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S E LE CTED WO R K S Chicago Casino Proposal Instructor: Kyle Reynolds Spring 2010
St. Louis Urban Intervention Instructor: Elva Rubio Fall 2010
Fashion Atelier Instructor: Deborah Fausch Spring 2009
Contemporary Art Museum Instructor: Kysa Heinitz Fall 2009
Visual Study Investigation Instructor: Lynn North Spring 2007
This portfolio contains a sample of Architectural Works and Visual Studies from 2007-2010.
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CASINO+WEDDING CHAPEL Looking at the knotted programs within a casino and wedding chapel an argument was set up for a “tied� link: gambling. The concept of the knot not only arranged the elements but also became formalized in the entire structure. Chicago Casino Proposal_Instructor: Kyle Reynolds_Spring 2010
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Why Casinos Paired with Wedding Chapels Make Sense Our world is an ever changing, instant gratification culture, embracing convenience and excitement. That is why Wedding Chapels together with Casinos make sense. Weddings, like the event of Gambling, can bring out the best and worst in us :Generosity, creativity, humor, and also jealousy, control and boredom.
Casinos are containers for perpetual action. They house on-going processes that continue even after its user has left.
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Delusions of grandeur surface in full force at a Wedding, and also at the poker table. We strive to prove to ourselves each day that we matter, that we are important, powerful, capable and worthy. The psychology behind Weddings and Gambling are amazingly similar. This project embraces that concept of unifying similar life environments through the “Love of Luck�.The building architecture literally is designed on the concept of an intertwining knot system. Conceptually, like the two ends of a rope intertwining into knots,The floor plan Chapel and Casino elements are tied together through interstitial spaces through a linear path.
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In a failing economy, a casino may be the solution to the finacial situation Chicago is currently facing.
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Through research and analysis, this studio looked at a decling Midewestern city: St. Louis. Our research allowed us to develop an architectural response to intervene. Group Members: George Louras, Brandon Spencer, Ioanna Demertzis St. Louis Urban Intervention_Instructor: Elva Rubio_Fall 2010
ST. LOUIS: GATEWAY TO THE WEST Research Studio
Midwest to NOWHERE Introduction to Studio
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“60 years ago St. Louis was a thriving city with a population of almost a million. These days fewer than 300,000 people call The Gateway City home. With decrepit Victorian homes and boarded-up factories in abundance, some would say it's a pathetic picture of decay and abandonment. Even the post office moved to the 'burbs.” -University of Iowa News Release May 2008
So what happened?
*Source:http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/may/050708stlouis-decline.html
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The Midwest to NOWHERE Studio was an effort through research and analysis to come up with architectural solutions that would rejuvenate midwestern urban centers that were experiencing a population decline due to suburban sprawl. St. Louis is one of these cities. The research portion of the studio was done to understand the identity and urban context of the city. Research was also done on Richmond Heights, a town that borders the city limits where the proposal would be located. From this thourough analysis an urban vision was able to take form. From the research it was concluded that St. Louis has great civic pride in its sports and public parks. Soccer was a sport that has a long lived legacy in the city that had yet to be acknowledged with a major league club team. It was also determined that the the automobile was the main mode of transportation for the city, as well as the greater midwest. From these conclusions, the project began to take shape. On a large site that borders the city line, a mixed-use stadium that redefines the typology of stadium. This is connected to the interstate highway system with a path that brings the highway through the site and into the surrounding context. The federal funding used to build this would also support the mixed-use program built below the roadways. This combination of sport, infrastructure, and mixed-use program is to be situated in a park of varied typologies that is intended to appeal to a wide range of users and attract more people from near and far to the site.
ST. LOUIS Research Studio
Initial Research: Greater St. Louis Area An investigation of St. Louis’ rich history and background
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Identity St. Louis has undergone several significant stages of development, which parallel the nation's westward expansion, symbolized by the city's famous Gateway Arch. St. Louis enjoys a rich and culturally diverse life and a revitalized downtown commercial district. As one of the first regions in the country to confront defense cutbacks in the 1990s and develop plans for dealing with them, the St. Louis area has emerged as a national laboratory for the post-Cold-War economy.
Infrastructure St. Louis is a car city. With a geographically central location, is easily accessible from points through-out the United States via four interstate highways that converge in the city: I-44, I-55, I-64, and I-70.
