WORK SAMPLESRJ Magoon_Illinois Institute of Technology

B.Arch Candidate: 2013

Zero Net-Energy Chicago HighriseProf. Werner Sobek, PhD + Francisco Gonzales, AIA (Murphy/Jahn)Jan/2012-May/2012

IIT Innovation + Discovery CenterProf. Alphonso Peluso, AIA (Vertex Digital Design)Aug/2012-Dec/2012

Big Sky Ski Lodge + Wildlife ConservatoryProf. Thomas Kearns (Sndbx)Jan/2011-May/2011

New City Farmers’ MarketProf. Lynsey Sorrell, AIA (Holabird + Root)Aug/2010-Dec/2010

Re.Cyclotron City Competition Entry Evolo Skyscraper Competition: 2012Dec/2011-Jan/2012

North Side Apartment RehabForma Architecture + Planning (Chicago, IL)Mar/2013

ALGAE.TEL Competition EntryNi Li (M.Arch Candidate: Illinois Institute of Technology)Jan/2013-Mar/2013

TABLE OF CONTENTSAcademic + Competition Professional + Collaboration

Artist’s Living, Working + Exhibition SpaceProf. Ronald A. Krueck, FAIA (Krueck + Sexton)Aug/2011-Dec/2011

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North Side Apartment RehabForma Architecture + Planning (Chicago, IL)Mar/2013

ALGAE.TEL Competition EntryNi Li (M.Arch Candidate: Illinois Institute of Technology)Jan/2013-Mar/2013

RESUMERJ Magoon 1130 South Michigan Avenue, Apt. 806 Chicago, IL 60605 rmagoon1990@yahoo.com 413.231.6996 Education:

2008- Illinois Institute of Technology: College of Architecture Bachelor of Architecture (Current GPA: 3.86) (Expected date of graduation: 05/11/2013) 2005-2008 The Academy at Charlemont (Charlemont, MA) 2005-2008 Awards/Recognition:

2012 First place winner of the IIT Innovation Center Parametric Design Competition 2011 Recipient of IIT’s Dwight T. Black Memorial Scholarship for outstanding studio work 2010 First place winner of the Edwin H. Lewis Prize for non-fiction writing 2008 Recipient of IIT’s full-tuition Camras Scholarship for architecture 2008 Second place winner for the Pioneer Valley Sustainability Network’s Art-Invention

Competition 2007 National semi-finalist for Target’s Redesign your School competition 2007 Featured in the winter edition of the Western Massachusetts AIA Newsletter: “Starting

Out Strong” (by Erika Zekos, AIA) Extracurricular Activities:

2010-2011 Member of IIT: College of Architecture Student Council 2009-2011 Secretary of IIT’s AIAS chapter 2009-2010 Student ambassador for IIT’s Velocity Interview Initiative 2009 Volunteer in IIT’s Mentorship program for a third-year architecture student Internship Experience:

2012 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP (New York, NY) Tasks included graphic and conceptual work on an international competition for a Jakarta Office Tower, editing previous Rhino/Autocad/3DS Max models for the BDS-1 Project (Paris France), and the conceptual design of exterior stairs at the St. Ouen, Paris Office Project.

2011 Chicago Historical Society: Architectural Photographs Intern (Chicago, IL) Tasks included organizing, archiving, and data-basing the historic, Chicago-based

collection of Hedrich Blessing architectural photographs. 2009 Margo Jones Architects (Greenfield, MA)

Tasks included producing digital models, graphic design and layout work, and editing shop drawings.

2007, 2009 Linesync Architecture & Planning (Wilmington, VT)

Tasks included collaborating with employees on competition entries, producing and editing digital models, participating in charrettes, developing physical models, editing construction drawings, and undertaking project paperwork such as contractor bid documents and zoning requests.

Skills:

Digital Autocad, Revit Architecture, Revit Structure, Google Sketchup, Google Layout, Rhino, 3ds Max, Kerkythea/Podium, Bryce 7.1, Microsoft Office, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe InDesign.

Physical Hand-drafting/rendering, illustration, physical model building, 3d-printing, laser

cutting, ceramic fabrication.

