Alexis Rosenthal's portfolio

Alexis Rosental

SCI_Arc

2013 - 2015

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ARCHITECTURE

Architecture is the equilibrium of art and science, in that sense it is, for me, the most pluridisciplinary field. It is an exercise that represents the ability to thouthfully combine and arrange knowledge off all sorts in sym-biotic manner in order to create various environments and experiences for the users and viewers.

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Alexis Rosenthal

Southern California Institute of ArchitectureB.ARCH Undegraduate degree 2013-2018

[email protected] south Bedford street 90035 Los Angeles, CA, USA22, Dreve de la meute, 1410 Waterloo BELGIUMUS: +1 (310) 990 6061BE: +32 475 61 38 79

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DS 1010 - Material Strategies

DS 1010 - Conceptual Strategies for the Physical World

DS 1020 Formwork sites

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Curriculum Vitae

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STUDIOS

VISUAL STUDIES

VS - Technologies of descriptionVS - Visual Studies - Fabrication and delineation

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Currriculum vitae

Curriculum vitae

Education

2013 - present 2012 2005 - 2013 1997 - 2005

Los Angeles, CA USALos Angeles, CA USABrussels, BELGIUMPapeete, Tahiti, FRENCH POLYNESIA

Experience and extra-curricular

2009 and 2013 October 2012

Southern California Institute of ArchitectureU.C.L.A. Summer program TeenArch’ StudioLycee Francais Jean-Monnet South Sea School/ Ecole Saint-Paul

Class representative and Student-union active memberInternship ICEBERG Architecture Studio, Brussels, BELGIUM

Rhinoceros 3D

Adobe Illustator

Adobe Indesign

Adobe Photoshop

Autodesk Maya

Autodesk Autocad

V-ray for Rhino

Maxwell studio

Grasshoper

Softwares

Sketch-up, Word, Power-point, Excel

FRENCH ENGLISH SPANISH

Awards

2013 French Baccalaureate Highest Honnor2014 SCI_Arc ‘Spring Show’ exhibition, selected works

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DS1010 Material Strategies for the Physical World

Alexis Rosenthal / 1A Fal l 2013

SOFT TRANSFORMED CUBOCTAHEDRON

surface model rendering view 1 surface model rendering 2

This first year studio is composed of two main exercises. The first of which was to manipulate platonic solids; here a cuboc-tahedron. A series of ruled transformations and morphings were meant to alter its identity to a certain degree and make us familiar with the 3D dimensional world. Playing with the vertices, faces and the overal scale in order to change the reading of the geometric shapes.The small space project corresponds to the second exercise. It develops an anthropo-morphic study of the body to create a sin-

gle person habitable and functional space. The Volume is shaped by human activities such as lying down, sittting, stretching... Indeed occupancy volumes are created for each actions and organized spactially to define a form, its apertures and ground relationship.

DS1010 Material strategies for the physical world

Axonometr ic v iew

1” 2” 3” Alexis Rosenthal / 1A Fal l 2013

CUBOCTAHEDRON

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TRANSFORMED CUBOCTAHEDRON

Top View Elevat ion View

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Axonometric view of the trans-formed cuboctahedron. The vertices were modified in a systematic and centrally symmetrical manner; pockets were created

Axonometric view of the digitally constructed cuboctahedrtontransformation in Axonomet-

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2D unfolded pieces, annoted for construction

Below: Woodstick and black museum board models

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Axonometr ic View Sect ion A

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1” 2” 3” Alexis Rosenthal / 1A Fal l 2013

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Second transformation, piercing apertures in the form

Sections through the form

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Rendered views of the punctured form and building instructions

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Soft transformed iteration of the modified cuboctahedron.

Below: 2d lasercut profiles of the Z-axis used to build an eggcrate model of the soft form

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2D lasercut profiles of the X-axis

Below: rendered views of the soft form

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Alexis RosenthalIchiki (White) Studio, 1A Fall 2013

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Exploded axonometr ic v iew

Conceptual d iagram

Rendered si te photos

Program study- Foam massing

Facade and aperture study- chipboard model

Single person house

First massing models for single person housing, blocks’ volumes based on measured body data template of various human actions

Process diagram and exploded axonometric drawing

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SITTING AT A DESK

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The strategy for this single person liv-ing space was to have two functional leg masses that hug and push a third one upward. The elevated mass was used for sleeping and viewing viewing art while the two leg were occupied by more active programs: working and stretching. The entrance is located underneath the elevat-ed mass and between the structural legs for privacy. The underbelly and the middle volume is occupiable. The height limit of 16 feet did not permit two stories, the elevation differences are therefore half a floor.

