Y E TE L I I R H C K R C I A R PAT OOL OF SCH TFOLIO POR
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EXERCISE 1: A VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
EXERCISE 2: SCALE, MOVEMENT AND CONTEXT
EXERCISE 3: LEARNING FROM ARCHITECTURE
EXERCISE 4: DESIGN AS SYNTHESIS
Exercise 1.1 and 1.2: Using the assigned materials of chipboard, basswood, and blue foam to study and experiment with the action verb “Overlap”, I created the blue foam, thin stick density, and chipboard models to analyze space and how the materials interacted. Furthermore, the denser stick model (Top Left) was an advancement from Exercise 1.1 as practice on “Less is a bore”, as Robert Venturi states.
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EXERCISE 1.3 Through the application of all three previous materials, the assigment was to create what “our hearts desired�, while retaining the focus on space creation and motion. With this in mind, I sought to create the imagery of a blloming lotus flower, utilizing the scorable property of chipboard to forms bends, the foam as more solid volumes, and the sticks to elaborate motion.
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EXERCISE 1.4: This exercise utilized my choice of two materials between the three options of chipboard, blue foam, and basswood sticks. I practiced creating implied motion through the imagery of an arch, and the blue foam and chipboard interseccting violently with unique forms.
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EXERCISE 1 FINAL MODEL AND DRAWINGS Advancing from the previous study models, this final project further attempted the imagery of motion around the project. The model contains numerous unique forms; bending chipboard curves around, while the sticks wrap into and around the blue foam as an implementation of motion directly into the forms.
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The drawings emphasize the viewer’s ability to experience the project from multiple perspectives, while the sections highlight what one would see if they were inside the volumes and lines themselves.
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EXERCISE 2: This exercise had us studying architecture on the Syracuse University campus as inspiration for personal projects, and practice with drafting drawing. Specifically, I, Emily Hu, Benjamin Wang, and Jasmine Greytok studied Carnegie Library; using our bodies as measurement tools, we created floor plans, a section, and two elevation drawings (my front elevation pictured Left) to analyze the building. Second, I created the diamond-mesh, curved wall as a study model for the assignment of creating a pavilion. I sought to make a structure that let light in creatively, while having an overhang as protection from unfavorable weather. Utilizing the basic idea of a curved wall, I developed it to become walls that lead the visitor around the space while leaving the path undefined and infitiely possible. The intended climax of the pavilion is the highest point, continuous with the curving form because of its spiral staircase: an opprtunity for the visitor to view the whole space. 10
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EXERCISE 3: Tasked to analyze an already existing building, I was given the Camino Ancho by Diana Agrest. Utilizing floor plans and a section drawing, I created an axonometric drawing to combine the floor plan and a three-dimensional representation. In addition, I analyzed the building with five different diagrams and aspects: circulation abnormal spaces, overlapping spaces, public versus private advancement, and the central focal point of the glass-walled living room. This exercise gave crucial practice and development in an alyzing structures and spaces, pushing me to investigate the individual elements, combined elements, and the genral “Why’s” of the Camino Ancho. 14
Picture Credit To: Cooper Union School of Architecture: Faculty, archweb.cooper.edu/faculty/faculty/agrest/agrest11.
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EXERCISE 4: This exercise started with the creation of the three Bollean models: Unity, Difference, and Intersection. The advancement on this first step was to combine two of the Boolean models into one, especially focusing in “mashing” them together and not merely touching surfaces. In this regard, I combined the Unity and Difference models to push the stacked cubes into the blossoming pyramid opening. Then, I developed a “shell” conneccting the two Boolean models more seamlessly, turning the exterior into the interior as it connects. The focus on function was emphasized, turning the pyramid studio space into a cube-space at the highest point. The shell continued to become more implemented int the form of the structure. I experiemted with larger spaces in the next study model, but lost the shell. For the final, I returned to the shell, conecting it on to the third floor walls, while retaining the larger cubes for the purpose of greater function and to improve teh occupation of the site.
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PATRICK RILEY Syracuse University School of Architecture (603) 498-0777 priley01@syr.edu
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