JASON PRADOWoodbury University - School of Architecture

Portfolio

14939 Folger Street, Hacienda Heights, CA 91745

Telephone: 626.862.8176

E-mail: jasonprado11@gmail.com

Education2009 Bachelors of Architecture, Woodbury University - Burbank, CA.

2005 Associates of Science in Architecture, Rio Hondo College - Whittier, CA.

Westpac LED Lighting, Inc.: March 2011 - PresentArchitectural Designer- Worked with a team in developing commercial LED lighting design using architectural applications.- Graphic Design: revised company catalog, banners, flyers, and logos for commercial distribution.

TRE 360 Branding & Design: July 2008 - Sept. 2010 3D Designer/Cad Operator/Consultant- Worked with a team in design development of SM Shoemart Department Store in the Philippines.- Assisted in creating 3D models and VRay renderings for presentation.- Utilized Adobe software for graphic design and creating final presentation layouts.- Develeped a conceptual graphics package for SM Supermarket.

Pacific Coast Cabling Network Solutions: December 2007 - June 2008Cad Operator- AutoCAD proficiency in relation to electrical, telephone, and lighting drawings for commercial buildings.

Pickard Architects & Pickard Construction: April 2005 - August 2005Intern/Cad Drafter- Make the necessary corrections to residential and commercial drawings for plan check submittal.- On-site planning and measuring, plotting, and conceptual design for residential and commercial projects.

Professional Experience

Urban Dwelling 2X, American Society of Engineers and Architects (ASEA): Spring 2005Worked with a team of students in developing innovative designs for residential architecture. Developed preliminary

UNBOUND Exhibition, Digital Fabrication Studio: Spring 2008Worked with a team of students in developing an installation for Woodbury (CCRD). The exhibition was a progression from Fall 2007 to Spring 2008 semesters, involving an exploration in pattern development dimensional surface transformation. The use of digital fabrication was a component throughout the design process and construction.

sketches, floor plans, details, sections, and perspective drawings. Gathered all necessary information to develop a final design. Presented project proposal to a panel of judges for evaluation.

Hyperextension, Degree Project,Woodbury University: Spring 2009Reimagining the school curriculum through landscape education

SM Supermarket, TRE 360 Branding & Design: July 2010Worked with a team in developing a conceptual graphics package for SM Supermarket.

Projects

JASON PRADO

- Basic & Advance AutoCAD 2D & 3D - Commercial & Residential Architecture- Adobe CS5 (Photoshop/Illustrator/Premiere/Dreamweaver/InDesign) - Microsoft Office/Word/Powerpoint/Excel- 3D Studio Max/VRay Rendering/Animation - Knowledge of Digital Fabrication- Basic Knowledge of ArchGIS - Sketchup 3D/VRay Rendering- Basic Knowledge of Revit Architecture - Digital Photography- Proficient in Mac OS and PC - Solidworks 2011- Knowledge of AGi32 Lighting Analysts Software - Rhinoceros 3D

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Natural site forces such as sun, wind, and prevailing breezes from the riverinfluence the building’s orientation, pedestrian and vehicular circulation.

The angled steel columns form the primary structural system of the museum, extending from floor to ceiling and supporting multiple levels.

The initial parti for the museum funnels space beginning from the proposed pedestrian trail, passes through a central space, and leads into the main exhibition which overlooks the Carrie Furnace. The museum focuses on designing the entire urban fabric of the museum through its programmatic components. Visitors enter from the east side of the site and are guided to the entry catching glimpses of the demonstration gallery. Large v-shaped steel columns extending from floor to ceiling form the primary structure of the museum. Curved glass facades supported by steel beams expresses steel’s ability to bend and curve to form the spaces of the changing exhibits and main exhibition hall.

The center space began as the orientational logic. With the addition of program, the central space began to function as a communal space which allows for its visitors to experience freely any aspect of the musuem.

GLAZING:Laminated UV Glass

STEEL SKIN SYSTEM:Corrugated Steel

FLOOR SYSTEM:TranslucentPolycarbonateFlooring

STRUCTURAL FRAMING SYSTEM:Rigid Steel Tubing

PRIMARY STRUCTURAL SYSTEM:Square Steel Tubes

STEEL: PERFORMANCEMUSEUM OF STEEL - PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

Perspective wall creates the illusion that the floorpattern extends beyond the boundaries of the walls.

Physical wall constructed from pvc pipe and 3D printed joints connections.

Milled plywood bases morph from the hexagon floor pattern into a rectangle to display projects.

The implied trajectory lines define potential zones of usable space.

An initial particle diagram defines various densities of people and circulation based on experience from previous exhibitions.

Diagonals extend from corner to corner of the gallery spaces in order to determine the longest visual trajectory lines.

