JAG|ROTO Architects

EXPERIENCEJAG | ROTO ARCHITECTS is a partnership with over 55 years of combined experience on a variety of projects of various types,scope, and uses, for a wide range of clients in the government, arts, education, nature conservancy, cultural preservation and entertainment. This is a sampling of works over the last 10 years of a 30 year practice. The range of projects over 30 years, in type, scope, and uniqueness are diverse and numerous, so we have chosen a cross section to show the range of our expertise and the experience we have had with both common and one of a kind projects.

APPROACHOur approach is open minded and we are expert at solving conventional problems in unconventional ways, with an economy of means. We are also capable of solving unique and complex problems in innovative ways that may establish a new model considered by others to be proto-typical and scalable.

DESIGN INTELLIGENCEOur knowledge and practice knows no boundaries but understands limits.Our works are multi-scaled with for a wide range of uses.Our thinking is trans-disciplinary.Our intelligence is expansive and focused.Our experiences are wide ranging and deep.Our working method with clients is transparent and productive.Our process, rather than our aesthetic, is our signature.

CONSORTIUMWe have organized a consortium of creative collaborators in various cities where we work. Although, they are like minded, each has a unique set of skills and intelligences that enhance each others and expand the overall intelligence and expertise. A team of individuals is tailored for each project, providing complete design services for well defined projects or ones needing to be envisioned and defined.

INTRODUCTIONJAG|ROTO ARCHITECTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS JAG|ROTO ARCHITECTS

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META-PLANNINGIBN BATTUTA MALLMILLER SCHAFFVOGT COMMONS . Incubator City

URBAN ARCHITECTURE MADAME TUSSAUDS MUSEUM WAREHOUSE CBOXX CITYCHINA HOTELPVAMU . Architecture and Art BuildingPACOIMA NEIGHBORHOOD CITY HALLSCI-ARC CULTURAL PRESERVATION ARI BHOD . Masterplan + Retreat100000 STUPAS . Land of Medicine BuddhaSINTE GLESKA UNIVERSITY

HISTORIC PRESERVATION LOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUMMASTER WORKSJUNIPERO SERRA BUILDING INFOMART TECHNOLOGY CENTERSAN DIMAS HOTEL . Walker House

RESIDENTIALCARLSON-REGES HOUSENEW JERSEY HOUSE

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ARCHITECTURELife gives form to Architecture.JAG | ROTO has envisioned, designed, and built a wide range of project types of varying type, scope, and complexity, locally, nation-ally, and internationally. We are involved in all phases of a project’s life, beginning with visioning, pre-concept analysis, establishing land use policy, program development, concept design, architectural design and production, and construction administration.The depth of our knowledge and experience comes from two sources, 35 years of professional practice experience and our research-teaching practice experience in the University. Knowledge is expanded and deepened when we invent projects in an academic setting to ‘push limits’ of existing knowledge and challenge the conventions of practice.In addition to architectural design and city scale, urban design, JAG | ROTO services include strategic consulting to commercial clients, non-profit organizations, education and campus planning, planning and design of rural communities, and cultural conservation.

INTERIORSGenerally, the values and vision of a client are expressed symbolically and strategically in a total project. The exterior form and materiality of a building may be adapting to context, conforming to the internal functions, or responding to technical performance criteria, such as climate. Within the building, the considerations shift scales and purpose as they address how we live, learn, work, pray and play.

META-PLANNINGEnvisions purpose and meaningEncodes adaptability, performance, and enduranceEqualizes social and financial models

A meta-plan is the long-term vision establishing core principles and the deep concepts (DNA) that embody values, regulate growth, set the rules of engagement, and informs overall behavior and operations for the life of a project of any size or complexity. It applies to varying time horizons, and is the imprint for endurance and performance.

URBAN DESIGNCivic lifeIntegrated infrastructuresPublic space networksUrbanization is a dynamic process characterized by a formlessness best described in terms of flows, intensities, densities, patterns, and textures. Urban design can be conceptualized as operating at the intersection of three disciplines: urban planning, architecture, and landscape architecture. In the context of a broad array of political, economic, social, and environmental forces of varying type and degree. The shaping of urban space and how it is inhabited and used is the primary focus. The impact of urban structures upon human health, behavior and thought is what is at stake.

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CULTURAL PRESERVATIONRestore, renew, revitalizeWe have worked with endangered cultures and subcultures with a mission executed in phases. The first being, listening and learning, the second being, interacting with them creatively identifying the assets and resources, defining the problem and the variables, testing assumptions, and implementation. We have worked with individuals, families, and corporations with large landholdings to find alternatives to conventional land use and investment strategies to achieve long term visionary objectives.

HISTORIC PRESERVATIONPreserve RePurposeWe believe buildings like society should evolve and adapt. There is hidden value in resources, beauty and character in existing buildings that we bring out and maximize. Preserving history and repurposing buildings are inherently sustainable.