Economy The economy of St. Louis started in the late 1850’s beginning with Anhueser-Busch.This became one of the largest and most important companies to ever be established in St. Louis. Being a main hub for import and exporting goods,St. Louis has produced items such as pharmaceutical, natural resources, home goods, aircraft, motors, railway, and of course beer. Many Fortune 500 coorporations have found their home. Since 1960, St. Louis’ economy has remained neutral. St. Louis is now known for bio-technological, pharmaceutical, and aviation production.
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Education Education in the St. Louis area was ranked fourth by Forbes magazine in its list of 'Best Places With the Best Education' in February 2003. In addition to its public high schools, St. Louis has the largest number of Catholic affiliated secondary institutions in the U.S. This is due to St. Louis's status as an archdiocese and historically Catholic city.
Entertainment St. Louis is home to many different museums such as the St. Louis Art Museum and the Missouri Historical Museum. Famous theaters include the Fabulous Fox and the Muny. The city has a very rich musical history. It is home to famous musicians including Chuck Berry, Ike and Tina Turner, Sheryl Crowe, and Nelly. There are a number of venues to house this enthusiasm for music. The genre that is most ingrained into the identity of St. Louis is the blues.
Parks St. Louis is home to a park system that would make any city proud. The crown jewel of St. Louis parks is Forest Park. At 1,200 acres it is 430 acres larger than NYC’s Central Park. It is home to numerous cultural institutions such as the St. Louis Art Museum and the Mun theatre, and St. Louis Zoo. Another park of significance is Tower Grove Park, the home to the Missouri Botanical Gardens. Gateway Park is home to the city’s most famous landmark, the Gateway Arch.
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Initial Research: Greater St. Louis Area An investigation of St. Louis’ rich history and background
White Flight: During World War II, thousands of African Americans moved to the city for industrial jobs. But with the deed restrictions in place, they were forced to live in a small north-side neighborhood not covered by the restrictions, creating tremendous stress on that area's housing stock. The covenants were used systematically until 1948, when the Supreme Court declared them illegal. As the strained city neighborhoods went downhill, whites fled to suburbs. During the "white flight" -- which began in the 1950s and picked up steam in the '60s and '70s -- each suburb developed its own zoning code, typically providing for only single-family houses on large lots and prohibiting industrial, commercial, multifamily housing or small-lot development. Those codes guaranteed that people who lived in the suburbs were of a certain income. They barred poor and workingclass people in the central city from ever moving to the suburbs.
City created for Visitors, NOT Residents: The city puts too much energy into trying to make itself attractive to visitors and not enough attention on making it attractive to people who would want to live there and sustain it in the long term. St. Louis' urban renewal projects included two baseball stadiums, hotels, a convention center, the Jefferson Memorial and casinos. But with old rail beds scarring the city, a dismal view of the struggling East St. Louis across the river and most of the riverfront remaining unsightly industrial land, St. Louis never got over the hump to stand out against other cities. And, unfortunately, the efforts didn't generate long-term stability or decent jobs.
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Midwest to NOWHERE "North America's Best Sports City"
Great Civic Pride The St. Louis Cardinals have won more World Series championships than any other National League team. St. Louis is known as such a savvy baseball town that The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, and Baseball America have named it "America's Best Baseball City."
The St. Louis Blues are the only NHL team to appear in the playoffs every year during the 1980s and 1990s. Since joining the National Hockey League in 1967, the Blues have missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs only five times. Today's team takes to the ice at the 20,000-seat Scottrade Center in downtown St. Louis.
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The St. Louis Rams won their first Super Bowl on January 30, 2000, with a 23-16 victory over the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV. Football fans voted the game as the "best Super Bowl ever" according to a CNNSI.com poll. The NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships held at St. Louis' Scottrade Center, March 15-18, 2000, sold the most all-session tickets in the 69-year history of the event. The record-breaking attendance of 96,994 surpassed the previous record set in 1997 when 90,064 people watched the championship match.
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- 1900-1902: The Brown Stockings become the Cardinals. St. Louis gets an AL team that re-adopts the Browns nickname. They would go on to be the least successful franchise in St. Louis history.
3.1915-1926: Roger Hornsby would win the 1925 NL MVP as well as the Triple Crown 4. Branch Rickey is the team president from 1917-1942. As the president of the Dodgers he would sign Jackie Robinson.
