Design Portfolio 2025 IARC by Jalah Johnson

S H O R T O V E R V I E W D E S I G N

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J A L A H J O H N S O N

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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

JAPANESE TEAHOUSE DESIGN BUILD

FALL 2023- DAVID MATTHEWS STUDIO

SIMPLE OASIS

SPRING 2023- ASHLEY COON STUDIO

HIDE AND SEEK LEARNING CENTER

SPRING 2022- PATRICK KEOUGH STUDIO

THE POWDERY TOWER

FALL 2021- LIZ TESTON STUDIO

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

KISKA ISLAND: LAYERS OF CONFLICT AND ECOLOGY

FALL 2025- ANDREW MADL STUDIO

NATIVE ECHOES AND APPALACHIAN TALES

FALL 2024- FAYE NIXON STUDIO

HIGH DESERT LAYERS: SANTA FE MUTLI-LEVEL LANDSCAPE

FALL 2025- MICHAEL ROSS COURSE

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D U C A T I O N

MASTER OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INTERIOR DESIGN

2025 - PRESENT

CITY RETREAT MEMPHIS | MEMPHIS, TN

LANDSCAPE DESIGN COLLABORATER

ASSIST IN DEVELOPING LANDSCAPE DESIGN CONCEPTS AND LAYOUTS

CREATE DRAWINGS AND SKETCHES

PARTICIPATE IN CLIENT MEETINGS AND DESIGN REVIEWS

PERFORM SITE VISITS TO DOCUMENT EXISTING CONDITIONS

2022- PRESENT

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE | KNOXVILLE, TN

OFFICE ASSISTANT

DIGITAL GRAPHIC DESIGN CERTIFICATE

S K I L L S

ADOBE INDESIGN

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

ARCGIS PRO

AUTOCAD

BLENDER

ENSCAPE RENDERING

GRASSHOPPER

LASER CUTTING

PHOTOGRAPHY

REVIT

RHINO

VRAY RENDERING

3D PRINTING

DATA ENTRY MANAGING SUPPLY INVENTORY PROCESSING MAIL USING "BACK-OFFICE" COMPUTER SYSTEMS

2026

PHOTOGRAPHER/SALES ASSOCIATE CONDUCT PROFESSIONAL PHOTO SESSIONS

OPERATE CAMERAS AND LIGHTING ENHANCE CLIENT PHOTOS

PROMOTE AND SELL PHOTO PACKAGES

SCHEDULE AND MANAGE APPOINTMENTS

2023

4F DESIGN |

SHUTTERFLY | MEMPHIS, TN MEMPHIS, TN

INTERIOR DESIGN INTERN CREATE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS IN REVIT

MEET CLIENTS

PLACE ORDERS FOR MATERIALS

VISIT JOBSITES AND TAKE NOTES

SUBMIT DETAILED HOURS

JAPANESE TEAHOUSE DESIGN BUILD

FALL

2023- DAVID MATTHEWS STUDIO

A MODERN, PORTABLE TEAHOUSE TO SHOWCASE A JAPANESE TEA CEREMONY AT THE KNOXVILLE ASIA FESTIVAL. OUR DESIGN INTEGRATES INSPIRATION, MATERIALS, AND CRAFTSMANSHIP FROM EAST TENNESSEE WHILE HONORING JAPANESE CULTURE AND TRADITIONS. THROUGHOUT THIS SEMESTER, OUR COLLABORATIVE STUDIO WORKED SIDE BY SIDE WITH OUR CLIENTS, MEMBERS THE EAST TENNESSEE JAPANESE COMMUNITY. THIS GROUP INCLUDES KUMI ALDERMAN, ASTUMI MATSUDA, MANA MARAMATSU, AND SHAYNA PRICE.

THE STUDENT DESIGNERS FOR THIS PROJECT WERE MORGAN CHAPIN, KAITLYN DELP, SARAH DUNN, EBONE FIELDS, ELLEN FRONCESCA, AMBER GODFREY, GRACIE HILL, OLIVIA HUSSEY, JALAH JOHNSON, MADDIE TISDALE, ANNA SHOEMAKER, KATHRYN WEBB, HANNAH WHITE, AND BETHANY WRIGHT.

SECTION OF TEAHOUSE

SIMPLE OASIS

A SMALL VACATION HOME

CABIN IN RURAL BRAZIL DRIVEN BY THE USE OF WOOD AS BOTH A CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE AND MATERIAL AESTHETIC.

LOCATED IN PARATY, BRAZIL.

SPRING 2023- ASHLEY COON STUDIO

HIDE AND SEEK LEARNING CENTER

SPRING 2022- PATRICK KEOUGH STUDIO

THE HIDE AND SEEK LEARNING CENTER AIMS TO ASSIST PARENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF CHILDCARE WHILE MANAGING HIGHER EDUCATION, CAREERS, OR SIMPLY NEED A SAFE PLACE TO DROP OFF THEIR CHILDREN.

