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Courtyard Render
FRAME Professor Brittany Utting: Architectural Design II (UG2) Date Completed: Winter 2018 School: Taubman College Academic: Individual Work - 4 Week Project The site-less project challenges public space and its significance at the domestic scale. The project aims to create spaces which integrate the residents living in the home and its surrounding community. Various frames are employed to distinguish the homes programmatic uses and thresholds while reinforcing the importance of public space. The procession begins with an open public space on the ground floor to promote community engagement through a variety of activities. Following the public space, the user is met with a labyrinth-like path which leads to the courtyard or second floor. The second floor consists of communal spaces (e.g. kitchens, laundry, corridor) to promote interaction between the residents in the home and the community. Only the bedroom units are private. This maximizes the ‘public space’ in the domestic realm while maintaining privacy where required. The drawings (pg.03) are a spatial study of frame variations which can potentially affect the dynamic of the co-existing private and public spaces. The frame utilized for the project provides a balance of thresholds and open space. Drawing Medium: Illustrator, Rhino Photograph Medium: Nikon 50mm f/1.8G Lens Physical Model Medium: Acrylic, Basswood, Foam Core Render Medium: Maxwell, Photoshop
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Giorgio Morandi Painting
SOLID/VOID Professor Melissa Harris: Architectural Design I (UG1) Date Completed: Fall 2017 School: Taubman College Academic: Individual Work - Two Projects - 5 Weeks The project investigates a painting (pg.06) by Italian artist Giorgio Morandi. The painting suggests a merging of boundaries between the two foreground objects. This condition is used to further explore their solid-void relationship. A section drawing (pg.08) is developed to investigate the ambiguity of said objects relationship. A (4”x6”x8”) bounding box is utilized to construct object 1. Formal qualities similar to the section drawing are incorporated into the design. A plastic and sculpture-like form emerges within the bounding box giving a clear distinction of the solid and void. Object 2 further utilizes the bounding box, but rather than reutilizing the stacking method, rockite is introduced as a new material and process for which to understand the solid-void relationship. Object 2 is not the residual of object 1, but rather its calculated unoccupied space. The spatial quality of Object 2 results in a cavernous aesthetic (pg.09). Which is the solid? Which is the void? Drawing Medium: Pencil Photograph Medium: Nikon 50mm f/1.8G Lens, iPhone Object 1 Medium: Corrugated Cardboard, Museum Board Object 2 Medium: High Density Foam, Sand Paper, Tape, Rockite
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Stacking Study Model of Object 1 (48 Layers)
Negative Space of Object 1 (48 Layers)
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Section of Foreground Objects in Painting
Serial Section Sketch Study of Object 1
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Final Model of Object 1 (128 Layers)
Formwork Study of Object 2
Final Model of Object 2 (Rockite)
Interior Photo of Final Model of Object 2
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Longitudinal Section Perspective
FUSION Professor Melissa Harris: Architectural Design I (UG1) Date Completed: Fall 2017 School: Taubman College Academic: Individual Work - 6 Week Project The project is a wellness center for user engagement with various program and the various areas of the center. The void space is an important element allowing for the entry of sunlight and the separation of different program. As light illuminates the interior, the eye is drawn upward, instilling a sense of curiosity in the user for the program above. The program consists of an auditorium for University of Michigan lectures, office spaces for staff, and a lobby on the ground floor for visitors. There is also a pool and tutoring spaces for individual and group studying. The fourth floor has a lounge and terrace which extends as a cantilever into the street. The project aims to fuse both university and public elements. This enables public engagement growth with the auditorium being a space for university lectures and meetings for community members. Community members can present their ideas, visions, and thoughts in regards to the development of Ann Arbor as a city, a home for students and families, and the University of Michigan as a learning environment. Drawing Medium: Illustrator, Marker, Rhino Physical Model Medium: Acrylic, Museum Board Render Medium: Illustrator, Maxwell, Photoshop
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Longitudinal Section Concept Sketch
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1. Entrance 2. Lobby 3. Pre-Function Space 4. Auditorium 5. Terrace 6. Lounge 7. Pool 8. Dressing Room 9. Tutoring 10. Tutoring Mezzanine 11. Grand Stair 12. Fire Stair 13. Elevator
