PORTFOLIOJOHN HALVERSONSCHOOL OF ARCHITECTUREMONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY2012

Plaza de EspañaPen and Ink, Marker

John Halverson 406-672-2580

john.a.halverson@gmail.com

EDUCATIONMontana State University School of Architecture

Bachelors of Environmental Design -­ degree candidate spring 2013

Billings West High School

Diploma received spring 2006

Swim Team Captain 2005, 2006 seasons

AWARDSCongressional Award for Volunteer Service

Presidential Volunteer Service Award

Pell Educational Grant

EXPERIENCETUTOR, TIAS Y TIOS, SEPT 2012-­ PRESENTAided a recently immigrated, eighth-­grade, Peruvian student in his studies and ESL skills at a local middle school.

CORPS MEMBER, AMERICORPS NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS, OCT 2010-­ JULY 2011Completed a year of national service as one of a team of 10 on four separate projects. Details are listed below.

CASE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST, FAITH COMMUNITIES FOR DISASTER RECOVERY;;Mcallen, San Juan, Brownsville, TX, Nov-­Dec 2010Interviewed, assessed the needs of and prioritized aid for immigrant families affected by hurricanes Alex and Dolly. My team and I

CHILD LIFE SPECIALIST, ARKANSAS CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL, COMPUTER LAB ASSISTANT, MLK ELEMENTARY;; LITTLE ROCK, AR, JAN-­FEB 2011Children’s Hospital and Elementary School: Addressing the emotional, social, educational and recreational needs of hospitalized

children in infancy to age 19 in the Cardiovascular ICU. Providing computer skills education to inner-­city children grades 1-­4. My team

and I cared for 5,099 hospitalized children, and tutored 225 children during our time there.

SQUAD LEADER, JOPLIN TORNADO RECOVERY TASK FORCE;; JOPLIN, MO, MAY-­JUNE 2011-­

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DESIGNER/BUILDER IN THE EMPLOY OF BENEDICT TRANEL, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. SUMMER 2010Apprenticed as both designer and builder in a design/build residential project, including extensive renovation and MEP upgrades, building enve-­

lope upgrades, and new hydronic systems throughout.

MECHANIC, THE ROUND HOUSE;; BOZEMAN, THE SPOKE SHOP, BILLINGS, MT SUMMERS 2008-­2009Built, assembled, diagnosed problems and repaired Canondale, Specialized and Trek bicycles. Customer service and Sales. Despite lack of

prior repair experience, merit raises received in both instances.

Skills

Fluent in conversational Spanish

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ECCOMUNE and BUTTE COMMUNITY CENTERFALL 2009

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STUDIO FUSIOSPRING 2009

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URBANISM PARKSUMMER 2007

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GRAND TOUR ILLUSTRATIONSFALL 2011

INDEPENDENT TRAVEL

AMERICORPS NCCC2010-2011

PROJECT REPORTCOVERS

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RESUMÉ

B O Z E M A N W O M A N !S H AV E N 50 14 30,000 Square feet

Domestic Violencerate among women in total North American population: 19/1000

Domestic Violence rateamong women in Public Housing: 200/1000

DeKeseredy, Schwartz, Alvi (2008)

Bulimic Symptoms in Young Women show a marked Decline when Cohabitating with a partner.

Collaborative Housing Typology which is primarily residentially purposed requiring its inhabitants to share certain spaces and activities that are traditionally occupied and executed privately.

Cohousing structures have an average

than other housing typologies, on average less than twenty years.

Historically, Cohousing has either sought to

both their socially antiquated roles in the home and in social dynamics beyond traditional family structure.

In order to be successful, a cohousing structure must house a demographic of people with a STABLE and STRONG common trait beyond similar income and employment.

Men suffering from Bulimiado not

International Journal of Eating Disorders 39:6 484–491 2006

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50 14 30,000 Square feet

Bulimic Symptoms in Young Women show a marked Decline when Cohabitating with a partner.

Unless it is an

Men suffering from Bulimia This is known as the“Socially Supportive Effect.”

Unhealthy, Unsupportive Relationship

do not

International Journal of Eating Disorders 39:6 484–491 2006

Of the 8 Homeless Shelters contacted around MT and asked whether their

capacity for its homeless women,

BOZEMANWOMEN!S

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1. Site restricted to unoccupied, southern triangle. 27040 square feet.

2. Building volume established to Engage edges of site.

3. Volume inclined to the north and east to maximize solar exposure and

4. Central void created as secure outdoor space.

Admin Wing

f. Mechanical

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5. 12! x 12! prefab unit adopted to optimize material and construction

6. Prefab grid imposed upon building volume.

7. South-eastern wing oriented to site 8. Volumes divided and organized

Social Winga. multi-sport court/ cafeteria

c. communal kitchen

f. spa

h. computer lab

Admin Wing

f. Mechanical

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Roof Access

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Quadror folding structural unit

Quadror structural array

Variable fenestration curtain wall unit

East Elevation

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South Elevation

The healing and re-habilitation to take place in the shelter necessitates spaces which begin as private, protective dwellings upon the inhabitant!s

to promote the inhabitant!s eventual absorption into

MOBILE ADAPTABLE LIVING UNITThe M.A.L.U.

