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ALEXANDRE SALICEPORTFOLIO

SELECTED WORKS 2008-2011

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RADICAL PEDESTRIANISMRAND CAMPUS EXTENSIONINTERNATIONAL STUDENT CENTERPOLYVINYLCHLORIDEHIGHLAND PARK

LIGHT FRAMESUTFSM PHYSICS LABLA FEDERAL COURTHOUSEMALIBU HIGH SCHOOL

>RADICAL PEDESTRIANISMHOLLYWOOD BLVDTHESIS

USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE / FALL 2011

6 | USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | 502A | RADICAL PEDESTRIANISM | 2011

Radical Pedestrianism 2011

A proposed master plan for the entertainment district of Hollywood. The master plan aligns itself with the goals set forth in the Hollywood Redevelopment Plan which aspire to activate the boulevard with pedestrian activity through new infrastructure. The project utilizes Las Vegas as an initial case study of how succesful pedestrian thorough-fares operate within a vibrant entertainment district. The proposal calls for a series of new commercial developments with a primary driving development called the Museum of Moving Image, intended to showcase Hollywoods lm-making history as well as contemporary lm exhibits that are sourced from continous video input from Hollywood Boulevard.

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In the early 1980's Hollywood had fallen into a state of dissaray. Low-income popu-lation had increased at rates faster than the city wide average, high rates of unemploy-ment, overcrowding and substandard housing had come to characterise the city. Inadequate circulation systems could not longer effectively service the growing masses and levels of crime were among the highest in the Los Angeles area. These deplorable conditions led to adoption of a redevelopment plan for the city of Holly-wood coordinated by the Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles (CRA/LA) in May of 1986.

"The Redevelopment Plan sets forth an array of goals that include encouraging economic development; promoting and retaining the entertainment industry; revi-talizing the historic core; preserving and expanding housing for all income groups; meeting social needs of area residents; providing urban design guidelines; and preserving historically significant struc-tures."

I used Las Vegas as a comparative analysis to Hollywood based on the logic that both cities are organized along a linear vehicular strip, they both thrive on tourism, and they both share the same objective of promot-ing themselves as centers of the entertain-ment industry. The comparative overlays of maps and street elevations reveal a significant disparity in scale between the architecture of Las Vegas and that of Holly-wood.

But the stifled pedestrian flows are rooted in an issue beyond the physical properties of place. The issue lies within what the urbanist Kevin Lynch has called "the leg-ibility in the urban landscape." That is, the ease with which a city's parts can be recog-nized and be organized into a coherent pattern. Legibility not necessarily in the sense of organized grid, but a system by which an image of the city is communi-cated to the wandering pedestrian.

In Las Vegas this image is communicated through the iconography and symbolism that dominates the urban panorama as one travels along the strip. The evolution of these symbols are a result of the change in the hotel typology from a simple box built directly fronting a public walkway to the iconic building deeply set back from the sidewalk. Consequently the need for an independent free-standing element was needed to attract and guide pedestri-ans from the sidewalk to its corresponding hotel resort.

1. Signage originally served its elemental purpose as a two-dimensional graphic element directly attached to its parent building to demarcate.2. As is exemplified with the stardust sign, the next step features the sign as inde-pendent and perhaps more ornamental element that serves to guide the pedes-trian and is still perceived as a two-ever the sign has grown argueably more important than its parent building as is implied by its size and habitable space.


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>RAND CAMPUS EXTENSIONTOPIC STUDIO


18 | USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | 402C | RAND CAMPUS EXTENSION | 2010

Rand Campus Extension 2010

A private facility consiting of lecture halls and classrooms for the RAND Corporation. The project proposes a partially subterannean building as a strategy to resolve the public and private tension that exists between the inherently private building program and existing public site. In the public domain, at grade, the campus is perceived as autono-mous pavilions scattered diagonally across the site. These pavilions serve a public function above ground in the form of a cafe, entry, gallery space and outdoor theatre. For the continuous private campus below they serve as access points for the public and systems of bringing in natural light and ventilation.

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The site exists between two zones of high pedestrian activity. On the north side of the site exists Santa Monicas largest commercial center, Santa Monica High School, the Civic Center, City Hall and a three major parking structures. These areas all heavily frequented throughout the year. On the south side exists the world famous pier and of course the beach that accomo-dates a high volume of people regularly. Given these two strong contextual forces the site already and will continue to serve a natural ttransitory purpose, one dened by the regular and continuous movement of people accross the site. I propose to use this force to generate a building concept that will activate the program of the RAND Campus Extension. Thus the success of this project relies on the resolution between public and prvate interaction.

