Syracuse Architecture ARC 107 Portfolio

ARC 107 PORTFOLIO FALL 2017 TINA LIM

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A VOCABULARY AND A GRAMMAR Exercise 1

The goal of this exercise was to use basswood, chipboard, and insulating foam to create “objects” in accordance with assigned operational “verbs”.

For this project, the “verb” interlock was used. The idea of physical interlocking and well as the interlocking of space drove this project. For the final project, four quadrants were created with the physically interlocking chipboard, each with their own distinct pattern. As for the basswood sticks, they were physically interlocked with each other to create spacial interlocks. Small squares were attached to some of the basswood interlocks to create another type of physical interlock.

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SCALE, MOVEMENT, AND CONTEXT Exercise 2

Students were first asked to observe, experience, and represent in drawings buildings on the Syracuse University campus. Working in a team of four, perspective and orthographic drawings were created of the Ernie Davis Dormitory.

Students were then asked to individually create models that started to create habitable interior spaces. The characteristics of scale, movement, and context were used to help define these spaces. In this project, three rectangular “bars” were put together and oriented in such a way that created a rotation of these bars. columns and solid walls serve the purpose of indicating a directionality and to emphasize the “desirable” and “undesirable” views.

Collaborators: Yongqi (Rayna) Lu, Niall Ingaldson, Diana Quesada

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Perspective

Plan (Yongqi Lu)

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Elevation

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Perspective

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Perspective

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Perspective

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LEARNING HOW TO LEARN FROM ARCHITECTURE Exercise 3

This exercise asked students to analyze a significant work Arquitectes_CASA of architecture. A RCR series of diagrams, an axonometric drawing and a thesis were produced in order to analyze these works. The assigned house was the Casa Rural, designed

by RCR Arquitectes in 2007.

RURAL_2007

Tina Lim The Casa Rural located near La Garrotxa, Spain, is unique in that the building itself actually consists of different segments, each with their own distinct section.

These segments are made up of eleven identical rectangular prisms that have been arranged into five modules, each one interconnected by a long hallway. Some of these modules consist of more than one segment placed almost directly next to each other in order to create larger, more communal spaces. Another notable thing about this building is the way that it is integrated into the landscape around it. It lies between two fields and is partially embedded into a cliff. The architects intention was to preserve as much of the site’s natural beauty as possible, and did so by using the natural splits in the landscape to provide the framework for the Casa Rural’s divisions.

The way that the Casa Rural is organized also creates certain views. There are openings that provide views towards the northern direction, where cliff is facing, and the southern direction, where there is landscaping as well as a large field. As a whole, the Casa Rural is successful in its intention to be a building that is well-situated into the landscape around it.

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Circulation Diagram

Axonometric

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DESIGN AS SYNTHESIS Exercise 4

In this exercise, students were asked to design a house for an artist that would contain both the artist’s living and working spaces. The house would be located in an artists’ colony, surrounded by houses of other artists.

The artist of this particular house is a fashion designer. The form of the house is inspired by the organic shape and fold of fabric. The patterning and the way that the curves are oriented indicates a directionality through the house.

There are three main spaces in the house; namely the gallery space, the studio space, and the living space. The gallery and studio spaces are within the large curves, while the living space is a glass bar above the studio space that is pinched between the two curves.

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Axonometric

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20 Sectional Final

Sectional Final

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Instructor: Prof. Lindsay Harkema TA: SĂŠbastien Simonnet