Kerl LaJeune
1 Professional SELECTED WORKS: Senior Project Director Senior Technical/Design
1989 - 2009 2008
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2 Professional FIRM EXPERIENCE:
Booth Hansen, Ltd., Chicago, IL USA Architecture – Interiors - Planning www.boothhansen.com Senior Project Director
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, LLC, Chicago, IL USA Architecture www.smithgill.com 1989 - 2009
Responsible for implementation and management of one or more concurrent projects through all phases of design and on to postoccupancy as a Senior Designer, Design/Technical Manager and Design Director. Ensure consistency, quality and integration of all disciplines in the development of design. Material and technical systems execution for project detailing and quality insurance. LEED© sustainable design implementation for cost e�ective innovative solutions. Financial management for negotiation of fees and contracts with clients and consultants, project set-up and team management, scheduling, budgeting and sta�ng. Tracking of financial performance for delivery and reviews for conformance to contract, along with ensuring cost e�ective and critical design criteria. Proven expertise leadership in coordination, facilitation, consultation and conflict resolution. Lead business development and e�ective relations with past and future clients. Professional development and enhancement through personal leadership and participation in technical and professional organizations. Technology Proficient Tools: AutoCAD, REVIT (BIM), SketchUp, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator. Public/Private Project Sector Specialties: Corporate Interiors, Higher Educational, Institutional, Clubhouses / Arts & Recreational, Multi-Family Residential, Religious, Industrial, Master Planning, Feasibility Studies and others.
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Senior Technical/Design
2008
Technical, Design and Coordination leadership on projects. Responsible for technical coordination and preparing construction documents for the Dubai projects. Overall monitoring of the documentation process and the integrity of the design ideas along with performance goals in all phases of the work, from programming through construction and occupancy.
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3 Professional QUALIFICATIONS:
Languages:
Proficiencies:
English, French, and Creole
Skills:
Architectural Designer & Technical for projects & Documents, Digital Graphic Design: AutoCAD, REVIT (BIM), Sketchup, Adobe Suite: PhotoShop, PageMaker, InDesign, Illustrator, Microsoft O�ce Suite Programs. Information Technology: Product Market Research; Software / Hardware O�ce Management and Planning
EDUCATION 1987–1992
University of Illinois at Chicago - School of Architecture, Chicago, IL, USA 5 Year Accredited Dual Degree BArch (1) - Bachelor of Architecture in Design BArch (2) - Bachelor of Architecture in Structures
1990–1991
École Nationale d’Architecture - UP#3; Versailles, France Academic Study Abroad exchange program within an Integrated French/English Studio
ACADEMIC TEACHING 2009 – Pres.
Illinois Institute of Technology [IIT] – College of Architecture, IL, USA Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture Design Studio Concentrations: Architectural Design, Structures, Building Systems and Assemblies
2002-2004
Archeworks, Chicago IL, USA Faculty / Facilitator Alternative Architecture & Design Studio for Inter-Disciplinary work in teams with non profits to create design solu tions for social change.
1995–2005
University of Illinois at Chicago [UIC] - School of Architecture, IL, USA Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture Design Studio Concentrations: Architectural Design, Building Tectonics, Theory, Structural mechanics, Statics & Strength of Materials.
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4 Professional PROJECT LISTING:
NATIONAL PROJECTS:
Booth Hansen Ltd.