LOCATED ACROSS FROM PELLISSIPPI STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN KNOXVILLE, TN.

EXTERIOR ELEVATION

COLLAGE RENDERED ELEVATION

THE POWDERY TOWER

JOINT RENOVATION PROJECT WITH INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS AT THE ION MINCU UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM IN BUCHAREST, ROMANIA. NEW INTERIOR OF THE POWDERY TOWER IN SIBIU, ROMANIA. *INCLUDES WORK FROM ALI JABALI, AHMAD JABALI, JALAH JOHNSON, LARISA ANA-MARIA CALIN, TEDORA MARIA RUSU, ELENA TEODORA DICU, AND THEODORA IOANA SIMA*

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FALL 2021- LIZ TESTON STUDIO

KISKA ISLAND: LAYERS OF CONFLICT AND ECOLOGY

FALL 2025- ANDREW MADL STUDIO

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROPOSAL EXAMINING SPECIES DISPLACEMENT AND ECOLOGICAL DISTURBANCE THROUGH SPATIAL INTERVENTIONS ON KISKA ISLAND.

KISKA ISLAND, IN THE ALEUTIAN CHAIN, IS A LANDSCAPE SHAPED BY MANY COMBINED FORCES: COLONIAL EXPANSION, GLOBAL WAR, INVASIVE SPECIES, AND SHIFTING CLIMATES. LONG BEFORE WORLD WAR II, SEABIRDS NESTED IN LARGE NUMBERS ALONG ITS COASTS AND RATS INHABITED THE ISLAND BY HUMAN TRAVEL. THE WAR CHANGED THEIR DYNAMICS, RESHAPING THE ISLAND THROUGH MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND HUMAN DISTURBANCE.

THE PROJECT ASKS WHAT IT MEANS TO DESIGN A PLACE LIKE THIS: NOT AS A BLANK SLATE, BUT AS AN ACTIVE LANDSCAPE WITH ITS OWN AGENCY WHERE ECOLOGICAL CHANGE IS ONGOING. THERE IS A LARGE FOCUS ON THE ETHICS OF INTERVENTION. DO WE FRAME RATS AS A PROBLEM TO BE ERADICATED BECAUSE THEY RE LESS CHARISMATIC, WHILE CELEBRATING SEABIRDS AS VICTIMS TO BE SAVED?

MAPPING

NATIVE ECHOES AND APPALACHIAN TALES

FALL 2024- FAYE NIXON STUDIO

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PROPOSAL FOCUSED ON REGIONAL FOLKLORE THROUGH THE DESIGN OF A HERITAGE ROUTE CONNECTING SITES TIED TO APPALACHIAN AND INDIGENOUS LEGENDS.

MANY REGIONS WHERE APPALACHIAN LEGENDS ORIGINATED ARE: LOCATED ALONG SECONDARY OR LIMITED-ACCESS ROADS, ISOLATED FROM MAJOR HIGHWAYS

CHARACTERIZED BY MINIMAL TRANSPORTATION NOISE FROM RAILROADS, HIGHWAYS, AND AVIATION DUE TO LIMITED INFRASTRUCTURE.

POPULATIONS ARE PRIMARILY "WHITE ALONE, NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO," WITH LITTLE RACIAL DIVERSITY HISTORICALLY, THESE REGIONS WERE NATIVE AMERICAN LAND BEFORE FORCED GOVERNMENT REMOVAL.

OPPORTUNITIES

FOR HERITAGE OR ECOTOURISM:

SECLUSION AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OFFER POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPING A HERITAGE OR ECOTOURISM ROUTE.

SITE SELECTION MURPHY, NC

FOR THIS PROJECT I DECIDED TO FOCUS ON:

VACANT LOTS OR UNDERUTILIZED AREAS IN SMALL TOWNS WITH HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TIED TO INDIGENOUS OR APPALACHIAN HISTORY WITH ACCESS TO GATEWAYS TO THE NEARBY FOREST.

TIES INTO APPALACHIAN LEGENDS: THE GREAT LEECH

A NATIVE AMERICAN LEGEND TELLS OF A GIANT LEECH

INHABITING THE VALLEY RIVER IN MURPHY, NC NEAR A NATURAL ROCK BRIDGE WITH A DEEP, DARK HOLE BENEATH IT. ACCORDING TO THE STORY, CHEROKEE MEN ONCE SAW A MASSIVE, RED CREATURE RESEMBLING A LEECH LYING ON THE ROCK LEDGE BEFORE IT SLITHERED INTO THE WATER, CAUSING THE RIVER TO BUBBLE AND FOAM. APPALACHIAN FOLKLORE GREW AROUND THIS CREATURE, WITH TALES OF PEOPLE DISAPPEARING NEAR THE SPOT, INCLUDING A YOUNG MAN AND A MOTHER WHO WERE NEVER SEEN AGAIN. MANY STORIES CLAIM BODIES WERE LATER FOUND NEAR THE AREA, MISSING THEIR EARS AND NOSES