PORTFOLIO
GREGORY MORGAN PCC ARCHITECTURE 2011-2012
arch 10b
arch 10b
arch 10b
arch 12b
arch 11
olympic village 2020
bicycle commuter station
spatial sequence
skin and bones
the cube
OLYMPIC VILLAGE 2020
arch 10B SPRING 2012 COLEMAN gRIFFITH
OLYMPIC VILLAGE 2020 PROPOSAL group 2 12 people involved
DESCRIPTION
LOCATED JUST BEYOND DOWNTOWN LOS ANGLES, EXPOSITION PARK IS TRANSFORMED TO REUNITE THE WORLD FOR THE 32ND OLYMPIC GAMES. THE PROJECT AIMS TO ADDRESS MANY EXISTING PARADYMS AT A GLOBAL SCALE, CURRENTLY PROHIBITING THE CITY. RICH WITH HISTORY, EXPOSITION PARK WILL BE THE HOME OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES FOR THE THIRD TIME.
OBJECTIVE ESTABLISH AND DECLARE THE IDENTITY OF THE 2020 LOS ANGELES OLYMPIC GAMES AT EXPOSITION PARK. DESIGN A MASTERPLAN THAT FACILITATES THE ATHLETES, THE SPECTATORS, AND THE WORLD AUDIENCe.
CONCEPT
ILLUMINATE; RENEWING THE IDENTITY OF LOS ANGELES. THE AGE OF TECHNOLOGY HAS TAKEN OVER LA AT THE EXPENSE OF THE ENVIORNMENT. THROUGH SUSTAINABILTY, THE PROJECT AIMS TO USE CURRENT ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY TO REINTRODUCE THE VALUES OF NATURE, FROM THE PAST. AS A MESSAGE TO THE WORLD, AND ITS OWN RESIDENTS, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES IS TAKING AN ACTIVE STEP TOWARDS THE FUTURE BY ESTABLISHING THE IMPORTANCE BICYCLES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO REDUCE THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND THE WORLD.
exposition park proposal plan
ATHLETIC
PEDESTRIAN
CULTURAL
ELEVATED BIKE-WAY
VILLAGE
METRO
PARKING PROGRAM
CIRCULATION
GREEN SPACE
entrance to the coliseum
Bicycle commuter station ARCH 10b spring 2012 coleman griffith
bicycle commuter station objective
establish a ‘continuous’, transforming surface along exposition blvd. occupy the two metro platforms that lead people to the park, as well as, the sidewalk, determining spaces of shading and the location of a bicycle commuter station which will serve as a storage facility and repair shop for the community.
concept first i established the concept of manifestation. this was derived from los angeles history with bicycles, their ideas of making the city a bike friendly haven that wasn’t fully fulfilled. i used the idea of history to draw imaginary datums from the site to form a bounding box between the site’s oldest and newest buildings, as well as, taking from the usc campus to pull from its old grid layout. spaces along the site for the sidewalk surfaces were determined from looking at the usc campus’ courtyards across the street. by using exposition blvd as an axis, these spaces were mirrored over and used as the bounding areas for these surfaces. the design for the bicycle station itself was chosen based on the experience of two people; a passerby and a user. there are two sets of surfaces housing the station, one to create a grand appearance from someone passing by and the other to emphasize the feeling of enclosure for someone inside te space. the elevated bikeway built with the masterplan was brought over, to the architecture, to create a centralized area for cyclist within the site.
1700 1500 perceive
1300
conceive
1100
manifestation
900 700 500 300 CONCEIVED IDEA
100
CONCEIVED IDEA 1910
1890
california cycleway opens, 1889 planned mileage of pathways actual mileage of pathways PERCEIVED PERCEIVED IDEA IDEA
projected mileage to come
1930
1950
1970
1990
2010
1975, los angeles bicycle plan los angeles master bicycle plan, 2011
bicycle station perspective
bounding box
usc courtyards mirrored over exposition blvd
SOUTH ELEVATION
SITE PLAN
NORTH VIEW, BACK OF SURFACES
b a c d
a
b
d
c
bicycle station plan
section AA
REPAIR
CIRCULATION
OUTTER SURFACE
STORAGE
PRIVATE SPACE
TRANSLUCENT PANELS
RESTROOM/SHOWER
TRANSPARENT PANELS LIGHT DIFFUSION
interior perspective
outter surface
inner surface
section bb
section cc
section dd
sidewalk and east platform section
west platform perspective
SPATIAL SEQUENCE
10B SPRING 2012 COLEMAN GRIFFITH
SPATIAL SEQUENCE MODEL objective
THE DISTINCTION OF SPACES AND CIRCULATION THROUGH THE UNDERSTANDING OF SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND ORGANIZATIONS. By lOOKING THROUGH A PIECE OF EXISTING ARCHITECTURE AND BREAKING DOWN THE SPACES. THE OUTCOME IS TO CREATE A MODEL OF INTERLOCKING PIECES, DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SPACES AND CIRCULATION OF THE RESIDENCY, THAT DISMANTLES IN THE SEQUENCE OF A PERSON TRAVERSING THROUGH IT.