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ILIUM Professor Mark Meier: Geometric Modeling Date Completed: Fall 2017 School: Taubman College Academic: Individual Work - 2 Week Project The project aims to design a chair by mimicking the organic through an exploration of tools in Sculptris and ZBrush. The skeletal system–for its structural qualities–inspired the aesthetic direction for the design. The pelvic bone is the ideal choice for the topology of the design for its structural significance in assisting with posture. Coincidentally, the pelvic bone most frequently makes contact with a chair. The design incorporates the formal qualities of bones. Creases and curvature are employed into the design to further accentuate its conceptual origin. The continuity from the seat edge to the armrest to the backrest is a response to the pelvis’ bowl-like form. The chair takes advantage of the three-legged design by thickening the rear leg for increased structural support. The “shoulder blades”–at the chairs back–is an aesthetic decision to further accentuate a bone-like quality in the design. 3D Model Medium: Sculptris, ZBrush Drawing Medium: Maya, Rhino Photograph Medium: Lightroom, Nikon 50mm f/1.8G Lens Physical Model Medium: Carbon Fiber 3D Print
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INTEGRATED SPACE Professor Brittany Utting: Architectural Design II (UG2) Date Completed: Winter 2018 School: Taubman College Academic: Individual Work - 4 Week Project The project aims to create a housing structure with the option of disassembly or permanent fixture on the site. The purpose of this project is to challenge the idea that there is no one correct way to classify a home. Users have the option to collaborate with others by linking multiple units. The structure(s) can be transported and reassembled anywhere on the site. Through various configurations (e.g. single or groupings) of structures, common spaces are created. This spatial configuration introduces micro-communities that shift the user experience. The forms are a response to the geometry of the terrain. This optimizes the structures presences on the site. Drawing Medium: Rhino, Illustrator Photograph Medium: Lightroom, Nikon 50mm f/1.8G Lens Physical Model Medium: Basswood, Fabric, Chipboard Render Medium: Photoshop, Maxwell
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Atrium Render
MUSEO//ATRIO Professor Michael Cranfill: Architectral Design Date Completed: Spring 2016 School: Pasadena City College Academic: Individual Work - 10 Week Project Atrio (Spanish for atrium) is a museum in downtown Los Angeles, on N. Grand Ave. and W. Temple St, adjacent to Rafael Moneo’s Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. The concept is to create a monolithic design with large interconnected volumes and the fluid motion of vertical circulation. Gallery spaces are separated from the program on the ground floor, which consists of curatorial/administration spaces and facilities management spaces. This creates a clear distinction between the museum and the back-of-house. Large gallery spaces form the museums exterior with adjacent small gallery spaces acting as thresholds from the atrium. The spatial organization, inspired by Louis Kahn’s Phillips Exeter Academy Library (precedent study), allows for the employment of frames (spatial thresholds). The atrium at the core of the museum utilizes vertical circulation providing a non-linear experience for the user. Drawing Medium: Illustrator, Rhino Physical Model Medium: Basswood, Foam Core, Paper Render Medium: Maxwell, Photoshop
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Route 66 Site
Albuquerque, New Mexico
URBA N SPACE Professor Gabriel CuÊllar: Architectural Design IV (UG4) Date Completed: Winter 2019 School: Taubman College Academic: Individual Work - 8 Week Project In Albuquerque, NM, there is an inherent lack of public spaces conducive to pedestrian foot traffic. Along Route-66 (R66), there is an opportunity for new public spaces, which will preserve and make use of underutilized land types (e.g. parks, parking lots, abandoned land, and vacant land). R-66’s significance in Albuquerque is an ideal point of reference for the design. This promotes multiple instances of interaction for the user whether walking, biking, or driving. The proposed structure utilizes a modular set of parts for an efficient assembly and disassembly process. The details (pg.27) represent the five connection types in the structure, which allow for additive and subtractive design adjustments. The city provides them to rent to vendors, tutors, institutions or public figures. The structures are functional in that they provide shade for interior and exterior programs. The purpose of the structures is to provide new instances of interactions for the people of Albuquerque and to promote broader forms of engagement for the city as a whole. Drawing Medium: ArcGIS, Illustrator, Maxwell, Photoshop, Rhino
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