DESIGN PORTFOLIO | BRYAN ESPARZA

DESIGN PORTFOLIO | BRYAN ESPARZA

i wish to think about architecture freely; to expand my perspective on architecture as flexibly, broadly, and subtly as possible, beyond the stereotypes of what architecture is.

-junya ishigami

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dito sa table This project repurposes the jackson street garage in downtown phoenix, az and proposes that the future of architecture rests on professionals and students being bridges for their communities. Thus, architectural education institutes themselves must become a place with which to interact with the community.

The table is the place where some of the most quintessentially human moments are had. By itself it is nothing short of blank slate held erect by a couple of legs, yet it is imbued with power and brought to life when people, its actuators, bring something it. It is a place where everyone gathers, a place of memory, a place where people grow and mature... all while this simple structure, silently watches.

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section

process

S t u d io

Dig ital Lab

Librar y

Lectures

Maker Space

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FAB LAB

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RAMP

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OPEN STUDY

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RESTAURANT FOH/ CAFE

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RESTAURANT BOH/ KITCHEN

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RAMP

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GALLERY/ EXHIBITION

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sliding louvre facade

reverse spider joint

bracket assembly

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new haven this competition project required the use of mass timber construction for a new mixed-use high rise building that included a school, a community center, and housing for residents. resourcing local shipyard skills, the limitless potential of mass timber for construction can be showcased.

Unlike a multitude of similar projects seem boxed into rectilinear architecture, the freedom in form that wood and timber can achieve is expressed. Ultimately, I seek to celebrate Queens as a port city and to present this building as a gift to the community.

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ground floor 10

single part building concept

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cup of sugar the mission of this design was inspired by the values behind borrowing a cup of sugar to create a F.A.B.R.I.C. facility in barrio, tucson which promotes urban regeneration through adaptive reuse and encouraging social integration and investment within the local communities. the result was a program that could be just as flexible as the events it would host. “there was a constant exchange of goods and services across the yard or by crossing the streets. Knocking on a door and asking for that extra cup of sugar or dolling out surplus tomatoes from an abundant yard garden were part of the rhythms of life. however, with the design of today’s sprawling cities and a reliance on modern technologies and industry, most of us no longer need to interact with our neighbors to source ‘ingredients’.”

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sections

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adobe + glass pods

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steel curtain “pods”

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light “pods”

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Key ion/Exterior key d 1. reception/ exterior courtyard manufacturing

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manufacturing and design makerspace

for classes, ps, and meet3. areas for classes, workshops, and meetings

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4. fabric shop/ private shop/private BDF office space

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7. fashion source r space library

n Source Li8. restroom

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Floor Plan 3/16” = 1’-0”

abstract “flexibility” concept

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the ethereal bridge “a diagrammatic practice, on the other hand, locates itself between the actual and the virtual, and the virtual, and foregrounds. architecture’s transactional character.”

-stan allen Inspired by the writings of Stan Allen, I explored the space in between the incorpeal and the material using the diagram as a medium, as well as exploring 3d printing as a contruction method.

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Exterior

secondary

Secondary

primary

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Interior

interior

indeterminant: unseen forces

Indeterminate: Unseen Forces

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| 1d | 2d | 3d | 4d | “thirty spokes meet in the hub,

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RASTERIZE

PIXEL

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though the space between them is the essence of the wheel. pots are formed of clay, though the space inside them is the essence of the pot.

PIXEL GRID

walls with windows and doors form the house, though the space within them is the essence of the house.”

-old japanese poem

similarly, i further explored an ethereal bridge, a nothing-ness that holds everything, ma. i wanted to investigate the idea of our modern pen and paperthe mouse and the screen- shaping the way we interact and see the world. thus i pixelated an “existing building”, deconstructed it and reconstructed it so that its essence could only be rediscovered through a reflection on the ground or from a single point in the entire universe.

PIXEL SPACE

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EAST

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EXPLODE

DIMENSION REAL

ETHEREAL

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biomimetic applications

Sun-basking: Dark Colors

“nature, in its ministry to man, is not only the material, but is also the process and the result... the wind sows the seed; the sun evaporates the sea: the wind blows vapor to the field; the ice, on the other side of the planet, condenses rain on this; the rain feeds the plant; the plant feeds the animal, and thus the endless circulations of the divine charity nourish man.�

Low Temperature- Dark Color for Absorptance

-ralph waldo emerson under the guidance of professor michelle fehler at asu, the biomimicry in design cohort conducted research with the use of nature’s technology summaries to identify strategies and imagine possible applications of biological strategies within our respective fields. i found the chameleon and the saharan silver ant to have extremely powerful strategies for passive cooling.

Sun-reflectance: Light Colors

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High Temperature- Light Color for Reflection

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Incidence Angle (deg)

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WinterHeat Gain/ Daylight

SummerHeat Avoidance

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I WILL ALWAYS CHASE THE SUN IN MY SOUL EVEN AS THE MOON WAXES AND WANES. FOR FULFILLMENT DOES NOT COME FROM THE END, BUT THE JOURNEY EMBODIED. CHASE, CHASE, YOU CAN NEVER RUN AWAY FROM WHO YOU ARE.

CONTACT

I AM A MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE CANDIDATE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE THE WORLD OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. I AM A VERY HANDS-ON PERSON WITH A DIVERSE BACKGROUND. I HAVE A PASSION FOR LEARNING ABOUT BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT CONSTRUCTION AND FABRICATION METHODS FOR THE SAKE OF ADVANCING THE FIELD OF ARCHITECTURE.

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EDUCATION

REVIT

GRADUATE | MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE | ASU SUMMER 2018 - SPRING 2021 | GPA: 3.83

RHINO

UNDERGRADUATE | BACHELOR OF ARTS IN DESIGN STUDIES (DESIGN MANAGEMENT) | ASU FALL 2013 - FALL 2016 | GPA: 3.19

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EXPERIENCE TEACHER ASSISTANT | ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGY | ASU SPRING 2020 PRESIDENT | NOMAS | ASU SUMMER 2020 - CURRENTLY ASSISTANT | OFFICE WORK | CREATIVE ENVIRONMENTS AUGUST 2016 - MAY 2017

FUSION AUTOCAD (3D) PHOTOSHOP ILLUSTRATOR INDESIGN 3D PRINTING

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