ARCH 132

Joseph Guzman Moore Studio ARCH 132 | Winter 2017 California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

Joseph Guzman

Union City, California Born March 20, 1998 Filipino-American Studies Architectural Engineering Enjoys playing basketball & volleyball Loves family, friends, traveling, & r&b music

Table Of Contents

01 Humans 02 SloScope 03 Parasite 04 Final Reflection

01 HUMANS

Diagrams

Photographs

Static #1

Diagrams

Photographs

Static #2

Dynamic #1 : Photographs

Dynamic #1 : Diagram Series

Dynamic #2 : Photographs

Dynamic #2 : Diagram Series

Dynamic #3 : Photographs

Dynamic #3 : Diagram Series

Anthropometrics : Dynamic #1

6’0” 5’10”

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Anthropometric : Dynamic #2

6’0” 5’10”

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Anthropometrics : Dynamic #3

7’5” 7’0”

6’0” 5’10”

2’10”

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Final Garment

Final Garment

Garment Dynamic Diagram

Reflection

The Humans Project was not only new for the students, but it was also new for the professors. This allowed for lots of flexibility in the project and ultimately made it one of the most eye-catching projects for the upperclassmen. What made this project so fun was that we were assigned to create multiple garments out of just paper and glue. This led to many trial and error for students. After lots of prototypes, we chose one garment that we liked the most and made a final product. We then had a fashion show where we got to showcase our hardwork and beautiful garments. This was the highlight of the project because of the amount of people who showed up. Students ranging from freshman to senior all showed their support at this fashion show making it an amazing experience for the studios. This project definitely allowed us to explore our ideas and be able to show them off to a wide range of people.

02 SloScope

Site Photographs

Joiner Photographs

Joiner Photographs

Preliminary Joiner

Final Joiner

Site Model

Process : Site Dimensions

Composition Section

Final Periscope Prototype

Reflection

The SloScope project was by far the most adventurous project we had this whole year. We were assigned to go downtown and look for an enclosed space, a "human space" to be more specific. It was a challenge because downtown SLO had multiple spaces that I could have used, but I did not want to use a space that I knew everyone else was going to find. After exploring downtown for about 2 hours, I came across this beautiful space under a bridge. It was next to a river that flowed right under the bridge and continued on through a tunnel. As I examined my space, I sketched drawings and diagrams in my notebook. I measured all of the dimensions in my space and drew up multiple sectional drawings.

After going to our space, we were assigned to make a joiner. In this joiner we wanted to extend out important parts in our spaces and put the images together to make it look whole again. From this joiner we went to thinking of how we would incorporate a periscope into our site.

After many sectional drawings and diagrams, we created a prototype along with a "big sexy sectional" drawing of how our space would look with the periscope. Overall this project was full of adventures and amazing periscope protoypes.

03 Parasite

As-Builts

Site Analysis

Collage Drawing

Concept Statement

The placement of a woven bench at the top of the fourth floor stair landing in Building 5, creates an elegant space to view Bishop Peak from a comfortable seat. Paracord weaves around a rebar frame and between banisters to attach itself to the stair rail. The parasite derives its structure and shape from the site.

As-Builts w/ Parasite

Study Model : Site

Process

Final Parasite

Final Parasite

Big Moody

Reflection

The Parasite project is by far the most favorite project I have done this whole year. The prompt was straight forward. We were given a site in the Architecture building and we had to build an object that would fit in with the space. The task at hand was not going to be easy, but with a group of four people, we were definitely capable of meeting the two week deadline.

We started off with as-built drawings, then onto site analysis. This part of the process was crucial because we needed all of the info of our site before we started the contruction and fabrication process. When we did all of the tedious measuring and diagramming of our site, we began the design process. This was definitely the most challenging part of the project because we had four different brains thinking of four different ideas. There was arguing and fighting, but in the end we came up with an idea of a bench. This idea was inspired by the view we had of Bishop Peak from our site. To have our bench connected to our site, we decided to make it out of paracord, then weave it through the banisters. The most well-crafted and eye-catching part of our bench was definitely the seat part where we weaved three different colors of paracord.

People loved our design and weaving elements which made the hours of weaving worth it.

Parasite presented numerous challenges from analyzing a site to designing an object into a space. Working with other people was also a challenge by itself. There were many laughs, as well as arguments with team 401, but in the end we came produced a beautiful parasite. The parasite project will be a project I will never forget.

Final Reflection

Winter quarter was one for the books. It was full of new challenges, failures, frustration, and new learning experiences.

During this quarter I felt more calm and relaxed since I had fall quarter behind me. This quarter I was determined to learn even more techniques in drawing, designing, and craftmanship.

After going through Humans, SloScope, and Parasite I feel more confident in my abilities to design and fabricate.

Humans was not only confusing at first for the students, but also for the professors. This project had never been done in the past, so the students were given a lot of freedom when creating their garments. The fashion show at the end topped off the project and it made me proud of my finished garment. SloScope was full of adventures and explorations. It was fun and frustrating when exploring downtown SLO. Choosing a site and designing a periscope that would work with that space, was all something new to me. This was our first time analyzing a space and seeing how we could incorporate an object into it. Parasite was the big project for this quarter because we given a site and simply told to building something that would fit in with it. This project taught me how to design from scratch, and test my abilities in the welding shop.

Working with three other designers also presented a challenge as a lot of compromising had to take place.

Overall, I enjoyed the multiple projects we encountered throughout this quarter. My favorite being parasite because of the design to fabrication process we had to go through. Without a doubt, I was able to expand on my skill set when it comes to drawing, working in the shop, and even just working with other people.