ARCH PORTFOLIO FINAL(REVISED) 2-15-2012

ARCH PORTFOLIO Ariel Alberto Souza

Ariel Alberto Souza

Contact: Email:arielsouza6767@hotmail.com Cell Phone: (909)-706-1698

Education: Pasadena CIty College 2011-present Mt.San Antonio College 2010

Skills: Rhinoceros 4.0+ Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Maxwell Render 2.0+ Fruity Loops Sound Engineering 3ds Max AutoCAD AutoCAD Architecture Revit Architecture

Table of Contents:

Bike Station

Minimal Surface

Spatial Sequence

Thirst

Skin and Bones

Bike Station Arch 10 B Instructor Coleman Griffith Fall 2011

Bike Commuter Station Description The Portal between two medium, regardless of its usage, has always been disregarded. Connections as such evidently became very rare and important. To emphasize such mediums in architecture, the most common medium is transportation. In this case, the medium between bike and metro. These two transportation has been important since the start of the century, yet rarely any examples has been set to connect two such transportations effectively. The Pan Pacific Park was a perfect example to exploit the meaning of this conneciton. Due to its complexity with Mediums ranging from local to international scale. Also the fact that it stands next to The Groove shopping mall, which will greatly improve traffic and commercial profit for the city of Los Angeles.

Beverly Blvd.

The Grove Drive.

To emphasize the connection greatly, and more to the point justify the concept of this project, i begin with a word map with 5 essential words: (1) Reunion, (2) Transition, (3) Exchange, these 3 words are the quintessential words since the dawn of commuting. (4) Metro, and (5) Bicycle Kitchen. i eventually with a bi-nuclear concept with the word struggle and two major characterisctics with defiance and bonding. Then i begin to analyze the site in terms of surrounding buildings, the grid organiztions, circulation, pros and cons of certain location, as well as sound and light pollution in the surrounding area. I combined all the research and create a 3d model of what would have been a physicla representation of my reasearch. then i beggin to look at this model and trim parts out i find it represents my concept of struggle. Then i apply Minimal Surface as a method of construction and also to stay away from the norm of “ walls” . I have also made case study of what a Bicycle Kitchen would function in a space. and made replicas of my own version of a bike kitchen. The bike kitchen would have parts where it is private, which is protected by a glass structure and skin mock-up structure.

While designing the building i also kept in mind on how hte shape represents struggle by its psuedotwist like geometry and spatial expiereince wise how it tries to confuse guest that the bike station lofting around.

Personal Learning Outcome While constructing The minimal Surface, I gain more expirience with spatial relation and spatial expierience, and the fact that how space could be utilize efficiently. This Project made me realize many fundamental problems getting to distracted with the original idea and most importantly grasping the concept of Spatial Sequence, Scale.

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grids horizontal grid

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Sequnce

circulations

diagonal grid

conforming circulations

possible locations

defying circulations

vertical grids

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Mutiny defiance

Fracas

form of distubance or struggle

matrix

circulations constrains access points

vinculum bond

Concept

Reasearch

open area

Lights

Trimed

3d Model of Reasearch

Site Plan

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Section B

SUBWAY

ICS GROUP RESEARCH drawings

fosteritos bilbao, spain architect: norman foster

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57.5ft 8ft

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short section

9ft

longitudinal section

The great majority of subway systems are difficult to negotiate, relying on elaborate signage systems to tell you where to go. In Bilbao in contrast, the architecture itselft is legible. Routes in and out via escalators or glass lifts, lead directly via tunnels to cavernous stations, which are large enough to accomodate lightweight stainless steel mezzanines and stair cases above trains.

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The curved forms of these spaces are expressive of the enormous fprces they are designed to withstand, while theyre construction reflects Bilbao’s strong tradition of technology.

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floor plan scale: 1’=1/8” scale: 1’=1/8”

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SITE PLAN

TYPES OF DATUMS BUILDINGS LIGHT POSTS VEHICLES TREES PEOPLE

1/4" = 1' 0" Light Post 17' 6" Trees 16'

Fences Cars Adult Child

6' 6" 5' - 5' 10" 5' 7" 4' 0"

Table/Bench 2' 9"

Light Post

Tree

Fence

Car (Larger SUV)

Car (Compact)

Table

Bench

Sidewalk

Child Adult

ICS GROUP ARCH 10B

Datum Reasearch and Subway case study

ARIEL SOUZA WANA BOGHOZIAN ANGINEH AGHAKIART MANI KARAMI YOUNG SUN PEDRO NEGRETE ALBERTO SALGADO WILLIAM MONTERROSO HEISSEN VELONZA

Bike Station and Bike Reasearch

Floor PLan

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Minimal Surface Arch 12 B Instructor Andy Ku Fall 2011

Minimal Surfaces Description The Purpose of the this reasearch is to study to construct geometries that speaks more than the regular “ walls� we see in most of the architectural buildings we see today. Also to learn a method of construction and how we could manipulate and exploit this certain technique to utilize it in architectural design.

