Earlier this year, we were honored to be featured by Los Angeles Business Journal in a comprehensive look at DJA and our ongoing work with ArtCenter College of Design. Our founder, Darin Johnstone, spoke with reporter Howard Fine to discuss our portfolio and the future of the firm as we leverage our experience across a variety of markets and building types. Check out the piece here: bit.ly/3qkn42P #architecture #architects #architectureanddesign #losangeles
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Architecture is the ferocious pursuit of presence to actualize absence. We put objects into the world to achieve some kind of resonance. We may be searching for timeless qualities of strength, utility and beauty or contemporary qualities of strangeness, ambiguity or the uncanny. We put forms and shapes into the world iteratively ad infinitum to test these resonances. It is a tireless pursuit and all the while the thing we are looking for is the very absence of things. SPACE. This lovely paradox is what drives all the work. Architecture is an overarching discipline. Architecture is a way of thinking and operating in the world. This is why other professions and industries co-opt the term, for instance, ‘the architecture of the software’ or ‘the architect of the bill’…The discipline itself is surely not limited to the design of buildings. Architects throughout history have designed teapots, automobiles, cities and everything in between. This inherent opportunity, coupled with a certain amount of restlessness, has always emboldened us to accept all types of design challenges at all scales. Architecture is new every time. Form, collaboration, invention, and engagement generally describe a kind of trajectory we strive to produce afresh each time we are given the opportunity to design something. We do not come to any problem with a pre-set agenda. We believe every design problem contains the capacity to engender discovery. As a way of combating pre-determination, we attempt to engage each project on its own terms mining it for potential partnerships, techniques, systems and modes of operation. Despite the tyrannical forces of economy and fashion we continually strive to maintain a non-specialist experimental approach.
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Thank you so much to Cherise Lakeside and #Detailed, for a wonderful conversation about our work at the ArtCenter Mullin Transportation Design Center in Pasadena, California.
In this week's new episode of #Detailed, Cherise Lakeside, FCSI is joined by Darin Johnstone, Principal from?Darin Johnstone Architects?in Los Angeles, California. They discuss the?ArtCenter, Mullin Transportation Design Center?in Pasadena, California. https://lnkd.in/ea4bbpYn The Mullin Transportation Design Center (MTDC) at ArtCenter College of Design is a masterful transformation of history into innovation. Once a supersonic wind tunnel designed to test objects fixed in space, the structure has been revitalized into a state-of-the-art facility that invites motion, creativity, and experimentation utilizing a building-in-a-building concept. Located within ArtCenter’s South Campus in Pasadena, this adaptive reuse project redefines the boundaries of design education. Project Team List: Architect:?Darin Johnstone Architects Darin Johnstone, Principal Sandra Hutchings, Studio Director Matt Liese, Technical Director Howard Chen, RA, Project Manager Sean Davis, Senior Project Designer Dennis Seulkichan Lee, Project Designer Long Pan, RA, NCARB, Intermediate Designer Kaita Saito, Junior Designer Sue C., Intern TE-KUEI HUANG, Intern General Contractor:?Del Amo Construction Project Manager: Parthenon Structural Engineering:?Labib Funk + Associates MEP engineering:?Novus Design Code Consultant:?Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH) Lighting Designer:?KGM Architectural Lighting Acoustical Engineering:?Antonio Acoustics Elevator Consultant:?HKA LEED consultant:?ZC Sustainability
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DJA is honored that the ArtCenter Mullin Transportation Design Center was featured in Sam Lubell’s article in the Los Angeles Times on Sunday- “The 8 best new architecture projects in L.A. 2024” https://lnkd.in/gWU_6Sac Quoting the article: “Curved white ramps and surfaces recollect the aerodynamic language of cars and their infrastructure. And the rhythmic original bow truss ceiling is a reminder that complex engineering isn’t limited to cars. The South Campus, thanks to this compelling centerpiece and some new connecting pathways, is starting to feel more like a coherent place.”
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Next Monday, October 7, DJA founder?Darin Johnstone?will be co-moderating a panel discussion to mark the opening of a new exhibit featuring work from his?SCI-Arc?students at the?21c Museum Hotels?in Louisville, Kentucky. The exhibit,?“Museum of the Future (MuFu)," explores innovative ideas and solutions for the changing landscape of museum design in contemporary culture. The work presented in the exhibition was developed by SCI-Arc students in parallel with the?University of Kentucky?School of Architecture and its students during the fall semester of 2023. Darin will co-moderate the discussion with co-instructor and collaborator?Jeffrey Johnson, director of the School of Architecture at UK. Monday's panel starts at 6:00 p.m. ET and is open to the public. Panelists include?Florian Idenburg,?Stephen Reily,?Julien Robson,?Alice Gray Stites?and?Chris Reitz. More details on each below. The MuFu show continues through October 20, so if you're in the area, we invite you to stop by and see the incredible work of the SCI-Arc and UK students. More information here:?https://bit.ly/3zGlZXL
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DJA Founder?Darin Johnstone?had an amazing time in Phoenix at the end of April, as he took part in the 2024?AIA Arizona?Associates Gathering, exploring the topic of "convergence" within the architecture and design profession. More from Darin on the weekend: "I so enjoyed my time with?AIA Arizona—I was able to share both my work and career trajectory as well as get inspired by the work of?Roslyn Cole,?Eddie Jones?and Jesus Robles. A big thank you to the professionals at?AIA Arizona, especially?Ana Astiazaran,?Sarah Levi,?John Czarnecki and speaker Mike Kolejka;?and a huge thanks to Eddie Jones who spent time showing me his incredible studio on Saturday and talking with such passion about the impact of the work that we do. I left feeling very inspired. My biggest thanks to?Ezio Zhang (Zhaohang)?for recommending me to speak and being my host and guide in Phoenix—including an all-access, back-of-house tour of the historic Taliesin West. THANK YOU, Ezio, for a fun trip!" Click through below for some pictures of the weekend.
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This Friday, April 26, DJA Founder and Principal Darin Johnstone will be speaking at the 2024 AIA Arizona Associates Gathering for an afternoon of programming and conversation that will explore "convergence" within the architecture and design profession. Throughout the event, Darin and other distinguished experts (Roslyn Cole,?Eddie Jones,?Mike Kolejka and?Jesus Robles) will discuss all matters of convergence—from the integration of different expertise, sites and community, to how architects build and make connections. The final learning session of the day will include a multi-faceted panel discussion between Eddie, Jesus and Darin regarding how their careers and architectural processes converge together to thoughtfully build and activate spaces within communities and the built environment. This is an annual event produced by and for Associate members, but others are welcome to attend, and there are still a few tickets left! View full event details and register here, if you're in the area:?https://lnkd.in/gm6Q5TAv
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We are proud to announce that the DJA-designed Ahmanson Auditorium renovation at?ArtCenter College of Design?has been selected as a nominee for the prestigious Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP). Founded in 2012 in Chicago, the MCHAP at the Illinois Institute of Technology is a biennial award recognizing excellence in built works of architecture in the Americas. The works MCHAP celebrates inspire, educate, and challenge their users, the international design community, and the wider public.?MCHAP defines design excellence in a holistic sense, and through its nominees and winners, optimistically points to the future of our world. For more information on the project and to see all 2024 nominees, check out the organization's website:?https://lnkd.in/gedy43Eg