CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTSUNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS 2012-2014

ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO SUSAN LOPEZ

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UNDERGRADUATE PROJECTS 2012-2014

TRANSIENT TUNNELING - ONE WEEK EXHIBITION

LIGHT DWELLINGS - SIX MONTHS EXHIBITION

TENSILE STRUCTURE - FASHION PAVILION

URBAN BRIDGE - INTERGENERATIONAL HOUSING

MEANDERING CORE - NEW YORK HOTEL05

SPATIAL DRAWING - EGG06

2D DRAWING - SALVADOR DALI07

HOT WIRE CUTTING - WALL PANEL08

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DEL MAR THEATER - OUTER MISSION

TRANSIENT TUNNELING - ONE WEEK EXHIBITION TIME LAPSE CITY - ADVANCED STUDIO - FALL 2014 - INSTRUCTOR: AMY CAMPOS

This project proposes to install more than one of the sfmoma perma-nent collections in a closed theater in the city of san francisco. Del mar theater, located in the outer mission, has been present since 1920 and it was closed in 1980. Currently, the theater is used as a church. Only showing its presence during certain days such as sunday morning. Even thought, the mission is one of the most vibrant areas in san francisco, the theater ’s location lacks of identity. This short installa-tion will bring more art accessibility to the current residents. Also, families could engage in activities during sunday street.

The one week installation is possible by using deployable structure. The path consists in using the main are of the theater on the first level by placing ramps and enclosed them with flexible fabric material. These fabric walls are attached to the ramp and tensioned from the ceiling with adjustable turnbuckles following a imaginary grid from the walls and ceiling. Three paths have specific programs that are condition such as double layer for dark ambience. Also, light are manipulated by placing them strategically in desired programs. The main structure of the theater is not alter, after the one week exhibition the tunnels will be gone leaving no trace.

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FILMS FROM 1992 TO 2012DOUGLASS GORDON

OPPOSING MIRRORS AND VIDEO MONITORS ON TIME DELAYDAN GRAHAM

COUNTER LINETATSUO MIYAJIMA

FLOOR PLAN

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SECTION B

SECTION C

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B

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DEPLOYABLE RAMP

TURNBUCKLE

ELASTIC FABRIC

CABLES

LIGHT DWELLINGS - SIX MONTHS EXHIBITION TIME LAPSE CITY - ADVANCED STUDIO - FALL 2014 - INSTRUCTOR: AMY CAMPOS

The new mission theater was chosen for the sfmoma six months exhibi-tion. The theater is currently under renovation which gives a blank canvas opportunity. The theater has two different facades: one commercial and residential. The commercial façade faces mission street and the residential façade faces bartlett street; these two street will be connected by the popos. Bartlett street is currently used for farmer ’s market on thursday and will be used as sf moma sunday’s street event on sunday. The six month installation proposes to place a temporary tensile membrame structure over the main part of the theater and the popos.

The membrane is attached to the building’s structural element, such as ground and walls, to support the specific loads . The surface’s aper-tures are pull down and up taking material with it. This condition creates light dwellings where different programs such as art exhibition or recreational areas are placed. All of the dwellings are illuminated with sky lights; this natural light condition gives the opportunity to grow vegetation such as moss. Moreover, the installation will give users and option to enjoy a natural ambiance in the middle of city.

NEW MISSION THEATER

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FORM FINDING

ART LOCATION

The Nest - Louise Bourgeois Drawings + Scketchbooks - Lebbeus Woods Transformer - Katherina Sieverding

1ST FLOOR - MAIN ENTRACE

MISSION STREET

BARTLETT STREET

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SECTION A

SECTION B

TENSILE STRUCTURE - FASHION PAVILION BUILDING TECHNOLOGY: TENSILE MEMBRANE STRUCTURE - FALL 2014 - INSTRUCTOR: MAURICIO SOTO

Every year the CCA Fashion Department does a show exhibition for their students’ work. The new open back lot is the area designated to this event. Moreover, the back lot has been renovated for further student activities but lacks shade space. Currently, the space is occupied by a number of containers, use as storage, and table and seats.

The propose tensile structure will provide a cover space for future, events, such as the fashion show, protect against wind and rain, and provide shade. The light structure follows the nave’s trusses path giving the illusion of continuing space. The distinctive construction parts were designed in order to have floating effect.