EDUCATION CONSULTANCYJAG | ROTO experience is unique, in this respect. Besides the experiences of conceiving, programming, and designing Educa-tion based projects, Mr. Rotondi was a founder of world renowned SCI-ARC in Los Angeles. The ‘hands on’ work as an Institution Architect, Leader, and Professor is unparalleled. Commissions to design new facilities begin with a thorough review of the education mission and curriculum of the existing institution to advise it’s leaders and faculty and then to analyze the space program to assess actual needs. On a longer time line and scale JAG | ROTO has been consulting with Education/Practice leaders in two foreign countries to develop new models for experimental education practices based on their current cultural traditions and practices.

ENVIRONMENTAL GRAPHICS/SIGNAGE - WAYFINDINGThis area of design consultancy is done with our chief design collaborator, world renowned trans-media artist/designer: April Greiman / Made in Space.Environmental wayfinding precedes signage and begins with providing architectural and spatial clues for people to orient themselves. Next, comes environmental graphics and signage. We provide full services in these areas and have a capability to work at any scale and in all media from print to motion. New companies and organizations sometimes commission us to create an entire identity system for them including web presence.

NON-PROFITSThe mission of non-profit organizations may vary but they often have a common purpose, they are ‘human change-agents’. They exist to bring about a change in individuals and society. Their product is the well being of people. Each non-profit organization is unique in their anatomy, their mission and institutional structures. A working environment that is both responsive and adaptable to change can amplify the mission, enhance the work flow, and inspire the beneficiaries.

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META-PLANNING

META-PLANNINGEnvisions purpose and meaningEncodes adaptability, performance, and enduranceEqualizes social and financial models

A meta-plan is the long-term vision establishing core principles and the deep concepts (DNA) that embody values, regulate growth, set the rules of engagement, and informs overall behavior and operations for the life of a project of any size or complexity. It applies to vaing time horizons, and is the imprint for endurance and performance.

An existing 1 million SF mall on a 3 million SF site will be expanded with amission to be a catalyst for ‘urban growth.’ Its uses will model on a city center with a richly detailed and full program bracketed by commerce and contemplative (mosques, gardens) uses with a central pivotal activity being education and research. ‘Visual Theming’ will synchronize with ‘programmatic theming’ with 4 general categories of use, production, distribution, consumption and education. The investment strategy is to grow the project in a deliberate way, balancing social and financial models, not merely develop it fast.

META-PLANNINGIBN BATTUTA MALL . Dubai . United Arab Emirates

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Meta-Planning, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Concept Design, Urban DesignExisting 1 MSFAdditional 3 MSF2009 – 2010

PURPOSE Urban Public Space, Retail /Entertainment Environment, Flexible Space, Water Front Development, Educational Campus

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DISTRIBUTION CONSUMPTIONPERSIA

• THINK TANKS• NGO’S • INTERNATIONAL POLICY INSTITUTE• PUBLISHING

• CONSULATES• BROADCAST• ON LINE

• RETAIL - books - music - product - food

• MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL ANDSATELLITE UNIVERSITY - law school - history - philosophy - languages• THINK TANK• POLICY INSTITUTE

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DISTRIBUTION CONSUMPTIONINDIA

• PERFORMANCE • PLAY DEVELOPMENT• EXHIBITION• RECITALS• MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS• FESTIVALS

• BROADCAST• ARTS MAGAZINES• ONLINE MAGAZINES• RADIO• INTERNET

• CONCERTS• RETAIL - books - music - product• HOSTEL / HOTEL• DORMITORIES• CAFE

• MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL ANDSATELLITE UNIVERSITY - workshops, classes, lectures - performance art - music, art, theater school - production / stage set design - film and television

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DISTRIBUTION CONSUMPTIONCHINA

• COOKWARE MANUFACTURING• CERAMICS• GRAPHICS / DESIGN• VEGETABLE & HERB GARDENS• BAKERIES• COMMODITIES EXCHANGE• SANITATION

• DEMONSTRATIONS• TV BROADCAST• WHOLESALE - kitchen & restaurant supplies• CATERING & DELIVERY• FOOD PACKING• FOOD PRODUCT VENDORS

• FOOD COURT• FAST DINING• FINE DINING• CONSUMER COOKING SUPPLIES• GOURMET MARKET• ARTISANAL FOOD SHOPS• COOKBOOK STORE• CONVENIENCE TAKEOUT

• CULINARY ACADEMY• COOKING CLASSES• TV STUDIOS• NUTRITION SCIENCES• HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT• MUSEUM OF FOOD

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DISTRIBUTION CONSUMPTIONCARAVANSERAI

• COMMODITIES TRADING• LIGHT MANUFACTURING• PAID PROGRAMMING• PRODUCTION (TELEMARKETING)

• SHIPPING / RECEIVING• WAREHOUSING• WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTIONAND MARKETING

• MARKET PLACE• TRADE SHOWS - product - fashion• RETAIL• HOSTEL / HOTEL• CAFES

• MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL ANDSATELLITE UNIVERSITY - international trade, business, finance - hospitality, design and management - craft workshops - design education + workshops

