http://www.mikejacobsarchitecture.com mikejacobs Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:07:59 +0000 http://www.mikejacobsarchitecture.com en http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/MATERIAL-STUDIES http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/following/mikejacobsarchitecture.com/MATERIAL-STUDIES Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:07:59 +0000 mikejacobs 2748077 <img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2748077/Fabrication_Screen_Commercial_New York_01_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2748077/Fabrication_Screen_Commercial_New York_01_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2748077/Fabrication_Screen_Commercial_New York_03_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2748077/Fabrication_Screen_Commercial_New York_03_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2748077/Fabrication_Screen_Commercial_New York_04_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2748077/Fabrication_Screen_Commercial_New York_04_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2748077/Fabrication_Canopy_Commercial_New York_04_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2748077/Fabrication_Canopy_Commercial_New York_04_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2748077/Fabrication_Canopy_Commercial_New York_05_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload22.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2748077/Fabrication_Canopy_Commercial_New York_05_o.jpg" align="left" /> Material Prototyping The studio is engaged in ongoing projects which employ digitally fabricated material components, designed using modeling software. Prototypes are produced to test visual and structural effects and to refine design detailing and the integration of these systems into various pre-existing and newly concieved spaces. http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/AWARDS-PUBLICATIONS http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/following/mikejacobsarchitecture.com/AWARDS-PUBLICATIONS Sat, 26 Nov 2011 17:06:51 +0000 mikejacobs 2366240 2011 DESIGN HONOR AWARD: AIA Los Angeles - San Lorenzo House 2009 March 25, The New York Times: Home, “The Tree Was There First, So It Deserved to Stay”, Runyon Canyon House 2007 DESIGN MERIT AWARD: AIA San Fernando Valley - Laurel Canyon House 2007 January 11, The Los Angeles Times: Home, “Built With Wild Abandon”, Laurel Canyon / Boulevard House 2005 November/December , LA Architect, “Workplaces” Pretzel Factory Loft 2005 December 25, The Los Angeles Times, Striapark 2005 July/August LA Architect, On ‘site’: Approaching Architecture in NY and LA. 2005 March/April LA Architect, ”Inside Outside” Zipper House 2004 January/February , LA Architect, AIA Los Angeles Awards Review 2003 NEXT LA MERIT AWARD: AIA Los Angeles - APN: 5435-030-020 1998 2nd Prize, Van Alen Prize in Public Architecture, Design Ideas for New York’s East River, Van Alen Institute, Tidal Landscapes: Water as Public Terrain http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/NEWS-1 http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/following/mikejacobsarchitecture.com/NEWS-1 Sat, 26 Nov 2011 13:46:03 +0000 mikejacobs 2365733 January 2012 - San Lorenzo House is presented in Form Magazine. November 2011 - Masonry restoration begins at the American Transfer Co. building. October 2011 - San Lorenzo House is recognized with the 2011 Design Honor Award from the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects. October 2011 - Construction begins on the Charles Street Rooftop Project. September 2011 - gHOST CITY, LA and the San Lorenzo House are exhibited at the Los Angeles Pacific Design Center on Melrose. Projects on view through Sept. 28. August 2011 - The Castro House enters the San Francisco Planning Department. http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/LORRAINE-STUDIO http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/following/mikejacobsarchitecture.com/LORRAINE-STUDIO Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:30:26 +0000 mikejacobs 776947 } <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_09_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_09_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_14_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_14_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_07_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_07_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_01_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_01_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_02_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_02_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_03_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_03_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_04_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_04_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_10_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_10_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_11_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_11_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_12_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_12_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_06_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_06_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_08_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_08_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_05_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_05_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_13_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/776947/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Lorraine Studio_Residential_Landscape_13_o.jpg" align="left" /> Los Angeles, California 2007-2008 A 3.8kW photovoltaic array powers this 1,200 sf graphic arts studio on a property with an expanding family. The design, which evolved as a negotiation between the Los Angeles off-street parking requirements and local zoning mandates, simultaneously satisfies and subverts local code. Automobile parking tolerances were adopted in the spatial organization and siting of the structure. These are layered within the domestic needs of the ground floor workspace through large custom-made glass doors and a structural slab. Heat & power requirements for both the structure and the pool are met with the photovoltaic panels on the roof. When the power loads for the studio and pool are not needed, the system provides electrical offsets for the main house and when the property is unoccupied, the electrical power is distributed to the city of Los Angeles. Project Credits: Builder: Paul White General Contracting Photography: Michael Wells http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/gHOST-CITY-L-A http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/following/mikejacobsarchitecture.com/gHOST-CITY-L-A Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:30:22 +0000 mikejacobs 792927 