Portfolio linda chavez 2013 by Linda Chavez

LINDA

CHAVEZ

Portfolio Architecture Selected works 2000 - 2013

“The questions isn’t who is going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me.” Ayn Rand

LINDA

CHAVEZ

PROJECT ARCHITECT | INTERIORS | LEED COORDINATOR

773.387.3372 | linda.b.chavez@gmail.com 320E. 21ST ST. APT 517 | Chicago IL, 60616 http://issuu.com/lindachavez9/docs/portfolio_linda_chavez_2013

Experience

Education

JGMA | www.jgma.co | Chicago IL Director of interiors/ LEED coordinator | 09.2010 - Present

Master of Project Management | Evanston IL Northwestern University | Cumulative GPA 3.85/4 | 2010

Antunovich Associates | www.antunovich.com | Chicago IL

Bachelor of Architecture | Guadalajara, Mexico

Project Architect | 04.2008 - 09.2009

Estructuras Inc. | www.estructurasinc.com | Chicago IL

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Cumulative GPA 9/10 | 2010

Project Engineer | 10.2005 - 04.2008

Latin America / Los Angeles Studio | Los Angeles

Ramos Arquitectos | Guadalajara, Mexico

SCI-Arc | Teddy Cruz Instructor | 2000

Project Architect | 01.2005 - 10.2005

Estudio Luis Aldrete | www.luisaldrete.com | Guadalajara, Mexico Junior Architect | 10.2001 - 01.2005

Skills

Chapultepec Printmaking Shop | www.artechapultepec.com | Mexico

Software & Operating Systems

Editor/ Printer | 05.2000 - 10.2005

Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education | Mexico Art History Teacher| 08.2002 - 05.2003

Projects

Expert: autoCAD, indesign, photoshop, primavera, ms office, ms project, mac, pc Proficient: autodesk revit, sketchup, prolog

Languages english, spanish

School of the Art Institute, Photo department | Chicago IL 4,000 sq ft | budget 0.6M |status, completed

Instituto Health and Sciences Career Academy | Chicago IL 77,000 sq ft | budget 22M |status, completed

UNO Soccer Academy, Elementary School | Chicago IL 65,000 sq ft | budget 20M |status, completed

Gads Hill Center Childcare and Community Center | Chicago IL

Dalian University of Technology Press

Materials in Architecture | USA| 2012 Gingko Press

Architectural Record Magazine| USA | 10.2008 Repositioning Practice

XII Cemex Awards | Mexico | 2005 Editorial Coedition Arquine Cemex Piso Magazine | Mexico| 03.2004 Casa Santa Cruz

18,000 sq ft | budget 7M |status, design development

NEIU, Childcare Center | Chicago IL 16,000 sq ft | budget 5.8M |status, design development

Honors AIA Chicago Interior Architectural Award | 2012

Casa Nayarit Affordable Housing | Chicago IL

Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy | Citation of Merit

47,000 sq ft | budget 9M |status, on hold

AIA Illinois Honor Awards Frank Lloyd Wright | 2012

Uptown Worthington mix use retail/ development | Malvern PA 132 acres | budget confidential |status, under construction

Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy | Citation of Merit

AIA Illinois Honor Awards Frank Lloyd Wright | 2012

1260 W Madison, residential / retail development | Chicago IL

UNO Soccer Academy School | Special Recognition

55,000 sq ft | budget confidential |status, on hold

Cemex Award| 2004

SC House | Guadalajara, Mexico 2500 sq ft | budget 1M |status, completed

Casa Santa Anita | Second place

Virreyes residential development | Guadalajara, Mexico

Architectural Thesis Award | 2001 Relationships: train and city | First place

11,000 sq ft | budget 2M |status, completed

Beach Club DeSantos | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 3,500 sq ft | budget confidential|status, design development

Affiliations AIA Associate

Tequila distillery & manufacture facility | Atotonilco El Alto, Mexico

LEED Green Associate

270,000 sq ft | budget confidential |status, under construction

License Architect | Mexico

Higher Education

K-12 Education

Chicago, IL

Size: 60,000 sq. ft.

Size: 4,000 sq. ft.

Size: 77,000 sq. ft.

Status: Under construction

Status: Completed

Budget: 26M

Budget: 0.6M

Budget: 22M

Year: 2011-2013

Year: 2011-2012

Year: 2010-2011

Involvement: Project Architect/ Interiors/

Involvement: Project Architect

Involvement: Project Architect/ Interiors/

LEED Consultant

NEIU El Centro Campus

LEED Consultant

SAIC Photo Department

IHSCA High School

Projects overview

K-12 Education

Child Care Education

Chicago, IL

Size: 65,000 sq. ft.

Size: 18,000 sq. ft.

Size: 16,000 sq. ft.

