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TERRANCE BRIAN LOUIS PHILLIPS

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TERRANCE BRIAN LOUIS PHILLIPS

CONTACT INFO

Email: brianlouisdesign@gmail.com

Cell: 832-298-2079 WEBSITE

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MY PASSION FOR ARCHITECTURE

Terrance Brian Louis Phillips.

Born and raised in Houston, Texas.

Deriving creativity from music, art, and media.

Formulating an innovative design language.

Producing and bringing possibilities into existence, thereby shaping our world for the better.

Assisting people in finding inspiration and happiness

Integrating people and environment to cultivate uniqueness

Learning, preserving, and celebrating social and cultural identity through timeless measures.

Catering to our collective health and well-being through how we feel in space and time

Resolving issues that impact our lives, the very essence of sustainability.

Living in happiness and enjoyment, defining quality of life.

Embracing architecture.

EDUCATION

University of Southern California (USC)

Los Angeles, California, USA

AUGUST 2022 - MAY 2024

Master of Architecture, Advanced Standing Certificate in Real Estate Development

Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD)

Savannah, Georgia, USA

SEPTEMBER 2017 - MAY 2021

BFA in Architecture, cum laude

First Representation Model

The integration of cultural symbolic factors

Transformation and connection of form and space that analyzes the unity of hip-hop.

The unity of the hip-hop movement is about coming together, sharing, and learning about its cultural significance.

This process will formulate a group of public spatial arrangements for social interaction with hip-hop cultural values.

SAV CULTURAL SQUARE

MARCH 2020 - MAY 2020

A sustainable cultural square will bring together people from Savannah and different communities and reflect love and respect for its significant purpose as the first and oldest theater in Savannah. When I visited the site, I wanted to revive a place that defines Savannah because I enjoyed the activities around the city. I captured four strong characteristic values and essence of Savannah: tourism, entertainment, diversity, and landmarks. For architectural design, the four existing values provide four proposal values of the Savannah Cultural Square: sustainability, aesthetic education, experiential cognition, and social & culture. This design process in architecture will enhance comfort conditions, remarkable learning themes, unification of Savannah and different communities, understanding of diversity, attractions, and entertainment. The proposed values of the cultural square being influenced by the essence of Savannah is significant to the users because it expresses the origin of the first built theater in Savannah and defines what Savannah is really about.

Creating a Savannah Cultural Square as a theater renovation to enhance human comfort, generate enjoyable entertainment, communicate an atmosphere of learning, while celebrating the cultural history of the site as the first and oldest theater in Savannah.

Theatre built by architect William Jay First performance: "The Soldier's Daughter"

EXISTING VALUES FROM THE SITE

Savannah Theatre is surrounded by a historical environmnent, which is characteristic of this area in the city of Savannah. This historical theme is expressed through values and architectural styles thatcontribute to the culture of Savannah. Diversity, entertainment, and landmarks are three values that help to define Savannah as a historicalplace and the relationship between the theater and its site.

renovation resulting in current, art-deco design

SAVANNAH THEATRE

THE VERDANT : AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR HOMELESS

VETERAN FAMILIES

SEPTEMBER

2022 - DECEMBER 2022

Do veterans deserve a happy home with their families after fighting for our freedom? The answer is a resounding "Yes." Homeless veteran families' most significant problems are the need for housing, mental health care, job services, and relationship with themselves or others. Throughout the design challenges in creating coliving housing , producing significant architectural design features of green, affordable, and sustainable housing will resolve housing issues, lack of social interaction, and poor work production for individuals and co-dividuals.

Therapeutic architecture helps to provide a space in a natural process of healing, bonding with other veteran families, and occupying themselves.

Utilizing and celebrating natural light, ventilation, and green spaces through architecture serve the meaning and quality of life that affects families' emotions in their positive state of growth. The Verdant is a symbol of a brighter future for veterans with a central focus in architecture that occurs cyclically over time and with massive cultural and societal transformation.

With that, creating an The Verdant: Affordable Housing for Homeless Veteran

Families will promote mental and social health and wellness

that can achieve sustainable living and serve the families' purpose of refinement and happiness

CALIFORNIA

LOS ANGELES

1.) TOTAL BLOCKS (TOTAL PROGRAM AREA) REDUCE FOOTPRINT CREATION OF COMMUNITY GARDEN COURTYARD

GROUND LEVEL: COMMUNITY WELLNESS PROGRAMS

SECOND LEVEL: POD HOME A

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

ASTRO HOUSE

APRIL 2024 - JULY 2024

ASTRO HOUSE

SITE / ADDRESS:

19000 Space Center Blvd Houston, TX 77058

Located near the NASA Johnson Space Center (1.4 miles away)

Astro House is a unique futuristic residence and exhibition surrounded by the environment of science and space exploration in Houston , Texas. It is used for vacation rentals, tourist attractions, receptions, concerts, fashion shows, etc. This property is located near the NASA Johnson Space Center. The imagery of a shooting star inspired the design process. Constructing that imagery into a developable surface with a chrome material, curtain walls, and a skylight creates a sense of timeless Retro Futurism. The sweep structure with windows on the upper levels acts as a telescope. It provides close-up views of the surroundings, including the sky view and the stunning Mud Lake and NASA Johnson Space Center skyline. Astro House serves as a place for multi-cultural activities as well as living accommodations under the in�luence of art , science , and space

ASTRO HOUSE

FOYER & LIVING ROOM

OBSERVATION DECK

EXTERIOR VIEW OF BEDROOM - UPPER LEVEL

(View of Mud Lake)

LOUNGE - UPPER LEVEL (View of NASA Johnson Space Center)

