Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Qatar

New Headquarters Complex Invited Design Competition

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Firm Role
Principal

Education
2002
Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Architecture

2001
Politechnika Krakowska
Krakow, Poland

Registrations
AIA, Registered Architect: New York

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As Design Principal, Jarrett Pelletier will serve as the Lead Creative Director for the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs Design Competition.

Jarrett Pelletier AIA is a Design Principal at Ennead Architects, where for the past 19 years he has developed bespoke, high-performance designs for preeminent academic and cultural institutions across the US and most recently in the Middle East. His design process is one of inclusion and engagement and begins with a full immersion in the project’s context and the client’s goals, mission, and aspirations. His high-performance designs strive to increase social connections through intelligent planning and his innovative architectural expressions have helped clients articulate their unique vision through design. He believes that architecture must reach beyond aesthetics to create spaces that enhance human interaction and wellness, build communities, and embody sustainable thinking.

Milwaukee Public Museum—The Future Museum
Milwaukee, WI | 230,000 GSF | Project Designer
The ‘Future Museum’ redefines the city’s Haymarket Neighborhood as a new public forum—bringing together diverse communities at the intersection of nature and culture. Exhibit spaces will turn the traditional museum ‘inside out’, telling stories from multiple perspectives and points of view; landscape spaces will support ‘Citizen Scientist’ programs to ignite learning for all.

Kuwait University, Health Sciences Campus Masterplan and Design
Kuwait City, Kuwait | 5,875,000 GSF | Project Designer
Located on the West side of the newly constructed Main Campus, the masterplan and design for the Health Sciences Campus creates a stand-alone, state-of-the-art campus for medical education, research, and clinical care. Planning for future physical growth through flexible systems, added capacities, and consideration for both vertical and horizontal expansion are included within the design and anticipated to support Kuwait’s population far into the future.

University of Oregon, Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact
Masterplan and Design
Eugene, OR | 160,000 GSF | LEED Gold (v4) | Project Designer
The Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact is a new initiative to expand the University of Oregon’s strengths in interdisciplinary scientific research and training. With a specific focus on facilitating innovation and accelerating the pace of societal benefit and impact of this research, the project includes laboratories designed for interdisciplinary research as well as the home of the Universities’ Graduate Internship Program, Professional Development Program, and a Research Innovation Facility.

University of Michigan, Biological Science Building and Natural History Museum
Ann Arbor, MI | 295,000 GSF | LEED Gold | Project Designer
Designed to house the University’s Museum of Natural History and facilities for advanced biological science research, the museum is woven into the fabric of ongoing science research. Visitors immerse themselves in the formal exhibits and journey along elevated bridges, giving visual access to the ongoing work of the researchers, paleontologists, and conservation of collections. In addition to the Museum and its specimen artifact collections, the new facility accommodates research offices, labs, conferences rooms, gathering spaces, specimen-based classrooms, Aquatics and Imaging facilities, and a café.

Jefferson Health, Honickman Center
Philadelphia, PA | 590,000 GSF | Project Designer
A key component of a major urban redevelopment project in Philadelphia’s East Market, this 19-story facility is slated to provide a mixed-use program with retail on the ground floor and clinical care above. It will forge a new architectural identity and brand for Jefferson Health. Focused on providing the highest quality patient experience, this state-of-the-art facility will offer convenient and centralized access to clinical care for many of the institution’s signature medical specialties, including cancer care, imaging, and ambulatory surgery.

Natural History Museum of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT | 161,000 GSF | LEED Gold | Team Member
Conceived as an abstract extension and transformation of the land, the Museum rests on a series of terraces with minimal disruption to the natural landscape. The new building provides much-needed space for the Museum’s extraordinary collection of artifacts, conservation labs, a discovery classroom, permanent exhibit galleries, a temporary exhibit gallery, community and office space, and houses advanced research facilities in support of undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Utah.

Weill Cornell Medicine, Belfer Research Building 
New York, NY | 476,070 GSF | LEED Gold | Project Designer, Envelope
This high-performance, state-of-the-art, humanistic research machine creates a new paradigm for the urban vertical laboratory, providing 13 floors of biomedical research laboratories, two floors of research support space, three floors of academic programs, offices, conference rooms, a two-story atrium, landscaped garden, lounge, study spaces, cafeteria, and classrooms. A particularly innovative laboratory design was necessary to balance the desired flexibility of open labs with a scale that promotes collegiality.

Weill Cornell Medicine, New Olin Hall
New York, NY | 327,623 GSF | Project Designer
The new Olin Hall facility will include dry and wet research laboratories, a cancer center, vivarium, and conference facilities. Connected to both the translational Belfer Research Building and the clinical Weill Greenberg Center, the new Olin Hall completes a 2001 master plan for the future of Weill Cornell Medicine.

Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History Masterplan
Philadelphia | PA | 100,000 GSF | Project Designer
Strategic re-imagining and updating of the Weitzman Museum’s visitor experience includes renovatiing several public and operational spaces as well as a complete redesign of all exhibition galleries. The new design re-envisions the buildings entry sequence and approach to security and access to increase transparency, excitement, and visitorship, solidifying the museum as the center for the community.

York College Academic Village and Conference Center
Queens, NY | 160,000 GSF | Project Designer (On Hold)
The design of this new facility creates a 21st century, student-centered experience and renewed identity for one of CUNY’s most forward-thinking centers. The design creates a vibrant hub of activity and a vital
academic crossroads for students. The program of the building includes spaces for student activities,
study and relaxation, instruction, educational technology, food service, a college and community
bookstore, student-oriented services, gallery and exhibitions spaces, and an astronomical observatory.

TWA Flight Center Design Competition and Subsequent Feasibility Study
New York, NY | 206,000 GSF | Project Designer
Adopting a light touch toward Saarinen’s iconic TWA Flight Center, the adaptive re-use of the flight terminal into the “Standard JFK” retains the key character-defining features of the landmark terminal while endowing it with long-term sustainability as a newly relevant element of this world-class airport. Two new hotel structures outboard of the original terminal are massed in simple arcing forms that complement the design of the historic terminal.

Firm Role
Principal

Education
2001
Rice University
Master of Architecture

1996
Lehigh University
Bachelor of Architecture

Registrations
AIA, Registered Architect: New York

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As Managing Principal, Todd Van Varick will serve as the Principal Manager & Day-to-Day Contact for the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs Design Competition.

Todd has over 20 years of experience developing, designing, and managing complex institutional projects for renowned Collegiate Campuses, Research Laboratories, K-12 Schools, and Art Museums. He is well versed in the complexities of designing and constructing a contemporary University Campus, having recently organized, planned, and executed a broad range of University and K-12 Campus Masterplans for preeminent national and international institutions, including the Kuwait University Health Sciences Campus. Todd also has deep experience with adaptive reuse and renovation projects, most notably the Yale University Art Gallery and The New York City Center. His collaborative approach to managing design projects ensures the execution of the project design and clear communication with his clients. Todd’s work has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects Award of Excellence and the Chicago Athenaeum International Distinguished Building Awards.

Kuwait University, Health Sciences Campus Masterplan and Design
Kuwait City, Kuwait | 5,875,000 GSF | Project Manager
Located on the West side of the newly constructed Main Campus, the masterplan and design for the Health Sciences Campus creates a stand-alone, state-of-the-art campus for medical education, research, and clinical care. Planning for future physical growth through flexible systems, added capacities, and consideration for both vertical and horizontal expansion are included within the design and anticipated to support Kuwait’s population far into the future.

Yale University Art Gallery, Renovation and Expansion
New Haven, CT | 97,000 GSF | Project Architect
The Gallery’s recent renovation and expansion unites three distinctive landmark buildings into a coherent and cohesive whole while maintaining the architectural identity of each. The design reinvigorates the Gallery, showcasing its encyclopedic permanent collection and rationalizing the museumgoer’s experience. In addition to facade restoration, the project provides new space for permanent galleries, temporary exhibition gallery, a new rooftop sculpture terrace, and the renovation of existing gallery space.

Peabody Essex Museum, Expansion and Renovation
Salem, MA | 64,414 GSF | Project Manager
Occupying the northwest corner of the museum complex, the new wing with its striking glass and stone façade will adjoin East India Marine Hall to the east, the Asian Export Art Wing to the south, and a new 5,000 SF garden to the west. The wing consists of a three-story, state-of-the-art gallery space connected to the existing museum through a two-story, glass-enclosed atrium. This naturally lit, interior atrium brings the historic Salem street fabric into the museum while providing new space for circulation, respite and events. The west façade of East India Marine Hall—a National Historic Landmark and museum founding structure—is being renovated and given renewed prominence in its location along Essex Street within the new atrium.

New York City Center Renovation
New York, NY | 164,000 GSF | LEED Silver | Project Architect
This complete renovation reinvigorates a venerable performing arts venue, while preserving the essential character of the landmark building: historically the “people’s performance space.” City Center’s original fabric has been carefully restored and the experience dramatically enhanced with modern and expanded patron amenities. The goal of our design is to preserve the essential character of New York City Center, while beautifully restoring and dramatically enhancing the theater with modern patron amenities.

