ARC 182 PORTFOLIO

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ANDREW

D ’A N G E LO

A R C 182: R E P R E S E N TAT I O N I I

CONTENT LOGIC

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The Gothic window, though centuries old, is a prime example of an architectural detail guided by a clear geometric logic.

This project seeks to extract the logic used to construct a par ticular Gothic window. Once uncovered, this logic is extrapolated and altered in order to create a new logic, studying techniques regarding representation of geometry, while challenging the extent of an established logic.

[Figure Ground Window Elevaions]

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GEOMETRIC LOGIC

A N A LY S I S

[Grid-Derived Window Geometry]

[Window Elevation Readjusted to Grid]

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E X T R A P O L AT I O N O F G E O M E T R I C LO G I C

[Window Extrapolation Detail Underlying Geometry]

[Window Extrapolation Detail]

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[Window Extrapolation Underlying Geometry]

[Window Extrapolation]

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VA R I AT I O N AND M U TAT I O N - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Corinthian column is an architectural feature which has a strict typology. It has a deeply rooted tradition which governs its formal makeup.

This project seeks to mutate the formal makeup of a traditional column through a series of Euclidian and calculus-based alterations. In doing so, the column is transformed from a traditional shape to an alien form, blending together the new and the old.

[Mutated Columns (Contoured & Wireframed)]

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U N M U TAT E D

[Corintihan Column Axonometric]

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COLUMN

[Annotated Corintihan Column Elevation]

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This series of drawings focuses on systematic, iterative transformations of the elements of the column object modeled on the last page. Here, variation is prioritized. The drawings manipulate specific variables of the underlying logic of the object’s geometry –namely profile cur ves in plan and section– in order to produce versions and mutations that become something new and different, while still being guided by the same geometric DNA.

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PROFILES

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DRAWINGS

EXPLORING VARIABLE LOGICS

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The ob j ect ive of t hese drawings is to unpack var ious in h eren t l og ics or syst ems of one of th e col u m n mut at ions and clear ly commu n i cat e t hem. E ach drawing ty p e tel l s a dif f er ent stor y about t he a ssemb l y of t he object , and may be u sed for a dif f er ent pur pose. While on e dra wi ng may suggest t he object wa s con str uct ed wit h a f olded sur fa ce, a n other may suggest t hat t he ob j ect i s const r uct ed volumet r ically.

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[Kit of Parts Drawing]

[Unseamed Drawing]

[Serial Section Drawing]

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METHODS

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[Serial Contour Assembly]

[Eggcrate Model Assembly]

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FA B R I C AT I O N

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[Serial Contour Physical Model]

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This project seeks to represent and alter roof lines in a number of different ways. First, a square, gridded roof is created and altered ver tically and orthogonally. Next, tile and wireframe patterns are developed to cover the sur face of the roofline.

Following the creation of the tile system, two renders are produced –one abstract and one realistic– in order to represent the tile system in different contexts. The CMYK color system is used to distinguish linework and imagery, fur ther enhancing the dialogue between the two in drawing.

[Original and Mutated Roofline Fields]

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3D

FIELD

PLANAR

I L LU S T R AT I O N S

[Original Roofline Fields]

[Vertically Mutated Roofline Field]

[Horizontally Mutated Roofline Field]

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W I R E F R A M E M AT E R I A L I N V E S T I G AT I O N

M AT E R I A L

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O n ce th e distor t ed roof lines ar e cr eat ed , ma teri alit y and const r uct ion and i ts a ffects on t he aest het ic appear a n ce of th e 3D f ields is st udied. Her e, th e fi el d s ar e r epr esent ed by a ser ies of wi refra mes f ollowing unique logi cs. O n th e f ollowing spr ead. a t ile system i s creat ed to cover t he roof line.

[Planar Linework Projected onto Field]

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[Surface Matrix Extracted from Field]

[Volumetric Linework Chiseled into Field]

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M AT E R I A L

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ABSTRACT

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ANDREW

D ’A N G E LO

-----------------ajdangel@syr.edu ( 7 0 4 ) - 2 4 4 - 3 3 7 5 T h a nk you to Prof essor M ol l y Hunker, and t eachi n g assist ant s Ar man Sal emi and Meghan Gr imes