JORDAN WEST MONEZPORTFOLIO

PROJECT LOCATIONSmy studio work as a map

Site is integral to project work. My projects have been situated in various geographical, climactic, social, political, and ephemeral contexts.

This map shows the location of all major design work that I have done, some of which are featured in this portfolio. CHESHIAHUD LAKE UNION LOOP

DUWAMISH RIVER/TERMINAL 117

KING STREET AND INTERSTATE 5

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON CAMPUS

SEATTLE, WA

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PHOTO: ROOTS ON LAVA SAND, CRATERS OF THE MOON NATIONAL MONUMENT

PHOTO: SULFUR EVIDENCE, YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

DUWAMISH PALIMPSESTexploring the changing natures of a waterway/river/estuary/superfund site

As Seattle’s only river, the heavily industrialized Duwamish “Waterway” holds layers of history and meaning, people and culture, heavy metals and habitat, and these layers inform a design process. The Lower Duwamish Waterway was named an USEPA Superfund site in 2001 and several “early action sites” have been identified for cleanup.

Duwamish Palimpsest explores the historic process of the river that have led to this point in time in the cleanup process (10 years after being named “Superfund”) and makes suggestions for potential futures.

PROJECT INFORMATION

+ SITE: LOWER DUWAMISH WATERWAY, SEATTLE/TUKWILA, WA

+ THESIS

+ WINTER 2010 - FALL 2011

+ PROFESSORS JEFF HOU AND THAISA WAY

+ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

+ RECEIVED WASLA MERIT AWARD (2012)

concealing

flowing

spanning

revealing

dwelling

altering

living

accumulatingshifting

flowing concealing

US EPA

DUWAMISH RIVERCLEANUP COALITION

SOUTH PARK NEIGHBORHOOD

ASSOCIATION

GEORGETOWNCOMMUNITY

COUNCILENVIRONMENALCOALITION OF SOUTH SEATTLE

DUWAMISH TRIBE

COMMUNITY COALITION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL

JUSTICE

IM-A-PALFOUNDATION

PEOPLE FOR PUGET SOUND

PUGET SOUND-KEEPER ALLIANCEWASTE

ACTIONPROJECT

WASHINGTONTOXICS

COALITION

WA STATE DEPARTMENTOF ECOLOGY

LOWER DUWAMISHWATERWAY GROUP

KINGCOUNTYBOEING

CITY OF SEATTLE

PORT OFSEATTLE

dwelling

Sketch of industry and nature along the Duwamish River.(opposite page) Multiple exposure photograph taken while traveling by boat down the Duwamish River layered with project concepts and waterway profile.

Chapter cover pages for Flowing, Concealing, and Dwelling sections of thesis

AUTOCADfrom design to construction documents

These images show a small portion of detailed construction drawings I completed for the design of a park as part of my thesis project. The potential park is located on the site of Terminal 117, a former asphalt manufacturing site on the edge of the Duwamish River.

PROJECT INFORMATION

+SPRING 2011

+LARGE SCALE CONSTRUCTION

+SEATTLE, WA

+PROFESSORS JULIE PARRETT AND BEN SPENCER

+UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

LightingMeandering paths(existing asphalt)

Walkway(metal)

MudflatsBerm structure(recycled concrete)

P Patch Garden

Betula pendulaEuropean Birch

Trifolium repensWhite Clover

Salicornia virginicaPickleweed

Cornus stoloniferaRed Osier Dogwood

Carex LyngbyeiLyngby’s Sedge

Brassica rapaField Mustard

P. menziesii ‘Pendula’ Weeping Douglas Fir

Juncus ensifoliusDaggerleaf rush

Helianthus annuusSunflower

WALK THROUGH SKY TO WATERexploring the ephemeral qualities of the cheshiahud lake union loop

This project on the Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop is an investigation of the ephemeral qualities that make moving along a path interesting, and how mapping and small scale landscape interventions can create new or enhance existing qualities.

The landscape performance becomes moving through space and time along the various pathways that make up the loop, observing sky, water, shadows, wildlife, city life;, and creating or participating in events that happen at the edge of Lake Union.

In this project the concept of wayfinding emphasizes the “finding,” guided by a series of phenomenological maps.

