LEAH_CARDENAS by Leah Cardenas

LEAH CARDENAS

LEAH CARDENAS BACHELOR OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE MONASH UNIVERSITY 2009 - 2012

THESIS

EXPERIENTIAL FOURTH YEAR

COMMERCIAL CONTEXTS THIRD YEAR

PHILOSOPHIES SECOND YEAR

CONSTRUCTION FIRST YEAR

SPACE & OBJECTS CLIENT WORK

LOGOS & PROPOSITIONS

CELLULAR STRUCTUR

E N SHEALING O RPAVILIONS IUM

PAVILION 1

PAVILION 3

TRICKLE SOUND GLIMMER

VAPOR REFLECTION GLOW

FRAGRANCE FOLIAGE FILTER

TEXTURE BALANCE ILLUMINATE

PAVILION 2

PAVILION 4

PLAN 1:50

THE SENSORIUM SITED ON FAWKNER PARK, FUNCTIONS AS A SERIES OF FOUR HEALING PAVILIONS. ENCOURAGING A SENSORY EXPERIENCE THROUGH NATURAL PHENOMENA AND ALTERNATIVE HEALING METHODS.

1994 STUDY. DR. ROGER ULRICH COMMER

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THE ALFRED

ROYAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

CARCASS SKIN DIAGRAM

SITE PLAN 1:2000

A V I L I O N

1 INCIDENT LIGHT

DIFFUSED LIGHT

NYU DEP. PHILOSOPHY

WATER

REFLECTED LIGHT

SECTION 1:20

TRICKLE SOUND GLIMMER

‘BEYOND THE PHYSICALITY OF ARCHITECTURAL OBJECTS AND PRACTICALITIES OF PROGRAMMATIC CONTEXT, ENMESHED EXPERIENCE IS NOT MERELY A PLACE OF EVENTS, THINGS, AND ACTIVITIES, BUT SOMETHING MORE INTANGIBLE, WHICH EMERGES FROM CONTINUOUS UNFOLDING OF OVERLAPPING SPACES, MATERIALS, AND DETAILS’. JUHANI PALLASMAA

SECTION 1:20

LIGHT

KOLUMBA

PLAN 1:50

FRAGRANCEFOLIAGE FILTER ‘WHAT PATIENTS NOW CRAVE IS MORE ATTENTION TO THEIR STATES OF MIND AND EMOTIONS, AND TO ALL THOSE THINGS IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT SUSTAIN THEM’. ESTHER STERNBERG

SECTION 1:20

N O I L I V A

A V I L I O

3 HERMETICALLY SEALED PLEXIGLAS

CONDENSATION

KUNSTHAUS BREGENZ

AIR

WATER

PLAN 1:50

VAPOR REFLECTION GLOW

‘THIS SINGULAR DENSITY AND MOOD, THIS FEELING OF PRESENCE, WELL-BEING, HARMONY, BEAUTY... UNDER WHOSE SPELL I EXPERIENCE WHAT I OTHERWISE WOULD NOT EXPERIENCE IN PRECISELY THIS WAY’. PETER ZUMTHOR

SECTION 1:20

LIGHT RAYS

POLISHED CONCRETE SURFACE

LIGHT RAYS

IRREGULAR SURFACE

TEXTURE

BROTHER KLAUS FIELD CHAPEL

PLAN 1:50

TEXTUREBALANCE ILLUMINATE ‘WHERE AND HOW THE LIGHT FELL. WHERE THE SHADOWS WERE. AND THE WAY THE SURFACES WERE DULL AND SPARKLED OR HAD THEIR OWN DEPTH’. PETER ZUMTHOR

SECTION 1:20

O I L I V A

welded wire fabric reinforcing insulation

gfrp wythe tie

insulation gravel backer rod and caulk

slab connection

contraction joint welded wire fabric backer rod and caulk

insulation

reinforcing

gfrp wythe tie

90 degrees butt joint

welded wire fabric membrane treated cant strip insulation low expansion polyurethane foam gfrp wythe tie insulation reinforcing

membrane

treated cant strip welded wire fabric reinforcing insulation

gfrp wythe tie

split roof parapet connection

MAD HATTER TEA HOUSE EARLY WORKING MODELS

1 : 50

1 : 20

1 : 50

1 : 20 TOBIAS REHBERGER

LUNA PARK

“Vaguely seductive, vaguely

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MAD HATTER TEA HOUSE IS A TEA HOUSE MAZE WHERE OCCUPANTS LOSE THE ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH TIME, SPACE AND LOCATION.

