Over-Folding
Architectural Design II • Transformation Study
USC Architecture • Instructor: Lauren Lynn • Fall 2016
Project i
Project 1 mainly focus on study of different type of strange roof from each building in Los Angeles, and pick on of the building as main topic to do further study and transformation. in the end, I pick this Air-plane shape building from Farrar st and S Atlantic Blvd, the building was original for milk drive-thru. but because the modern technology, people start buy milk from market, so the building was abandoned. and I am interested by object’s proportion between its roof and base
Project ii
Project two focused on the different views and perspective of my object. In my First drawing which is the one with different axonometric drawings., I examined the proportional relationship between the roof and its base.
In drawing two, I combined different views of the object to generate new forms and examine these new proportions of roof and base.
In drawing three, I was interested in the relationship between area and the surface area of the transformed object, so I unfolded each iteration of the transformed object to compare unfolded area to the volume area.
Project III
Project 3 used a similar strategy to end the form. I used various views from project 2, and combined them in plan view. Those overlapping plans allow for semi-exterior space between each program elements. Furthermore, the overlapping forms create a series interior-exterior- interior experiences.
On the other hand, unfolded garden walls around the perimeter of the house block the car light, noise, and the visual movement from entering the space. From the exterior of the building, the walls are opaque.
On the inside, most of interior walls are made of glass to promote openness in an otherwise protected or closed space.