Team member: Priscilla Ng

VALLEY CABLE

EDGE POCKET

ARCH CONNECTION CORNER PLATE TO MAST CORNER PLATE AT VALLEY CABLE MAST

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FLOOR PLAN

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SECTION A

ELEVATION

URBAN OPEN SPACES TYPOLOGY

FINE GRAIN

COARSE GRAIN

ROOF GARDEN

CONSTRUCTION SITE AREA FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SHIPYARD AND INDUSTRIAL

SIDEWALKS COURTYARDS, BACKYARDS, AND ALLEYSUNUTILIZED OPEN SPACES

PARKING AND STREETS

RECRETIONAL OPEN SPACES

EXISTING BUILDINGS

SHIPYARD AND INDUSTRIAL

AREA FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

SIDEWALKS

COURTYARDS, BACKYARDS, AND ALLEYS

UNUTILIZED OPEN SPACES

ROOF GARDEN

CONSTRUCTION SITE

RECRETIONAL OPEN SPACES

VISUAL ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT

VISUAL AND PHYSICAL ACCESS TO THE WATERFRONT

PHYSICAL ACCESS TO WATERFRONT

PARKING AND STREETS

SITE

PEOPLE RECREATINAL AREA

SMALL BOATS RECREATINAL AREA

VESSELS PRECAUTI0NARY AREA

The site location is in the middle of the two growing neighbor-hoods in the city: mission bay and dogpatch. Even though these two neighborhoods are next to each other, there is no easy transition from one to another, creating a high contrast at the edges. By studying and identifying the urban open spaces around the site, two main categories were discov-ered: coarse and fine grain open spaces. Coarse grain open spaces were mainly located in mission bay, and fine grain open spaces in the dogpatch, leaving the site in the middle without a third needed category of open spaces. The bridge will serve as connection between the two districts, genera-tions, and private to public spaces.

By locating intergenerational housing in the site, it will respond to the fast declination of diversity around the area and it will serve as a permeable edge from the dogpatch to the mission bay neighborhood. The purpose of the bridge is to be use as an alternative of public circulation to the waterfront. The elevated circulation will have priviledge views of the bay which were only experienced by the new modern loft occupants or block by the shipyards in the ground level. This tactic, leaves the courtyard on the ground level as a private open spaces with convenient access to the water-front.

URBAN BRIDGE - INTERGENERATIONAL HOUSINGSTUDIO 4 - SPRING 2014 - INSTRUCTOS: ANTJE STEINMULLER + CHRIS ROACH

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BRIDGING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SPACES

BRIDGING DISTRICTS

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BRIDGING GENERATIONS

FAMILIES HOUSINGSTUDENTS HOUSING

STUDENTS

SEGREGATION:

INTERGENERATIONALHOUSING COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

MORNING AFTERNOON / NIGHT

SENIORS HOUSING

FAMILIES

SENIORS

STUDENTS

CHILDCARE

ARTS

ARTS

WORKSHOPS

NIGHTENT.

EXERCISE

EXERCISE

GARDEN

GARDEN

FAMILIES

SENIORS

VISUAL CONNECTION

PUBLIC AREA

PRIVATE AREA

SITE PLAN

GROUND LEVEL

UNITS DETAIL PLAN

FIRST LEVEL

SECOND LEVEL

THIRD LEVEL

DOWN

UP

DOWNBRIDGE - THIRD LEVEL

ILLLINOIS ELEVATION

MAIN ENTRANCE ELEVATION

TERRY FRANCOIS ELEVATION

NORTH FACING SECTION

SOUTH FACING SECTION

Existing 1st Floor POPSScale 1”=128’

Proposed to Elevate and Connect POPS Scale 1”=128’

Scale 1”=16’

Scale 1”=16’

This project proposes to have a variety of scales and conditions of public spaces within the south street hotel where locals and visitors could interact in safe and welcoming design areas. These different scales and conditions of public spaces would create an identity for the south street hotel. New york city is known for its privately owned public spaces (pops) which are located mostly in the street level of buildings. Pops not only break down the density of buildings throughout the city but offers different amenities to public such as outdoor plazas and arcades with seating areas, or the indoor ones with restrooms, food court, art galleries, internet access, and circulation across buildings.

However, there are just a few pops that offer these amenities. Most of the pops feel neglected, unperceivable and unwelcoming since most of them were not thoughtfully design. In order to improve pops design, the proposal will focus on adding specific design programs where locals and visitors could interact with each other. Creating a welcoming place with privilege hotel amenities that would draw locals to come in and interact with visitors, and visitors could have a more authentic new york experience. To achieve this positive interaction, the newly improved public spaces would spread vertically across the south street hotel. This move would stop the possible local and visitor segregation by placing strategically the improved public spaces in areas with privilege views of the new york skyline.

