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The work featured on this portfolio illus-trates projects that I enjoyed working on while enrolled as an undergraduate stu-dent at the University of Southern Califor-nia.
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LOCATIONThe site for this project is a dense urban corner lot located on the southeast corner of S. Figueroa Street and W Olympic Ave. The lot size is approximately 11,500 SF and it is in the epicenter of a downtown renaissance.
ABOUTWith the major car brands vying for a share of the lifestyle market, both com-peting and complimenting other lifestyle products and lifestyle brands, there is a need to rethink the automotive com-pany’s message to the market, how cars will be sold and ultimately the typology of automobile showrooms. We believe that architecture is an inevitable agent and can be a catalyst for change not only in the automotive marketplace but also within the urban realm and architectural experi-ence. Due largely in part to the economic equation, car showrooms and dealerships traditionally are located on the outskirts of urban areas where land values are gener-ally lower and open land is more generally available. To the marketplace, car show-rooms and dealers are destinations rather than an integral part of the urban fabric and lifestyle experience. The site for this project will subvert this traditional model by integrating the car showroom and sales programs into dense city centers therefore transforming the activity of the sterile “in-dustry” perception to that of high fashion, “lifestyle” retailers.
Work IncludedResearch
PhotographyDiagrams
Site PlanPlans
SectionsElevations
RendersPhysical Models
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Instructor: Andrew Liang2008
2
ARCH_DRAWINGSUSC_INSTITUTION
AUDI CENTER_LIFESTYLEEAMES HOUSE_LIBRARY
PASADENA_HOUSINGVENICE BEACH_CIVIC
KENYIR LAKE_ABROADSANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
TIJUANA_BORDER PORTLOS ANGELES_CASINO
STUDIO SHIFT_WSC
AUDI CENTER_LIFESTYLE
LIBR
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203 Chautauqua BoulevardLos Angeles, CA
REQUIREMENTSDesign a Library addition to the Eames Case Study House #8 site. The Library is to be built utilizing concrete as its primary material.
ABOUTThe Eames Case Study Program focused on designs that can be manufactured at a large scale. As a result, simplicity, efficien-cy, and elegance were the by product of all their work which span from architecture to household necessities.
Work IncludedResearch
PhotographyDiagrams
Site PlanPlans
SectionsElevations
RendersPhysical Models
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Instructor: Rennie Tang2009
2
ARCH_DRAWINGSUSC_INSTITUTION
AUDI CENTER_LIFESTYLEEAMES HOUSE_LIBRARY
PASADENA_HOUSINGVENICE BEACH_CIVIC
KENYIR LAKE_ABROADSANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
TIJUANA_BORDER PORTLOS ANGELES_CASINO
STUDIO SHIFT_WSC
EAMES HOUSE_LIBRARY
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LOCATIONThis site is located in the wide median be-tween north and south roadways of Venice Boulevard a few blocks from the Ocean, across Venice Way/Ocean Avenue from the Venice branch library.
REQUIREMENTSDesign a project that represents the Neighborhood Council District of Venice Beach, California.
ABOUTThis site is almost dead flat; topography was not be a very big issue. There is good public transportation (bus only) from LA Metro (lines 33 and 333) and Santa Monica systems. Parking will be provided in a new structure (not designed by you) immediately west of the site. This will be a city owned structure whose principal purpose is to provide beach parking. New apartment buildings designed by Fred Fisher are east of the site in the same me-dian. Urban fabric to the north and south of the site is residential of mixed scale; relatively dense. The northwest corner of the Venice canal grid is one block south of this site.
Work IncludedResearch
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Site PlanPlans
SectionsElevations
RendersPhysical Models
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Instructor: John Enright2010
3
ARCH_DRAWINGSUSC_INSTITUTION
AUDI CENTER_LIFESTYLEEAMES HOUSE_LIBRARY
PASADENA_HOUSINGVENICE BEACH_CIVIC
KENYIR LAKE_ABROADSANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
TIJUANA_BORDER PORTLOS ANGELES_CASINO
STUDIO SHIFT_WSC
VENICE BEACH_CIVIC
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LOCATION Nestled between the Rand Corporation headquarters, Santa Monica City Hall, the termination (or commencement) of the 10 interstate freeway and the Pacific Ocean, lies a stretch of land that is proposed as an urban park. The area is a confluence of diverse urban conditions. Unique in con-textual complexity the site offers opportu-nities to explore convergence of various typologies and the possible impact they impose on the program.