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DS1011 Conceptual Strategies for the Physical World

The Los Angeles Center for Architecture (LACA) is an archive center meant to store and showcase all types of architec-tural artifacts and works of local Architects. It is a cultural building opened to the pub-lic located in downtown Los Angeles. Visitors are allowed to consult the archives by appointment only, the other spaces are more public. Program is composed of Exhibition Galleries, research and study spaces, cafe and bookstore and a large lecture hall.

The design process began with a prec-edent study (The Altes museum), after recreating the plan of the building through a system of of annotated regulating grids, a specific geometric area was chosen. The area was to be transformed into a 3 dimensional figure using primitive geome-tries only. The figure then went through a series of transformation and iterations, the final version was ogranised in space with its predecessors using of frames (sticks). The setup was then repeated and agre-gated in 3D to create a field condition.

A cut in that field was to be the basic morphology used to design the LACA form and plans.


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Plan construction lines and regulating grids; Down: Final Plan (Altes Museum, Berlin, 1823)

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Mother Figure : designed from a footprint area defined on the Altes Museum’s plan using primitive geometry, mainly cones

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Overlaping the two transformed figure with original mother figure to reveal differences

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Three wooden frames proposi-tions to position and organize figures from one another in space

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Retained Frame with inserted figure

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Field: reproducing the figures and their positioning frames in order to create a field aggregation

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One of the four figure retained for the field

Below: Model of sample cut through the field of object and frames.

Plan reconstructionOriginal figures Solid/Void

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Los Angeles Center for Architecture

Process diagram from the field of frames to the footprint of the LACA building

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Drawing enhancing the circulation alley that puts both part of the LACA building in relation from one another

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1. Lobby2. Exhibition Gallery3. Archives4. Lecture hall5. Cafes6. Bookshop7. W.C.8. Kitchen9. Storage10. Office

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DS1020 Formworks sites

This Studio began with a precedent study of public building, in my case, the S.O.S children’s village in Chicago, Illinois by Studio gang. A serie of massing/formal studies that were derived from cubes and that incorporate ideas and formal state-gies were developped. Program and site was thereafter implimented to our form in the idea of looking at form and program relationship and creating and proposal that answers the constraints of the site in question.The project of the 2B studio was a Boys

and Girls Club and our site is located in Hollywood, California, at the corner of Hol-lywood boulevard and Argyle street.A site analysis revealed an easily acces-sible site but a neighborhood not exactly suited for young ones. The assigned lot is a sloping one (north to south) and it is divided in two parcels by a 20 feet long alley that runs through it. 36 feet was our height limit and the Hollywood urbanistic rules (setbacks) were applied.The program brief was divided into interior and exterior prorams, respectively 30000

sq ft and 25000 ft.LIST OF PROGRAMS

Gymnasium, Games room, Learning Center, Arts center, Teen center, Library, Weight room, Carreer center, Dance room, Mul-tipurpose room, Locker room, Bathrooms, Offices, Kitchen/cafe, Storage, Entrance, Classrooms, Teacher Apartments.Outdoor courtyars, Swimming pool, Field/ game court, Outdoor space for faculty and staff, Parking, Gathering spaces, Outdoor workshop.

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Precedent study: Lavezzorio community center S.O.S. Chil-dren’s Village Chicago by Studio Gang.Unrolled facade and two anlyzed plans.

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Photo PlanAxon

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1.GymnasiumLight from top, located at the far (south) end of the main circulation path.

2.Games RoomLocated in a centrally, recreational meet-ing point that is embeded into circula-tion.

3.Learning CenterAdjacent to the library, placed at the end of a secondary circulation path, outside grid denser than library.

4.Arts CenterThree facade are translucent to entice creativity, one is solid opaque to hang and store material.

5.Wood ShopLocated on the ground level, one facade is open to let air in and noise escape, most likely oriented towards noisy holly-wood blvd.

6.Teen CenterLocated at end of the circulation path, before the gym, circualtion goes through, exterior access possible.

10.Dance RoomOne facade oriented towards hollywood-blvd (show to pedestrians), transparent.

