Contributed to residential projects within Los Angeles County and Utah. Projects assigned encompassed remodels, ADUs, additions, and new construction. Responsibilities included producing working drawings, schedules, details, as well as the creation of 3D models and renderings.
EDUCATION
2021 - 2026 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Bachelors of Architecture
CPP GPA: 3.82 | President’s List | Dean’s List
2019 - 2021 Citrus College
Associate of Science: Architecture
Citrus College GPA: 4.0 | President’s List | Dean’s List
ORGANIZATIONS
2024 - 2025 Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society
CPP Chapter 24 - 25 | Student Member
2022 - 2025 NOMAS
CPP Chapter 22 - 25 | Student Member
2020 - 2021 American Society of Engineers and Architects
Citrus College Chapter 20 - 21 | Secretary
INVOLVEMENTS
2023 - 2024 Neutra VDL Studio & Residences
Docent at the Neutra VDL Research Residence in Los Angeles. Provides guided tours to visitors and assists during events.
2023 CPPARC Teaching Practicum
Instructor’s Assistant | 3rd + 2nd yr structures
ACHIEVEMENTS
2023 Jack and Marilyn Zuber Rememberance Award
Awarded for Housing Design | Spring 2023
2021 - 2024 CPPARC Outstanding Design
2nd, 3rd, 4th Year Design Studios
2021 Raul and Wanda Fernandes Memorial Scholarship
Awarded in Citrus College
2021 Certificate in Computer-Aided Drafting
Awarded in Citrus College
DIGITAL SKILLS
jericcrosal@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jericcrosal/ ANALOG SKILLS
Model-Making | Sketching | 3D Printing | Laser Cutting
Spacial Panoplies
CPP Architecture
Spring 2024
Fourth Year Topic Studio
Instructor: Jehhye Kim
Rhino 7 | Adobe CC
Spacial Panoplies is the choreography of lines into a dance that informs the creation of space when the steps between are traced. Breaks in these choreographed patterns allows for the variation in spaces as well as movement throughout the building.
The site of the building is located off of San Vicente Boulevard and Olympic Boulevard. The program of the building is designated as a palliative care center. The panoply of ideas responds to how dance can be interpreted and effects architectural elements of a building.
Through an exercise of photographing the world, recognitions in patterns and datums exhibiting subtle changes that express movement were noted during the exercise. In relation to the sponge material study, the arrangement of sponge effects informed the changes of programmatic spaces in the building. Traversing through these programmed spaces, there is a dance with the transition between each program type. These ideas allowed for the new arrangement of patterns that would act as a field condition for the building, becoming the longitudinal section for the project.
SPACIAL DIAGRAM
PROGRAM DIAGRAM
The use of stamping sponges was seen as an example of densities within spaces. Additionally, the fading of these textures can be interpreted as the change in circulation. In conjunction with the layering of opaque and clear acrylic, these effects are used to create patterns that misdirect the movement path while not constraining it. The modules are placed with the intent of having a heirarchy, designating some paths as primary while others are secondary.
Sponges were initially used for material studies to study movement. This was understood through the ways sponges can compress and effect the spaces within itself and when attached to another. The absorbancy and textures of the sponge were studied and informed the ideas of density within the project. The light qualities different sponges exhibit were also studied. The collection of these findings were then used to transition to acrylic. The arrangement of the acrylic modules spoke to the moment of when the compression of the sponge was felt. The material itself was able to mimic the light qualities that the sponges expressed.
The building is comprised of 3 segments, each with their own field condition arrangements. Each side of the facade exhibits a different dance as a response to the sides of the site.
The QR code links to a 2 minute video that posits the position on the proposed architectural artifact.
Western Water
CPP Architecture
Fall 2023
Fourth Year Topic Studio
Instructor: Mitchell DeJarnett
Rhino 7 | Adobe CC
Western water is intended to serve as a place of political discussion and negotiation; there is particular emphasis on the importance of water rights to the Colorado River. Entities such as California, Nevada, Arizona, and the Native Nations heavily rely on said water.
Located in Downtown Los Angeles, the performative landscape and program pieces reflect the ways in which the public may interact with such political spaces and are intended to spark discussion.
