04/24/19

It’s #traveltuesday! USC Architecture students spent the semester abroad reimagining parts of Barcelona’s Zona Franca logistics zone. Adjunct assistant professor John Dutton emphasized understanding the community before designing: “students have the good fortune and honor to participate in this…dialogue, and help envision a way of transforming Barcelona yet again.” Read the full story on our website now (link in bio ⬆️).

First-year tape drawings are a visual favorite around the school each year. Students conceive their drawings in response to the site, and projects are meant to distort perception of the site and change the way your eye perceives the work.

#Repost from @syrjames as our students studying in Barcelona participated in an international conference on smart cities. ・・・ Today at the Smart City World Expo Congress, moderating a round table about how Millennial generation should lead the change in new housing strategies. With @lsarquitectura and @uscarchitecture students as speakers.

For her thesis, Hollis Brashear (MLA ’18) explored new media such as AR and VR to empower landscape architects and community members with a digital vernacular for design thinking. Responsive technologies allow participants to collectively design spaces and objects that are typically associated with private enterprises and found in museums, theme parks or installation artwork. In this study, they are explored across multiple scales in typically forgotten public spaces.

Alumnus Enoch Chow (B.Arch ‘12) recently led a VR demonstration for students with the new equipment he donated to USC Architecture. Read more about his timely gift on our website (link in bio). ⬆️

We are so grateful to alum Thom Mayne for joining Dean Curry in conversation for @uscedu Reunion Weekend!

#Repost from M.Arch student @kevincohendesign ・・・ Axonometric of Structural Concept. Concrete base structure with booleaned cavities. Metal diagrid cage cap influenced by #twaterminal and #seatlepubliclibrary.

USC Architecture students studying abroad in Italy take us through a journey across the country in "Allora Magnanimo," the global studies project from the program. Highlighting different architectural styles throughout history, the exhibit also takes visitors through the students' travels in Europe and North America. Take a trip in the Lower Rosendin Atrium this week.

For ‘The Word in Space’ project in ARCH 105, students created a series of paraline drawings as well as a colored gel model. The project references the work of Ed Ruscha and Joan Didion. Axonometric​ ​drawing​s, formed​ ​of​​ ​dimensions​ ​and​ ​observations​ ​that​ ​allow​ ​for​ ​3D storytelling and​ ​analysis​ ​on​ ​the​ ​2D​ ​field​ ​of​ ​the​ ​paper, were followed by drawings​ ​with​ ​color​ ​gradients​ ​not​ ​unlike​ ​Ed​ ​Ruscha’s​ ​own​ ​paintings.​ ​The​ir decisions were explored through the physical gel models, looking at form, color, and cast shadows. Studio coordinated by @eekstudio. 📷 from @goldencuev.

Walter Hood’s “Jocko Goes to LA” exhibit is on view now through Friday in Lindhurst Gallery in Watt Hall. Part of Hood’s 2018 research fellowship at the American Academy in China, the exhibition explores material possibilities endemic to trade between China and The West.

Thanks again to @fologm for leading us in this augmented mixed reality fabrication workshop last week! Using Microsoft HoloLens headsets, students were able to visualize the work in a heads-up display during assembly. Thanks to @texas_stranger and @shopnerd for organizing and the time lapse.

Lorcan O’Herlihy’s “Amplified Urbanism” exhibition is open now through Nov. 9 in Verle Annis Gallery! Make sure to visit while it’s here. @loharchitects

Take a seat! Students in this ARCH 205 building science class are finishing up cardboard chairs built without any additional support fasteners as a design project.

Matthew Simeone (M.Arch 2020) created a proposed exhibit mockup for the Space Shuttle Endeavor for ARCH 605a. His project explores the relationship between gravity and space through physical form.

#Repost @aquercus offers a peek at some of our MLA midterm projects! ・・・ 1st Semester, 1st Year Core Mid Reviews! @usclandarchurbanism @uscarchitecture

Halfway through the semester ☑️

#Repost @madarchitects. Thanks for having us! ・・・ Fourth year students from USC's School of Architecture dropped by the MAD office to learn about our design philosophy, tour our model gallery to gain insight into our projects, and of course, take in the beautiful views of Beijing's skyline from our rooftop terrace!

Midterm student projects from @ynotworkshop’s graduate architecture studio are on display now in Watt Hall. The “Lorem Ipsum” exhibit looks at LA in new ways, exploring the relationship between spaces, time and experience through 3D models, stills and video.

B.Arch student Amanda Moore shares one of her favorite projects from ARCH 202b. She conducted an analysis of a triple pitch roof shed with a truss framing system to further define new spatial conditions, while emphasizing the shed’s structural system and materiality.

B.Arch student Sameera Khurana investigated the physical and cultural context of a site in South Central Los Angeles to understand program density of “Co-Housing” for her third-year housing project. The proposed solution includes facilities to support the Ron Finley Project, a nonprofit entity promoting community gardening and access to healthy, locally grown food.