Jason Van Nest

Leading 21st C. design practices by organizing offsite construction technologies. Using a lifetime of resaerch about the 21st Century shift from representational habits toward Simulation thinking -- in architecture, construction, manufacturing, & art.


Architect
Educator
Technologist
Artist

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Publications




Featuring LOGIC Building Systems   
Brattleboro architect is designing modular kitchens and bathrooms for workforce housing” Brattleboro Reformer, OCT 23, 2023.

“Logic Building Systems opens storefront workshop in Brattleboro”  Brattleboro Reformer, AUG 28, 2023.
Featuring LOGIC at LaunchVT
LaunchVT’s latest 8-company cohort includes more startups from all over Vermont” VT Digger, By Fred Thys,  April 11, 2023.

“LaunchVT Demo Night celebrates entrepreneurs, awards cash and services” Vermont Business Magazine, JUN 24, 2023.


Editor
Retrospecta 2003-2004, Yale School of Architecture. Chief Editor. 

Retrospecta 2004-2005, Yale School of Architecture. Editorial Consultant.
Interviews
Built: The BlueBeam blog “3D Printing in Construction Comes of Age” by Erik Sherman, OCT 18, 2021. 

FAST Company (blog: FastCoExist) “Upcycled Disaster Housing Made Of Disaster Relief Water Bottles” by  Adele Peters, NOV 22, 2013. 

Triple Pundit “Plastic Bottles Turn to Roofing Materials in Disaster Zones” by Jan Lee, NOV 05, 2013

NYIT Magazine “Raising the Roof” by Elaine Iandoli, Volume 9, Number 4. 

NYIT Magazine “Faculty Going Green” by Michael Schiavetta, Volume 9, Number 3.

Engineering News Record “Reorganize Divisions of Labor” by Nadine Post, NOV 04, 2013. 

Engineering News Record “Process Change for the Paradigm Shift to Virtual Design &  Construction”, enr.com, DEC 25, 2013. 

Featuring Patent Research
“This Disaster Housing Is Made From Upcycled Relief Water Bottles” by Jamie Condliffe, Gizmodo, NOV 25 2013.

“This Prototype Turns a Pallet of Water Bottles into a Disaster Shelter” by Derek Markham, TreeHugger, NOV 25 2013.

“Disaster Housing Made from Water Bottles Solves two Needs at Once” by Sarah Laskow, Grist, Nov 26 2013. 

“SodaBIB’s Jason Van Nest: Rethinking Roofing by Reusing” 1-800-RECYCLING Oct 25, 2012.

“Kickstarter Project Turns Soda Bottles, Shipping Pallets into Roofing” by Christina Caldwell, Earth 911 News Nov  02 2012.

Featuring Professional Work:
New York Academy of Science | H3
“7 World Trade Center” by Russell Fortmeyer, Architecture Record, Aug 2007. 

“Never Forget” by Joseph Giovaninni, Interior Design (75th Anniversary Edition), Mar 2007.  “Moving Up” (cover story/art) by Linda Miller, Oculus, Spring 2007. 

“For Science Academy, Move to World Trade Center Is Like Going Home” by David Dunlap, The New  York Times, New York Region Section, 30 Oct 2006. 

“Science is First Full-Floor Tenant at 7 WTC” by Bill Millard, eOculus, Nov 2006.
Featuring Professional Work:
New York Academy of Science | H3
“7 World Trade Center” by Russell Fortmeyer, Architecture Record, Aug 2007.
Featuring Professional Work:
Jackson Federal Courthouse | H3
“Action Jackson” by C.J. Hughs, Architecture Record, Aug 2007. 

“Tech Brief” by Alan Joch, Architecture Record, Jan 2005. 

“GSA Goes Virtual With Courtroom Design” by Dave Barista Building Design and Construction, Feb 2007.  “Technophobe Young Architects and Chicken Parmesan” by Richard Korman, Engineering News-Record,  Nov 2006.
Featuring Professional Work:
Globe Theater | H3
“Imagining, and Reimagining the Globe” by Jeremy Kahn, The New York Times, Arts Section (cover  story/art), 13 Jan 2007. 

“All the World’s His Stage” by Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post, Style Section, 15 Jan 2007.  “New Twists On a Famed Theater” by Tom Gottlieb, Roll Call, Around the Hill Section, 11 Jan 2007. 

“Shakespeare’s Global Appeal” by Deborah Dietsch, The Washington Times, Arts & Culture Section,  13 Jan 2007.

Featuring Professional Work:
Globe Theater | H3
“Imagining, and Reimagining the Globe” by Jeremy Kahn, The New York Times, Arts Section (cover  story/art), 13 Jan 2007. 

“All the World’s His Stage” by Philip Kennicott, The Washington Post, Style Section, 15 Jan 2007.  “New Twists On a Famed Theater” by Tom Gottlieb, Roll Call, Around the Hill Section, 11 Jan 2007. 

“Shakespeare’s Global Appeal” by Deborah Dietsch, The Washington Times, Arts & Culture Section,  13 Jan 2007.
Featuring Professional Work:
Pier A | H3 
“Pier A Renovation Work Approved” by Julie Shapiro, Downtown Express, 29 Jan 2010. 

“City Backs Long-Delayed Plan to Restore Historic Pier A” by Matt Dunning, The Tribeca Trib, 5 Feb  2010.

Featuring Professional Work:
Other | H3  
“Sketch Pad: Reinventing A Stable As an Essay In Light” by Tracie Rozhon, The New York Times, Real  Estate Section, 12 Mar 2006.