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>INTERNATIONALSTUDENT CENTERCOMO, ITALY

USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE / SPRING 2010

26 | USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | 402B | INTL STUDENT CENTRE | 2010

Intl Student Centre 2010

A private facility for students studying abroad in the city of Como, Italy. The building serves as a housing complex and school where lectures and daily instruction takes place. The building is located in the historical city center of Como between several dense hous-ing blocks. The buildings successful integration into the city depends on its responsive-ness to its immediate neighbors and consideration of Comos architectural history. The diagrams shown on the next page document the initial step by step process of develop-ing a form that reects the citys dominant housing typology. The resultant massing model features a full courtyard open to the public to maintain pedestrian access through the site and an elevated interior courtyard to serve the private residences.

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>PVCMATERIAL RESEARCHTOPIC STUDIO


34 | USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | 402A | POLYVINYLCHLORIDE | 2009

Polyvinylchloride 2009

The project is divided into three phases that explore a specic material. Phase 1 features a material exploration whereby physical, spatial and chemical properties of a material are altered to create a new form. Phase 2 involves using the new material form as vertical wall system thus implicating issues of performance and constructability. Phase 3 concludes the material exploration by applying the system as a building envelope for a generic ofce tower. My nal design makes use of cheap and readily available PVC tubes to create complex lighting and ventilation conditions for the building enclosure. A substantial part of my investigation was devoted to reducing construction time and cost by optimizing the design process.

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36 | USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | 402A | POLYVINYLCHLORIDE | 2009

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USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | 402A | POLYVINYLCHLORIDE | 2009 | 39PLANS

>HIGHLAND PARKMEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING


42 | USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE | 302B | HIGHLAND PARK | 2008

Highland Park 2008

The concept is inspired by the kasbah housing typology found in parts of northern Africa. This housing development makes use of kasbah organizational strategy to create a communal, yet private space on the rooftops for tenants. The design features 50 units carrayed across a hillside interconnected by raised courtards and bridges.

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>M&ALIGHT FRAMESINSTALLATION

BORDEN PARTNERSHIP LLP / 2010

52 | BORDEN PARTNERHIP, LLP | M&A INSTALLATION | LIGHT FRAMES | 2010

Light Frames 2010

Light Frames is a project founded in material. The project consists of two materially formed structures. The front conduit tower is made of EMT and serves as a shadow generator. The back pneumatic chapel is made of PVC and uses surface geometry to project light. The two sit nestled in quiet conversation in the void of an inll site. The intricacy of the delicate frame replicates a three-dimensional line drawing in space. Two nested elements, create an inner gurative shape and an outer structural one. The PVC gure is founded in descriptive geometries: a hybridization of a dome, a vault and an apse. The gure comes from the inter-relationships of each of the forms and the adap-tive responses each geometry must make on the other.

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54 | BORDEN PARTNERHIP, LLP | M&A INSTALLATION | LIGHT FRAMES | 2010

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58 | HMC ARCHITECTS | UTFSM PHYSICS LAB | COMPETITION | 2012

A proposal for an 80,000 square foot physics lab in Valparaiso, Chile. The design features a rhythm of vegetated bands extending from the soccer eld at grade with campus down a hillside overlooking the Pacic Ocean. The bands, based on a typical structural lab bay, consist of vegetated roofs that can be occupied by students and faculty as outdoor communal spaces. The undulation of the bands naturally create a sequence of indoor and outdoor ancillary spaces that serve the core lab and ofce programs.

Tasks: 3d modeling, design, presentation graphics

UTFSM Physics Lab 2012

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64 | HMC ARCHITECTS | LA FEDERAL COURTHOUSE| COMPETITION | 2012

Competition submission for the Los Angeles Federal Courthouse. The design is composed of a two-court scheme with a special proceedings court on the top level that cantilevers over the north facade of the tower. The facade design features architectural precast concrete panels imprinted with contemporary ancathus leaf pattern.

Tasks: 3d modeling, programming, consultant coordination, presentation graphics

LA Federal Courthouse 2012

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67 | HMC ARCHITECTS | LA FEDERAL COURTHOUSE| COMPETITION | 2012

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70 | HMC ARCHITECTS | MALIBU HIGH SCHOOL | ADMIN BLDG | 2011

New multifunctional two-level structure located along the southwestern edge of existing high school campus. The new building serves as the face of the campus and a gateway to both the middle and high school areas. The building houses administration ofces, instructional spaces and an expanded library.

Tasks: Construction documents, consultant coordination, 3d modeling, rendering.

Malibu High School 2011

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