Jennifer R. Siegal
939 Indiana Avenue
Venice, California 90291
T: 310.664.1129
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www.designmobile.com
EDUCATION
2003 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
Loeb Fellowship
1994 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
Master of Architecture
1987 Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1998-present Office of Mobile Design Corp, Venice, CA Founder and Principal
2016-present Wildernests, Venice, CA CDO
1995-98 SINO Design, Los Angeles, CA Founder and Principal
1994-95 Hodgetts + Fung Design Associates, Santa Monica, CA Design Associate
1988 Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, San Francisco, CA Junior Designer
1987 Arcosanti, Cordes Junction, AZ Resident
HONORS AND AWARDS
2016 Winner, arcVision Prize Women and Architecture, Italcementi Group, Milan, Italy
2016 Confluence Park Competition Finalist, MacDowell Colony and Peterborough, NH
2010 Green Honor Award, Sunset-AIA Western Home Awards, Taliesin Mod.Fab
2010 Honorable Mention, DWR Design Gallery, Cherokee Lofts
2009 Distinguished Alumna Award, SCI-Arc
2009 Rome Prize Fellowship Finalist, American Academy in Rome, Italy
2009 The Green Design 100 for Taliesin Mod.Fab, Time Magazine
2009 The Character Approved Award, “positively influencing and changing American culture”, USA Network
2007 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and Educators, Educational Communications, Inc.
2006 Infiniti Design Excellence Award, Future LA-History Channel Competition
2006 Inaugural Fellow, Julius Shulman Institute, Woodbury University
2006 Masters of Design, Fast Company Magazine
2004 Residency, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
2004 Finalist for Hydra21, Popular Science Magazine
2004 Faculty Design Award for Seatrain Residence, ACSA
2003 America’s Best and Brightest, Esquire Magazine
2003 Emerging Voices, The Architectural League, New York
2003 Honorable Mention for Portable House, Samsung Art & Design Institute, Korea
2002 Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, Educational Communications, Inc.
2000 Faculty Design Award for Portable Construction Training Center, ACSA
2000 Collaborative Practice Award for Portable Construction Training Center, ACSA
1999 Westside Prize for Portable Construction Training Center, Los Angeles Westside Urban Forum
1999 Collaborative Practice Award for Mobile Eco Lab, ACSA
1999 Excellence Award for Portable Construction Training Center, ACSA/Steel Tube Institute Hollow Structural Sections Student Design & Engineering Challenge
1998 Honorable Mention for the Mobile Eco Lab, AIA Los Angeles Chapter
1997 Architect in Residence, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
1996 National Design Studio Award (jointly with Todd Erlandson), ACSA
OFFICE OF MOBILE DESIGN: CURRENT AND SELECTED PROJECTS
Commercial
2015 Barbie Pop-Up, Los Angeles, CA
Client: A+D Museum benefit auction. Purchased by Lucia and Eames, the grandchildren of Ray and Charles Eames.
Use: 2 sq ft mobile pop-up environment built from an up-cycled 1972 vintage Barbie Dune Buggy and pink ABS 3D print.
Completed June 2015
2014 Truck-A-Tecture, Omaha, NE
Client: KANEKO Cultural Institution
Use: 75 sq ft mobile pop-up environment built from industrial up-cycled materials.
Budget: 30,000
Completed June 2014
2013 Mobile Outlet Project (M.O.P.), Seoul, Korea
Client: KiHeung Motors Ltd.
Use: Flagship retail store with mobile pop-up shops
2012 Information Technology Support Building, Fayetteville, AR
Client: University of Arkansas, Facilities Management
Use: 54,000 sf prefabricated modular office space.
Budget: 10 Million
2012 KCRW’s Sonic Trace Mobile, Los Angeles, CA
Client: Competition for KCRW radio station
Use: Re-designed Bambi Airstream for recording interviews.
2011 Monterey History and Maritime Museum, Monterey, CA
Client: Pam Crowe-Weisberg, Executive Director
Use: Exhibition design from the permanent collection.