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_23_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_23_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_24_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_24_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_42_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_42_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_30_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_30_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_41_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_41_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_33_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_33_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_35_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_35_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_35a_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_35a_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_35b_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_35b_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_34_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_34_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_35c_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_35c_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_35d_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_35d_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_43_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_43_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_45_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_45_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_40_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_40_o.jpg" align="left" /> Los Angeles is host to the largest undocumented immigrant community in the country. As a result, the city benefits from culturally rich urban experiences, but simultaneously inherits increased public and financial obligations. gHOST CITY embraces the hidden economies of Los Angeles’ undocumented labor and immigrant communities as indispensible contributors to a future green infrastructure for the city. Existing informal economies and currently underserviced rail networks serve as structural mechanisms that address and offset the increasingly politicized financial costs incurred by the host City of Los Angeles. Undocumented labor networks structure vibrant informal economies throughout the City of Los Angeles each day. Of the many informal economies that exist, this proposal engages three primary sectors and their requisite waste streams: 1. Residential landscaping: grass cuttings & yard waste 2. Domestic work: paper waste 3. Restaurant labor: organic food waste WASTE STREAMS The point-of-entry for waste into the gHOST CITY occurs at the southern area of the site where material is sorted and distributed into hopper trains. Once separated into yard waste, paper waste and organic food waste, the raw material is carried to individual composting bins at the re-tooled LACMTA railyards. A system of large-scale Agitated Compost Windrows and Pyrolytic Biochar Chambers process this daily waste. After completing a seven-week turning cycle in the Windrows, waste is adequately decomposed and ready for a four-week curing period. REVENUE STREAMS Hopper trains transport the material north to the Compost Curing & Hydroseeding Facility where the soil is packaged and prepared for outside distribution. Nutrient-rich compost material is a beneficial landscape additive and is ubiquitous with landscaping supplies. When added to seed, it can be used for Hydro-seeding, an application commonly used for large-scale erosion control and freeway landscaping. The benefits of Biochar are many. It contains high-value carbon sequestration, and when offset against the Chicago Carbon Exchange, this material possesses a measurable and high dollar value. Biochar is gaining popularity in agriculture to increase crop yield and a byproduct of Pyrolysis is bio-fuel, an alternative fuel source for diesel engines which reduces dependency on fossil fuels. Of particular usefulness to Los Angeles is its effectiveness in Wildfire Management Practices. CULTURE STREAMS Urban life in Los Angeles is defined geograhpically by its neighborhoods. As a result, communities tend to be focused on their local identities, which to outsiders often remains invisible. The program for gHOST CITY provides a public space for large scale ethnic and cultural celebrations. Many things can happen here. It is simultaneously a parade ground, a festival space and a park. Just as the industrial program of the site quantifies the large scale infrastructural value of immigrant labor, the public program values and promotes the well-being and sustainablility of cultural diversity: gHOST CITY hosts Los Angeles. Project Team: Mike Jacobs, Biayna Bogosian, Forrest Jessee, Ellee Lee, Se Yoon Park, Chad Smith, Momo Araki. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_41_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_41_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_42_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_42_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_43_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_43_o.jpg" align="left" /> {image 26}<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_45_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/792927/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Ghost City_Los Angeles_Sustainable_Urban_45_o.jpg" align="left" /> http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/TAGKANIC-ARTIST-STUDIO http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/following/mikejacobsarchitecture.com/TAGKANIC-ARTIST-STUDIO Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:41:24 +0000 mikejacobs 812617 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/812617/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Feuer Upstate Workspace_02_1500.JPG" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/812617/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Feuer Upstate Workspace_02_o.JPG" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/812617/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Feuer Upstate Workspace_05_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/812617/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Feuer Upstate Workspace_05_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/812617/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Feuer Upstate Workspace_09_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/812617/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Feuer Upstate Workspace_09_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/812617/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Feuer Upstate Workspace_06_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/812617/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Feuer Upstate Workspace_06_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/812617/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Feuer Upstate Workspace_07_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/812617/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Feuer Upstate Workspace_07_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/812617/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Feuer Upstate Workspace_03_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/812617/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Feuer Upstate Workspace_03_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/812617/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Feuer Upstate Workspace_08_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/812617/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Feuer Upstate Workspace_08_o.jpg" align="left" /> Tagkanic, New York 2009 This renovation breathes new life into a 19th Century Greek Revival Church, transforming it into an Artist-in-Residence studio for the Chelsea-based Zach Feuer Gallery. Located in Tagkanic, NY, the project attempts a simple redirection of the church space from the traditional alignment of the sacred, to a new orientation focused on landscape and the production of art. The design strategy leaves the exterior mainly intact, preserving the formal proportion and austerity of the Greek Revival architecture. New York State environmental mandates guided the upgrades to the building’s thermal performance. In