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CHELSEA CORDELLMASTER OF ARCHITECTUREPORTFOLIO

Chelsea Cordell Graduate Portfolio P1

THESIS PROJECT: INHABITmicro-UNIT APARTMENTSEast Village, San Diego

The concept is affordable housing in the form of a micro-city, composed of micro-units. Its location in East Village, San Diego is conveniently close to downtown and transit. The design offers city living independent of and above the surrounding street life.


Single Height micro unit

Double Height micro unit

Resident lounge


HOUSE OF THE ANCESTORLa JollaThis project is located on a cliff in La Jolla overlookingthe ocean. The intent is to design a house for an ancestor with an interesting story. I designed this house for my uncle, the astronaut, and my aunt. The primary focus is to design space based on views, public and private spacial differentiation, and buffer-ing noise from the street. The result is glazing, planar structure and separation.


IDEAM CONCERT HALLLittle Italy, San DiegoThis program for this project involves a concert hall and a music center. The challenge of this design is the fact that the building, which has many sound sensitive spaces, has to contend with the fact that it is loca-tion next to the train tracks. Acousti-cal design as well as voids and solids resulted in this form.

SECTIONSCALE: 1/8”=1’-0”


APPLE STORE AND SATELLITE OFFICELittle Italy, San DiegoThe objective of this project was to design an Apple store and office space. The challenges involved zoning restrictions in San DIego’s Little Italy, along with circulation and sustainability. The design is a transparent facade, revealing voided and solid spaces.

STUDY ABROADRomeThis project was featured at the Domus Academy exhibition in Milan, Italy. This trip focused on the study of ancient Roman and Baroque Architecture in Italy. My personal research involved analyzing the geometry and patterns found in the Colos-seum. I compared that with the design of the Square Colosseum, a fascist architec-tural building. The comparison resulted in a model that takes certain characteristics from each building and morphes into an intricate, intertwined, geometric pattern based on views through passageways.



CONCERT HALLBelfast, Ireland

In this project, I designed a concert hall on the River Lagan in Northern Ireland. The concept is a shell, like that of a violin, or a ship, that encloses the sound, yet reveals por-tions of it. The design was inspired by the location, which is near the ship-yards, and the music of the Irish culture.


CHARLOTTE OLYMPIA BOUTIQUERodeo Drive


This project was to design an upscale shoe boutique for Charlotte Olympia on Rodeo Drive. The concept was a glamorous , old-Hollywood boudoir style shop, inspired by the designer’s personal style and new LA location.

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acoustical design

study abroadromethis

san diegothe concept

san diegos little italy

ancestorla jollathis

san diegothe objective

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