Clubhouses / Arts & RecreationalChicago Park District, Chicago, IL. – [Prototype Fieldhouses - 18,607sq.ft..] ($7m) Taylor Lauridsen & Jesse Owens Parks CPD/SHAW Co., Chicago, IL. – [Homan Square Community Center / Fieldhouse and Pavilion - 70,000 sq.ft..] ($19mil) Chicago Park District, Chicago, IL. – [Marquette Park Fieldhouse: 3,000 sq. ft. Interiors and New Entry] ($375k) Chicago Park District, Chicago, IL . – [West Garfield Park Conservatory Pavilion: 7,000 sq. ft. New Entry Pavilion] ($1.7mil) Hinsdale Golf Club, Hinsdale, IL. – [15,000 sq. ft. new clubhouse and dining facility] ($1.8mil) Residential / Single FamilyPerlmutter Residence; Highland Park, IL. - [Private residence] ($2m) Horn Residence, Lakeside, MI. – [2,250 sq. ft. Private Residence] ($500k) Residential / Multi-FamilyChalmers Properties, Champaign IL – [48 Unit Student Residences] ($8.0mil) Palmolive Building; Chicago, IL – [35 Story Historical Conversion to Luxury Residences] ($150mil) Buena Vista Townhomes; Chicago, IL – [48 Unit Planned Development Condominiums] ($8.25mil) The Madison Lofts, Chicago, IL – [125 Unit Planned Development Condominiums] ($14.5mil) East Water Place Townhouses, Chicago, IL – [56 Unit Planned Development Condominiums ($13.5mil) Newport Place Townhouses, Chicago, IL – [25 Unit Planned Development Condominiums] ($6mil) 181 East Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL - [60-Story High-rise Luxury Residential Units] (Unbuilt). ($40mil) Institutional / EducationalColumbia College Housing – Dwight Student Residences, Chicago, IL – 700 Bed Facility ($37.5mil) Republic Windows and Doors Inc.; Chicago, IL – [350,000 sq. ft. Manufacturing Facility] ($25mil) Rock Valley Arts Instructional Center, Rockford IL, Capital Development Board, State of Illinois – [120,000 sq.ft.] ($8mil) Moraine Valley Community Center; Palos Hills, IL - [114,000 sq. ft. Classroom Building] ($32mil) Roosevelt University Campus Facility; Schaumburg, IL - [210,000 sq. ft. Renovated Classrooms Facility] ($9.1mil)
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5 Professional PROJECT LISTING:
NATIONAL PROJECTS [Cont.] ReligiousOld St Patrick’s Church; Chicago, IL [O�ces, Sanctuary, Chapel, Sitework and Master plan Development] ($25mil) Grace Place Episcopal Church; Chicago, IL – [Community Center Renovation] ($750,000) Corporate InteriorsBooth Hansen O�ces; Chicago, IL [10,000 sq. ft. Corporate Interiors] Architectural O�ces ($191k) University of Chicago Press Building; Chicago, IL [Corporate O�ce Interiors - Business] ($500k) The Family Institute; Evanston, IL – [Educational Interiors] ($800k) Haworth Inc.; Chicago, IL - [15,000 sq. ft. Showroom for Neocon 1997] ($ 3mil) LaSalle National Bank; Chicago, IL - [10,000 sq. ft. Marriott Cafeteria and Dining] ($2.2mil) Fox & Grove, Inc., Chicago, IL. – [6,000 sq.ft. Corporate Interiors – Law] ($550k) Latham & Watkins, Chicago, IL – [58,000 sq.ft. Corporate Interiors – Law] ($1.6mil) Master PlanningEvanston Homes; Evanston IL – 3.5 Acre Redevelopment for Single Family Houses, 20 Planned Units [$55-60mil] Feasibility StudiesThe Whittier Tower, Detroit, MI – [15 Story Historical Conversion to Luxury Residential Condos] ($38mil) The Chicago Temple Building, Chicago, IL – [Conversion to Hotel / Residential Condos] Zeller Realty Group / 333 N. Michigan Building, Chicago, IL – [Conversion to Hotel / Residential Condos] MB Financial Headquarters, Chicago IL. – [Headquarters – 210,000sf O�ce Facility] ($40mil) MB Financial, Branch Building, Chicago, IL – [Branch Bldg conversion to Residential Condos] ($11.6mil) INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS:
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, LLC
Residential / Multi-Family / Business Verde Residences, Dubai Maritime City, Dubai UAE [48 Story Tower] ($400mil) LEED© Gold Verde O�ces, Dubai Maritime City, Dubai UAE [33 Story Tower] ($400mil) LEED© Gold
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6 Professional PROJECT AWARDS:
2006
Chicago Landmark Awards for Preservation Excellence – “LaSalle Bank Theatre”
2004
Chicago AIA Design Excellence Award, Urban Land Institute; “Homan Square Community Center”.
2002
Driehaus Foundation Award for Architectural Excellence in Community Design – “Homan Square Community Center”
2001
Metropolis Magazine, “Back on Track”, Dec. 2005 – Contributing quote to published article.
2000
American Public Works Association, “Public Works Project of the Year Award”, Garfield Park Conservatory Entry Pavilion.
1999
Architectural Record Magazine, New York, October 99, pp100–101. “Republic Windows & Doors, Inc.,”
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Business Week Architectural Record Award [Republic Windows & Doors, Inc.,]
1999
Chicago AIA Divine Detail Award and Chicago AIA Distinguished Building Award, “Republic Windows & Doors Inc., “
1999
Architecture Magazine, New York, June 99, pp102–105, ’Window Box’, “Republic Windows & Doors Inc.,”
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Architecture Magazine, New York, Jan 99, pp124–125. ’Houses as Products’, [East Water Place Townhouses]
1998
Chicago AIA Distinguished Building Award, Project Citation of Merit for East Water Place Townhouses.
1997
Illinois Institute of Designers Association, Creative Excellence Award for Haworth, Inc., Neocon ’97 Showroom
1997
AIA Chicago, Firm of the Year Award – Booth Hansen Ltd.