Status: Completed

Status: Design Development

Budget: 20M

Budget: 7M

Budget: 5.8M

Year: 2010-2011

Year: 2012

Involvement: Project Architect/ Interiors

Involvement: Project Architect

UNO Soccer Academy

Gads Hill Center Childcare

NEIU Childcare Center

Affordable Housing

Mix-Use Development

Multi-Family Residential

Chicago, IL

Malvern, PA

Chicago, IL

Size: 47,000 sq. ft.

Size: 132 acres

Size: 55,000 sq. ft.

Status: Plan development

Status: Construction documents

Budget: 9M

Year: 2007- 2008

Year: 2008

Year: 2011-2013

Position: Project Architect

Casa Nayarit

Uptown Worthington

1260 W Madison

Projects overview

Mix-Use Development

Residential

Multi-Family Residential

Chicago, IL

Guadalajara, Mexico

Size: 65,000 sq. ft.

Size: 2,500 sq. ft.

Size: 11,000 sq. ft.

Status: Competition

Status: Completed

Year: 2004

Budget: 1M

Budget: 2M

Position: Team Architect

Year: 2003-2004

Year: 2002-2003

Involvement: Junior Architect

6th Arquine Competition

SC House

Virreyes

Dance Academy and Retail

Beach Club and Restaurant

Art Gallery/ Pavilion

Chicago, IL

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Guadalajara, Mexico

Size: 47,000 sq. ft.

Size: 20,000 sq. ft.

Size: 5,300 sq. ft.

Status: Construction documents

Status: Design development

Status: Competition

Budget: Confidential

Budget: 2M

Budget: Not Specified

Year: 2011

Year: 2002-2003

Year: 2001

Position: Project Architect

Position: Junior Architect

Position: Designer

Latin rhythms Academy of Dance

Beach Club De Santos

JVC Pavilion

Projects overview

Manufacture Facility Atotonilco El Alto, Mexico Size: 270,000 sq. ft. Status: Under construction Year: 2005 Position: Architect

Tequila distillery manufacture facility

Cultural Center Master Plan

Transit Planning

Public Park

Guadalajara, Mexico

Size: 150 acres

Status: Competition

Size: 28,000 sq. ft.

Status: Invited Competition

Budget: Not specified

Status: Competition

Budget: Not specified

Year: 2001

Budget: Not specified

Year: 2002

Involvement: Designer

Year: 2000

Position: Junior Architect

Cultural Center University of Guadalajara

Involvement: Designer

Master Plan Train Rail

Padre Galvan Plaza

Projects overview

Research project

Hotel and Resort

Residential

Los Angeles, CA

Guadalajara, Mexico

Status: Studio project

Size: 270,000 sq. ft.

Size: 8,000 sq. ft.

Year: 2000

Status: Studio project

Position: Designer

Year: 2000

Budget: 1M

Position: Designer

Year: 2000 Position: Designer

Los Angeles Latin America

Hotel Camino Real Addition

Roja House

NEIU El Centro Campus

Higher Education Chicago, IL Size: 60,000 sq. ft. Status: Under construction Budget: 26M Year: 2011-2013 Involvement: Project Architect

Interiors LEED Consultant

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

Third Floor Plan

El Centro project is the first component in a satellite campus master plan envisioned by NEIU to provide educational, career and cultural opportunities primarily. The El Centro campus seeks to revitalize this large swath of primarily industrial land bordered by Kimball Avenue, the Union Pacific/Northwest Metra line, and the 90/94 expressway, while serving as a catalyst for further development in the area. Although the site may seem overwhelmed by its context, the location is a significant and strategic design choice. The building footprint follows site geometry while pushing toward the expressway to reflect an urban street edge with parking hidden behind. This orientation allows the building itself to act as a marketing tool for NEIU. Unlike a billboard, the architecture asserts its presence, not through shameless advertising, but through twisting roof forms and the bold NEIU school colors prominent on the vertical louvers rhythmical arrayed along the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s facades.

The buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sculptural form and vibrant facade are layered with intent reaching far beyond their superior marketing capabilities. Especially indicative of this point are the exterior vertical louvers, which when coupled with the fullyglazed single-loaded corridors, combine to create an incredibly efficient sun-shading and acoustic-buffering barrier, protecting students of the many evening classes offered from the intensity of the setting western sun and the roar of rush hour traffic. The canted walls and twisting roof forms respond to the programs within. The solid portion at the base of the building houses NEIUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art collection in a linear gallery which connects the expansive, double-height multi-purpose/lobby area with the student resource center at the opposite end. From there the building rises along with tiered theater style seating which define the space and connect it to the stacked classrooms on the second and third floors. The building culminates at the student lounge where the ceiling sweeps upward, drawing your view to the Chicago skyline, and pulling you outside to a lush green terrace.

SAIC Photo Department

Higher Education Chicago, IL Size: 4,000 sq. ft. Status: Completed

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) reconfigured the existing Photography Department facilities located on the second floor of 280 S. Columbus Drive. The project included an interior renovation designed to rejuvenate the quality of space and to give the series of isolated rooms a continuous, and encompassing identity.

