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Trey Nicholas

School E-mail tnicholas@cpp.edu

Personal E-mail thnicholas17@gmail.com

Phone (951) 392-6715

LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/trey-nicholas-8a237b22b

Education

Contact Experience

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

B. Arch | in progress

2020-Present

3.95 GPA

Architectural Intern

WSP

Summer 2023, 3 mo. | Los Angeles, CA

Produced drawings and diagrams, conducted site surveys

Studio Teaching Assistant

Cal Poly Pomona First Year Architecture

2021-2022

Tau Sigma Delta

Member 2020-present

TSD is a nationally recognized architecture honor society that recognizes students for their intellectual achievement, e ort as well as leadership and character.

HONORS & AWARDS

Extracurricular Skills

Rhinoceros

V-Ray

Enscape

Blender

Bluebeam

Jack and Marilyn Zuber Remembrance Award

Spring 2023

CPP Interim Exhibition Selection

Spring 2021 Fall 2021 Spring 2022

Fall 2022

Revit (Architecture)

Photoshop

Illustrator

Microsoft O ce

Model Making museum board, chip board, foam core

Photography architecture, landscape, still life

SANTA ANA MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING

Type-VA over Type IA Santa Ana, CA

This project aims to divert from the gentrified Spanish revival diluting Santa Ana in favor of pure forms and a return to a more familiar, ubiquitous shape that continues to tie closely to the residents of Santa Ana. The analogy of a typical house becomes a common motif in this project, serving not only as an indication of scale of single-family homes in Santa Ana, but also as these carved-out gestures to signify entry and choreograph space. To further convey and emphasize the subtracting operations occurring on the ground floor, these voids produce its inverted form as solid additional extrusions that are ultimately added back into the project to compose and serve as indoor amenity spaces for the residents. To continue the motif of the house analogy, the roof slope mimics this shape and rationalizes it to adapt in a multi-family complex where residents can experience the inherent vertical expansion of the roof. Thus, units directly attachded to the roof will entice diverse income ranges to live in this housing complex.

The facade pushes and pulls to break down the scale of the overall mass to chunk nearby units together and compose them as one small community in the complex, encouraging a city-within-a-city. The push and pull also grants more space to either balconies or indoor living spaces; thus, allowing for slight variations in an otherwise typical unit which can cater more carefully to the needs of the residents. To address the push and pull, recessed walls share the same pure color as the entire building, but the texture becomes more rough to further emphasize this move and disrupt the monotony of a basic stucco facade.

The units are arranged in a pinwheel configuration, leaving void spaces between each line of units that serve as private amenity spaces for the residents including gathering spaces, gardens, and viewpoints looking back out to the community. The pinwheel composes an inner courtyard where louder, more activated amenity spaces occur including a gym, clubhouse, and an open to below to allow for a connection between the residents and members stopping by.

Museum Of Japanese Contemporary Art

Located near the

Plaza in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, this infill museum proposal offers itself to the commuity as an eye observing the cultural context, as well as a highly sculptural megalith preserving and showcasing contemporary Japanese art. This project is composed of variously scaled and oriented truncated volumes that catalog a multitude of functions inculding lighting, various spatial qualities, and circulation. Each truncated volume allows for unique visualizations of compression and expansion by removing one of their faces to permeate light; thereby further elevating the representation of Chiharu Shiota and Yoshitomo Nara’s artwork inside.

MASSING & CIRCULATION

The main staircase is positioned within the central staggered atrium space where a large truncated volume bisects it, illuminating this circulatory moment with ambient light to serve as a guiding force in the museum. This move also maintains a stable hierarchy between program and circulation as the stairs themselves take on a larger purpose in facilitating a meaningful architectural promenade. These unique volumes also function as key entry points for the museum as a transitional funnel space deliberately moving the subject from outside to inside the museum.