RJ Magoon1130 South Michigan Avenue, Apt. 806Chicago, IL 60605rmagoon@hawk.iit.edu413.231.6996

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Voronoi Structure Learning Pods Inserted into Structure each Semester

Learning Pods Form TeamClassroom Spaces

Two-Way Projection Cladding Allows Teams to Advertise

Outer Structure Allows for Cladding Experiments to be Undertaken Every Semester

Southeastern Exterior Perspective

IIT Innovation + Discovery Center Competition EntryProf. Alphonso Peluso, AIA (Vertex Digital Design)Aug/2012-Dec/2012

1This competition entry for IIT’s Innovation Center creates a dynamic space to house the university’s Interprofessional Project [IPRO] Program. The plug + play structure allows teams to manipulate their classroom spaces each semester according to their needs. The entire structure becomes an advertising mechanism for the university through a two-way projection screen, turning the building into a glimmering object at night as powerpoints and lecture screens are projected onto the outer facade.

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Sectional Perspective

Interior Classroom Pod Perspective

Two-Way Projection/Double Skin Facade

Permanent Learning Spaces

Pre-fabricated Classroom Pods

Subterranean Pod Pre-fabrica-tion Facility

Pod Lifting Cranes

Brise-Soliel Structure

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Double-Skin Projection Facade

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Typical Duplex Apartment + Double Skin Facade

Shearing of Upper + LowerDuplex Components

Integration of Expanded Double Skin Facade as a Usable Social

Patio Space

Vertically Sliding PV Panels as Energy Producers + Shading

Devices

Zero Net-Energy Chicago HighriseProf. Werner Sobek, PhD + Francisco Gonzales, AIA (Murphy/Jahn)Jan/2012-May/2012

2This proposed, seventy-story high rise complex combines eco-effecient design prin-ciples with an objective for creating as many social and communal outlets as possible. Each condo is arranged as a sheared duplex, providing patio space for every resi-dent within the wide double-skin facade. Energy is continually produced via sliding PV panels along the facade, which also act as shading + privacy devices. A grand atrium + multiple sky lobbies facilitate passive illumination/ventilation, while simultaniously extending venues for social interaction within the building. The segmented, exterior fa-cade also expresses the building’s grouping of apartments as vertical neighborhoods.

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Double-Skin Facade Patio Space Perspective

Interior Living Space Perspective

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Interior Lobby/Atrium Perspective

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90° Planning Grid

-15° Planning Grid

+15° Planning Grid

Sharded Enclosure

Latitudinal Cross Section

Southwestern Exterior Perspective

Artist’s Living, Working + Exhibition SpaceProf. Ronald A. Krueck, FAIA (Krueck + Sexton)Aug/2011-Dec/2011

This Project employs three juxtaposed planning grids in order to achieve a faceted - or sharded - geometry in all dimensions. Composed of living, working, and exhibition space on an anonymous site in Chicago, the multipurpose structure is organized along a spine which seperates the site into an exterior private pavilion on one side and a public, sculpture walk on the other. The sharded spines which constitute the interior floor plates transition visitors from a translucent, focused environment to a free, trans-parent-clad environment from which to view the park beyond. The raised landscape components mimic the geometry of the residence; creating paths for visitors as well as property boundaries.

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Physical Model Photos (left), Interior Atrium Perspective (above).

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Longitudinal Cross Section

Northeastern Exterior Perspective

Subterranean Horticultural StrandSubterranean Horticultural Strand

UnconditionedMarket Strand

Dining +Education Strand

ConditionedMarket Interstice

ConditionedGreenhouse Interstices

New City Urban Farmers’ MarketProf. Lynsey Sorrel, AIA (Holabird + Root)Aug/2010-Dec/2010

4Located adjacent to Goose Island on Chicago’s Near North Side Neighborhood, this proposed farmers’ market complex is composed of multiple market strands through which visitors circulate. These ramped strands are primarily retail-oriented on the bot-tom, and dining-oriented as visitors reach the building’s peak. The interstices within the intersection of each strand mark the footprint for education-focused greenhouses. The overall goal is to create an environment where visitors obtain food-related education at every turn of the path. A close-looped system of shopping results from this setup, whereby everything purchased from the market is employed in the dining areas, and all dining scraps are repurposed into soil for the greenhouses.