EXTERIOR BACK VIEW OF ASTRO HOUSE

ARCH OF BAND

JUNE 2025

Arch of Band is a celebrated 50-foot-tall modern music art installation featuring a pile of immense, disoriented musical instruments and objects around the arch, inspired by Neoclassical architecture, to promote sustainability in climate-responsive design, fostering creative harmony with the surrounding desert landscape. Its towering white form casts a long shadow on the ground, obstructing sunlight, with a shaded breezeway inviting people in through the arch, offering a scenic view amid the hot climate. Large-scale PVC vinyl disks and reel-to-reel tapes are used as wind spinners to rotate in the wind, maximizing a cooling effect and creating an impression of playing the audio of the surrounding atmosphere. At night, the LED light strips embedded in the perimeter of the large-scale vinyl disks and LED spotlights on the flat surfaces of the installation aim to create a glowing, color-changing effect, enhancing the impression that the Arch of Band itself is performing and entertaining festivalgoers. The Arch of Band serves more than just a standing art installation; it is a celebration and an experiential exploration of modern music, intersecting art and architecture with sustainable tactics in desert modernism .

( 1 ) Connect the Parts of the Plywood 2-Step Platform Space

( 2 ) Steel Structural Framing with 3 Wooden Telephone Pole connected with the Plywood 2-Step Platform Space and on the existing ground

( 3 ) Plywood Boards as Coverage for the Steel Structural Framing

( 4 ) Mounted Large-scale Plywood Music objects on the Plywood Boards

SUSTAINABILITY

DESIGN DRIVERS

TNEMYOJNE REDNOW

“Architecture belongs to culture, not to civilization.”

Alvar Aalto

( 5 ) White Elastomeric Stucco Paint as Coverage for Plywood; Use Black Latex Acrylic Paint for Reel-to-teel tapes; Use Black PVC (Polyvinyl chloride) Reflective for Vinyl Disks

( 6 ) Mounted 8 Large-scale Vinyl Disks & 8 Reel-to-reel tapes as Rotating Wind Spinners on the connectors; Add LED light strips and spotlights on installation; Construction Process Completed

BRIAN LOUIS FESTIVAL

MARCH 2024 - MAY 2024

Have you ever been to a music festival where you felt honored and appreciated by your culture as if you were famous? Brian Louis Festival is an art and music festival of Black Excellence named after a black architect. A place to honor black innovators and attendees and uphold the legacy of black culture and celebrate music by black artists from different music genres (Hip Hop, R&B, Pop, Country, Rock, etc.).

Mission statement:

Celebrating Black Excellence in Architecture creates a special vision to elevate the human experience through art , music , and design . We play a part in bringing that special vision to fruition. It’s time to celebrate ourselves and our contributions to the world of art, music, and design.

Festival Design Project

Black Carpet Experience - a special space to honor all attendees and performers—a place to meet and greet people. Used to promote social interaction and networking. Located at the entrance to the festival.

Beehive Sculpture - a sculpture & immersive experience to pay special tribute to Houston fellow Beyoncé.

Black Water - an open and tranquil stage and space environment for soothing and healing black music. It facilitates meditation and promotes mental and spiritual wellness for attendees and performers.

Black Gala - an exclusive party at the semi-outdoor dome for all attendees and a performer. There is a standing space/stage for all attendees to dance and socialize with others, including a performer. Live DJs and music artists play black music and interact with attendees by participating in dance competitions, giving away gifts, giving birthday shoutouts, and giving testimonials.

GROWING FORWARD : PLANTING GENERATIONAL ROOTS

MAY

2023 - OCTOBER 2023

Collaborators: USC NOMAS Chapter

Growing Forward: Planting Generational Roots is about connecting generations through the retelling of history as well as cultivating intergenerational interactions . The documentation of the historically black Eliot neighborhood is present not only through the library but through the murals of Daren Todd, whose artwork focuses on capturing the significance of the black community in Portland. Through its residential spaces , courtyard green spaces , urban forest and gardens , and retail programs , Growing Forward fortifies intergenerational links that ensure Eliot’s legacy remains resilient

Greenhouse & Outdoor Spaces

Murals & Perforated Panels - Facade Site Plan

Applied in an abstract fashion to

Credit: “A Small Space Haven” / IKEA Global, 2023.

pounded bark cloth the artists paint rhythmical free-oscillating patterns using sticks and natural dye made from black carbon and Gardenia juice.

Bold pattern either painted, embellished, carved or etched is a powerful and expressive component of

Bold patterned kitenge wraps, Zanzibar, ca 1900

Pongo barkcloth, Zaire

Adinkra robes, Ghana, 1973

DIGITAL + ART + MODELS :

ART & DESIGN COLLECTION

JANUARY 2016 - DECEMBER 2023

Self Portrait, Fingerprint Ink Pad Black on Bristol Paper, 2017.

The Sevens NFT: 20th Anniversary of Nintendo GameCube - GameCube Boy, GIF, Adobe Illustrator & ScreenToGif, 2021.

Facade Proposal from Graduate Study Abroad - Paris, France: DIOR’s Inflatable Cladding Facade, Autodesk Revit & Adobe Photoshop, 2023.

A Mediterranean Home, Autodesk Revit, 2016.

Ocracoke Beach Camping Pier & Site Model, Wood, Acrylic paints, Watercolor, Cardboard, Sand, Grass, Satellite Map of Ocracoke Island Beach, NC on Paper, 2019.

Proposed Facade: Screen Folding System for An Existing Building, GIF, Rhino, Grasshopper, ScreenToGif, 2023.