summer albouy — issue 2022--CONTENTSCONTENTS REST STOP. VILLA MÜLLER / HACKED! CASE STUDY: IKEA BALENCIAGA WINDOW DISPLAY GALLERY OF GROTTOES VITRA CHAIR PAVILION 1 DESIGN PERSONALTHECO-WORKINGCHALLENGETOWERFOODBOROUGHWORK 36323028 2414121082 It’s time!SummerPortfolio issue No.22 Read inside for more about Summer Albouy’s portfolio between 2018 and 2022.
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The rest stop’s concept is dictated by these pavilions, each holding walls. In a typical rest stop, there is no desire for the public to explore the space and rather use its utilities and leave. With this format, visitors can take time to meander throughout the site and discover each of the rest-stop
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Located off highway I-75, the site serves as a rest stop with basic amenities such as a cafe, a welcome centre, and interstitialCreatingspace with five primary pavilions and its off-setting walls invites the public to freely typicalexperienceasite,throughoutcirculatethecreatinguniqueofareststop.
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Even in this new age of technology with concepts such as the Metaverse and NFTs, today’s culture still finds comfort in y2k aesthetics and retro cyberpunk themes. Given the task to re-imagine Villa Müller in a new form led me to produce renderings of a vaporwaveinspired version of the iconic building. Merging something studied so definitively in architecture with a trivial, yet specialized concept brings about a new perspective on Villa Müller – a new clash of ideas that would otherwise never find its way connected to one another.
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In collaboration with Nick O’Brien A very specific programmatic type of architecture – warehouses –showcases Visitingarchitecture.andfoundunconventionallyelementsincommercialresidentialIKEA,an iconic warehouse, and analysing its components sheds light on these makecomponentsarchitecturalthatthesespacesso specified. Studying this specialty architecture concludes with high ceilings, lots and bays, metal shelving units, and the product units occupying them.
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As a dive into retail and my personal interest in fashion & window display, I worked on a miniproject looking at Balenciaga’s F/W ‘22 campaign and designed window fronts for the new collection. The brand has more recently been known for its obscure, dystopian look that elevates street-wear . One thing that has stuck out to me about Balenciaga is the choice of materials, which I really wanted to emphasise in these renderings.
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The texture and shine of the aluminium backdrop really speaks to the futuristic aesthetic of the fall/winter collection and starkly contrasts with the black patent leather drapes as well as the clothes on the toBalenciagamannequin.tendshaveavery clean look, and accompanied with my personal touch from my toaddsbrand’stoplasterbackground,architectureutilisingcolumnsshowcasethenewbagsmorecuriositytheaesthetic.
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art gallery, these were all questions we asked ourselves along the way as we studied the concept of image object. How can we shape the way we view architecture through the lens of a camera, or with touchups on Photoshop?
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Studying Gaudí’s works as precedents – La Sagrada Família, Casa Milà, Park Güell, and Casa Batlló, led to the extraction of the materialistic quality of his buildings. The ornamental and mosaic-like piecing of Gaudí’s iconic architecture led to the inspiration behind my proposed art gallery.
--summer albouy — issue 2022 --What really is, and what is not? This collection of collaging warps and merges reality and fiction: the rose window theaGüellfoundcolourfulskylights,becomesabenchatParkbecomesramp,andornamental figures from La Sagrada Família’s portal becomes a gritty grotto as it lines the walls. thetextureofexperimentationAnmaterialityandbeginsformationof the final project, while drawing these elements from Gaudí. gallery of grottoes — ug4 18 19
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The final gallery is formulated around interstitial space which serves as open gallery spaces, allowing guests to flow from one space to another. Other amenities such as an auditorium, co-working spaces and offices, and a café also inhabit this gallery found amongst the trees, sitting on the site in Storm King Art Center (New Windsor, NY).
The weirdness and ornamentality taken from the original materiality of Gaudí’s works is utilized in the structural components of the gallery itself, shaping the walls of the different programs. With the help of displacement mapping, these materials become alive and begin to poke out into the galleries, creating grottolike structures and walls to house the artwork in. While this project was unlike any other I’ve ever worked on, it was the most fascinating and experimental journey I’ve been on — I hope this shows through in my work. gallery of grottoes ug4
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David Hockney-Inspired “Weird Chairs”
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projection mapping their curves onto our pavilions to create graphical shapes. Alluding to the wavy graphics on the exterior of my pavilion, the stands in which the chairs would be showcased on sat on a curvy wave, which can be viewed by visitors streaming in and out through both sides of the structure.
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As part of my Design Thinking minor, we were challenged to research an ongoing initiative at the Ohio State University and design graphical representations to be spread around campus in order to promote our chosen initiative. Being Chinese, promoting diversity and inclusion specifically for the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community resounded with me. After weeks of research into local and national organisations with similar values and graphic design lectures, the final project was a poster and Instagram posts that are not only visually appealing but include compelling content for students and readers to follow this initiative. design challenge
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Given a site in downtown Columbus, Ohio, we were charged with developing a concept for a co-working tower that would not only include office spaces, but spaces of leisure such as a marketplace, cafes, restaurants and other amenities to serve its purpose to those who occupy the building and the public. We find ourselves in a time where being able to spend time outdoors, instead of quarantined, is a privilege and more and more of society seeks this experience. This concept boasts itself.toforcingoutsidetowerexperiencefullytheandopen-airedbuildingthroughoutcantileversoverhangingthewithbothspacesfullvisibilityofcityaroundittomaximisetheoftheandbringthein,withoutoccupantsleavethebuildingFurthermore, we were tasked with questioning the sustainability of this project and to keep some factors in mind whilst developing our concepts. The tower’s south/west facing allows the interior to be flooded with natural, yet less harsh, light and its mesh envelope serving as a skin for the glass exterior.
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An elevator system allows for guests who specifically have business on the upper floors to move upstairs without needing to circulate throughout the entire building. Overall, this project aims to promote a one-stop shop and build a community within the building where the programs are intertwined.
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The building is divvyed up into three portions, the lower, public floors serving as a marketplace and dining halls, the middle portion as a large atrium for hydroponic equipment to grow plants and small trees with an outdoor garden, and the upper, more private floors for the cooking institute, auditorium, and rooftop garden. Despite the segregation of these parts, they also come together as a whole by serving needs to one another. For example, the cooking school floors hosts a restaurant in which guests can experience a practicing chef’s cooking, and the produce grown in the greenery can be sold by vendors in the marketplace.
As part of some introductory studies to Gallery of Grottoes (p. 12), I began experimenting with curves and building collages that allows a curve from one image to flow into another. These collages also document how photographic representations can begin to form architectural concepts, alluding to the idea of the image object. From there, the collages were projected on to Booleaned spherical and cylindrical shapes, warping and bleeding the image. The images break apart and merge, shifting the original composition into something entirely new.
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Another precedent study for Gallery of Grottoes, experimenting with Mies’ works instead. Taking parts of walls from his work, this collage alludes to Mies’ concept of shifting planes and organizes them to trick the eye, obscuring the parts of the whole.
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Studying Gaudí’s work just shows how weird the components and detailing of his buildings stick out but also blend well together. This collage represents pieces from several buildings, yet could be read as one structure.
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