REQUIREMENTS Maintaining the proposed parks open space while infusing the site with a build-ing program and necessary circulation routes. The successful integration of landscape and structure will be the para-mount challenge. Defining experiences through transitional spatial conditions is the principal examination of the studio. Optimizing the use of volumetric variation while integrating natural light into a semi-subterranean condition must be explored. The studio must employ and compose parametric programming to elevate tex-tural surface articulation in support of their design criteria.
Program A mid size, 20,000-30,000 sq ft insti-tutional building or series of buildings, partially submerged or subterranean which aims to weave itself into the parks open space.
Work IncludedResearch
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Site PlanPlans
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RendersPhysical Models
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Instructor: Hagy Belzberg2010
4
ARCH_DRAWINGSUSC_INSTITUTION
AUDI CENTER_LIFESTYLEEAMES HOUSE_LIBRARY
PASADENA_HOUSINGVENICE BEACH_CIVIC
KENYIR LAKE_ABROADSANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
TIJUANA_BORDER PORTLOS ANGELES_CASINO
STUDIO SHIFT_WSC
SANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
Endoterrawasdesignedasafusionofbothinsti-tutionandrecreationalactivitiesprovidedbyapark.Thegroundand1stfloorlevels(topofpage)andthedepicttheclassroomsandopenhallsprovidedfortheinstitution.Theundergroundlevel(btmofpage)depictthelibrary,galleryspace,andoutdoorhallprovidedforthepark.Thesiteplanhoweverbringsbothparkandinstitutiontogetherbycreatingpublicspacesthroughouttheentirestructure.
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AUDI CENTER_LIFESTYLEEAMES HOUSE_LIBRARY
PASADENA_HOUSINGVENICE BEACH_CIVIC
KENYIR LAKE_ABROADSANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
TIJUANA_BORDER PORTLOS ANGELES_CASINO
STUDIO SHIFT_WSC
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RTLOCATIONTijuana, Mexico
REQUIREMENTSBORDERSTUDIO is positioned as a cri-tique of the international policies brought to bear on the region by the governmentsof both the US and Mexico. The studio required careful consideration of the political,social, economic and environmen-tal issues affecting the border in an ef-fort to propose a construction program of radical connection rather than separation. Recognizing that simply introducing built structures into an environment has the ability to solve little, the studio requires the formulation of hybrid programs, strategies and policies that speak to root causes.
ABOUTThe International Gateway Project was conceived and based on the social, politi-cal, and economic hardships that plague Mexico along the Northern Region. The project focused on these three subjects and explores the idea of a shipping/tourist port located miles off shore from the city of Tijuana, Mexico. In doing so, such large scale project, funded by various countries and entrepreneurs who would benefit from the location, can ship containers directly to the maquiladora industries located along Mexico’s northern border. Also, by propos-ing such a project, the people of Mexico would benefit by having jobs in their own country while the 49 billion dollar fence proposed by the US can be eliminated.
