ANA CHENG Undergraduate Portfolio University of South Florida
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Kit of Elements: Transitioning of a Mindset
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Movement In The Field: Sacred and Profane
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The Lightbox: Three Resting Spaces
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Delta Shelter: Harmonic Circulation
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Le Petit Cabanon
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Extension Towards The Horizon: Inhabitable Wall
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The Lightwell: Tectonic Umbrella
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Digital Design
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KIT OF ELEMENTS TRANSITIONING OF A MINDSET MINDSET
Intro 1 | Instructor: Chadaphan Hanwisai
This project explores the concept of creative consciousness. Meaning beauty will evolve out of anything. Ideas, events and experiences have the potential to evolve when looked at from a different perspective. The transition of this project depicts the change of a negative mindset to a positive one. Taken from a negative life experience, the following sketches, drawings and models depict that ambition, opportunity and postitive mindsets can evolve from anything.
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Process Models
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Taken from the perspective of a student, the focus is put on those negative times in which one feels trapped. This is represented by the interlocking and instersecting spaces which evoke compression, these parts of the model depict the feeling of being trapped evoking uncertainness. Through the use of circulation, which is the tool used to depict the change of the mindset, one will is able to break away from all the heaviness of feeling unsure. This will lead one to transition from those negative thoughts, which then become the motivation and opportunities that one needs to succeed in life. These opportunities can be seen through the linear movements and detail.
Final Model
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Movement in the Field Isolation and acceptance Intro 1 | Instructor: Chadaphan Hanwisai
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This second project showcases a dichotomy: isolation and acceptance. This dichotomy was based on the fiilm The Red Balloon, which tells the story of a boy and his attatchment to a red ballon. The sacred is isolation and depicted through compressed, folded and repetitive composition. With a narrative from urban life I was able to reconstruct an idea of the profane. In order to uncover and organize a new composition for the profane; layered drawings, sketches and a watercolor study were conducted. The profane has a sense of infitny, extension and horizontality. In this project the profane is defined as acceptance, because it is the new composition which is unorthodox. It is made up of linear movements and rhythm that showcase freedom and opportunities.
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Process Models
The profance and sacred were deeply studied through these draft book models. The vertical movements depict the sacred. These linear movements are simple yet give a balance to the model. The idea is that once one is freed from the sacred, one is found in this new terrain made up of layers, extended lines and a repetitive composition. This is what makes up the profane. One can see that the profane does not limit itself, it breaks up into infinite fields and rhythms.
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Section Drawing
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Final Model
Final model demonstrating the horizontal nature of the project. The extended terrain has many languages and is able to evoke that feeling of freedom and of the profane. While the vertical component of the model has a very simple language and nature, it is significant of the simplicity of the sacred that is made up isolation. Something so simple to understand yet so complex to get out of. The sacred serves as a representation of the space that depicts the exchange and dialogue between the boy and the balloon. This space is constructed through a system, which as an organic whole and set of rules forms a logical linking between various simple planes. But once one understands this isolation from the sacred space one is able to liberate themselves and venture into the unknown which is the profane. The composition of planes that demonstrate layering, linearity and extension depict the diagrammatic interpretation and analysis of the boy’s relationship with the balloon. Through this new constructed terrain I am able to demonstrate the liberation and new surroundings that the boy experiences once freed from the red balloon.
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THE LIGHTBOX THREE RESTING SPACES Intro 1 | Instructor: Chadaphan Hanwisai
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This project is an extension of movement in the field, because after studying the film The Red Balloon, I am able to reconstruct the boys journey and define his experiences through three spaces. We start our journey when the Red balloon pops, this is representative of the destruction of the isolation which he was holding onto so dearly. After this occurrence the other balloons come to his rescue and lift him up to show him places beyond his neighborhood. As the journey continues each balloon starts separating and taking its own path, this is significant because they show the boy the numerous opportunities he can take, which is the profane. Then at last the boy is left with a single red balloon and by looking up he is able to see a world full of adventures and opportunities to write his own journey.
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Final Model
As the journey of the red balloon and the boy evolves, there are three resting spaces that result from his experience which are capable of evoking the feeling of isolation and acceptance. The moment of absolute freedom and release is reached once the boys arrives at the intervention. This intervention is a space that receives light and it is the major resting place of the journey. Above and to the left are light studies that demonstrates how light travels through the model.
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KUNDIG’S DELTA SHELTER: HARMONIC CIRCULATION Intro 2 | Instructor: Nancy Sanders
When studying the Delta Shelter, at first sight it is perceived only as a cabin raised above the ground. But when studying these four steel columns and panels, the materials and spaces reveal a harmonic circulation. Since the structure is not hidden it demonstrates that the shelter is made to function with its environment. In addition the movement of the panels reveal the organic design that becomes harmonic with the circulation of the shelter.
