Jonathan Negron’s interests lie in all things systematic. The more moving parts, the better. Observing, diagraming, and hybridizing machines with various other systems, such as hydroponic farming, have inspired many of his designs. 

Jonathan’s work focuses on counterbalancing American landscapes of consumption with landscapes of production. Each project acknowledges Architecture as a driver of economic change and social interaction. His current design work focuses on rehabilitating an early 20th century ship-building warehouse into an open-source factory where collaborative prototyping and production can occur alongside cultural consumption to create a new type of hybrid social typology. 

He also actively engages in community design projects, including redesigning and constructing a church’s youth facilities and building the first LEED-accredited Habitat for Humanity house in his hometown of Stuart, Florida. 

Jonathan’s other interests include participating in leadership roles in Cornell University Sustainable Design (CUSD) where he led teams in the design of an early education schoolhouse for the township of Cosmo City in South Africa and a student center for Cornell’s Campus. The design for the student center is currently working its way through design development with the goal of funding and construction over the next few years. The proposal seeks to provide a new hub for on campus activity as well as a gateway to Cornell’s natural areas, the Plantations, without impacting its site or the environment.

Designing and constructing robotic systems that respont to human engagement via social media and other handheld technologies has become a passion for Jonathan in his pursuit of creating an open-source architecture that enables the user to dynamically manipulate the spaces the occupy to better serve their needs.