EILEEN ARCOS DESIGN PORTFOLIO
CONTENTS
INTERSECTIONS
DUALITY
PHASE I : CHESS
PHASE II: GAME CLUB
PHASE I : LANGUAGE
PHASE II: BUS STOP
ORDERING SYSTEM
DRAWINGS
FIELD
FIELD WORK
DUALITY PHASE I : CHESS GAME INSTRUCTOR: WILLIAM TAYLOR SPRING 2014 FOR THIS PROJECT, OUR GOAL WAS TO CREATE A MODEL SHOWING IN THREE-DIMENSIONS THE MOVES OF AN OPPONENTS-BASED BOARD GAME. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO UNDERSTAND AND “DEPICT” THE RULES GOVERNING THE MOVEMENT OF THE PIECES, AND THEN INTERPRET THE MOVES IN TERMS OF A FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICAL DUALITY. FOR THIS PROJECT, I UTILIZED MOVES 17 THROUGH 32 OF THE 1973 MATCH BETWEEN VLADIMIR BAGIROV AND EDUARD GUFELD.
PROCEDURE
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1 A regular chess board layout is manipulated so that movements are originating from opposite corners of the board. a
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4 Captures are 1� subtractions.
6 Pieces in threat of being captured are extruded outward to the shell. For white pieces, they cut away from the shell; while black pieces are extruded as 1/8� thick planes.
2 Move number 21 of 32. This is the fifth move of the series. h
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5 The destination of each piece is extruded inward to the central axis. They cut away wherever they meet.
8 Complete illustration of one movement.
DEVELOPMENT The cube is made up of three components: shell, body, and central axis. Diagrams illustrate move 21.
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IMPLEMENTATION Overall vertical layout is divided into 16 levels each at 1/2� height. Each layer contains movement of black and white players.
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DUALITY PHASE II: GAME CLUB INSTRUCTOR: WILLIAM TAYLOR SPRING 2014 FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WE WERE ASKED TO FURTHER DEVELOP THE UNDERLYING ORDERING SYSTEM OF THE PREVIOUS PROJECT TO DESIGN A PSEUDO-ARCHITECTURAL STRUCTURE AS CHESS GAME CLUB.
PROCEDURE To begin, the central axis is extruded out to the shell in four different directions. Next, the former chess pieces are taken out to create more space and to avoid redundancy. All 16 levels with similar treatment are exhibited on the right. 17
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IMPLEMENTATION Each level stayed at the same height of 1/2� and are stacked accordingly. This increased the density of the cube - proposing a challenge in spatial exploration.
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DEVELOPMENT
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To create more space and introduce walls, the dense masses were turned into framed-opened structures. Several planes were subtracted to allow for more space and kissing corners were also addressed. Completed model governed by these rules is shown on the right.
SECTION
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INTERSECTIONS PHASE I : LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR: CARL SMITH SUMMER 2014 THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT WAS DEVELOP AND PROVIDE A VISUAL ARCHITECTURAL LANGUAGE TO A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. THIS VISUAL LANGUAGE WILL EXHIBIT AND DEPLOY SPECIFIC TRANSPORTATION STOPS TO HELP BUILD AN IDENTIFIABLE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. FOR THIS PROJECT, I EXAMINED THE VERY NEIGHBORHOOD TO WHICH LAIAD IS LOCATED KOREATOWN.
DATA Koreatown never sleeps. This neighborhood is home to more nightlife than many other entire cities can claim, from dive bars to high-end karaoke clubs and other establishments. But it is hard to say what it offers in the “daylife� category (schools, gyms, libraries, studios etc.) The data collected highlights how the differences between nightlife and daylife activities affect the transportation network specifically along the 11-block stretch on Wilshire Boulevard.
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PROCEDURE The site of this project is to be a freestanding rectilinear tube grid. It is to be understood as having no up or down and experiences gravity in every direction, relying on no “table� of support. The information from the previous page guided the deformations, additions and subtractions made on the grid, shown in particular the numbers on the Western bus stop. 1
Ratio of nightlife vs. daylife activities and how they intersect and determine the spaces between each stop.
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Adding the Line 20 boarding and alighting information. Boarding information moves to the center of the plane, while alighting information moves outward (similar to the graph from the data page).
