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Judith Karol ine Mussel, AIA , LEED AP

Licensed Architect California + Germany

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Profile

A licensed Architect with experience at prestigious firms including Gehry Partners and Coop Himmelblau, with published

articles and award recipient designs. Capable in all phases of project delivery: strong presentation and design skills,

experienced in design development & construction documentation as well as construction administration. Highly

motivational leader and enthusiastic attitude towards the work with strong decision making skills. Experience with interior

and small scale projects as well as cultural and commercial large scale projects. Collaboratively managing teams, staff

and stakeholders through the scope of the project from inception to completion. Architectural strengths include advanced

facade and curtain wall design, construction technology, excellent computer design skills, deep knowledge of green

building technologies, design innovation, modern architecture and project/client management.

Career Highlights

In charge of the design of curtain wall of the Beekman Tower in New York City for Frank Gehry.

Job captain at Frank Gehry’s office for the IAC Building, NYC

Design Architect for the Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum at Randall Stout’s office.

Design of the form active glass roofs of the Museum of Tolerance, Jerusalem for Frank Gehry

in collaboration with the German Structural Engineers Schlaich Bergerman & Partners.

Featured Artist Prinz Eisenbeton, Vienna, 2010 and published article in 2011 (RE)Configured, Ecologies.

Collaborated on several award-winning projects, including the Mini Opera Pavilion in Munich

and the Staples Center, Los Angeles, California.

Expertise in façade and structural system design, 3D Modeling, and construction oversight to ensure

design integrity.

Key Areas of Expertise

Construction Technology + Documents Design Mgmt. + Project Delivery Construction Technology + Documents

Facade Detailing + 3D Modeling Conceptual Design Agency Approval + Permitting

System Design Sustainable Design Material Selection

Passive Strategies 3D Modeling Software Development of Details

Professional Experience

Architect | Visiting Professor at California College of the Arts

Principal at XP& Architecture |Façade System Consultant 2011-12

Advanced 3D Modeling in Digital Project and Rhino. Facade design with Grasshopper and other parametric software for

several clients.

Selected Projects:

Zero Net Energy Urban Panning Emeryville, California (Assembly Design)

Designed the façade with parametric software Grasshopper/Rhino

Larchmond Lotus, Los Angeles California.

A 15,000 sq. f. sensor driven Shading System for the Larchmont Medical Center.

Construction Architect | Façade Specialist 2009-10

Coop Himmelblau, Vienna, Austria + Los Angeles, CA

Selected Projects:

Pavilion 21, Mini Opera Space, Munich

Construction Architect, worked with the General Contractor Frener & Reifer Metallbau GmbH Augsburg, Germany,

to transform the innovative design to a build environment.

Provided expertise in advanced 3D computer software on construction documentation, coordinated with the

contractor to help facilitate construction.



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Design Architect

Randall Stout, Los Angeles, CA, 2008

Selected Projects:

Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University

Museum Design Architect under the guidelines of Randall Stout. Created physical model, 3D model, drawings

and graphics.

Project Architect

GUGA Design, Los Angeles, CA, 2007-08

Selected Projects:

Townhomes in Santa Monica

Project Architect/Designer

Created efficient solutions for three story condos by collaborating with the client.

Coordinated with the contractor and presented the project to City of Santa Monica for approval.

Oversaw the permit process and construction drawings for the project.

Shoestore Sawtelle Boulevard

Project Architect/Designer

Oversaw the construction of the 4,000 sf. retail project. Managed skilled tradesmen and consultants; coordinated

with site manager and RFI's and Change Orders.

Artist Lofts in Tucson Arizona

Principal

XP&A, Los Angeles, CA 2007-08

Founder and Principal-in-charge of a small Los Angeles based sustainable design practice.

Selected Projects:

Mini Spa: Bathroom remodel, West Los Angeles

Project was featured in the Los Angeles Times 2011.

Águas de Março, Residence, Venice, California

A passive sustainable residential project.

Associate | Designer

Gehry Partners, Los Angeles, CA 2001-06

Significant Projects include: Beekman Tower, 74-Story Mixed-Use High Rise in Manhattan, New York; 10-Story Office

Building, New York; and Winnick Institute, Jerusalem, Israel.

Selected Projects:

Beekman Tower, NYC

Created the design of curtain wall and floor plan layout of 74-story Beekman apartment tower in New York, after

100 such proposals were rejected. Despite exacting design demands, limited budget and construction

constrains, successfully managed the process and a staff of 5, completing the project and beating the

expectations of the client.

