JANNA DE VERA
ACADEMIC PORTFOLIO 2020-2023
PROFILE
JANNA DE VERA
Hi! My name is Janna De Vera and I’m currently a third-year, undergraduate student studying architecture at the University of Southern California. From building legos as a child to making models in college, my passion for architecture allows me to express my creativity in new and innovative ways. My commitment to education and hands-on learning has inspired me to pursue a career in architecture and continue learning new skills in design, technology, and human behavior. I look forward to applying these skills as well as acquiring new skills as I enter the workforce.
CONTACT
Janna De Vera
jd_440@usc.edu
(213) 434-2826
https://www.linkedin.com/in/janna-de-vera-029151237/
EDUCATION
2020 - 2025
University of Southern California Bachelor of Architecture
2016 - 2020
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
SOFTWARE SKILLS
Rhinoceros 3D
Autodesk AutoCAD
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
EXPERIENCE
2021present
2023
Student Association for Women in Architecture (SAWA)
Classroom Assistance for ARCH211: Materials and Methods of Building
Construction
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CONTENTS LA STATE HISTORIC PARK READING ROOM & BRANCH LIBRARY (SPRING 2022) 4 FOOD CO-OP (FALL 2022) 10 REDEFINING THE VISUAL ARTS EXPERIENCE (SPRING 2021) 16 THE SUPER SECTION: THE UNCONVENTIONAL TREETOP (FALL 2021) 22 3
LA STATE HISTORIC PARK READING ROOM & BRANCH LIBRARY
ARCH 202B | ROB BERRY STUDIO | SPRING 2022
Working with the Los Angeles State Historic Park as the primary site for the semester’s work, it began with designing a 12x12 reading room that played with indoor/outdoor spaces through flexible architecture such as pull-down tables and seats and revolving doors. The L-shape typology of the reading room was then repeated, rotated, and arranged the shape on a grid on the site to create the library. The public branch library consists of office space, lounge areas, reading nooks, computer labs, and the primary program of housing book stacks. The use of rotating doors allows the circulation to be controlled by occupants and to control the relationship with the connecting couryards. These two projects explored the power of aperatures to define, expand, and control spaces.
LIBRARY PARTI DIAGRAM FIRST FLOOR PARTI SECOND FLOOR PARTI LOUNGE STAFF OFFICES BOOKSTACKS READING ROOM RECEPTION AREA STUDY CARRELS & COMPUTER COMMONS COMMUNITY PROGRAM BOOKSTACKS STUDY CARRELS & COMPUTER COMMONS 4
Arch 202B / Spring 2022 /PROJECT 02 14
Reading Room. Pl scale: 1/4”=1’0”
READING ROOM PLAN
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READING ROOM MODEL
Tommy: “I wonder if they have comic books His classmate, Olivia: I think a picture book the animal kingdom would be more better.” When I grow up, I want to be a soccer playing superhero, how awsome would that be!” Rachel prefers to take her lunch break in the park. She takes a random book off the bookshelf and gets too invested before she can even sit down. Ivy takes a stroll through the park and notices the newly built structures. She watches people move in and out of the space, whch make. more intrigued 6
Neither of them notice each other. Ivy is seen reading a book while her dog, Charlie, rests after a long game of fetch. Tommy couldn’t keep books in here?!” book about better.” 7
LIBRARY GROUND FLOOR PLAN 8
EAST SECTION
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CUT-AWAY AXON
FOOD CO-OP
ARCH 302A | CHARLES LAGRECO STUDIO | FALL 2022
Tasked with designing Co-op housing located in South Central LA, this Food Co-op is a nonprofit cooperative housing development that seek to respond to the food desert in the area by creating a source for affordale, healthy produce, educational spaces around food and nutrition, garden spaces, and open air market spaces. The collective effort is to create a full circle response that not only answers the food scarcity in the surrounding area, but also creates a community that reintroduces the importance of food health. Site C will provide educational facilities and resources centered around food education, such as master class test kitchen, culinary library, marketplace, classroom, and lecture hall.
PERSPECTIVE DRAWINGS
SOUTH ELEVATION WEST ELEVATION EAST ELEVATION NORTH ELEVATION 10
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SITE A: GARDENING
SITE A: GARDENING
3371 S VERMONT AV, LOS ANGELES CA, 90007
3371 S VERMONT AVE., LOS ANGELES CA, 90007
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CO-OP ALLOTMENT GARDENS SERVING THE BOTH MARKETS AND COMMUNITY FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS AREAS TO RELAX AND LEARN HOW TO PRODUCE THEIR OWN FOOD
Co-op allotment gardens serving both markets and community for job opportunities as well as areas to relax and learn how to produce their own food.
SITE B: FARMER’S MARKET
SITE B: FARMER’S MARKET
681 W 37TH AVE, LOS ANGELES CA, 90007
681W 37TH AV, LOS ANGELES CA, 90007
Diabetes, Hypertension & High Cholesterol are Increasing for Poorest Individuals
CO-OP FARMER’S MARKET PROVIDEING A SPACE TO SELL AFFORDABLE AND HEALTHY PRODUCE AND CULTIVATED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (RAW MATERIAL)
Co-op farmer’s market providing a space to sell affordable and healthy produce and cultivate fruits and vegetables (raw material).
