james r. de fries | architectural portfolio

JAMES R. DE FRIES | ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

My name is James Richard De Fries; my journey on the path of architecture began with helping my father finish our basement at home and participating in many high school art classes. I pursued this interest by attending wood shop, drafting, and architectural classes. I became increasingly interested in the profession because I saw a great potential to use architecture to improve the lives of the world’s population. My true passion in life helping those in need and making life better for the community through creative design and problem solving. My faith in God motivates me to do the best work I am capable of doing and to achieve many goals in life.

Studio 804: August 2015 to May 2016Collaborating with peers to design and build a LEED Platinum residence in less than a year.

Epic Fun Family Fun Center Drafter: Summer 2014Completed as-built floor plans and re-designed a retail space to properly fit an arcade and laser tag arena.

Velocity Church Graphic Designer: January 2013 to January 2014Designed way-finding signs, Church apparel, and pamphlets.

Camp Barnabas Cabin Councilor: May to June 2013Partnered with people with disabilities to provide unique experiences and to spur oncreativity and adaptability.

Helpers Inc. Tutor: August to December 2013Assisted children with disabilities to improve communication and social skills and promoted awareness of disabilities.

World Market Sales Associate August 2014 to July 2015Interacted with customers and team members on the floor to sell merchandise and organized stock.

James R. De Fries | Master Of Architecture Candidate 2016Phone: (660) 238-9023Email : jdefries1991@gmail .com

Professional Experience

Church Operations Leader: February 2014 to July 2015Created a welcoming and fun atmosphere in the church.

Family Promise Volunteer: August 2014 to PresentAssisted families get back on their feet through the avenue of friendship and cooking.

Jubilee Cafe: August 2014 to PresentHelped nourish low-income and homeless men, women, and children.

Volunteer Work

Master of Architecture, University of Kansas, anticipated graduation May 2016

Minor In Business, University of Kansas, anticipated graduation May 2016

Skills and Proficiencies:

Education:

1200 Pennsylvania St.

Donald Judd Museum

Build Design Dining Pavilion

Timberwolves Stadium

Free Hand Drawing

1200 Penn. is a project that was designed and constructed by a group of graduate students from the University of Kansas as a last year option. Located on the corner of Pennsylvania and 12th Street, the house occupies a lot-and-a-half allowing for a design that could not be accomplished in the traditional lot width of East Lawrence. 1200 Pennsylvania will utilize the lot-and-a-halfsize by creating a courtyard and extruding twoforms east and west to maximize the home’s southern exposure utilizing passive solar design. The goal of the project and Studio 804 is to achieve LEED Platinum certification through intelligent and incorporated green design. This layout incorporates a courtyard overlooking a bioswale. Every room within the house has views that focus on these two elements.

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The award winning KU Armitage Center Dining Pavilion is a collaborative third year studio design/build project. The conceptual design for the project was to have five walls that slope upwards, gradually getting taller, as if they were rising from the ground and out of the wheat fields of Kansas. This was important to our mission to provide the Armitage Center clients because they provide students an area to study soils, native plant species, and native wildlife and insects. The axis of the project was determined by a pre existing path to the entry of the Armitage Center which makes one feel like they are embraced by the center.

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The bulk of the labor for this project resided in the construction of the rammed earth walls. To build a rammed earth wall one has to have the right amount of aggregate, cement, water, and dye. These items are mixed together in a cement mixer and then poured into a wheel barrow for more hand mixing to get the perfect consistency. It is then carried up a ramp in buckets and poured into form-work with a rebar cage which has been placed in a foundation wall. It is then rammed with a piston power by diesel until it is solid. This process is repeated for each layer, or lithe, with a different color until all the colors are laid out as desired.

The canopy was designed to emphasize tall prairie grass that grows next to the pavilion. It is to resemble the wind that blows throw the prairie grass resulting in .

“The limits of Architecture are its strength. Its inability to give form to a transient idea, its inevitable tendency to stabilize,

is the latent power of Architecture.”

-David Chipperfield

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Steel Cable11 Gauge Steel Straps

Carved wooden Louver MemberFrom Recycles Telephone Pole 2”x10”

3/8” Threaded Steel RodWood Structural Beam Sistered From

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Recycled Telephone Pole 2” x 10”3 Gauge Steel Brackets

Reinforced Rammed Earth WallsReinforced Concrete Bell Footing

Inspired by Tadao Ando’s exceptional attention to space and light, this project was the perfect opportunity to combine the brilliance of Tadao Ando with the beautiful simplicity of Donald Judd’s art work to form a pragmatic Museum. The Donald Judd Museum is formed by a language of planes that separate the spaces into permanent art installations, by Judd, and interchangeable art installations created by the local population. The two-story high curtain wall systems allow a view to the surrounding area of the up and coming downtown Kansas City. The museum is to be an entity that makes one feel welcomed, feel enlightened, and feel inspired.

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In order for one to feel welcomed into the building there must be a welcoming center that is designed to frame the space in the way that would honor Donald Judd and his visions for art.

The goal of our design was to provide a central hub in Minneapolis, Minnesota that celebrates its team and the movement around the city. We did this by making the people of the city feel like they are apart of the wolf pack through various design implementations and branding of our general and premium admission spaces. There a a total of 9 premium spaces that were designed to cater fresh foods and experiences that brought the crowds from home and into the arena. The influence for the skin of the stadium was created from and abstraction of wolf fur. We did this to make the fans, figuratively, feel like they are inside the wolf and could be apart of the wolf pack.

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An important aspect to the Minneapolis life style is the skyway system which helps people get around the city when it is cold outside. The skyway system is an extensive system that connects many buildings together and which also host various pop-up stores and permanent vendors. We used the skyway systems as one of the main entries to the arena so that it is celebrated as an architectural element as well as a mode of transportation.

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05_Double Decker Suite Level

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