Onouye Studio | Jay Taylor | 2013
Description
The inaugural Barry Onouye Endowed Studio sought to continue Barry’s legacy of integrating architecture and structures at the University of Washington, making it fitting that our inaugural Chair, Jay Taylor, was one of Barry’s students. Barry’s teachings redefined the professional possibilities and ultimately inspired Jay’s career path.
In this studio, students designed for the challenging program of a new Nordic Heritage Museum in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. Drawing on Taylor’s expertise with this program types, students had to provide for several levels of galleries, exhibition spaces, libraries and retail spaces, within a fully-developed structural frame. The studio took a weekend trip to Dallas to tour several prominent museums and performing arts spaces like the Dee and Charles Wyly Theater (OMA/REX), Perot Museum of Nature and Science (Thom Mayne/ Morphosis), Kimbell Art Museum (Louis Kahn), and Museum of Modern Art of Fort Worth (Tadao Ando).
Chair Bio
Jay Taylor, P.E., S.E., Hon. AIA is an owner/ principal at Magnusson Klemencic Associates, where he leads the Performing Arts Specialist Group, mentors the Museum Specialist Group, and guides younger engineers in other areas, including Historic Renovation and Timber Design. Taylor holds a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design in Architecture from the University of Washington, where he was a student of Barry Onouye. Subsequent involvement with the Seattle Design Commission and AIA Seattle and 30 years of collaboration with architectural clients and friends have only strengthened Jay’s keen interest in and sensitivity toward architectural aspirations. Taylor has worked as a consulting engineer on projects with many internationally- prominent architects, including the OMA-designed Seattle Central Library, and the Steven Holl-designed Bellevue Art Museum. In 2009, Taylor was made an Honorary Member of AIA Seattle.
UW Instructor
Rick Mohler, University of Washington
Students
Giselle Altea
Emily Aune
Chris Graesser
Ali Hashemloo
Karen Kline
Dong Nguyen
Helen Perry
Melanie Raines
Tyrel Sullivan
Philip Syvertsen
Thayer Wild
Chris Yee
Queena Yi
