Jase Trahan Portfolio

Jase Trahan Profile Driven and dedicated fourth-year undergraduate student at Texas Tech University Huckabee College of Architecture entering the Master of Architecture graduate program. Internship background in commercial, municipal, and educational building design and a passion for all types of architecture.

Employment History Intern, Strohmeyer Architects, Inc., Rockwall, TX

Contact Details 2640 Mirage Ln Rockwall, TX, 75087 214.531.9552 jasetrahan@outlook.com

Skills AutoCAD

M AY 2 0 2 1 — A U G U S T 2 0 2 3

Autodesk Revit

Created and modified floor, site, electrical, and demolition plans and elevations on AutoCAD and Revit.

Rhinoceros 3D

Visited and surveyed job sites for renovations and construction of schools, municipal buildings, and commercial buildings.

Intern, GMR Protection Resources, Inc., Heath, TX NOVEMBER 2019 — JANUARY 2021

Created AutoCAD and Phoenix plan drawings from scans and photos of bank sites (Bank of America, Wells Fargo) for the purpose of assessing lighting and security requirements.

Architectural Draftsman, Ramsay & Reyes, L.L.C., Rockwall, TX M AY 2 0 1 9 — A U G U S T 2 0 1 9

Used computer-aided design software, including Revit and AutoCAD to draw new floor plans, roof plans, and site plans.

Researched building aspects and evaluated information provided by architects and system subcontractors and created accurate drawings according to measurements and specifications.

Education Master of Architecture, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX(Expected Graduation 05/2026) A U G U S T 2 0 2 4 — M AY 2 0 2 6

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX (Expected Graduation 05/2024) A U G U S T 2 0 2 0 — M AY 2 0 2 4

3.67 GPA President's Honor List (Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023) Dean's Honor List (Fall 2020, Spring 2022) Presidential Merit Scholarship Recipient Study Abroad Student in Seville, Spain (Spring 2023) The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) Member National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS) Member

High School Diploma, Rockwall High School, Rockwall, TX AUGUST 2016 — JUNE 2020

4.488 GPA TSA Architectural Design Competition (2020) (State) National Honor Society (2017-2020) Rockwall High School Robotics Team (2018-2020) (World Championship Quarter Finalist and State UIL Finalist) Varsity Golf Team (2016-2020)

Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop OSHA Certified 984 Approved NCARB Hours

Jase Trahan

Architecture Portfolio

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Table of Contents Studio Projects: Huckabee College of Architecture (Fall 2023)...................................................................................3-9 Market (Spring 2023).........................................................................................................................................10-13 Ecological Institution (Fall 2022)..............................................................................................................14-19 Solar Observatory Visitor Center (Spring 2022)...........................................................................20-21 Art School (Fall 2021)........................................................................................................................................22-23 Elective Project: Building Information Technology (Fall 2023)..............................................................................24-25

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Huckabee College of Architecture Lubbock, TX, USA Fall 2023 The Huckabee College of Architecture will be undergoing a renovation and expansion in the coming years, and fourthyear students of the HCoA created designs for how the building should be redone. Knowing firsthand what the building needs, my design included large expansions on the west and south sides of the building, as well as expansions filling in the spaces in the northeast and southwest corners. The expansion includes more studios, lecture halls, classrooms and offices to account for the growth of the college. The style of my design is greatly influenced by the iconic Spanish Renaissance style of Texas Tech’s campus, a style that the current building lacks. Arcades and archways surround the building, guiding visitors towards grand open spaces where people can view exhibition spaces and studios from other levels.

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Lecture halls are some of the most needed additions for the HCoA. The new design includes two new lecture halls located near the west entrance.

The new design includes a grand lecture hall on the south side of the building, near the Flint Parking Garage, where most students, staff, and guests park.

Exploded Axonometric

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The studios are the most important spaces of the HCoA and account for most of the spaces. The studios are the primary working and teaching spaces for architecture students and need to be located near each other for collaberation.

Each student year level has their own floor containing their studios, exhibition space, photo lab, instructor offices, and classrooms.

Exploded Axonometric

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The tenth floor contains many of the offices along with an outdoor space and a space that overlooks the ninth floor reading area.

A large reading area is included in the renovation of the Architecture Library; an important part of the HCoA located on the eighth and ninth floors.

Exploded Axonometric

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Exhibition spaces are located in the core of the building as they are needed for students to display and present their work.

All offices in the HCoA renovation and expansion have windows, unlike the offices of the current building.

Floor Plans

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NEW ADDITIONS EXISTING BUILDING

SPATIAL DIAGRAMS

Walkway towards the south entrance alongside the grand lecture hall.

The Grand Lecture Hall

Library Reading Room

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Mashrabiya Market Seville, Spain Spring 2023 For my semester abroad project in Seville, Spain, I was assigned with creating a market that brings the community together, while providing a space to efficiently sell and shop for goods. Seville is one of the hottest cities in Europe. It is also largely influenced by Moorish/Arabian architecture. In order to make a market that can stay cool in the hot weather, I implemented Mashrabiya panels throughout my market. Mashrabiya is an Arab and Islamic architectural element that brings in wind through carved, ornamented panels in order to keep the building cool, with vents at the top of the walls to release the hot air. The market is split into three buildings with two main streets for the community to circulate and gather in. Portions of the market streets, patios, and balconies are shaded by the repeated ornamental mashrabiya design that is in the walls. The rooflines are raised in varying heights, mimicking the city around them.

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Building orientation and alleys, or “market streets,” give shoppers public social spaces and allow for easier access to different stalls.

