http://www.michaeljonesdesign.com Michael Jones Architecture Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:31:32 +0000 http://www.michaeljonesdesign.com en http://michaeljonesdesign.com/Support-Ai-Weiwei-1 http://michaeljonesdesign.com/following/michaeljonesdesign.com/Support-Ai-Weiwei-1 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:31:32 +0000 Michael Jones Architecture 1353711 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1353711/AIWEIWEI_hongkong.jpg" width="351" height="619" width_o="351" height_o="619" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1353711/AIWEIWEI_hongkong_o.jpg" data-mid="6582151" border="0" align="left"/> (protest art from Hong Kong) Support the release of Ai Weiwei who was detained on April 3 in Beijing and has not been seen or heard from since. "...the world should not stand idly by," said Salman Rushdie this weekend calling for Ai Weiwei's release. One way to get involved is to sign the change.org petition which last week received international attention after cyber attacks originating from China temporarily disabled the site. http://michaeljonesdesign.com/San-Francisco-Ecology-Center http://michaeljonesdesign.com/following/michaeljonesdesign.com/San-Francisco-Ecology-Center Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:31:30 +0000 Michael Jones Architecture 1335603 2007 USGBC's Natural Talent Design Competition Northern California Chapter 1st Place, National Finalist Embedded photography from Running the Numbers by Chris Jordan. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1335603/mjjones1.jpg" width="670" height="893" width_o="1650" height_o="2200" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1335603/mjjones1_o.jpg" data-mid="6486899" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1335603/mjjones2.jpg" width="670" height="893" width_o="1650" height_o="2200" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1335603/mjjones2_o.jpg" data-mid="6486919" border="0" align="left"/> http://michaeljonesdesign.com/Clean-Technology-Learning-Center http://michaeljonesdesign.com/following/michaeljonesdesign.com/Clean-Technology-Learning-Center Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:31:29 +0000 Michael Jones Architecture 1335672 2008 USGBC Natural Talent Design Competition, Second Place <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1335672/EGB-2008_Sprouts_LowRes.jpg" width="670" height="892" width_o="1238" height_o="1650" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1335672/EGB-2008_Sprouts_LowRes_o.jpg" data-mid="6487283" border="0" align="left"/> http://michaeljonesdesign.com/Cityscape http://michaeljonesdesign.com/following/michaeljonesdesign.com/Cityscape Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:31:28 +0000 Michael Jones Architecture 1336133 Drawing of an ideal cityscape for a community designer friend's website. It still needs some layers of life - people and trees... <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1336133/bwtest.jpg" width="670" height="305" width_o="1153" height_o="526" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1336133/bwtest_o.jpg" data-mid="6489683" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1336133/colortest.jpg" width="670" height="305" width_o="1153" height_o="526" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1336133/colortest_o.jpg" data-mid="6489685" border="0" align="left"/> http://michaeljonesdesign.com/Rancho-Revision http://michaeljonesdesign.com/following/michaeljonesdesign.com/Rancho-Revision Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:31:27 +0000 Michael Jones Architecture 1300103 Urban Revision Dallas Competition Special Recognition For Social Responsibility <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1300103/227_1-4_0.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="840" height_o="560" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1300103/227_1-4_0_o.jpg" data-mid="6296951" border="0" align="left"/> Design Team: Michael Jones, Anne Nicklin Collaborators: Carrie Harvilla, Ann Panopio, Reiko Matsuo, Aaron Ushiro, James Kalin, Sean King, George Chan Artists: Stuart Everett, Pamela Rabin, Elisabeth Schalij, Steve Van Gelder, Howard Weliver, Tim Bolt, John Bonewitz, Amy Bryant, Chris Lattanzio, Gina Dunn, Sharon Neel Bagley, Carmen Menza, Neel Seshan, David Hickman, Kevin Parma, Teri Stone, Scott Trent, David McCullough Rancho Re:Vision is an opportunity to create not just a new building type, but a new community type founded in communal respect and environmental responsibility at an artificial edge well defined by the highway,Dallas City Hall and tethered to downtown. Allowing for permanent, transient and semi-transient living facilities, commercial and institutional spaces set within a site, Rancho Re:Vision can reinvigorate the Blackland Prairie using the following strategies: • Establish a corridor to the Trinity River • Utilize open space surrounding city hall and over the freeway for agriculture • Generate energy • Energy conservation by using an appropriate combination of passive and active systems • Provide water collection, storage and treatment • Encourage a variety of alternative transportation options to traditional car ownership • Foster education and recreation in a salubrious urban environment <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1300103/227_1-1_0.