Luis D Garcia Portfolio
Luis D. Garcia Contact: 310 405 5525 luisb787ng@gmail.com This is a collection of studio work done at Newschool of Architecture and Design. The work is from first year to second year. For first year, Studio and Representation class are coordinated with each other. At the moment, the last quarter for second year is still in progress.
Self Mechanical Portrait 01
Contents
1st Year 01
Case Study
04-06
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Hyper Figure-Ground
08-10
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Body Device
12-16
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Vertigo
18-22
2nd Year 05
Hyper-Field
23-24
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F-Spline
27-28
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Canyon Space
29-32
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Space Frame
34-36
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San Diego Velodrome
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Form Work
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1st Year Fall 2014
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Case Study
Cavalier Axonomeric 04
AR101 Design Studio 1
The assignment consisted of adopting and recreating a remarkable single-family house from modern history. The house assigned was Solar Umbrella House / Brooks + Scarpa. The house had to be accurately constructed, showing all interior as well as exterior, in full detail and accurate execution. The scaled used is 3/16” = 1’-0”
Newschool of Architecture + Design November 5, 2014 Prof. Alan Rosenblum 05
AR141 Representation 1
1st Floor Plan
2nd Floor Plan
Roof Plan
For the representation part, set of plans, elevations, prespectiveand an axonometric were drafted of the assigned case study house. Drawings had to convey depth and hierarchy through the definition of graphite language: Line value, line type, and other drafting convention apply. Media: Graphite lead on Bristol board.
Newschool of Architecture + Design November 5, 2014 Prof. Alan Rosenblum 06
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Hyper Figure-Ground
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AR101 Design Studio 1
On this assignment the interest was in the act of seeing while moving, and the deconstruction and analysis through representation. The issue of Architecture Promenade was used as vehicle for specific way as seen through a sequence of analytical drawing. Photos were took in sequence along a strong architecture promenade. The volumetric space in the photos were then transformed into 2-dementional flat geometry by representing them as hierarchies of sight. The Foreground and Background elements were abstracted. Then a language of tones was applied to differentiate between figure ground elements determined through the application of gestalt rules.
Newschool of Architecture + Design December 15, 2014 Prof. Alan Rosenblum 09
The second phase transposed the sequence of 2 dimensional visual analyses back into 3 dimensional. The process proposed into the concept of topological space. From the result of the extrusion of one F/G image into another, and the careful study of the hierarchies with in these interpolation. Form had to be continuous, as voids bended, folded and stretched, connected and interacted, and fused into each other.
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1st Year Winter 2015
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Body Device
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Motion Mapping
AR142 Representation 2
Side View
Front View
Front View - Skeleton
Side View - Skeleton
The program was defined by the performance of a body movement. The recording and measurement of the extent of this movement had to become a graphic map and generator of forms. This had to be done by analyzing the body-to-movement relationship from double POV, and two different kind of representation, starting from photographic processes.
Front View Long exposere
Motion skeleton: With the aid of video camera, movement was recorded, and frames from the video were obtained as still pictures.
Side View Long Exposure
Motion Envelope: Two long-time exposure photographs of motion in the dark from same POV of the skeleton phase were took. From the photographs, two orthogonal drawings were produced. One drawing came out from the skeleton pictures and other from the motion envelop. Media: Adobe Illustrado.
Front View - Envelope
Side View - Envelope
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Newschool of Architecture + Design March 24, 2015 Prof. Alan Rosenblum
AR102 Design Studio 2
Magic Ball
Customize Magic Ball
Then existent folded tessellations were research, construct, or modified. These needed to have the capabilities such as to generate figural shape, be flexible or rigid, and have texture properties. The interest became on the Magic Ball tessellation(Brown). Then the grid got customized and a new tessellation emerged out of it (White).
Magic Ball
Customize Magic 14
Folding pattern
Body Device Form was extracted from the photographs from Motion Mapping, and envelope drawings, then modeled into scaled physical 3D. The final result became a Body Device constructed at full body scaled wore by the designer. Scale model was made with wire for armature, and masking tape to produce the envelope surface.
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Front Elevation
Side Elevation
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1st Year Spring 2015
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Vertigo
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Site Analysis (Group Project)
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30’
AR103 Design Studio 3
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Axonometric of site showing shadow pattern of existing buildings. Luis D Garcia- Pencil on bristol.
