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CONTENT FLUID CONTOUR MODEL // NYX THEATER// NO.1 // ARTIST RESIDENCE // URBAN NATURE CENTER

CONTENT FLUID CONTOUR MODEL // NYX THEATER// NO.1 // ARTIST RESIDENCE // URBAN NATURE CENTER

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FLUID CONTOUR MODEL

This project was an exploration of relationships between form and connection. Through understanding how connections can express and

accentuate form one can create or break form with the appropriate use of connection. This sculpture consists of 300’ of copper wire inserted into

2816 holes. The contour of the wire breaks around the main projection of the connections to highlight their presence.

NYX THEATER

This project is located in downtown Oklahoma City, within the historic Film-Row District. It focused heavily on bio-mimemetic precedent. Similar the function of air within the lungs, people (like oxygen) circulate vertically within the wall and experience the program of the building from the INSIDE. The types of movies played here would be curated to accentuate the experience of the cavity and be curated to accentuate the experience of the cavity and not necessarily solely for entertainment value.

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DIGITAL FABRICATION

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This project was a lesson in digital fabrication but also an exploration of how organic spaces diff er from rectilinear spaces experientially. For me, the process in this project was a perceptual shift from how I had previously thought about design and form generation.

“GENERATION OF A COM-PLEX FORM WITH THE

FABRICATION PROCESS IN

MIND. “

PLEX FORM WITH THE

FABRICATION PROCESS IN

MIND. “

ELEVATIONSScale 1/8” = 1’

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ARTIST RESIDENCE

This project started with the study of three precedent artists and evaluation of their photographic and artistic styles. The stylistic culmination of the of the three artists would then become a narrative or “client” that would guide the course of the deign process. The three artists that I was given were all very diff erent but maintained a constant preference to the isolation of human form or loss of context for the subject. Recognition of this helped in the design process of the building.

PRECEDENCE PHOTOGRAPHS

Astrid Klein (German, b. 1951)LepossibleAus der Serie: “Broken Heart”, 1980CollageSize:196 x 140 cm. (77.2 x 55.1 in.)

Alexander Alland (1902–1989)Sans titre , ca. 1943gelatin silver print, mntdSize:18.1 x 23.1 cm. (7.1 x 9.1 in.)

Louis Carlos Bernal“Dos mujeres, familia López” 1978.Size: Unknown

CLIENT PHOTOGRAPHS

ARTIST RESIDENCE PRECEDENT PHOTOS

Bottom Left: View of north elevation.Bottom Right: Inte-rior studio space.

Top Left: View of second floor galleryTop right: View of south elevation.

VIEW FROM NORTHSCALE 1/8” = 1’

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NORTH SECTION

SOUTH SECTION

RENDERINGS

FLOORPLAN Scale 1/8” = 1’

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SECOND FLOORScale 1/8” = 1’

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URBAN NATURE CENTERpurpose: A place designed to connect people to nature with an empha-sis on helping guests realize the value of meditation and activity, as well as a sustainable living within an urban context. context.

design brief:Through exploring and understanding the experiential elements of the park and using them as precedent, this project aims to engage the site and the public. As people experience the program of the building they will cultivate deeper intra-personal awareness, as well as an awareness with their relationship with the natu-ral environment

Contextual self-awareness and understand-ing ones role as a guest within the prescribed site is key to understanding the prescription of the desired experience. Perceptual high points made from external stimulants such as harsh wind, changes in grade, and lines of sight, direct the intra-personal conversation that shapes how the experiencing party understands the space.