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MEANDERING CORE - NEW YORK HOTEL

Existing Human Path

Existing POPSPrivate BuildingsScale 1”=128’

Proposed Human Path

Proposed POPSPrivate BuildingScale 1”=128’

STUDIO 4 - FALL 2013 - INSTRUCTOR: ADAM MARCUS + MATT HUTCHINSON

MASTER PLAN

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LOCATE PUBLIC SPACE

FIXEDCORE

MEANDERING CORE

MEANDERING PATH

ROOMS

PUBLIC POOL/ ROOMS

RESTAURANT/CAFE

PUBLIC POOL/SPA

MARKET / PUBLIC SPACE

ENTRANCE/CO-WORKING OFFICE/LOBBY

PRIVATE

PROGRAMS PUBLIC POCKETS

ADJUST PUBLIC POCKETS SKIN RESPONS TO PROGRAMS

PUBLIC

VIEWS FROMPUBLIC SPACES

PRIVATE

PUBLIC

SITE PLAN

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SECTION AXONOMETRICLOBBY, CO-WORKING OFFICE, AND PUBLIC PLAZA1ST FLOOR

ROOMS AND PUBLIC POOL10TH FLOOR

SPA AND PUBLIC POOL6TH FLOOR

INDOOR FARMERS MARKET4TH FLOOR

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SECTION B

SECTION A

SECTION B

SECTION A

SECTION B

SECTION A

SECTION B

SECTION A SECTION B

SOUTH STREET ELEVATION FULTON STREET ELEVATIONJOHN STREET ELEVATIONFRONT STREET ELEVATION

ELEVATIONS

WALL SECTION

SECTIONS

GROUND LEVEL - EXTERIOR VIEW10TH LEVEL - EXTERIOR VIEW

ARIAL VIEW - EXTERIOR VIEW

STUDY MODELS

As a team, we came up with the design concept by separating the egg in different layers. This strategy helps us to understand the script in grasshopper. The robotic arm starts from the bottom layer until it reaches the upper last layer. The overall result is a simple and beautiful spatial drawing with clear intention to show progression by stacking the layers.

Moreover, gif and renders were intentional prepare to emphasize the strategy.

Team members: Prairna Gupta + Kyle Yamada

STATIC IMAGE

KUKA’S POSITIONS

EGG’S LAYERS PROGRESSION

KUKA’S RENDER MOTION

EYE ROBOT - FALL 2014 - INSTRUCTOR: JASON KELLY JOHNSON SPATIAL DRAWING - EGG

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In this project, Salvador Dali portrait was chosen, the portrait was broken down into different geometric shapes by using the image trace tool in illustrator. Once in rhino, curves were broken down into different layers. By having different layers, the drawing shows a 3dimensional effect.

The closest curves have least contour lines and the deepest ones have more contour lines.

Team members: Jonathan Joong

ORIGINAL PICTURE AI IMAGE TRACE KUK AIRBRUSH PAINT

EYE ROBOT - FALL 2014 - INSTRUCTOR: JASON KELLY JOHNSON 2D DRAWING - SALVADOR DALI

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For this final project, as a group, we decided to emphasize the edges on the wall. By doing this, different apertures were created. Instead of using a 20”x10”x2” block, we used 3.3”x20”x2” block. Even thought, it was risky to work with such slim piece of block, the robotic arm did not have a problem following the script from grasshoper.

After we cut ten pieces, total of twenty pieces (we used both mirror pieces of block), we ended up with a screen wall with different apertures sizes.

Team members: Kyle Yamada + Jonathan Joong + Ernesto Preciado

EYE ROBOT - FALL 2014 - INSTRUCTOR: JASON KELLY JOHNSON HOT WIRE CUTTING - WALL PANEL

RHINO MODEL

SECTION PANEL WALL PANEL

WALL PANEL COMPLETE

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CATHEDRAL OF ST. MARY OF THE ASSUMPTION - PIER LUIGI NERVI + PIETRO BELLUSCHI

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH WHITE MODEL 1 RENDERING IMAGE

COMPOSITED IMAGEWHITE MODEL 23D MODEL

BRICK

CONCRETE

WOOD

METAL

VISUAL DIGITAL MEDIA 3 - FALL 2013 - INSTRUCTOR: MICHELLE CHANG

This image focus on recreating the warm morning light and shadows casting over one of the main columns. Moreover, this light condition gives hierarchy to the area next to the altar. The images above how the different stage in rhino, 3d max, and photoshop.

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