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CONTENTS Amtrack Station | Austin Design VI
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Datum: Around the Block | Paris
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Objects 1 - 3
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Adv. Design
Design II
Design II
Design III
Design V
Additional Work: Parametric Sun Structure
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Matt Garcia Design
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Luminaire
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Travel Sketches
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Amtrak Station Design VI Professor: Matt Leach ZHHNV
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Datum: Around the Block Advanced Design Professors: Igor Siddiqui, John Blood, Gaelle Breton, Jean Francois Renaud &ROODERUDWRUV 0LOHQD 0LORUDGRYLF Martin Pansair, Raquel Royal ZHHNV
The project consisted of the design of a residential block in Paris’s 17th Arrondissment, dominated by a recently completed park. Since the site could just as easily have been chosen to be more park land rather than a residential GHYHORSPHQW ZH DLPHG WR give back as much space as possible to the public. This resulted in the “datumâ€? of the project: a main axis of circulation that soars above the adjacent street, spanning the length of the site. This Ă RDWLQJ EULGJH LV DYDLODEOH WR WKH SXEOLF DQG DOORZV pedestrians to stroll through the tree canopy and take advantage of spectacular YLHZV RI WKH SDUN IURP DERYH Secondary branches of circulation pervade the site sectionally as smaller bridges. Pockets of verdant spaces permeate the site, providing GZHOOHUV ZLWK QDWXUDO UHOLHI from the density of such a program. Vegetation from WKH SDUN FUDZOV XS WKH vertical circulation cores DV ZHOO FRPLQJ LQWR GLUHFW FRQWDFW ZLWK WKH GZHOOLQJ XQLWV themselves.
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Ladybird Johnson :LOGÁRZHU Pavilion Design II Professor: Brett Greig ZHHNV
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Ladybird Johnson : L O G I O R Z H U & H Q W H U Design II Professor: Brett Greig ZHHNV
Design for an education and information pavilion at WKH ZLOGĂ RZHU FHQWHU 7KH SURMHFW EHJDQ ZLWK ZLQG VRODU DQG ZDWHU GLDJUDPV DQG FXOPLQDWHG LQ WZR EXLOGLQJV XQLĂ€HG E\ RQH WULDQJXODWHG roof. This roof collects all rainfall LQWR RQH SRLQW VHQGV LW GRZQ a sloped channel and into a SRRO RQ WKH PDLQ ZDONLQJ WUDLO This sloped channel sits on top RI D ORZ ZDOO WKDW SHHOV RII RI WKH PDLQ ZDONLQJ WUDLO LQYLWLQJ YLVLWRUV WR HQWHU WKH EUHH]HZD\ EHWZHHQ WKH WZR EXLOGLQJV Each building directs focus RQ D GLIIHUHQW YLHZ LQWR WKH trees, one horizontal (focusing on canopy) and one vertical (focusing on trunks). The main educational and technological programs are housed in the publicly-focused building and the bathrooms, staff, and storage areas are housed in the more privatelyfocused one.
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Austin Green &HQWHU Design III Professor: Ed Richardson ZHHNV
The project creates a FRQQHFWLRQ EHWZHHQ WKH bustling commercial and business dimensions of Austin in front of the site (along South &RQJUHVV DQG WKH UHVLGHQWLDO neighborhood behind it through a green center that fosters a sense of responsibility in regard to the environment. This connection is achieved LV WKURXJK YLHZ FDQRQV WKDW PDNH XS LWV VHFRQG Ă RRU DUPDWXUH 7KHVH FUHDWH WZR VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ IUDPHG YLHZV 2QH SRLQWV WR WKH (DVW WRZDUGV the park and neighborhood that lie behind the site. The VHFRQG YLHZ IRUPV D OLQH RI VLWH SDUDOOHO WR 6RXWK &RQJUHVV WR WKH 1RUWK 7KLV YLHZ SURYLGHV D GLUHFW YLHZ WR WKH EHDXWLIXO urban skyline of Austin.
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Objects 1-3 Design V Professor: Kory Bieg ZHHNV
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Object 1: After being chosen as the point of departure for the next rounds RI H[SORUDWLRQ WKH ÀUVW REMHFW ZDV WKHQ IXUWKHU PRGLÀHG FRQWRXUHG DQG ODVHU cut into a physical mass of stacked chipboard.
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Parametric Sun Structure 9LVXDO &RPPXQLFDWLRQV ,,, Professor: Igor Siddiqui, Marla Smith ZHHN
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Matt Garcia Design Summer 2015 Internship
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Luminaire Environmental &RQWUROV , Professor: Keith Simon &ROODERUDWRUV $XVWLQ $EORQ 'RPLQLF Sargeant ZHHNV
Project consisted of the design and fabrication of a OXPLQDLUH IRU D VLWH RI RXU RZQ FKRRVLQJ 7KH VLWH ZH FKRVH LV a picnic table in East Woods Neighborhood Park. The preexisting lighting in our site created an atmosphere that felt dark, eerie, lonely, and unsafe.
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