1st Year Portfolio

Mojgan Aghamir First Year Portfolio UCLA A.UD 2015

Content

. Broken Telephone

Fall 2014

Introductory Design Studio 411

. Dubios Identity

Winter 2015

Building Design Studio 412

. Clip-On Shade: Elevation. Light. Lightness Tech Core Studio 401

Spring 2015

Introductory Design Studio UCLA A.UD 411 Instructor: Andrew Kovacs Fall 2015

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nitial analysis based off a perception of an ideal plan led to an understanding of a geometric logic that governs Chartres Cathedral’s (1194-1220, France) design. Through further analysis, a constant shifting,16” rotation, off the main axis within the vaults was discovered, beginning in the nave and continuing like a game of broken telephone through the transepts and peaking at the point in which the nave meets.

Chartres Cathedral consistently breaks bilateral symmetry whenever new information is added,including each rotation that occurs as you progress through the nave and the choir. This alters the perception of how the “actual” relates to the “ideal”, which brought up the question of how one should judge what the ideal is. It would appear that the ideal would be maintaining bilateral symmetry throughout the cathedral, but that would require the loss of information, including the various rotations that we discovered.

The premise of this project is to analyze how our perception of something is affected by how we relate it to what we perceive as the ideal; Through the utilization of the same rules, i.e. those of disorientation, rotation, breaking symmetry that were applied to the entire Chartres Cathedral, and applying them to a localized area of the choir.

By further exploration of what these misinterpretations produce, and their comparison to the perceived ideal perhaps a better understanding of how we define ideal will be understood. Will the ideal remain constant or become variable through the exaggeration of conversations and as these altercations are applied to a localized geometry? The choir.

Misalignment Localized to an Area in the Choir

Chartres Cathedral Reflected Ceiling Plan

Misalignments throughout the Cathedral

Recommence of Misalignment 45 Degrees

Formation Diagram

Formation Diagram

Stacked vs. Embeded Parts Diagram

The Inception of New Columns Generated Plan

Elevation

Axonometric View

Building Design Studio UCLA A.UD 412 Instructor: Narineh Mirzaeian Winter 2015

The Building Design Studio focuses on the relation of structure to architectural design and examines different strategies of expression and form finding through the development of a multi-level, elementary- limited in programmatic and organizational complexity to a short set of requirements- building encompassing a post-production studio in Los Angeles.

There is no defined “space� of post-production. As such, there is no one-to-one correspondence between structural organization of the building and the operations that take place therein. Specific site and programmatic requirements were introduced sequentially through the project. The building type is a reflection of the studio’s ambition to foreground structural order as a driving force that organizes physical, formal, and spatial principles. The nature of a post-production studio is such that assigned and unassigned programmatic elements can be sequenced and organized rather liberally, all the while tethered to a larger structural strategy.

Chosen Figure From the Precedent

Profile Orientation Iteration

Right Elevation

Study Models Phase 1

Front Elevation

Study Models Phase 2

1st Level Floorplan

2nd Level Floorplan

3rd Level Floorplan

4th Level Floorplan

5th Level Floorplan

Rooftop Plan

Sectional View #1

Sectional View #2

Study Models Phase 3

Sectional View #3

Structure Detail

The development of a post-production studio cluster is a strategic operation aiming for synergy and a clear identity. The objective was to translate the social and democratic character of the organization into a building with excellent working conditions and spatial qualities.

The structure is conceived as a steel rack which permits adaptation to the flexible nature of the organization. The steel rack is wrapped in a concrete and glass skin. the positioning of the pixels creates roof gardens or outside areas for every floor. The generic office floors recline and are recessed in various places to reflect the urban context and to create communal indoor and outdoor areas and outstanding daylight conditions. At street level the building volume is opened by sheltered entrance zones. The pixelated design allows this specific response whilst being efficient and flexible. As a result, every floor of the building is both unique and generic: the pixelated volume makes the generic specific.

Exploded Axonometric

Tech Core Studio UCLA A.UD 401 Instructor: Steven Christensen Team: Setareh HajiSaleh, Tomas Tran, Mojgan Aghamir Fall 2015

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John Deere Headquarters Main Building with Sun Angles

Floorplan- 1st Level

This course was organized according to a standard structural model underlying many strong architectural projects. Understood in three phases, the work began with careful analysis of existing, seminal case studies, or precedents. Upon familiarization with the case in question a problem was constructed, drawn from a limited set of principles observed in the precedent as well as others that came from outside. From there, project developed as the reflection of a singular, specific resolution of the more general problem.

Floorplan- 2nd Level

Precedent : John Deere Headquarters Moline, IL (1964) Architect: Eero Sarinen Typical Floorplan Level 3-7

The unwavering consistency of John Deere Headquarters envelope presented a problem. While the outer layers of steel members ostensibly are mitigating environmental pressures, their distribution around the structure is entirely indifferent to orientation, program, or adjacency.

This project does not critique the existence of excess in John Deere Headquarters; rather, critique the indiffernce of its distribution accordingly aims to redistribute structural material in response to environmental and programmatic conditions.

1. Steel Column 2. Main Girders 3. Floor Beams 4. Window Mullions 5. Steel Plate Louvers 6. Grided Sunscreen and Ceiling 7. Floor Plate and Glass

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Solar Analysis

South-West

North-East

North-West

North-East

Clip-on Shading Typology

South Facade Shading

West Facade Shading

North Facade Shading

East Facade Shading

Heirarchical

Non-Heirarchical

Uniformity

Variation

Indifference

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Main Girder Suspended Ceiling

John Deere Headquarters Detailed Wall Section

Aluminum tube with steel cable Perforated aluminum in-fill panel

Bolted connection In-fill panel / railings

Clip-on connection welded to existing structure

Bolted connection

Fastener loop

Performative loop with perforated aluminum panel infill

Bolted connection

Primary loop

Proposed Design Detailed Wall Section

Louver

Glass Window Mullion

Louver

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Glass Window Mullion

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Light Filter

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Light Filter

Interstitial Space

Main Girder Suspended Ceiling

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Concretete Topping Cellular Steel Plate Steel Beams

Interstitial Space

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Concretete Topping Cellular Steel Plate Steel Beams

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Physical Models Phase 1

John Deere Headquarters Study Corner Model

John Deere Headquarters Detailed Section Model

John Deere Headquarters Complete Building Model

Proposed Design_North-West Facade Isometric View

Proposed Design_South-East Facade Isometric View

Physical Models Phase 2

Final Model Demonstrating Different Shading for Each Side of The Building

Tube Bending Jig Designed for the Final Model

Final Model Demonstrating Different Shading for Each Side of The Building