Corte, pliegue, ensamble y modulación: Memorias sobre Papel by malamos

corte , pliegue , ensamble y modulaci贸n : memorias sobre papel cut, fold, assemble and modulation: memories on paper

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contents

introduction

travesía las lástimas : el primer regalo

travesía las lástimas 2008: the first gift

memoria travesía sao francisco do sul : el manto modulado :

travesía sao francisco do sul memory: modulated mantle

cortes y pliegues para el regalo y memoria del acto athenea 2010

cuts and folds for the 2010 athenea act gift and memory

corte y ensambe para visualizar la memoria de obras de la e [ ad ] pucv

cutting and assembly for visualize the e[ad] PUCV works and publications memory

travesía sao paulo 2012: el regalo recitado

travesía sao paulo 2012: the recited gift

corte , pliegue , ensamble y modulación : memorias sobre papel cut, fold, assemble and modulation: memories on paper

This portfolio contains five projects I’ve done during my period of design study at the e[ad] PUCV (Escuela de Arquitectura y diseño de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso). Within this selection 3 projects are developed individually as a keepsake or a memory of three different events: the first corresponds to the memory of the subject matter contained in the Travesía to Sao Francisco do Sul, Brazil, 2009; the second is contitued in the context of the celebration of Athena Act, 2010 performed in Santiago, Chile; and the third corresponds to a data visualization that shows all the work done by the e[ad] PUCV. These three projects represent a synthesis of my interests and design perspective, since all three are mild simple construction elements that contain a simple and readable memory of an event. Besides these 3 projects are also two experiences (Travesías) where the projects were made on a group base in order to create a work that would be set up a gift to America.

travesía las lástimas : el primer regalo travesía las lástimas 2008: the first gift

Travesías are Poetical travels to different places of America that the e[ad] PUCV does each year since 1984. These trips are integrated by students and faculties of Architecture, Graphic Design and Industrial Design. In the Travesías works are made from the creativity of the craft and set somewhere in America determined by the study developed by each class. America has to be covered in its extent; is necesary to go to the coninent, go to recognize it and inhabit its emergency. The first Travesía that I participated in, was the travesía to the Andean foothills, where the given away work corresponds to a place for rest and celebration for the mule drivers that go there every January 20th to pray and Celebrate Saint Sebastian.

corte, pliegue, ensamble y modulaciĂłn: memorias sobre papel

cut, fold, assemble and modulation: memories on paper

Travel pictures from the city of Linares to the camp in Under hurt

the trip The two most relevant aspects of this TravesĂa were the travel and work performed because, on one hand, the trip itself was a big enterprise and on the other hand, we needed a lot of effort to build this proyect in a place where there was no facilities for construction.The trip began in ViĂąa del Mar where we travel in different coaches to the city of Linares, a distance of 416.57 Kms in 6 hours. Arriving at Linares we took a break for lunch and around 14.00 hours we return to the trip another type of buses that would bring us to the side of the mountain range. This

travesía las lástimas 2008: el primer regalo

travesía las lástimas 2008: the first gift

Arrival at the camp

second trip lasted 2 hours and from there we began our 2 hours trek to the camp “Las Mulas”. Here we spent the night, and the next day we left early to do the last stretch on horseback towards the Andes Mountains for 7-8 hours. The images I show here corresponds to the last stretch where a group of 100 horses took us to our destination: the sector “Bajo las Lágrimas”.

corte, pliegue, ensamble y modulaci贸n: memorias sobre papel

cut, fold, assemble and modulation: memories on paper

Working on the construction of the stone walls

The work finished

the work The work done corresponds to a place for rest of the muleteers who each year go up the mountains to celebrate San Sebastian to give thanks for the harvest. The difficulties that this project covers are: the journey itself, as there were no facilities to transport materials and many tools; the isolation: because the place did not have any camp facility or any type of communication with the outside world. For these two main reasons is that we raise the work with a minimal range of tools and materials: the

travesía las lástimas 2008: el primer regalo

travesía las lástimas 2008: the first gift

Detail of the visualization of the poem on the stone walls

perimeter was built with low-rise stone walls and and volume was generated by some clean trunks vertically seted supporting light cubes brought by students of one of the classes participants in this journey. Our class also brought as a gift a poem printed in low relief tiles manufactured by ourselves in the work studio of Ciudad Abierta (Open City) 1