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="840" height_o="560" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1300103/227_1-1_0_o.jpg" data-mid="6297000" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1300103/227_1-2_0.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="840" height_o="560" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1300103/227_1-2_0_o.jpg" data-mid="6296992" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1300103/227_1-3_0.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="840" height_o="560" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1300103/227_1-3_0_o.jpg" data-mid="6296964" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1300103/227_1-5_0.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="840" height_o="560" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1300103/227_1-5_0_o.jpg" data-mid="6296925" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1300103/227_1-6_0.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="840" height_o="560" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1300103/227_1-6_0_o.jpg" data-mid="6296914" border="0" align="left"/> By synthesizing these goals with a sense of community, creativity, local pride and history will serve as a possibility of how cities can evolve through shifting needs, layered artistry and utilize an integrative economy. The most effective way to engender a sense of community to the site is to allow for a variety of residential components that interact with each other and the site. Rather than using a traditional multifamily housing typology, different housing options that range from the high end to affordable will be on site, reinforcing the notion of a neighborhood that comes together through shared values, despite socioeconomic differences. Protected by a buffer from the street by a layer of commercial and institutional spaces, courts linked together by a series of interior streets give the residents an opportunity to self define their miniature communities. These linked spaces are clustered into different groups bound together by similar yet unique identities. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1300103/cornertop_06.jpg" width="670" height="328" width_o="2048" height_o="1005" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1300103/cornertop_06_o.jpg" data-mid="6296101" border="0" align="left"/> http://michaeljonesdesign.com/Beautiful-Machine http://michaeljonesdesign.com/following/michaeljonesdesign.com/Beautiful-Machine Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:31:26 +0000 Michael Jones Architecture 1336742 Poster design with Carrie Harvilla for Artcrank San Francisco <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1336742/cutout_02.jpg" width="670" height="861" width_o="1400" height_o="1800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1336742/cutout_02_o.jpg" data-mid="6492770" border="0" align="left"/> The design was also printed on shirts to raise money for the east bay bicycle coalition. http://michaeljonesdesign.com/Coat-cork http://michaeljonesdesign.com/following/michaeljonesdesign.com/Coat-cork Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:31:23 +0000 Michael Jones Architecture 1339206 An experiment to reuse champagne corks at home worked so well that we've started selling them on on etsy. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339206/lineup_edged.jpg" width="670" height="443" width_o="2048" height_o="1355" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339206/lineup_edged_o.jpg" data-mid="6505679" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339206/side_edged.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1204" height_o="903" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339206/side_edged_o.jpg" data-mid="6505722" border="0" align="left"/> http://michaeljonesdesign.com/Z-Space http://michaeljonesdesign.com/following/michaeljonesdesign.com/Z-Space Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:31:22 +0000 Michael Jones Architecture 1339147 Location: San Francisco, CA Proposed concepts for the renovation of Z Space, a San Francisco non-profit center for performing arts. Z Space works to promote new theatre works in the Bay Area, partnering with local and national organziations, running a youth arts education program, and operating the performance space as a venue for innovative performance works. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339147/day_04_new.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1535" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339147/day_04_new_o.jpg" data-mid="6505408" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339147/night.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1535" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339147/night_o.jpg" data-mid="6505406" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339147/day_03.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1535" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339147/day_03_o.jpg" data-mid="6505412" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339147/up.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339147/up_o.jpg" data-mid="6505434" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339147/stair_2.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339147/stair_2_o.jpg" data-mid="6505435" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339147/interior.