18” X 24” Metamap. Acrylic layers- Angelica Becerra and Phuong Luong.
Location: MTS Imperial Station 1255 Imperial Ave, San Diego, CA
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A site analysis was conducted on the project’s location. With the used of on site measurements and observations a Metamap was organized and putted together to show the data collected. The Metamap showed 3 dimensionalities with the layering of acrylic and translucent materials. In addition, a section and axonometric were drawn.
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Site section. Luis D Garcia- Pencil on bristol.
Group Members: Angelica Becerra Luis D Garcia Puong Luong
Newschool of Architecture + Design April 24, 2015 Prof. Alan Rosenblum 19
Vertigo (Individual)
AR103 Design Studio 3
Illution of flighing stairs
The program of the was to ascend from the ground of the MTS plaza to the roof top of the parking garage. The design had to negotiate with the clock tower and enhance the composition. Minimum of two observation plataform had to be provided. Moving up, looking up, down and out had to be enable by the architecture.
Metadiagram was used as a method to start the design process. It is also used as 3D sketching. Materials such as basswood, acrylic, and paper are used to start to stablish moods, materiality, light and represent data on site.
Looking Down. The vertigo moment on the passage through the stairs.
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Newschool of Architecture + Design June 24, 2015 Prof. Alan Rosenblum
Draft proposed model
Final mdel
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01-3 Point Prespective
02-3 Point Prespective
Axonometric
01-Section
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Hyper-Field
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AR143 Representation 3
Base Field - Line length
Frame 2 - Line Type
Frame 3 - Poche
Fields 2D Four 2D Frames were generated one after onother. Each frames were treaded separately, but had a correlation with previous frame. A base field was first generated with a particle that produced a field condition. Repetition and aggregation was apply to the particle with the aid of Adobe Illustrator.
The hyper-field departed from the set the 2D field drawings and extended them into the third dimension. The process took place though an axonometric projection, which combined all four layers. Media: Graphite and color pencil on Bristol
Frame 4 - Color Newschool of Architecture + Design April 21, 2015 Prof. Alan Rosenblum 24
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2nd Year Fall 2015
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F-Spline
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AR201 Design Studio I
Erosional Lanfrom
Spline drawing- Lead on 30” X 22” StoneHenge paper.
30” X 22” base model.
An image of an erosional landform served as the basis of visual reinterpretation. The visual tendencies in the image had to be examined, isolate, and then pinpoint through marking points. Based on the visual reading, the image had to be cross five times with polylines. The marking points became the control points of the polylines. Finally, spline curves had to be drawn through the tangent points of each
In the construction of these curvilinear forms, we look to develop a representational language that reflects density, while translating the impact of conditions such as boundary, materiality, logic, and continuity. The polylines from the F-Splines drawings were represented by strips of bass wood. Regions were found on the image used in F-Spline drawing, then marked with closed loops. Densities on the landform image were then visualized, categorized in three types, and represented by loops. The radius loops were proportional decreased as the density increased.
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n=loop radius Low = n mid = ~n/2 High = ~ n/4
Strip Height Low = 1.5” Mid = 1.75“ High = 2”
Newschool of Architecture + Design October 23, 2015 Prof. Philip C. Bosshart
Cayon Space
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AR201 Design Studio I
8:00
Peaks: 24 Anisotropic: No
Topographic Surfases in Rhino 3D. 10:00 Peaks: 22 Anisotropic: Yes
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2:00
Peaks: 23 Anisotropic: No
Peaks: 23 Anisotropic: Yes
Selected topography with path for the canyon (10:00am)
Photographs to the loop model were took in different day lighting condition. This was to observe the change of density in day lighting conditions of a location, time, and orientation. These images were then applied into Rhino to produce topographic surfaces.
Canyon Model from Rhino 3D.
A selection of a final topography for site had to be made. The criteria for the selection was based on number of peaks on the topography and anisotropic tendency of the topography to ‘flow’ along the long axis of the surfaces. F spline drawing was translated into Rhino environment. New spline was constructed by the interpolation of existing control points and splines. The new spline created was used as the path to create a canyon in the topographic surface.
