Salice portfolio by Alexandre Salice

ALEXANDRE SALICE PORTFOLIO SELECTED WORKS 2008-2011

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RADICAL PEDESTRIANISM RAND CAMPUS EXTENSION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CENTER POLYVINYLCHLORIDE HIGHLAND PARK

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LIGHT FRAMES UTFSM PHYSICS LAB LA FEDERAL COURTHOUSE MALIBU HIGH SCHOOL

RADICAL PEDESTRIANISM HOLLYWOOD BLVD THESIS USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE / FALL 2011

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Radical Pedestrianism 2011 A proposed master plan for the entertainment district of Hollywood. The master plan aligns itself with the goals set forth in the Hollywood Redevelopment Plan which aspire to activate the boulevard with pedestrian activity through new infrastructure. The project utilizes Las Vegas as an initial case study of how succesful pedestrian thoroughfares operate within a vibrant entertainment district. The proposal calls for a series of new commercial developments with a primary driving development called the Museum of Moving Image, intended to showcase Hollywood’s ﬁlm-making history as well as contemporary ﬁlm exhibits that are sourced from continous video input from Hollywood Boulevard.

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BUILDING + SIGN

SIGN + BUILDING

COMPLEX SIGN + COMPLEX BUILDING

SYMBOL + SYMBOLIC BUILDING

In the early 1980's Hollywood had fallen into a state of dissaray. Low-income population had increased at rates faster than the city wide average, high rates of unemployment, overcrowding and substandard housing had come to characterise the city. Inadequate circulation systems could not longer effectively service the growing masses and levels of crime were among the highest in the Los Angeles area. These deplorable conditions led to adoption of a redevelopment plan for the city of Hollywood coordinated by the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) in May of 1986.

"The Redevelopment Plan sets forth an array of goals that include encouraging economic development; promoting and retaining the entertainment industry; revitalizing the historic core; preserving and expanding housing for all income groups; meeting social needs of area residents; providing urban design guidelines; and preserving historically significant structures."

I used Las Vegas as a comparative analysis to Hollywood based on the logic that both cities are organized along a linear vehicular strip, they both thrive on tourism, and they both share the same objective of promoting themselves as centers of the entertainment industry. The comparative overlays of maps and street elevations reveal a significant disparity in scale between the architecture of Las Vegas and that of Hollywood.

But the stifled pedestrian flows are rooted in an issue beyond the physical properties of place. The issue lies within what the urbanist Kevin Lynch has called "the legibility in the urban landscape." That is, the ease with which a city's parts can be recognized and be organized into a coherent pattern. Legibility not necessarily in the sense of organized grid, but a system by which an image of the city is communicated to the wandering pedestrian.

ICON + BUILDING

In Las Vegas this image is communicated through the iconography and symbolism that dominates the urban panorama as one travels along the strip. The evolution of these symbols are a result of the change in the hotel typology from a simple box built directly fronting a public walkway to the iconic building deeply set back from the sidewalk. Consequently the need for an independent free-standing element was needed to attract and guide pedestrians from the sidewalk to its corresponding hotel resort.

ICON

1. Signage originally served its elemental purpose as a two-dimensional graphic element directly attached to its parent building to demarcate. 2. As is exemplified with the stardust sign, the next step features the sign as independent and perhaps more ornamental element that serves to guide the pedestrian and is still perceived as a two-ever the sign has grown argueably more important than its parent building as is implied by its size and habitable space.

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GALLERY

THEATRE

LIBRARY

MEDIA LAB

LECTURE

CAFE

MECHANICAL

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N C H E R O K E E AV E

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M u s e u m o f M ov i n g I m a g e Elevated Walk way Outdoor Theatre Ve r tical Access Program Sunken Plaza Food Cour t New Retail E x i s t i n g R e t a i l R e d e ve l o p e d R e t a i l O u td o o r S p a ce M ain Vehicular Entr y Western Entr y Eastern Entr y Par k i n g Acce s s Spec i al Care Housi ng Publ i c S c hool Publ i c S c hool

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EXISTING RETAIL

4 EXISTING RETAIL

MUSEUM

HOUSING

THEATRE

COMMUNITY

EXPO HALL

HOTEL

EXISTING HOUSING

EXISTING THEATRE

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STEEL TUBE STRUCTURE

CUT FOR VIEW

TAPERED FOR PUBLIC SPACE

4 GLAZING

INITIAL FLOOR VOLUME

PROGRAM

OLED OUTPUT

1 ADVERTISEMENT

2 ADVERTISEMENT

3 OLED INPUT VOID CIRCULATION/GALLERY

COMPOSITE

STRUCTURAL COLUMNS

DATA STRANDS

RAND CAMPUS EXTENSION TOPIC STUDIO USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE / FALL 2010

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Rand Campus Extension 2010 A private facility consiting of lecture halls and classrooms for the RAND Corporation. The project proposes a partially subterannean building as a strategy to resolve the public and private tension that exists between the inherently private building program and existing public site. In the public domain, at grade, the campus is perceived as autonomous pavilions scattered diagonally across the site. These pavilions serve a public function above ground in the form of a cafe, entry, gallery space and outdoor theatre. For the continuous private campus below they serve as access points for the public and systems of bringing in natural light and ventilation.