11.Multi-purpose RoomLocated adjacent to circulation with sliding doors on it, open space.

12.Locker RoomsLocated at opposites sides of gym, adjacent to it.

13.BathroomsBuilt into intersticial spaces, voids, next to hallways, easy access.

14.OfficesJust behind front desk in entrance,mini-malistic and open.

15.KItchen/Food PrepLow counter, open space, encourages social interiactions.

19.Classroom 2Adjacent to library, with direct communi-cating door.

20.Teacher/Staff ApartmentsAt end of branch clearly separated.

21.Outdoor CourtyardLocated next to the alley where pinching and overlap of masses happens.

22.Swimming Pool/CourtArea for young beginner and intermedi-ate swimmers differentiated from swim-ing corridors for advanced teen.

23.Play FieldSports division, running and cycling path surrounding it.

24.Outdoor WorkshopBlurring outside and inside difference, located under a cantelever.

7.Library/Study CenterAbove ground level, eventual glass floor with other programs underneath, aper-tures located in reading areas only.

8.Weight RoomOne facade is open and lit from top, located at end of a unit after gym.

16.Storage/Janitoral SpaceLocated in intersticial space.

17.EntranceInviting, hiearchy, geometry that guides the body, gathering space, threshold moment. Cantelevering.

25.Outdoor for counselors & teachers

Next to offices hidden from student spaces.

26.Outdoor ClassroomsUnder cantelever oriented opposite from hollywood.

9.Carreer CenterSpace division, cubicals to create priva-cy.

18.Classroom 1Densification of skin to enable concen-tration.

27.Parking SpaceBranching out from alley/drop off zone, under spanning bridge part. shaded.

Program DiagramsSCI-Arc | 2A - Smith | Alexis Rosenthal

AXONOMETRIC VIEW

Hollywood boulevard view

Argyle street view Axonometric and rendered viewsSCI-Arc | 2A - Smith | Alexis Rosenthal

Hollywood blvd rendered view

Argyle street viewAxonometric showing the middle form putting both sites in relationship

Diagrams of program strategies

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NOISY SPACE - HOLLYWOOD OPEN SPACE - PARKINGPRIVATE CALM SPACE

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Routine disconectingactivities

High concentration need

Lobby compound

Youth focus

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Membrane - exchange with environment

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SECTION A

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SOUTH ELEVATION (Alley) C NORTH ELEVATION (Alley) D

SOUTH ELEVATION (Alley)

NORTH ELEVATION (Hollywood boulevard)

EAST ELEVATION (Argyle street)

Sections and ElevationsSCI-Arc | 2A - Smith | Alexis Rosenthal

1/16’’ = 1’

This first proposal where most programs were imbedded in circulation evolded into different masses connected by circulation tubes that acts as interactive corridors and put programs in relationship to one another instigating social gathering of the student. The final proposal studies the segregation and integration of circulation and program.

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PlansSCI-Arc | 2A - Smith | Alexis Rosenthal

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1 - Gymnasium3 - Study center4 - Art center5 - Wood shop7 - Library8 - Weight room10 - Dance room 11 - Multi-purpose room15 - Kitchen17 - Entrance18 - Classroom20 - Teacher’s apartements

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Site and massing diagrams, Four elvations, Exploded axonometric view revealing parts

Recreational

Educational

Physical education

Administration

Recreational

Utilities

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Circulation

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Building Membrane zone on site

Strategic construction zones

Circulation Network

Strategic construction zones

Exterior Program

Site, Environment and Mass interaction

Main Circulation path

Secondary network

Segregated/Integrated and Feedback loop

Integrated/Segregated mass

Mass and circulation interacting

Two interacting mass with circulation

Mass and circulation entities

Circulation becomes an inhabitable program

Mass creating safe interior courtyards

East elevation

South elevation

North elevation

West elevation

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Plan A

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Hollywood boulevard

Argyle street

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Four section cuts through the boys and girls club

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DS1021 Frameworks and programs

The 2B studio (Current studio) is the program studio of the cursus. The assig-ment is a culinary school located at the corner of Olympic blvd and Main street in downtown Los Angeles.We were given a brief and had to develop our program list and requirements. We had to imagine and create the concept and ideology of the school. Here for were achieved through the manip-ulation of simple micro morphologies such as L shapes, bars and doughnuts in the 3D bounding box of the site.