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ANDALUSIA

• YOGA & FITNESS STUDIOS• PHYSICAL THERAPY • HEALTH PRODUCTS• SPIRITUAL WELLNESS ORGANIZATIONS

•EXHIBITS• DEMONSTRATIONS• GLOBAL VISUAL - connection, webcasts• VISITOR INFORMATION• PUBLICATIONS

• FITNESS PRODUCTS• WEIGHT TRAINING• TRAVEL SUPPLIES• ADVENTURE RESOURCES• BODY HEALTH PRODUCTS RETAIL• PRAYER ROOM

• NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES• ADVENTURE TRAINING• FITNESS TRAINING• MUSEUM

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DISTRIBUTION CONSUMPTIONEGYPT

• ARCHIVING• PRINTING• INTERNET PUBLISHING• RESEARCH

• MUSEUM• DIGITAL AND ANALOGNETWORKING• PUBLISHING

• MUSEUM• LIBRARY• BOOK ANDDIGITAL MEDIA• RETAIL• DORMITORIES• CAFE

• MUSEUM• MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLAND SATELLITE UNIVERSITY• LIBRARY SCIENCE• WORKSHOPS• LANGUAGE - spoken - written - computational• MEDIA CREATION

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DISTRIBUTION CONSUMPTIONWATER MARKET

• VERTICAL FARMS• HYDRO FARM

• DEPOT• WATER TAXI • WATER MARKETS (BOATS)• RESTAURANTS SUPPLY

• RETAIL - local / international fresh foods - prepared foods - kitchen ware• CAFE• RESTAURANTS• FARMER’S MARKET - local farm

• MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLSATELLITE UNIVERSITY - botany - agribusiness - nutrition, health-wellness - cooking• BROADCAST

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IBN BATTUTA MALLDUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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META-PLANNING IBN BATTUTA MALL . Dubai . United Arab Emirates

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META-PLANNING MILLER-SCHAFF PRESERVE . Gallatin County . Montana . USA

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Conservation-ecological land planning, Infrastructural planning, Land and building design, Economic feasibility, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Community outreach135 acres

PURPOSE Conservation, Land Planning, Ecological Infrastructure, Economic Feasibility, Architectural Concepts, Community Outreach

On 135 acres of spring fed farmland JAG | ROTO Architects is creating an alternative to the conventional housing subdivisions. This project’s intentions are preservation of open space, enhancement of the watershed, and creation of a community of mixed socioeconomic conditions achievedwith the design of site specific dwellings and structures whose density andmassing would complement the character of their place and the forms of the natural landscape. It is zoned incorporating the existing natural components of the land, as well as those to be reclaimed, such as the currently drained wetlands. Our work plan identifies sources of pre-development funding and strategies for habitat conservation and conservation easement investment incentives.

META-PLANNING MILLER-SCHAFF PRESERVE . Gallatin County . Montana . USA

META-PLANNINGVOGT COMMONS . Incubator City . Louisville . KY

Can an urban industrial site become an active part of the city, socially, culturally and economically? Urban public space, parkways, botanical research and urban farms will fill the interstitial spaces.

JAG | ROTO Architects worked with Vogt Industries on a new master plan to create the Vogt Industrial Commons in Louisville, Kentucky. On the 50 acre industrial site with a variety of buildings (1 M SF under roof) ranging from early 1900s warehouse and production spaces to more modern buildings outfitted with 30-60 ton cranes for heavy lifting, JAG | ROTOArchitects addresses the post-industrial transition and the potential for renewal and growth as a problem common to underutilized and undervalued urban sites.

In contrast to the trends of demolition and erasure, the site, rich both in physical memory and cultural history, is being treated as an asset both to the neighborhood and to the city - as an incubator city, a post-industrial commons, and a community for the development of the Arts, Sciences, and Humanities, co-inhabiting with light manufacturing and botanicalresearch and organic agrarian housing. It engages in both pure and applied research under the umbrella of a public-private partnershipbetween private business, civic arts, government and universities.

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Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Concept DesignEntitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Community Outreach, Urban, Design, Architecture2005-200850 acres2 M SF Land1 M SF Existing Buildings1.5 SF Buildings existing + new$200 million (over 10 years)

PURPOSE Conservation of Historic Urban Industrial Site into a New City Section, Botanical / Agricultural Research, Housing, School of Architecture, Performance, Inter-Faith Facilities

META-PLANNINGVOGT COMMONS . Incubator City . Louisville . KY

URBAN ARCHITECTURE

ARCHITECTURELife gives form to Architecture.JAG|ROTO has envisioned, designed, and built a wide range of project types of varying type, scope, and complexity, locally, nationally, and internationally.