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Chicago, Illinois 1998
Republic Windows & Doors William Speilman started Republic Windows on a shoe string after WWII. Over the years, he built the company into a prosperous business that provided good paying jobs for many of Chicago’s inner city families. He was joined in the business by his son and nephew, who helped to further expand the company. In 1996, new manufacturing and corporate facilities were needed, and Republic saw this as an opportunity to update its image. A site on Goose Island, an underdeveloped manufacturing zone northwest of downtown, offered panoramic views of the Chicago skyline and an affordable solution that allowed Republic to keep the enterprise in Chicago. BOOTH HANSEN created a cost effective building, 640’ x 440’ x 32’, that gently rises to the south, capturing the downtown vista. Befitting a window fabricator, the building design incorporates a dramatic glazed curtain wall, creating a three-story atrium lobby for guest reception and large employee gatherings. The facility also houses an airy and well-organized factory space, offices, a sales center, and employee support facilities, all infused with abundant natural light. Recognizing the important role architecture plays in improving business results, the new Republic building received a prestigious Business Week Award.
MANUFACTURING / SHIPPING / RECEIVING EMPLOYEE AREA STORAGE / SUPPORT PARKING / LOBBY OFFICE SPACE CIRCULATION
Chicago, Illinois 1997
Haworth Showroom Circulation, convergence of products and ideas, and active participation are the motivating principles of this 17,000 sf showroom design. The multidirectional circulation paths afford the use of simple images and interactive product displays. From the interior hallway of the Merchandise Mart, the angled front glass wall directs visitors toward the entrance. Brightly-colored, illuminated ‘message walls’ focus attention, enticing entrance into the vestibule. The organizing structural grid of white columns engages a dynamic relationship with the overlapping curvilinear ‘message walls,’ creating ease of movement and engaged visual experiences. Active participation and the exchange of ideas occur in the ‘mixing bowl.’ Its bleacher seating, covered with a rubber veneer, represents future interactions of materials and ideas. Curved circulation aisles created by the ‘message walls’ direct visitors toward the ancillary spaces along the back wall of the center. The chartreuse ‘tool room,’ with a repeat pattern of question marks, encourages usage of electronic technology illustrated by the single compact disc that replaces printed volumes of product catalogues. With its purple alliums floating next to the repeat pattern of exclamation points on the salmon walls, the ‘tool bar’ is a place for informal meetings. A formal conference room and the ‘surface collection’s’ active workroom provide functional spaces for further dialogue and display.
Chicago, Illinois 1997
East Water Place Chicago Dock and Canal (CDC) was a land trust set up by Abraham Lincoln in 1859 just North of where the Chicago River joins Lake Michigan. The site had always been a backwater for development, remaining vacant. In 1991, Ogden Partners convinced the board of CDC that a low-rise, high-density development of 56 townhouses would give the area some positive momentum, while leaving a low center ensuring future highrise buildings unobstructed views East Water Place was the first leased land townhouse project in Chicago. BOOTH HANSEN designed three types of houses, each with 11 foot ceilings, steel bay windows, and masonry veneer construction. This density allows for 26 units per acre, or about 60 persons per acre, with all the amenities of suburban living in a downtown location. The site plan organized the garages in the rear of the units, allowing street and garden facades to address only the pedestrian.
Chicago, Illinois 1998
Garfield Park Conservatory Entry Pavilion The first phase of construction for the Garfield Park Conservatory Master Plan was the new Visitors Center and Entry Pavilion. BOOTH HANSEN designed a one-story, 7,000 sf structure faced in stone with a low arched metal roof. Skylights accentuate the roof area and focus the visitor on the entrance of the building. The building contains two large assembly rooms for visitor orientation, toilets, a coat room, storage, and a lobby. As part of this project, BOOTH HANSEN will develop a schematic design for a new Education/Administration Facility and Rear Vestibule, as well as miscellaneous site work.
Chicago, Illinois 2001
Homan Square Community Center Charles Shaw spent several years transforming the original Sears, Roebuck & Co. headquarters site on Chicago’s West Side into a new residential community. Shaw recognized the need for a community center that could provide its residents health care, family counseling, recreational sports, meeting rooms, special education, and social support. The Chicago Park District joined with The Shaw Company to create the 70,000 sf Homan Square Community Center. After many meetings with community leaders, the goal of a lively, compelling place that would bring people together was conceived. BOOTH HANSEN’s design solution provided a sun-filled linear concourse to connect all facility resources. Facing the community, the concourse, along with the glass and metal entry, invites the neighborhood to participate in the Center’s programs. The Center’s energy, light, and friendly character have made it a source of pride for the community. BOOTH HANSEN utilized green and sustainable design philosophies for Homan Square Community Center by incorporating a 20.2 kW photovoltaic (PV) system into the facility.