Purpose Once the minimal surface is constructed, i begin to utilize it architectually and also try to create a system by myself, using the the techniques i have learned.Batwing StructureI have chosen the batwing method, which one of simplest yet interesting type there is. The process is more orless like a receipe, there is only one way to create it. The following is a diagram of which how it was constructed.

Personal Learning Outcome One interesting aspect of minimal surface is that it has no particular scale to it. Minimal surface by itself cannot be sufficient enough to be architecture. It always in need of a reference like a human figure, or surrounding objects.

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Spatial Sequence Arch 10 B Instructor Coleman Griffith Fall 2011

Spatial Sequence Description To create architcture, one must understand the concept of spatial relation and spatial organization. For this project, i have choosen a complex constructed architecural residential building.

Stacked House Architects: Architecture Paradigm Private Location: Bangaladesh, India Project Year 2010

Sequnce To start i have understand different types of spatial organization, types of spaces, and lastly spatial relations. Each with a different purpose to study the building, once i have gather all the information, i begin to draw the possible circulation, interlocking spaces, and adjacent. Then i created a physical model for a better understanding of the building.

Personal Learning Outcome The sequence was the most important factor of this study, it represents how a person would experience the space when enter a building. and it also helped me understand how to construct my own architectural buildings in the future, utilizing the idea of sequential construction.

Floor Plan

Circulation

Interlocking Space

Adjacent Space

Central Organization

Thirst Arch 10 A Instructor Deborah Bird Spring 2011

T.H.I.R.S.T Description Water Conservation and generally marine knowlage are a vital part of society, especially in heavily populated areas, some take water as a everyday essential for survival for granted, especially in hevily developed areas.

To counter this problem, Non-Profit organization have been organized over the years, to explain to its locals how important water is in general. To provide better working enviroment for these organization than a regular tent on the side of the street or just a stand. I have created a work place taken from a exisiting building and renovating it.

Precedents The city of Pasadena is one of the many examples to show the importance of water, due to its dense population and constant flow of tourist from around the world. The location has been choosen off Union station in pasadena to further impact the flow of traffic to motivate passer-by to get involved or just to learn a bit more about water coservation. The existing building was crepe house that was due for renovation.

Construction and Inspiration Water has many different types of characteristics, for this particular project, i have choosen refraction, due to its unpredictable results for water to be a medium, Refraction can be recognized the most by people because we encounter it every day, the image of water distorting image quenches or minds from thirst. The main building has been renovate to create extreme refraction, where lights are fragmented constant due to the placement of curtain walls and also the fact the roof is made of a imitative “ underwater effect� . the building is divided into 2 parts, office, reception area, and the second floor is the exhibition area. The path way leading to the ground towards union staion is also meant to epahsize refraction due to its chaotic pathway. below, 2 cafe have been place for public and for those who work in the building. at the end of the pathway, a landscape has been created to create a 3d form of gas(main building), liquid(pathway) and solid(landscape).

Personal Learning Outcomes This particualr project has been challenge due to my concept’ s chaotic nature, and keeping in mind the scale of the site was quite small, it was interesting to see how to fit such a big gesture in such a small site. sense of scaling was the most challeging part.

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Medium(Main Building) Water(or any medium)

Endtrance

Water Reasearch

Refraction COncept

Refraction Diagram

Chaotic Result(pathway)

Exhibition room Reasearch

Kiosk Research

Front Desk Design

Floor Plan

Long Section

Skin and Bones Arch 12 B Instructor Andy Ku Fall 2011

Skin and Bones Description The purpose of the skin and bone project is utilize a precedent case study, learn from that structure, and create a new system that might be a use in architecture.

Precedents The Vila NM was the choosen precedent, due to its geometric complexitiy and the good practice for 3d modeling work.I have taken inspiration from how the geometric complexity was logically construct especially with the middle part of the building.Instead of copying the form of the building, I have decided to create my own logistic construction of the “Bones” .

Construction and Inspiration The development of the shape was taken inspiration from new BMW 3 series sedan, the chasis desgin gave a sense where the spoiler seems like is getting sharper when viewing from the side, but actually it is getting well rounded.

Further Developemnts Once the “ Bones are constructed, i begin to construct the “ skin” , while constructing the skin, i have made consideration with the overgeometry.The material of the skin is made out of glass like material in order to appreciate the overall skin and bones interaction, the deck is also made with consideration of the overall geometry of the building maintaining a one single flow.

I have also begin to think how could this shape could apply to architecture. To utilize its potential interior space and exterior space, i have made what could possibly have been a airplane observatory Deck.The observatory is divided into 2 levels, the skin is modified to accomadate the entrance, to create a senese of hierarchy and more to the point, specify to visitors where the location of the entrance is.

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Vila NM

Twist Concept

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Bmw Sketch

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