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Dave Jonfonya

Dave Jonfonya

Los Angeles, CA, US

 
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About 

Discovering vernacular architecture for the human experience.

Develop formal efficiency and proportional beauty, inspired by nature.

Disengage ego to engage spirit of creativity.

Elsewhere:

Employment 

Michael W. Folonis Architects, Santa Monica, CA, US, Designer III

Tesla Showroom, 395 Broadway Ave, Santa Monica. (Built)
601 Colorado, 140 mixed-use, Transit Oriented Development (Under construction)
1437 7th Street, mixed-use proposal
525 Colorado, Mixed-used, Transit Oriented Development

Oct 2017 - Oct 2022
 

RipBang Studios / Nelson, Venice, CA, US, Project Manager

Brand development
Nashville Predator Arena, 4th floor renovation proposal
Amazon Prime Kiosk - design proposal

Feb 2017 - Oct 2017
 

SFJones Architects, Inc., Marina del Rey, CA, US, Project Architect

Restaurant Design, BIM Modeler for UrthCafe Orange, Ca.

Project Designer for various Nairobi Java House in Kenya, Uganda & Rwanda

ArchiCAD B.I.M. modeling & renderings.

Oct 2014 - Jan 2017
 

Jonfonya, Los Angeles, CA, US, Designer

Pine Court Lofts -250 Pacific Long Beach. Adaptive Reuse - AMC 14-screen Cinema into mixed-used 69 rental loft apartments and townhomes. (Built)
Giannini Room exhibit - 650 Spring Street, Los Angeles (Built)
Veteran's pre-fab Housing design proposal.
Built wood models for artist exhibition

Jan 2010 - Jan 2014
 

Thinkwell Design Group, Burbank CA, Designer

Entertainment design for Ferrari World in United Arab Emirates.
Indoor Amusement Park Show-set designer in Harbin, China

Jul 2013 - Nov 2013
 

Bruce D Robinson Architecture Design, Cincinnati, OH, US, Architect/ Illustrator

Hand drawing architectural design & illustrations. Pen, Marker, drafting, Adobe Creative Suite and ArchiCAD BIM Modeling.

Jan 2013 - Apr 2013
 

Hodgetts + Fung, Culver City, CA, US, Designer

Downtown Independent Theatre @ 250 Main. St. Construction Administrator Design-Build.
Thomas the T.rex Lab @ The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County- Lead Project Designer The Visible Vault @ The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, project designer

Feb 2007 - Feb 2009
 

Culver Design, Los Angeles- Venice Beach, Designer

BIM modeling with Construction details residential.

Feb 2006 - Dec 2006
 

Bruce D Robinson Archiecture Design, Cincinnati, OH, US, Designer

Jan 2005 - Jul 2005
 

Al Neyer Inc, Cincinnati, OH, US, intern

Architecture intern 6 months.

Jun 2003 - Jan 2004
 

Theodore Brown and Partners, San Francisco, CA, US, Intern Architect

Concept and presentation models.

Mar 2001 - Dec 2001
 

Education 

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, US, BArch, Bachelors of Architecture

Two years of Co-op internship program spread between 6 nationwide firms of all different natures.
I studied Transportation design in 2002, with a Detroit-based Daimler-Chrysler Industrial select studio.

My Thesis was with the Chrysler designers as a client to design Auto-design Studio in Downtown Detroit.

Became enthusiasticly involved with the LEED and sustainable architecture from Passive to Active systems.

Sep 1998 - Jun 2004
 

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