Undergraduate Portfolio - USF SACD

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Kimberly Nicole Rice

University Of South Florida School Of Architecture + Community Design

Table of Contents

Intro To Design + Graphics II Professor Nancy Sanders University Of South Florida Fall 2014

Intro To Design + Graphics I Professor Chadaphan Hanwisai University Of South Florida Spring 2014

Made In Italy

Professor Steve Cooke Florence University Of The Arts Summer 2014

AP Photography

Professor LeAnna Rizzo-Hayward Bartram Trail High School 2012 - 2013

pages 3 - 20

Pages 21 - 38

Pages 39 - 44

Pages 45 - 50

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Axonometric Studies of the Delta Shelter

Project One / Bound Space /

Intro to Design and Graphics II / Professor Nancy Sanders

The Delta shelter, by Olson Kundig architects, is arranged in a modular attitude. The sectioning in the structure is visually open caused by minimal walls, thin framing, and a vast amount of windows and glass. This open, spatial volume causes the transition from inside to outside to be vague. inducing the same sensation in the interior as the exterior.

This language therefore defined my final draft model and formed my concept of bold movements in a clear cut threshold.

Final Process Model

Public

Transition

Private

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Final section Study on sliding space

The study of the Le petit cabanan, the delta shelter, and the tye river cabin formed my concept of simplistic, yet bold movement. The swinging cantilever shown in the series of photographs shows the transition from closed, private space to an open, public space.

Open / Public

Closed / Private

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Final plan study of the swinging cantilever in reaction to light when closed, the inner space becomes dark. This adds to the private atmosphere. When open, the inner space is bright and welcoming. This adds to the Public atmosphere. Through the use of a dotted line, the swinging wall is emphasized.Above are close ups of the sliding space.

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Process Model

Project Two / The Primordial Line /

Intro to Design and Graphics II / Professor Nancy Sanders

Above is a study of the streets i walked day to day in Florence, Italy over the summer of 2014 while living there and attending the florence university of the arts. To the right is the map I used to form the process models of the streets in and around my classrooms, my apartment, the market, stores, the train station, and museums. The addition of the skyline and street photo inspired the spaces within the process models in between the wood sticks.

Process Model

FUA Map

Florence Skyline

Florence Street

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Final section study on habitable space

Just as the winding streets of Florence Italy are easily walkable, this habitable wall allows constant accress to cross the street on Palm Drive, at the University of South Florida. This study was based on the habitation of a wall system that was integrated into a site on campus with a previous map concept.

Perspective view points

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Final perspective study of transparency by the use of opacity and texture. Scalies are used to show the habitation of the wall and show the easy use of the wall to cross the busy street. Above is the plan view of the final model which reveals the system from one side to the other side.

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Jesuit Hich School Chapel Light Study

Project Three / The Habitable Light Well /

Intro to Design and Graphics II / Professor Nancy Sanders

The biggest factor of my process was material and how the materials affected and reacted with various types of light. Above is my light study on the reaction of light with materials like stained glass, mirror, and glass. Through the study, I discovered the various moods that stained glass can create or how focused light can give attention. I then applied these discoveries in my process model through materials such as aluminum foil, construction paper, and plexi, which were replaced with mirror, tin, and film in my final model.

Final Process Model

Direct

Diffused

Chromatic

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Final Cross Section

Through the use of a variety of materials, such as mirror, tin, red film, plexi, museum board, and wood, I was able to create three different lighting conditions. Direct, diffused, and chromatic lightwells are dispersed through-out the shadow garden creating harmony but also standing unique alone.

Final Model

Direct

Diffused

Chromatic

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The direct light well was focused on the use of mirrors. After a study on how light is affected by mirrors, I dicovered the bouncing effect mirrors create. Shown in the photo to the Right, this bouncing allows the entire light well to be illuminated. Therefore, even the area with an overhead condition still receives direct light from any direction of light coming into the lightwell.