PROJECT INFORMATION

+SITE: LAKE UNION, SEATTLE, WA

+LANDSCAPE ART STUDIO

+FALL 2010

+PROFESSOR JULIE PARRETT

+UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

+ RECEIVED WASLA HONOR AWARD (2011)

“The human subject is no more fundamental than, say, a cloud. They are simply different and stand in different relationships to other things, each thing being constructed through these relationships. They act upon each other - in that sense they are all actors.” David Birnbaum curator, Innen Stadt Aussen

“plot” drawing and collage of the loop, emphasizing seasonal changes and activities

photo collage of Kite Hill at Gasworks Park; text identifying activities along the loop (detail)

RAINY DAY ROUTE

1.75 MILES:3/4 hour walking1/4 hour biking1 1/2+ hours exploring

WALK THROUGH SKY TO WATERLANDSCAPE ART STUDIO | FALL 2010

PLACES OF WATER + GROUNDperspective of stepping stone and wind chime intervention at waterway 19 on a rainy day

section of stepping stone intervention

HOT SUNNY DAY ROUTE

4 MILES:1 1/2 hours walking1/2 hour biking6+ hours exploring

PLACES OF WATER + CSOperspective of swimming pool intervention at south lake union park on a hot sunny day

section of swimming pool intervention

RENEWING RENEWALtransforming the space under I-5

South King Street serves as the spine of the International District in Seattle, a historic neighborhood comprised of diverse people from all over Asia and the world. The two main areas of the ID - Chinatown and Little Saigon - were bisected by the construction of Interstate 5 in the late 1960s.

This piece of the proposal for our community design ideas toolkit seeks to find alternative strategies for transforming the area under I-5 and solutions for restoring vital pedestrian connections between the east and west sides of the neighborhood.

PROJECT INFORMATION

+COMMUNITY DESIGN STUDIO

+WINTER 2009

+SOUTH KING STREET, SEATTLE, WA

+PROFESSOR JEFF HOU

+UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

+ WORKED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN DESIGN DEVELOPMENT PHASE

+ http://courses.washington.edu/kingst/

INTERNATIONAL DISTRICTvendor tent售台

INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT

mobile supermarket

流動超級市場

2020

perspective of Phase II idea: moss garden and market place under I-5

section showing Phase III: structures, garden and market place under I-5

PHASE I0-3 years

PHASE II4-7 years

PHASE III8-11 years

perspective of Phase I idea: activate the space with art

aerial view of King Street (red line) in downtown Seattle context

PROPOSED PARKING LOT USE - PHASE II

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PARKING P E D E S T R I A N S T R E E T A N D

M A R K E T

P E D E S T R I A N S T R E E T A N D

M A R K E T

PARKING

P A R K I N GTHEATRE, MUSIC AND OTHER EVE-NING ACTIVITIESSHELTERS FOR HOMELESS

Re-thinking the parking lot to allow for parking at peak times and other uses when lot is empty, is key to renewing the area under the highway. Photo and Google Sketch-Up collage image shows potential market and its integration with urban agriculture in the neighborhood.

2060RENEWING RENEWAL

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STUDIO | WINTER 2009

Section showing potential future, photo collage imagining new uses for Interstate-5 in 50 years.

URBAN MIRTHexploring materials and design through building benches

This design-build studio focused on exploring materiality while also engaging the body. Working as a team we chose a site adjacent to Gould Hall at the bus stop and used concrete, metal, and wood inspired by the building to create benches at the 15th Ave and 40th St bus stop. To encourage interaction among strangers at the waiting area we made the benches swivel, creating a moment of fun and excitement in the urban environment.

PROJECT INFORMATION

+LANDSCAPE MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION STUDIO

+FALL 2009

+GOULD HALL, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE, WA

+PROFESSORS DANIEL WINTERBOTTOM AND BEN SPENCER

+UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

+IN COLLABORATION WITH BREANNE GEARHEART AND EMILY GRIGG-SAITO

AutoCAD drawing of bench design

parti plan of staggered layout and swivel

movement preliminary photo collage of idea in site context

Taking off the plywood forms, (my role included figuring out and constructing the concrete forms); finished bench profile. The metal design mimics the stairs inside the building.

The design team enjoying our swiveling benches!

