Mini Portfolio by Yessenia Lacayo

The layout optimizes functionality and flow: underground parking ensures convenient access while preserving ground-level aesthetics. The first floor hosts vibrant public and exhibition spaces, fostering community engagement. Offices and administrative areas occupy the second floor, providing a focused work environment. The third and fourth floors are dedicated to expansive gallery spaces, offering a dynamic setting for art displays and cultural events.

The site plan incorporates serene courtyards and lush gardens, creating intimate outdoor spaces that promote relaxation and connection.

The elevations feature clean, geometric lines that emphasize verticality while integrating sustainable materials. Large windows punctuate the facade, allowing natural light to flood the interior, while shading devices and textural contrasts create depth and visual interest across the buildingʼs exterior.

Site address: 3678 S Vermont Ave Los Angeles Lot Area 34,000 square feet

Height Limit, Setbacks and FAR: 4 stories/ 60 ft Building square footage: 40,000 square feet

The CLT post-and-beam structure provides strength, warmth, and sustainability, creating open, flexible spaces with natural wood beauty.

ELEMENTS

functional, eco-friendly, and visually engaging design.

LUMINOUS CHRONICLE

An innovative designer created a building that transcends the ordinary, blending light, geometry, and nature in ethereal harmony. At its core, The Infinite Grace Sanctuary offers a peaceful courtyard where sunlight and shadow create a serene atmosphere for reflection. The Celestial Aperture skylight connects the interior to the heavens, while The Astral Prism facade reflects light in dynamic, ever-changing patterns. Beneath, The Celestial Vault turns the underground parking into a tranquil, luminous space. The private gallery, The Elysian Lumina, elevates art and spirit, while the triangular Prismatic Veil blurs boundaries between the tangible and the infinite.

Twenty years later, your ethereal sanctuary remained a timeless masterpiece, untouched by the passing years. **The Astral Prism** facade shimmered in hues of gold and violet, reflecting the infinite sky above, while light danced through **The Celestial Aperture**, casting delicate, shifting patterns on the ground. In **The Infinite Grace Sanctuary**, the interplay of light and shadow created a tranquil space, where whispers of the wind carried ancient melodies. Below, **The Celestial Vault** glowed with a soft, radiant energy, offering a peaceful retreat. Even in **The Elysian Lumina**, art thrived, suspended in harmony with the luminous air, transcending time itself.

AETHER FLOW

The Aether Flow mechanical system for the Corita Legacy Hub's floor integrates essential infrastructure to support the buildingʼs functional and environmental needs while maintaining its seamless design. Concealed HVAC ductwork provides climate control, while hidden electrical conduits power lighting and multimedia displays. Radiant heating and cooling elements are embedded within the flooring to ensure visitor comfort without disrupting the aesthetic flow of the space. Designed for optimal energy efficiency and operational support, the Aether Flow discreetly enhances the hubʼs functionality while preserving its artistic and creative ambiance, allowing the space to breathe effortlessly with its environment.

ELYSIAN LUMINA

The Elysian Lumina is a private gallery that transcends the ordinary, offering a celestial space where art and light merge into an ethereal experience. Bathed in soft illumination, the gallery evokes a sense of otherworldly grace, inviting visitors to explore works that

NEXUS SUITE

The Nexus Suite serves as the dynamic core of administrative operations, where innovation, collaboration, and strategic thinking converge. Designed as a forward-thinking hub, it fosters creativity, efficiency, and seamless coordination, embodying a cutting-edge approach to leadership and management. The space represents the intersection of vision and execution, driving progress and growth.

CELESTIAL VAULT

The Celestial Vault is an ethereal underground parking space designed to feel like a sanctuary beneath the earth. Subtle lighting, soft curves, and reflective materials evoke a sense of serenity, creating a calming, almost otherworldly atmosphere. As visitors descend into this underground realm, they are enveloped by a feeling of floating through a luminous space, where even the mundane act

CELESTIAL APERTURE

The Celestial Aperture is a skylight that opens the space to the heavens, allowing soft, natural light to cascade into the room. This ethereal feature creates a seamless connection between the interior and the sky, filling the space with a tranquil, otherworldly glow. The Celestial Aperture evokes a sense of infinity and lightness, transforming the atmosphere with the changing patterns of the sun and stars above.

LUMINA GALLERY

The galleries beautifully showcase Corita Kentʼs vibrant art, with open spaces and curated lighting that enhance her bold colors, text, and symbolism, creating a serene atmosphere that amplifies her message of joy and activism.

