about Joshua J Freese

Joshua J Freese GAr ‘09

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Private Practice

Principal Architectural Parametrician Academic

2017-present archifreese PHILADELPHIA

Parametrician (noun, adj. Parametric -al -ally -ism -ity):

Professional specialist; area of expertise; Proprietor, provider, author, creator, distributor, lecturer, professor, teacher and holder of custom made and/or legally sourced and cited parametric intellectual properties (syntax and nodal-based digital file formats) for educational and professional use. Education training, research and career development rooted in the technical, conceptual and logical knowledge, methodologies ,skills, tools and techniques of parametric design and Parametricism. The Parametrician must be acknowledged, attributed, compensated, credentialed, and credited for their work.

2014-17 Freese Design Studio PHILADELPHIA

2012-14 Sp[a]de & Sp[a]delabs PHILADELPHIA + MIAMI

Post-Graduate

Designer 2010-12

ISA Interface Studio Architects LLC PHILADELPHIA

Penn RFP

12 Class of 1949 Locust Walk Bridge with OLIN

11 Franklin Field Student Lounge

11 Meyerson Hall Weitzman Campus Strategy

Competition Entries

12 Urrban Terraform Badel Block ZSA Zagreb, Croatia

11 Car Parc Alternative Parking [AC--CA] Hong Kong SARoC

11 Higher Ground City Block AIA National New Orleans, LA

Philadelphia Projects

Built Unbuilt

Moyer Street Pier 12

Avant Garage Welcome House

Renewbold Granary II.

402 Frankford 1429 Walnut Street

American Studios Greek Museum

Frankford EKNA Artesano

Fairmount Court Parkway Pavilion

Norris Point Hope Street

Atlantic Tactical

Norris & Trenton

Tulip Steet

The Nine

Researcher 2009-10

New Aging Initiative at Penn

A Trilogy in Aging by Matthias Holwlich PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK CITY

Intern 2009

HWKN Architecture NEW YORK CITY

Polish Museum of History

Graduate Student Summer Internships

Trainee 2008

UN Studio AMSTERDAM

Residential High-Rise Competition, Singapore
Centro Comercial, Puerto del Carmen, Spain

Trainee 2007

OMA/Koolhaas Office for Metropolitan Architecture ROTTERDAM

Parametric design in architecture

Villa d’ava reconstructed in Revit

Post-Baccalaureate

Designer 2006

Touzet Studio Architecture & Interior Design MIAMI

Commercial Center Melbourne, FL

Pink Sands Resort, Dunmore Town, Bahamas
Vitri, Miami Beach, FL

Lime Tree Bay Resort, Layton, FL

Centro City Plaza Invited Competiton, Miami, FL

Junior Architect 2005-06

FORMGROUP architecture + planning MIAMI

Keystone Villas Phases I II & III Miami, FL

Blue Lagoon CondominiumsMiami, FL

El Prado Old Spanish Village Miami, FL

The Grand North Miami Beach, FL

Keystone Holdings Miami, FL

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-Teaching Experience

University of Pennsylvania

College of Arts & Sciences

2014-19

Undergraduate Program in Achitecture

Undergraduate education in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania is offered in the College of Arts & Sciences with courses taught by faculty in the School of Arts & Sciences and the Weitzman School of Design. The degree earned is a Bachelor of Arts from the School of Arts & Sciences.

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Intensive Major Upper Division

Stuart Weitzman School of Design

2009, 10-19

Department of Architecture

Master of Architecture I Professional Degree Program

Stuart Weitzman School of Design

2012-16

Department of Landscape Architecture

Master of Landscape Architecture I Professional Degree Program

Stuart Weitzman School of Design

2013

Department of Architecture

Master of Science in Design Advanced Architectural Design

TA Winka Dubbeldam

Option Studio STU-01405-00 Envisioning Miami: Simulated Natures Visiting Professors Karen M’Closkey, Keith Van der Sys 520 Gund Hall

Generative 3D Environmental Data Modeling & Simulation with Keith VanDerSys Wed 19 February 14A
• ESRI ARCGIS Pro • .csv files • Aquaveo SRH-2D • Ecotect • Grasshopper • Rhino3D • WinAir • Vector directions & dimensions • Seasonal Comparison

Differentiated representation with tonality & gradientsCombining data sets by date, elevation and type (wind, water obstructions, Built Environment)

The Penn State University College of Arts and Architecture Department of Landscape Architecture

Parametric Design Rhino Grasshopper for Architects and Landscape Architects Sat 29 September 9am-4pm Stuckeman Family Building SCDC 151 12C

• Introduction to parametric logics • Grasshopper interface & use • Geometric generation & manipulation

Data trees & algorithmic structures • List Management & Culling • Visual organization • Terrain

Penn School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Wharton School & Stuart Weitzman School of Design Integrated Product Design 321 Meyerson Hall

Rhinoceros Design Modeling & Drawing Techniques with Sarah Rottenberg 8-11 January 1102A

Part 1 • Sotware Capabilities • Orientation & Warm-up • Basic Elements • Essential Operations • Complex Operatioins

Part 2 • Precision Operations - Extraction • Dynamic Geometry • Surface / Solid Refinement / Finesse

