PORTFOLIO CASEY HILL-DIXON
selected works
2018
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CONTENT 01
The Fountain
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St. Augustine
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Barcelona
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Personal Works
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THE FOUNTAIN DOOR, WINDOW, STAIR Design 3 / 2013 / University of Florida
In my interpretation of Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain, I analyzed the use of light and the effects it had on the main character’s journey. The two main characters’ relationship is grounded by the metaphorical intersection of light and journey. Throughout the process work, I created a nested moment to represent the intersection, but transitioned to an open space in the final model. Light filters throughout the model in this space as the journey reaches the summit. The itinerary circulates around this space, and one is able to see glimpses of the light but cannot be fully submerged in it until the journey is complete.
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Light is a recurring symbol throughout the film that signifies the transition as the main character searches for an answer to immortality to his acceptance of death. This transition into light and acceptance is not the product of a simple journey; rather, it is reached along an itinerary where I created options to move towards the light or down towards the dark. This embodies the main character’s decisions and turning points in the film where he changes the future in order to reach immortality. In these instances, he ultimately shifts away from the light and farther from being reunited with his wife.
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P1-X1 / film analysis /
i. continuity
ii. journey
iii. light
iv. memory
v. time
vi. light-path-repetition
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THE FOUNTAIN
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Section A
Elevation A
Section B
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Plan 1
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i. P1-X2 / film analysis model / paper ii. P1-X3 / moment analysis / foam board (top), basswood (bottom) iii. final model drawings
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Plan 4
THE FOUNTAIN
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final model / mdf, basswood, plexiglass
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THE FOUNTAIN
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i. final model / rhino, sketchup, photoshop ii. sectional perspective iii. exploded axonometric
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ST. AUGUSTINE SITE ANALYSIS Design 4 / 2014 / University of Florida
This project was an intense
opening for the fourth semester, which began with a site visit to St. Augustine. of
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both analytical mapping and
speculative thinking within a targeted study of the city. The exercises focused on preliminary analysis and mapping, followed by a more complex study and reconsideration of edge, boundary, threshold and scale. This process was iterative and concluded with a mapping study and physical model. i.
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i. site visit ii. napkin sketch iii. site analysis drawing iv. final model / basswood, watercolor paper
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BARCELONA THE REVOLUTIONARY ASSEMBLAGE Design 3 / 2013 / University of Florida After investigating Barcelona’s loss of autonomy due to the Nova Planta Decrees of 1716 and struggle to regain it, I propose that Barcelona in is need of an extension from the Fossar de les Moreres plaza to the orthogonal grid structure of the city to bring about a revolutionary movement. The intervention consists of three spaces: a passage, a museum and a headquarters. These spaces are situated to bring the masses to the plaza and reunite the artifact, or the Decrees, with the memorial. I have surgically cut buildings
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surrounding the existing alley leading to the plaza to propose a morphological transformation. The passage connecting Fossar de les Moreres with the Plaça de Catalunya is a horizontal space that leads to a vertical tower housing the artifact museum and nationalism headquarters. The passage begins with a large threshold to bring the masses into the space and constricts as the plaza nears. This mirrors the intimate scale of the Fossar plaza on one end while offering a contrast to the small scaled spaces characteristic of the Gothic Quarter on the other.
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i. Area Diagram of Barcelona’s Gothic Quarter overlaid with the new, gridded city in 1898. ii. Area Diagram in comparison with Spain from 1830-1880. iii. Area Diagram of the transitions within Barcelona during the nineteenth century as the Spanish citadel is integrated into the city’s infrastructure.
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BARCELONA
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Section B
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Front Elevation
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Section B
Top Elevation
final model drawings
BARCELONA
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i. process intervention / foam board ii. final model / mdf, basswood, plexiglass
PERSONAL WORKS
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i. photography / 2017 ii. matcha bowl / woodturning / 2018 iii. Hagia Sophia / watercolor, india ink, and acrylic on canvas / 2012 iv. film poster / digital / 2018
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Casey Hill-Dixon cjhilldixon@gmail.com +1 312 543 3567