Undergraduate Architecture Portfolio: Fall, Freshman Year

Andrew Delle Bovi Architecture Design Studio 101 Fall 2009 Portfolio

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Table of Contents Semester 1 Fall 2009

Project One...............................................................................................Pgs. 1-13

Project Two..............................................................................................Pgs. 14-26

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Project One

For our first project of the year we were asked to collect three objects of our choice from Buffalo ReUSE. This is a local store in which they collect items from demolished houses and resell them to the community. The Goal of this project was to create an interesting relationship between the objects.

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My Objects

Wood Doorknob

Glass Fixture

Metal Doorknob

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Study Model One

Concept Central axes alligned Indexing of objects using the cardboard

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Study Model Two

Concept Intersecting Axes

Indexing of objects using the cardboard

Interesting Negative Spaces

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Prelimbinary Sketches

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Project One Final Model Concepts

Intersecting Axes are exageratted in the crossing x and y linear cardboard pieces.

A relationship is created by light. The light reflects off of the metalic doorknob to create a silloutte effect on the wooden doorknob while the viewer sees all this through a transparent orange glass fixture.

There are interesting negative spaces being created between all three objects in this model as well.

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Plan and Section Final Model

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Axonometric Final Model

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Final Wire Model

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Project One Diagrams Final Model

Diagram and Wire Model Concept The Diagram is based off of my wire model which was a focus on light rays The point of the wire model was to model the negative space I followed a set of light rays throughout the model and illustrated where the light rays would reflect and collide in my diagrams.

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Project Two

For this project we were asked to choose three art pieces from a selection. The goal of selecting and exhibiting these pieces was to heighten and enhance the experiential qualities of each artwork. A primary aim of my space was to show spatial relationships between my art pieces and enhance the visual and tactile relationships between the objects and the viewers.

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The Art Pieces Project Two

Raethro Pink James Turrell

http://www.artfund.org/artwork/10087/ raethro-pink

Turning Your World Upside Down Anish Kapoor

Two-Way Triangle

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ hanneorla/3809487384/

http://www.upprojects.com/portavilion/files/ short_statement_by_Dan_Graham.pdf

Pavillion Dan Graham

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Plans, Sections and Perspective Views of Art Pieces Turning Your World Upsidedown

Two Way Triangle-Pavillion

Raethro Pink

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Art Pieces Concept Models Turning Your World UpsideDown

Raethro Pink

Two-Way Triangle Mirror

Concepts

A major commenalitythat I found in all three of these concept models was a sense of expansion and contraction.

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First Study Models Project Two

Concepts Shows important tectonic methods used in my final model Shows the placement of the objects in the final model

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Second Study Model Project Two

Concepts: I incorporated the design and structure of one of my concept models into this study model 19

Final Model Project Two Concepts

The main concept of this final model was about expansion and contraction through space.

I found this similar idea in all three of my art pieces through my concept models.

The tectonic method I use throughout the model are linear strips made of basswood.

In order to index the space not in an act of expanding or contracting I used a constant amount of linear strips at a constant distance. This indexing creates interesting enclosed space.

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Expansion

Indexing

Expansion

Indexing

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Project Two Plan of Final Model

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Project Two Section of Final Model

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Andrew Delle Bovi Phone: (914)-227-0636 Address: 4 Tanglewild Pl, Chappaqua, NY, 10514 Email: Addelleb@buffalo.edu Professors: Chris Romano, Joyce Hwang, Joe Dahmen Teachers Assistant: Nathaniel Cornman

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