Newschool of Architecture + Design December 14, 2015 Prof. Philip C. Bosshart 30
The site of the project was intended to be on Borrego Springs, slot canyon trail. It is a dry arid landscape. floods occur occasionally, and it is a remote area.
Program of the project was to design a place of discovery refuge, and observation. It had to contain 6 zones: entrance, exit, shelter/refuge, geological, astronomical, and hydrological. all zones had to be connected through a continuous path. The path had to enter on one side of the canyon and exit on the other side of the canyon. 11 sections were designed as to the response to the program. 6 primary sections contained each zone, and 5 secondary section that were the transitions between the primary sections. Sections were connected and developed into a curated and narrated experience trough the canyon. The outcome was a surface model. Three materials with its own characteristic were used for the surfaces: light/transparent, medium/translucent, and heavy/opaque. 31
SECTION 1: ENTRANCE
SECTION 2: TRANSITION FROM ENTRANCE TO ASTRONOMY
SECTION 3: ASTRONOMY
SECTION 4: TRANSITION FROM ASTRONOMY TO SHELTER
SECTION 7: HYDROLOGY
SECTION 8: TRANSITION FROM HYDROLOGY TO GEOLOGY
SECTION 9: GEOLOGY
SECTION 10: TRANSITION FROM GEOLOGY TO EXIT
SECTION 5: SHELTER
SECTION 6: TRANSITION FROM SHELTER TO HYDROLOGY
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SECTION 11: EXIT
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2nd Year Winter 2016
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Space Frame
Flas Truss System 34
AR202 Design Studio
30” X 30” X16” Space Frame used for operations. (Twist top viwew)
A flat space trust system was assigned to be reconstructed. The study began in the particles that form the system. Later this would serve as experimentation, reconfiguration, and deployment. Then a study frame was built and inside it an elastically truss stems in order to apply operations. Three operations were applied: Expand, compress, and twist. Points of each operation were recorded and apply into Rhino 3D to produce digital models.
Newschool of Architecture and Design March 4, 2015 Prof. Michael Riggin 35
Expand
Compress
Twist
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Velodrome
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AR202 Design Studio
Public Cyclist Support
Flow Study
The project took place at The San Diego Velodrome. The program was to deploy a roof structure over the velodrome. Three cluster had to be place on the perimeters of the velodrome. These would then serve as the position for the column for to support the roof. The clusters placed were for three categories: Public, support, and cyclist. Grid Placement
First, a deployment of possible shapes was conducted. Then over those shapes, flow of people, cyclist, and support were placed and studied. At the end, a shape and a flow was selected on scale of coverage, alignment, and distribution. The two selected were then merged and evolve into one final shape.
Axonometric- Media: Rhino and Illustrator.
Or focus was on the cyclist cluster. To get the shape of the column a shift and rotation was conducted on an elastic frame. These were done according to the flow and the topography.
Newschool of Architecture and Design April 24, 2015 Prof. Michael Riggin
Final evolded Grid and ow 38
MONTAGE 01 HERE
Placement of roof structure over velodrome- Media:Rhino 3D and Photoshop.
Site circulation
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MONTAGE 02 HERE
Placement of roof structure over velodrome- Media:Rhino 3D and Photoshop.
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2nd Year Spring 2016
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Form Work
A & C Paster Volumes 42
AR203 Design Studio I
A & B Paster Volumes - Phase 2
B & C Paster Volumes
This project was the start into the topics on housing and dwellings. These project was separated into 4 faces. With this process and project, each pahase gave distinct type of data that would guide the observation toward a formal design solution as it related to dwellings. Phase 1 5 non-perpendicular cuts were applied to a box of 2” X 3” X4.5” After the cuts, the fragments were arranged in 3 independent volumes while conserving the box’s geometry. The challenge was for the 3 volumes to be similar and all 3 volumes to touch all six faces of the box.
Styrofoam box used to apply the cuts - Phase 1 43
Ideas on which directions to cut the box.
Surface Model - Phase 4
Phase 2 The resulting volumes were then cast with plaster at a double scale (4” X 6” X 9”). Phase 3 Wire frame of the models were built at same scale. Phase 4 This phase focused on the understanding of interior planar agencies. The interior surfaces of the cast models were isolated and build into a planar model. Each cast model was given a color (White, gray, or Black).
Wireframe Model - Phase 3
In Progress
A & C Wireframe Models
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Thank You
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