Architectural Design Studio I Professor: Jerry W. Lum
Architecture is a Sculptural Biography - Bart Prince, Architect
Bad architecture is in the ends as much a failure of psychology as of design. It is an example expressed through materials of the same tendencies which in other domains will lead us to marry the wrong people, chose inappropriate jobs and book unsuccessful holidays: the tendency not to understand who we are and what will satisfy us. - Alain de Botton, The Architecture of Happiness
In late August I was laid off from I job I had for twelve years. It was a Friday when Human Resources called me and thirty of my co-workers into a conference room to give us the news. I spent the weekend shaping the loss into an opportunity....On Monday I enrolled in architecture and design classes, something I always dreamed of but my full-time job had made impossible. My work embodies survival, endurance and a sense of reestablishing balance.
Program My design language communicates my desire to maintain a sense of balance. It portrays specific memorable events in my life when balance was undermined by conflicts. Tension in design is critical but it must be in an envelop of balance.
Objective
To create a well crafted abstract design Maintain symmetric patterns Balance materials between geometrical and curvilinear shapes Identify a sense of balance Reestablish balance with a conceptual approach
Week 2
I wanted to construct a model depicting frustration and anger I wanted a structure that will show cause and effect, tension and balance
The structure does have symmetry however: There was not coordination between primary and secondary elements Material (paper) wasn’t able to demonstrate a sense of symmetry
Iteration 1
Materials from the first iteration were changed in an effort to create sharp conflicted edges. Curvilinear organics patterns were created to represent equilibrium.
New plastic material didn’t adequately represent the tension of balance and conflict There is not a clear idea of the program Base needed to be removed
Week 2
Iteration 2
Iteration 3
I created curvilinear lines -for a structure with rectilinear shapes The geometrical shapes transformed my previous iterations so I started to record my reflections: “How to create a design that expresses the attempt to resolve conflict in an architecture model”
Week 3
The whole design reads heavy Primary and secondary are not in harmony A tertiary element is needed The design structure lack openings to welcome light and space
Iteration 3
Iteration 4
This is my favorite iteration Primary, secondary and tertiary elements relate to each other with harmony Openings were able to welcome light and space within the design The structure is very dynamic and there is flow of layers
There is a need to reduce the number of layers to create balance within the design The design seems to be very fragile and delicate
Week 4
Iteration 4
Iteration 5
Committing to initial patterns, interpreted via photos and drawings Exploring ways that 2d geometrical and curvilinear shapes can occupy space Iteration is evolving and transforming
Need to explore more curvilinear shapes to re-establish balance Looking to create a design that will show more rhythm by adding intervals and repeated elements
Week 5
Iteration 5
Iteration 6
Week 5
Repeated elements were added to assure rhythm Design is dynamic and shows order by the presence of two curvilinear shapes Gestural drawings are essential in the process of design
I am a bit reserved in my use of verbal communication of my design due to the lack of confidence and ability to communicate my ideas I am looking to add more complex elements into the next iteration
Iteration 6
Iteration 7
Levels of complexities were reached to demonstrate re-establishing balance to an abstract design Initial gestural drawings attempted to show that dynamic process
Design emphasized the sense of balance Design showed a biomorphic shape
Week 6
Iteration 7
Iteration 8
Motion is present in this design by the curvilinear shapes
I’m Looking to work with a different material I’d like to be able to demonstrate cause and effect in a 3d design
Week 7
Iteration 8
Iteration 9
Incorporation of frames with different materiality were mastered in the design Patterns of due elements created contrast
Initial process of wood elements incorporated into the design were difficult to achieve due to the lack of experience Need to use a different material tool that will be flexible
Week 8
Iteration 9
Iteration 10
The use of steel rods provides structural support for new curvilinear shapes in the design Incorporating galvanized steel wire added flex to the structure Frames were expressed in the design
In the next iteration volume (shell) will be added to the frame
Week 09
Iteration 10
Iteration 11
Geometrical openings created a 3D view within the design Sense of balance was identified
The design contain series of patters that create balance within the design The combination of curvilinear and rectilinear shapes shows harmony
Week 10
Iteration 11
Learning to reduce generalities into specificities Developing a written reflection process Learning new architecture language Navigating and learning to be a student Making changes and transforming myself Learning to communicate conceptual concepts Creating Matrix process to Analyze each iteration
Bart Prince Alain Botton Students 101 portfolios 2011
Professor: Jerry W. Lum Arch. Department - CCSF
Information Julio Soriano juliosoriano2012@yahoo.com (415) 240-2401 San Francisco, California CCSF