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Adding and subtracting Line 720 boarding and alighting information. Boarding information is added to the back side of the Line 20 plane, while alighting information is subtracted.
INTERSECTIONS PHASE II: BUS STOP INSTRUCTOR: CARL SMITH SUMMER 2014 THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT DEMANDS FURTHER TRANSFORMATION OF OUR LANGUAGE MODEL INTO A PROTO-ARCHITECTURAL BUS STOP, CONSIDERING BOTH THE INTEGRITY OF THE RULES DEVELOPED IN THE PREVIOUS PHASE AS WELL AS THE PHYSICAL REALITIES OF AN OUTDOOR PHYSICAL STRUCTURE.
PROCEDURE The subsequent diagrams demonstrate the different ways the language model was reconstructed to accomodate and respond to requirements based on programmatic necessity (shading, seating, circulation, etc.).
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IMPLEMENTATION
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ORDERING SYSTEM FIELD INSTRUCTOR: WILLIAM TAYLOR SPRING 2014 THIS PROJECT CHALLENGES THE VISUAL ASPECT OF DESIGN BY USING A CONCEPTUAL ORDERING SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY A SET OF RULES TO INFORM THE MAKING OF DRAWINGS AND OBJECTS. FOR THIS PROJECT, I CHOSE TO EXPLORE THE PLANAR OPEN/ CLOSE POSSIBILITIES OF THE THE METRO LA RAILWAY SYSTEM.
DATA The data-based ordering system stems from information on all 80 currently operating stations from six different lines on the Metro LA railway system. A sample of 8 stations along the Purple Line are shown below along with a table containing the various information gathered per station.
KEY: Line with Station Transfer Station Interchange Station Red Line - Metro Rail Purple Line - Metro Rail Blue Line - Metro Rail Expo Line - Metro Rail Gold Line - Metro Rail Green Line - Metro Rail
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Line length (miles)
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PROCEDURE
Plot 1: Parking spaces per station
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Plot 2: Available bike lockers per station
Plot 1: Length of each line in miles
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Plot 2: Elevation from sea-level of each station
Plot 1: Travel time to LAIAD from each station
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Plot 2: Year each line was opened PLOT 1 Data is plotted on a graph based on the coordinate points of each station. Active data points cut away from the grid as shown in the diagrams on the right. Two graphs are combined in one level of the three-layered model.
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DEVELOPMENT After constructing the field using a rule-based system, next is to develop field objects above the plane. All 80 stations of the railway system is used and placed on the plane based on their coordinate points and the corresponding height is determined by their elevation from sea level. 1
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DRAWINGS INSTRUCTOR: SEAN FINN SPRING 2014 THE FOCUS OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO UTILIZE THE CRAFT OF DRAWING AS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION THROUGH ABSTRACTION AND AS A CONCEPTUAL AND PROJECTIVE INVESTIGATION. USING LE CORBUSIER’S VILLA SAVOYE, WE ANALYZED A CANONICAL ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT THROUGH A SERIES OF DIAGRAMMATIC INVESTIGATIONS. THESE DIAGRAMS WERE EVENTUALLY UTILIZED TO CREATE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHIC CONSTRUCTION, WHICH FOLLOWED OUR OWN DEFINED RULES TO ITS FORMATION.
DATA STRIP MINING Construction lines were drawn from each element of the plan and section drawing. Then assigned a lineweight to each element and a line type to lines that are “weighted” to index an element’s difference (wall thickness, opening, overhanging elements, advancing or receding walls, etc.)
WEIGHTED FIELD The information generated through data strip mining is now transposed and scaled on a 30°/60° axonometric plane. The 2 plan data strips are inscribed on the ‘x’ and ‘y’ edges of the plane, while the elevation data strip is positioned on the ‘z’ dimension with 1/3 of the data strip below the plane and 2/3 of the strip above. This weighted field will determine the operations on the next phase.
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FIELD WORK A proto-architectural proposition is created through several operations in the weighted field. Volumetric extrusions and boolean operations (union, subtraction, and intersection) were made to carve on the reference plane. Other manipulations were made through cutting, folding, and deformation of the plane. Multiple solutions were investigated before finalizing the ink drawing on vellum.
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