1 : 20

THIS IS DONE THROUGH THE BLURRING OF FLOOR, CEILING AND WALL. WHILST ALSO THE DESIGN DISTORTS ITSELF THROUGH ITS TESSELLATED SHAPE AND THE OPTICAL ILLUSION PANELS AND MIRRORS. THROUGHOUT THE MAZE THE ARE SMALL INTIMATE MORE CONFINES SPACES AND LARGER MORE OPEN SPACES. THE TEA HOUSE MAZE CONTINUALLY DISTORTS THE EXPERIENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL. IT IS VAGUELY CONSENSUAL, VAGUELY SEDUCTIVE

PIPE GROWTH

PERFORMANCE SPACE

PIPE GROWTH IS AN INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION WHICH SPREADS ACROSS SOUTH BANK MELBOURNE. OCCUPANTS ARE FORCED TO INTERACT WITH THE INSTALLATION WHETHER IT BE WALKING UNDER OR OVER IT. AS OCCUPANTS WEAVE THROUGH THE GROWTH IT INTERACTS, LIGHTING UP THOUGH TOUCH OR CREATING SOUNDS WHEN OCCUPANTS WALK BENEATH. THE INSTALLATION POSES THE QUESTION WHETHER IT IS THE OCCUPANTS OR INSTALLATION WHICH IS CAUSING THE PERFORMANCE. OR BOTH.

ROOFTOP BAR

ROOFTOP BAR IS A PERFORMANCE SPACE WHERE OCCUPANTS ARE ABLE TO RE-ARRANGE THE SPACE ACCORDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE SPACE. THE PERSPEX EXTRUSIONS ALONG THE ROOF ARE ABLE TO BE MOVED AND ADJUSTED TO CREATE CONFINED AND OPEN SPACES. LIKEWISE THE EXTRUSIONS ALONG THE FLOOR ARE ABLE TO MOVED AND CONFIGURED ALSO.

CURVED DISTANCE INSTALLATION

STRUCTURAL DESIGN ESQUISSE CURVED DISTANCE WAS A GROUP INSTALLATION WHICH SOUGHT TO EXPLORE LIGHT AND THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A 1:1 MODEL. THE INSTALLATION DISTORTS THE OCCUPANTS PERCEPTION OF SPACE AND DISTANCE.

CELLULAR STRUCTURE

PIN JOINTS

CELLULAR STRUCTURE INSTALLATION WAS A GROUP PROJECT WHICH EXPLORED HOW A CELLULAR STRUCTURE WOULD WORK AT A 1:1 SCALE. THE GROUP DESIGNED AN INDIVIDUAL CELL AND TESTED HOW THE CELL WOULD WORK WHEN COMBINED AT MASS WHEN ATTACHED TOGETHER. THE PROJECT PARTICULARLY SOUGHT TO GAIN A GREATER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT TENSION AND COMPRESSION.

EMOTIONAL FURNITURE

LUST

A FURNITURE PICE WHICH HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY THE EMOTION OF LUST. THE DESIGN HAS BEEN INSPIRED BY THE SHAPE OF A WOMAN’S BODY. EACH PIECE IS JOINED BY A HALF-JOINT. THE MATERIALITY IS A BRIGHT RED PLYWOOD WHICH IS TO FURTHER STIMULATE A SENSE OF LUST.

MELBOURNE LANEWAYS

THRESHOLD CONTOURS

SITUATED IN A LANE WAY OFF FLINDERS LANE MELBOURNE THE THRESHOLD RUNS THROUGH TAKING OVER THE SPACE. INSPIRED BY THE INCLINE OF THE LANE WAY AND THE CONTOURS OF THE LAND LARGE EXTRUSIONS COVER THE SPACE. THE TRANSITION BETWEEN OUTSIDE AND INSIDE IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CONNECTIONS. THESE ARE MADE AT MOMENTS OF ENTRANCE AND THROUGH OPENINGS WITHIN THE WALLS. THIS OFFERS THE CHANCE TO PHYSICALLY AND PSYCHOLOGICALLY CHANGE THE ATTITUDE OF THE OCCUPIER OF THE SPACE.

NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA

KIDS PLAY SPACE

KIDS PLAY SPACE WAS AN INITIATIVE BY THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF VICTORIA TO ACTIVATE A DEAD ALCOVE SPACE IN ONE OF THE HALL WAYS. THE INTERVENTION SEEKS TO BE A SPACE FOR CHILDREN WHERE THEY ARE ABLE TO PLAY AND LEARN ABOUT ART. THE LINES ARE TO BE FOLLOWED INTO THE ALCOVE SPACE.

CUT & FOLD TESSELLATED SHRINE

THE TESSELLATED SHRINE WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH A FOLDED PATTERN FOLLOWED BY A SERIES OF CUTS. WHEN TWISTED ON ITSELF THE PATTERN PRODUCES A BARREL STRUCTURE.

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NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

PRODUCT OF AUSTRALIA

WWW.SUGA.COM.AU

SUGAR, GLUCOSE, WATER, FOOD ACID (330), FLAVOURS, COLOURS 102, 110, 123, 133, 155, 171 MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF BEEÃS WAX AND NUTS

SUGAR, GLUCOSE, WATER, FOOD ACID (330), FLAVOURS, COLOURS 102, 110, 123, 133, Energy 1.92kj 69.0kg 155, 171 Protien 9.6g 0.3g OF BEEÃS Fat MAY CONTAIN TRACES 17.4g 0.6g CarbohydrateWAX AND NUTS - total 69.2g 2.4g - sugars 2.0g 0.07g Dietary Fibre 3.0g 0.10g WWW.SUGA.COM.AU Sodium 6.76mg 24.0mg Potassium 147mg 5.2mgOF AUSTRALIA PRODUCT

Energy 1.92kj 69.0kg Protien 9.6g 0.3g Fat 17.4g 0.6g Carbohydrate - total 69.2g 2.4g - sugars 2.0g 0.07g Dietary Fibre 3.0g 0.10g Sodium 6.76mg 24.0mg Potassium 147mg 5.2mg NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

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THIS DESIGN PROJECT WAS TO REDESIGN A PACKAGING FOR A CONFECTIONERY COMPANY.

THE MANDALA WAS A DESIGN EXERCISE TO CREATE A PATTERN THAT REPRESENTS A THEME. MY CHOSEN THEME WAS CHERRY BLOSSOMS.

PINK VANILLA CAKES IS A DESIGNER CAKE BUSINESS. THE CLIENT WANTED A LOGO WHICH WAS ELEGANT AND DAINTY. THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE DESIGN WAS TO BE INTRICATE AND DETAILED LIKE THE CLIENTS CAKE DESIGNS.

PV PINK VANILLA CAKES

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PINK VANILLA CAKES

deliciously sweet

PV PINK VANILLA CAKES

deliciously sweet

KAREN STOKES

PINK VANILLA CAKES

deliciously sweet

0468 315 081 pinkvanillacakes@gmail.com

www.pinkvanillacakes.com.au

all climate SOLUTIONS

1300 648 627

SOLUTIONS

Tim Evans 0488 999 057 tim@allclimatesolutions.com.au 23-24 Rosemary Crt, Mulgrave, 3170

allclimatesolutions.com.au

all climate

ALL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS IS A HEATING AND COOLING COMPANY. THE CONCEPT FOR THE LOGO DESIGN WAS THAT THE COMPANY COULD BE KNOWN AS ACS FOR SHORT AND SAW THE LOGO AS A STAMP WHICH COULD BE USED ON VANS AND UNIFORMS.

all climate SOLUTIONS

1300 648 627 allclimatesolutions.com.au

MAKE THAT CAKE IS A NEW LINE OF PRODUCTS WHICH SEEKS TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO MAKE THEIR OWN SPECIALITY CAKES. THE CLIENT WANTED THE LOGO TO BE SIMPLE AND USING TYPOGRAPHY. ALSO INCORPORATING THE LIME GREEN COLOUR.

MAKE ha CAKE

Michelle Arvaj 0413 143 773 michelle@makethatcake.com.au find us on facebook

www.makethatcake.com.au

MAKE ha CAKE

LEVEL 9 INSTALLATION WAS A CONCEPT DESIGN FOR AUSTRALAND’S MELBOURNE OFFICE FOYER AREA. THE COMPANIES BRIEF WAS TO DESIGN AN INSTALLATION WHICH COMMUNICATED AND SHOWCASED THE RANGE OF PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES THE COMPANY HAS COMPLETED. THIS INFORMATION WAS TO BE COMMUNICATED IN AN INTERACTIVE AND INNOVATIVE WAY.