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Christopher Preovolos, [email protected]

415.517.0787

Projects

AAA Express, California

AAA Express is a new concept in Insurance and Travel sales,

locating small branches within Supermarkets. AAA developed a

brand concept to locate small express branches offering insurance,

travel and DMV services within Lucky Supermarkets in the greater

San Francisco Bay Area. Looking to expand their market to a

younger customer, I was charged with creating an exciting, modern

space utilizing conventional materials. Focusing on color, shape and

texture I invoked the feeling of movement and energy. The sense of

movement was enhanced by the use of active media in the form of

electronic displays, as well as the use of bold graphic statements

using applied vinyl graphics that can be easily changed to reflect

changing services.











Goyard San Francisco

Goyard is a French luxury leather goods designer, manufacturer

and retailer. They have been providing luggage and bags to the

carriage trade since 1853. Goyard developed the vulcanized

canvas material used by several of Europe’s top design houses

and have been selling their hand made goods exclusively from their

original store located on Rue St. Honore in Paris since 1853.

In 2005 Goyard decided to open their first full service boutique,

outside of Paris, in San Francisco. The result is a 1,300 sf boutique

located on Union Square, on the high profile corner of Powell and

Post Streets in the St. Francis Hotel.








AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah

Designing for their conventional branches, to be located as store-

fronts in regional malls and urban shopping zones, I utilized a concept

that organizes the branch so that customers pass through a platform

area of insurance and travel sales leading to the customer service

counter. The use of different materials, color, varied ceiling heights and

soffits helped define the zones within the branch.

California State Automobile Association, Elk Grove Branch



California State Automobile Association, Greenhaven



e-citi on campus

In an effort to reach out and establish a relationship with younger clients

Citibank rolled-out a campus branch program with a focus on e-commerce.

The design included computer access for on-line banking, ATM’s and an office

area for personal consultation and customer services.

As each student union provided unique design challenges the branches

included a combination of modular units and purpose-built space to allow

for flexibility.

e-citi on campus

e-citi on campus

e-citi on campus

Safeway Select Bank

Safeway and Amicus Bank of Canada formed a partnership to create

Safeway Select Bank within 33 Safeway Stores.

The branches were designed to provide an ATM for self-service

transactions and a staffed workstation area for customer services and

loan transactions.

The modular design allowed for ease of installation. The shell space

was prepared in advance so the units could be brought in and

installed with minimum disruption to the market.

Safeway Select Bank

Safeway Select Bank

Safeway Select Bank

Clorox Consumer Learning Center, Pleasanton

The Clorox Technical Center consists of nine buildings serving the

research and development of Clorox’s products.

Clorox conducts their own market research through focus groups

and consumer testing. This new 17,000 sf facility consolidates these

functions in a state of the art facility. The consumer testing areas were

designed to emulate different residential kitchen and bathroom

environments as well as provide sensory booths for the testing of food

products and fragrance. In addition the focus room, observed through

a one way mirror from the adjacent viewing room equipped with audio

visual equipment, allows Clorox to conduct focus groups in the same

facility. Clorox also required the ability to prepare the food products

and products for fragrance testing on site, thus the provision of “lab”

spaces for these functions. Office space for the staff was also provided.











Bang & Olufsen San Francisco

Bang & Olufsen’s is a high end European electronics retailer.

Their San Francisco store was previously located in the space

now occupied by Goyard. This change provided the

opportunity to design the new 1,300 sf store for B&O at their

new Sutter Street location.

Design of the space included display areas, as well as, a

custom media room to showcase audio/visual equipment.







metroPCS Retail Rollout

MetroPCS is a regional cell phone provider specializing in low, fixed cost

cell phone service. Headquartered in Texas, MetroPCS has service in

the southern U.S. and in 2002 instigated service in Northern California.

Since 2002 I have designed 18 stores throughout the greater Bay Area.

The stores use a prototype that I re-designed to streamline the design

and construction process. The changes to the prototype have been adopted

nationwide as they continue to expand their service coverage.





First Federal Bank

First Federal Bank is a Southern California based bank. Their goal was

to expand their branch network throughout the greater Los Angeles

area. Two branches were completed before the bank re-evaluated their

business model and outsourced their facilities management which stopped

the projects from proceeding.

First Federal Bank

First Federal Bank

First Federal Bank

First Federal Bank

First Federal Bank

Austin AECOM Offices, San Francisco

In 2006 Austin AECOM relocated to new offices at 405 Howard Street. This

Move consolidated the offices of four sister operating companies into a single

space sharing offices services to reduce operating expenses.

I developed the space plan and design concept for the 12,000 sf office.








Portfolio

Business

aaa northern california

californiaaaa express

goyard san franciscogoyard

small express branches

consumer testing areas

elk grove branch

campus branch program

greatersan francisco