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Unseen Exhibition WUHO GalleryJesse Cabildo

Andre Gharakhanian January 16—

February 8, 2013

Unseen seeks images that cel-ebrate the photog-rapher’s eye, dis-covering beauty, banality, and the everyday; images that make the un-seen visible through light, exposure and the photographic frame are desired. The exhibition features student, amateur and profes-sional photographers working in all me-diums and styles. School of Architec-ture students Andre Gharakhanian and Jesse Cabildo built an interactive in-stallation inspired by the exhibition, incorporating the aperture of multiple lenses in one space.

Scripted Geometry Process

Aperture Components

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Outer Pivoting

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Bottom Encasement

Encased Shutter

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Expanding Member 1

Track System

Expanding Member 2

Locking Part 1

Member to Sphere Connection 1

Locking Part 2

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Adaptable Futures

Dwell on Design Design Village

Summer 2012Andre Gharakhanian

Charles GhiottoJesse Cabildo

Node control explores the possi-bilities for real time adjustment of spatial conditions at multiple scales. The design is intended to adapt to site conditions through a flexible structural system that expands, contract, and rotates to the will of the site. The versa-tility of the system allows for a structure that can aggregate upon itself and adhere to different architec-tural demands. Composed from a kit of parts, the sys-tem is easily adjusted at an accessible scale and has interchange-able components to maintain convenience. The adjustable mechan-ics and flexibility of parts create the structure’s versatil-ity of adaptability.

Module Transformation

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omJune 2012

Yeh-Design LabYi-Hsiu Yeh

Andre GharakhanianJesse Cabildo

Charles Ghiotto

This instal-lation is a result of an intensive 6-week investiga-tion inspired by the “origami” clutch bag that is currently in prototype develop-ment at Yeh Design Lab. The two proj-ects share the as-piration to achieve volumetric trans-formation triggered by a single action. Comprised of geomet-ric facets designed to kinetically move with one another our installation at A+D showcased an assem-bly of 100+ identi-cal and intercon-nected equilateral origami modules.

Perforated and Scored Triangular Pattern

Leather Tabs

Magnets

Leather Tabs overlap patterns and adhere to Veneer. Magnets adhere within leather tabs and allow modules to clasp shut

Scored Rectangular Pattern

Folded Wooden Veneer

Assembled Module

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Axonometric

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Welds

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Andre GharakhanianJesse Cabildo

This piece in-tends to domesticate the I beam by fusing an industrial mate-rial with the domes-tic nature of a cof-fee table. The piece is designed program-matically in section to create multiple surfaces of use, and in plan voids are implemented to pro-vide transparency and surface acces-sibility. The re-sulting design is a heavy mass of steel designed to maintain a visual lightness though glass voids and cantilevering surfaces.

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Studio 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 2 Bedroom Adjacency 3 Bedroom

Structural Wave Deployment

Bike Path Extension

Unit Organization

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Fall 2011Studio 3A

Instructor Peter ArnoldEric Arm

Jesse CabildoRa’ana Ahmadi

Dockweiler Beach is a relatively desolate beach south of its main entrance, and is located west of LAX. The main en-gagement of the site occurs at the perim-eter of the beach, mainly through the bike path that flows along the street and through the actual waves that draw peo-ple to the coastline. The proposed design links both aspects of the site by extend-ing the bike path toward the waves, and conceptually bring-ing the waves closer to the bike path. A thorough analysis of the geometry of the bike path as well as a formal exercise derived from wave remnants left on the sand, influence the structure and deploy-ment of the housing program.

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Instructor Takako TajimaJesse Cabildo

The cemetery utilizes the modularity and informa-tion derived from site map-ping to generate a systematic design upon the site. A cem-etery that also functions as a recreational park was the given program, with emphasis on the cemetery. The types of burials required became split between above ground and be-low ground, with a duality of urn or coffin, resulting in four different burials with close spatial relationships. The module developed created a set organization between urn and coffin, but could still adapt between above or below ground burials. Along with a burial organization the module also maintains a strict system of ADA ramp-ing and stairway circulation all along the hillside. The placement of each module is dictated by multiple con-straints of site mappings, mainly sun exposure and foli-age, while slope contours decide orientation and depth of each module. To address the duality of program a secondary roof garden system that responds to solar expo-sure was deployed to allow for recreation to occur above the cemetery, maintaining a strict segregation between programs. This systematic ap-plication of program allows for the community to both pay their respect to the dead and enjoy living.