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June 29, 1950: USA 1 - 0 England “The Game of Their Lives” On 29 June 1950, at the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, the United States defeated England 1–0 in a group match. This unexpected result has led to the match being described as the "Miracle on Grass". The match was played in Belo Horizonte at Estádio Independência. The game and the U.S. team were profiled by author Geoffrey Douglas in his book The Game of Their Lives. Douglas and five starters were from St. Louis.
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ST. LOUIS Research Studio
Initial Research: Greater St. Louis Area An investigation of St. Louis’ rich history and background
Parks
Forest Park Forest Park is over 50% larger than New York's Central Park It contains several attractions including: The Saint Louis Zoological Park, the McDonnell Planetarium, The Saint Louis Art Museum, The Missouri History Museum, The Muny, The Jewel Box, The Field House and Visitor Center, Boathouse Restaurant and boat rentals, Seinberg Skating rink and The World's Fair Pavilion
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Tower Grove Park Tower Grove Park is a municipal park in the City of Saint Louis. Most of its land was donated to the city by Henry Shaw in 1868. It is on 289 acres adjacent to the Missouri Botanical Garden, another of Shaw’s legacies. The park features eleven pavilions of picturesque design, dating from the Victorian era, which provide shady rests from which visitors can enjoy the many lovely views. It contains events; as well as tennis courts; a wading pool for small children; open expanses of green; softball diamonds and soccer fields; and tall specimen trees and a great variety of bushes. The park has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is a 90.96-acre national park located on the downtown riverfront where the city was first founded in 1764. It commemorates the westward growth of the United States between 1803 and 1890. The centerpiece of the park is the stainless steel Gateway Arch, which is the most recognizable structure in the city. It was designed by noted architect Eero Saarinen and completed on October 28, 1965. At 630 feet (192 m), it is the tallest manmade monument in the United States. Located below the Arch is the Museum of Westward Expansion, which contains an extensive collection of artifacts. It tells the details of the story of the thousands of people who lived in and settled the American West during the 19th century. Nearby and also part of the memorial is the historic Old Courthouse, one of the oldest standing buildings in St. Louis. Begun in 1839, it was here that the first two trials of the Dred Scott case were held in 1847 and 1850. This park is also the location of the annual July 4 festival, Fair Saint Louis.
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ST. LOUIS Research Studio
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ST. LOUIS Research Studio
Architectural Response An attempt to revitalize a dying area of St. Louis
Concept+Propsal
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Stadium Proposal
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Plaza
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Proposal An architectural response cont.
Strategy
Road Typologies
12’
Two-Lane with Curb
2’
24’
10’
12’
Split- Two Way
4’
Highway CondictionOutside Shoulder, Lane, Inner Shoulder, Median
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PROPOSAL Research Studio
Banded Parks A site strategy and park proposal for Richmond Heights
10.6%
10.6%
Skate Park
Interactive Park
12.6%
Interactive Park
12.6%
Sports Park
12.9%
Sports Park
12.9%
Sculpture Park
13.1%
Sculpture Park
13.1%
Tree Park
13.3%
Tree Park
13.3%
Dog Park
13.4%
Dog Park
13.4%
Garden Park
12.8%
Garden Park
12.8%
Flower Park
11.3%
Flower Park
Skate Park
295,864 sq ft 396,071 sq ft 404,453 sq ft
411,036 sq ft
415,972 sq ft
419,672 sq ft
402,207 sq ft
355,290 sq ft
TOTAL: 3,136,159 sq ft
Divide.
295,864 sq ft 396,071 sq ft 404,453 sq ft
411,036 sq ft
415,972 sq ft
419,672 sq ft
402,207 sq ft
Apportion.
Divide.
Apportion.
Skate Park 100:0
Topography
Ramps/Grind
Rails
Sports Park
85:20
Tennis
Volleyball
Soccer
Obsticle
Maze
Ground Fountain
Basketball
Hockey
Vineyard
Soft Surface
Interactive Park
70:30
Sculpture Park 55:45
Hard Surface Soft Surface
Water Source
Soft Surface
Water Source
Hard Surface Soft Surface
Water Source
Tree Park
Band it!
0:100
Trees
Dog Park
30:70
Garden Park 10:90
Perennial Crops
Orchard
Annual Crops
Flower Beds
Soft Surface
Market
Flower Park 20:100
Soft Surface
Connect.
Connect.
Parks
Link.
Subdivide.
Subdivide.
Link.
Enliven.
