SELECTED ARCHITECTURAL SAMPLES
PRODUCTION HAS BEEN OUTSOURCED
BCN'S URBAN PALIMPSEST
RE-MEMBERING THE CIV
PRECEDENT STUDY
CASA MODULAR
SELECTED NON-ARCHITECTURAL SAMPLE
MOTION GRAPHICS
STUDY LOCATION: BARCELONA, ESPAÑA
PRODUCTION HAS BEEN OUTSOURCED.
PROJECT REFERENCE: BCN 5.0: ALTRA VOLTA
MAPPING 2000 YEARS' OF PRODUCTION
Red dots indicate dedicated industry facilities over the city of Barcelona's 2000-yr history.
This mapping exercise reveals the progression of European cities from fully self-sufficient origins to a full export of production to the countryside and the global scaled economy.
Economies of scale provide economic
optimization but come at a hefty cost
to environment, culture, and resiliency.
Map Description
Red dots indicate dedicated industry facilities over the city of Barcelona's 2000-yr history.
-Z axis: Evolution of BCN's urban fabric over time
+Z axis: Evolution of BCN's sources of production over time
Software used: RHINO, ILLUSTRATOR, AFTER EFFECTS
BARCELONA'S URBAN PALIMPSEST (0 CE - Present)
PROJECT REFERNCE: THE BLENDING FACTORY
EXPLORING BCN'S URBANITY (1840-PRESENT)
Barcelona's urban palimpsest explored in three different contexts:
URBAN FABRIC - documenting the age of building footprints across BCN's 2000-yr history;
TRANSPORTATION - documenting innovations in mass transit, from the first railroads to a dense streetcar network, later excavated and replaced by subways and freeways.
RECREATION - documenting the age of spaces reserved for public recreation, from World's Fair-era monumental parks to new public spaces recovered from the center of city blocks.
Software used: RHINO, ILLUSTRATOR, PREMIERE PRO
AR Interactive Model
REVEALING THE INVISIBILITIES OF A PARISIAN INTERNMENT CAMP
Re-membering the CIV (Centre d’Identification de Vincennes) is a research project led by Beth Weinstein that aims to make this detention and internment camp’s location, its architecture and the events that occurred there knowable to a broad public. The research explores how AR technologies can create a dynamic experience of a virtual CIV, as well as previously silenced voices, in the site where this internment camp once stood. This project also speculates on how a site-specific event can expand engagement with the phantom CIV into an embodied, collective, performative, and spatial act of re-membering.
TEAM
BETH WEINSTEIN - research + project lead
SAM OWEN - digital model, 3d texturing, video animation, model preparation for AR interpretation
TECH CORE - AR platform
NAFISUL HUQ KHONDAKER - lead developer
NICK BIGALKE - intern
IVAN ALTAMIRANO - photography + videography
VICTORIA OGINO + ASH BLACK - Tech Core leadership
Funding provided by University of Arizona research seed grant.
Software used: RHINO, ENSCAPE, 8TH WALL (AR hosting platform)
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SANTIAGO, CHILE | ELEMENTAL ARQUITECTOS
Software used: RHINO, ENSCAPE, PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR, PREMIERE PRO, AFTER EFFECTS
MODULAR HOUSING UNITS
PROJECT REFERNCE: CASA MODULAR
1ST PLACE WINNER - NATIONAL AIAS IN STUDIO: MODEL COMPETITION
This animation was part of a 2020 award-winning national competition entry to creatively feature studio models with an emphasis on modular construction. All units across the mixed-use development consist of 5 modules (3 middle segments capped by 2 end segments), and each module is enclosed by standardized wall panels, allowing for individual components of each unit to be removed, replaced, and upgraded with ease.
Software used: RHINO (w/ BONGO plugin), VRAY, PREMIERE PRO
HYPER-DENSITY IS WHAT MAKES NEW YORK, NEW YORK.
SELF-PRODUCED DOCUMENTARY FUNDED BY SCHOLARSHIP
HIGHLIGHT REEL OF SELECTED MOTION GRAPHICS
All scripting, filming, editing, sound design, and motion graphics by SAM OWEN
Music composed by TOM FOX except song #2 (composed by SAM OWEN)
Video funding generously provided by MITCH FREEDMAN via CITY IMMERSION SCHOLARSHIP
Softwares used: PREMIERE PRO, AFTER EFFECTS, ILLUSTRATOR, RHINO (to produce maps)
Full documentary: