ISABEL LOPEZ//FONT GRADUATE WORKSAMPLES PENNDESIGN 2016-2019
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DIS[RUPTED] CAMO
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FRACTAL FORM[ED]
// the state of disturb and conceal simultaneously within the environment
// the state of fragments and shapes fused to forge an object form
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// the state of architecture as vibration suspensions with sustained resonance
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// the state of transperency and reflectivity projected onto an object
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RELI[QUARRY]
HYA[LOID]
TORS[ED] SPINES // the state of torsion to create form
INCUBA[TECH] // the state of incubation through technology
RUFF[ED] //the state of adaptation from fashion history to architecture function
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SLASH[ED] EXHAUSTS
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OVERUNDER[GROUND]
// the state of reformation and rectification of what once existed
// the state of hacking
DIS[RUPTED] CAMO // the state of disturb and conceal simultaneously within the environment
To assimilate involves a process of relating to the surroundings, to absorb it and find some type of identification. Dis[rupted] Camo accentuates architecture as a form of disturbance and concealment, part of our peripheral vision among the views backdrop. It forges the architectures’ identity surrounding it, yet it seeks to create an identity of its own through the means of standing out as well as blending in like creatures of the natural world through its reflective manner. The design allows external forms and influences of the environment to be absorbed and sedimented to uphold a true identity within its natural context. Unlike any other architecture, Dis[rupted] Camo seeks to embody the innate elements of its surrounded organisms. Through its design, a paradigmatic model of camouflage architecture evolves. Meticulously anchored in the ground, it protects, yet showcases itself. While its peculiar protrusions, or spikes absorb the environment through its reflective material and positioning, identical to a natural creature.
ARCH501 // PROF. DANIELLE WILLEMS
LOCATION // MANITOGA FOREST
// The evolution of this architecture, planted itself on the ground as a simple gesture, freely malleable. Molding is curvature by the tectonic textures of the contours, yet a manipulated form resulted to reveal/conceal its features.
//CATALOGUE OF MASSINGS
// The principal curvatures embedded in the ground, create the form. It is the act of peeling, the unique architectural character is unveiled. Alike natural creatures, this peeling effects allows new breaks, apertures to be exposed.
//EXPERIMENTATION OF SKIN
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TOP HEIGHT 36’ - 0”
CEILING HEIGHT 36’ - 0”
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//FLOORPLAN
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FRACTAL FORM[ED] // the state of fragments and shapes fused to forge an object form
Emerging from a manipulative succession of iterations at a two dimensional level, Fractal Form[ed] reimagines the compositional series of rock formations and reinterprets the notion of how land is formed, deployed and created. Fractal Form[ed] explores architecture as a building envelope delaminating from the layers of the ground. Through its patterns, it strives for a design that enlivens, stimulates, and activates the neighborhood beyond the conventional architecture. Fractal Form[ed] goes beyond the concept of what a library constitutes nowadays. It is infused with characteristics of the present library and the notion of what a library of the future could be. Once an abstract linework was created, a 3d volume evolved to develop the beginning concepts of a library. The process was followed with the addition of projected patterns into the 3d massing. Architecture becomes a lively experiment in the neighborhood by the addition of patterns in the urban landscape. The fractures of the pattern become a guideline to layout for programming, landscape and hardscape.
ARCH502 // PROF. JOSH FREESE
LOCATION // PHILADELPHIA PARKSIDE
//ABSTRACTED PATTERNS
//EXTRUDED PROJECTIONS
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//MASSING EXPLORATIONS
//SITE ANALYSIS
FABLAB WORKSHOP EXHIBITION // GALLERY HARDSCAPE // PLAYGROUND CONCERT HALL // CINEMA CAFE 18-65+
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RELI[QUARY] // the state of architecture as vibration suspensions with sustained resonance
The atmospheres and spaces conceived through this section are centered around the idea of artificial buoyancy through the suspension of objects. The protagonist, or main character is classified into three territories: the sphere, the cuboid, and the quarry. Each territory withholds its own unique spatial organization. The sphere is perched on a field of columns that are embedded into the depths of the quarry bed, and features an immersive interior space. Mist and vapor systems are embedded into the interior walls, creating a cool and damp environment. The cuboid is defined by a large intersecting cone that functions as a light tunnel and chimney. Interior activity parallels the projecting smoke, fog, and vapor emitted by the cone. The subdivided interior space with various suspended objects in which users can inhabit, traverse, and climb. Together, the components work to amplify sounds and vibrations caused by the surrounding environment or the changing activities of the user. The protagonist’s character is a meticulously designed balancing act. Inspired by the long spanning tensile cables of a suspension bridge, and the careful tuning of guitar strings, the protagonist demonstrates a calculated instability that allows for vibrations to travel through its shell and interior. The interior spaces reiterate the tensile cable system through organized chaos of suspended objects that all withhold its own unique translational quality and experience.
