paraSITE Process Book | Site 200 | Humberto

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paraSITE15 map • design • make team 200 Reginald Lata John Lin Chris Leo Mitchell Rincon

Mitchell Ryan Rincon was born January 5th, 1996 in a sleepy beach town in San Diego County called Solana Beach, but he always had dreams of fame and the big city.

As he aged his soccer and guitar skills grew exponentially as he worked in his grandparents Mexican restaurant to get some money in his pocket. He was sure that his big break would come soon enough. One sunny afternoon he decided to become an architect and applied to his dream school that is Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Now he has taken a leap of faith and will surely be rewarded. The big city will have to wait a few years, but Mitchell will be ready for all that it throws at him.

mitchell RINCON john LIN

John's dream is his five years here is to get his hair to white. Going to a school so far away has allowed him to rebel against his Asian parents and dye his hair secretly. It has been a stressful process bleaching his hair but John has finally made some progress. Beside's caring for his hair, John's only other passion is woodworking. He began woodworking freshman year of high school and hasn't stopped since. Wood has a warm characteristic that is unparalleled in the crafting world. Despite his mother thinking he wants to become a construction worker, he's continued in wood working and only aspires to become better.

Born in Washington, D.C., he has spent his entire life living in an Urban setting and as a result, he loves being around people. Spending a great deal of time outside he has a fondness for organic shapes. He developed his love for architecture after attending a Washington Capital’s game and experiencing how 18000 people interact within an intimate stadium setting. He has since translated his affection for stadium design into aspirations to become an architect.

Chris also has a deep-seated passion for music as he has played the violin since the age of 5 and enjoys drumming as a rock and jazz musician.

christopher LEO reginald LATA

Reginald Lata. August 12th, 1996. Born and raised Filipino in Long Beach, CA. Enjoys photography, dancing, singing, and just acting like a fool. Loves the color maroon. Just an Architecture student trying to get through life with little to no problems. Update. It isn’t working out that way, but it’s cool.

Loving this rollercoaster I’m riding on.

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24” clearance zone

12” cleareance zone 48” clearance zone

4” working zone

clearance plan

elevation

south section

site analysis

CONCEPTS

group 200 placemat location: vg’s cafe time: 9 PM - 11 PM “play with your food”

- prof humberto

to skew the vertical elements

to distinguish motion in the space

DEVELOPMENT

front buckets

side buckets

notches for paracord

support for front buckets

exploded axo

recycle and reuse

wood connection axo

metal connection axo

inspired by:

CONSTRUCTION

goal: skew the vertical elements within the site.

material exploration poplar wood douglas fir wood 12 gauge steel steel channels paracord everbilt screws, hex nuts & bolts

paraSITE construction

CAED Support Shop wood shop | metal shop table saw handsaw joiner planar

metal handsaw welder grinder drill press

installation start: 6:00 PM

installation finish: 12:00 AM

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camacho, andrea halim, ayu lynch, joseph puig guijarro, mariana

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lata, reginald leo, chris lin, john humberto | pm rincon, mitchell

paraSITE(s) in place

it was a great experience working with groups 300 & 104. we were able to make paraSITE history. also, it just looks so damn good.

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choy, leesa rose, hailey-rae roth, calvin turek, sharon

There is always that one project that a person loathes but loves at the same time. For me, paraSITE was exactly that project. Although these past three weeks were filled with immense stress and worrying, it was definitely worth it. I learned what it takes to be in architecture school and how hard I have to work to get my projects to stand out. I was fortunate enough to work with these great individuals who helped me learn new things and ultimately helped me see how much I love this major. Although we had a rough beginning at the start of this process, it was great to see how much we progressed as a group and how quickly we did it. We took on challenges the professors thought we wouldn’t be able to take on. Our design looked amazing and I’m proud of it no matter what anyone says. The idea that we were able to connect three projects together really blew my mind. It was an opportunity, so we took it. Does that count as paraSITE history? I really hope it does. paraSITE isn’t a project that students should be loathing, it should be a project they should be excited for. Sure you have to work with people you might not know or get along with, but that’s what architecture is like. I think the hardest thing about this process was the uninstallation portion, because I really wished we got to keep up our paraSITE, but alas, we had to dismantle it. RIP 2015-2015.

I want to say thank you to all the professors, red shirts, and studio peers that helped us out throughout this entire project. We wouldn’t be able to have made something so great if it wasn’t for you guys.

Looking back on parasite, I’m very pleased with the outcome. I think our team had very good chemistry and worked quite well together. There were a couple of setbacks in the beginning and middle of the project that made the process a bit more stressful than it had to be. When we were in the analytical phase and beginning to come up with ideas, we received the code restrictions for our site. This was a pretty big setback at the time as we had to scrap all of our previous ideas and generate new ones in a short amount of time. The second setback occurred when we got denied twice for our building permit. I felt that we were ready to build, but it benefitted us in the long run as we were able to figure out our joints. The fabrication process was long and stressful but I feel like it was worth it because I liked the way our parasite turned out.

Process and the change through process has been the prevailing theme of this quarter and project. In order to truly respond to our site, it was necessary for us to stay open to change. We had to be flexible to adapting to hiccups that we might encounter. Like a parasite we had to adapt for our survival. Our design changed so often that I don't even know what iteration we're on. Not only has our paraSITE changed almost every day but it's even changed during the day of installation.

This has also been by far the hardest part of paraSITE. It was knowing when to change and how to change.

Another difficulty we had was designing for the real world and in live scale. Every model we had completed so far was done in a smaller scale. We hadn't had to take into account weight, tension, weather, or various other conditions. The design for our connections had to go through many phases of change in order for us to get it to the most practical - yet related to our design - form. We couldn't achieve everything we wanted in our design but we were able to achieve this symbiosis between design and practicality.

I'm happy that my group was able to have pioneered such an immense collaboration between three groups - especially Group 300. Adding on to the stress of building our own paraSITE, we had to make sure that we could carry the weight of Group 300's paraSITE. However, the end product was a beautiful response to the verticality of our locations.

When one is truly immersed in ones work it no longer takes on the connotation of burden. Although the immense stress definitely took its toll, the final product did more than rejuvenate me. This was the first point where I actually felt my work was actually realized. I was and still am incredibly proud of the work we did. We had to work through many unique challenges and I believe that we did well in combating these obstacles. When urged to work in collaboration with both the groups above and below us, we knew that we would have to be the leaders of the operation. This made for a more demanding design, manufacture, and installation process, but the final composition was worth the extra work. We started off to a bit of a slow start because of this and also because of the safety restrictions, but by the end of the first week, we hit our stride and didn't look back. I am incredibly happy with our design and final product. We did not alter the design too much throughout the process, so we had the ability to fine tune our design and details. I liked how we were able to relate our project to music because music is definitely an important aspect of my life and thus I was able to connect more intimately with the project. The only thing that I believe really lacked to and extent was our craft. This was mainly due to the time we had to manufacture the piece.

Overall I believe our piece was incredibly successful and did a nice job altering perception and space as you view it from different positions both on the stair landing and from below. It was a great experience and I have learned a lot that I will carry over to next quarter and beyond.

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