J.Chernak Portfolio (sample)
- 1. Academic THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO Architecture, Interior Architecture and Designed Objects
- 2. THE (w)RIGHT MUTATIONS Continuing on some of Wright¡¯s ideas of abstracting forms found in nature, the addition abstracts a form found from a non-indigenous nature, the tropical strangler fig. Like that of the strangler fig, the addition begins at the pinnacle and uses The last 100 years of residential architecture in Chicago existing geometries to grow towards the ground, slowly engulfing its host. The existing program can now be reorganized have hidden behind the shadows of two haunting figures. within the newly hollowed out spaces of the previous floor plan and additive program expanded beyond the walls of the This project attempts to emerge from the earliest shadow preexisting Robie House. and create a new light for a new era of architecture. By examining Frank Lloyd Wright¡¯s Robie House as a The addition¡¯s skin also borrows aesthetic designs from the strangler fig. The bark of the fig is in many ways similar to the typology that has the potential for critical examination tree in which it covers and yet its presence is undeniably foreign. Similarly, the addition¡¯s cladding of colored ceramic tiles and argumentation within the realm of architecture. By will retain many traits of the running brick from the current Robie House. However, this material and texture will still appear confronting historic architecture vs the material techniques completely alien as to aptly distinguish itself from its predecessor. of today¡¯s practice in order to create a mutated new model and a new way of living. The result confronts the notion of architecture as a visual presence and explores it as a continually emerging and evolving condition of form, culture and context.
- 3. WATERSHED The laws of physics that govern the commencement and eventual diffusion of Milan¡¯s annual trade show are the same laws that govern the convergence and dispersal of our resources, such as water. This most primary of resources animates our environment, determines our weather and sustains our bodies. In April of 2006 12 students and 3 professors traveled to Milan to shed light on the complexities of the water cycle by performing an installation at the Salon Satellite. The group aimed to channel the various scales of water¡¯s manifestations into a unique installation that offers an object to further raise awareness of this vital substance. INSTRUCTORS: John Manning, Carl Ray Miller, Douglas Pancoast STUDENTS: Ji Hyung An, Amelia Black, Ro Hsuan Chen, Jason Chernak, In Sun Cho, Steven Haulenbeek, Ting Fen Ho, Jeong Hee Kim, Nancy Kim, Tae Ryung Kim, Leah Patgorski, Travis Saul
- 4. Collaboration THE MIGHTY BEARCATS Works by Jason T. Chernak, Steven Haulenbeek and Bryan Metzdorf
- 5. FATHOUSE The temporary, sight specific installation ¡®fathouse¡¯ was intended to be ironically grotesque. This small environment draws inspiration from the very place that it was exhibited: Chicago¡¯s meat packing district. This area remains in an odd fluctuation between the laborers that work in processing plants and the stylish that seek out the areas trendy clubs and galleries. Fathouse aspired to juxtapose the area¡¯s two conditions by providing a space that retained some of the programmatic elements typical to nightly activity but evoked the grisly tasks that take place during the day. Wine spigots embedded in the structure drip down the flabby interior walls like blood flows to the drains just a block up the street. At the center hangs a lamp made of bacon, its thinly sliced strips become strikingly luminance while filling the air with the odor of processed meat.
- 6. POP SHELF The objective for this project was to make a storage system that was easily constructed, completely utilitarian, easily dismantled and moved. A storage system that serves its purpose while installed and then nearly disappears while not in use. Through various material studies it was found that by laminating a piece of acrylic to a sheet of rubber one could create a flat-pack shelving system. Using a laser cutter, strategic lines are cut into the acrylic and rubber allowing for the lamination to fold, the rubber serving as a natural hinge. After the shelf is folded into place the angled side pieces become book ends. A once flat sheet can now morph into a shelf and just as simply back to a flat sheet. 1¡¯-6¡± 1¡¯-6¡± 2¡± 1¡¯-2¡± 2¡± 8¡± 2¡± 1¡¯-2¡± 2¡± 8¡± 1¡±1¡± 1¡± 1¡± 1¡± 1¡± 2¡± 2¡± 2¡± 2¡± 1¡± 1¡± 4¡± 4¡± 1¡¯-3¡± 1¡¯-3¡± 1¡¯-4¡± 1¡¯-4¡± 9¡± 9¡± 8¡± 8¡± 4¡± 4¡± 2¡± 2¡±
- 7. Professional PAUL PREISSNER ARCHITECTS, LIMITED
- 8. LE MONSTRE The typical notion of architectural projects creates a programmatic shell that houses various activities, and ?????????????????????? ?????????????????????? relationships on the inside, however the image of the ????????????????? ?????? building is still determined by its exterior appearance: its skin. This proposal creates a body, not through its skin, but ?????????????? through its organs. Just as the physical volume of the human body can be deciphered from the complex choreography of its parts (skeleton, vascular system, organs), Le Monstre behaves more like an animal than a package. The ferocity with which this project attacks the site, and engages the visitor begets a new type of formal relationship with ?????????????????????? ??????? ???????????????? architecture; one more akin to emotion. Le Monstre connects through its lack of finite definition and through its expanse of internal composition. LE MONSTRE (Competition 2005) PROGRAM: Cultural Complex LOCATION: Gwanjyu, South Korea PROJECT TEAM: Paul Preissner, Jason Chernak, Matthew Utley
- 10. DHS CIS DALLAS The Customs and Immigration Services¡¯ core values of integrity, respect and ingenuity are conveyed throughout the design. To achieve this, our design focuses on a concept of perception and experience, the individual and the community - the Citizen and the Country. The CIS facility is perceived as a simple box, but as one gets closer, the details of the design are revealed. The walls of the building are slightly tilted away from each other in areas to break the mass of the simple box. The simple box¡¯s shadows create depth where it is not expected from distant vantage points. Super graphics stating ¡°I Will Support and Defend the Constitution¡± are imprinted on the glass wall enclosing the Ceremony Room. When viewing these graphics from the inside of the building, one will see that the words are made up of smaller text containing the Constitution of the United States. In addition to the American flag denoting the visitor entrance, it metaphorically supports the entry canopy that turns into the pergola surrounding the Ceremony Room. PROGRAM: Immigration Services (56,000 sq ft) LOCATION: Irving, Texas PROJECT TEAM: Robert Benson, Maurizio Bianchi, Jason Chernak, Lisa Ekle, Keith Evans, Tom Hanley
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