We embrace the art and craft of the analog while understanding our digital potential.
ABOUT US
StudioTJOA is a façade design and building envelope consulting practice with a focused specialty in materials, system assemblies, complex fabrication, parametric optimizations, and geometric rationalization.
Our aim is to work with, and be guided by, the tools, techniques, and material we use. Our processes are anchored in the understanding of traditional design and fabrications techniques to deliver original, high quality work to our clients. This is Fabrication-Oriented-design.
OUR VISION
StudioTJOA is a versatile asset for firms and projects of all sizes. We believe that every building should have access to these specialties no matter the scale. We are here to assist your team today and we look forward to helping build the future together.
SERVICES
Facade and Building Envelope:
Envelope Detailing through sketches, CAD, and 3D Models
Design Assist and Team Coordination
2D/3D Thermal, Hygrothermal and Daylighting Analysis
Pre-con Façade Feasibility through Shop Drawing Assistance
Specification Writing for Building Envelope Divisions
Material Research and Embodied Carbon
Façade Security and Breakage Prevention Strategies
Third Party Peer-Review for the Building Envelope
Fabrication Assistance Includes:
Construction Cost Estimations and Take-off’s
Parametric Optimization
Geometric analysis and rationalization
Automation of drawings for fabrication and assemblies
Reverse Engineering complex models
Interoperability and Data translation between software
And much more
The above are only selected examples of the services we can provide. Please contact us for more information on our full scope of services.
Audrey L. Worden | Principal
Audrey is co-founder and design director of StudioTJOA. She focuses on fabrication-oriented art and design as well as the blending of the digital realm with physical craft. Her design philosophy is rooted in finding the simplest answers to complex issues while utilizing innovative materials in passive ways.
Audrey is formally trained in architecture, industrial design, and specializes in digital fabrication technologies as well as visualization. Since starting StudioTJOA, Audrey has been working with specialty contractors to help develop, optimize, and streamline their processes while maintaining the design intent of the architect.
She earned her B.S. Arch from University of Texas at Arlington and an M.S. Arch with a concentration in Industrial Design and Digital Fabrication from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. She earned LEED accreditation in 2009 and Stainless Steel Specialist certification from the ISSF in 2013. She has won numerous awards for her designs and has had her work distributed nationally by Fortune 500 companies.
Stainless Steel Specialist | Fabrication Expert
Alexander G. Worden | Design Principal
Alex is a licensed architect, building envelope specialist and co-founder of StudioTJOA. He has aided architects and contractors in designing, developing, and executing building enclosures for high profile, landmark projects. Alex was drawn to building facades due to his interest in textile techniques as they relate to architecture both in theory and function, a topic that he first entered into over a decade ago.
He has continued to explore the use of textiles, specifically crochet, as it relates to contemporary design, digital craft, and parametric interrelationships in digital tools. The techniques he has learned from these handicrafts has aided him in unexpected ways; from the rationalization of the hyperbolic stainless steel slope wall of VIA W57 in New York, to the doubly curved perforated aluminum skin of the LA Rams Sofi Stadium and expedited rationalization of support structure for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.
Over the years, Alex has given a number of presentations and workshops on how digital design can be bridged through the fiber arts and their impact on our digital workflows.
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