ASTRAL PRISM

.The Astral Prism is a triangular facade system that captures and refracts light, creating a celestial interplay of angles and illumination. Each triangular element acts as a prism, shaping the building's exterior into a dynamic, ever-changing surface that reflects the movement of the sun and sky. This ethereal design evokes the geometry of the stars, merging structure with the cosmos,

AETHER TERRACES

The Aether Terraces offer an elevated experience, where sky and architecture blend to create a serene, otherworldly escape. These balconies, with their ethereal ambiance, provide a unique vantage point, inviting visitors to reflect, relax, and absorb the surrounding beauty. The Aether Terraces embody a sense of transcendence, connecting elegance with the infinite.

The Prismatic Veil is a triangular facade system that transforms the wall into an ethereal play of light and geometry. Each triangular module captures and refracts sunlight, creating a dynamic surface that constantly shifts as the day progresses. Light filters through the angled forms, casting intricate patterns of shadows that dance across the interior, evoking a sense of movement and fluidity. The triangular design creates a crystalline effect, as if the wall is a living, breathing entity reflecting the rhythm of the sky. This facade becomes a delicate membrane, where the boundaries between inside and outside blur, inviting an ethereal connection to the natural world.

THE INFINITE GRACE COURTYARD

Coritaʼs boundless creativity and unwavering commitment to love and justice.

NEXUS SUITE : SERVES AS THE DYNAMIC CORE OF ADMINISTRATION WHERE INNOVATION, COLLABORATION AND STRATEGIC THINKING CONVERGE. DESIGN AS A FOWARD THINKING- HUB, IT FOSTERS CREATIVITY, EFFICIENCY AND SEAMLESS COORDINATION EMBODYING A CUTTING EDGE APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT. THE SPACE REPRESENTS THE INTERSECTION OF VISION AND EXECUTION, DRIVING PROGRESS AND GROWTH.

CELESTIAL APERTURE: THE CELESTIAL APERTURE IS A SKYLIGHT THAT OPENS THE SPACE TO THE HEAVENS, ALLOWING SOFT NATURAL LIGHT TO CASCADE INTO THE ROOM. THIS ETHEREAL FEATURE CREATES A SEAMLESS CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INTERIOR AND THE SKY FILLING THE SPACE WITH A TRANQUIL GLOW. THE CELESTIAL APERTURE EVOKES A SENSE OF INFINITY AND LIGHTNESS TRANSFORMING THE ATHMOSPHERE WITH CHANGING PATTERNS OF THE SUN AND STARS ABOVE.

ASTRAL PRISM -IS A TRIANGULAR FACADE SYSTEM THAT CAPTURES AND REFACTS LIGHT CREATING A CELESTIAL INTERPLAY OF ANGLE AN ILUMINATION. EACH TRIANGULAR ELEMENTACT PRISM , SHAPING THE BUILDING EXTERIOR INTO A DYNAMIC EVER CHANGING SURFACE THAT REFLECTS THE MOVEMENT OF THE SUN AND SKY. THIS ETHERAL DESIGN EVOKES GEOMETRY OF THE STARS, MERGING STRUCTURE WITH THE COSMOS.

CLESTIAL VAULT- THE CELESTIAL VAULT IS AN ETHEREAL UNDERGROUND PARKING SPACE DESIGNED TO FEEL LIKE A SANCTUARY BENEATH THE EARTH. SUBTLE LIGHTING, SOFT CURVESAND REFLECTIVE MATERIALS EVOKE A SENSE OF SERINITY, CREATING A CALMING ALMOST OTHER WORDLY ATHMOSPHERE. AS VISITORS DESCEND INTO THE UNDERGROUND REALM..

ELYSIAN ILUMINA -IS A PRIVATE GALLERY THAT TRANSCENDS THE ORDINARY, OFFERING CELESTIAL SPACE WHERE ART AND LIGHT MERGE INTO ETHEREAL EXPERIENCE. BATH IN SOFT ILUMINATION THE GALLERY EVOKES A SENSE OF OTHERWORDLY GRACE, INVITING VISITORS TO EXPLORE WORKS THAT.

LUMINA GALLERY -THE GALLERIES BEAUTIFUL SHOWCASE CORIT A KENTS VIBRANT ART WITH OPEN SPACES AND CURATED LIGHTING HER BOLD TEXT AND SYBOLISM, CREATING A SERENE ATMOSPHERE THAT AMPLIFY HER MESSAGE AND ACTIVISM.

THE INFINITE GRACE COURTYARD -THE INFINITE GRACE COURTYARD IS AN ETHEREAL SPACE THAT CAPTURES TRANSCENDENT ESSENCE OF CORITA KENT'S VIBRANT WORK, THE DESIGN FEATURES FLUID FORMS AND DYNAMIC COLORS, EVOKING A SENSE OF CONTINOUS MOVEMENT AND GRACE. AS SUNLIGHT FILTERS THROUGH THE SPACE, IT CREATES A HEAVENLY ATHMOSPHERE THAT ENCOURAGES CONTEMPLATION, CONNECTION AND INSPIRATION.