SHADE GARDENdesign for an apartment building

My design for a Capitol Hill apartment building took into account the shady site in a dense section of the neighborhood, a small budget, and existing trees and plants.

The new design incorporated native and other ornamental shade plants, ideas for a shared edible herb garden and bike parking, an evergreen color palette, and new hardscape and lighting design for the small site.

PROJECT INFORMATION

+ JORDAN WEST MONEZ STUDIO PROJECT

+FALL 2012

+1613 SUMMIT AVE, SEATTLE, WA

BEFORE

AFTER (SKETCH PLANS ABOVE)

INSPIRATION: RATTLESNAKE LEDGE, WASHINGTON

SIDEWALK SHOWfurniture for Seattle Design Festival

A design-build collaboration with Inkwell Collective for the Seattle Design Jam resulted in a fun, interactive installation at the 2012 Seattle Design Festival event.

Competition parameters included using a small palette of wood, cloth, black or white paint and one additional material (we chose chalk). Entrants were asked to consider how street furniture in an urban setting can help the public engage and interact with their urban environment.

Our design was created with the idea of maximizing the creativity of the participants and interaction with the piece, as well as the presence of photography (especially the use of Instagram) at the festival. We found this definition of furniture particularly delightful: (n) 1. large, movable equipment 2. a person’s habitual attitude, outlook, and way of thinking

PROJECT INFORMATION

+JORDAN WEST MONEZ STUDIO COLLABORATION WITH INKWELL COLLECTIVE

+SUMMER 2012

+SEATTLE DESIGN FESTIVAL GROUNDS

+ http://seattledesignjam.com/

FLUVIAL IMPRINTSplanning for an industrial ecosystem in post-Katrina Lousiana

This interdisciplinary urban planning studio worked with the Jefferson Parish government to develop an idea book for masterplans and details on a large (20,000 acre) undeveloped site just across the Mississippi River from New Orleans.

We chose a 5,000 acre site bordered by a large railroad yard and the I-90 highway, near the river and the massive Northrop Grumman shipbuilding plant. Our project for an industrial ecosystem introduces the new industries of biodiesel, storage and aquaponics and seeks to expand the existing movie industry presence in the region. It also creates new topographies on and experiences of the land.

PROJECT INFORMATION

+SITE: 5,000 ACRES ALONG THE EAST BANK OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

+ COMMUNITY PLANNING STUDIO

+ FALL 2009

+ PROFESSORS DANIEL WINTERBOTTOM AND FRITZ WAGNER, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

+ CLIENT: JEFFERSON PARISH

+ IN COLLABORATION WITH TORI HALLIGAN

Key

proposed road

habitat corridor

water filtration system

3 meanders

arpents

UPLAND HABITAT AND AQUAPONIC WATER FILTRATION SYSTEMThe historical flows of the Mississippi River are articulated in our site plan through overlays of road, habitat corridor and living machine structures and organisms. These design techniques create a unique sense of place and provide a framework for creating usable land for industry out of a currently unused and undervalued tract.

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proposed road

habitat corridor

water filtration system

3 meanders

arpents

BIODIESELRAILROAD + I-90

MOVIE PRODUCTIONTPC GOLF COURSE

FOOD PROCESSING

INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGYIndustrial Ecology is an emerging �eld that focuses on the twin goals of economic development and envi-ronmental quality. The concept requires that an industrial system be viewed not in isolation from its sur-rounding systems, but in concert with them. It is a systems view in which one seeks to optimize the total materials cycle from virgin material, to �nished material, to component, to product, to obsolete product, and to ultimate disposal. Factors to be optimized include resources, energy, and capital.DEFINITION: CENTER FOR INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY, YALE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY

FERTILIZER

GAS STATION

COOKING OILAQUACULTURE

SHIPPING

RESTAURANTS

LOCAL INDUSTRIAL ECOSYSTEM

FLOOD LEVEL

LOW WATER LEVEL

BORROW PIT NETWORK AND FLOOD CONTROL

by reinforcing social activities in working environments through integrated design, places gain multiple layers of use and meaning.