Budget: 0.6M Year: 2011-2012 Involvement: Project Architect

The conceptualization of the project stems from an initial investigation of the mechanics of photography and film making. Identifying elements like aperture, exposure, and depth of field, we began to translate them into viable architectural devices such as the framing of views, wall opacity, and forced perspective. The various rooms that make up the photography department are linked by a common corridor, which acts as a connecting spine.

Partial Second Floor Plan

Interior Elevation

IHSCA High School

K-12 Education

The project re-purposed an abandoned industrial building renovated and enlarged to accommodate the programmatic components.This 1920s-era, heavy timber and brick building has been given a brand new color-morphing facade and a complete interior renovation. All this, combined with the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cutting-edge educational strategies and technological teaching tools have brought this project to the forefront of contemporary educational design.

Chicago, IL Size: 77,000 sq. ft. Status: Completed Budget: 22M Year: 2010-2011 Involvement: Project Architect

Interiors/ FF&E

The four levels of the building are identifiable by their bright color scheme, graphics, and furniture, which provide the students with a positive and energetic experience as they progress through their education. The existing exterior brick walls have been clad in a new, high performance rain screen technology, that has dramatically improved the thermal performance of the building envelope and the overall health of the facility. This skin not only has increased the sustainability of the building additionaly it symbolizes the transformation and progress of a neighborhood and community.

LEED Consultant

LEGEND

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ENTRY COMMUNITY WAITING AREA IDPL OFFICES COMMUNITY & NURSE SUITE FITNESS CENTER MULTIPURPOSE LAB DANCE STUDIO

IHSCA OFFICES PLAYROOM LIBRARY CLASSROOM DEAN OF DISCIPLINE WELLNESS OFFICE ART STUDIO BIOLOGY LAB COMPUTER LAB

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COMMUNITY LEVEL

COLLEGE LEVEL

LEGEND

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COMMUNITY ROOM BOARD ROOM EDUCATOR'S LOUNGE IDPL EXECUTIVE SUITE CLASSROOM COMPUTER LAB LEARNING LAB SIMULATION LAB LEARNING SPECIALISTS DEAN OF STUDENTS VICE PRINCIPAL PHYSICS LAB CHEMISTRY LAB

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COMMONS KITCHEN CLASSROOM COUNSELOR STORAGE PHYSICS LAB INDUSTRY LIASON MICROBIOLOGY/ANATOMY BIOTECHNOLOGY LAB

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HOSPITAL LEVEL

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BIOTECH LEVEL

UNO Soccer Academy

K-12 Education Chicago, IL Size: 65,000 sq. ft. Status: Completed Budget: 20M Year: 2010-2011 Involvement: Project Architect

Interiors

Located on the Southwest side of Chicago in the Gage Park neighborhood, the building stands as an inspiration for the community. Engaging students as well as residents of the predominantly Hispanic neighborhood to play active roles in their education, through means of a strong curriculum supplemented by the culturally embraced sport of soccer, community outreach programs, and intelligent design. The design of the building itself is inspired in part by the educational development of the children it serves. Just as a child grows, the building appears to grow out of the ground, where programs such as learning theaters, administrative components, and classrooms frame a soccer field courtyard. Developmentally essential programs including a fitness center and resource library progress the movement of the building gradually upward. Finally, the building culminates in a community center that frames views of the Chicago skyline, inspiring students and neighboring residents to achieve their potential. In addition the design turns a conventional elementary school inside out. By locating the corridors along the largely glass perimeter of the building while simultaneously locating a full-height glass wall along the interior classrooms, the school is able to dramatically increase daylight and views inside the classrooms.

SC House

Residential Guadalajara, Mexico Size: 2,500 sq. ft. Status: Completed Budget: 1M Year: 2003-2004 Involvement: Junior Architect Award: XII Cemex Awards

In a site with a view towards the open ground, a small l house is developed on what was the platform from a pre-existing terrace. The program is resolved within a volume whose character is closer to a pavilion than to a house. It consists of a stone base, a white volume on the ground floor and a concrete volume on the second floor. Due to the limitations in square meters the house looks towards the green areas in order to achieve greater spatial extent. This is achieved through the large window throughout the house and terrace giving a panoramic view to the main bedroom. A few materials were chosen in order to achieve further unity and emphasize the spatial configuration: white walls, concrete, wood and black concrete floors

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First Floor Plan

North Elevation

Second Floor Plan

Building Section

1. Main Entry 2. Garage 3. Living/ Dining 4. Kitchen 5. Laundry 6. Service area 7. Bedroom 8. Powder room 9. Master bedroom 10. Master bathroom 11. Terrace

Bauhaus Archive - Gertrud Preiswerk (1902-1994)