process
A PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION WAS BUILT TO DEMONSTRATE THE SEQUENCE THAT I FORMED FOR THIS RESIDENCE. THE DARKER WOOD, MADE OF A WALNUT VENEER, IS THE POCHE. THESE SPACES CONSISTED OF TWO RESTROOMS, A STAIRWELL IN THE MASTER BEDROOM, AS WELL AS, THE SPACE WITHIN THE FIREPLACE. THE PUBLIC SPACES ARE REPRESENTED WITH THE ACRYLIC VOLUMES. THE TRALUSCENCE OFTHE ACRYLIC ALLOWS FOR THE BASS WOOD, REPRESENTING THE CIRCULATION PATHS THROUGH THE SPACES, TO BE VISIBLE WITHIN THE MODEL.
plan
section
THE HOUSE
VILLA 1 POWERHOUSE COMPANY EDES, NETHERLANDS PROJECT YEAR: 2009
adjacent spaces
public spaces
CIRCULATION
physical model
step 1
step 2
step 3
step 5
step 6
step 7
circulation
step 4
public spaces
poche
step 8
SKIN AND BONES ARCH 12B SPRING 2012 ANDY KU
SKIN AND BONES objective
THE STUDY OF A SPECIFIC STRUCTURAL DESIGN IN WHICH MAXIMUM SURFACE IS ACHEIVED OVER A STRUCTURAL FORM. THE SURFACE WILL CONSIST OF A SET OF AGGRIGATED TOLES TO ACHEIVE A GRADIENCY THROUGHOUT.
PROCESS
TO CREATE THE FORM, I BEGAN AT THE ‘RIBS’ THAT ARE DESIGNED TO SUPPORT IT THE SURFACE. SIMPLE RECTANGLES WERE MANIPULATED; STRETCHED, SKEWED, AND ROTATED. THEY WERE THEN REBUILT WITHIN THE MODELING PROGRAM AS A CONTINUOUS LINE. THE LINE WAS OFFSET TO CREATE A SURFACE AND THEN BUILT INTO A POLYSURFACE.
TILE 1: SMALL APERATURE
TILE 2: MEDIUM APERATURE
TILE 3: LARGE APERATURE
rib step 1 UNIFORM SHAPE FROM RECANTANGLE
rib step 2 SHAPE DIVIDED TO CREATE SPLINES
rib step 3 SOLID RIB IS MADE
2.5
RIBS
SURFACE CONTOUR
the cube
ARCH 11 FALL 2011 STEVE LEWIS
THE CUBE objective
Through the course of understanding beginning ideas of design, accompanied with the 10a-12a courses, this project is to create an experience under given restraints. effectively applying the medium of a physical model to translate the idea.
PARAMETERS
FOR THE PROJECT THERE WAS A LIMIT OF A ONE FOOT CUBE WHERE THE DESIGN COULD BE MADE WITHIN. a concept had to be decided upon of which the model would be based on.
CONCEPT
the plan for the design was to create an volume within the cube that would convey the experience of converging shapes, using mutiple planes within the volume to make them feel volumetric. an important aspect was to the engage the viewer by making them pickup or drop down to the level of the object.
contact
cell: (626) 244-5488 email: g.jmorgan@yahoo.com
location
temple city, ca, 91780
education
temple city high school, temple city, ca (2007-2010) armory center for the arts (spring 2010) moorpark college, moorpark, ca (2010-2011) pasadena city college (2011-2012)
software
rhinocerous 4.0 sketchup solidworks maxwell vray autocad adobe illustrator adobe photoshop adobe indesign