ARCH602 // PROF. SIMON KIM LOCATION // SOCRATES PARK NY PARTNER //JINAH OH
//SECTION DETAILS
GROTTO CEILING DETAIL
SPHERE MIST SYSTEM
CONCRETE PANELS
STEEL STRUSS SYSTEM
MECHANICAL ANCHOR FINISH FLOOR 4” RIGID INSULATION I-BEAM W12X72 WATER PIPE FEED LINE
STEEL BRACKET WATER SUPPLY FEED LINE
SYSTEM EXTRUSION INSTALLATION FASTENER TENSILE CABLE BASE PLATE BATT INSULATION I-BEAM W12X72
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PINNED STTEL JOINT
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STEEL BRACKET RECESSED LIGHT FIXTURE STEEL BEAM FOG SYSTEM (EXT) STEEL METAL PANEL CLADDING I-BEAM FOG PIPE FEED LINE L-STEEL ANGLE CERAMIC PANEL INTERIOR CLADDING
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FOG EXHAUST TENSILE CABLE BASE PLATE
SHEET METAL PANEL CLADDING
TENSILE CABLE BOLTS INSULATION SEALANT & BACKER ROD INSTALLATION FASTENER
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STEEL BRACKET BOLTS STEEL L - ANGEL ANCHORS
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Zheng Zhu, LiChao Liu, Xuanhao Han, Isabel Lopez-Font
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PENNDesign | Fall 2016 | ARCH 501Design Studio| Danielle Willems
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//COMPONENT EVOLUTION //CONCEPT EVOLUTION
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//EXTERIOR VIEW
INCUBA[TECH] // the state of incubation through technology
Incuba[tech] is a market that utilizes incubator and hydroponic planting methods to grow fresh produce. Independent of location, these “satellite gardens” can be rented and monitored through the IncubaTECH app. The market runs entirely on water pumps that filter through columns, pipes that connect the floating satellites, and through floorplates and green walls in order to maintain plants. Each plant is monitored electronically which gives the user freedom to control lighting, water, and other factors from the comfort of their home. Incubator as Economic Stimulator: Independent of location, these “satellite gardens” can be rented and monitored through the IncubaTECH app. The market runs entirely on water pumps that filter through columns, pipes that connect the floating satellites, and through floorplates and green walls in order to maintain plants. Each plant is monitored electronically which gives the user freedom to control lighting, water, and other factors from the comfort of their home. Inspired from the Detroit Grocer Incubator, this market aims to mediate the food desert in Parkside through grassroots methodsenabling local entrepreneurs to rent incubators and sell their produce. The challenge was to create rail stop at 41st Bridge that activates the area and serves as: a welcoming for visitors, an informal public market and eating space, and a symbol of Parkside. For locals who are not interested in running a business, there is abundant opportunity to rent their own satellite garden. Finally, as the architectural design aims to create a fluid connection to the train station and neighboring streets, visitors will be excited to visit West Philadelphia and engage with the local community. contour wall
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ARCH502 // PROF. JOSH FREESE LOCATION // PHILADEPHIA PARKSIDE
//EXPLODED AXON
//SITE SECTIONS
//PLANS
//PHOTOGRAPHY //PHOTOGRAPHY
//GARMENT AXON //GARMENT VIEWS
// Ruff[ed] manipulates the notion of ruffles through its construction and digital fabrication. Nonethelss, it seeks to elevate the ruffles effects by scaling up the piece around the neck to create an avant-garde fashion statement. In terms of its construction, 3d printed rails were created to sew onto the garment. They became the guidelines to move the ruffles through the piece and create its effect. mylar ruffles printed channels structure garment
mylar ruffles printed channels structure garment
//COLUMN AXON //COLUMN DETAILS
