Learning Portfolio

Christian Reyes ARCH 101 MW J.Lum CCSF 2013 revised.

Icebreaker Id. 1

Objectives and Preliminaries: For this first project I will need to create a sentence that describes me and make a model that reflects it. After forming a sentence I used a thesaurus to find definitions and synonyms After understanding my sentence I went on to find out what suitable materials I had andWhat techniques I could use to build the model.

also explored what visual forms express learning

> Pattern = Knowledge?

Icebreaker Id.1 exploratory models

Before creating the ice breaker model I make some models to understand how to model with cardboard

> the score and bend method (left) proves useful for curvilinear shapes > flap and glue method (above) is a strong connection but unsightly

Icebreaker Id.1

> Thought since the models were not to have bases that they would be handheld hence i didn't know how the model would sit on the table > Fulfilled program by having multiple points of intrest and unity > There is a craft issue as there is printing on front of cardboard which detracts from the model

Icebreaker Id.2

>attempted to improve on first design>lengthed and visor portion to stretch it out> created front area of curvilinear shapes to look like swirling mass> pushed rods through farther in order to emphasize penetration

> the curvilinear front looks like a goalie mask > it is still symmetrical in one direction > the penetration of the rods still doesn't read

Icebreaker Id.3 Kit of Parts

> analysed the major components of the first two models

Major Components

RodsBaseVisorstrips

Objectives: to advance the model by creating multiple repeated parts inspired by our previous iterations

Key Exploration

Combination: of diffrent parts to make new shapes

Manipulation: of how the parts go together

Icebreaker id.3 Kit of Parts

Icebreaker id.3

> simplified the parts of the model and multiplied them> designed kit of parts and make carbon copies onto cardboard >tried for and ascending structure

>said to be more interesting than the second iteration >the front/bottom curved cardboard structure could be better articulated in my view

Proportions Exercise

> did not complete got fixated on the parts i would give proportions to as opposed to just exploring different proportions >the model below is too symmetrical the one above while more interesting is two dimensional from the top down

Space Matrix

>first created my own matrix used it to create some models (left)>then stuck to the directions and tried to explore the different generic possibilities while still making each one interesting (very time consuming but fun)

Study of Contextual Architecture

Museo Luis Gonzaga by Brasil Arquitetura

> building responds to waterfront environment by being shaped like a ship (below)> the tile on facade is a response to the rippling ocean water (right)> the floor of the interior has a 'stream' of glass(below right)

Study of Biomimetic Design Note: I broke from the program in order to satisfy the program as I could not find a design from the list which used biomimetic design beyond an aesthetic level

Bionic Car by Mercedes Benz 2005

>used shape of boxfish to give the car a low drag coefficient

> incorporated how nature creates framesin order to build the strongest frame with minimum material

Study of Responsive Architecture

Campus Plaza Kyoto 2000 by Eriko Horiki

> the lit frames on exterior of building turn on automatically when night falls the building has photo sensors that detect sunlight which sends a signal to the lightsto turn on when its night and turn off in the morning

Objectives and Preliminaries: what is required for this exercise is to build an Inspiring site and create a model that directly responds to it surroundingsPlans/ Concerns: I will need to figure out what kind of terrain I will make which will decide what I will be responding to as well as how my site will be constructed. I am interested in an idea Jerry proposed that the site and structure could be frame expressions if it were apart of my concept

Site Model id 1

Note: forgot to take picture of first id. which had half the density of column 6 as opposed to twelve

>attempted to create a mountainside expressed in a frame structure

Site Response Model id.1

> attempted to create a cosy space hidden in a platou in a mountain side

>tried to differentiate the frame structures with different frame styles > turned into a devils postpile and didn't read as a site>site and structure are not unified

Site Response Model id.2

> attempted to make the "Devil's Post Pile" read more like a site by making the array denser 12 x 5 instead of 6 x 5>made a temporary structure that stands in place of a framed structure> the three distinct areas are oriented vertically in order to respond to the verticality of the site

Critique

> the structure IS NOT A FRAME, even though it its a stand in I should have drew on where the frame will be >the structure is more responsive to the site than site id.1

Site Response id.3

Objectives: to make a framed structure on the site that unlike the last one is

1.a frame

2. is different from site frame but still unifiedp368 2-24 even

3. still complements site frame form

Site Response Model Id.3

+ model was read as a dueling on the cliff face + the two tone of the structure of brown and pink was interesting + the frame of the structure was said to be interesting it the critique

- structure does not fully read as a frame-how would a person move around?