01/23/19

#Repost @mcipresso ・・・ Another third-year housing project from my studio at @uscarchitecture by Mika Nagar. The students were asked to design a 50-unit permanent-supportive housing project in Los Angeles on a tough site near the freeway and at a very busy intersection. This project sought to create an oasis for residents by providing a central courtyard that would shelter them from the chaotic city beyond while still inviting the public into the ground floor and a partially submerged public plaza below the building that is programmed for community and casual activities.

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B.Arch student Zida Liu shares his final project from Andy Ku's 302A studio. This model is for an affordable housing project located in South LA, designed for veterans and mainly focused on maintaining the tenants' physical and psychological well-being. The color coded blue portion is a circulation loop system and running track connecting the top floor and first-floor garden in order to provide a continuous circulation for tenants to walk or run around. This system also connects and stitches through the two mega units so that tenants can join this loop from every level and unit. A badminton court and gym are located on the top floor while psychological consultant rooms and classrooms are located at the ground level to provide social and spatial contributions to the community.

This ARCH 500 final project by B.Arch student Lourdes Castillo is for a mid-rise office building set in the Arts District. Its design, which lets light straight through, is based on the movement of the sun.

Finals are in full swing! #Repost @usc_architecture_ug: Engaging new conversations about CONTEXT in 2nd year design studio. Student work by Juan Villatoro, Stephanie Saunders and Madelyn Rosen. Studio coordinated by Alfie Koetter. @slkkoetter

We’re thrilled to return to Design Miami/ this year for a Design Talk in partnership with PIN-UP Magazine. Join us on Dec. 7 if you’re attending the show!

#Repost from B.Arch student @spacehuman_ for #tbt ・・・ Two of my favorite drawings from last year ~ three apartments situated on a long rectangular parcel, serviced by living objects plugged into the wall (2017)

A throwback to last semester when our graduate architecture students in Madhu Thangavelu’s ARCH 599 class visited a private space company that 3D prints intricate parts of rocket engines. 🚀

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