// After the garment, fashion evolved into architecture. Ruff[ed] morphed as an architectural column with structural purposes and additional ornate elements. The designed column incorporated pipes, for which act as rails where the metal panels would be inserted as shading devices. These elements not necessary to a column, but served a function were designed to assimilate itself to the garment designed first. metal panel
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//PHOTOGRAPHY //PHOTOGRAPHY
//SITE PLAN
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//UNIT PLANS
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//AXON CUT 1. BEDROOMS 2. OPEN SPACE 3. LIVING SPACE 4. CIRCULATION
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//EXTERIOR VIEW
//SITE DIAGRAM STUDIES
EJE CENTRAL
MERCADO LAGUNILLA
LA REFORMA
MERCADO SAN CAMILITO
PLAZA GARIBALDI
LANDSCAPE TO HARDSCAPE
ALAMEIDA
AXIAL DIVISION
POINTS OF ACTIVITY
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LAZA ARIBALDI
THRESHOLD TO HUB (subterranean) THRESHOLD TO HUB (above grade)
NTS OF ACTIVITY
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DESIRED PATH OF TRAVEL
SITES OF INTERVENTION
EJE CENTRAL MERCADO LAGUNILLA
THRESHOLD TO HUB (above grade) LA REFORMA
MERCADO SAN CAMILITO
LANDSCAPE TO HARDSCAPE
PLAZA GARIBALDI
THRESHOLD TO THRESHOLD
Abandoned lots, what we call threshold spaces, are vacant or partially destroyed, and situated between the porosity of a parking lot and a parking garage. A parking garage, what we define as a “hub” for our network, is least porous, as it is an established element of infrastructure. Thinking of all of these elements as anchors, we established a system that links these anchors together at various elevations: Between Landscape and Hardscape, and between thresholds, we connect at the street level. Between thresholds and hubs, we focus on connections above and below grade, to maintain the porosity of the site. HUB
ALAMEIDA
POINTS OF ACTIVITY
THRESHOLD
DESIRED PATH OF TRAVEL
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//NETWORK PLAN
EJE CENTRAL
By creating a network of pedestrian connectivity in all levels, the project aims to reinvigorate and re-energize the area with more pedestrian activity. This create a tertiary infrastructure through the elevated platforms, tunnels and pathways proposed . MERCADO LAGUNILLA
“We identified sites that fit into five programmatic categories: greenspace, market, parking garage, parking lots, and abandoned lot. After understanding these parcels and their varying states of obsolescence, we cured the areas and programs in order to define a gradient of porosity. From this, at the one end of this spectrum is the greenspace or landscape: the most porous, not bounded by built infrastructure.Parking lots, what we consider a hardscape, follow this, bounded by built infrastructure”
REFORMA
MERCADO SAN CAMILITO
PLAZA GARIBALDI
DESIGN INTERVEN
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ALAMEIDA
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//SITE PLAN
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//SITE INTERVENTIONS
WALKWAY + L ANDSCAPE HUB
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//AXON DIAGRAMS
PLATFORM WITH LANDSCAPE
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“We created a synthesized network which redevelops spaces of obsolescence as a mechanism to introduce different programs and improve the area. Our proposal explored a formal language that could support our design strategies and programmatic needs.”
“Our proposal took the idea of redevelopment and explored a formal language that could support our design strategies and programmatic needs. The prevalence of the arch in Mexican vernacular architecture, and its strength in a variety of configurations, made this form an ideal starting point fitting of our design strategy of anchor points within a layered network. By breaking down this form, we use iterations of the arc that express the arch in various ways: subtracting from or adding to the existing infrastructure of the site. Our resulting implementation explores combinations of our spatial and formal strategies to create a system of anchors and links”