2010 Renaissance Village, Dakar, Senegal
Client: CommunityOneWorld Enterprises: Barbara Becnel
Use: A Master Plan and Resort, including: The International Institute for Social Justice, Museum of the Lost Tribes, Conference Center, Housing.
2007 Mayflower Mobile Hotel
Client: Carlson Hotels International
Use: A mobile hotel to be used at national events.
2006 City of the Future, Invited Competition, Infiniti Design Excellence Award
Client: The History Channel
Use: A future design for the city of Los Angeles in 2106
2006 Chronicle Books Expo, Invited Competition
Client: Chronicle Books Publishing
Use: A modular, portable exhibition system
2003-05 Kate Mantilini’s Restaurants, Beverly Hills and Woodland Hills, CA
Clients: Marilyn and Harry Lewis
Use: remodeling and additions for trendy Los Angeles hot spots.
2003 Storehouse, Commissioned for the National Design Triennial: Inside Design Now
Client: Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Use: A roving kiosk for displaying OMD’s books, models, and images; including a ‘smart’ fabric skin designed by IFM.
2002 Haagen-Dazs Pleasure Mobile, Invited Competition Winning Entry
Client: Haagen-Dazs
Use: A modular, portable ice cream bar and film screening environment. The Pleasure Mobile, part of a national arts initiative "The Art of Pure Pleasure," was used at Haagen-Dazs sponsored cultural events; including the Guggenheim Museum, the Seattle Film Festival, Seventh on Sixth Fashion Shows and the Chicago Art Fair.
Completed March 2002.
2001 Mobile Event City Architecture (MECA), Los Angeles, CA
Client: Pallotta TeamWorks, Dan Pallotta, Founder and CEO
Use: Overall campsite master planning for Pallotta's multiple-day events, as well as mobile structures to accommodate the events' service, transport, housing and vending needs
2000 PIE.com, Hollywood, CA
Client: PIE.com: Sebastian Copeland and Ted Owen
Use: 10,000 sq. ft. tenant improvement for extreme sports internet company.
Completed September 2000.
2000 ZEVOS Kiosk, Los Angeles, CA
Client: ZEVO Bike: Marcus Hays, CEO
Use: Electro Bike sales and service kiosk, to be franchised.
2000 iMobile, Los Angeles, CA
Client: OMD research project
Use: Invited exhibition entry for WestWeek 2000, Pacific Design Center. An online roving port for accessing the global communications networks.
Residential
2016 Wildernests’ Autonomous House, Mobile
Client: Wildernests LLC
Use: 2000 sf prefabricated mobile, modular off-the-grid house. Prototype for production line. Under construction.
2016 Prefab Playhouse, Mobile (front yard Venice, CA)
Client: OMD Corp
Use: 60 sf up-cycled ULD container for children’s playhouse. Prototype for the production line. Completed July 2016
2016 Vertical Prefab - Siegal Residence, Venice, CA
Client: Jennifer Siegal
Use: 1850 sf prefabricated modular and site built addition to existing single-family bungalow. Completed January 2016
2014 Siegal Desert House, Desert Hot Springs, CA
Client: Jennifer Siegal
Use: Adjacent to the Lautner Hotel this rennovated1947 concrete blockhouse maintains its rustic desert modern feel. Completed December 2014
2010 Kleissner Prefab Residence, Big Sur, CA
Clients: Lisa and Charly Kleissner
Use: 2300 sf off-the-grid prefabricated SIP house. Completed June 2010
2009 Cherokee Lofts, Hollywood, CA
Clients: ReThink Development
Use: Invited interior design entry for showcase green live/work development. Completed Dec 2009
2009 Taliesin Mod.Fab, Scottsdale, AZ
Client: Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Taliesin West
Use: 960 sf prefabricated SIPS house, built by students. Completed Feb 2009
2008 Camargo Prefab Residence, Encinitas, CA
Clients: Ricardo and Anna Carmargo
Use: 3550 sf prefabricated modular house. Completed July 2008
2008 Lahman Prefab Residence, Venice, CA
Clients: Lori and Scott Lahman
Use: 3280 sf prefabricated modular house. Completed July 2008
2008 Toledo-Sherman Prefab Residence, Santa Monica, CA
Clients: Leticia Toledo and David Sherman
Use: 2330 sf prefabricated modular house. Completed May 2008
2008 Harper Prefab Residence, Malibu, CA
Client: Brahm and Stacey Harper
Use: 1400 sf prefabricated SIPS house. (not built)
2008 Krasne Prefab Residence, Venice, CA
Client: Dr David Krasne
Use: 2650 sf prefabricated modular house. (not built)
2007 Take Home Development, Desert Hot Springs, CA
Clients: Siegal Group, LLC
Use: 3 parcels for 1500 sq ft courtyard shaped Prefab houses.