The building reflects the tension of a body of water through phases of transparency and obscurity in vision. The moments of obscurity intend to create a sense of curiosity for these otherworldly aspects. The theme is continuously followed through the project to relay the impact and importance of water.
The grid applied to the building is sized by 20’x20’x20’ modules. It is also applied onto the facade, which wraps around the programmatic volumes and obscures it.
Within the plan, the direct circulation path is obscured both physically and visually with a play of solid and translucent walls. When applied to the program pieces, it allows for the public to observe the discussions taking place.
The resulting unprogrammed space is then turned into waiting rooms, break areas, or open work spaces.
secretariat plan conference center plan
As the facade moves towards the north, it unfolds itself onto the landscape. The grid of the facade informs the separation of spaces within the performative landscape. That being the desert and grassland biomes, or even the water infrustructure programs. The unfolded structure also acts as a trellis for plants to grow onto.
As a response to the urban fabric of downtown LA, the southern side of the facade is solid and opaque. It responds to the streetscape and provides a blurred view of the interior.
The north side of the facade changes physical properties, becoming more open and translucent. The building reveals itself to the public on the parkside.
The chunk model of the facade system exhibits the daylighting strategy of the different states of the building.
Museum of Japanese Contemporary Art
CPP Architecture
Fall 2021
Second Year Design Studio
Instructor: Jeehye Kim
Rhino 7 | Adobe CC
Located in the Little Tokyo Historic District of Downtown LA, this museum features artwork by Chiharu Shiota and Yoshitomo Nara. The building is an urban infill project, having existing buildings at its adjacent sides.
As an exploration of space and voids; oblique volumes are placed throughout the envelope and drive the directionality of the museum experience. Moments of compression force a fixed perspective until it is broken with a collision. Moments of expansion provide relief, via visual or physical changes. This pattern is repeated throughout the museum to provide various viewpoints throughout the building. To encourage exploration, the sculptural artwork is placed at central locations relative to the viewpoints. This is to provide different perspectives to observe the artwork.
The oblique was chosen as it either compresses or expands, depending on the intended direction. These volumes are arranged within the boundary box of the site, creating both positive and negative spaces. The inclusion of envelope redefines what some obliques are defined as.
The more experiential obliques are used for the exhibits and assembly spaces within the museum, while the simple obliques are dedicated for the offices and storage.
Scientists’ Retreat
CPP Architecture
Fall 2022
Third Year Design Studio
Instructor: Marc Schulitz
Rhino 7 | Adobe CC
As one enters the peaks of Mount Wilson, visitors are met with steep terrain and various clearings. This retreat seeks to lure visitors through to the framed view of the treeline. The project does so with its main circulation ramp going through the rectangular structure.
The building exhibits features of a tower, bridge, and cantilever in order for it’s form to frame the landscape. These features allow for the separation of program pieces with each level. The building explores the use of modularity with the structural system, guard rail system, and building assembly. An assembly that envelopes the outer boundaries of the building, but is recessed on the inner boundaries.
The building is accessed along the north road where it splits and surrounds the site. To the south of the site is a clearing within the woods where the treeline is visible.
Using the precedent exercises, the project would be a combination of a tower, bridge, and cantilever.
Diagonal bracing is applied to the core modules, the rigidity of said modules allows for neighboring modules to be unbraced.
Entry onto the site is found on the northern part of the road. As the road continues south, it diverges and changes in elevation according to the site topography. Each road leads to a clearing where the ridgelines of the mountains can be seen.
Access to the viewing deck is found near the north road. Guests will access a separate platform before moving through the experiential ramp. As they walk through, they can peer through the curtain walls and observe the scientists working in either the office or laboratory. Once past the frame of a building, an unobscured view of the woods is seen to the south.
The continuity of modularity is found not only within the structural modules, but also within the building assembly throughout the project.
The exterior aluminum panels come in a 4’x3’ size and a 4’x1’6” size. The former representing the occupiable spaces within the building and the latter alluding to the location of floor plates. Modular panel sizes allow for the implementation of windows of corresponding sizes.
The chunk displays how the building envelope is offset from the structural system on the outer boundary while being inset on the inner boundary.
The bridge assembly follows the same concept. The guard rail is comprised of a structural system similar to the building and an exterior panel system located on the outer boundaries of the bridge.