URBAN DESIGNCivic lifeIntegrated infrastructuresPublic space networksUrbanization is a dynamic process characterized by a formlessness best described in terms of flows, intensities, densities, patterns, and textures. Urban design can be conceptualized as operating at the intersection of three disciplines: urban planning, architecture, and landscape architecture. In the context of a broad array of political, economic, social, and environmental forces of varying type and degree. The shaping of urban space and how it is inhabited and used is the primary focus. The impact of urban structures upon human health, behavior and thought is what is at stake.

This project is located adjacent to the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, an iconic building and symbol of a time when Hollywood Boulevard was filled with crowds going to the movies, shopping, dining, and walking.

Our goal was to complete the western end of Hollywood Boulevard where the majority of activity takes place, to make the space deferential to the existing landmark, and to give locals and tourists a reason to stay longer than they usually do. Urbanistically, the multi-leveled public spaces will enhance and amplify the street life as it ascends to the roof plaza.

The interior is a continuous circuit of movement culminating in a public plaza on the roof. The interior will be a narrative of historical and contemporary people captured in ‘wax portraits’.

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MADAME TUSSAUDS HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM . Hollywood . CA URBAN ARCHITECTURE

Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Concept Design,Entitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Community Outreach, Urban Design, Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Administration109,000 SF Total43,000 SF Museum$55 M

PURPOSE Urban Public Space, Entertainment/ Learning Environment, Flexible Space, Advanced Technology

MADAME TUSSAUDS HOLLYWOOD MUSEUM . Hollywood . CA URBAN ARCHITECTURE

Warehouse-C is a private warehouse with a public rooftop promenade. It is 200 meters long, 25 meters wide and an average of 22 meters high, dimensions comparable to a super tanker.

It is organized in 3 essential parts: a two level private warehouse on the bottom for dry goods distribution from ship to city, a public garden on its roof and a 20 meter diameter spherical exhibition hall. The roof scape, a new elevated ground floor plane, provides a public link between the new ferry terminal and retail elements on the new wharf and the center of the city. The garden is a present day version of the traditional “dry” gardens of Tokyo, and serves as the main public space on the wharf.

URBAN ARCHITECTUREWAREHOUSE C . Nagasaki . Japan

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CLIENTSIZE COSTDATES

Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Concept DesignEntitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Urban Design, ArchitectureGovernor Isamu Takada125,000 SF$ 20 M1997

PURPOSE Urban Design, Architecture, Public Space, Advanced Technology

URBAN ARCHITECTUREWAREHOUSE C . Nagasaki . Japan

Boxx City is a multi-tenanted shopping environment made from green recycled materials at one tenth the cost of other alternatives. It can be set up inside a large empty building or outside on a vacant anchor pad or parking lot. Implementation can happen quickly with limited disruption to existing site conditions. Furthermore, the temporary nature of Boxx Cityallows it to be modified and moved anytime, giving ownership the option to explore other use alternatives as they may arise.

Boxx City’s ability to give back to the community by creating hundreds of entrepreneurial jobs and businesses is highly attractive in today’s economic environment. Additionally, its low cost to build combined with the tenant exposure risk spread over hundreds of tenants paying high per square foot rents for small spaces, creates an un-beatable economic return for its ownership which is feasible in today’s constrained capital markets.

Boxx City

2010Miami, Long Beach, Culver City,

Silicon Valley

Commercial

Services: Meta-Planning, Programming, Urban Design, Architecture, Cost Analysis

Boxx City is a multi-tenanted shopping environment made from green recycled materials at one tenth the cost of other alternatives. It can be set up inside a large empty building or outside on a vacant anchor pad or parking lot. Implementation can happen quickly with limited disruption to existing site conditions. Furthermore, the temporary nature of Boxx City, allows it to be modified and moved at anytime, giving ownership the option to explore other use alternatives as they may arise.

Lastly, Boxx City’s ability to give back to the community by creating hundreds of entrepreneurial jobs and businesses is highly attractive in today’s economic environment. Additionally, its low cost to build combined with the tenant exposure risk spread over hundreds of tenants paying high per square foot rents for small spaces, creates an un-beatable economic return for its ownership which is feasible in today’s constrained capital markets.

Client . StreetscapeOwner . Boxx City LTD Dates . 2009-Present Size . 1 Acre - 50 Arcres

URBAN ARCHITECTUREBOXX CITY . Miami . Long Beach . Culver City . Silicon Valley

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Meta-Planning, Programming, Site Design, Urban Design, Architecture, Cost Analysis, Container Repurposing

PURPOSE Urban Public Space, Entertainment/ Retail Environment, Flexible Space, Advanced Technology

URBAN ARCHITECTUREBOXX CITY . Miami . Long Beach . Culver City . Silicon Valley

URBAN ARCHITECTURE CHINA HOTEL . Tianjin . China

SERVICES Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Concept DesignEntitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Community Outreach, Urban Design, Architecture, Interior Design


In the city of Tianjin we are developing concepts for a 220 room luxury business hotel and executive conference center. This hotel will be a part of a greater development of residential towers anchoring the southwest sector of the city’s Redevelopment zone. The hotel will have 2 restaurants and a large banquet hall, Spa services, executive business center and office suites in a base 4 story structure upon which will sit a 25 story tower of rooms.