2007 Pacific Palisades Prefab Residence, Pacific Palisades, CA
Clients: withheld upon request
Use: 3680 sf prefabricated modular house. Completed May 2007
2007 Williams Prefab Residence, Manhattan Beach, CA
Clients: Mark and Katie Williams
Use: 3500 sf prefabricated modular house. (not built)
2007 Romano Prefab Residence, Santa Monica, CA
Clients: Anya and Mario Romano
Use: 4600 sf prefabricated modular house. (not built)
2006 Venice Swellhouse, Venice, CA
Client: Scott Litt
Use: Invited competition entry for Dwell magazine. Built for client.
3500 sf prefabricated SIPS house. Completed December 2006
2006 OMD ShowHouse, Venice, CA
Client: Office of Mobile Design Corporation
Use: 720 sf prefabricated modular Showroom. Completed June 2006
2004-07 Road Runner, Venice, CA
Client: Jennifer Siegal
Use: 200 sf ‘drop frame’ moving trailer addition to existing 1920’s California bungalow.
2004 Hydra 21, The Ocean
Client: Popular Science magazine, Steven Madoff, editor
Use: Invited award-winning competition entry. The buoyant survival structure Hydra21 provides a temporary ocean refuge for citizens of war-torn nations.
2003 Seatrain Residence, Los Angeles, CA
Client: Richard Carlson
Use: 3000 sf custom residence located on a 2 acre site situated at the Brewery (a 300 loft live-work artist community in downtown LA). Composed of 2 pairs of stacked ISO shipping containers (dwelling spaces) and 2 grain trailers (inside and outside Koi fish ponds) sheltered under a 50 ft. steel and glass roof membrane. Completed May 2003
2002 ECO-Ville: Artist Live-Work Development, Los Angeles, CA
Client: Tom Ellison
Use: 2 1/2 acre ecologically sensitive urban development in downtown Los Angeles. Comprised of 40+ modular prefabricated and stacked housing units deployed among flexible communal gardens and work spaces, includes the renovation of existing warehouse structures into live-work dwellings. (not built)
2002 Hydra House, The Ocean
Client: Wallpaper magazine, Jonathan Bell, editor
Use: “free-form, floating structure draws inspiration both from nature and human networking.”
2000 Wilshire Residence, Los Angeles, CA
Client: Michele McFaull and Dr. Peter Pekar
Use: 2500 sf two story condo remodel in high-rise building, Completed 2000
1999-01 Lieber Furniture and Landscape, Beverly Hills, CA
Client: Mark Lieber
Use: Furniture Design and Fabrication, Landscape Design. Completed 2001
1999 Marfa Compound, Marfa, TX
Client: Jennifer Siegal
Use: Remodel of 1920's adobe structure, 1300 sf. Completed 1999
1999 Ghirardo Trailer Addition, Santa Monica, CA
Client: Diane Ghirardo and Ferruccio Trabalzi
Use: Exterior Reading, Writing Room with Covered Deck, 300 sf (not built)
1997 Chattman Compound, Cave Creek, AZ
Client: Joni and Martin Chattman
Use: Master Plan and Building Design for residential compound sited at the golden star mining company, circa 1878. The design evolution represents a collaboration with Will Bruder. (not built)
Educational
2015 First Years Preschool, Venice, CA
Client: Margaret Grundstein, Director
Use: Remodel of existing garage into art atelier, indoor/oudoor play space and storage.