Work IncludedResearch
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Instructor: Mario Cipresso2011
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AUDI CENTER_LIFESTYLEEAMES HOUSE_LIBRARY
PASADENA_HOUSINGVENICE BEACH_CIVIC
KENYIR LAKE_ABROADSANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
TIJUANA_BORDER PORTLOS ANGELES_CASINO
STUDIO SHIFT_WSC
TIJUANA_BORDER PORT
altitude:20000FT
altitude:20M
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altitude:20Maltitude:20000FT altitude:20000FT
Major Trade Ports05 SM
30 SM
Other Known Ports
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LB + LA Port (2010) Container Count Total = 14.1 Million TEU’s China alone accounts for 7.1 Million TEU’s (2009)
Tijuana (2011) Employment of 800,00 People Access to direct shipping routes Mexico becomes independent
Redirecting World Trade Routes
World Shipping CouncilPortofLosAngeles.orgPOlB.com
Tijuana’s Port Introduction
Current Flow of Trade
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KENYIR LAKE_ABROADSANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
TIJUANA_BORDER PORTLOS ANGELES_CASINO
STUDIO SHIFT_WSC
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Program
Commercial/Entertainment Sector
Housing Sector
Cruise Ship Sector
Storage Spaces
Public Vehicle Route
Public Sector
Corporate Sector
Truck Route
Freight Line
Islands
Light Rail
Green Space
Tijuana’s Gateway Project
10mi 100 500
Existing Rail lines
Stage One
Future Rail ExtentionBaja California Norte
California
Arizona
Sonora
Tijuana (2011)Truck Route: Beach to OtayDistance: 24.4miTravel Time: 40min
Propose 20SM Port Funded by Mexico and Int Investors Cost: ~$15 billion
Otay Mesa CA
Tijuana Beach Baja CA
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KENYIR LAKE_ABROADSANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
TIJUANA_BORDER PORTLOS ANGELES_CASINO
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LOCATIONCommerce, CA
Aprox. 6.5Miles South East of Down-town Los Angeles.
REQUIREMENTSDesign an Indian Gaming Casino that al-lows Gambling within the city boundaries of Los Angeles.
ABOUTThe Basic Premise for my thesis is based on graffiti and its symbiotic relationship with Architecture. In doing so, I proposed the construction of an Indian Gaming casino designed under the principles that graffiti artists use to create works of graf-fiti. The thesis then begins to research the ideas of local culture, timed sequences, the notion of territoriality and boundar-ies, as well as fusion of programs, and the creation of a phenomenon.
Work IncludedResearch
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Site PlanPlans
SectionsElevations
RendersPhysical Models
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5
ARCH_DRAWINGSUSC_INSTITUTION
AUDI CENTER_LIFESTYLEEAMES HOUSE_LIBRARY
PASADENA_HOUSINGVENICE BEACH_CIVIC
KENYIR LAKE_ABROADSANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
TIJUANA_BORDER PORTLOS ANGELES_CASINO
STUDIO SHIFT_WSCLOS ANGELES_CASINO
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Along the South-west portion of the site, represented with an orange dashed line, rests one of Los Angeles’ many freeways. The interstate 5 freeway running along the site not only represents an opportunity for any project to be developed, but it also represents an idea that can be explored given Los Angeles’ car culture, freeway grids, and city lifestyle.
The project which I explored for my thesis takes the 1.5 mile stretch of freeway and begins to inform the visual connection that can be made from the freeway to the site while traveling through the freeway at 5 miles per hour or 70 miles per hour.
The project then begins to make a more in depth connection between both traveling vehicle and the site by directly linking a ramp and the site together. The mar-riage between the two is carefully composed in such a way that the vehicle continuously goes through a series of systems that take it to a stand still inside the casino space itself.
By deliberately maneuvering vehicles into the casi-nos floor space, the fusion caused by both programs in a city like that of Los Angeles would cause a phenomenon where people would experience the space and imagine endless possibilities where luxury cars are displayed, sold, or traded through forms of gambling.
