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Overview
James (Jim) Campbell is a Canadian architect based out of the small town of Duntroon, Ontario, located in Clearview Township. Jim is the principal architect of the firm Rockside Campbell Design, whose work hinges predominantly on the ideas of Vernacular Architecture and Adaptive Reuse. Jim's passion for the recycling of worn materials was developed during his time as a student when he was given the opportunity to take apart an old family-owned barn and re-assemble it into his studio. After developing this passion, Jim has been able to apply it in practice for nearly 25 years.

Early Life
Jim Campbell grew up in the rural town of Duntroon, Ontario, roughly 20 kilometers south of Collingwood. It was here that Jim first developed his passion for worn-down wood, realizing through a few different influences that it is more than just a weathered recyclable. In fact, Jim maintains the opinion that the beauty in old wood lies in it's weathering; the effects caused by rain, sun, physical damage, and human interaction are some of the pieces that help compose old recycled woods essence. When Jim was young, he inherited a run-down barn on his family's Duntroon homestead from his father and grandfather before him.

Education
Jim Campbell began his education in 1985 at the University of Western Ontario, where he studied engineering. After one year of study, Campbell switched to Ryerson University to work towards a Bachelor's Degree in Technology with a specialization in architecture, which he achieved in 1991. After taking a few years off, Jim's graduate studies took place from 1994-1997 at the University of Manitoba, where he studied how 'architecture is shaped by it's regional context ' toward his Master of Architecture degree. During his time at the University of Manitoba, Jim was able to spend two months studying in Kathmandu, Nepal. He also earned a Government of Finland scholarship to participate in a year of schooling at the Helsinki University of Technology. Jim won the 1997 RAIC Student Gold Medal for his thesis work.

Career
After graduating from the University of Manitoba in 1997, James Campbell established Rockside Campbell Design in 1998, using a reconstructed family-owned barn as his design studio. James is joined at Rockside by Suzanne Wesetvik, who oversees administration, Eric Simard, BAS (University of Waterloo), Andrew Winters, M.Arch (University of Waterloo), Darcy Dougherty, Advanced Diploma in Architectural Technology (Fanshawe College). Together, the firm works to produce what Jim calls 'responsive architecture', where the physical building is a manifestation of it's governing factors; the clients needs, the sites characteristics, the budget available, just to name a few.

Architectural Philosophy
Rockside Campbell Design is a firm that focuses on modern Vernacular design with a specialization in Adaptive Reuse and Recycling. The firm also prides themselves on their relationship with the client, characterizing their site-specific and client-cooperative style as responsive architecture. The firm's president, James Campbell is compelled by old barns and the rural landscape that surrounds them, citing his dad as the reason for his appreciation of barn structure, after helping him disassemble old sheds just to reassemble them in a different configuration. Jim has been known to take inspiration from local landmarks such as the rolling farmland and Niagara Escarpment, playing into the Vernacular typology that his work fits into. The concepts of recycling and adaptive reuse often find themselves at the forefront of Jim's conceptual thinking, having completed over 20 barn reconstructions and a house made almost entirely from scrap metal. James Campbell has the ambition to establish an architecture that reflects the history of the southern Georgian Bay area, an area that he and his family have called home for generations.

Works
Scrap

Scrap is a building located in the small town of The Blue Mountains, Ontario, designed by Rockside Campbell Design. The building was built using repurposed I-beams and recycled wood, with even the consideration to re-use the materials once again at the end of the buildings life. The building compliments the topography and forested setting of the surrounding landscape, bringing a regional context to the adaptive reuse of building materials.

Lineage

Lineage is a house designed by Rockside Campbell Design in Creemore, Ontario that has been constructed using old barn wood. The house features structure and décor that has been repurposed from an old barn that was owned by the client on a completely separate site. This is one of many barn conversions that Jim Campbell has taken part in during his career.

Copper

Numinous

Craft

Patronous

Elemental

Glean

Liminal

Pastoral

Spring Hill

Shore