For those that are below the 200% of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL), the trends oin these chronic diet related diseases are increasing, while those above 200% FPL have rates that are stagnant or decreasing
Drought = Food A ordability
SITE C: EDUCATIONAL AREA
3685 S VERMONT AV, LOS ANGELES CA, 90007
SITE C: EDUCATIONAL
3685 S VERMONT AVE., LOS ANGELES CA, 90007
Co-op educational area, providing a wide variety of education about nutrition, food production, and cooking with test kitchens.
CO-OP EDUCATIONAL AREA, PROVIDING A WIDE VARIETY OF EDUCATION ABOUT NUTRIONAL FOOD PRODUCTION AND COOKING WITH TEST KITCHENS
SITE D: FOOD COURT
3671 S VERMONT AV, LOS ANGELES CA, 90007
SITE D: FOOD COURT
3671 S VERMONT AVE., LOS ANGELES CA, 90007
Co-op food market/cafeteria, increasing the choices for healthy affordable food production and service for co-op and neighborhood while also generating new job opportunities.
CO-OP FOOD MARKET/FCAFETERIA, INCREASING THE CHOICES FOR HEALTHY AFFORDABLE FOOD PRODCUTION AND SERVICE FOR COOP AND NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE ALSO GENERATING NEW JOB OPORTUNITIES
AFFORDABLE
HEALTHY SUSTAINABLE
Diabetes, Hypertension & High Cholesterol are Increasing for Poorest Individuals
For those that are below the 200% of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL), the trends oin these chronic diet related diseases are increasing, while those above 200% FPL have rates that are stagnant or decreasing AFFORDABLE HEALTHY SUSTAINABLE
Drought = Food A ordability
SITES RELATIONSHIP
are decreasing, obesity rates and incidence of diabetes continue to increase across racial groups. regardless of their income level or zip code, should have the ability to access food that is a ordable, accessible, safe, and culturally relevant. Sustainable food is grown and distributed in ways that sustain and regenerate the natural resources used to create it, such as soil, water, seed, and biodiverse habitats..
while rates of people who are overweight are decreasing, obesity rates and incidence of diabetes continue to increase across racial groups. regardless of their income level or zip code, should have the ability to access food that is a ordable, accessible, safe, and culturally relevant. Sustainable food is grown and distributed in ways that sustain and regenerate the natural resources used to create it, such as soil, water, seed, and biodiverse habitats..
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On the ground floor is co-op programming that includes classroom spaces, test kitchens, and a library. The next three floors stacked atop are residential floors with identical layouts of family units ranging from two-bedrooms to four-bedroom apartments. The single corridor structure circulates around two courtyards for resident interaction and communal spaces. Private terraces are attached to each unit on the exterior to provide private outdoor space for residents.
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FIRST FLOOR CUT PLAN 14
– NORTH ELEVATION MODEL – NORTH-EAST ELEVATION 15
MODEL
REDEFINING THE VISUAL ARTS EXPERIENCE
ARCH 102B | ERIN CUEVAS STUDIO | SPRING 2021
Driven by the idea that process is just as much of a performance as the product itself. I created that through making spaces for both an artist to be making their art and having that be seen by an audience, as well as creating a more traditional gallery exhibition space where it’s viewed. Both these spaces were created formally through a spatial, field condition composed of 3 parts: (1) a step condition, (2) an angled condition, and (3) a thin planar condition. What I hoped for this project was to make viweing art more of an interactive experience to better pay respect to the creative process behind it – adding dimension to the two dimensional art form.
PERSPECTIVE VIGNETTES 16
CUT PLAN 17
PLAN VIGNETTES CUT-AWAY AXONOMETRIC CHUCKS 18
VIGNETTES CUT-AWAY AXONOMETRIC CHUCKS 19
AXONOMETRIC 20
DETAILED SECTION PERSPECTIVES
SECTIONS
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THE SUPER SECTION: THE UNCONVENTIONAL TREETOP
ARCH 202A | MYRNA AYOUB STUDIO | FALL 2021
In Pasadena, and the greater Los Angeles area, lawn space dodesn’t rally exist due to the high density population and lack of land available. For those fortunate enough to have the space for neighborly interaction, it usually comes at a high price. The ratio of residential land to green space is slim, which has resulted in a loss of neighborly interaction and community engagement, which dmands a new way and space for the people of Pasadena to gather...hence the Unoconventional Treetop. Challenging and exploring new ways of interaction and connectivity, the design of this proposal began in section, with special interest to utilizing terrances and rooftops as space for gathering on all levels and to enforce this idea of experiential equity for those occupants living on site.
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SUSTAINABLE LIBRARYCAFE YOGA STUDIO OFFICE WORK WORK GROCERIES MARKET FOOD HOME DWELL NEST INHABIT RESIDENTIAL CREATIVE OFFICE SPACE RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL HOME ENTERTAIN NEIGHBORS HO ME ART MATERIALITY CREATIV PAINT TRANSFORM ART MATERIA PAINT STUDIO SPACE ART GALLERY ART MATERIALITY CREATIVITY PAINT TRANSFORM EXPERIENCE ART MATERIALITY CREATIVITY PAINT TRANSFORM EXPERIENCE INDOOR FLEA MARKET RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL REST LIVE RESIDE ENTERTAIN RELAX COOK WORK CALM RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS RELAX OFFICE RESIDENTIAL DINING THRIFT STORE RESTAURANTS SITE PLAN PROGRAM DIAGRAM 23
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