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Greenhouse Interstice Interior Perspective

Staggered Sectional Perspective

Physical Section Model (3/32” = 1’-0”)

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Sectional Perspective

3. Ski Lodge ProgramSuspended Within the

Greenhouse Atrium

2. Interior Space Thermally Zoned via Atrium

Roofs for Optimum Conditioning

1. Terraced GreenhouseAtrium w/ Passive Solar

Heating Tower

4. Program Wrapped within Con-crete Envelope + Triple-Wrapped on the North for Maximum Insula-

tive Effectiveness

5. Ramped Bridges Collect Skiers of Various Levels from Adjacent

Lifts + Deliver Them to Their Cor-responding Programs

Big Sky Ski Lodge + Wildlife ConservatoryProf. Thomas Kearns (Sndbx)Jan/2011-May/2012

5Located on the slopes of Big Sky, MT’s ski mountain, this mid-level lodge delivers visi-tors into an enormous, warm wildlife conservatory. The building extends via ramped concourses to adjacent lifts, allowing beginner skiers, advanced skiers, and ski patrol members to easily access their corresponding programmic needs. As users relax, the interior atrium unearths indigenous summer wildlife, creating a didactic environment for skiers to learn about the vernacular flora + fauna. The center of the structurehouses a passive solar heating tower, which heats the space during thewinter. The concrete envelope which encloses the atrium is moredensely wrapped along the Northern facade, allowing for optimum insulative performance.

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Interior Atrium Perspective (below), Physical Model Photos (right)

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Southeastern Exterior Perspective

Polluted Air + Water Collectedfrom Adjacent Sources of Pollu-

tion via Collection Tubes

Polluted Air + Water CollectedChilled + Accelerated in Prepa-

ration for Purification

Polluted Air + Water Irradiated via Cyclotron Power + Fed into Electrostatic Precipitator for the

extraction of contaminants

Purified Air + Water Returnedto the Environment via

Discharge Tubes

Scientific Living + Working Units Installed within the Central Atrium

Re.Cyclotron CityEvolo Skyscraper Competition 2012Dec/2011-Jan/2012

6This competition entry repurposes FermiLab’s outdated cyclotron technology into vertical context. Instead of splitting particles, this urban-scale machine purifies Chicago-area air and water using advanced cyclotron techniques of chilling + acceleration. Several tubes extend underground, linking the structure to local areas of high pollution. Air + water is fed through the tubes, chilled + ac-celerated, split with a high-energy particle beam, hydrostatically precipitated to seperate the waste, and returned to the environ-ment. The central atrium offers pre-fabricated work + living areas for local scientists to conduct on-site research.

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Physical Model Describing the ScientificLiving + Working Units (left)

Annotated Sectional Perspective

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Pollution

Aquatic Device which Filters Lake Michigan Water + Seper-

ates Pollutants

Pollutants Fed into Onboard Algae Bioreactors for Energy

Production

Above/Underwater Ship Perspective

ALGAE.TEL Competition EntryRadical Innovation in Hospitality 2013 CompetitionJan/2013-Mar/2013

7Lake Michigan is currently 30% polluted, and contains over 2,000 ship-wrecks along its bottom. This competition entry creates a cruise hospi-tality experience which allows guests to explore these often overlooked wrecks. On the surface, the ship filters the lake’s water, sending the collected contaminants into onboard algae bioreactors to sustainably power the craft. Upon arriving at a wreck, a submersible portion of the ship descends into the water to enclose the wreck. Guests are allowed to explore the wreck using their own submersible hotel camping pods, as well as relax in the onboard ammenity areas. The system creates a cruise experience which travels from wreck towreck along Lake Michigan.

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Ship Locates Wrecks, Scraping Away Algae for Bioreactors +

Power Production

Submersible Hotel Component Encloses Shipwreck Underwater

Personal Submersible Devices Allow Guests to Explore Wreck

+ Travel to Different Pods

Submersible Hotel Component Raised in Preparation for Voy-

age to the Next Wreck

Underwater Ammenities Pod (Bar/Lounge, Algae Spa + Museum Ramp)

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Underwater Exterior Perspective

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North Side Apartment Rehab (Chicago, IL)Forma Architecture + Planning (Chicago, IL)Mar/2013

8This proposed rehabilitation project calls for the transition of a turn-of-the-century warehouse building into a contemporary apartment complex. Since the surrounding Belmont neighborhood is famous for its nightlife, these presentation documents pro-pose an equally energetic, exciting identity for the structure. The furnished interiors are intended - much like the overall structure - to juxtapose contemporary forms with retro Chicago + Hollywood motifs.

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Interior 2-BDRM Apartment Perspectives

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