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Final Process Model Section

Project One / The Kit Of Elements /

Intro to Design and Graphics I / Professor Chadphan Hanwisai

With an in depth study of a photographer and a camera, my small and medium scale model shows the relationship between the two. The small scale is representative of the camera and how it reacts with the space as it is documenting it. The medium scale is representative of the photographer who encompasses the small scale, however, both can also stand on their own.

Small and Medium Scale

Camera

Photograpger

Joined

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FinaL Section

Through my model I have portrayed the abstraction of the space created when one is taking a photograph. I created my model as if time has stood still and the spaces represent the different aspects of the scene: The camera, the photographer and the surrounding.

Small, Medium, and Large scale

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Final Section Study of Small, Medium, and Large scale

In my small scale I conceptualized the idea of a 2D image into a 3D form. I established spaces not seen in a flat photo to connect these spaces to the photographer taking them. I compressed the photographer and the camera into one, then being encompassed by the large scale, the surroundings. This allows the connection to the photo itself.

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Process Model Study on Connection

Project Two / Movement In The Field /

Intro to Design and Graphics I / Professor Chadphan Hanwisai

After a couple horizontal process models, I understood the spaces that could be created in a mostly flat model. I applied this to my final process model that was an accumulation of several wood pieces representing the stiff, heavy, and frozen winter. These wood pieces gradually fade and become very thin. These thin pieces connect to museum board. This is symbolic of the melting of snow in the spring.

Final Process Model

Horizontal Axis Process models

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Final section

The relation between my horizontal and vertical axis represents freeze and melt through the changing of seasons, from winter to spring. The horizontal represents the freeze of a rigid winter which continues into a vertical axis representing the melting of a warm spring.

Freeze intersected with Melt

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Through the final axo I understood the relation of the plexi system I intended. The plexi allows the eye through the model without causes any distraction or deferments. The plexi weaves in and out of places showing the flow from freeze to melt. The museum board was also helpful in my focus on materiality because everything is completely white and no distraction is caused.

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Project Three / The Light Box /

Intro to Design and Graphics I / Professor Chadphan Hanwisai

Upon expanding my concept from project three I found a poem called Little Gidding by TS Elliot. the poem represents the transition from winter to spring that I talked about in my second project. This poem became the focal point of my third project and I included many of the lines to the poem in my graphics, such as the one above.

Process Model

Open

Transitory

Closed

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Following the same concept as project two this final model represents the transition from private space to middle space to public space. The private space symbolizes winter when everyone is inside, the middle space is shown by the transition from winter to spring, and the public space is representative of the spring, when everyone is outdoors.

PUBLIC / SPRING

Transitional

PRIVATE / WINTER

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The bottom portion of the model represents the enclosed privateness of winter. Following up the model shows the transitory spaces where the intial change from winter to spring is represented. The top of the model represents the open feeling of spring because people start to migrate outdoors and into public spaces.

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Made in Italy Professor Steve Cooke Florence University of the Arts Summer 2014

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Final project / Sentimental holder The box to the left symbolizes my trip to venice, italy where I found a necklace for my mother. I wanted the box to not only represent the place I bought the necklace but also italy in general. Above is the shop where the necklace was handmade and the watercolor on the box is the view of what the shop overlooks. I made the box of wine boxes, Italian newspaper, and paper from leather packing. These were all things that truly symbolized italy to me.

Watercolor of the Canals of Murano (Venice), Italy

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Maxxi Museum

Coloseum Rome

Rome

Duomo

Street Canals

Florence

Venice

Pantheon

Parco della Musica

Rome

Rome

Statue of David Florence

Triumphal arch Pompeii

Positano Amalfi Coast

saint peter’s basilica Vatican City

St Mark’s Campanile Venice

Monterosso al Mare Cinque Terre

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AP Photography Professor LeAnna Rizzo-Hayward Bartram Trail High School 2012 - 2013

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Zen

Renew

Code

Besito

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Tangy

Odd

Sweet

Sour

Fresh

Funky

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