Museum of Tolerance, Jerusalem

Designed 4 large glass roof structures for the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem to comply with regulations of the

European structural engineers, and met the design approval of Frank Gehry. Used advanced technology to work

out the system with engineers in detail and supervised the design. Personally recognized by Frank Gehry for

contribution to the project’s success.

10-Story Office Building, New York

Managed and organized the curtain wall design and team in concert with the contractors completing construction

documents for a 158,540 sq. f. office building in NY. Solved complex geometry of curtain wall with 3D computer

model and 2D detail drawings. Coordinated consultants: mechanical, structural, electrical and plumbing

engineers.



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Designer

NBBJ, Los Angeles, CA 1997-2001

CAD Management, construction drawings, coordinating consultants, 3D computer modeling, and representation drawings.

Selected Projects:

Eagles Stadium, Philadelphia - Design of roof structure and plan layout.

Staples Center, Los Angeles

Bengals Stadium, Cincinnati

Design Experience Prior to 1997

Eichinger oder Knechtl Architects; Artec; Coop Himmelblau Architects; Vienna, Austria - Designer, 1992-97

Stuchli Architects, Zurich, Switzerland, Designer, 1992

Education

University of Applied Arts, Architecture Institute, Vienna, Austria, 1992-96

Studio Wolf Prix, Master of Architecture with Honor

Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, 1993

Exchange Program

Technical University Berlin, Germany, 1989-92

Bachelor of Architecture

Technology

Software and Digital Modeling: Expert level AutoCAD, Rhino, Digital Project, Catia V5, Grasshopper and Paracloud

Honors + Publications

(RE)Configured Ecologies Published at Tuvie, 2011

Featured Artist Prinz Eisenbeton, Vienna, 2010

Stuttgart Seed Exhibition , Expansion of the Technical University in Stuttgart, 2009

Ecohomes in Kansas Exhibition, 2009

Puma Event Los Angeles Exhibition, 2009

Winner of the USC Stevens “ Innovation Inside “ Grand, Wild Structures, USC, 2007

Automation of Construction , Volume 13, Issue 2, A parametric strategy for free-form glass structures, 2003

The National Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt, Architectural Competition, 2002

Winner of the Oregano Program of NBBJ, 1999

Winner of the Rudolf Schindler Scholarship, Los Angeles, 1996

Affiliations

American Institute of Architects Los Angeles Chapter

United States Green Building Council, member

BEEKMAN TOWER with Gehry Partners

Project Site

BEEKMAN TOWER A 1.1 million sq ft mixed used tower in Manhattan New York. The project includes 903 market rate rental apartments as well as a four-storey, 100,000 sq ft public school, a 21,000 sq ft ambulatory care center that will be used as doctor’s offices, 13,000 sq ft of neighborhood-oriented ground floor retail space and 26,000 sq ft of below-grade parking for 175 cars. The development will also feature two through-block public plazas designed by Field Operations in collaboration with Dutch planting designer Piet Oudolf.

As an Associate of Gehry Partners Judith K. Mussel was responsible for the facade design of the Beekman Tower. Her du-ties included the supervision of the computer model and the coordination of all facade consultants and contractors.

Nicolai Ouroussoff in the New York Times on 05-31-08 “...Yet what makes the tower so intoxicating is the exterior skin. Before dreaming up the design, Mr. Gehry checked into a room at the Four Seasons Hotel and spent days gazing out at the skyline. He experimented with dozens of configurations, from stoic to voluptuous, before opting for facades etched with a series of soft, irregular folds. This pattern strikes a perfect note. The folds evoke rivulets of water, crinkled sheets of aluminum foil, melting ice; their ef-fect will be heightened by light and shadow dancing across the surfaces over the course of a day...”

View from Brooklyn Bridge - MontageView from Brooklyn Bridge - Model

Beekman Tower, New York City, Manhatten


Montage, Street View Nov. 2009

Nov. 2009


Facade Photograph Nov. 2009

Model, Building Skin

Three different Types of Facade Panels

Typical Floor Plan of Rental Apartments

Model, Building Skin

Building Section

IAC OFFICE BUILDINGwith Gehry Partners

IAC Building, New York City, Manhatten

IAC BUILDINGProject : 21,000 SF, Office Building, Headquarters of USA InteractiveLocation: New York City, ManhattenClient: USA InteractiveDate : 2000-05

Judith K. Mussel has been working for five years at Gehry Partners, LLP. During her stay at Gehry Partners LLP from 2000-06, she has been deeply involved in the design and realization process of complex geometry working on 3d com-puter and physical models. She worked out construction details with the façade contractor Permastellisa, the structural engineers Schlaich Bergermann and Partner as well as working with Mathias Schuler on sustainability aspects of the design. On the IAC headquarters project she had the chance to work on the project from start till finish.