A unique aspect of this development will be how it incorporates endangered historical buildings eliminating their imminent demolition and providing the citizenry with extraordinary spaces for the entry hall and the banquet hall.

This will be a 5 star hotel when complete in 2014.

URBAN ARCHITECTURE CHINA HOTEL . Tianjin . China

URBAN ARCHITECTURE . EDUCATIONALPVAMU ARCHITECTURE & ART BUILDING . Prairie View . Texas

The building is the gateway to the campus, serving as a landmark expressing the new growth of this historical school. It is one of the Historic African-American Universities.

The building is organized in 2 parts. The first part houses the Cultural Center archives and exhibition area (memory). The Cultural Center and the School of Architecture share a state of the art presentation theatre which can support lectures, music, and virtual scenario planning of urban strategies. A bridge connects it to the second part, a long body which houses the College of Architecture and Art (laboratory), which is organized over 3 floors bifurcated by a continuous canyon.

This is the social exchange zone that is critical to the success of a creative community. The communal life of the school occurs in the 450 ft. long zone. The building is a concrete structure with brick and glass and steel cladding.

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SIZE COST

Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Educational Consultancy, Concept Design, Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Administration110,000 SF$22 M

PURPOSE School of Architecture, Entertainment/ Learning Environment, Flexible Space, Advanced Technology

URBAN ARCHITECTURE . EDUCATIONALPVAMU ARCHITECTURE & ART BUILDING . Prairie View . Texas

URBAN ARCHITECTUREPACOIMA NEIGHBORHOOD CITY HALL & COMMUNITY CENTER . Pacoima . CA

The Pacoima Neighborhood City Hall will provide municipal outreach and create a grand public space for the citizens. The new complex will support the neighborhood with city services and a district council office, serve the expanding commercial district, provide civic spaces for community participation in governance and recreation, and offer additional neighborhood parking.

The building mass, placed along the two perimeter streets, is configured to shape an large interior courtyard, a communal public space intended to be used by all ages on a daily basis. The buildings transparency is symbolic and practical. All of the interior has natural light throughout the day. Roof overhangs and vertical screen walls are calibrated to modulate and balance the daylight throughout the day. The literal transparency and lightness isintended to symbolize a more accessible City government, as requested in the original project brief.

It consists of a building complex, public plaza +gardens with an outdoor cinema, and subterranean parking. The project is LEED certified.

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Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Concept DesignEntitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Community Outreach, Urban Design, Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Administration38,000 SF site12,000 SF building21,000 SF subterranean parking$14 M

PURPOSE City Government and Civic Center, Urban Public Space, Entertainment/ Learning Environment, Flexible Space, Advanced Technology

INSTITUTION ROLE POSITIONS

EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANCYSCI-ARC (Southern California Institute of Architecture) . Los Angeles . CA

Southern California Institute of ArchitectureCo-founderFaculty . Chair . DirectorBoard of Directors

Michael Rotondi, a co-founder of SCI-Arc, has been a faculty member, program director, institute director, and is currently on the board of directors. He has direct experience conceptualizing and developing all aspects and areas of an experimental educational institution.

He was responsible as 2nd Director for leading the process of a regional school becoming an international presence with a positive influence. He has been a teacher, and administrator and an institution builder.

Michael Rotondi’s long time, multi-faceted experience with SCI-Arc which, till this day, is still considered among the best, most experimental schools of architecture in the world, has given him the type of insight that is needed in working with education non-profits. Having had the leadership responsibilities for growth and change has taught him how to manage a place with a grand vision and limited resources.

SERVICES Educational Consultancy, Architecture, Interiors

CULTURAL PRESERVATION

CULTURAL PRESERVATIONRestore, renew, revitalize

We have worked with endangered cultures and subcultures with a mission executed in phases. The first being, listening and learning, the second being, interacting with them creatively identifying the assets and resources, defining the problem and thevariables, testing assumptions, and implementation. We have worked with individuals, families, and corporations with large land holdings, to find alternatives to conventional land use and investment strategies to achieve long term visionary objectives.

CULTURAL PRESERVATIONARI BHOD RETREAT . Tehachapi . California

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Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Concept DesignEntitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Community Outreach, Architecture, 475 acres

PURPOSE Community Learning Environment, Cultural Preservation, Nature Retreat, Land Planning, Flexible Space

Ari Bhöd’s mission is to preserve and transmit the priceless legacy of the ancient Tibetan Nyingma lineage tradition, a sacred culture of peace that has been kept vital and effective through more than fifty generations of lifelong practitioners and lineage masters.