Princeton University, Environmental Studies (ES) and The School of Engineering
Applied Science (SEAS)
Princeton, NJ | 515,000 GSF | Project Architect, Regulatory Process
The new precinct of research and teaching buildings optimizes critical adjacencies among departments, creates a vibrant, collaborative research community and strengthens the identity of place. The design features four new buildings that are stitched into the existing campus circulation network to promote integral connectivity with other university departments. The precinct’s hub of interdisciplinary collaboration, the Commons, functions as a centralizing campus landmark: a welcoming site for the Princeton constituency.

Brown University, School of Professional Studies
Providence, RI | 40,000 GSF | Project Manager
The Brown University School of Professional Studies (SPS) required more space to address growing demand for its offerings, develop additional academic programs, and bring together all of its staff into a single location. To take advantage of the “classroom of Providence,” SPS searched for new opportunities to remain in the Jewelry District so that is may further integrate its programming with the growing and vibrant professional innovation community.

American School in Japan Campus Master Plan
Tokyo, Japan | 51,000 GSF | Project Architect
Conceived as “river of life-long learning” the American School in Japan’s (ASIJ) master plan provides a pathway for the physical environment to align with the pedagogical goals set forth in the ASIJ’s Strategic Design Framework which outlines a new vision for teaching and learning. The campus master plan accommodates all users and creates a welcoming environment for the ASIJ community.

Seoul Foreign School, New High School
Seoul, South Korea | 185,000 GSF | Project Architect
Seoul Foreign School aims to provide its high school students with an environment that is a hybrid college and high school experience. To this end, the new building is designed to provide the types of “Third Spaces” for learning and collaboration—spaces that are neither the classroom nor the home—similar to what one would find on a university campus. The building is organized into two primary teaching wings which negotiate the complex topography of the site. Connecting the two classroom/lab wings is a central hub on every floor that contains both the “collaborative learning” zones and the departmental faculty offices. The collaborative learning zones provide opportunities for learning and instruction to take place outside the classrooms.

NYU Langone Health, Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Pavilion
New York, NY | 830,000 GSF | LEED Platinum | Job Captain
The Kimmel Pavilion provides a new clinical facility that allows the medical center to establish a new standard for patient and family-centered care, while incorporating emerging medical practices and technology. Designed to optimize workflow and efficiency, the 22-story glass tower includes 374 inpatient rooms and 34 operating and procedure rooms, a dedicated pediatric facility, a public lobby and atrium, a major cafeteria, a conference center, a café and roof terrace overlooking the East River, new docks, materials management support areas, and a central sterile processing facility.

NYU Langone Health, Tisch Hospital Renovations, Cafeteria
New York, NY | 34,460 GSF | | Project Architect
Originally located deeper within the medical center, Ennead ‘s renovation enhances their cafeteria’s visibility and accessibility by relocating it to a prime spot along the public spine of the facility. A major public space and amenity for patients and staff, the cafeteria includes robust cooking and food storage facilities and is designed to act as back-up for the central kitchen located one floor below.

Weill Cornell Medical College, Belfer Research Building
New York, NY | 476,069 GSF | LEED Gold | Team Member
This high-performance, state-of-the-art, humanistic research machine creates a new paradigm for the urban vertical laboratory, providing 13 floors of biomedical research laboratories, two floors of research support space, three floors of academic programs, offices, conference rooms, a two-story atrium, landscaped garden, lounge, study spaces, cafeteria, and classrooms. Repetitive lab floors maximize opportunities for integrated vertical systems and, combined with efficient planning strategies, helped to lessen costs.

University of Michigan, A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building
Ann Arbor, MI | 491,666 GSF | Team Member
This state-of-the-art research laboratory creates a new identity for the Medical Center campus. The design establishes a new paradigm for laboratories, one that in its planning promotes productive collisions between researchers within the building and across the University. Composed of 240 lab bays, 120 primary investigator offices 16 break rooms, 12 conference rooms, a 300-seat auditorium, 3 combinable seminar rooms, 535 car garage, and an underground animal vivarium, the building supports state-of-the art medical research and is the primary workhorse within the Medical Center’s core research facilities.

Stanford Law School, William H. Neukom Building
Stanford, CA | 65,000 GSF | LEED Silver Equivalent | Team Member
The Neukom Building reinforces the Law School community by fostering essential collaboration and strengthening its the visual identity. Fulfilling the space needs of a growing facility, the program offers a law clinic, conference rooms, seminar rooms, communal work/study spaces, faculty offices, a faculty garden, and a faculty lounge. The new building links the campus’ residential and academic precincts and bold axial connections to plazas, walkways, and building entries further define shared open spaces.