HTOWNFLOW FLOWINHOUSTONRAPTO ARCHITECTURE
BASIS OF DESIGN
H TOWN FLOW
FLOW IN HOUSTON RAP TO ARCHITECTURE
BASIS OF DESIGN
PAGE 3-4: TELL ABOUT YOURSELF
PAGE 5-6: THESIS STATEMENT
PAGE 7-8: HOUSTON,TEXAS, USA
PAGE 9-12: H-TOWN HIP HOP CULTURE
PAGE 13-14: PRECEDENTS
PAGE 15-16: PRECEDENT TRANSLATION DRAWING
PAGE 17-18: IMAGE SAMPLING TO H-TOWN FLOW
PAGE 19-20: H-TOWN CULTURAL OBJECTS TO SPATIAL FLOW
PAGE 21-22: REPRESENTATION MODEL
PAGE 23-24: H-TOWN FREESTYLE MODEL
PAGE 25-26: CHOPPED N SCREWED MUSIC TO ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION
PAGE 27-30: H-TOWN FLOW ART REPRESENTATION
PAGE 31-32: SITE LOCATION
PAGE 33-34: CREATE A SPATIAL FLOW
PAGE 35-38: CONCEPTUAL FLOW DESIGN
PAGE 39-40: CITE YOUR SOURCES
TELL ABOUT YOURSELF
Terrance Phillips is a potential architectural designer from Houston, Texas. After growing up in southern hip-hop culture in his hometown, his dream goal is to create a platform space that promotes and represents my group's social, economic, and political dynamics in hip-hop culture. He decided to pursue his current research on Hip Hop Architecture at the University of Southern California because he believes that a new creative concept can resolve issues and impact our lives, the very essence of quality of life. His purpose as a designer is to live in a world where I can create and bring possibilities into existence, thereby shaping our world for the better. hometown, is social, I our
THESIS STATEMENT
In that case, my thesis project aims to create a transition piece that serves as a conduit for the Houston flow of rap to architecture that expresses social and cultural significance , celebrates its representation , and fosters new ways of learning and promoting peace, unity, and transparency .
HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA
H TOWN HIP HOP CULTURE
Houston, the capital of Texas rap, is one of the unique hip-hop cities in the southern region of the United States, and it has its sound, style, and culture. Chopped and screwed is a popular music genre in Houston hip-hop culture and a unique technique of remixing music that involves slowing down the tempo and DJing. DJ Screw is the blueprint of Chopped and screwed since the early 1990s, and it sets that trend of Chopped and screwed until this day. Slab culture in Houston's hip-hop scene has been a uniquely southern subculture of auto-enthusiasm since the 80s, and vehicles with slabs can be seen anywhere in Houston by their custom candy paint, interiors, and wheels. With early roots in jazz, blues, and R&B, Houston hip-hop evolved as a cultural movement through time and beat the standards of being just as a musical form. It expands to different cultural activities of Houston hip hop thanks to Houston artists like Slim Thug, Pimp C, Bun B, Paul Wall, Beyonce, Chamillionaire, Travis Scott, Megan Thee Stallion, Scarface, and many more.
Credit: Artwork by Nato James Douglas James
PRECEDENTS
Zaha Hadid's Dongdaemun Design Plaza
National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts: Performance Complex
Frank Gehry's The Louis Vuitton Foundation
Mecanoo’s UNStudio’s Mercedes-Benz Museum
PRECEDENT TRANSLATION DRAWING
IMAGE SAMPLING TO H
TOWN FLOW
H-TOWN CULTURAL OBJECTS
TO SPATIAL FLOW
REPRESENTATION MODEL
H-TOWN FREESTYLE MODEL
CHOPPED N SCREWED
MUSIC TO ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION
H-TOWN FLOW ART REPRESENTATION
SITE LOCATION
CREATE A SPATIAL FLOW
PEDESTRIAN
CHARTRES ST.
CONCEPTUAL FLOW DESIGN
CITE YOUR SOURCES
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H TOWN FLOW
FLOW IN HOUSTON RAP TO ARCHITECTURE
BASIS OF DESIGN
TRACK 1: TELL ABOUT YOURSELF
TRACK 2: THESIS STATEMENT
TRACK 3: HOUSTON,TEXAS, USA
TRACK 4: H-TOWN HIP HOP CULTURE
TRACK 5: PRECEDENTS
TRACK 6: PRECEDENT TRANSLATION DRAWING
TRACK 7: IMAGE SAMPLING TO H-TOWN FLOW
TRACK 8: H-TOWN CULTURAL OBJECTS TO SPATIAL FLOW
TRACK 9: REPRESENTATION MODEL
TRACK 10: H-TOWN FREESTYLE MODEL
TRACK 11: CHOPPED N SCREWED MUSIC TO ARCHITECTURAL VISUALIZATION
TRACK 12: H-TOWN FLOW ART REPRESENTATION
TRACK 13: SITE LOCATION
TRACK 14: CREATE A SPATIAL FLOW
TRACK 15: CONCEPTUAL FLOW DESIGN
TRACK 16: CITE YOUR SOURCES
TERRANCE BRIAN LOUIS PHILLIPS
USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
GRADUATE THESIS 2023-2024 ANDY KU