Part 3 • Basic Rhino Rendering • Make 2D • Illustrator Import • VRay Essentials

University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Department of Architecture B3 Meyerson Hall 11A LG Meyerson Hall 12A

502 Grasshopper Workshop / Primer All Sections Parametric design with Grasshopper Fri Sa Su 11am-3pm 11A 12A

Session 1 • List Management & Culling • Domain, Series & Range • Data Tree Hierarchy • Point line & curve drawing • Curve development

Session 2 • Basic operator functions • Complex functions • Basic component generation • Conditional Statements

Session 3 • Graph functions • Surface division • Expressions & Functions • Syntax script integration • Surface generation from curves

Education

Master of Architecture I

Professional Degree Program

Department of.Architecture

Stuart Weitzman School of Design

University of Pennsylvania

Certificate of Completion

Quickspace / Slowtime

Summer School 2005

Visiting Programmes

School of Architecture

Architectural Association

Bachelor of Design in Architectural Studies

Undergraduate Architecture

Department of Architecture

School of Architecture

College of Communication, Architecture and the Arts

Florida International University

16 G. Holmes Perkins Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design 16A

16 Winning Entry Underlying Fabric, Rug Your City 2.0 LA Competition by FLOORPLAN 16B -18C

13 PXSTL Inaugural Year Nominee Pulitzer Foundation Sam Fox School Washington University in Saint Louis 13A

13 Finalist, Movement on Main Competition by UPSTATE in Syracuse, NY Team: peg ol+a, archifreese, Barton & Loguidice 13A

09 Gold Medal Arthur Spayd Brooke Memorial Prize University off Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Department of Architecture 09A

08 E. Lewis Dales Traveling Fellowship University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Departme

nt of Architecture 08A

04 Student Design Award Miami Chapter American Institute of Architects 04C

03 Architecture Student of the Year Miami Chapter American Institute of Architects 03C

A Maze installation at Oval+ (Oval+ by port urbanism) Eakins Oval Philadelphia 17B

Silver Linings installation at East End Coffee Co. gallery via N Belcher of Penn State Lewistown, PA 17C

Polygonal Primitives Undergraduate Architecture Annual Exhibition Courtesy of R Wesley & K Linton University of Pennsylvania Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall Gallery 16A

The Big Shift port urbanism via C Marcinkoski Chicago Architecture Bienniale 15C

The Hachure installation by K VanDerSys of peg ol+a University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Dean’s Alley 12B

Ground Substance SIGGRAPH 2009 Design and Computation Galleries Sabin+Jones Labs-Studio J Sabin & P Lloyd Jones University of Pennsylvania 09C

The Fab Show Networing Angiogenesis via J Sabin & P Lloyd Jones Klein Art Gallerz University City Science Center Philadelphia 09B

Waste: ReThink Technologyscaping via D Ruy University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Lower Gallery 09B

WorkWorkWork Crochet Logic via G Baurmann University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Lower Gallery Philadelphia 08B

Systemic Formats DockBlock via Anna Pla Catala El Col•legi d’Arquitectos de Cataluña Barcelona, Spain 07C

Lectures & Symposiums

archifreese recent work Lecture University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Visual Studies II & III guest of Nathan Hume 19A 18A 17C

Simulating Natures Symposium Respondent University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design guest of Keith VanDerSys & Karen M’Closkey 15A

Informed Decisions, Formal Efficiencies Lecture The Pennsylvania State University College of Arts & Architecture guest of Madis Pihlak & Nat Belcher 12C

archifreese Lecture Temple University Tyler School of Art and Architecture Visual Studies guest of Deb Grossberg Katz 10A

Publications-

Diagram Series J Freese Dynamic Patterns K M’Closkey + K Vandersys Routledge NY, NY 17

Scale Free Networks J Freese, S Feng & J Nesbitt University of Pennsylvania LabStudio J Sabin + P Lloyd Jones Routledge, NY, NY 16

None More Black T Wiscombe & J Freese Hatch University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Department of Architecture Philadelphia, PA 15

Crocheting Algorithms G Baurmann & D Taimina University of Pennsylvania Cornell Journal of Architecture № 9: Mathematics Cornell University AAP Ithaca, NY 12

Crocheting Algorithms G Baurmann & D Taimina Pidgin № 10 Princeton University School of Architecture Princeton, NJ 11

Quatre: an Urban Gateway for Philadelphia Y Suk-Choi J Freese Evolo.us 10

Networking Angiogenesis S Feng, J Nesbitt J Freese University of Pennsylvania SuckerPunchdaily.com 11

GEMSquare Y Diaz, N Kashlan & J Freese Work 08-09 University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Department of Architecture Philadelphia, PA 09

Evasions of Power L Jencks & J Freese Via: Occupation University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Student Publications Philadelphia, PA 08

[Re]occupation J Trachtenberg & J Freese Via: Occupation University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Student Publications Philadelphia, PA 08

Crochet Logic Y Suk-Choi & J Freese Work 07-08 University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Department of Architecture Philadelphia, PA 08

DockBlock Philadelphia J Freese Work 06-07 University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Department of Architecture Philadelphia, PA 07