Fall studio final

This was my final submission to the Lyceum Competition, we had to make a 11" x 17" book and I bound my with string and a Mylar cover with the word MIRAGE transferred on (photo to come).
The project was a net zero rest stop along I 80 West of Salt Lake City on the Great Salt Desert salt flats. A very interesting site condition. I would say the studio focused on graphic design and how to get my ideas across graphically since I won't be there to describe it.

second part moon data

For this part we used the same data as P2, but had to laser cut or 3D model the form and insert a letter. My letter was "U". The final product is 2.5" x 2.5"

Fall 2010 studio

Here is the work in the first few weeks of the Lyceum Studio (We entered the Lyceum design competition ) It was a maximum of 6 week design project, so we studied form and interventions through data sets.
I collected Horsetail reeds by the local creek with my friend Seth and then cut them to height based on a z value I calculated by multiplying each axis by the other. I used capillary action to hold the pieces together as they were set upon glass submerged in a tray of water. I also did a time lapse of the whole thing drying and made a you tube video! The model being constructed and The model drying. My first attempt at video from still frames. The UO new Architecture Journal is using the drying images in a "flip book" as a small thumbnail at the bottom of each page.

Cartoon

I researched Health as a topic to investigate for my studio. We were tasked to come up with some cartoons that took a dire situation and made light of it in order to portray a very challenging problems. A commentary on our perceptions of health.

Passive Solar Heating/Cooling

A great course that use a past studio project to calculate passive heating and cooling requirements and alter aspects of the design accordingly. Our second phase was looking at the band of sun, so available direct gain into the space. I placed my Mexican Center for the Arts in downtown Grand Junction, CO, and am calculating the loads for just the top floor.

Agriculture as Urban Fabric

My studio project this term is to look at agriculture as a fabric within an urban context (Portland, OR in this case) We are looking at the influencing factors to a site, and trying to pull out the aspects that we each want to focus on. I have tried to understand many of the forces working on a city and how they weave together. How can our linear path of consumption be altered to allow for diversity and cycles to reveal themselves as we are all connected through this intricate web.

New Blog

Hi Everyone who follows my site, I have started a "new" blog through wordpress, which gives me a few more options for posting my school work/process. I will keep this site for qirky updates about my life, but also follow that site if you want my school processes.
http://lauracavin.wordpress.com/

Enjoy winter! The trees and flowers are blooming out here in Oregon. Strange to move from fall directly into spring for the next three months. . .