LANDSCAPE SKETCH
DAVID ALLEN SMITH M.Arch (2012)
SUMMER 2009 - FIRST YEAR GRADUATE TWO WEEK PROJECT The focus of this studio was to extract form through additive and referential processes. The initial phase was to devise parameters that would guide the generation of a graphic field. Each successive layer referenced former layers. This process of additive layering assisted in examining gestures, trajectories, void, and volume. The final phase was the production of a three dimensional form/ model which was generated through sectional abstraction of the cumulative layers.
DESIGN
EXTRACTION
DESIGN EXTRACTION PROCESS -
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MODEL CONSTRUCTION
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FIELD GENERATION TRAJECTORIES VOID EXTRACTION MASS EXPLORATION COLLAGE OF LAYERS EXTRACTED SECTION DIMENSIONAL MODEL
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MODEL CONSTRUCTION
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FIELD GENERATION TRAJECTORIES VOID EXTRACTION MASS EXPLORATION COLLAGE OF LAYERS EXTRACTED SECTION DIMENSIONAL MODEL
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MODEL CONSTRUCTION
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SUMMER 2008 - FIRST YEAR GRADUATE 9 WEEK CUMULATIVE PROJECT The focus of this experimental studio proposed a basic methodology for exploring and understanding the realm of spatial phenomena and materiality, and its effects in the human psyche. The pedagogical methodology introduced the importance of the phenomena of space in the deep connection within the human emotional realm. A sequence of exploratory drawings, mapping exercises, and proto-architectual constructions cumulated into the design of conceptual form.
PHENOMENAL STRUCTURES
PHENOMEAL STRUCTURES
MENTAL POLAROID (1 of 6) - SPACE OF WATER These devices, composed of layered images, produce meaning through the combination of material phenomena and image. This layering is generated using transparent, translucent, and opaque materials, color, images and other materials assembled into a three-dimensional collage.
COORISPONDING NARRATIVE MAP
ARCHITECTURAL EMBYRO - SPACE OF WATER These constructions assist in the exploration of spatial and sensory qualities. They exist as tools to examine visual features and architectural elements (walls, ground and roof planes, columns, openings, volumes, voids, separation and joinery, directionality, proportion etc). The manipulation of perspective to generate illusions and distortions were encouraged. These spaces are more than visual; they are inherently perceptual and the task was one of exploring personal and emotional responses through form.
MODELCONSTRUCTION
MODEL ILLUSTRATION
FALL 2008 - FIRST YEAR GRADUATE TWO WEEK PROJECT The approach of this residential design is to incorporate the reuse of materials and the reclamation of space for productive and sociable uses. The site is located in the Sherman Heights neighborhood of San Diego on a undeveloped and topographically challenging lot. The residential program integrates exterior living spaces such as a courtyard with pool, yet additionally offers productive areas for gardening. The footprint has been specifically contained to offer privacy yet provide a potential area for a communal urban garden.
FARZI
RESIDENCE
COURTYARD VIEW - EAST
FARZI RESIDENCE - A PROJECT OF RECLAMATION COURTYARD VIEW - WEST
RECYCLED CONCRETE
STUCCO
RAMMED EARTH
RECLAIMED WOOD
NORTH ELEVATION
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ENTRY CACTI GARDEN FIRE PLACE OUTDOOR DINING OUTDOOR BAR OLEA EUROPAEA- SWAN HILL HOT TUB POOL GRAPE ARBOR & SHADE GARDEN VEGETABLE BEDS GARAGE/WORKSHOP BIGNONIA CAPREOLATA SPACE FOR COMMUNITY GARDEN
RAISED BEDS AND ARBOR FOR VERTICAL GARDENING
REPATTERNING FOR IDENTITY Four Week Project This proposal intends to provide a prototype for reconfiguring the community of Clairemont Mesa into a more localized urban village. The goal was to define a spatial typology that can reorganize a generally undifferentiated community into one that possesses a definitive urban core and a renewed community identity .
CLAIREMONT MASTER PLAN
TYPOLOGY 01 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL 02 RETAIL 03 MIXED USE RESIDENTAL 04 TOWNHOMES
The Development Area emphasizes a newly defined Central Core at Lakehurst Ave. & Clairemont Dr. 06
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PARK PROMENADE CANYON WALK CONNECTIVE TRANSECT PARKING GARAGE MIXED RESIDENTIAL
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ACCESSIBILITY RADIUS
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EXISTING
STREET WALL & RAIL INTEGRATION Outer rim of Plaza provides retail and residential space with integrated rail. Streets now become trajectories, for future poly-centric development.
UNIFIED STREET LIGHTING & SIGNAGE MEDIAN TRANSIT STATIONS DUEL TRANSIT LANE PORTLAND MODEL (ROAD LINE) 60 DEGREE OFFSET PARKING SHADE PROVIDING STREETSCAPE TOWNHOME
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NORTH STREET SECTION
50’ MIXED USE
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EXPRESSION OF BALANCE Four Week Project This project explored the relationships of built form and landscape. Formal techniques such as the use of extraction, insertion, and response to surface, was used to explore spatial relationships within the site. The focus was to generate a collaborative balance of form with the intent to designate a communal space that could encourage civil interaction, self reflection and introspection. Features which influenced the design include counterposed objects (contrapposto) and the importance of procession through space.
PEACE PAVILION
POINT LOMA NAZARINE UNIVERSITY
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MODEL STUDIES
deconstruction
TOPOGRAPHIC INQUIRY
PAVILION COURTYARD / PLAZA
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SITE SECTION (1)
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SITE SECTION (2)
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Nassella tenuissima - Mexican Feather Grass Rosmarinus officinalis - Trailing Rosemary Manicured Lawn - Bermuda Carpobrotus edulis (and iceplant variety mix) Native Grass + Chaparral
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Acer platanoides - Norway Maple Ficus microcarpa - Indian Laurel
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ADDITIONAL WORK
ADDITIONAL WORK
MUELLER RESIDENCE LANDSCAPE + STAIR DESIGN
NATIONAL CITY PARK CONCEPTION
BALBOA PARKPEDESTRIAN BRIDGE