A Work in Progress....

A Work in Progress....

This is an animation for my graphic communications class depicting a typical day in the studios at USC. Needs some further editing, I will post a final later.

Class Animation Project from aaron m on Vimeo.

Launtner

Launtner

 

Today we went to the Goldstein House by Lautner in my Historic Houses of Los Angeles class. I have to say this was truly one of the most amazing buildings I have ever gone too. Don’t have much time to share a lot of information, I will post more later, but I thought I would share some images.

 

 

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A Pavilion....

A Pavilion....

[definition] a free standing structure whose architecture makes it an object of pleasure.

The purpose of this pavilion was to create an outdoor structure that can be enjoyed year round. The pavilion is comprised of two spaces that take on new characteristics as the months change. The northern space is more open, providing views to the north, shading the southern sun, and accommodating the light northern breeze. The southern space shades the summer sun but allows the winter sun inside, allows for views to the south, and the striations in the façade provide a gentle breeze. The overall form of the pavilion twists and turns to accommodate blocking the sun, providing entry, enclosing space, partitioning space, and creating seating. The form is also striated by contours that allow light to pass into the pavilion and decorate the ground plane with constantly changing shadows. The shadows create an ever changing atmosphere inside the pavilion, helping marking the passage of the seasons.

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nearing the end…

nearing the end…

Perspective of public dining / entry corridor

 

 

Finals review is coming up soon and we were instructed to begin to think of the drawings that we would like to compose to represent our projects. I think instead of ‘photo-realistic’ renderings I am going to create renderings that are more like line drawings like the image above. This was my sample to show my professor tomorrow and gain some feedback.

 

 

 

Zoomed in view

progress…

progress…

 

 

Yesterday the studios held a progress critique that was intended to explore the building systems and structural ideas within our mixed use designs. Yet the critique turned into a much more in-depth investigation into our overarching conceptual and urban ideas. Here are some of the drawings and renderings I produced for the review.  I left the review with many new ideas to incorporate including making the Santa Monica elevation more porous in the housing clusters.

 

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Detailed Section of varying types of circulation / social space

 

Midterm Presentation

Midterm Presentation

 

Two weeks ago was midterm presentation. This consisted of my peers and myself staying up for endless hours to produce work demonstrating our goals for the project. We were required to present ideas about how our project operates urbanistically demonstrating this through models, drawings, and renderings.  My presentation was received well and the focus of my design for the next few weeks will deal with the connection between my private housing and the more public ground plane (how can these two merge or create a third condition?)  I am excited for the development of my project because I think it has a lot of potential but still needs a lot of resolution and problem solving. Progress to come soon.

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Section illustrating the seamless transition from the street to the interior of the project. The section is cut through the public social void of the housing clusters.

iterations…

iterations…

Iterations

Gearing up for midterms on Wednesday but first I need to do some experiments in folding to help me design the podium for the public functions of my building. Here is a quick update as to where I am at. This post will be updated in the near future.

 

current scheme

 

The idea is to generate a new ground plane for my housing clusters that is has more order and logic then my current scheme.  I think that I now have a further understanding of how to bend and fold the ground plane in order to create space and experience. While none of these forms seem to be the "perfect" form for the site, I believe the exercise has led me to think about this in a better light. For my ground plane on Monday / Wednesday I am going to take the ideas I learned from this exploration and execute them to simplify my current scheme. These study models have also engendered new ideas into my head for site organizational strategies along the ground plane.