1. Open City is a territory whose space is built by its inhabitants through trades; always under the light of “Amereida” epic poem reveals a poetic vision of America. This place also is established as experimental field where teachers and students from around the world participate in various projects related to architecture and design. Several of the inhabitants of this city are also teachers and alumni of the e[ad] PUCV

memoria travesĂa sao francisco do sul : el manto modulado travesĂa sao francisco do sul memory: modulated mantle

This work was the final project of the second Graphic Design class. The requirement of the assignment was to build an exhibition mantle from a single module model that could join another of equal size and shape to finally build a mantle 3 meters high by 1.5 wide. The content of this mantle corresponds to the subjects studied during the TravesĂa to Sao Francisco do Sul where, in a similar way to this final project, the members of this class as a group built a mantle that constituted a backdrop for a stage marking the center point of the square built as global project of the enterprise. The colors of this mantle were printed through the printing technique of direct transfer of ink from paper to paper.

corte, pliegue, ensamble y modulaci贸n: memorias sobre papel

cut, fold, assemble and modulation: memories on paper

Details of color printing in the mantle

project requirements Build a mantle from the assembly of an undetermined number of modules, all of them with the same shape and size, where should be digitally printed the text that relates to the content learned

memoria travesía sao francisco do sul: el manto modulado

travesía sao francisco do sul memory: modulated mantle

View of the mantle in the exhibition of the course.

These are two of the 48 modules that make my project.

Size: 28 x 42 cm Material: Cardboard 240 gr

during the Travesía to Sao Francisco do sul, plus manually print the color to bring the observed luminosity in the place where the Travesías’s work was constructed.

cortes y pliegues para el regalo y memoria del acto athenea 2010 cuts and folds for the 2010 athenea act gift and memory

As a closing of the journey to Santiago on 2010 was organized a ceremony to commemorate and promote the recovery of the “Athena” sculpture gifted in 1987 to the that city. It was located in one of the edges of the Mapocho river and because of the passage of time this sculpture deteriorate to nothing. To act is to perform. In addition to poetry reading and the design of a toast, we also design a gift for the guests who attend the event for which each of the students in the class made a proposal. The chosen gift corresponded to my proposal because it achieved the imitation of the gesture of the original sculpture by simple cuts and folds. Along with this gift for the guests a memory of this act was designed, so that all texts read and recited could be preserved over time within a printed element, therefore the format of this second project is much larger than the first one. The design of this memory corresponds to the Final Project of the third-year of graphic design class, where each student made his proposal individually.

corte, pliegue, ensamble y modulaci贸n: memorias sobre papel

cut, fold, assemble and modulation: memories on paper

Athenea Sculpture in 1987

2010 Athenea Ceremony

project requirements Design a gift for the guests to the ceremony of Athena that replicates the main features of the sculpture by any technique that allows easy mass production of the product.

cortes y pliegues para el regalo y memoria del acto athenea 2010

cuts and folds for the 2010 athenea act gift and memory

Here I show the views constructed next to the gift of cuts and folds flat for its construction.

Size: A4 Material: 180 gr Paper Tradition

The material of the gift should be paper and at least the poem Athenea and the event data must be printed on it.

corte, pliegue, ensamble y modulaci贸n: memorias sobre papel

cut, fold, assemble and modulation: memories on paper

Cover with low relief

Table of Contents

First moment of reading

Design and manufacture a paper container for all the texts that were part of the 2010 Athena ceremony, incorporating photos captured at the event and an original writing of Alberto Cruz, one of the e[ad] PUCV founding architects. Paper and format of the

cortes y pliegues para la memoria y regalo del acto athenea 2010

cuts and folds for the 2010 athenea act memory and gift

Ending of reading rollouts

Here I show the cutting planes and folding of the two papers that make up this memory, where the first contains the second.