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NE View

SE View

How Mashrabiya Works Mashrabiya panels allow for cold winds to enter the building while hot air can rise and exit the building through the upper vents, keeping the building cool. The panels are also able to diffuse sunlight.

SW View

NW View

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Boston Institute of Anthecology Boston, MA, USA Fall 2022 This project called for a cultural aspect to be included in the design of an ecological center to be located in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. My focus for the building is anthecology, the study of pollination, with the exhibits split by floors for different types of pollination by different animals, water and air. The building is made up of equilateral triangles that create hexagons, which are reminiscent of the honeycombs that vital pollinator honeybees create. Each of the nine floors exhibits a form of anthecology with an adjacent green roof that contains the appropriate pollinated plants. A bistro and flex spaces are located at the top, 100 feet high, and look over the Dorchester area of Boston. The ground level outdoor spaces include picnic areas with a bus stop at the front entrance, and sidewalks connecting to Dorchester Avenue. Ideally located, there is also a major subway and bus station just south of the site.

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3D Site Model

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The Physical Model began as a bunch of trapezoidal pieces that were configured into a certain way, but the individual pieces allowed for me to create something new that led me to my final design.

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Ornithophily - the pollination of flowering plants by birds

NORTH

Chiropterophily - the pollination of flowering plants by bats

Malacophily - the pollination of flowering plants by snails

NORTH

Therophily - the pollination of flowering plants by non-flying mammals Storage

Chiropterophilous and Therophilous Plants

Aviary Ornithophily Exhibit Lobby

Malacophilous Plants Bookstore

Reception

Dorchester Ave

Therophily Exhibit

IMAX Lobby

Bat Enclosure

Resident Research Plants Resident Flex Space

I.T. Open to Below

Conf.

Open Workspace

Resident Anthecology Lab

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IMAX Theater

Off. Chiropterophily Exhibit

First Floor Plan

Fifth Floor Plan

Sixth Floor Plan

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Scale: 1/32” = 1’-0

Ground Floor Plan

Scale: 1/32” = 1’-0

Resident Garden

Scale: 1/32” = 1’-0

Fifth Floor Plan

Sixth Floor Plan

To connect to the culture and community of Boston, the large concrete walls on the front and back of the building allow for a great mural space.

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Building section model of the north side of the building.

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Rendered Views Jase Trahan ARCH 3601

Rendered Views Jase Trahan ARCH 3601

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Winged Portico Svalbard, Norway Spring 2022 The Palladian Villa, Villa Cornaro, and its symmetrical winged portico was the primary precedent of this project. This design is a visitor center for the solar observatory in Svalbard, near the Global Seed Vault. The front entrance of the visitor center is facing north towards the midnight sun, the highest that the sun will ever be on the north side at 12 degrees, which is the angle of the roof for sunlight to hit the windows just beneath. The north is also facing down the mountain to the bay in Svalbard, with the mountaintop south of the site. Because of the mountain’s steep incline, the building is built into the mountain with three towers rising out of the mountain to provide light to the spaces below. Curved walls and smaller, cone-shaped towers within the towers allow for sun to reflect down into the galleries, offices, and exhibits rotating around the three central spaces.

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The evolution of the design for the building from the Palladian Villa to the final design built into the mountains of Svalbard, Norway.

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Dining

Server Station

Office

Office

Exhibition

Kitchen Office

Office

Section B Jan. Men

Reception Women

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Workshop

Family

Exhibition

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Plan Site Plan and Section SCALE: 1" = 16'-0" TTU CoA Spring 2022 | ARCH 2504: Architectural Design Studio IV Jase Trahan

Solar Observatory Visitor Center

78.2 North Latitude

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TTU CoA_ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN III

Assignment 03: Synthesis

Lubbock Art School Lubbock, TX, USA

Plan @ 29'-0"

Fall 2021

Plan @ 13'-0" Plan @ 4'-0" Ground @ 0'-0"

The Lubbock Art District is in the heart of downtown Lubbock, an area for unique architecture, and where the proposed Section A art and design school is located. Rather than simply making a design similar to a precedent, I cutSCALE: out1/8" a= 1'-0" section from the

Yokohama Port Terminal and used the form from that as a precedent. The art school that I designed has ramps all throughout the school to experience new heights utilizing indoor and outdoor studio spaces. The ramps and T-shaped Plan @ 29'-0"

platforms and awnings allow for unique spaces for artists to think creatively and collaborate with other artists. The main Plan @ 13'-0"

gallery space is located in the heart of the building with long rows for displays and projects. At the top are large platforms Plan @ 4'-0"

Ground @ 0'-0"

with open spaces and a café that overlooks the art district.

Section B SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"

East Elevation SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"

North Elevation SCALE: 1/8" = 1'-0"

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Analytical Plan Oblique SCALE:NTS TTU CoA Fall 2020 | ARCH 2503: Architectural Design Studio III Jase Trahan, John Burgan, Matthew Coyle, Matthew Forster

Yokohama Port Terminal FOA, Yokohama, Japan, 1994

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Port Terminal Section cut of the Yokohama Port Yokohama FOA, Yokohama, Japan, Yokohama Port 1994 Terminal Terminal that led to the form used in my design.

all 2021 | ARCH 2503: Architectural Design Studio III n, John Burgan, Matthew Coyle, Matthew Forster

Elevation Oblique SCALE: NTS

FOA, Yokohama, Japan, 1994

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Analytical Plan Oblique SCALE:NTS

Yokohama Port Terminal FOA, Yokohama, Japan, 1994

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Building Information Technology Fall 2023 (Elective) In ARCH 3355 Building Information Technology, I was able to gain introductory and developmental knowledge of construction drawings using Building Information Modeling (BIM). The projects were completed using Revit software.

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