Studio Blog | Stéphan Angoulvant
An archive of my student work at Art Center in Pasadena.
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Design Process 1: Space
Here’s more of my work from first term at Art Center. These were the results of Design Process 1: Space an environmental design class.
We started the term by becoming familiar with a fun (and free!) piece of software from Google which they call SketchUp. It’s easy to learn and you’re quickly able to sketch out architectural forms. The first assignment was to get us familiar with different organization schemes. Keep in mind it was my first time using the program!
For each of our presentations during the term, we prepared poster boards showing our concepts. Here’s a larger version.
Our second project was to redesign the facade of a store of our choice. I chose the Bird Pick tea shop in Pasadena. We first presented a research board explaining the brand (large version).
The second part was actually building a model and explaining the concept which you can see in this second board (large version). The model was built from plywood and acrylic which I laser cut and engraved to create the rock garden patterns.
The next project was about enclosed spaces and how they can convey different emotions. We were asked to chose a song as inspiration for our concept. I decided to pick the amazing Curtis Mayfield song, “Move on Up”. My concept took inspiration from the song both politically and emotionally. I started by building a SketchUp model for reference, which also served as a storyboard and then built the model from cardboard and paper.
The last few weeks of class revolved around a project set in The Grove mall in Los Angeles. We started by creating a 20 by 30 inch storyboard of the nearby Farmer’s Market, to explain the feeling of moving through this space (large version).
The rest of the project was a redesign of the Taschen store. As we had previously done, we started by researching the place and the brand. (large version).
Because it was an “intervention” rather than a complete redesign, the general structure and footprint of the building stayed the same. We recreated the building and surroundings in SketchUp and then designed three different schemes (large version).
Here are some closeups from some of the SketchUp renders.
The professor liked the first two ideas so I decided to combine them for my final proposal which was also presented as a 30 by 20 inch board, alongside the model.
The quarter-inch scale model was created from pieces cut out on the laser cutter. This was the last part of the last project in a crazy week of finals. I was glad to be done!