Sizes: 60 x 50 cm 105 x 50 cm

project were predefined by the guide Professor. All texts and images must be printed digitally, but is allowed to incorporate other printing techniques to show the image of the sculpture.

Materials: Textured paper 180 gr

Bond Paper 80gsm

* On the cover I incorporated a print on low relief with the sculpture features

corte y ensambe para visualizar la memoria de obras de la e [ ad ] pucv cutting and assembly for visualize the e[ad] PUCV works and publications memory

Together with my classmate Karen Carrera and some industrial designers, I participate in the 5th Chilean Biennial of Design exposing a module similar to a table in its structure built with curved wood and a tense paper as surface, characteristics that enable it to constitut an exhibition unit. Karen and I were responsible for designing the visualization that would be printed in the paper over the surface of the exhibition unit. To design this visualization we use data collected in the first of our degree project. These data compiled all works performed by the e[ad] PUCV since its beginings. As in previous projects the technies of cut and fold were integrated into the design of data visualization.

corte, pliegue, ensamble y modulaci贸n: memorias sobre papel

cut, fold, assemble and modulation: memories on paper

Pictures of the data visualization exposed in the fourth biennial of Design Chile

project requirements Design a visualization that shows the great number of work that has been made by the e[ad] PUCV, considering all published, designed and built works.

corte y ensamble para visualizar la memoria de obras de la e[ad] pucv

cutting and assembly for visualize the e[ad] PUCV works and publications memory

These images correspond to the scheme of cuts and folds of the two papers.

Visualization Support: Size: 200 x 90 cm

The dimensions of the visualization are defined by the exhibition surface. Cuts and folds habe to be considered to assemble the printed paper on the tense paper. The cuts must be sistematized to be easily manufactured in a laser cutter.

Material: High Strength Paper 180 gr

Module surface Size: 240 x 90 cm Material: Tyvek, synthetic paper 90 gr

travesía sao paulo 2012: el regalo recitado travesía sao paulo 2012: the gift recited

This is the last journey in which I participated as a student in the Escuela de Arquitectura y Diseño PUCV, and also corresponds to the Travesía made in the year that the Faculty celebrates its 60 years. This time we traveled to Sao Paulo because the Open City was invited to participate in the 30th Biennial of Art Sao Paulo, so, several professors from the School decided to participate with their classes in the design and installation of the exhibition that would take place in the Pavilion Cecilio Matarazzo. In this Travesía I participated as a teacher assistant of the Graphic Design third-year class. to this exhibition we bringed something very characteristic of the School and The Open City: The recited word.

corte, pliegue, ensamble y modulaci贸n: memorias sobre papel

cut, fold, assemble and modulation: memories on paper

the recited gift The relevance of this Traves铆a is the contrast its makes between this experience and the first Travedia I paticipated in, because in this occasion the grouo i was in was constituted exclusively by grapich design students, so the dimensions of the work were very different, even though the gift was very similar to the first given. This time the space was built by word and movement, there were no physical limits stablished by some construction, but this limit was constructed by displacement and scope of the volume of the voices of those who recited.

travesía sao paulo 2012: el regalo recitado

travesía sao paulo 2012: the recited gift

This work was ephemeral, unlike the one made in theTravesía Las Lástimas , because it was designed only in the context of the celebration of the 30th Biennial of Art in Sao Paulo, all that may remain of it are the texts given away to the viewers. However, they were just a part of the work gifted them In spite of this high contrast, the essence of the trip is the same, to travel around Ámerica, to recognize it and inhabit in it.