Michael Warren Maurer
Maurer
WINTER 2005 GRADUATE LIST
Michael Warren Maurer
Bachelor Of Arts               Art
Bachelor Of Arts             Computer Science
Michael W. Maurer and Mark M. Didion 2005
Mom and dad with Michael Maurer 2005
Michael Warren Maurer grew up in Sunset Hills, Missouri and attended and graduated from Lindberg High School.  He then attended and  graduated from the
University of Missouri (Mizzou) at Columbia in May 2005 with a BA in Computer Science and a BA in Graphic Design.  He now lives in Los Angeles.  After graduation
from Mizzou Mike worked, starting in May 2005, for Team One (a brand architect agency) in LA.   Since February 2007 he works for Chiat Day an ad agency in LA.  He has
his design work at MikeMaurerDesign.Com
Since February 2007Michael W. Maurer has worked for Chiat Day an ad agency in LA. TBWA\Chiat\Day is the American division of the advertising agency TBWA
Worldwide. Created in the 1993 merger of TBWA and Chiat\Day, the agency operates offices in Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Nashville, and
Toronto. Prior to the merger, Chiat/Day created internationally notable advertising, including 1984 (television commercial) for Apple Inc. that introduced the
Macintosh computer.

TBWA Worldwide is part of the global marketing group Omnicom, with a reputation for more quirky or "disruptive" work. The youngest network in the group's
portfolio, TBWA expanded rapidly in the final years of the 1990s and is a competitor to BBDO and DDB. A significant step came in 1998 when the agency
absorbed Anglo-French marketing network GGT BDDP.
The Chiat/Day Office Building is located on Main Street in Venice, four blocks from the Pacific Ocean. The area is evolving from a funky beach town into a more urbane
contemporary community. The L-shaped site is within the California Coastal Commision's jurisdiction and the project went through an extensive review process. The
building reflects the dense but low-scale development that the Coastal Commision envisions for this beach community.
The 75,000 square foot, three-story office space was designed specifically for the use of Chiat/Day advertising agency as its West Coast Corporate Headquarters. The
building sits atop three levels of underground parking for three hundred cars. The Main Street facade is expressed as three distinct elements which relate in scale and
level of detail to the surrounding neighborhood. The entry to the parking structure is through the centrally placed binoculars, conceived and created in collaboration with
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. The binoculars contain space for private conferencing and research and are tied into the main client conference room. Each
cylinder is topped by one skylight oculus.

On one side of the binoculars is a curved screen wall which provides shade from the western sun and is shaped to relate to the marine imagery. On the other side of the
binoculars is a sculptural expression of columns in an almost forest-like density. The columns are clad in copper and also create a sun screen. Because of the
configuration of the site, as well as the height constraints imposed by the coastal commision and the density required by the client, the building sits on the property lines
on all sides. On the third level of the south facade, a very long skylight extends down through the building to the first floor. Additionally, there are lightwells that bring light
down to the first and second floors around the building. At the fork of the "L" is the core of the building, adjacent to which is a large, two-story skylighted meeting room.

The Coastal Commision's height limit of thirty feet meant that the building floor-to-floor heights had to be kept to ten feet. This imposed a structural solution of flat plate
concrete framing and required a great deal of coordination between mechanical and electrical trades. This tight ceiling space is mitigated by exposing the structure to
the underside of the concrete deck in many places as well as by the placement of the lightwells and more open vertical spaces. Simple built-in workstations are
designed in plywood.

The project was delayed for over two years because hazardous waste was discovered on the site.
After graduation from Mizzou Michael W. Maurer worked, starting in May 2005,
for Team One (a brand architect agency) in LA.
Hermosa Beach, California
Hermosa Beach is a city in Los Angeles County,
California, United States. The population was 18,566 at
the 2000 census. 2006 population estimates are 19,435.

The city is located in the South Bay region of the greater
Los Angeles area and is one of the three Beach Cities. It
is bordered by Manhattan Beach to the north, and
Redondo Beach to its east and south. Of the three cities,
only Hermosa Beach owns its own beach. The other two
cities' beaches are owned by the city of Los Angeles.

Hermosa ("beautiful" in Spanish) is an accurate
description of this city's beach, which is also flat, sandy,
and long; ideal for sunbathing, beach volleyball, surfing
and paddleboarding. The city itself is only about 15
blocks from east to west and 40 blocks from north to
south, with the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH to the locals)
running down the middle. Situated right on the Pacific
Ocean, Hermosa's average temperature is 70 degrees
in the summer and 55 degrees in the winter. Gentle
westerly sea breezes take the edge off what can be high
summertime temperatures in Los Angeles and
elsewhere in the county. The same breezes help keep
the smog away 360 days of the year.
Julie Didion & Mike Maurer
Mike Maurer & John A. Maurer, III
Mark M. Didion and Mike Maurer
Mike Maurer at work in California
Mark M. Didion and Mike Maurer, are cousins, and
roommates in Hermosa Beach, Ca.
Web cam of Hermosa Beach 2007