Visualization 2 Portfolio

Samuel Becker Visualization 2: Spring 2020 Professor Jason Trutner

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Content Cover Page Perspective Collage (Original Image) Perspective Collage (Progress) Perspective Collage (Digital Final) Perspective Collage (Analog Final/ Final Product) Monograph (Best Spreads) Monograph (Physical Binding) Site Analysis (Autocad) Site Analysis (Illustrator/ Final Product) Site Analysis (Detail Callouts) Design 2

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Project 1: Perspective Collage

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Original Image

First Progress

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Third Progress

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Digital Final

Final Collage

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Project 2: Monograph

Early 1900’s West Coast Residential Architecture In direct contrast to the blocked out architecture the entrance to the house consists of a quarter circle shaped driveway and a similarly curved staircase. This style of entrance prevents the blockiness from becoming overwhelming while simultaineously emphasizing it.

One of the things i found most interesting about this house was its historical signifigance. aside from the very important reason it was built and the notable people who have lived there the house also contains the oldest functional sundial in seattle.

Sam Hill House 1910

The Sam Hill House was constructed between 1909 and 1910 in preperation for a belgian royal family memers visit to seattle. Following Sam Hills death in 1931 the house was purchased by a local preservationist named Guendolen plestcheeff who lived there until her death in 1994. the house then was listed again in 2016.

The architecture of the Sam Hill house is very blocky, as was typical in the area at various points in time. Due to its blocked out structure the scale of the house is very easily lost, and its very easy to forgot you are looking at an enourmous mansion just by picture.

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Best Spreads

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Textile Block Houses 1920-1930

Dr. John Storer house

The John Storer house was one of Frank Lloyd Wrights earliest residential buildings in california. he drew from the traditional blocky structure and stone material typically seen in the area while adding a twist of his own with the expansive windows stretching from floor to roof.

The Alice Millard house represents Frank Lloyd Wrights desire to branch out from his reputation as the prairie house architect. he decided to experiment with concrete blocks as a building material because it was "the cheapest (and ugliest) thing in the building world," and he wanted to take on the challenge. the result is a beautifully ornamented piece of classic californian architecture.

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Alice Millard House

The Ennis house was the fourth and largest of wright’s textile block houses. He uses the blocks to create a feeling of movement throughout the exterior of the house that makes it feel like it would be a waste to rest your eyes on any one thing in particular and lose the movement effect. Due to construction complications the owners of the house took over construction after a certain point and deviated from wrights original design.

Charles Ennis House

The Samuel Freeman House is another one of the four textile block style houses. The green and tan colors off the stone and accents compliment eachother very well. I also find the ornamentation on the blocks to be the most beautiful in this house.

The house was given to the USC school of architecture and in 2005 the produced a 3200 page document detailing the condition of the house.

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Samuel Freeman House

Physical Binding

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Project 3: Site Analysis Diagram Philadelphia Museum of Art

Autocad Inspiration

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Illustrator Final

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Detail Callouts

1. Different colored dashed lines indicate varying forms of circulation

3. Solid Blocks of color indicate natural features or notable manmade structure

2. Fading rings indicate areas of high traffic

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Samuel Becker Design 2: Spring 2020 Professor Andrew Hart

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Content Cover Page Semester Summary Case Study (Furniture House 1) Case Study (Paper House) Case Study (Model) Case Study (Site Plan) Case Study (Section/ Elevation) Case Study (Furniture House Plan) Case Study (Paper House Plan) Mondo Materialis (2D) Mondo Materialis (3D) Visitor Center (Model) Visitor Center (Model) Visitor Center (Exploded Model) Visitor Center (Diagrams) Visitor Center (Plans) Visitor Center (Section/ Elevation) Visitor Center (Hybrid Image) Visitor Center (Influential Study Models) Semester Reflection

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Semester Summary

Throughout this semester we had three main projects, with each one guiding the next. The first was a case study with a partner on an existing house somewhere in the world, designed by a well known and accomplished architect. The houses me and my partner researched were Furniture House 1 and Paper House by Shigeru Ban. Following this we created a Mondo Materialis based on our understanding of the case study, and using a concept that we derived from the case study. The concept i understood from Furniture House 1 and Paper House was “two halves of a whole” based on the seperation of the private and public spaces between the two buildings. using this i created a 2d representation in the form of a drawing, and a 3d representation created in the woodshop. Finally we had to propose a visitor center located on the site of the case study and using the concept we derived for the mondo. I chose to embody the concept of “two halves of a whole” by seperating the two distinct spaces in my visitor center, and further embraced the existing architecture by getting lost in the nuances of certain design decisions.

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Model Rendering

Project 1: Case Study (Partner Dawan Daniels-Leech) Furniture House 1 and Paper House by Shigeru Ban

Exterior Photo

Interior Photo

Shigeru Ban Floorplan

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Exterior Photo

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Interior Photo

Shigeru Ban Floorplan

Case Study Model

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Site Plan

Sections and Elevations

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Furniture House 1 Floorplan

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Project 2: Mondo Materialis Concept: Two Halves of a Whole

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3D

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Project 3: Visitor Center

Concept: Two Halves of a Whole Site: Furniture House 1 and Paper House by Shigeru Ban

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Exploded Model

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Diagrams

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First Floor Plan

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Second Floor Plan

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Elevation

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Conceptual Hybrid Image

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Study Models

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Semester Reflection 1.What are the threads that wove through your semesters work?

Throughout the semester there were many common themes in my work. During the portion of the semester when we were still on campus most of my models and study models were made using tension and physical connections rather than bonding things together. During the latter half of the semester I fully embraced moving to online classes by working mainly digitally. However the most important common thread i have noticed through this semester has been that as each project progressed i grew more and more interested in the fine details and nuances of the moves that i was making, ensuring that there was no “unnecessary� elements in my design.

2. What did you take away from this semester?

During this semester I had a lot of difficulty with time management. In the beginning of the semester i would spend just enough time on my design work to get it done, however i grew increasingly dissatisfied by the work i was producing. It took me a long time to get a handle on this situation, as time management has always been one of my weakpoints, however towards the end of the semester it finally clicked that if i wanted to be happy with the work i was producing then i would have to invest a lot of time and energy. I believe that moving into future semesters the biggest challenge for me will be managing my time better to produce work that i can be proud of.

3. Final Reflection

This semester was an incredibly unique and valuable experience, not because of the coronavirus pandemic but because of the many things i learned about myself and architecture as a whole. Through the projects i did i discovered the value of details and nuance, as well as the importance of having a strong concept that you are passionate about. Through my classmates and other students projects i learned many new techniques and ideas, but most importantly i learned that everyone has different levels of skill with different things, and the best way to learn those skills is through their work. Finally, through my own personal struggles this semester i learned valuable lessons about the way that i work such as needing to improve my time management, and that relying solely on your own skills without improving or expanding is not enough to produce quality work.

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