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Jason Van Nest

Helping designers graduate from old Representational habits toward Simulation thinking -- in architecture, construction, manufacturing, & art.


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2023
LaunchVT
Various Partners
Burlington, VT, USA
Competitively screened accelerator for early-stage businesses and startups with the goal of providing specialized tools needed for startups to grow and innovate.
2015
Research Fellowship
Byrdcliffe Arts Guild
Woodstock, NY, USA
“Designs and Constraints for the 21st Century Artist Colony.”  (ongoing)
    • Legal & Contractual Research into new Intellectual Property (IP) Models.
    • Funding & Fundraising Model Research for Artist Colonies as IP Factories. 
    • Site Planning, Studio Design Schematic Design for the Doneum Arts Colony. 

2012
Principal Investigater
NYIT IRSC Grant
Manhattan, NY, USA
“Optimizing the Parametric Skyscraper” (ongoing) 
    • JAVA program to apply standards from Allen’s Architect’s Studio Companion in a parametric design setting.
    • Graphic User Interface (Design) to prioritize visualization of key design constraints during evolving phases of skyscraper design. 
2011
Principal Investigater
NYIT IRSC Grant
Manhattan, NY, USA
“Thatch for the 21st Century.”
    • Directed and executed all grant work resulting in NYIT’s “Patent for A Bracket to Secure Plastic Bottles for use as a Building Material.”
    • See Patent Section for more information. 

2008
Research Fellowship
The MacDowell Colony
Manhattan, NY, USA
“A Designer’s Toolbox for Quickly Exploring Fenestration Patterns and Assemblies.”
    • Wrote an experimental program to create architectural patterns for masonry and clapboard.
    • Graphic User Interface designed to allow novice CAD users complete control over forms, repeats, and versioning.
    • Software exports both vector-based representations and 3D polygonal mesh models for use in all contemporary architectural software. 

2005
Research Assistant
Boston Society of Architects Grant
New Haven, CT. USA
“Temporal Urbanisms: Harnessing Genetical Algorithms to Model Paterns of Future City Growth.”
    • Research Assistant with Professor Ed Mitchell (Yale School of Architecture). Wrote web-based JAVA applets to simulate urban growth with genetic algorithms.
    • Explored emergent patterns of crime, education, and real estate value.
    • Parameterized citizen income, civic service distribution, and acces to transportation centers.