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The Fall 2015 semester has yet to start and I am currently in a 10 day Computer Transformation course at USC Architecture to prepare me for the upcoming term. This class is everyday (including weekends) and focuses on the use of Rhinoceros 3D and Grasshopper.

Project 1 is comprised of 2 parts, 1A: Vaulting Systems and 2B: Terra Sections. We were to choose from a list of Gothic Churches and re-engineer its vaulting system using Rhino 3D.

I 3D printed the study model black and used a white material so that light would be shown through the model. The use and location of each quadrant provides a different experience than the other.

Toyo Ito Light Study Model

So this was my first time using Rino and Vray to put together a digital model but I’m pretty happy with the way it turned out. I am still learning Rhino and what it is capable of. In the video I wanted to highlight the use of natural and artificial lighting in each space and the different experience each quadrant creates.

The start of my reverse engineering was focused on the two inversions located in the two exhibit rooms.

I moved to 3D printing a massing model to compare the scale to the rest of the classes museums.(due to being the smallest).

This model was 3D printed in black to emphasize the light that enters the building and emitted from it at night.

This Spring’s studio project is a museum for Downtown Las Vegas. I am currently doing my case study on Toyo Ito’s Yaoko Kawagoe Museum.

Since our last pin up, I have been continuing my studies on creating spaces that help integrate the newer development plan into the existing context. The landscape is kept at a more human scale to provide a sense of environment and enclosure. Along with the section, I have also been studying different styles of paving that could possibly be used on the site. Some of the earlier iterations became too busy and a more simple, less “loud” pattern was needed. The section shows a cut through the site, as well as the community to the north and Bonanza Rd. to the south. The area of challenge still is the space between the workforce housing and the retail pavilions. It is somewhat better than earlier iterations in the sense that there is now a lower 3ft. fence to create a separation and provide privacy but still provide some transparency through the vegetation.

In the last few weeks, I have been visiting The Linq multiple times a week collecting data for the Community Integrated Resorts(CIR) study. I have analyzed the sensory aspect of the the major areas and also looked at how people use and walk through the spaces. I’ve noticed that certain paving on the walkways have an impact on the path that people walk. Along with that study, I measured the sounds within these areas and recorded what activities were happening. With the information that I have gathered, I am trying to see how these all effect the businesses. Most businesses that I looked at kept their doors open during the day and night to draw customers to their business. Each business played their own type of music and helped draw customers to stop and look or even enter the business. The team has narrowed down what we think a CIR consist of into three categories: physical, programming, and sensory. The part that I will continue to focus on currently is the sensory of The Linq and how it can help with the CIR project.