Enliven.
HIGH ACTIVITY PARK COMPONENTS
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Volleyball
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Rails
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Soccer
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Ramps
Hockey
Skate Park
Sports Park
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+ Fountain
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Sculpture
Maze
Interactive Park
Sculpture Park
REDUCED ACTIVITY PARK COMPONENTS
Open Space
Pond Mound
Tree Park
Orchard
+ Vineyard
Dog Park
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Annual Crops
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Market
Perennial Crops
Garden Park
Flower Park
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Architectural Response: Final Plan and Section
Infrastructure
Stadium/ Event Space
Packed Program
Parks
Site Plan
A Contemporary Art Museum Proposal for an up and coming side of downtown Chicago. This design studio became an investigation on light and its evolution through experience and architecture. Contemporary Art Museum_Instructor: Kysa Heinitz_Fall 2009
PIXEL Design Studio
Up and Coming: Chicago, IL
Site Profile
Modern Art Museum Coming to N. Downtown Chicago!
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Artist Profile
Olafur Eliasson Olafur Eliasson’s materials are elemental and ephemeral: Light is a main element in his work. He manipulates it in a way towards aesthtic in response to a specific site, His work navigates a space between nature and technology, the organic and the industrial.
Robert Longo American painter and printmaker. Longo is best known for his high contrast black and white photographs.
Tony Ousler Multimedia and installation artist. Oursler is known for his fractured-narrative handmade video tapes.
Jenny Holzer American painter and printmaker. Most noted for her ‘Text as Art” landscapes, incorporating neon lighting and projected words onto unexpected backgrounds.
PIXEL Design Studio
Curatorial sequence articulates the organization of exhibition spaces both interior and exterior. Describes the Museum as an event too.
Tony Ousler
Robert Longo
Olafur Eliasson
Taxonomy of Artwork
One-way colour tunnel 2007
Sunset kaleidoscope 2005
La situazione antispettiva 2003
Triple kaleidoscope 2003
Multiple grotto 2004
Summer solstice, equinox and winter solstice at Milchsuppenstein 2007-09
The curious garden 1997
The structural evolution project 2001
Soil quasi bricks 2003
Moss wall 1994
The blind pavilion 2003
Frost activity 2003
The mediated motion 2001
Untitled 1981
Men Trapped in Ice 1980
Frank and Glenn Fighting 1981
Bodyhammer: .357 Magnum 1994
Dragon's Head 2001
Godzilla 2002
Gloria 2009
Andre 2007
Charcoal and graphite on paper
Charcoal, graphite, ink and tempera on paper
Charcoal and graphite on paper
Charcoal on mounted paper
Charcoal on mounted paper
Charcoal on mounted paper
Charcoal on mounted paper
Chair in Sunlight, Sitting Room 2000
View of Study Room with Books, Desk and Windows 2002
Chair and Window, Consulting Room 2003
The Sound of speed and light 2009
The Haunting (Triptych) 2005
Charcoal and graphite on paper
82” x 66”
69” x 114”
48” x 96”
78” x 70”
Charcoal on mounted paper
Charcoal on mounted paper
Charcoal on mounted paper
60” x 40”
105.1” x 66.9”
Charcoal on mounted paper
96” x 60”
96” x 60”
66” x 108”
96” x 53”
59-3/4” x 95-1/2”
Unexplained Worms 2007
Golden Profile 2008
Purple Resonant Dust 2006
Blue Negative 2000
fiberglass sculpture, projector, dvd plaver
fiberglass sculpture, projector, dvd player
fiberglass sculpture, projector, dvd player
projector, DVD player, DVD, tripod, wire, glass devil
68” x 82” x 31”
40” x 35” x 12”
60” x 96”
Troubler 1996
Blob 2008
Orbit 2007
Lamp 2009
AWGTHTGTWTA 2009
dolls, wooden stand, vhs tape, player and projector
Video installation
Video installation, fiberglass element and DVD