The structure, cladding and MALU

are adaptable and temporal, responding

to the unpredictable forces which shape

urban environments. The building can be

disassembled rather than demolished,

and its components re-used, greatly extending their useful lifespan.

the supportive social environment of the shelter, converting into a more open, shared space. The MALU is a round, one or two person dwelling unit constructed of a nylon, double-walled canopy which allows for storage and is supported

by alluminum poles much like a tent. It can easily be moved and set anywhere, opened or closed to any degree, and occomodate any social dynamic, giving ultimate spacial determination to its residents.

BOZEMANWOMEN!S

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Reverse-engineered Quadror Sawhorse

Cafeteria Concept Sketch

BOZEMANWOMEN!S

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ECCOMUNE and BUTTE COMMUNITY CENTER Fall 2009

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The purpose of the Eccommune in Butte to promote a new relationship between Butte!s population, Butte!s economy, and the surrounding land. In the past, the population was subjugated by a massive corporation, the Andaconda Company, which opperated with complete disregard for the welfare of the people and the land. The dependence of the entire city economy on a single entity resulted in labor exploitation and eventual economic depression.

ECCOMMUNE

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The Eccommune proposes to

businesses that function with a social as well as environmental conscience, who, unlike massive multinationals, share a common fate with the people. The Eccommune! seeks to foster a more intimate relationship between the people of Butte and the land within the dence, urban grid of the city by providing goods and services to engender an communal knowledge and practice of urban sustenance farming.

A pair of structures designed within their historical context.

. . . out from under the earth, through the green space, piercing the canopy above, revealing a view of the city and mountain range to the east, the elevator is oriented directy toward the

who he works for and what his community can achieve.

BUTTE COMMUNITY CENTER For miles around Butte, Montana, the trees are stunted and mangeld by the polluted water that sustains and distorts them, one of the lasting effects of the copper mine that was largely responsible for bringing America into the Electric age. At it!s height the mine employed over sixteen thousand workers and brought Butte to its peak as the capitol of Montana and the thriving home of over one million.

The wealth and the copper were extracted and taken far away. Those who took it, the great “Copper Kings,” who ruled Butte and the state with absolute authority, had invested little more in the city than a few personal brothels. The Butte Community Center builds upon the concepts of the Eccommune and provides a space in which industry, population and nature can coexist in

opaque screens upon which the enticing shadoes

themselves in a large, day-lit, green space, contrasting steel columns and grand stairs suspended in air.

the parking garage is followed by an elevator ride that takes him on the journey of Butte!s history; out from under the earth, throught the bright, green space inside, piercing the glass canopy above, revealing an expansive view of the city and mountain range to the east. The elevator is oriented (as are the stairs in the Eccomune) directly toward the monument “Our Lady

for and what his community can achieve.

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Commercial

Residential

Richard Parrish fuses glass in his studio outside Belgrade, Montana. The growing popularity of his work has compelled him to seek a new space in which to produce, show and sell his pieces. He requested that the production process be visible from the exhibition space and that the program include a residential unit.

partition wall was adopted to separate retail from production, and two rather than one housing units placed above to improve the affordability of the Main Street location. The facade and retail space were

pressing and artistic style of the client, which is characterized by a repetition of linear glass frit elements broken by geometric forms. The east and west walls of the retail

and the other, volumes on which pieces are displayed.

disparate purposes of the space behind. The extroverted, inviting concave store-front morphs into the convex, introverted form of the residence above.

EXTROVERTED INTROVERTED SPRING 2009ARCH 253

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1 Exhibition/ Floor2 Conference/ exchange3 Studio4 Shared Green Space5 Dining6 Bath7 living8 study9 Bedroom

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The most important part of this

to be created. I chose to, instead of

the main conditions of metropolitan life.

personal space. Another theme of the

Its grid reminds the inhabitant of both the

In our man-made env i ronments o f compress ion and concre te , how do we keep ourse lves f rom go ing insane? We remind ourse lves o f na ture ;

THE URBANISM PARK

PREPARATORYDESIGN EXERCISEPOINT PLANE

SUMMER 2007

Educated in strictly academic hand and digital rendering, my goal in traveling through Europe became to represent structures accurately in a greater sense;

GRAND TOUR ILLUSTRATIONS INDEPENDENT TRAVELFALL 2011

not just drawing the shadows and lines correctly, but also capturing the essence of its physical, emotional and temporal context.

An accurate depiction of Il Gesu is an easy thing to achieve, but to capture the entirety of its condition (that it has stood for hundreds of years in the loud, dirty, frantic center of Rome, like an elderly woman living in an eternal rock concert, proudly retaining her beauty despite her chaotic surroundings) is an entirely different task. Through the course of my Independent study abroad I gradually shed the rigid methods I had been taught and began to develop three divergent styles, each communicating unique impressions.

Notre DamePen and Ink, Marker

Il GesuPen and Ink

Villa RotundaPen and Ink, Marker

Il DuomoPencil

Pazzi ChapelPen and Ink

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PROJECT REPORT COVERSMIXED MEDIA

PHOTOGRAPHY

THE GLITCH MOB at RED ROCKSJUL Y 2, 2011 SUMMER TOUR

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