elliot lazo
Education • Honolulu Community College
• Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa
Major: Architectural Engineering & CAD Technologies August 2009 - May 2011
Major: Architecture August 2011 - Present
skills Autocad Revit Rhino Sketch-up Hand Rendering
Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Model Making Graphic Design
extra curricular Activities • American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) - Officer: Director of Events (June 2013 - June 2014) Oversee all events planned by AIAS Hawaii Chapter. Events include: Paper Architecture Night (PAN), Sandcastle Esquissee, Gingerbread Esquisse, Pumpkin Carving Esquisse, and Workshops. - Officer: Director of Internal Affairs (June 2014 - June 2015) Coordinate meetings with Studio Representative members. Collaborate on ideas and plans to benefit student life in architecture school. - UHSAAA Golf Tournament Volunteer (June 2013; June 2014) - MCAH Golf Tournament Volunteer (July 2014) - Grassroots Leadership Conference (July 2013) - West Quad Conference (October 2013; March 2014; March 2015) • Mongolia Design Charette 2nd Place Winning Design
Work Experience • Manoa Japanese Language School Position: Tutor When: Aug. 2010 - May 2012 • UHM - College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature Position: Student Assistant When: Jun. 2013 - Present • Henniger & Henniger Inc. Position: Draftsman When: July 2014 - Aug. 2014
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The Diamond Head Complex are apartment and housing units located near Kapiolani Community College and neighbors the Diamond Head Theater. The site is an open plan that allows multiple activities that aid engage neighbors and those in the community. A large field, community pool, gathering pavilion are a few of the amenities the Diamond Head Complex offers.
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Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
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mongolia house Location: Uulan Baatar, Mongolia The Mongolia House is a design competition to design a 1 or 2 bedroom, wood frame “American style” home for Mongolian families. The home’s building materials is to be build ready and be able to fit in a 1,000 SF shipping container.
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First Floor: The first floor entails all social arrangements of the home such as the kitchen, dining, living room, and family room.
Second Floor: The upper floor of the home entails the private sectors of the home, the bedrooms and shared full bathroom.
Container Packaging: The two 1000 square foot shipping containers are comprised with all lumber, plywoods, roof cladding, and window glasses that are needed to efficiently build the home.
thomas s q u a re park Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Thomas Square park in Honolulu is a historic site dated back in the 1800s. It is known to be the site where the Kingdom of Hawaii was restored by Admiral Richard Thomas after it was seized and occupied in 1843. The revitalization of this site is a plan the state has for the park in the future. The design for the park entails community friendly amenities for neighboring visitors. The site is serene and engaging to the community with a cafe, a captivating art hall, and an amphitheater.
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Thomas Square Cafe: The cafe is served throughout the day, catering towards visitors and the business people employed nearby.
Art Hall: The art hall is located along the central path starting from Beretania St. side to the King St. entrance. Along the path are benches and walls that showcase murals created by the Academy of Arts School. The art brings a sense of character, freedom, and creativity to the park.
Amphitheater: The amphitheater located on the King St. side of the park expands on the artistic aspect of the park. It’s an additional venue to the Blaisdell concert hall, used for smaller scale shows. Behind this space is an open space for the weekly farmer’s market formerly held at the blaisdell concert hall entrance.
MILAM B AT H HOUSE Location: Jacksonville, Florida The Milam residence designed by Paul Rudolph is located near the beach. It’s an iconic residential design with its successful use of concrete brise soleil. The addition designed on the south-east end of the existing structure stands a bath house. The bath house is space to shower, change, clean up, and relax before entering the residence. The study of the Rudolph’s facade was used to maintain language used in the existing structure.
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Current site conditions
Lines are projected and extended in relation to its existing conditions.
From the linework a shape is formed that would portray as the bath house, not blocking view from the existing home
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Tracing over the portrayed massing, a floor plan is put together that best fits the bath house.
Bath house concept floor plan.
Finalized floor plan for the bath house with proposed furnishing.
C R E AT I V E WORKS Photography: Photographing people is one thing, photographing buildings is another. When I capture images of buildings it’s as if I’m trying to solve a complex math problem, breaking down the problem and disect from the base. Other than capturing the building as a whole, disect the details of that the structure entails. The bends, the connections, angles, or reflections are details that begin to inspire a new perspective. When I’m capturing these photos I begin to fall in love with the elements. The elements that are viewed within the lens become a compositional challenge. Architectural rules come in to play by incorporating rules of the grid, hierarchy, and balance.
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2D Compositioning: Abstract sketching is a sense of freedom to my hands. Using linework, geometric shapes, and depth to express my personality.
Furniture Design:
maple Top View
Perspective View
Side View
Back View
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