Ari Bhöd’s retreat center, Pema Drawa, is located on 475 acres in the peaceful mountains of Tehachapi, California. Working in close collaborationwith Lama Chödak Gyatso, we have completed a master land plan for the entire site, which will guide development of a Retreat Center and Monastery. The centerpiece will be Zangdok Palri, a highly symbolic and intricately detailed Mandala representing the enlightened qualities of Guru Padmasambhava, the master who brought Buddhism to Tibet in the ninth century. The initial stages for constructing this Mandala, as a centuries-lasting, four-story monument dedicated to global peace and harmony has already begun, under the direction of the Lama Gyatso. Zangdok Palri USA, when realized to scale it will reach ninety feet in height. It will preserve and sustain traditional Tibetan artistic and sacred architectural traditions within the rigorous design demands of Western building codes.

CULTURAL PRESERVATIONARI BHOD RETREAT . Tehachapi . California

CULTURAL PRESERVATION100,000 STUPAS . Santa Cruz . California

The 100,000 Stupas site, nestled in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Central California at the Land of Medicine Buddha, is a five-acre hilltop meadow within a 400-acre property. A stupa is the architectural manifestation of the Buddha’s awakened mind and represents the Buddhist path to enlightenment. It embodies significant religious symbolism, empowered through a consecration ceremony. In our design, the central stupa will be a square approximately 108 feet on each side and 54 feet high, surrounded by 99,999 stupas of various sizes placed on a terraced pyramid inspired by the Borobudur temple complex in Indonesia. A favorite, sacred site of Lama Zopa, the 6,500 square foot interior of the pyramid will house a 24 foot tall Maitreya Buddha statue. The structure will be concrete and glass with a wood and steel dome. The stupa itself will be concrete and plaster.

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Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Concept DesignEntitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Community Outreach, Architecture400 acres

PURPOSE Public Space, Community Learning Environment, Flexible Space, Advanced Technology

CULTURAL PRESERVATION100,000 STUPAS . Santa Cruz . California

CULTURAL PRESERVATIONSINTE GLESKA UNIVERSITY (SGU) . Antelope . South Dakota

Sinte Gleska University, the oldest tribal university in the Americas, was founded forty years ago in Rosebud, South Dakota. This strategic and master plan for an entirely new campus on a prairie adjacent to a lake served the tribe in several ways. It expanded and renewed their university and curriculum. stimulated economic development, and it was a catalyst for a process of restoring their traditional culture. Multiple buildings were planned and three of which have been built.

The campus planning and site design were informed by spatial and formal characteristics of the Lakota universal model and Lakota numerology. The campus plan and buildings were designed to be a teaching landscape.

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Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Concept DesignEntitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Community Outreach, Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Administration80,000 SF(3 buildings on a 50 acre site)$10 M (including infrastructure and buildings)

PURPOSE Meta-Planning, Programming, Campus Planning, Architecture, Interiors, Education Consultancy, Cost Analysis

CULTURAL PRESERVATIONSINTE GLESKA UNIVERSITY (SGU) . Rosebud . South Dakota

HISTORICPRESERVATION

HISTORIC PRESERVATIONPreserve RePurpose

We believe buildings like society should evolve and adapt. There is hidden value in resources, beauty and character in existing buildings that we bring out and maximize. Preserving history and repurposing buildings are inherently sustainable.

A National Historic Monument, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum suffered serious damage in the Northridge Earthquake of 1994. JAG | ROTO Architects worked as the preservation architects, providing complete photographic documentation and key plans of the post-quake damage.

Extensive historic research provided a detailed construction history and historic photographs. JAG | ROTO made recommendations for rehabilitation in conjunction with the project management, FEMA, OES, SHPO, and the advisory council staff.

HISTORIC PRESERVATIONLOS ANGELES MEMORIAL COLISEUM . Los Angeles . California

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Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Entitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Construction Administration93,607 People

PURPOSE One of The Most Historic Sports Monuments in USA, Large Outdoor Sports Stadium, Seismic Retrofit, Historic Restoration, Infrastructure Improvements

HISTORIC PRESERVATIONMASTER WORKS

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTEnnis House

JOHN LAUTNERBell House . HollywoodGoldstein Office

JAG | ROTO is one of the leading historic preservation firms in California. We have worked on numerous important architectural monuments form Modernism, Art Deco architecture, Mayan Revival, etc. by master architects.

SERVICES Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Historic Preservation, Entitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Administration

PURPOSE Historic Preservation, Seismic Retrofit, Infrastructure Improvements

CHARLES EAMESEames House

RICHARD NEUTRANeutra Office Building

JUNIPERO SERRA STATE OFFICE BUILDING . Los Angeles . California HISTORIC PRESERVATION

JAG | ROTO Architects served as historic preservation architect for the adaptive use and complete rehabilitation of the 530,100-square-foot historic Old Broadway Building, originally built in 1914, in downtown Los Angeles. JAG | ROTO’s first responsibility was to document the historic features of the building and produce a existing condition survey of the building and providing the design team with the knowledge of the buildingspotential and restrictions to adapt the building to its new use as a Stateoffice building.

We provided the preservation design, detailing and construction monitering to conform to the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for historic building rehabilitation.

JAG | ROTO was the recipient of numerous Architectural Awards from the LACRA, LA Conservancy,and the California Preservation Foundation.