Chicago, Illinois 2001
Buena Vista Located in an established neighborhood on Chicago’s north side, the Buena Vista is a complex of five attached buildings arranged in an “L” shaped configuration. Each building contains a total of eight units on four floors, for a total of 40 units. Units range in size from one bedroom, one bath up to three bedrooms with two baths. BOOTH HANSEN designed the project with a sensitivity to the existing neighborhood by keeping the development within the scale of surrounding buildings. The street profile was also carefully considered and implemented as a series of “walk-ups,” recalling the classicism of the Chicago brownstone. Each unit includes a gas-fired ventless fireplace with marble hearth. Space heating and water heating are integral to each unit, housed in individual utility rooms which also provide hookups for washers and dryers. Ground floor units have concrete slab patios, while upper story units are provided with exterior balconies. Interior finishes include hardwood floors and painted gypsum board partitions and ceilings. Laminate counter tops complement the wood kitchen cabinets, with stone vanity tops in the bathrooms.
Evanston, Illinois Date of Completion: N/A
Evanston Homes Designed to compliment the proportion and vernacular style of the buildings in the surrounding community, the Evanston Homes consist of 19 detached, single family homes and 46 three story rowhouses. Central to the site’s development is the inclusion of a landscaped park for the residences. The single family homes are 35’x35’ with an attached two car garage. The three story rowhouses are 18’x40,’ with an attached two-car garage.
Chicago, Illinois 2005
MAJESTIC BUILDING/ LASALLE BANK THEATRE RENOVATION Broadway-in-Chicago, Northern Realty Group, and First Hospitality Group are redeveloping the historic Majestic Building in the center of Chicago’s Loop. BOOTH HANSEN’s comprehensive renovation plan addresses the LaSalle Bank Theatre, formerly the Shubert Theatre, and a boutique hotel facility, both housed in the Majestic Building. The LaSalle Bank Theatre renovation includes the re-creation and expansion of the two-story, historic lobby; a new suites lounge, enlarged lavatories, additional concession areas, new house seating, and new stage floor. The hotel will serve visiting theatre patrons, as well as the community. The tower portion of the 21-story building will contain 135 guest rooms. The hotel lobby, buffet area, and exercise room will be located in a sky lobby. Elevator capacity will be increased and a new exit stair is being constructed. The rehabilitation of the ornate terra-cotta façade will bring back the Majestic Building’s original elegance and will qualify the building for City of Chicago historic status. In September 2006, the Theatre was recognized with a Chicago Landmark Award for Preservation Excellence.
Champaign, Illinois Date of Completion: N/A
Chalmers Street Student Apartments While over 30,000 students attend the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, less than half are accommodated with campus-owned housing, creating a high-demand for independent student apartments. Market analysis convinced an area developer of the need for high quality apartments targeted to serve the more sophisticated tastes of upper classmen. BOOTH HANSEN was commissioned to design a new complex of 43 four-bedroom units that effectively balances common, social space with private living space. Currently under development, the design arranges three buildings into a u-shape to create a large common courtyard terrace on the first floor, with a second roof-top terrace planned on one of the buildings. Both terraces will provide upscale amenities including cooking areas and whirlpool spas to encourage informal gathering. Three unit types, including a duplex, feature open, loft-like floor plans and a refined, modern aesthetic. In each plan, shared living space is positioned toward the courtyard terrace, while bedroom areas are located on the perimeter of the common space to create a “quiet zone� conducive to relaxation and study.
Chicago, Illinois 2006
The Residences at 900 North Michigan Completed in 1987, the 900 N. Michigan building is located on the block bound by Rush Street, Delaware Place, Walton Street, and Michigan Avenue within Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. This mixed-use building, occupying a single parcel with an approximate area of 132,565 sf, includes a mixed-use building with parking, retail, commercial offices, hotel, and residential condominiums. Each function has a single lobby entrance on the ground floor, as well as a connection through the retail shopping center to the parking garage on the 6th floor. The current owners engaged BOOTH HANSEN to test the feasibility of converting eight floors (21st-28th) of existing office space into residential condominiums while preserving other functions of the building. The new residential condominiums will form a separate entity (i.e. its own association) from the existing residential condominiums, retail, hotel, and commercial offices. These new condominiums will have a separate entrance from Walton Street, a connection at the 6th floor to the parking garage, a sky lobby on the eighth floor, and other support spaces. In addition, the condominiums will connect to the existing Four Seasons Hotel to take advantage of the hotel’s amenities such as room service, health club, restaurants, and meeting rooms
KERL LAJEUNE Portfolio SECTION 03 Publication ARCHITECTURE Magazine, May 1999 Issue pg 100–103. ’A Day in the Life…’ Featured photo-documentary.
Publication ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE May 1999 Front Page
Publication 1999 ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE Pages 100 - 103
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