a.j. zandt portfolio
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Portfolio of undergraduate design workTRANSCRIPT
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contents
nap space 4 courtyard 8 mindfulness 10 drawing 11 diagrams 12 sketching 14 fwr 15 egg crate 16 contact 21
90 percentWoodcut16x19 in.
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...................................................................................................nap space
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Given only eighth-inch corrugated cardboard and wood glue, the goal of Nap Space was (1) to build an enclosure structurally sound enough to hold an individual, and (2) conducive for napping in one of the busiest sites of Rapson Hall. This was a team project. I was responsible for the conceptual development, including study models and sketches, as well as a share of the project's construction.
full scale
Study model of site
Progress from earliest conceptual model to process sketches
Study of structure and pin system
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Site prior to construction(Rapson Hall, University of Minnesota)
Completed nap space
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The courtyard at the Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca introduced me to a typology that is less understood in the northern United States. This partner project required close attention to detail while measuring and photographing the building, and a careful awareness of craft while learning ink on mylar drawing techniques. This study was completed while abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico. I was responsible for the section, wall detail and a share of the axonometric.
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...........................................study of courtyard typology
Top: Section, looking westInk on mylar. 24x36 in.Beneath: Photographic collage to study the role of a floor in a courtyard building.
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AxonometricInk on mylar. 24x36 in.
Wall detailInk on mylar. 24x36in.
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The Mindfulness for Students club, a stu-dent organization on the University of Minnesota campus, hosts weekly meetings and semian-nual mindfulness-based-stress-reduction (MBSR) events for hundreds of the University's com-munity. As the advertis-ing coordinator, I was responsible for all things graphic, including lo-gos, fliers, posters, and t-shirts. This experience allowed me to practice graphic art and typogra-phy with ample freedom.
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...................................mindfulness for students
Us & Our Ecological Selves event posterInkjet print. 11x17 in.
Mindfulness2 event posterInkjet print. 11x17 in.
I am intrigued by rep-resentations of the human figure. They always require a deli-cate balance between abstract marks for ani-mation and descriptive marks for comprehen-sion.
a. Charcoal on newsprint. 18x24 in.b. Graphite and charcoal on toned paper. 24x36 in.c. Graphite and charcoal on toned paper. 36x48 in.
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version 1.0
version 2.0
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plan patterndialogue patterns....................................................................................
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sectioneast &west
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Using published drawings and photo-graphs of Aires Mateus's Casa em Brejos de Azeitao, I developed a series of diagrams that attempts to explain the evolution of the house's parti in three steps. By analyz-ing the plan and sections, patterns evolve among the diagrams that suggests dialogue between the building's elements. These dialogues create an ambiance within the house, which perhaps adds to the already dramatic effect of the suspended rooms on the second level. Above image from mono-litho.labin.pro.br
Sketching often reveals something that would have been undiscover-able by only looking and thinking. These sketches explore light and address the chal-lenge of representing different materials with the same tool.
a. Grain Silos. Graphite on newsprint. 24x36 in.b. Pillsbury Hall. Graphite on newsprint. 24x36 in.c. Weisman Art Museum. Graphite on newsprint. 24x36 in.d. North facade of Christ Church Lutheran. Graphite on newsprint. 24x36 in.
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Floor, Wall, Roof was a study of place-empa-thetic architecture. The challenge was to cre-ate spaces that would house a single chair, a bed, a table and three chairs, and two sculp-tures while simultane-ously respecting the overall site. I developed this model entirely by thinking with my hands, as opposed to drawing and diagram-ming. This is a method of working that I have very much learned to appreciate.
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............................floor, wall, roof
a. Bird's eye view. Model is 1∕32" = 1'b. View of single chairc. View of first sculptured. View of bede. View of table and three chairs and second sculpture
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...................................................................................................egg crate model
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it began with a knot.
This project began with a sheet bend knot, and ended with a model that interpreted the qualities of the knot into form that mimics structure.
The sheet bend knot is used to join two lengths of rope, so I set out to maintain an obvious distinction between two separate parts in the development of the egg crate model. The chal-lenge was to develop a meaningful relationship among these parts without losing the com-plexity that the knot offers.
The idea of two separate parts became less ob-vious in the final model. Instead what emerged was a balance between gradual, stepping forms and a direct, unforgiving column.
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a. A wireframe model was the earliest attempt at translating characteristics of the knot into struc-ture. b-c. The wireframe model was a skeleton for the massing models that followed.d-f. The final massing model built from a single piece of chipboard.g. Fifty-nine, hand cut pieces of museum board were required to assemble the final model.h-k. The assembled egg crate model.opposite, right. Constructed perspective of the wireframeopposite, left. Constructed perspective as if one were inside of the model
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ImpossibilityScreenprint22x30 in.
A.J. Zandt
262-352-7497
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