AIAS FORUM 2011 To Be Held In Sunny Phoenix Arizona
The annual AIAS FORUM meeting for 2011 will take a break from the snow of the past two years (2009 Minnesota, 2010 Toronto) and be held in sunny downtown Phoenix, Arizona. FORUM is the annual meeting of the AIAS and the premier global gathering of architecture and design students. The conference provides students with the opportunity to learn about important issues facing architectural education and the profession, to meet students, educators, and professionals with common interests, and to interact with some of today’s leading architects through keynote addresses, tours, workshops and seminars, last years FORUM was attended by over 1,000 young and ambitious architecture students and AIAS members. This years Keynote Speakers will be Jeffrey Inaba, founder of C-Lab and former project manager with Rem Koolhaas and OMA, Brad Lancaster, author of www.harvestingrainwater.com, and University of Californa, San Diego architect and professor Teddy Cruz.
Scottsdale Museum of the West / Jones Studio
Engaging. Sophisticated. Pragmatic. Timeless. These qualities are essential to the architectural concept for the new Scottsdale Museum of the West designed by Jones Studio. Coupled with an imaginative and stimulating exhibit experience, guests will find a building that embodies the idea of the Old West meeting the New West.
Osprey Nest / Jones Studio
Osprey Nest is located in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico. Designed to reflect its natural surroundings and culture, the home also explores shadows and materiality. More photographs and drawings of this residence by Jones Studio following the break.
Architects: Jones Studio
Location: Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico
JSI Team: Eddie Jones
Landscape: Chris Winters
Contractor/CMAR: Design and Building, Inc., Plinio Rivero
Client: Lisa Johnson & Eddie Jones
Project Area: 5,500 sqf
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Robert Reck
ISTB3 / Jones Studio
The ISTB3 (Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building III) is an example of melding together various and diverse departments as one collective unit. Program components include: Applied Biological Sciences and AZ Bio Institute, Applied Cognitive Sciences Center, and the Healthy Lifestyles Center.
Jones Studio designed interior courtyards and exterior gardens to provide an escape from the harsh summer sun and visual relief from the intense research inside the building, all the while, the building is flooded with natural daylight. Shared break room and other common building functions provide opportunities for informal gatherings amongst the different researchers in the building. The offices are purposely placed across the building from the lab areas to further promote impromptu chats. This project received the USGBC LEED Gold certification.
More photographs and drawings following the break.
Architects: Jones Studio
Location/Address: ASU Polytechnic, Mesa, Arizona, USA
JSI Team: Eddie Jones, Lead Designer, Neal Jones, Principal-In-Charge, Jacob Benyi, Project Manager, Aaron Forbes, Job Captain, Rob Viergutz, Job Captain
Contractor/CMAR: Hardison/ Downey Construction
Lab Consultant: RFD
Structural: rudow + berry, Inc.
M&P: Kunka Engineering, Inc.
Electrical: Woodward Engineering
Landscape: Chris Winters & Associates
Specifications: Litter Associates
Green Design: Green Ideas
Cost: CCMC
Client: Arizona State University
Project Area: 34,894 sqf
Project Year: 2005
Photographs: Robert Reck
Desiderata Alternative High School / Jones Studio
Jones Studio was selected in 2004 to design a new space for the special Desiderata Alternative Program. This 125 student school is dedicated to helping teens with emotional disorders attain a high school education as well as learn basic life skills. Moving the school from a 1920’s historic building, “Desi” would be relocated into an industrial building. The 30,000 sqf program entailed a complete build-out after gutting the entire interior. A wide variety of program elements from administrative offices, classrooms, food preparation, therapy areas, and fitness rooms are arranged for optimal function within the existing shell.
The architects chose to add exterior planted courtyards within the existing building’s walls in order to create outdoor classrooms and bring in natural light. Eight-foot square skylights take advantage of the industrial building’s high, wood roof structure to distribute natural light to multiple classroom clerestories. Colored glazing and a variety of paint colors de-institutionalize the building and create a rich, varied learning environment for the children.
Architects: Jones Studio Inc.
Location/Address: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Principal-In-Charge: Neal Jones
Lead Designer: Eddie Jones
Project Manager: Rob Viergutz
Job Captain: Aaron Forbes
Contractor/CMAR: Sun Eagle Corporation
Landscape Architect: Chris Winters
Cost Consultant: Adriana Crnjac
Civil Engineering: George Evans
M&P Engineering: Peter Kunka
Specifications: Norm Littler
Structural Engineering: Mark Rudow
Electrical Engineering: Doug Woodward
Client: Phoenix Union High School District
Project Area: 30,000 sqf
Project Year: 2006
Photographs: Bill Timmerman
CALA / Jones Studio
The Architecture Building Expansion is a reflection of the school’s curriculum and a working laboratory for sustainable practices. The south side of the site is occupied by a water conservation demonstration garden showcasing five different Arizona ecosystems, where students and the public can learn about water efficient irrigation and native plants. Water captured from the roof deck and condensate from the HVAC system filters into a 12,000 gallon holding tank used for the garden’s irrigation system, resulting in an 87% reduction in the use of potable water for the garden.
The architectural vocabulary of the building is based on exposed building systems. The use of exposed mechanical, structural and architectural systems becomes a teaching tool for the students who occupy this building. The use of glass, steel and concrete, as well as exposed utility systems, minimizes the quantity of materials, and the need for multiple layers of finishes resulting in a building assembly of naturally low VOC emitting materials.
Architects: Jones Studio
Location: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
JSI Team: Eddie Jones, Neal Jones, Brian Farling, Maria Salenger
Contractor/CMAR: Bill Lloyd
Landscape Architecture: Ten Eyck Landscape Architecture
Civil Engineering: Evans Kuhn & Associates
Electrical Engineering: Woodward Engineering
Structural Engineering: rudow + berry
Mechanical Engineering: Kunka Engineering
Specifications: Litter & Associates
Acoustics: Mckay Conant Hoover
Cost: C.C.M.C.
Client: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of University of Arizona College of Architecture + Landscape Architecture
Project Area: 33,645 sqf (new), 37,190 sqf (remodel)
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Robert Reck, Bill Timmerman
Thurston Wine House Addition / Jones Studio
The Thurston Wine House Addition carefully displays a respect for its context through its materiality and its tectonic language while expressing its unconventional program through its formal elements. Embedded into the topography of the site, the project takes advantage of its section by using the slope to decrease the visual impact of structure, allowing access to the northeast valley and McDowell Mountain views beyond. The Wine House also benefits from the thermal storage capacity of the earth itself, greatly reducing the demand of the mechanical systems throughout the year.
Photographs of Jones Studio’s Thurston Wine House Addition following the break.
Architects: Jones Studio Inc
Location: Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA
Designer: Eddie Jones
Contractor/CMAR: GM Hunt Builders
Masonry: Randy Gregory Masonry, Inc.
Structural Engineering: Jack Trummer, PE
Mechanical Engineering: Roy Otterbine
Client: Ray and Amy Thurston
Project Area: 883 sqf
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Ed Taube
Logan Residence / Jones Studio
Architects: Jones Studio
Location: Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
Principal in Charge: Eddie M. Jones, AIA
Project Team: Matt Salenger, RA; Maria Salenger, AIA; Jenna Rimkes
Structural Engineer: AED Inc. Structural Engineers
Landscape Architect: Bill Tonnesson, LA
Clients: Kent and Vicki Logan
General Contractor: The Construction Zone
Site Area: 59,650 sq ft
Built Area: 4,600 sq ft
Project year: 2005-2008
Photographs: Robert Reck; Ed Taube; Jones Studio, Inc