Water Cube, Beijing Olympic Park

Case Studies

Material Studies: Fabric and chicken wire

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UNBOUNDDigital Fabrication StudioInstructor: David Freeland5 Person Team

Unbound is a collection of beginnings, tentative steps into a new territory that marries the material and virtual realms. Challenging the idea that digital modeling is without substance, these design explorations transport conventional ideas of object, surface, and space into a realm that dwells at the threshold between design and building. Beyond simply employing fabrication technology to concretize digital complexity, the projects identify potential architectural trajectories through development of new design techniques engaged in tooling and algorithmic processes.

The progression of the studios work from the fall to spring can be characterized as a move from an understanding of surface as a flat topological surface to a deep boundary condition laden with a range of potential effects and patterns. Ignoring given edges in the gallery, the exhibition explores pattern development as means to shape space through two and three dimensional surface transformations. Loading the pattern with the responsibility of spatial organization and formal development provoked an iterative design process, constantly reengineering the hexagons based on rendering, dimensional feedback, and flow analysis. As a latent organization device, animated and isomorphic, the pattern design is a performative design technique that also delivers the intended spatial effects.

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FUTURE TENTS

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DIGITAL FABRICATIONFall 2007

BOGOSIANBiayna

The pixelated diagram depicts the organization of projects, as well as a differentiation of process work from the fall and spring semesters.

Future Tent

Tent Caterpillar

Hexagon Ceiling Pattern

Base 1 Cut Plan Base 11 Cut Plan

Base 7 Cut Plan Base 19 Cut Plan

The connective tissue, defined in terms of water vapor(blue) and debris accumulation(green)puncture through the holes of each section creating similar forms as a mushroom cloud.

Photographs of the final milled plywood surface and acrylic section models.

The project involves choosing an existing object. The object was then cut into sections, either in thevertical or horizontal section to be used for creating the digital representation of the object. Sectionsof the object were then mapped out on a plywood surface. In project 3, sections were generated fromthe surface. Establishing a relationship between a solid, liquid, and a gas formed the connective tissueconnecting the sections of the surface.

The photographs involved different typologies for the growth of mushrooms. Mushroomstent to grow in a series of small groups or clusters, varying in scale from their adjacencies.Within each cluster of mushrooms, layering and overlapping occur, forming the diversefield of mushrooms.

Milled Plywood Surface

Cut sections of the mushroom formed the basis for 3d modeling.

Laser Cut Acrylic SectionsMushrooms of various sizescreate voids within the surface.

Mushroom IntensificationDigital Fabrication StudioInstructor: David Freeland

Connective Tissue: - Water Vapor (blue) - Debris Accumulation (green)

Surface Sections

Surface: Mushroom Field

Mushroom Clusters

Echo Park 4X Housing Development Design Studio 3A - Woodbury University Instructor: Aaron Whelton Site: 8,660 S.F. Units: 4

Longitudinal Section Skylighting as well as utilizing an angled roof design allows for ample natural light and ventilation into the spaces.

1 Entry 2 Living Room 3 Garage 4 Restroom 5 Communal Kitchen 6 Bedroom 7 Roof Deck 8 Office 9 Walk-through Closet 10 Master Bathroom

By utilizing a communal kitchen on the lower level and the roof deck on the second level, the solution begins to blur the line between public and private, and creates communal space.

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Upon the upper level, both residences are connected with an outdoor roof deck which overlooks the garden below. Both units also have access to the roof deck through spiral staircases adjacent to each garage entry.

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Entry into each unit is on the lower levels,from either the garage, or from the west side the site. Natural light from the south provides ample sunlight for the communal kitchen. A curved glass facades give its occupants views toward the central garden.

The solution for the dwelling involved attention to the connection of the socio-cultural approach to architectural planning, infusing adequate spatial structure for certain utilzation and function and implementing usable design concepts.The couple’s lifestyles and their implemented personalities and requests are dynamic to the design. The solution implemented two different homes and a communal kitchen area with views of the central garden courtyard. A wood deck on the upper level connects both dwellings, its families, and provides the means to experience the open space, gardens and views of gardens.

Scenario for Urban DwellingASEA Competition_Rio Hondo CollegeInstructor: Flint Tabata

An early conceptual idea derived from curvedlines and forms in sculture. This sketch canbe interpreted as a plan view.

Exploring the idea of two separate dwellingsthat share a common element.

The two separate dwellings share a commonelement on both upper and lower levels.

JASON PRADOA Collection of Professional Work

Pickard Architects & Pickard ConstructionTRE360 Branding & Design

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First Floor Plan

Painter Apartments Addition7037-39 Painter Avenue Whittier, California - Apartment BuildingProject Architects: David Pickard Jr. & Fay Rippon