Meaghan CampUniversity of Southern California

01//Glass Origami Installation:Through a collaborative process, the entire studio developed and constructed a full scale glass installation designed by a few of our classmates; for fiscal and structural reasons, we worked with corrugated polycarbonate in lieu of glass.

PLAN @ 10’

SOUTH ELEVATION

EAST ELEVATION

02//Physical Concrete Bench Study:This project dealt with the hands-on experimentation with our given material, concrete. Through numerous tests, we were able to produce a concrete bench using fabric as the formwork and catenary curves as the primary design.

Build the frame for the concrete using plywood 2x2s. Cut the wood down to 12” and 36” pieces; using 2” nails, nail the four 36” pieces together to form a square and then the four 12” pieces for the legs of the frame

Using another 26” piece of plywood, nail this 18” from one of the edges

Stretch the concrete-filled fabric to fit the frame and nail down the five high points. Let the concrete sit overnight, or

for 8 hours, and remove the fabric carefully.

03//Concrete Pool House: This project was created from the notions of tensile structures and minimal surfaces. By studying Frei Otto as well as Toyo Ito, we were able to understand these types of structures and design our own with the intention of building it from concrete. However, to begin the design process, we used pantyhose in order to articulate the surfaces, then dipped the pantyhose fabric in plaster to represent concrete.

Minimal Surface/Tensile Structure Studies

04//HOUSING: MULTI-FAMILYMy design is a multi-family housing structure located near downtown Los Angeles on 7th & Irolo. I began designing by regulating the building to the street and prioritizing the circulation. I extruded the units from the linear circulation axes. This strategy yields a large courtyard beyond the building as well as individual terraces for each unit.

Building square footage: 12,787 sqftLot area: 41,850 sqftLot dimensions: 135’ x 310’Floor area ratio: .305

12 one bedroom units @ 616 sqft21 two bedroom units @ 784 sqft12 three bedroom units @ 1064 sqft

Number of parking spaces: 45

Outdoor space: barbecue, playground, swimming pool, basketball court, exercise room

04//Multi-Family Housing:My design is a multi-family housing structure located near downtown Los Angeles on 7th & Irolo. I began designing by regulating the building to the street and prioritizing the circulation. I extruded the units from the linear circulation axes. This strategy yields a large courtyard beyond the building as well as individual terraces for each unit.

Building square footage: 12,787 sqftLot area: 41,850 sqftLot dimensions: 135’ x 310’Floor area ratio: .305

12 one bedroom units @ 616 sqft21 two bedroom units @ 784 sqft12 three bedroom units @ 1064 sqft

Number of parking spaces: 45

Outdoor space: barbecue, playground, swimming pool, basketball court, exercise room

A fraction of the circulation axis acts as a support system to the cantilevered units; in addition, these spaces by the two story units serve as internal circulation whereas by the one story units they serve as storage and trash areas and offset corridor vestibules.

Circulation axes along the edge of the site; units extruded toward the street to the site setbacks. The maximization of site area produces ample courtyard space.

Courtyard regulated by a grid generated from the ground floor plan. The lines

defining the units are extended to the outdoor space

Two bedroom, one story unit

Three Bedroom, Two-Story Unit

One Bedroom, One-Story UnitTwo Bedroom, One-Story Unit

Ground Floor Plan

Elevation

05//CALA:Envisioned as a home for those interested in architecture, urban design

and the built environment of Los Angeles, CALA strives to be a place that will inspire, engage, and educate. My original design intent involved

creating a building that could deviate from an organized and strictly orthagonal site and eventually focused on establishing a clear relationship

between CALA and the civilians of Los Angeles.

THIRD FLOOR PLAN FOURTH FLOOR PLAN

FIRST FLOOR PLAN SECOND FLOOR PLAN

06//This project was focused on material and tectonic exploration resulting in a large-scale facade prototype. I approached the project with an interest in the various perception qualities of continuous fins. Using mesh operations in Grasshopper, I produced an ever-changing space made up entirely of fins penetrating the interior.

Initial Concept: Movement and Transparency

07//28th & Blake Denver Housing Project:This project began with the ultimate goal of bringing the public into the site in order to create a community-like environment within the recently developing area of Denver the property is set in. The driving force of the project is the concept of “alleys” set between independent bars of units stretched across the site. Blocks of varying height are carved out of each bar to reduce some of the mass as well as provide more private courtyards for the building’s residents.

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Transverse Section

Fourth Floor Plan

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Operations: Massing, Circulation, Public/Private Space

Facade Operations

Facade Pattern & Materiality