Completed May 2015
2008 The Country School: Middle School, North Hollywood, CA
Clients: Board of Directors
Use: The Country School: Middle School Expansion and Development (CSMS) – 6, 7, and 8th grade classrooms, Administration, Restrooms and Art, Science and Language Labs. CSMS is comprised of a series of 4 (24’ x 40’) attached and semi-attached Prefab buildings comprising 5000 square feet.
Completed December 2008
2001 Puppetmobile, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Client: California Institute of the Arts; Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts
Use: Traveling theater created for Cotsen Center director, theater students, directors and visiting artists-in-residence. (not built)
2000 Will Rogers Elementary School, Santa Monica, CA
Client: Sanford Berlin (Benefactor)
Use: Space planning and design and fabrication of furniture for multi-use computer and storage stations. (not built)
1998-00 Museum of History and Perception, Marfa, Texas
Client: Chinati Foundation
Use: Temporary Museum that will serve Donald Judd’s Chinati Foundation and community while support for a permanent structure is raised. (not built)
Exhibition
2016 Solo Exhibition, Wallflower Restaurant and Gallery, Venice, CA
2015 Surfing Interzone, A+D Museum and WestEdge Design, Santa Monica, CA
2015 Truck-A-Tecture, USC, Los Angeles, CA
2014 AERO-Mobile, Google, Los Angeles, CA
2014 To Be Destroyed (TBD), Museum of Contemporary Art, Toronto
2014 Designing for Free Speech, Theatrum Mundi, New York, NY
2014 Truck-A-Tecture, KANEKO cultural institution, Omaha, NE
2011 Container Architektur: NRW-Forum, Duesseldorf, Germany
2009 Memory of the LA Billboard: Telepolis in the Archetype: Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2008 Casa per Tutti: Triennale di Milano, Italy
2008 Architectural Utopian: National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
2007 Green-er Sessions: Abbot Kinney Gallery, Venice, CA
2007 Reinventing the Globe: A Shakespearean Theater for the 21st Century: National Building Museum, Washington, DC
2007 Entropy: The Art in Architects: Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Culver City, CA
2006 The Green House, New Directions in Sustainable Architecture and Design: National Building Museum, Washington, DC
2006 Rebuilding New Orleans: Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans
2006 Mobile Living: Exhibitions International, New York, NY
2004 Office of Mobile Design: Design Within Reach, Beverly Location, Los Angeles
2004 Communities Under Construction, CityworksLosAngeles, A + D Museum, Los Angeles
2003 National Design Triennial: Inside Design Now, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York
2003 Strangely Familiar: Design and Everyday Life: Walker Art Center,
Minneapolis, MN
2002 New Nomadism: Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Cambridge, MA
2000 21 Millennium Models: selected group exhibition at Form Zero Art + Architecture Bookstore, Santa Monica, CA
2000 101 Millennium Models: exhibition at WestWeek 2000, Pacific Design Center, CA
2000 Evolution Through Practice: SCI-Arc Alumni at Work: Southern California Institute of Architecture Front Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Sustainable Portables: Alternative Classrooms for Emerging Populations: University of Southern California; Southern California Edison
1999 Form Zero Art + Architecture Bookstore, Santa Monica, CA
1999 Alumni Profile, Current Work: SCI-Arc Web Site, World Wide Web
1998-99 Los Angeles AIA Design Awards: Traveling Exhibition. Los Angeles, CA
1998 Mobile Eco Lab: Volume 5, Electronic Journal of Architecture, World Wide Web
1998 Learning by Building: Installation of my students' national design/build work. Store Front, Hennessey + Ingalls Bookstore, Santa Monica, CA
1997-01 Artwalk: The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
1997 threads, thresholds, and terrains: Exhibition of SCI-Arc women graduates. Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Radical Reconstruction. The Work of Lebbeus Woods
Architecture Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Curator and contractor of exhibition.
1996 Unbuilt Architecture Design Awards: Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA
1995 less is more: Built Work for Under $100K: (jointly with Todd Erlandson), Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA