Undergraduate Portfolio

PORTFOLIO. david r. alcala undergraduate

4th YEAR - SGH + DRI DESIGN DESIGN COMPETITION DESIGNERS: DAVID ROGELIO ALCALa AND JOSH PUPPE

STUDIO |

TECTONICS

PROFESSOR |

BACON

PROJECT |

SEARCHING FOR THE INEFFABLE

ST. JOSEPHS CATHOLIC CHURCH AIMS TO SERVE BOTH THE UNIVERSITY POPULATION AND THAT OF DOWNTOWN LINCOLN, NE. THE PROJECT AIMS TO ACHIEVE THIS BY FACILITATING AN UNDERSTANDING OF HUMAN LIFE AND DEATH THROUGH A DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP of the TRADITIONAL CHAPEL SPACE, JUXTAPOSED WITH THAT OF AN ELEVATED COLUMBARIUM. PRESENTING A CONTRAST BETWEEN TRADITIONAL SPACES OF WORSHIP AND ONE OF REMEMBERANCE. THIS RELATIONSHIP IS REPRESENTED through the use OF LIGHT AND DARK SPACES WITHIN THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF A MATERIAL LOGIC to STRENGTHEN THIS LINK BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARK SPACES. THE USER IS ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUOUSLY CIRCULATE VERTICALLY THROUGH THE ARCHITECTURE, ENDING THEIR JOURNEY AT A ROOFTOP GARDEN, REMINDING THEM OF THE HOPE THAT REMAINS AFTER DEATH

VOID VOID A PORTION TO CREATE AN ENTRY CONDITION

DILINEATE DILINEATE A COMMUNITY ACTIVE SPACE

EXPAND EXPAND THE SPACE TO CREATE A THRESHOLD FROM COMMUNITY SPACE TO WORSHIP SPACE

SETBACK

SETBACK REMAINING MASSES TO CREATE A VISUAL HIEARARCH

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SECOND FLOOR - OFFICES/OPEN AIR LIBRARY

THIRD FLOOR - CHAPEL/PRIVATE CHAPEL

FOURTH FLOOR - COLUMBARIUM

FIFTH FLOOR - ROOF GARDEN

COLUMBARIUM BLACK GRANITE

NAVE

WOOD

CHAPEL GLASS

COMMONS AND EVENT SPACE GLASS

CHAPEL AND COMMONS ALUMINUM PERFORATED PANELS

2nd year - UNL ART QUAD INTERVENTION STUDIO |

DESIGN FUNDAMENTALS

PROFESSOR |

PROJECT Olshavsky |

wall project

The art quad wall project aims to create an Accessible yet private space on campus that students may use as a space to meditate, study and relax, Providing the University’s population with a place from which to take a break from studies and clear the mind. wooden slats and frosted glass are employed to filter the amount of light entering the space creating a pleasant and warm environment. The space is able to doubly function during university “passing periods” as a simpler alternative for students to circulate from one end of the art quad into the glenn korff school of music. While becoming a space for relaxation during the dead periods.

Frosted Glass THE MATERIAL IS EMPLOYED IN ORDER TO DIFFUSE THE LIGHT ENTERING THE SPACE OF THE PAVILION. CREATING A SOFTER AND AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT

WOOD SLATS WOOD SLATS WERE CHOSEN AS THE CLADDING MATERIAL TO ALLOW LIGHT TO FILTER THROUGH THE SLAT SPACES AND CREATE A WARM AND INVITING SPACE

RAILING RAILING USED TO CREATE A SEPARATION BETWEEN CIRCULATION AND LOUNGE SPACES

ELEVATED PLATFORM THE MAIN LOUNGE SPACE WAS EXTRUDED UP SO AS TO CREATE VISUAL CUES OF PROGRAM DIFFERENCES

FLOOR LEVEL THE GROUND FLOOR SPACE IS USED TO ENCOURAGE NEW ROUTES OF CIRCULATION ON CAMPUS

SITE ONE

0 10

1’

50

3’

1’ = 1/32”

SITE PLAN

UNL ART QUADFLOOR PLAN

1’

NORTH ELEVATION

SECTION

3’

3rd year - FLATWATER FOLK ART MUSEUM STUDIO |

SITE AND CONTEXT

PROFESSOR |

RAYBUCK

PROJECT |

FOLKART MUSEUM

The Flatwater Folk Art museum, situated in Brownville, Nebraska, aimS to create a pleasant user experience which allows the user to be presented with new forms of art they may not be accustomed to seeing. This was accomplished through the use of transition spaces which ALLOW THE USER A SPACE TO REFLECT ON THE ART JUST EXPERIENCED, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY ALLOWING THEM TO RENEW THEIR CURIOSITY FOR THE FOLLOWING GALLERY. THE GALLERIES BEGIN AS TRADITIONAL FOLK ART, TRANSITIONING INTO OUTSIDER ART, LANDING FINALLY AT THE TRAVELLING EXHIBIT SPACE AND EVENT SPACE. CIRCULATION IS DRIVEN THROUGH VISUAL CONNECTIONS CREATED AT MULTIPLE VANTAGE POINTS THROUGHOUT THE ARCHITECTURE, CONTINUOUSLY BECKONING THE USER THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.

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1026

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1036

1038

1040

1042

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B

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1046

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1050

1052

1054

1056

1058

1060

1068

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SLOPE 1:12

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6TH STREET

1066

1036 SLOPE 1:12

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1064

SLOPE 1:12

SLOPE 1:12

WILLIAM STREET

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COAT STORAGE

GALLERY

GALLERY

GALLERY

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CAFE

FFE 1044.07

UP

TELE COM C

BREAKROOM D

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LOADING + RECEIVING

WASTE

CATERING KITCHEN

OFFICE

OFFICE

OFFICE

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GIFT SHOP

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1044

TRANSITION SPACE PERSPECTIVE

FIRST FLOOR - LOBBY/OFFICE/GALLERIES

SECTION A

SECTION B

EAST ELEVATION

SOUTH ELEVATION

4th year - conagra re-development STUDIO |

URBANISM

PROFESSOR |

andersen

PROJECT |

master plan

THE GOAL of the conagra redevelopment is to build on existing conditions and culture within omaha. WITH low living costs and demand for creative minds, omaha ranks as the #9 city to be a starving artist in. ranking at the #40 city (FORBES) in the nation for low cost of living, this along with a #76 rank (FORBES) in ARTS & leisure, positions omaha so that it may develop a brand new “creative” district within the conagra site redevelopment. this site is ideal for this “cultural hub” as it can become a center of gathering for all the other cultural insitutions found within downtown omaha. the development of this new district would allow for a reinvorgation of the omaha downtown, pulling in a new wave of both young and matured artists. The end goal of the development to create this “cultural hub” Where artists and designers can be a part of a larger institution which teaches younger generations to think creatively and be independent. breaking down the barriers currently existing in the education system.

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multi-family housing mixed use/studio space

PERSONAL WORK - SCULPTURE/HYBRIDs A small collection of personal creative projects that i have created over the course of my undergraduate education

COLOR THEORY - PAPER DRESS

HYBRID SKETCHES

steel welding project

The paper dress project looks to experiment with color and how it can be applied onto a piece of fashion. the dress was made with an old state farm road atlas, using the different color values found within the atlas to create color progressions and texture.

A creative exercise of taking 50 blank spreads within a sketchbook and filling it with various sketches of the city using a hybrid approach. the overlaying of different media and information expands on a traditional hand drawing. the exercise was conducted while studying abroad in paris, france.

The premise of the project was to take an item dear to me and create a steel wireframe sculpture of it to gain a new understanding of the space housed within the shell of that object. in this case an inhaler was chosen as i have dealt with asthma my entire life. the Albuterol container is removable.

DAVID R. ALCALA