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Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Concept DesignEntitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Architecture, Construction Administration10 floors . 530,100 sf.

PURPOSE Urban Architecture, Historic Preservation, Office/ Retail Environment, Seismic Retrofit, Infrastructure Improvements

HISTORIC PRESERVATIONINFOMART TECHNOLOGY CENTER . Los Angeles . California

JAG | ROTO Architects assisted Johnson Fain Partners in the transformationof the historic, vacant Terminal Annex Post Office building in downtown Los Angeles near Union Station, Olvera Street and China Town into “INFOMART”,a high-technology complex. JAG|ROTO inspected, surveyed and documentedthe existing conditions of the building to provide the knowledge to convert the building to its new use and maintain the historic character. The project funding was possible through maintaining the historic features of the building so that the developers could receive a $4 million historic preservationtax credit. The project received numerous design awards from the LA Conservancy and the California Preservation Foundation.

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Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Concept DesignEntitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Administration550,000 SF $36 M

PURPOSE Urban Architecture, Historic Preservation, Office/ Retail Environment, Seismic Retrofit, Infrastructure Improvements

HISTORIC PRESERVATIONSAN DIMAS HOTEL (Walker House) . San Dimas . California

Walker House was originally designed as a hotel by Joseph Cather Newsom in the Queen Anne style and completed in 1887. The Walker family inhabited the house from 1889 until the 1970’s when it was placed onthe National Register of Historic Places. The City of San Dimas, the current owner, acquired it in 1997 after it was deteriorating and set vacant for many years due to earthquake damage. The approximately 10,550 square foot building has two stories, plus a small basement and an attic. There are fourteen fireplaces and seven chimneys in the house.

JAG | ROTO rehabilitated the building to the Secretary of the Interior Standards, as well as improved the commercial kitchen facility for a newrestaurant. The design included a complete seismic rehabilitation, ADAupgrades including the addition of an elevator, and new ramps to provide access to all levels, offices, art-gallery and meeting spaces. The scope also included the design of a garden with a patio and trellis suitable for outdoor dining and special events.

JAG | ROTO was the recipient of many awards including the Los Angeles Conservancy and obtained a historic tax credit.

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Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Concept DesignEntitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Administration10,550 SF$8.6 M


HISTORIC PRESERVATIONSAN DIMAS HOTEL (Walker House) . San Dimas . California

RESIDENTIAL

ARCHITECTURELife gives form to Architecture.The depth of our knowledge and experience comes from two sources, 35 years of professional practice experience and our research-teaching practice experience in the University. Knowledge is expanded and deepened when we invent projects in an academic setting to ‘push limits’ of existing knowledge and challenge the conventions of practice.

Generally, the values and vision of a client are expressed symbolically and stra-tegically in a total project. The exterior form and materiality of a building may be adapting to context, conforming to the internal functions, or responding to technical performance criteria, such as climate. Within the building, the considerations shift scales and purpose as they address how we live, learn, work, pray and play.

RESIDENTIALCARLSON-REGES HOUSE . Los Angeles . California

We were asked to make an arts/events site landmark for the Brewery. One of the clients was a builder and the other was a breeder and trainer of show dogs, and active in the Los Angeles arts community. The house functions as a residence, art gallery and show dog kennel.

To reflect the site, an industrial area in Los Angeles, the client requested an urban industrial exterior with a domestic, warm interior with both grand and intimate spaces. Built with materials from the owners’ salvage yard, the new building ‘grows out’ of the existing one. There are gardens at ground levels, with patios, decks and plants at the upper levels. Two cylindrical tanks (for-merly used for gasoline storage) were modified to create a swimming pool that also reflects the downtown skyline, and the other as a room within and a belvedere above, where the geography of Los Angeles is visible for 360.

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Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Concept DesignEntitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Administration12,000 SF (6,000 SF Existing)

PURPOSE Live/work Environment, Flexible Space, Advanced Technology

RESIDENTIALCARLSON-REGES HOUSE . Los Angeles . California

RESIDENTIALNEW JERSEY HOUSE . Bernardsville . New Jersey

Our client’s brief was outwardly contradictory: a house that feels traditional but looks contemporary, a large, light-filled house with an intimate feel, and a house with continuous inner spaces but also distinguishable areas. The house, in a semi-rural part of New Jersey, is sited on a knoll that is both forest and field.

Our design maximizes the views and experience of the surrounding landscape. Although many activities require distinctly bounded areas, the interior is fluid and contiguous, with one space transitioning seamlessly into another throughout. All the main areas are easily accessible to exterior spaces including decks, patio, porch, garden and pool.

