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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.

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AUDI CENTER_LIFESTYLEEAMES HOUSE_LIBRARY

PASADENA_HOUSINGVENICE BEACH_CIVIC

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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.


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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.


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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.


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Endoterrawasdesignedasafusionofbothinsti-tutionandrecreationalactivitiesprovidedbyapark.Thegroundand1stfloorlevels(topofpage)andthedepicttheclassroomsandopenhallsprovidedfortheinstitution.Theundergroundlevel(btmofpage)depictthelibrary,galleryspace,andoutdoorhallprovidedforthepark.Thesiteplanhoweverbringsbothparkandinstitutiontogetherbycreatingpublicspacesthroughouttheentirestructure.

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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.


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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

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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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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.


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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.

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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


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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

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January 21, 1986

[Hometown]

Huntington Park, CA

[School]

USC School of Arch.

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