PORTFOLIOGREGORY MORGANPCC ARCHITECTURE 2011-2012

olympic village 2020 bicycle commuter station spatial sequence skin and bones the cube

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spring 2012coleman griFFith

olympic village 2020 proposal

located Just beyond doWntoWn los angles, eXposition park is transFormed to reunite the World For the 32nd olympic games. the proJect aims to address many eXist-ing paradyms at a global scale, currently prohibiting the city. rich With history, eXposition park Will be the home oF the olympic games For the third time.

establish and declare the identity oF the 2020 los an-geles olympic games at eXposition park. design a mas-terplan that Facilitates the athletes, the spectators, and the World audience.

illuminate; reneWing the identity oF los angeles. the age oF technology has taken over la at the eXpense oF the enviornment. through sustainabilty, the proJ-ect aims to use current advances in technology to reintroduce the values oF nature, From the past. as a message to the World, and its oWn residents, the city oF los angeles is taking an active step toWards the Future by establishing the importance bicycles and public transportation to reduce the impact on the community and the World.

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green spacecirculationprogram

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village

parking

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elevated bike-Way

metro

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eXposition park proposal plan

entrance to the coliseum

bicycle commuter stationarch 10b

spring 2012coleman griFFith

bicycle commuter station

establish a ‘continuous’, transForming surFace along eXposition blvd. occupy the tWo metro platForms that lead people to the park, as Well as, the sideWalk, deter-mining spaces oF shading and the location oF a bicycle commuter station Which Will serve as a storage Facility and repair shop For the community.

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caliFornia cycleWay opens, 1889 1975, los angeles bicycle plan

los angeles master bicycle plan, 2011

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First i established the concept oF maniFestation. this Was derived From los angeles history With bicycles, their ideas oF making the city a bike Friendly haven that Wasn’t Fully FulFilled. i used the idea oF history to draW imaginary datums From the site to Form a bounding boX betWeen the site’s oldest and neWest buildings, as Well as, taking From the usc campus to pull From its old grid layout. spaces along the site For the sideWalk surFac-es Were determined From looking at the usc campus’ courtyards across the street. by using eXposition blvd as an aXis, these spaces Were mirrored over and used as the bounding areas For these surFaces. the design For the bicycle station itselF Was chosen based on the eXpe-rience oF tWo people; a passerby and a user. there are tWo sets oF surFaces housing the station, one to cre-ate a grand appearance From someone passing by and the other to emphasize the Feeling oF enclosure For someone inside te space. the elevated bikeWay built With the masterplan Was brought over, to the architecture, to create a centralized area For cyclist Within the site.

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bounding boX usc courtyards mirrored over eXposition blvd

bicycle station perspective

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site plan

north vieW, back oF surFaces

repair

storage

restroom/shoWer

circulation

private space translucent panels

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sideWalk and east platForm section

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spatial sequence10b

spring 2012coleman griFFith

spatial sequence model

the distinction oF spaces and circulation through the understanding oF spatial relationships and or-ganizations. by looking through a piece oF eXisting architecture and breaking doWn the spaces. the outcome is to create a model oF interlocking piec-es, directly related to the spaces and circulation oF the residency, that dismantles in the sequence oF a person traversing through it.

villa 1poWerhouse companyedes, netherlandsproJect year: 2009

a physical representation Was built to demon-strate the sequence that i Formed For this resi-dence. the darker Wood, made oF a Walnut veneer, is the poche. these spaces consisted oF tWo re-strooms, a stairWell in the master bedroom, as Well as, the space Within the Fireplace. the public spaces are represented With the acrylic volumes. the traluscence oFthe acrylic alloWs For the bass Wood, representing the circulation paths through the spaces, to be visible Within the model.

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skin and bonesarch 12b

spring 2012andy ku

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the study oF a speciFic structural design in Which maXimum surFace is acheived over a structural Form. the surFace Will consist oF a set oF aggrigated toles to acheive a gradi-ency throughout.

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to create the Form, i began at the ‘ribs’ that are designed to support it the surFace. sim-ple rectangles Were manipulated; stretched, skeWed, and rotated. they Were then rebuilt Within the modeling program as a continuous line. the line Was oFFset to create a surFace and then built into a polysurFace.

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rib step 1uniForm shape From recantangle

rib step 2shape divided to create splines

rib step 3solid rib is made

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tile 3: large aperature

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the cubearch 11

Fall 2011steve leWis

the cube

through the course oF understanding beginning ideas oF design, accompanied With the 10a-12a courses, this proJect is to create an eXperience under given re-straints. eFFectively applying the medium oF a physical model to translate the idea.

For the proJect there Was a limit oF a one Foot cube Where the design could be made Within. a concept had to be decided upon oF Which the model Would be based on.

the plan For the design Was to create an volume With-in the cube that Would convey the eXperience oF con-verging shapes, using mutiple planes Within the volume to make them Feel volumetric. an important aspect Was to the engage the vieWer by making them pickup or drop doWn to the level oF the obJect.

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contactcell: (626) 244-5488email: g.Jmorgan@yahoo.com

locationtemple city, ca, 91780

educationtemple city high school, temple city, ca (2007-2010)armory center For the arts (spring 2010)moorpark college, moorpark, ca (2010-2011)pasadena city college (2011-2012)

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