Plexiglass, acetate, aluminum, electrical components
5 wooden panels, metal, aqua resin and video projection
28” x 14” x 28”
9” x 7” x 7”
49” x 38” x 26”
Jenny Holzer
14” x 12” x 12”
Twink
fiberglass sculpture on stand, projector, dvd plaver
Installation fiberglass sculpture, dvd player, projector 64.6”
Blob 2008
Orbit 2007
Lamp 2009
AWGTHTGTWTA 2009
dolls, wooden stand, vhs tape, player and projector
Video installation
Video installation, fiberglass element and DVD
Plexiglass, acetate, aluminum, electrical components
5 wooden panels, metal, aqua resin and video projection
28” x 14” x 28”
9” x 7” x 7”
49” x 38” x 26”
Black Twist 2007
21” x 20” x 5”
Troubler 1996
14” x 12” x 12”
Cell Phones Diagrams Cigarettes Searches and Scratch Cards 2009
Cell Phones Diagrams Cigarettes Searches and Scratch Cards 2009
Black Twist 2007
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fiberglass sculpture on stand, projector, dvd plaver
Twink
Installation fiberglass sculpture, dvd player, projector 64.6”
21” x 20” x 5”
Unexplained Worms 2007
Profile ST.Golden LOUIS 64 2008
fiberglass sculpture, projector, dvd plaver
fiberglass sculpture, projector, dvd player
68” x 82” x 31”
40” x 35” x 12”
50” x 50” x 50”
89” x 48”
Untitled 2006
14” x 11” x 9”
Purple Resonant Dust 2006
Blue Negative 2000
fiberglass sculpture, projector, dvd player
projector, DVD player, DVD, tripod, wire, glass devil
50” x 50” x 50”
Charcoal on mounted paper
14” x 11” x 9”
Untitled 2006
Positive Light
3Dimensional
Object
Polyphonic house 2007
To lufthuller med lys 2007
Music wall 2006
Umschreibung 2004
Your spiral view 2002
Sphere 2003
The movement meter for Lernacken 2000
City of Glass 2009
In the Garden, Et in Arcadia Ego 2009
Earth, for Zander 2006
Ulysses 2009
Bikini Atoll/Abel 2003
Untitled 1981
Untitled 1981
Charcoal on mounted paper
Charcoal on mounted paper
Charcoal on mounted paper
Charcoal and graphite on paper
Charcoal and graphite on paper
72” x 84”
80” x 70”
72” x 93”
96” x 60”
48” x 48”
Charcoal on mounted paper 70” x 96”
Charcoal on mounted paper 60” x 120”
AntiObject (Space) Jumble 2004
Wavefront 2001
Feedback 1998
I in the sky 2001
Red Devil 1997
Endfire Array 2001
Cosmic Cloud 2007
fiberglass sculpture, projector, DVD, DVD player
89.5” x 79” x 67.5”
projector, VCR, videotape, fiberglass skull
68” x 22” x 11”
projector, 2 VCRs, 2 videotapes, ceramic and cloth
76” x 32” x 41”
Video installation, fiberglass element, DVD video projection with sound
59” x 31” x 17”
112” x 114”
61” x 20.9” x 39”
27” x 22” x 36”
Jumble 2004
Wavefront 2001
Feedback 1998
I in the sky 2001
Red Devil 1997
Endfire Array 2001
Cosmic Cloud 2007
fiberglass sculpture, projector, DVD, DVD player
89.5” x 79” x 67.5”
projector, VCR, videotape, fiberglass skull
68” x 22” x 11”
projector, 2 VCRs, 2 videotapes, ceramic and cloth
76” x 32” x 41”
Video installation, fiberglass element, DVD video projection with sound
59” x 31” x 17”
112” x 114” 27” x 22” x 36”
2Dimensional
Dark
61” x 20.9” x 39”
Negative
PIXEL Design Studio
Architecture mimics Art!
Skin Translation
Light experience is translated onto the surface of the museum. Pixelated punctures allow for the appropriate amount of light for each gallery/artist.
St. Louis Sports Bring Civic Pride
Topographic Plan
Street Cut Plan
River Cut Plan
PIXEL Design Studio
Section Looking East
PIXEL Design Studio
L CK IT
An investigation of licking. Licking is often an overlooked and unhighlighted action of everyday life. This study captures this action and forces it into the focal point in the art work. The portraits are essentially a freeze-framed part of life which would normally go unnoticed. Visual Study Investigation_Instructor: Lynn North_Spring 2007
Lollipop, 2007 Colored Pencil 24x35 inches.
Ice Cream, 2007 Colored Pencil 24x35 inches.
Water Break, 2007 Colored Pencil 24x35 inches.
Frozen Pole, 2007 Colored Pencil 24x35 inches.
Snowflake, 2007 Colored Pencil 24x35 inches.