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MATRIX: SPIRAL CONFIGURATION OF PATH: The stairs are just the beginning of the journey. One ends up far away from the starting point. CIRCULATION OF SPACE: The shelter has two open spaces, the balconies, which makes it seem as it if it was detaching itself and becoming part of the environment that surrounds it. REPETITION OF SIZE AND DETAIL CHARACTERISTICS: Windows as well as the size and level of three floors are similar.
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LE PETIT CABANON: SPECULATIONS ON LANGUAGE, MEASURE AND Intro 2 | Instructor: Nancy Sanders
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Final Model
KINETIC SPACE
When interpreting Kundig’s Delta Shelter, the circulation stood out the most. The harmonic path in the shelter is the main focus in this Petit Cabanon. This cabanon is a space for resting and leaving the common and chaotic noises of the everyday city. The private spaces have two kinetic pieces which become the hierarchy of the design, because without them one would not be able to move through the cabanon. When entering the spaces a vertical kinetic piece is moved downward to reveal an even more private space. In addition the plexi glass becomes kinetic when it is extended to have additional space for resting and viewing. Vertical circulation is also present when studying the stairs and their destinations.
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These sections drawings represent the movement elements in the Petite Cabanon. Each drawing studies the different levels in the cabanon, The one on the left shows an elevation cut. The three drawings on the right demonstate the two kinetic elements that give passage to the more private spaces in the cabanon. These private spaces are the more enclosed ones which serve for meditation and resting.
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EXTENSIONS TOWARD THE HORIZON: INHABITABLE WALL Intro 2 | Instructor: Nancy Sanders
process models
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This project is a study of a site on the USF campus in which an inahbitable wall is built. The chosen site on the USF campus is located by the business building. This site was chosen because it is placed in between three buildings and on the site a solar sculpture is located which is often ignored and overseen by students. In order to appreciate the sculpture and understand the interaction between a public space and its surroundings the wall was designed. The spaces of the wall are used for student interaction, relaxation and appreciation of environment.
Process models
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Final Model
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After having studied the site and constructed draft models, this final model is able to show the program that is inteded and uniquely designed for the site. The site is located behind three main buildings of the USF campus and it is right next to an important sculpture that celebrates the summer solstice. This inhabitable wall is able to bring all of those things together so that people are able to stand and take a moment to appreciate the site and its environment. Since this site is an area that a lot of the USF students frequent, most of its beauty is not seen or appreciate it. Therefore this wall has the ability to make that happen.
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Perspective Studies of Wall
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THE LIGHTEWELL - TECTONIC UMBRELLA Intro 2 | Instructor: Nancy Sanders
This project is a study of how light travels through different spaces. Different types of light are studied and seen how they can be combined with other materials. In addition this model has a program in which its main purpose is to serve as a tectonic umbrella with a shadow garden. The shadow garden in this case is a terrain in which lighting is received and appreciated.
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Light studies are conducted to experiment with the way in which the material receives the medium. Three types of lighting were studied before constructing the tectonic umbrella. The following types of lighting were experimental and finalized in the final model.
DIFFUSED LIGHT is the first experimental light, it is defined as a soft light with neither direct or intese light. TENEBRISTIC LIGHT is also studied and is seen as a more violent and direct contrast between light and the dark. CHROMATIC LIGHT is the third type of light that is studied and is experiemented with glass to learn how bright colors disperse and are split.
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Chromatic and tenebristic lighting is demonstrated in both images. On the left chromatic light is seen through the pink hue that is reflected and spread out through the top level of the tectonic umbrella. Through the use of of linear elements a shadow is casted to show the tenebristic aspect of the model. On the right one, the lantern is demonstrating once again the tenebristic lighting condition.
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Final Model
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Diffused and chromatic lighting conditions are shown in these images. When the tectonic umbrella is illuminated through one of the lanterns, it demonstrates the soft and different angles in which light is reflected through the model. In addition the chromatic aspect is included through the pink hue that is seen. This particular lantern is able to cast and spread light on the shadow garden making the model register different types of lighting conditions.
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Section drawing illustrating the light conditions in the lightwell.
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INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL DESIGN Instructor: Chris Galbraith
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This project is an extension of the lightbox from intro 1. The model was reconstrcuted with the program Rhinocerous 5. The main concept is to construct four program spaces that depict: an introduction, circulation, viewing and reflection. Plans and sections were then drawn with autocad and depict the small scale which is made up of the four different program spaces.
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The model to the left constructed with Rhinocerous is rendered and shown with the four different program spaces. The spaces are colored differently to show each of their program. The renderings on the right are shown with artificial lighting and exposure. They are given a more realistic rendering to show how each program space is used.
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Thank You For Your Consideration.
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