sketches: A Collection By Michael Lamont Scarboro

sketches A COLLECTION BY MICHAEL LAMONT SCARBORO

sketch: 1. a rough or unfinished drawing or painting, often made to assist in making a more finished picture.

Before I learned the word “architecture,” I discovered the power of the hand-written sketch. As a kid, sketching allowed me to envision solutions for my problems. I designed many things: cooler clothes, faster cars, but the thing I found the most comfort in designing was a home.

My family lived in nine houses in four cities before I started ninth grade. Discontented with that reality, I sketched furiously, designing my own home, a place for my rootless family to find stability.

While the sketches of my youth figuratively solved my problems, the sketches of my undergraduate design studios did so literally. I relied on sketching as a main method of problem-solving. The kinesthetic process of drawing out ideas on a page forces my mind to maneuver decisively, analyzing issues and visualizing solutions in tandem. My work is dependent on my ability to capture and scrutinise the details of design through sketching.

These are my sketches.

Image right: “My Dream Room” (2008)

fenestra V. Goodwin Design 4.1 Fall 2018

remove V. Goodwin Design 4.1 Fall 2018

ascension V. Goodwin Design 4.1 Fall 2018

relief V. Goodwin Design 4.1 Fall 2018

selected artworks: 2015 - 2019

fenestra A SURVEY OF FENESTRATION TYPOLOGIES

fen·es·tra·tion: 1. from Latin fenestrare, from fenestra “window, opening for light” 2. the arrangement of windows and doors on the elevations of a building—the openings

Fenestra is an analysis of facade typologies. A collaged precedent-study matrix of twelve facade typologies, and an identical, layered, monochromatic relief sculpture.

INTENT To define the architectural aesthetics of a building To contemplate interior and exterior functionality

FRAME

SCREEN

PARAMETRIC

LAYERED

IRREGULAR

REPETITIVE

PUNCHED

PRECEDENT MATRIX

RELIEF SCULPTURE

remove AN EXPERIMENT IN FACADE DESIGN

re¡move: 1. take (something) away or off from the position occupied.

2. a degree of remoteness or separation.

Presented with the task of designing only the facade of an urban infill building, I designed Remove. Remove is a four-story, mixed-use building composed of a coffee shop on the ground level, office space on the second level, and residential units on the third and fourth levels. A multi-level lightwell links each level and casts light deep into the building.

The aim of Remove is to provide a retreat from the demands of the chaotic urban environment. The coffee shop offers solace by means of a semi-private outdoor room encased by a perforated brick wall. Inside, dwellers have a filtered view of the outside while being guarded from the views of those passing by. The office level offers a balcony with a more extroverted outdoor space and uninterrupted views of the surroundings. Similar to the coffee shop, the upper-level residences house more spacious outdoor rooms with broader views that allow residents a vertical connection to the environment below.

INTENT To create intimate, semiprivate outdoor space To disperse light to dark spaces deep within the building Image left: detail of facade model Image right: schematic massing parti

Images rendered using instant coffee.

Image left and right: building section drawing and model both hand painted with instant coffee.

ascension AN INVESTIGATION IN LIGHT & SPACE

as·cen·sion: 1. the act of rising to an important position or a higher level.

Ascension explores the relationship between man and nature through the use of a centralised atium space.

The eight-story, mixed-use building joins the two by way of a spiral staircase that connects gardens on the ground and roof levels.

Patrons are invited into deeper communion with nature through the ancient religious practice of circumambulation—the ceremonious act of revolving around a sacred object. As patrons ascend the monumental spiral stair, they circumambulate, reflecting on the nature above and below them.

INTENT To foster a reverence for nature To create horizontal connections between each body, as well as vertical connections between the ground, office, and roof levels To fashion a lightwell, dispersing light to each level

Image left: interior atrium model Image right: sketch exploring the idea of upward movement

MASSING MODEL

PRECEDENT MATRIX FOUR-SIDED BBC Scotland David Chipperfield Architects Glasgow, Scotland 2007

THREE-SIDED The Atrium D'Ambrosio Architecture Victoria, Canada 2011

LINEAR Holland Park School Aedas London 2012

EAST ELEVATION

NORTH ELEVATION

UP

ROOF GARDEN

TYPICAL FLOOR

GROUND LEVEL

EAST - WEST SECTION

NORTH - SOUTH

ATRIUM INTERIOR

relief AN EXAMINATION IN ARCHITECTURAL SOCIOLOGY

re¡lief: 1. a feeling of reassurance and relaxation following release from anxiety or distress.

2. assistance, especially in the form of food, clothing, money, given to those in special need or difficulty.

Posed with the challenge of utilizing modular design to explore live-work spaces, I created Relief.

Live-Work Nodes encourage the creation of intentional bonds through communal living and collaboration in different art forms.

Modular Living Vessels (living units for residents) latch onto Collective Ateliers (multi-story art studios), forming Live-Work Nodes that create outdoor rooms for residents to enjoy.

INTENT To provide an adaptive environment where distressed people find reassurance in collective community To combat social isolation and anxiety through intentional relationships To create horizontal connections between each body, as well as vertical connections between various floors

Upper sketch : exploring the idea of vertical connections Lower sketches: schematic partis

COLLABORATIVE ATELIER

SITE PLAN

COLLABORATIVE ATELIER LIVING VESSEL OUTDOOR ROOM

EAST - WEST SITE SECTION

OUTDOOR ROOM

NORTH - SOUTH SITE SECTION

THIRD LEVEL

ATELIER SECOND LEVEL W/ LIVING VESSEL ACCESS

LIVING VESSEL SECOND LEVEL

LIVE-WORK GROUND LEVEL

THIRD LEVEL W/ ATELIER ACCESS

FOURTH LEVEL

INTROVERTED ATELIER & EXTROVERTED LIVING VESSEL

LIVING VESSEL INTERIOR

EXTROVERTED LIVING VESSEL, INTROVERTED ATELIER

selected works 2015 - 2018

Leaning Crane graphite on bristol

L. Bryant Draw 1 Fall 2015 Florida State College at Jacksonville

Black Like Coal (self-portrait) charcoal on newsprint

L. Bryant Draw 1 Fall 2015 Florida State College at Jacksonville

Who Is Like the Lord (Michael) screenprint

H. Wiltsher Silkscreen Printmaking Spring 2017 Florida A&M University

Unconditional screenprint

H. Wiltsher Silkscreen Printmaking Spring 2017 Florida A&M University

Superficial H. Wiltsher Advanced Workshop Spring 2018 Florida A&M University

screenprint

Picking Up Brad I photography

Summer 2019 Jacksonville International Airport

—m18nov19.0819 photograph

Group 4 Design, Inc. Jacksonville, FL

Picking Up Brad II photograph

Summer 2019 Jacksonville International Airport

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