SERVICES Site Evaluation, Feasibility Studies, Programming, Concept DesignEntitlement & Codes, Permit Approvals, Architecture, Interior Design, Construction Administration

PURPOSE Live/ Work Environment, Flexible Space, Advanced Technology

RESIDENTIALNEW JERSEY HOUSE . Bernardsville . New Jersey

AWARDSJAG | ROTO ARCHITECTS

2011 CMACN/AIACC Concrete Masonry Design Award, Madame Tussauds Hollywood 2010 Hollywood Arts Council, Charlie AwardLABC 40th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Award Architectural Arts & Entertainment Arts Categories Madame Tussauds Hollywood Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation AwardPreservation Design Award, California Preservation Foundation Walker House2009 AIA Gold Medal, Michael Rotondi, FAIASouthern California Development Forum (SCDF) Award for Design Madame Tussauds Hollywood California Park and Recreation Society, Facility Design Award Walker House2007 AIACC Design Awards, Merit Award, Architecture and Art Building Prairie View A&M UniversityAIALA Award, Twenty-Five Year Award, 2-4-6-8 House 2005 AIALA Award, Citation Award, Prairie View A&M UniversityAIALA Award, Citation Award, CD7 Neighborhood City HallConcrete Masonry Design Awards, La Jolla Playhouse Merit Award Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award Infomart-Los Angeles at Terminal Annex2002 AIA CC, View Silo HouseWood Design Award, View Silo Houe2000California Preservation Foundation Award, Miles Memorial Playhouse 1999 AIA National Design Award, Carlson-Reges Residence City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Design AwardCalifornia Preservation Foundation Award Building Office Managers Association Building of the Year Award El Capitan Theater and Office Building 1998 AIACC Design Award, Warehouse CAIACC Design Award, Teiger HouseAIA Excellence in Education Achievement Award City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Design Award Charlie Chaplin Studios Hollywood City of Los Angeles Historic Preservation Award The Winery, Olvera streetEureka Heritage Society, Preservation Award, D.C. McDonald BuildingEureka Heritage Society, Preservation Award, Janssen BuildingCity of Eureka, City Beautification Award905 Buhne Residence 1997 American Institute of Architects College of FellowsInducted for Design and Education 1996 American Wood Council’s Wood Design Award, Merit Award Nicola RestaurantAIALA Award, Honor Award Carlson-Reges ResidenceProgressive Architecture Award, Citation Sinte Gleska University AIACC Award, Merit Award Carlson-Reges Residence 1995 National Trust for Historical Preservation National Honor AwardLos Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum AIACC Award, Merit Award Dorland Mountain Arts ColonySunset Magazine Honor Award, Carlson-Reges ResidenceLA Business Council Urban Beautification Award, Nicola RestaurantLos Angeles Architectural Foundation,

“LA Winners” Award

1994 AIACC Award, Honor Award Nicola RestaurantAIA Certificate of Appreciation Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award Glendale Historical Society Certificate of Commendation Alex Theatre1993 Progressive Architecture Award, Citation Circolo Restaurant 1992 American Academy of Arts & Letters Award in Architecture Progressive Architecture Award, Citation, CDLT 1,2 House 1991 AIACC Award, Salick Health Care Corporate HeadquartersProgressive Architecture Award, Citation, Yuzen Vintage Car Museum 1990 AIACC Award, Politix Retail StoresInterior Award, Leon Max ShowroomAIACC Award, Leon Max ShowroomProgressive Architecture Award, Citation Arts Park Performing PavilionProgressive Architecture Award, Citation, Higashi Azabu Tower 1989 AIACC Award, Merit Award Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer CenterProgressive Architecture Award, Arts Park Performing Arts PavilionProgressive Architecture Award, Citation, Crawford ResidenceProgressive Architecture Award, Higashi Azabu Tower BOMA Building of the Year AwardEastern Columbia BuildingLos Angeles Business Council Urban Beautification Award 1988 AIALA Award, Merit Award Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer CenterAIACC Award, Merit Award Kate Mantilini RestaurantNational AIA Award, Honor Award, Kate Mantilini RestaurantProgressive Architecture Award, Citation, 6th Street Residence 1987 AIALA Award, Honor Award 6th Street Residence AIALA Award, Merit Award Kate Mantilini RestaurantProgressive Architecture Award, Citation Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Cancer CenterProgressive Architecture Award, Kate MantiliniProgressive Architecture Award, Citation 1986 AIALA Award, Merit Award Angeli RestaurantNational AIA Award, Honor Award Bergren ResidenceAIACC Award, 72 Market Street City of San Buenaventura Outstanding Project Award 4200-4300 East Main Street Building 1985 AIALA Award, Merit Award 72 Market StreetAIALA Award, Merit Award Lawrence ResidenceAIALA Award, Merit Award Bergren ResidenceProgressive Architecture Award, Citation Venice III House, Bergren Residence 1984 Progressive Architecture Award, Citation Hermosa Beach Commercial Center 1982 Progressive Architecture Award, Citation, Western-Melrose Bldg. 1981 AIALA Award, Sedlak House 1980 Progressive Architecture Award, Citation, Flores Residence 1977 Competition Honor Award, Citation Sacramento Energy Efficient Office BuildingProgressive Architecture Award, Citation, Riedel Medical Bldg.

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Los Angeles . USAEureka . USASuzhou . China

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