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339147/interior_o.jpg" data-mid="6505436" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339147/from-stage2.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1600" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339147/from-stage2_o.jpg" data-mid="6505437" border="0" align="left"/> http://michaeljonesdesign.com/SIDAREC-Technology-Center-and-Media-Lab http://michaeljonesdesign.com/following/michaeljonesdesign.com/SIDAREC-Technology-Center-and-Media-Lab Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:31:21 +0000 Michael Jones Architecture 1339006 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339006/sidarec_front_van_2.jpg" width="670" height="248" width_o="2048" height_o="758" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339006/sidarec_front_van_2_o.jpg" data-mid="6505068" border="0" align="left"/> Location Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Nairobi, Kenya Project Partners Architecture For Humanity Slums Information Development and Resource Centers (SIDAREC), 50x15 Foundation Designers: The Global Studio Design Fellow Isaac Mugumbule Architect of Record: Planning Systems, Inc. Program Managers: Elaine Uang, Michael Jones Project Design and Construction documentation The SIDAREC Technology Center and Media Lab is the result of Architecture For Humanity's 2009 Open Architecture Challenge. The community center, designed for Slums Information Development Resource Center (SIDAREC) and the needs of Nairobi youth by The Global Studio from Seattle, WA, USA, will give Mukuru residents access to the Internet, computer and technology training, health clinic services, early childhood development programs, and a community theater. A radio station and recording studio will top out the six-month construction project, beaming SIDAREC’s radio station Ghetto 99.9 to more than 650,000 local residents and countless listeners around the world. The community center is a cooperative effort by the 50x15 Foundation and Architecture for Humanity, in local partnership with SIDAREC. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339006/sidarec_rear_1.jpg" width="670" height="314" width_o="1603" height_o="752" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339006/sidarec_rear_1_o.jpg" data-mid="6505062" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339006/ribbon_3.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339006/ribbon_3_o.jpg" data-mid="6505077" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339006/IMG_3308_4.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1204" height_o="903" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339006/IMG_3308_4_o.jpg" data-mid="6505079" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339006/99ghetto_5.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1204" height_o="903" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1339006/99ghetto_5_o.jpg" data-mid="6505082" border="0" align="left"/> http://michaeljonesdesign.com/Homeless-World-Cup-Legacy http://michaeljonesdesign.com/following/michaeljonesdesign.com/Homeless-World-Cup-Legacy Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:31:19 +0000 Michael Jones Architecture 1332932 Location: Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Design Team: Thorsten Nolte, Nanda Eskes, Daniel Feldman Project Partners: Architecture For Humanity, Nike Social Business and Innovation, Homeless World Cup, Instituto Bola Pra Frente, Organização Civil de Ação Social, Program Manager: Michael Jones Project Design and Construction documentation <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/IMG_7361.JPG" width="670" height="502" width_o="1000" height_o="750" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/IMG_7361_o.JPG" data-mid="6473025" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/IMG_4209.JPG" width="670" height="502" width_o="1024" height_o="768" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/IMG_4209_o.JPG" data-mid="6473013" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/IMG_7398.JPG" width="670" height="502" width_o="1000" height_o="750" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/IMG_7398_o.JPG" data-mid="6473014" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/1302180238-14-foto-credits-lompreta-nolte-arquitetos-nanda-eskes-arquitetura-1000x750.jpg" width="670" height="502" width_o="1000" height_o="750" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/1302180238-14-foto-credits-lompreta-nolte-arquitetos-nanda-eskes-arquitetura-1000x750_o.jpg" data-mid="6473016" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/1302180222-11-foto-credits-lompreta-nolte-arquitetos-nanda-eskes-arquitetura-1000x338.jpg" width="670" height="226" width_o="1000" height_o="338" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/1302180222-11-foto-credits-lompreta-nolte-arquitetos-nanda-eskes-arquitetura-1000x338_o.jpg" data-mid="6473019" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/1302180118-02-foto-credits-lompreta-nolte-arquitetos-nanda-eskes-arquitetura-1000x577.jpg" width="670" height="386" width_o="1000" height_o="577" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/1302180118-02-foto-credits-lompreta-nolte-arquitetos-nanda-eskes-arquitetura-1000x577_o.jpg" data-mid="6473023" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/1302180114-01-collage-with-landscaping-credits-lompreta-nolte-arquitetos-nanda-eskes-arquitetura-1000x260.jpg" width="670" height="174" width_o="1000" height_o="260" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/1302180114-01-collage-with-landscaping-credits-lompreta-nolte-arquitetos-nanda-eskes-arquitetura-1000x260_o.jpg" data-mid="6473021" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/IMG_7335.JPG" width="670" height="502" width_o="1000" height_o="750" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/90357/1332932/IMG_7335_o.JPG" data-mid="6473024" border="0" align="left"/> Read