Wendy Evans Joseph – Studio Joseph
Shaping the final design
Sponsored by Architectural Record | Presented by Wendy Evans Joseph
Wendy Evans Joseph joins the podcast to discuss designing for exhibitions, reframing context through design, and her studio’s concept for the Folger Shakespeare Library. This conversation is a departure from designing for large civic projects and a focus on different and smaller scales. Studio Joseph relies heavily on community engagement and actual input during the research phase to help shape the final designs, bringing social justice, contemporary issues, and intimate settings into focus as part of the design process.
Photo courtesy of Studio Joseph
Folger Shakespeare Library
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Aaron Prinz is the host of the Design:ED Podcast and holds a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin. He was born and raised in the rural Northern California town of Red Bluff, just two hours south of the Oregon border. After one year of college, Prinz relocated to San Francisco to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. At age 26, he began studying architecture at Portland State University while interning at Studio Petretti Architecture led by Amanda Petretti. His professional contributions while at Studio Petretti were focused on a portion of the new Multnomah County Courthouse which is a prominent addition to the Portland skyline. He currently resides in Austin, Texas with his wife Roxanne where he continues to work as a designer. |
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Originally published in Architectural Record
Originally published in July 2024
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Discuss the importance of including community involvement and suggestions into the design process.
- Explain how Studio Joseph strives to define the vision of a project before beginning the design of a space.
- Describe the “storytelling” aspect that Studio Joseph brings to projects.
- List the ways embedding a narrative into the design proves to be a successful approach for Studio Joseph.