AQUACULTURE AND RECREATIONAL BOATS

BASIN CITYstrategies for the Las Vegas Wash

Our proposal seeks to expose the inextricable connections between environmental degradation, rapacious development leading to economic collapse, and urban life in a city of transients and tourists. Illuminating such connections are reused materials and abandoned sites with new contexts and uses, and the reintroduction of running water throughout the city. These strategies will create new cycles of use that stimulate the community and the economy around the Las Vegas Wash.

Thus, the Las Vegas Wash has the potential to become a community-connecting network and local destination. With the merging of cultural, historic, entertainment, and natural tourism in a 21st century context, Sin City can become Basin City.

PROJECT INFORMATION

+SITE: LAS VEGAS WASH, NEVADA. USA

+ IBA (INTERNATIONAL BUILDING EXHIBITION) STUDIO

+ SPRING 2009

+ PROFESSORS NICOLE HUBER AND RALPH STERN

+ IN COLLABORATION WITH SCOTT CLAASSEN AND SETH GEISER

TYPOLOGIES

vacant land reused for community centers like flea markets and social art spaces invasive plants like the tamarisk tree absorb much of the LVW water before it reaches Lake Mead

sectional diagram of the path the Las Vegas Wash takes: from the city of Las Vegas, through suburban Clark County, under Lake Las Vegas, past water intakes, and to Lake Mead

THINGS TAKE TIMEdesigning a center for green architecture

Designing for reclamation of the Danish waterfront by a research center for ecological design and public space began with a process of evaluation of the site, its surrounding context, and the city of Copenhagen. This design focuses on the weather conditions, rhythm of existing buildings, human scale, the dimension of time, and a connection to the surrounding harbor front.

The main building’s design elements - thick steel walls, double glass facade, and insulating green roof - contribute to creating a microclimate in the building that uses very little energy to regulate. Construction can be spaced out indefinitely, allowing for financing to be acquired over time with less debt; and site is occupied in different ways over the course of the construction process, allowing for gradual introduction to the city.

PROJECT INFORMATION

+SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STUDIO

+FALL 2005

+GRØNLANDSKE HANDELS PLADS, COPENHAGEN, DK

+PROFESSOR BO CHRISTIANSEN

+DANISH INSTITUTE FOR STUDY ABROADN

YEAR0

site is used asa public park

steel walls patina

[STAGE 1]abandoned buildings on site are taken down; material is recycled

for benches and walkways

[STAGE 2]corten steel walls are erected and public facilities built. park opens to public with seasonal market and

public infrastructure

[STAGE 3]glass enclosure is constructed around steel walls; green roof

installed; cafe, gallery, lecture hall and library open

[STAGE 4]pre-fabricated laboratory

spaces are plugged into site

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FLEXIBLE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OVER TIME, REFELCTED IN CONSTRUCTION

PROCESS AND MATERIALS CHOSEN

HARNESSING EMERGENCEdesign for atmospheric research

Harvesting the natural and human-controlled processes of water for study and treatment, our building seeks to provide an interactive environment for its 18 research scientist fellows as well as the interested general public. This Institute for Atmospheric Research takes on the form of a vertical spatial logic of change testing weather conditions and innovative water treatment processes.

Extension of the river to the city and vice versa through the filter of the Institute is a highly visible interface between the city water systems and the natural processes of the hydrological cycle in the Delaware River. The building incorporates the armature of the abandoned Camden-Philadelphia Aerial Tram, reusing the expensive and massive structure.

PROJECT INFORMATION

+SPATIAL LOGICS OF CHANGE STUDIO

+SPRING 2005

+DELAWARE RIVER WATERFRONT, PHILADELPHIA, PA

+PROFESSOR JASON JOHNSON

+COLLABORATION WITH JON DUEY

+UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

LAB plan

LAB section

[LAB exploded axon]

base pod

track floor and lighting

bubble structure

pneumatic bubble

track system

LAB axon

HARNESSING EMERGENCESPATIAL LOGICS OF CHANGE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO | SPRING 2005

Sketch of building concept with exterior scaffolding and pipes reaching into the city fabric.

Model (materials: plexiglass, repurposed plastic, metal wire, light box).

Model (materials: plexiglass, repurposed plastic, metal wire, light box).

screening

aeration

chemical addition

mixing

clarification

chlorination

filtering

storage

redistribution

pumping

water input

sludge removal

Map showing street grid, building outlines, and water connections (green) from building to city; Image of south west approach (Microstation model created by Jon Duey)

Diagram of water purification system

MODEL-MAKINGforming a design

Creating a model allows us to test new possibilities and ideas in three-dimensional space, while the act of making brings up new issues and ideas in the design process.

