Ellison Turpin Undergraduate Portfolio

Ellison Turpin

University of Virginia School of Architecture Undergraduate

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Weaving Pavilion: Undergraduate Design Thesis Reconfiguring the Grid: Spaces of Spectacle Parametric Fiction: Reactivating the Lost Souls of Baltimore Interdependent Modulation: Henri Coanda International Airport Terminal StrandCITYbeest

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Sambo Reconfigured 2 Stickwork The World is Flat: Stalactlights Drawings TEDxUVA Stage Design

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Weaving Pavilion:

Undergraduate Design Thesis Rhino, Grasshopper, Weaving, Metal Working

Spring 2014

This thesis explores the expansion of triaxial weaving by merging a traditional method with modern materials and technologies to extend the length of time a person can spend in the outdoor public realm.

Why weaving? Weaving harnesses the best qualities of every member of the weave to develop a better membrane than each member individually could provide.

By merging this unique method with passive heating and cooling techniques a semi-conditioned space is developed.

Weaving Pavilion:

Undergraduate Design Thesis Rhino, Grasshopper, Weaving, Metal Working

The development of the unit began with research into the traditional methods of weaving and a series of material tests of those methods.

A work flow back and forth between computational design and prototype fabrication provided me with the opportunity to learn every detail of the project and how it was put together.

Weaving Pavilion:

Undergraduate Design Thesis Rhino, Grasshopper, Weaving, Metal Working

Weaving Pavilion:

Undergraduate Design Thesis Rhino, Grasshopper, Weaving, Metal Working

Weaving Pavilion:

Undergraduate Design Thesis Rhino, Grasshopper, Weaving, Metal Working

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Weaving Pavilion:

Undergraduate Design Thesis Rhino, Grasshopper, Weaving, Metal Working

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Reconfiguring the Grid: Spaces of Spectacle

Rhino, Grasshopper, Adobe

Fall 2013 - Berlin, Germany Karolin Moellmann

Designed as a space of spectacle and promenade the Karl Marx Allee was intended to showcase the power of the German Democratic Republic after the Second World War. The development of the boulevard led to a very strict linear grid that began to run against the old grid. This older grid was mostly destroyed during the war and left an area ready for development.

With the construction of several concrete residential blocks, the built grid began to bleed into the lives of the residents and forced them into a linear order of life. By breaking this grid and introducing a new system the monotony of the concrete blocks is broken.

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Reconfiguring the Grid: Spaces of Spectacle

Rhino, Grasshopper, Adobe

Given the history of the boulevard as a place of spectacle, a series of new pavilions only furthers the spectacle and encourages spontaneous gatherings. These informal spaces are nodes for acts of speech, writing, and action where the local residents, the city dwellers, and foreign visitors can come together. These smaller nodes culminate in a larger concert hall developed as a slightly more formal gathering space for larger spectacles. Above the main concert hall a series of smaller rooms puncture the roof structure as framed views of the boulevard. These upper spaces are visually linked to the concert hall through a central shaft that provides the element of spontaneity.

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Reconfiguring the Grid: Spaces of Spectacle

Rhino, Google SketchUp

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Places in the Odyssey

Parametric Fiction:

Reactivating the Lost Souls of Baltimore Rhino, Grasshopper, Physical Model

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Odyssey Occupied

Journey

Shapes

Characters

Voids and Platforms

Changes to Odysseus

Odyssey Occupied

Remaining Vacancies Remaining Urban Vacancies

Installation Epic

Spring 2013 - Baltimore, MD Lucia Phinney

Inspired by the epic journey of Odysseus as he leaves Troy and attempts to get home to Ithaka, this studio studied fiction as a generator of form. This adventure is embedded in a block of abandoned row houses in Baltimore that serve as a scaffolding for the guerilla art installation. The project acts as a series of volumes representative of the characteristics of each stop of Odysseus’ voyage.

Parametric Fiction:

Reactivating the Lost Souls of Baltimore Rhino, Grasshopper, Physical Model

Odyssey Embedded Odyssey Embedded in Baltimore

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Cyclops

Skylla Charybdus Sirens

Lotus Eaters

Phaiakans Cannibals Undead

Kikonians

Ithaka

Helios Circe Aiolos

Calypso

Troy

Interdependent Modulation:

Henri Coanda International Airport Terminal 2 Catia, Physical Model

Fall 2012 - Bucharest, Romania Mara Marcu

To design an airport is to design something that is both reminiscent of the country it is located in and distinctly different from its surroundings all at the same time. Being freed from the colloquialisms of the country, I was able to spend the semester developing and exploring geometry through digital and 3d printed mediums.