addition to new recycled denim insulation and dual insulated doors and windows, a closed hydronic heat loop was installed to provide seasonal heating. Structural upgrades were made with reclaimed heavy-timber beams and steel tension rods which replaced termite –ridden roof trusses. Landscape design focused on a blending of ornamental native meadow grasses, edible plants and fruit trees and gravel groundcover to create outdoor zones throughout the property. Project Credits: Mike Jacobs, Chad Smith. Landscape Design: David Seiter, Future Green Studio Structural Engineer: Ed Stanley Structural Engineer http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/MURRAY-HILL-TOWNHOUSE http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/following/mikejacobsarchitecture.com/MURRAY-HILL-TOWNHOUSE Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:18:59 +0000 mikejacobs 2116071 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2116071/Mike Jacobs Architecture Lexington Ave Townhouse 06_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2116071/Mike Jacobs Architecture Lexington Ave Townhouse 06_o.jpg" align="left" /> Manhattan, New York 2011 Interior Renovation to 5-Story Townhouse & Addition of New Roof Garden CONTENT FORTHCOMING http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/SEED-EM-HOUSE http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/following/mikejacobsarchitecture.com/SEED-EM-HOUSE Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:58:41 +0000 mikejacobs 2051538 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_09_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_09_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_16_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_16_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_01_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_01_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_02_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_02_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_06_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_06_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_03_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_03_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_05_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_05_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_04_1500.JPG" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_04_o.JPG" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_07_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_07_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_08_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_08_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_15_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/2051538/Mike Jacobs Architecture_Seed Em House_Residential_15_o.jpg" align="left" /> North America project description forthcoming http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/APN-5435-030-020 http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/following/mikejacobsarchitecture.com/APN-5435-030-020 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 03:00:52 +0000 mikejacobs 1798123 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/1798123/Mike Jacobs Architecture_APN_Los Angeles_Landscape 36_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/1798123/Mike Jacobs Architecture_APN_Los Angeles_Landscape 36_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/1798123/Mike Jacobs Architecture_APN_Los Angeles_Landscape 13_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/1798123/Mike Jacobs Architecture_APN_Los Angeles_Landscape 13_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/1798123/Mike Jacobs Architecture_APN_Los Angeles_Landscape 14_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/1798123/Mike Jacobs Architecture_APN_Los Angeles_Landscape 14_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/1798123/Mike Jacobs Architecture_APN_Los Angeles_Landscape 07_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/1798123/Mike Jacobs Architecture_APN_Los Angeles_Landscape 07_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/1798123/Mike Jacobs Architecture_APN_Los Angeles_Landscape 10_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/1798123/Mike Jacobs Architecture_APN_Los Angeles_Landscape 10_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/1798123/Mike Jacobs Architecture_APN_Los Angeles_Landscape 11_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/1798123/Mike Jacobs Architecture_APN_Los Angeles_Landscape 11_o.jpg" align="left" /> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/1798123/Mike Jacobs Architecture_APN_Los Angeles_Landscape 05_1500.jpg" border="0" width="1375" height="450" width_o="1375" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/2/65445/1798123/Mike Jacobs Architecture_APN_Los Angeles_Landscape 05_o.jpg" align="left" /> Atwater Village, Los Angeles, California 2002 2003 NEXT LA Award, AIA Los Angeles Located in Atwater Village, this 40’x150’ single family lot typifies the built context of Los Angeles. Median temperatures range from 93 degrees in summer to 68 degrees in winter. In this sprawling landscape of one and two-story homes, shade is at a premium. APN: envisions a model for suburban landscapes that addresses site specific conditions (location, physical boundaries, orientation, etc) with a built-in flexibility, providing a framework for the strategic and thoughtful arrangement of grounded and overhead elements. The design is embedded with both fixed and provisional strategies. The fixed, or material strategy, is expressed through the physically grounded elements deployed across the property and responds to the location of the existing house, material landscape and adjacent lots. The provisional, or ephemeral strategy, reacts to climate, program and/or user. The composite of these two systems creates a specific landscape capable of responding to existing and evolving cycles of use. PROJECT CREDITS: orenj: Mike Jacobs/Aaron Neubert (principals) Michael Alamo, Gabriel Leung, Sebastian Salvado. http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/WHO-WE-ARE-1 http://mikejacobsarchitecture.com/following/mikejacobsarchitecture.com/WHO-WE-ARE-1 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:27:31 +0000 mikejacobs 1925288 Mike Jacobs (b. New York City) is a licensed Architect in New York and California and received a Master of Architecture Degree from the Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation. His firm has designed and built numerous architectural projects, gaining recognition with a 2007 AIA San Fernando Valley Design Award for the Laurel Canyon / Boulevard House and a 2003 AIA Los Angeles NextLA Award for APN: 5435-030-020. His individual and collaborative work has been presented in domestic and international publications, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, L.A. Architect, Architectural Record, Architecture, A+U, Quaderns, and others. Prior to his current practice, Mike was a founding partner of the award-winning architectural studio orenj,inc. which he established in Los Angeles in 2002. Pursuant to his interest in urban and industrial brownfields, Mike was awarded the American Institute of Architects NY Lebrun Travel Grant to facilitate research in public space reclamation projects in the United States and abroad. His proposal for the rebirth of New York’s East River is an evolution of this work and received 2nd Prize in the Van Alen Institute’s Projects for Public Architecture. Mike is currently an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture where he teaches design. He is a member of the AIA New York City Chapter and is a LEED Accredited Professional.