Juke Jose: I am a spatial designer and artist. I was born and raised in Manila, Philippines. I migrated to the United States through San Francisco, CA and am currently based in Brooklyn, NY. I operate between an architectural, spatial, and object-oriented practice weaving the ideas of partial and kapwa into my work. The idea of partial, defined as “existing only in part; incomplete” represents the beauty of what could be, an application of lightness, softness, and impermanence that hopes to cultivate kapwa, a core indigenous Filipino psychology that is “a recognition of shared identity, an inner self shared with others.” (Enriquez 2004) The framework of partial and kapwa, alongside contextual research and architectural methods reclaim underrepresented and misrepresented narratives. Through my work, I attempt to deepen the way we understand our interconnectedness to community, culture, place, environment, and history helping us navigate a course of healing to eventually reach a space of care. I intend to harbor one’s interiority through spatial experimentation and assembled installations borrowing from the surrounding environment, domestic and cultural images, spaces, places, and things revealing the value in our history and celebrating the beauty of our living. I am currently designing at Partial. This site was updated January 17, 2025. About Contact Index
I graduated with a degree in Bachelor of Architecture. In 2020, I co-founded NOMASAAU to create a space for minority architecture students at Academy of Art University and beyond. I was an alumnus of Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California’s Bay Area Housing Internship Program (BAHIP) where I worked at Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC) as a housing development assistant project manager building community-centered affordable housing in the city of San Francisco. I worked as an architectural designer at Haddock Studio working at all architectural phases ranging from residential to commercial spaces such as Baggu SoHo in New York City. In 2021, I established Partial, a design practice working in space, objects and furniture. At Partial, I directed the design and construction of Two Two, a gallery-shop in Oakland, CA. My first artistic project was a public mural presented in my adoptive home of Excelsior district in San Francisco, depicting laundry spaces as spaces of care and community. My installation, Time has brought us together was exhibited at Kearny Street Workshop, the San Francisco Main Public Library, and continues to be exhibited throughout the Bay Area.
Experience
Partial, Lead Spatial Designer
Haddock Studio, Architectural Designer
TNDC, Intern Assistant Project Manager
Education
Academy of Art University, Bachelor of Architecture
Exhibitions
Dreaming People’s History, 2023
Michelle Thomas Fine Art, 2023
APAture: Autonomy, 2022
A Between, 2022
APAture: Embrace, 2021
Kapwa in Excelsior, 2021
Elsewhere
partialpractice.com
Contact
jukejose (at) live (dot) com
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