In three person team she has been responsible for the construction drawings , coordinating of all of the consultants and the contractors.

IAC OFFICE BUILDINGwith Gehry Partners

IAC , Model

IAC , Street Level

IAC , Project Site

Building Section

Floor Plan

WINNICK INSTITUTEwith Gehry Partners

Winnick Institute, Model

WINNICK INSTITUTEProject : 13,500 SF; Museum, Conference Facilities, Multi-Purpose Grand Hall, Auditorium & Support FacilitiesLocation: West Jerusalem, IsraelClient: Simon Wiesenthal CenterDate: 2000-06

The Museum Complex entails Exhibition Halls, Conference Facilities, Multi-Purpose Grand Hall, Auditorium and Support Facilities. Each part of the museum is its own standalone building and unique shape. The glass roofs between the solitaires are the connective tissues that hold the spate buildings together and create the Museum as a whole. Judith Karoline Mussel was in charge of the more than 90 feet free spanning glass roofs and worked closely together with the structural engineering office of Schlaich Bergermann and Partner. The Simon Wiesenthal Center was the first project in the office of Frank Gehry that used the parametric software CATIA. The glass roof was de-signed with the new software with parameters of the engineer’s office. Judith was personally recognized by Frank Gehry for contribution to the project’s success. She used the advanced technology to work out the system with engineers in detail and supervised the design.

WINNICK INSTITUTEwith Gehry Partners

Winnick Institute, Model

Winnick Institute, Floor Plan Construction Details

New World Centerwith Gehry Partners

New World Center, Miami, Florida

NEW WORLD CENTERJudith K. Mussel has been a vital part of the team for the New World Center at Gehry Partners. She represented is-sues of the design in regards to the technical drawings and worked together with the engineers of Nagata Acous-tics. The New World Center is a unique performance, education, production and creative space with state-of-the-art capabilities, owned and operated by the New World Symphony. A global hub for creative expression and col-laboration and a laboratory for the ways music is taught, presented and experienced; the new building will enable the New World Symphony to continue its role as the leader in integrating technology with music education and concert presentation. It will be used by the New World Symphony for educational activities, musical and related cultural performances and events, rehearsals, Internet2 transmissions, recordings, broadcasts and webcasts. The venue will also be available for third-party uses on a rental basis.Dedicated to classical music’s power to communicate and connect, the New World Center is at once exception-ally transparent and outgoing. The 7,000-square-foot projection wall located on the right side of the façade brings what happens inside the concert hall to the event space outside. The main viewing area, ExoStage@Miami Beach SoundScape, can accommodate up to 1,000 people and is surrounded by an immersive sound system designed to look like two giant, gently curving ballet barres, providing a first-rate listening experience to audiences. In ad-dition to offering wallcastsTM of concerts, the projection wall will show presentations including the site-specific video mural, video art, films and informational shorts. The New World Center opened 25th of January 2011.

PAVILION 21 MINI OPERA SPACE with COOP HIMMELBLAU

PAVILION 21 MINI OPERA SPACE As a construction architect for Coop Himmelblau Judith K. Mussel worked together with the General Contractor: Frener & Reifer Metallbau GmbH Augsburg, Germany to transform the innovative design to a build environment. Judith was hired because of her expertise to work in advanced 3d computer software on construction documenta-tion, coordinate with the contractor to help facilitate easy construction.

The “Pavilion 21 MINI Opera Space” is a temporary mobile performance space for 300 visitors to be located on the Marstallplatz in the City of Munich. It is intended to be used for a wide range of events at the annual Opera Festival 2010 and then to travel to other locations.The design goal for the pavilion is to impact a unique soundscape by helping to reduce the apparent noise and to create a “zone of silence” next to the pavilion. Creating an absolute “zone of silence” is technically not possible, but this term used here is intended to describe an area where you can sense a change in the soundscape that gives the impression of a quieter environment.

To meet internal acoustics design objective, the proposal includes provision for a combination of perforated sound absorbing panels and pyramid-shaped, non-perforated sound diffusing panels on the side walls and ceil-ing, with a sound reflective floor and stage. Sound-reflective parallel surfaces between the side-walls and between the floor and ceiling are avoided here and are therefore tilted and rotated in relationship to the generated exterior shape. Site area: 1.790 square meters Gross area: 560 square meters

Mini Opera in Munich

Public School Zehdengassewith ARTEK

Public School Zehdengasse , Vienna, Austria

PUBLIC SCHOOL ZEHDENGASSEJudith K. Mussel solely responsible for the construction drawings of the Public School Zehdengasse at the archi-tectural office ARTEK in Vienna Austria.

