Jozef van Ruiten Architect AIA LEED AP

Samples of: Residential Multi-Family Mixed-Use Commercial Educational Arts Healthcare Projects

2012

Hotel for Artists, Bergen aan Zee, The Netherlands, 1995 Programming and design for 100,000 SF facility to create temporary

live / work / sell / inspire conditions for artists as well as the public, done as a thesis.

Located along the coast of Holland in a well-known Artist town, the zoned plan (top right) provides for private studios (bottom right, for a sculptor and musician, respectively) as well as exhibition space, gallery, sculpture garden and café / restaurant.

The ground floor of the hotel houses a lobby / library as well as a performance hall. The project was done partly in collaboration with Artists, for programming and design concept feedback.

De Monchy Plein, The Hague, The Netherlands. 300+ Apartment project in historic city designed by Ricardo Bofill. Worked as CAD-Technician/Designer at local Architect PPB, Haarlem, The Netherlands on DD’s & CD’s. 1998

House for 2+, Straw-bale construction, Sierra Foothills, CA (1997-98) 850 SF 2-Bed / 1-Bath house designed as a vacation home for the

young family of a Dutch musician. Designed in collaboration with the Owners remotely while still in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, as Freelance.

Experimental construction type of steel-frame with (rice) straw bales, locally harvested (upper right picture taken during CA).

The character of the house was to be inspired by a local Spanish style adobe house, and for that purpose a lot of re-used wood was also incorporated into the structure.

The rendering at the bottom right shows an early design concept with much more glazing than the final design.

Wing House, Sierra Foothills, CA.(2002) Set just below the top of a hill, this 3-Bed / 2-Bath 1,500 SF

residence provides unobstructed views of the Sierra Nevada mountain range (see top right) from every room in the house (including both bathrooms, featuring tubs with a view), by locating the circulation at the ‘rear’. The roofscape was inspired by the image of a bird landing, with the main volume being the living room, while the ‘tail’ houses a library / study.

During construction relocation of the entrance (originally located along the diagonal view shown in the photo above) to the opposite side of the house became necessary, due to neighbors.

Done as Freelance Designer.

The Sacramento Primary Care Center, Sacramento, CA The Sacramento Primary Care Center project started while working for SSA in Roseville, but finished while working for HGA (SSA merged with HGA at the beginning of 2000). A 100,000 SF clinic with an 11,000 SF Public Health Lab for the County of Sacramento, a 11,000 SF Pharmacy and 4 very different types of Clinics plus a community meeting room (in one of the ‘towers’, over the main entrance). Completed in 2004. Job Captain / Designer for both SSA and HGA. Coordinated two remote teams.

Pinole Medical Office Building, Pinole, CA 25,000 SF MOB for group of 6 different Medical

practices, including a Lab. Designed in 2003, the project was put on hold after Schematic Design was completed. Worked as Job Captain / Designer on the project. Incorporated specific requirements stemming from City of Pinole design guidelines.

The First Floor plan (to the right) shows intricate

layouts for 4 medical practices, including 2 dental offices, OB/Gyn and ENT/Laser suites, in a cross configuration with a central lobby as a spine.

“Twelve” project, Sacramento, CA. 10 Townhomes and 30 Lofts with Retail. Concept sketches for adaptive re-use of historic warehouse / factory in combination with the addition of Townhouses, adjacent to historic district. The design called for adding loft apartments on top of the existing structure, as well as creating lofts and a parking garage inside the historic warehouse / factory. Although received with great enthusiasm by the City, the project did not get beyond SD / Planning Submittal, due to plans being put on hold by Owner. Worked as PM / Designer for Macaulay + Architects. 2006.

East Elevations South Elevations

“Twelve” project, Sacramento, CA. Site plan and Building Section.

Southside Urban Villa’s, Sacramento, CA. Nine 3-story Townhomes on small urban infill lot, with remaining historic brick structure and walls. Worked as Project Manager / Designer for Macaulay + Architects on this from 2004-2006.

Southside Urban Villa’s, Sacramento, CA The units all have a balcony diagonally facing the alley and North. With a large open living space on the 2nd floor, combining kitchen, dining and living, the units’ internal circulation and spatial development takes it’s cue from the diagonally located garage in each unit, off the central alley.

The Orleans in Old Sacramento Historic District. 45,000 SF of new construction (infill of ‘gap’) with reconstruction of historic façade (based on 1857 rendering of Orleans Hotel, see adjacent rendering). 24 High-end apartments over restaurant and parking garage. Finished in 2008. Worked as Project Manager / Designer / CA on this project from 2006-2008 for Monighandesign, Sacramento, CA..

The Orleans (rear), Old Sacramento, CA A stunning 6 stories at the rear, as seen from the restaurant patio, with upper levels set back enough from 2nd Street, in order to give the appearance of a 3-story building typical for the 1800’s. A basement parking level makes up the historically defined difference in elevation between the street and the alley. (See building section).

Girl Scouts Heart of Central California Headquarters, Sacramento, CA. Re-use / Mixed-Use of 25,000 SF 1947 warehouse / factory with

Exterior modifications. Program called for meeting rooms, shop, museum, open office area, reproduction, storage, offices, as well as on site landscaping and parking. Worked as Project Architect / Designer on the project for SKW Architects, Sacramento, CA. 2008-2010.

The Goleman Library Modernization at the Heart of the San Joaquin Delta College campus in Stockton, CA, involved abatement and an almost complete gutting of the existing 58,000 SF structure, interior as well as exterior, to make it a building better suited to the 21st century in terms of Technology and Architecture. Job Captain and CA for SKW, 2008-2010.

Birdseye view of part of campus, showing locations of new classroom buildings (to the top right). The Kindergarten building is located next to a new 8-classroom building (also by SKW).

Kindergarten Building at Winchell ES, Fresno, CA 5,890 SF 4-classroom building designed while

Project Manager / Architect at SKW Architects, Sacramento, CA (2010-11).

The classrooms feature exposed trusses, high ceilings, reading alcoves / bay windows, as well as open facades to the playground area directly adjacent to the classrooms.

Interior Design and rendering by Julie Brown. Construction scheduled for the summer of 2011.