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PRESCRIBED PATH

PROGRAM ORGANIZATION

ENGAGEMENT OF PATH

NEW ITINERARIES

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The site exists between two zones of high pedestrian activity. On the north side of the site exists Santa Monicaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest commercial center, Santa Monica High School, the Civic Center, City Hall and a three major parking structures. These areas all heavily frequented throughout the year. On the south side exists the world famous pier and of course the beach that accomodates a high volume of people regularly. Given these two strong contextual forces the site already and will continue to serve a natural ttransitory purpose, one deďŹ ned by the regular and continuous movement of people accross the site. I propose to use this force to generate a building concept that will activate the program of the RAND Campus Extension. Thus the success of this project relies on the resolution between public and prvate interaction.

RAND ENTRY

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CONCRETE FOOTING

TAPERING SHELL

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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CENTER COMO, ITALY USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE / SPRING 2010

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Int’l Student Centre 2010 A private facility for students studying abroad in the city of Como, Italy. The building serves as a housing complex and school where lectures and daily instruction takes place. The building is located in the historical city center of Como between several dense housing blocks. The building’s successful integration into the city depends on its responsiveness to its immediate neighbors and consideration of Como’s architectural history. The diagrams shown on the next page document the initial step by step process of developing a form that reﬂects the city’s dominant housing typology. The resultant massing model features a full courtyard open to the public to maintain pedestrian access through the site and an elevated interior courtyard to serve the private residences.

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PVC MATERIAL RESEARCH TOPIC STUDIO USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE / FALL 2009

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Polyvinylchloride 2009 The project is divided into three phases that explore a specific material. Phase 1 features a material exploration whereby physical, spatial and chemical properties of a material are altered to create a new form. Phase 2 involves using the new material form as vertical wall system thus implicating issues of performance and constructability. Phase 3 concludes the material exploration by applying the system as a building envelope for a generic office tower. My final design makes use of cheap and readily available PVC tubes to create complex lighting and ventilation conditions for the building enclosure. A substantial part of my investigation was devoted to reducing construction time and cost by optimizing the design process.

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PLANS

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HIGHLAND PARK MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE / FALL 2008

42 | USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | 302B | HIGHLAND PARK | 2008

Highland Park 2008 The concept is inspired by the kasbah housing typology found in parts of northern Africa. This housing development makes use of kasbah organizational strategy to create a communal, yet private space on the rooftops for tenants. The design features 50 units carrayed across a hillside interconnected by raised courtards and bridges.

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M&A LIGHT FRAMES INSTALLATION BORDEN PARTNERSHIP LLP / 2010

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Light Frames 2010 Light Frames is a project founded in material. The project consists of two materially formed structures. The front conduit tower is made of EMT and serves as a shadow generator. The back pneumatic chapel is made of PVC and uses surface geometry to project light. The two sit nestled in quiet conversation in the void of an infill site. The intricacy of the delicate frame replicates a three-dimensional line drawing in space. Two nested elements, create an inner figurative shape and an outer structural one. The PVC figure is founded in descriptive geometries: a hybridization of a dome, a vault and an apse. The figure comes from the inter-relationships of each of the forms and the adaptive responses each geometry must make on the other. Tasks: Design, 3d modeling, rendering, shop drawings, fabrication, on site installation.

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Insert

Crimp

Grind

Drill

Bend

Rotate

Crimp

Grind

Drill

Bend

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Wireframe

Joints

Pipes

UTFSM PHYSICS LAB COMPETITION HMC ARCHITECTS / 2012

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UTFSM Physics Lab 2012 A proposal for an 80,000 square foot physics lab in Valparaiso, Chile. The design features a rhythm of vegetated bands extending from the soccer field at grade with campus down a hillside overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The bands, based on a typical structural lab bay, consist of vegetated roofs that can be occupied by students and faculty as outdoor communal spaces. The undulation of the bands naturally create a sequence of indoor and outdoor ancillary spaces that serve the core lab and office programs. Tasks: 3d modeling, design, presentation graphics

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1 BLOCK

2 CONCEPT

3 MODULE

4 SHIFT

5 SCALE

6 SCULPT

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LOS ANGELES FEDERAL COURTHOUSE COMPETITION HMC ARCHITECTS / 2012

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LA Federal Courthouse 2012 Competition submission for the Los Angeles Federal Courthouse. The design is composed of a two-court scheme with a special proceedings court on the top level that cantilevers over the north facade of the tower. The facade design features architectural precast concrete panels imprinted with contemporary ancathus leaf pattern. Tasks: 3d modeling, programming, consultant coordination, presentation graphics

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MALIBU HIGH SCHOOL ADMIN BUILDING HMC ARCHITECTS / 2011

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Malibu High School 2011 New multifunctional two-level structure located along the southwestern edge of existing high school campus. The new building serves as the face of the campus and a gateway to both the middle and high school areas. The building houses administration ofďŹ ces, instructional spaces and an expanded library. Tasks: Construction documents, consultant coordination, 3d modeling, rendering.

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TYPE 1 BUILT-UP ROOFING REFER TO A1/A10-700

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CONC. TOPPING SLAB OVER STRUCTURAL CON. AND METAL DECK REFER TO F1/A10-940

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UPPER LEVEL 113'-0"

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