Jason Vollen

Name: Jason Vollen
Title:Associate Professor
Department Architecture
School Architecture
Center Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE)
Website:http://www.case.rpi.edu/people.html
Bio Jason Oliver Vollen is a Registered Architect and researcher focused on emerging material technologies, specifically, the integration of energy per-formative structural ceramics and envelope systems, dynamic and environmental simulation, and digital fabrication. Prior to joining RPI, Vollen was an Assistant Professor at the University of Arizona working in the Emerging Material Technologies Research Group focusing on next generation design strategies based on the integration of emerging technical systems. Vollen is a principal with Binary design, a collaborative practice focusing on energy effective architecture and emerging material processes. He has worked with Matter Architecture Practice in New York and as a project manager, designer, and fabricator with the Cranbrook Architecture Office. Vollen received his Bachelors (B.Arch) from The Cooper Union Institute for the Advancement of Science and Art and his Masters (M.Arch II) from Cranbrook Academy of Art.
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Scholarly Works:
  • J.O. Vollen, A.H. Dyson, K. Van de Riet, “Investigation of mangrove compliant structural systems in association with human coastal development.” (RE)building: Flood Architecture. ACSA Proceedings. March , 2010
  • A.H. Dyson, J.O. Vollen, T. Ngai, L. Montoya. “Active Modular Phytoremediation System.” SOM Journal, Vol. 6. 2009.
  • J.O. Vollen, D. Clifford. “Smart and Sustainable Built Environments,” Climate Change, SASBE. 2009
Recognitions:
  • U.S. Green Building Council Excellence Award
  • 2009 Archtiect Magazine R&D Award
  • 2009 Solar Decathalon PI
  • 2005, Distinguished Teaching and Service Award, School of Architecture, University of Arizona
  • 2000, Mississippi AIA Design Honor Award, Jackson Community Design Center