The cell I created began as a simple quilt pattern that grew into a three dimensional shape.

Interdependent Modulation:

Henri Coanda International Airport Terminal 2 Catia, 3D printing, Maxwell

Fall 2012 - Bucharest, Romania Mara Marcu

This new terminal is a 2 million square foot project that will service 20 million passengers a year at 30 different gates. My design features a series of pinwheel bridges that create a web of passages that allow people to view the happenings of an airport from every angle. The airport both delves into the ground and rises into the air in moments that mimic the experience of flight itself as you leave the earth and then return to it. The goal was not swiftness through the space but creating spaces where you feel as if you are being lifted upwards into the sky.

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Aviation Museum

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Transportation Floor (Basement)

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StrandCITYbeest Rhino, Physical Model

Animaris Prospectus Sanderis

General Prospectus Rover

Spring 2012 Partner: Arnold Lee

Imagine walking into a field of tiny beests roaming the city. These creatures serve as a new lens with which to analyze and view the city from a perspective different than our own. These creatures journey through the city crawling across the surfaces of buildings to create a map of the layers of the city.

Stickwork: ‘On The Fly’ Fall 2013/ UVA Arts Grounds Community Sculpture

Sambo Reconfigured 2 Spring 2013/ UVA Arts Grounds Instructor: Mara Marcu Team: Arisa Chentaphun, Ben Lawson, Alex Picciano, Will Green

Catia, Rhino, Laser Cutter, Router

Developed as a submission for the “Curtains” competition, the final product incorporated ten 5’x10’ panels of cut felt that was hand stitched to form the modular wall. This competition was used as an experiment into the possibility of felt as a material for a mass customizable surface.

‘The World Is Flat’: Stalactlights

Spring 2014 Instructor: Melissa Goldman Team: Matt Gordon, Sydna Mundy, Zaina Natour, Stephanie Smid

Drawings Figure Studies

Fall 2013 C. Pamela Black

Charcoal, White Chalk, Red Chalk

Drawings - Tool Studies Fall 2011 Jim Richardson Hand Drafting

TEDxUVA Stage Design Spring 2014 - Nau Hall 101 Team: Arisa Chentaphun, Ben Lawson, Austin Walker

Rhino, 3D printer, Laser Cutter, Router

Created for the 2014 TEDxUVA event, this wall was designed based on the theme “Make The Path.� We developed a 3-dimensional screen to provide an interesting backdrop for the speakers consisting of a field of arrows. The field is made of woven fabric arrows suspended in a wooden frame and then separated by 3d printed joints.

TEDxUVA Stage Design

The entire wall will span 28’ in order to ensure that the 24’ blackboard is covered. This span will be broken into 7 4’x7’ panels comprised of 28 white cells. At the right side of the wall a red “TED” will be placed with a corresponding “X” in the wall made in red in order to provide for the logo.

Wall 1

Wall 1.5

Material and Cost Approximation: $150 (Joann) - Fabric: Approximately 20 square yards of stretch fabric $5 (Joann) - Thread: Coats & Clark Extra Strong & Upholstery Thread - 2 spools $__ (Joann) - Needle: Any standard sewing needle - 2 packs $50 (Makerbot) - Support Bar: Makerbot Filament 1 spool

Wall 2

Components: 28 “X”s made of stretchyfabric, fabric, pipes pipes to each panel (exact diameComponents: 28 “X”s made of stretchy tosupport support each panel (exact diameter to be determined), thread, 28 support bars ter to be determined), thread, 28 support bars

Components: Each is made double of head arrows and a support (exact shape bar (exact sha Components: Eachofis2 made 2 double head arrowsbar and a support to be determined).

Assembly of panel: Each X will be stictched together at the points and pulled in tension

Assembly of each “X”: Once pulled in tension in the larger frame the smaller support each “X”: Once pulled in tension theThese larger framebars the smaller supp bars willAssembly slide in andofprovide the additional dimension to the in wall. support bars will provide the additional dimension to the wall. These support b will be stitched in slide place in as and needed.

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TEDxUVA Stage Design

TEDxUVA Stage Design