USF SACD 2020 Undergraduate Portfolio Kasey Smith

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Kasey Charlene Smith 50 Bassett Lane Palm Coast, Florida 32137 2

Cover photo: Downtown Tampa Hilton

Table Of Contents Kit of Elements

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Movement in a Field

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Le Petit Cabanon

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The Primoridal Line

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The Techtonic Umbrella

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Personal Works

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Intro to Architecture Design & Graphics 1 Professor Hala Barakat Spring 2019 5

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Final model

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Close-up of small-scale model in final model

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Close-up of medium-scale model in final model

Conceptual sections of drafts overlayed

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Intro to Architecture Design & Graphics 1 Professor Hala Barakat Spring 2019 14

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This project began with watching a movie titled “Memento,� from here I formed my concept to make my matrix inspired by the anterograde amnesia the protagonist has after an injury he experienced.

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In the second phase of this project, I created a lightbox inspired by the feeling of relativity one can feel when experiencing something new.

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The Matrix This project was split into two phases, the first being the matrix.

Final Matrix isolated

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The matrix helped me create a dynamic arrangement of planes and linear elements that translated the idea of how someone with anterograde amnesia must go through their lives facing continuous disruptions and shifts.

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Axonometric drawing of matrix with a conceptual intervention addition

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Plan of first draft

Sections of first draft

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The final model: matrix meets lightbox

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Creating sections of each draft helped me decide how to nest the lightbox into my armature, I exposed the lightbox in many sides to show that the lightbox was nterrupting the “field� or armature, feeding off of the space to create a complex concentration in one specific area.

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Intro to Architecture Design & Graphics 2 Professor Maisey Rawe Fall 2019

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For Le Petit Cabanon, Iwas ro make a “dream house� set on an irregular terrain. A challenge for this project was to incorporate an integrative moving element.

My site is in Iceland, which has a very irregular sun pattern. In the middle of summer, the sun doesn’t set for two weeks straight, then the opposite happens in winter. Because of this, my private space has two moving elements to avoid or interact with the light.

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Site Inspiration

Study drawing graphic of the Casa Bianchi building designed by Mario Botta

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Kolugjufur, via Hit Iceland

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Digitally toned frontal section of final model

Alternative view of final model

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The final shape of the model mimicks the way the water flows over the rocks at the Kolufoss waterfall at my site.

The private space itself can extend out to take in more light.

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Intro to Architecture Design & Graphics 2 Professor Maisey Rawe Fall 2019

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Conceptual site plan

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The site for this model was on the USF Tampa campus, I chose an area near the biotanical gardens and decided my model would be a space that respected and embraced nature, the trees would grow through my model rather than being cut down.

For the east-facing part of my model, I wanted to slant the walls to offset it from the other part of the intervention, this part is on-ground as well, so that anyone walking through the model at this part would actually be walking on ground, embracing the aspect of this model acting as a frame for the beauty of the nature.

East-facing end of final model

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Southwest-facing end final model close-up

Final model close-up

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Toned perspective from Southwest view

Digitally toned axonometric drawing of final model

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A Celebration of Nature I decided to challenge myself by making my intervention allow the trees to run through it, rather than cutting down or building between them, following my concept as an homage to the beauty of the nature.

Section on mylar with alcohol ink toning

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Site plan on mylar

Through site analysis, I was able to come up with a shape that complimented the surroundings of the site. I was thinking of this as a culmination of its surroundings.

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Final model from plan view

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Final model plan view

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Intro to Architecture Design & Graphics 2 Professor Maisey Rawe Fall 2019

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Moments in Red The red light cast through my model represented the ways in which ones life is impacted by the love from those who come into their lives. The red lights are impactful and in larger areas of the light garden.

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Final model close-ups

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Moments in Yellow Yellow light in the lightbox represents the intimate love experienced family. The yellow projections are in smaller areas but have bright moments of clarity.

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Final model close-ups

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“Though your heart is far too young to realize the

unimaginable

you hold inside.”

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Lyrics from “Light” by Sleeping At Last, the quote that inspired my techtonic umbrella model

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First floor

Second floor

Third floor

Floor plans

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Fourth floor

Through drawing the model in spatial viewpoints, I was able to show the variance between each floor, because the building is almost a tower, I wanted to be sure the differences among the different floors were made clearer.

Section drawing of final draft

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Set of paintings inspired by Ex:re’s self-titled album Right to left: Romance, Crushing, and The Dazzler Jan 2020, 1 hour each

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Family portrait 2016, 2 hours

“Athena and Apollo� pet portrait, 2019 Acrylic painting, 2 hours

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Acrylic experimentation with tape 2020, 1 hour

“The Lovers” sketchbook page, 2019

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Thank you for your consideration.