Chris Rancourt
Lecturer
Chris Rancourt is an architectural designer based in Los Angeles. He earned his bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from the University of the Pacific, where he also competed as a student athlete. Rancourt completed his Masters of Architecture at UCLA AUD, where he graduated with distinction and earned the culminating research award in his final year of studies.
Before venturing into architecture, Rancourt held roles in tech, music, and furniture design in the San Francisco Bay Area. Chris's architectural experience spans multiple scales, disciplines, and design typologies, having contributed to projects at Sharif, Lynch: Architecture, Formlessfinder, and GRO.
His current focus lies in interdisciplinary design, combining research and narrative with the spatialized application of information and data. Chris is actively developing a collaborative practice in Los Angeles, while continuing his professional role at GRO.
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Education
| BA, University of the Pacific |
| MArch, with distinction, UCLA Architecture and Urban Design |
- Rancourt's final project for Garrett Ricciardi's Fall 2021 section of second-year core: Building Design with Landscape Studio
- "Sunset Arts Co-op," a project Rancourt completed for Neil Denari's Spring 2022 Comprehensive Design Studio
- Rancourt's mass timber project, with Evan Breutsch, for Heather Roberge's Winter 2023 advanced topics studio
- Rancourt's mass timber project, with Evan Breutsch, for Heather Roberge's Winter 2023 advanced topics studio
- Rancourt's facade design (with Dylan Hart) for a tech seminar led by Kevin Daly
- Rancourt's facade design (with Dylan Hart) for a tech seminar led by Kevin Daly
- Rancourt's project section for Comprehensive Design Studio, part of the second-year MArch core sequence