A window became a model making space for a design exercise in which we were given a roll of receipt paper and tape. (Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole)

Final model of my design for the New York City Waterfront Museum at the cove in Brooklyn Bridge Park, a museum that is currently located on the Lehigh Valley Barge. Materials: wood, copper, brass, cardboard, plexiglass. (University of Virginia)

Massing model of Hjortekær site, for “A New Map of Denmark” neighborhood development studio project. (Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole)

NEW CULTURAL LANDSCAPESdocumenting a changing built environment in the indian himalayas

Working in the built environment group of a multi-disciplinary class, I traveled to the Indian Himalayas near the Tibetan border to learn from the people and landscape of the region and to document the quickly changing built environment of Munsiyari.

We made maps, took photos, drew landscape and building plans and sections, sketched, attended talks on natural and social issues in the region, toured businesses, and interviewed the local people. Our group spent the majority of our time staying in private homes through a homestay program that is linked to the community forest land and farmer’s market, and run by women.

PROJECT INFORMATION

+SUMMER 2009

+EXPLORATION SEMINAR

+MUNSIYARI, INDIA

+PROFESSOR MANISH CHALANA

+UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

RESUME

Cover of Survival Guide created for Susan Robb’s The Long Walk 2012, a social art “pedestrian adventure” from Golden Gardens to Snoqualmie Falls. After participating in the 2011 Long Walk I designed the layout and cover art, edited content, and wrote an article on mental mapping for the 2012 Long Walk Survival Guide.

As a docent at the Olympic Sculpture Park I educate visitors about Mark Dion’s Neukom Vivarium, a hybrid work of sculpture, architecture, environmental educa-tion and horticulture. The bottom image shows the area of the Green River Watershed where the nurse log featured in the artwork came from.

View of Howell Collective P-Patch in Seven Hills Park from above. As a community garden, we built the garden, plant, maintain, and harvest together, and make all important decisions through the process of consensus.

Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA: Docent Howell Collective P-Patch: MemberSeattle Design Festival: VolunteerUWASLA: Outreach Co-CoordinatorUrban Land Institute Urban Design Student Competition: UW Team MemberAmerican Society of Landscape Architects: Member

2008 - today

2011/20122010 - 2011

20102008 - today

2010 - today

EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

HONORS

INVOLVEMENT

FREELANCE DESIGN AND ART WORK | SEATTLE, WALandscape/garden designer; Public artist; Artist assistant; Presenter ; Graphic Designer

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | SEATTLE, WATeaching Assistant for Architecture + Landscape; TA Advanced Communication

VIRGINIA OUTDOORS FOUNDATION | RICHMOND, VAWebmaster + Conservation Easement Program Assistant

U WASHINGTON | COLLEGE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENTMaster of Landscape Architecture, Urban Design Certificate (GPA 3.71)

ROYAL DANISH ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS | DEPARTMENT 1Fellowship exchange student studying Architecture, City, and Landscape

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA | SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Minor in Architectural History

ADDITIONAL RECENT AND SELECTED EDUCATIONTaiwan Studio [urban design studio with National Cheng Kung Uni. for Taipei City] Rural Development Studio [historic preservation in the Indian Himalayas]Presenting Data and Information [Edward Tufte course]Washington ASLA Conference [seminars on landscape architecture in WA]Land Trust Alliance Conference [continuing education for land conservation] ESRI ArcGIS [completed parts one and two of ArcGIS Desktop online course]Denmark International Study Program [study abroad in Copenhagen, DK] UVa McIntire School of Commerce [business certificate program]

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WASLA Merit Award: Duwamish Palimpsest Research ThesisWASLA Honor Award: Walk Through Sky To Water Landscape Art ProjectRecipient of the ScanDesign Fellowship for Study Abroad in DenmarkRecipient of the Lee and Rolaine Copeland Endowed Fellowship in Urban DesignRecipient of the Margaret and Fritz Wagner Endowed ScholarshipProject selected for Parallel Cases, 4th Int’l Architecture Biennale, Rotterdam

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