography :
65 | Seeing

Photography Miscellaneous 2002-2008

The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera. -Dorothea Lange Photography is both a valuable tool of analysis and an important means of capturing the spirit of a place or thing. In architecture, drawings and models express the potential qualities of an unrealized project while photography records the actual experience of the built environment. Photography as art incorporates spatiality, perspective, scale, and other design concepts.

Photography | 66

Casa del Fascio Como, Italy

67 | Seeing

SantElia Nursery School Como, Italy

Photography | 68

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Il Santo Rome, Italy

Doge Arcade Venice, Italy Photography | 70

Mercedes Museum Stuttgart, Germany

71 | Seeing

Tomba di Forni Staglieno, Genova, Italy

Wine Stack Chianti Road, Italy

Photography | 72

73 | Seeing

Staglieno Dusk Staglieno, Genova, Italy

Thela Girl Easley, South Carolina Photography | 74

Colori di Burano Burano, Italy

La Finestra di Trastevere Rome, Italy 75 | Seeing

Photography | 76

Garden City :
77 | Competitions

Tomorrows Garden City An International Housing Design Competition A Sustainable Approach to Modern Living Sustainable Housing maxFLATS maxROW maxHOUSE Generous greenspace within a dense arrangement Organized on an 18m x 18m grid (60 x 60) Components allow numerous site configurations Network of public and private green spaces Historically identifiable features with a contemporary interpretation Choice of material reinforces the dwelling ambience Letchworth, UK Other Team Members Jens Kolb 2007

maxquality: maxidentity maxspaciousness maxdensity $ maxeconomy maxconnectivity maxsustainability

Garden City | 78

Garden City Organization (Matrix of 3 Unit Types)

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maxHousef
inventory 3 bed 6 people 1 car area 100 m2

connected and private

site 18.2 m X 9.1 m

Garden View

Street View

Upper Floor

Ground Floor

Garden City | 80

maxFlatsf

dense and spacious

inventory 2 bed x 2 1 bed x 2 3 bed x 1 18 people 4 cars area 2 x 36.5 m2 2 x 61 m2 1 x 101.5 m2 site 18.2 m X 18.2 m

Street View

Garden View

Upper Floor

Ground Floor

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maxRowf

affordable and unique

inventory 2 bed 4 people 1 car area 78 m2

site 9.1 m X 4.6 m

Street View

Garden View

Upper Floor

Ground Floor

Garden City | 82

Threshold :
83 | Competitions

Golden Capital Pavilion International Competition Summer Pavilion Novosibirsk, Russia Other Team Members Jens Kolb 2007 Competition Finalist

How can a small, temporary pavilion reach a wide audience? The answer lies in the strategic placement within the city fabric and capitalizing on multiple urban conditions simultaneously. The concept of the threshold naturally deals with the intersection of multiple conditions and therefore, anything that occupies the threshold has access to two or more conditions. In the case of an exhibition pavilion, placement within an urban threshold condition will make it accessible to multiple user groups (park-users, pedestrian and vehicles). First, various threshold conditions are identified (park-street, pier-street, etc). Next, the pavilion utilizes the following architectural means to reinforce the threshold concept.

Threshold | 84

Threshold Concept

Site / Floor Plan Evening Perspective

85 | Competitions

Construction Sequence

Interior Perspective

Threshold | 86

Memorial :
87 | Competitions

Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery Memorial Memorial Site Alexandria, VA It is a place for remembering, learning, and inspiring hope and reconciliation. It is a symbolic sculpture composed of sound elements (existing concrete pads) and two iconic forms (the horizontal and vertical bars). The composition can be read as a journey towards hope. The horizontal (twisted) bar is a metaphor for the arduous journey of the contrabands and freedmen from slavery to freedom. The vertical form signifies hope and reconciliation by giving the participant a new perspective. The horizontal bar that hovers delicately above the ground, only touching it at the existing concrete pads allows the visitor to get close to individual graves. This proximity allows the observer to become a participant and engage with the personal history of the individuals buried at the cemetery. The connection is made deeper by the appearance of individual names branded on the wood plank floor. Seen from a distance, the tower becomes a landmark of the history and existence of the cemetery, and pays homage to those that have been forgotten. Additionally, the tower is meant to be a symbol of hope. Other Team Members Jens Kolb 2008

Memorial | 88

Program Diagram

Site Section

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Site Plan

Memorial | 90

91 | Competitions

Aerial Perspective

Perspective

Night Perspective

Site

Memorial | 82

0.9 Hectare :
93 | Competitions

Building for Bouwkunde International Open Ideas Competition Architecture Faculty Delft, The Netherlands In May 2008, TU Delft lost an important landmark on the campus, the Bouwkunde building. A building, beautiful in its own right, but not recognized by all, an inaccessible island. It was blunt, direct, and was a home to the architectural community. The old Bouwkunde was a beloved fortress. The new Bouwkunde is the antithesis of the ivory tower. It will be big. It will be bold. It will be the new home for creative anarchy. The new building will connect the architectural community to itself and to the rest of the campus. The core concepts for the 0.9 Hectare proposal is two fold: [1] collapse individual studio distinctions and boundaries by creating a single, cohesive space, [2] create physical and programmatic connections to the Mekelpark. Other Team Members Jens Kolb Mike Martinez 2008

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0.9 Hectare Studio Diagram

95 | Competitions

Site Diagram

0.9 Hectare | 96

TU Delft - Mekelpark Aerial

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Axonometric

Program Diagram 0.9 Hectare | 98

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0.9 Hectare | 100

JA IM E C HEN D ERSON
jaime.henderson@gmail.com 801 East 2nd Avenue Easley, SC 29640 864 650 1376

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