The public school Zehdengasse was part of the effort of the City of Vienna to build more and better public schools in Vienna. It was the intention to give young offices like ARTEK a chance to build.

Artek Architecture is now a midsized firm in Austria, which is dedicated to very clean modern design. The two partners Bettina Götz and Richard Manahl come from a part in Austria which is directly adjacent to Switzerland.The project is structured in three courtyards, around which the classrooms align. Additionally two gyms halls and a dining hall are added on the Westside. On the south side of the property one will find the library and the admin-istration building.

Sargfabrik Apartment Building with BKK

Sargfabrik, Vienna, Austria

SARKFABRIKAPARTMENT BUILDINGJudith K. Mussel was responsible for the construction drawings of the Apartment Building at the architectural of-fice BKK in Vienna Austria.

Client : Verein fuer LebensgestaltungProgram: 75 Apartment Units, Kindergarten, Coffee House, Conference Center & Turkish SpaArea: 4.371,50 m2

The apartment complex reuses in part an old building structure in part it is it is a complete new construction.The units are based on the unit layout of Le Corbusier Unité d’Habitation. Every unit has a two story hall and low ceiling bedrooms. Every owner of one unit can use the amenities of the complex: the Kindergarten, Conference Center and the Turkish Spa.

Malibu Residence with Obermayer Architects

Residence, Malibu, California

MALIBU RESIDENCE

Judith K. Mussel was responsible for the permit and construction drawings of the Malibu Residence for Obermay-er Architects. She cordinated all consulants and contractors. Client : UndisclosedArea: 4.000 SF

Townhomes Santa Monica with GUGA DESIGN

TOWNHOMES SANTA MONICAJudith K Mussel has been working as a Project Architect for GUGA design, Los Angeles, CA, 2007-08

Selected Projects:


Project Architect/Designer• Createdefficientsolutionsforthreestorycondosbycollaboratingwiththeclient.• CoordinatedwiththecontractorandpresentedtheprojecttoCityofSantaMonicaforapproval.• Oversawthepermitprocessandconstructiondrawingsfortheproject.

ShoestoreSawtelleBoulevard

Artist Lofts in Tucson, Arizona


Office and Research Center Seibersdorff with COOP HIMMELBLAU

OFFICE & RESEARCH CENTERSEIBERSDORFFAs an employee Judith K. Mussel of Coop Himmelblau was responsible for the design of the Office and Re-search Center.

Completed in 1995Client: Austrian Research Center, SeibersdorfFloor Area: 830m2Budget: EUR 1.6 Mio

The building can be seen as a variation on the themes of “beam”, “space” and “interior”. The commission was to remodel and add to an existing warehouse located on the grounds of the Research Center Seibersdorf, In order to transform a warehouse into an office building. The office was to be designed for a research group compromised of various disciplines: system analysts, mathematicians, and environmental engineers.

Staples Center, Bengals Stadium, Eagles Stadium with NBBJ

STAPLES CENTER, BENGALS STADIUM & EAGLES STADIUMNBBJ

Judith K Mussel worked as a designer for NBBJ, Los Angeles, CA , from 1997-2001

Her duties included CAD Management, construction drawings, coordinating consultants, 3D computer modeling and representation drawings.

Selected Projects:

Eagles Stadium, Philadelphia - Design of roof structure and plan layout.Staples Center, Los Angeles

Bengals Stadium, Cincinnati

Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University with Randall Stout Architects

ELI & EDYTHE BROAD ART MUSEUM AT MICHIGAN STATE UNI-VERSITY

Judith K Mussel worked as a Design Architect for Randall Stout Architects located Los Angeles in 2008

She was in charge of the design of the Eli & Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University Museum. Under the guidelines of Randall Stout she worked on the design in physical model, 3D model, drawings and graphics.

PRINCIPAL AT XP& ARCHITECTURE Façade System Consultant 2011-12

PRINCIPAL AT XP& ARCHITECTURE |FAÇADE SYSTEM CONSULTANT 2011-12Advanced 3D Modeling in Digital Project and Rhino. Facade design with Grasshopper and other parametric software for several clients.

Selected Projects:

Larchmond Lotus, Los Angeles California.• A15,000sq.f.sensordrivenShadingSystemfortheLarchmontMedicalCenter. Zero Net Energy Urban Panning Emeryville, California (Assembly Design)• DesignedthefaçadewithparametricsoftwareGrasshopper/Rhino Mediazentrum, Vienna, Austria (The Next Enterprise)• Façadedesignoftheprojectinresponsetothesunpath;usedParaCloudsoftware.

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