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Jessë Valentine Portz: Architect
Jessë Valentine Portz is the founder and principal architect of Spacecraft LLC, an architecture, design and master planning consultancy. Spacecraft LLC’s most notable built work can be seen in Hāʻula on the island of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi. Jessë Valentine was the sole architect of record and designer of a comfortable contemporary tropical home with fabulous views, [...]
Interview of Jessë Valentine Portz, by Riley Shiraishi
Email Interview of Jessë Valentine Portz, Architect by Riley Shiraishi Monday, October 17, 2011 RS: 1. How long have you been working in your trade? JVP: I studied architecture for 6 years before graduating. I have been working in architecture for about 20 years. RS: 2. What do you enjoy about your job? JVP: I enjoy taking many requirements [...]
The Man is Burning, 2011
Digital portrait by Jessë Valentine Portz from a photograph by Christine Antolos.
Apple Tree Bondage, Apple Tree Protection, 2011
Materials: Sisal Rope, Living Apple Tree In Situ Completed July 24, 2011 Artist’s Statement: This sculpture installation at the artist’s parent’s farm is a statement about the dualistic nature of protection. Frequently in life when we seek protection in order to obtain protection we take on some kind of bondage, encumbrance, or disassociation from the [...]
Stephen Colbert Portrait
High resolution download of Stephen Colbert Portrait available for purchase. Only $2.00!
Distant Shore 3, 2010
For Sale, $200.00 Shipping :to USAto Europe or Asia 12″ x 9″ oil on canvas ©2010 by Jessë Valentine Portz American, born 1973
Solar Semiocclusion, 2010
For Sale, $350.00 Shipping :to USAto Europe or Asia 12″ x 9″ oil on canvas ©2010 by Jessë Valentine Portz American, born 1973
Nearing A Distant Shore, 2010
20″ x 16″ oil on canvas ©2010 by Jessë Valentine Portz American, born 1973
What is a Spacecraft?
What is a Spacecraft? More accurately, how do we spacecraft? In spacecrafting, we seek to design habitations that go beyond the typical requirements people associate with buildings. In seeking to design spacecraft, we design a dwelling or space habitation, that is a complete system. Rather than create a building that occupies land, we create a [...]
North Shore Residence 2008-2009
The client’s program was for a 2500 square foot four bedroom three bath two-storey home to replace the previous house destroyed by fire. Client wanted to maximize garden space and potential for mountain and ocean views. Second floor Great Room offers both ocean and mountain views. Owner’s office faces the south Ko`olau loa mountains. A [...]
Strawberry Red Blown Glass Vase, 2006
Handblown Glass and photo by Jessë Valentine Portz, flower arrangement by Anna Pomaska.
Raven At The Orange Curtain, 2003
39″ x 18″ oil on MDF board ©2003 by Jessë Valentine Portz American, born 1973
Silver Aphrodite’s Velvet Hammer, 2003
11″ x 5″ oil on linen ©2003 by Jessë Valentine Portz American, born 1973
Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Movement Monument Competition Entry
Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights Movement Monument Competition Entry Washington D.C. produced in collaboration Anthony Allen: master planner Jesse Valentine Portz: architect The planning of this memorial is designed around the visitor’s procession through the monument, which represents the history of people of African ancestry in America. Entering from the parking lot, visitors [...]
5th Year Student Independent Research Final Project, Site: Albuquerque
Independent research final project: Brief overview: Site: Albuquerque, New Mexico Using a consistent program of a single family house similar to a typical housing development, what is the impact of climate on architecture if the structure: — minimizes its energy use — uses appropriate architectural vernacular to meet climatic shelter needs instead of artificial heating [...]
Untitled (Green Hills), 1994
48″ x 24″ acrylic on canvas May be displayed as shown, or inverted. ©1994 by Jessë Valentine Portz American, born 1973
Coffee Table, 1994
Horizontal motif coffee table design for contrasting wood species. 1:4 scale model in bass wood and mahogany. A horizontal structure gives the table a low linearity and provides shelving below.
Bas-Relief Model of Monestary, 1994
Project to make a Bas-relief model of Le Corbusier’s La Tourette Monestaryassigned in third year design studio while at CCAC Copyright ©1994 Jessë Valentine Portz
Freeway (Linear NRG), 1993
36″ x 18″ acrylic on canvas ©1993 by Jessë Valentine Portz American, born 1973
10 Bulls Book, 1993
Download the free eBook here! 10 Bulls is my illustration of an old Buddhist story.
Studio Space for Artist and Poet, 1992
This was a school project in the second year architecture design studio to create a working studio for two clients. The site was urban San Francisco infill with street frontage on the two short sides. The clients were a poet and ceramicist. The female ceramicist did delicately colored pieces and required more space for equipment [...]