DS1021 Frameworks Programs

Retail

Cultural

Food

Educational

Parking

Lodging

O�ces

Ace Hotel

Olympic Blvd

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L shapeBar/ TotemRotateHinge

L shapeBar/ TotemRotateHinge

L shape and bar Slab and DonutStack/ BurrowLengthen

L shapeSlab and DonutInlayRotate/ overlap

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Left: four of the five macro morphologies created from the ruled manipulation of the four micromorphologies.

Top: Retained form and and matrix.

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Test Kitchens (96,000 CFT)

Labs and Fabrication (24,000 CFT)Science, sensory and food styling

Seminar rooms (15,000 CFT)

Auditorium (40,000 CFT)

Library (15,000 CFT)

Student lounge & lockers (20,000 CFT)

Administration (10,000 CFT)Lobby (4500 CFT)

Market (25,000 CFT)

Dining hall / Cafe (36,000 CFT)

Television production studio (12,000 CFT)Exhibition space (6000 CFT)Computer lab (4000 CFT)

Food storage (10,000 CFT)Restrooms (8000 CFT)Building facilities storage (3000 CFT)

Circulation (30,000 CFT)

Total buiding interior (335,500 CFT)

Program Distribution by Type and VolumeGiven Program

Test Kitchens (96000CFT)

Labs and Fabrication (24000CFT)

Seminar rooms (15000CFT)

Auditorium (XXX CFT)

Library (15000 CFT)

Student lounge & lockers (20000 CFT)

Administration (10000 CFT)

Lobby (4500 CFT)

Market (25000 CFT)

Restaurant (36000CFT)

Television production studio (12000CFT)

Exhibition space (6000CFT)

Computer lab (4000CFT)

Food storage (10000CFT)

Restrooms (8000CFT)

Building facilities storage (3000 CFT)

Circulation (30000CFT)

Total buiding interior (358500 CFT)

Mixing Lounge (Field)

Private

The Barn

Pasture

Museum (Greenhouse)

Public

Program reshuffling and distribution in the form designed from the given brief

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Circulation diagrams and main volumes

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Mixing LoungeAuditorium

Test kitchen

Kitchen labLobby

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Restaurant

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Test kitchen

Test kitchen

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Auditorium

Seminar room

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Market

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Gallery

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Visual studies seminars

Visual Studies - Fabrication and delineation

Visual studies seminars are what we call the little studios, they concentrate on construction methods and techniques of representation and description.The second semester looked at calibrating printer and obtaining the right appearances on drawings. It also looked at representing and drawing intersection and oberlapping of volumes.The lightbulb project was done to learn how to reconstruct object in various meth-ods and ways of representing them.

The current seminars is about Voxels and pixelisation. It looks at textures, theirs rep-resentation, their simplification...The project was realised after delaminating footages of body movements and creat-ing forms from their tracings. These forms were given textures and are now being represented in pixelated animations.

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Figures intersections solving and printing calibrations

This exercise intersects primitive volumes and ex-plores different manner of representing booleaned and overlaped figures

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Top: Figure intersections, technical delineations and representationRight: unrolled plan of US Postal Service PRIORITY MAIL box, Down: Top, Side and Front View of the box

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Solving the intersection fo two boxes rotated acoord-ing from one another

Axonometric view of the box, Two boxes intersected and the resulting shared volume.

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Physical construction of joints solving. Intersection booleaned volume.

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Derived from an exhibition on lightbulbs at the Huntington Lybrary, this Visual studies project carefully constructs and calibrates lightbulbs from the late19th century and intersects them through projection and rev-olution of 2d linework. The Hybrid resulting object is the refined and rendered using various media. Line renders are created with grasshoper scripts that transform actual rendering of the objects, the artistic renders are digitally created through different means and are based on Josef Albers studies of colors. The interest of this exercise was

placed on the differences and conflicts between rendered images and descriptive geometric drawings.

VS 4020 Technologies of Description Light bulb project

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Plan and section of the 1st lightbulb.Plan and section of the two lighbulbs side by side. Not transformed

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Projected outlines resulting object. Trans-formation option 1.

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Left kneeRight handLeft shoulderLeft handHead

Current project: Curves traced from captured movements and their arraying in space

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Overlaping of frames from the movement footages

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Surface Effect

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Forms created with array of curves using particles emition in Maya.

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Retained form simplified and voxelized bu Grasshopper script. Rendered in Z buffer Depth

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