the story on ArchDaily Architecture for Humanity, Homeless World Cup, and Nike GameChangers are designing and constructing a prototype facility utilizing football as a tool for empowerment and social change for women and youth. During the inaugural Homeless World Cup held in Melbourne in late 2008, it was identified by participating homeless delegations that the Homeless World Cup could establish specific programs for homeless women using football and social enterprise, enabling them to be the drivers behind their own social and economical development and in turn extend their knowledge with the same positive team attitude and leadership skills football brings forth. With the Homeless World Cup arriving in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in fall 2010, Architecture for Humanity, Homeless World Cup, and Nike are teaming up with local partners Organização Civil de Ação Social (OCAS), and Instituto Bola Pra Frente (BPF) to establish multiple Legacy Centers to implement the Homeless World Cup influence beyond the week-long Tournament and Leadership Conference. This program will establish a legacy of the Homeless World Cup with two pilot Legacy Centers, a football-based Youth and Women's Leadership Center in Santa Cruz and the Women's Enterprise Center in Sao Paulo. In addition, the Homeless World Cup will administer programming and additional mobile pitches in Downtown Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo. The Legacy programs will be linked by the creation of Mobile Retail kiosks - designed by Design Fellow Daniel Feldman that will distribute the products of the enterprise and create additional job opportunities. Defined by the success of the pilot project, Architecture For Humanity and Homeless World Cup intend to expand the influence of the Leadership and Enterprise Centers to a global scale. The Youth and Women’s Leadership center in Santa Cruz is the new home for Instituto Bola Pra Frente in Santa Cruz modeled after the non-profit’s successful program in Guadalupe, Rio de Janeiro. While the center in Guadalupe focuses services for youth and their families, the new center in Santa Cruz extends specific services to the greater community as well as providing meeting and classroom space available for OCAS and other community organizations. With the broad spectrum of services and users on site, the project layout is based on a gradation of public to private access, including strict access filters to achieve the ideal secure learning environment for the youth at Instituto Bola pra Frente. The site also features a community street football pitch (donated by Greenfields), the new home for Homeless World Cup Brazil (OCAS) training and tournaments. The pitch acts as a playing and meeting surface and a visual magnet creating a hub for community interaction. Additional building and site space will be identified for retail of enterprise products – creating an additional link to the Sao Paulo center. In order to reduce operating cost and greater resource impact, the project will utilize local materials and methods, natural ventilation, shading, and cooling strategies as well as integrated rainwater collection and UV purification system to provide fresh water to the center and community. The center will utilize solar panels for the water system and night lighting in areas without electricity. PiLE Project - Plastic Tile Community Art Project Rio Design Fellow Daniel Feldman worked with the Santa Cruz community to design and install PiLE Project - Plastic Tile Community Art Project on the site of the Homeless World Cup Legacy Center in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Utilizing waste plastic bags from the community, Daniel and the community transformed the pitch's backstop into a community canvas. It's a perfect example of the power of community collaboration towards rich layers of empowerment and ownership. Media Coverage Quadra é inaugurada em Santa Cruz, no Rio - UOL Esporte Futeball Campeões mundiais de Futebol Social 'plantam' a esperança em Santa Cruz - Globo.com Globo Esporte Seleção sem-teto ganha uma casa, em comunidade carente no Rio - UOL Esporte Futeball Concurso Architecture for Humanity + Nike - University of the Andes Project Partners Architecture for Humanity is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that seeks architectural soluction to humanitarian crisis and brings design services to communities in need. Nike Social Innovations Group believes in the power of sport to unleash potential and actively identifies the sporting heroes of tomorrow; young athletes who use sport to beat the issues that they care about most. The Homeless World Cup Foundation uses football to encourage and energise people who are homeless to change their own lives. Currently it works with football programmes in over 70 nations reaching 40,000 homeless players every year with an ambition to engage one million players with the benefits of football by 2012.