ARCHITECTURE + INTERIOR DESIGN
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OBSERVATION TOWER
This exercise introduced students to the schematic design process, tectonics of architecture; issues of sustainable practice such as: orientation, passive solar design, day lighting, and ventilation; relationship of building to the site and landscape. This exercise continued to explore, development of conceptual underpinnings in design; as well as abstract compositional and ordering principles such as the geometry of design and the use of the regulating lines. This exercise also focused on developing craftsmanship and precision in two-dimensional drawing and three-dimensional form making.
VISITOR CENTER
The purpose of the visitor’s center was to educate the public and provide an opportunity to observe birds that migrate through this region. The design must be primarily orthogonal. Things that had to be consider: the focus and design of the exhibit; how the building interacts with the earth, water and sky; how the building shields human movement from the bird population as not to disrupt their habits. Architectural principals that were investigated are: approach, procession, entrance, site and building circulation, sequencing of spaces, ground plane, views, light, silence, water, sound, etc.
FREY HOUSE I
Precedents in Modernism
1940 - PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA - ALBERT FREY - 898.82 SQUARE FT
This project involved teamwork, research, drawing, diagrams, documentation, models and presentation of key residential scale buildings of the twentieth century. This exercise increased my general knowledge and understanding of significant architectural works and their designers as well as the historical and cultural contexts in which they occurred.
CLIFFORD STILL
PH-118 - 1947 - OIL ON CANVAS, 69” X 53”
Students were given an artists from the 20th century, to which they had the freedom to choose one of their pieces to emulate and extract into a three-dimensional way. Soon this artwork will turn into a three-dimensional occupiable space influenced by the artwork chosen.
LIVING SEED BANK
Site: Downtown, Albuquerque, NM
Introducing the urban context to increase awareness of the complexities inherent in designing within it; an architectural program of sufficient complexity to apply design knowledge from previous exercises; introduce issues of accessibility regarding both site and building to accommodate individuals with varying physical abilities; and exploring spacial relationships among vertical circulation, sectional ideas and sun orientation.
DRY TORTUGAS NATIONAL PARK
Observation | Performance | Holding
Researching the islands of the Dry Tortugas National Park, students were assigned to design spacial constructs within this National Park. These spacial constructs had few limitations, the main requirement was that each spacial construct had its own program: a space for observation, a space for holding, and a space for performance. The conceptual underpinnings of each program was designed, researched and executed by each student individually.