Traffic Condition [View Range of Site from I5]
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ARCH_DRAWINGSUSC_INSTITUTION
AUDI CENTER_LIFESTYLEEAMES HOUSE_LIBRARY
PASADENA_HOUSINGVENICE BEACH_CIVIC
KENYIR LAKE_ABROADSANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
TIJUANA_BORDER PORTLOS ANGELES_CASINO
STUDIO SHIFT_WSCLOS ANGELES_CASINO
70 MPH _ 102.66 FPS - 10 S Increments _ 1026.6 F/10S
05 MPH _ 007.33 FPS - 20 S Increments _ 0146.6 F/20S
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AUDI CENTER_LIFESTYLEEAMES HOUSE_LIBRARY
PASADENA_HOUSINGVENICE BEACH_CIVIC
KENYIR LAKE_ABROADSANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
TIJUANA_BORDER PORTLOS ANGELES_CASINO
STUDIO SHIFT_WSCLOS ANGELES_CASINO
Road Length= 4537FT
Road Length= 3675FT
R40=10MPH
R70=20MPH
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R30=5MPH
R100=25MPH
R90=20MPH
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AUDI CENTER_LIFESTYLEEAMES HOUSE_LIBRARY
PASADENA_HOUSINGVENICE BEACH_CIVIC
KENYIR LAKE_ABROADSANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
TIJUANA_BORDER PORTLOS ANGELES_CASINO
STUDIO SHIFT_WSCLOS ANGELES_CASINO
System 2 [Car Elevator]
System 3 [Conveyor Detail]Scale 1/8”:1
Section Detail:1
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ARCH_DRAWINGSUSC_INSTITUTION
AUDI CENTER_LIFESTYLEEAMES HOUSE_LIBRARY
PASADENA_HOUSINGVENICE BEACH_CIVIC
KENYIR LAKE_ABROADSANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
TIJUANA_BORDER PORTLOS ANGELES_CASINO
STUDIO SHIFT_WSCLOS ANGELES_CASINO
CENTER
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BILI
TY LOCATIONAfsluitdijk, Netherlands
REQUIREMENTSThe center is envisioned as a mixing-pot for educational, corporate and institutional interests where common goals can be achieved through collaboration and mutual investment.
ABOUTThe World Sustainability Center competi-tion was by far one of the best experienc-es I have had as an Intern. Although I was part of the team during the late stages of design, I learned how to collaborated with other individuals and be part of an efficient workflow environment. In addition to that, I learned various techniques in terms of desinging, modeling in both 3d and physi-cal form, diagraming and all other forms of presentation deliverables.
For a complete overview of this project please visit:
WWW.StudioShift.Com
Work IncludedResearch
PhotographyDiagrams
Site PlanPlans
SectionsElevations
RendersPhysical Models
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Employer: Mario Cipresso2009
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ARCH_DRAWINGSUSC_INSTITUTION
AUDI CENTER_LIFESTYLEEAMES HOUSE_LIBRARY
PASADENA_HOUSINGVENICE BEACH_CIVIC
KENYIR LAKE_ABROADSANTA MONICA_ENDOTERRA
TIJUANA_BORDER PORTLOS ANGELES_CASINO
STUDIO SHIFT_WSCSTUDIO SHIFT_WSC
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[ E ] [email protected][ P ] 323-351-7286[ W ] Bchavac.com
SkillsAdobe
PhotoshopInDesignIllustratorLightroom
MS SuiteGoogle SketchupAuto CADRevit ArchitectureEcotectRhinoceros 3DGrasshopperV-ray Render
Education2007-2012 Bachelor of Architecture2004-2007 Transfer_Santa Monica College2000-2004 Huntington Park High School
LanguagesEnglishSpanish
Work ExperienceStudio Shift
Culver City, CAMay-Aug 2009
USC Facilities Management ServicesLos Angeles, CAAug 2011-Jun 2011
Born and raised in Southern California, Bryan Chavac grew up in Hunting-ton Park and attended Huntington Park High School where he graduated with honors. Soon after high school, he decided to attend Santa Monica College for 3 years. While taking an architecture history course at Santa Monica, Bryan was inspired and attracted to the limitless possibilities that the field of Architecture had to offer as a career. Pursuing his dream, he transferred to the University of Southern California where he is currently in his 5th year of study. Working towards his Bachelor’s of Architecture at USC has given him the opportunity to explore his creativity and to learn and perfect the various architecture skills he has gained throughout the years. Studying at USC, as well as experience in architect firms, has taught him patience and hard work ethic during many charettes and al-lowed him to use his various skills while studying and traveling abroad.
[Name]
Bryan Chavac
[DOB]
January 21, 1986
[Hometown]
Huntington Park, CA
[School]
USC School of Arch.