hierarchy

portfolio

architecture

tyler m

clemore

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[the building blocks]

contents

fall 2010

hierarchy

handheld object

mapping project

facade design

itinerary

threshhold/ surface

door window stair

portfolio vessel

clemson site

columbia greenway

sophmore yeararch252

sophmore yeararch251

freshman yeararch151

spring 2011

spring 2010

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Architecture is something I have always been extremely passionate about. Even

before I knew what architecture was I was building with Legos and drawing floor plans with sidewalk chalk. Now, with two years of

architecture school under my belt, I have learned that the field of architecture is far

more complex and beautiful than just how a building looks. I believe we as architects are granted with a tremendous amount of privi-

lege and responsibility. This is a responsibil-ity that must be approached with diligence,

care, and attention to detail. Because the buildings we design are not just of a works

of art, but also, create and define culture and society.

Tyler McLemore

PortfolioClemson University

Handheld Object

For this project, we were to analyze a handheld object of our choosing. I

chose to analyze a wine bottle opener. The analysis took place through a two part project: hand drawing and digital

drawing. My main focus was to illustrate how this tool operatated through move-

ment.

hand drawing

Once the hand drawing was completed, we were allowed the opportunity to bring it into photoshop to make adjust-ments. I chose to use a ‘glowing edges’ filter to create an inverse effect to cre-ate more contrast in the drawing.

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digital drawing

This project allowed us our first opportunity to explore and develop newly learned draw-

ing techniques both digital and by hand. The digital drawings were completed using

autocad and adobe illustrator. Some of these drawings were taken into photoshop for ad-

ditional editing.

The wine bottle opener , although simple, operates through a complex arrangment of moving parts. The objective of these drawings was to analyze and illustrate the movements and how they are interrelated to the purpose of the tool: Opening a wine bottle

Handheld Object

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Mapping Project

florence, italy path selected close aerial

florence italy the capital city of the

Italian region of tuscany and of the province of

florence. It is the most populous city

in tuscany

we were told to select a mile long

path in our se-lected city. I chose

my path based upon significant

buildings and the water feature.

this is a close shot of a building along my selected path,

the basillica di san lorenzo, one of the

largest churches in florence, italy.

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FlorenceFlorence, Italy

spacial analysis

Basillica di San Lorenzo

basillica di san lorenzo skyline ground space

along the one-mile path lie five significant archi-

tectural works. this viewpoint lays

the groundwork for the analysis.

part of the spacial analysis included

the skyline at each stopping

point. each architectural work

yeilds a unique shape.

in additionn to the analysis of horizon,

the ground space was also captured at each landmark. the lesson; build-

ings create space.

Spacial Analysis

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florence, italy

facade design

once we completed the spacial analysis for our selected city, we

began designing our first model of a facade. this project was composed of two parts: a physical model and

later a digital drawing using google sketchup. This design process was interesting in that we didn’t design

then build, we designed by building. once the model was completed, we

placed it between two buildings in the city we had just analyzed in our

mapping project. This is a unique and interesting approach to design that allows you to begin thinking in

three dimensions.

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my spefic design intention was to create a building not not only

immitates nature but also attempts blur the gap between indoor and

outdoor. the wooden detail on the front mocks a waterfall poor-

ing out from under the rooftop terrace. the roof detail is tilted up to allow airflow and filtered

sunlight to enter. the porches and recessed body help to erase the

line between indoors and outdoors.

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physical model

facade design

Design of a Public Facade

Florence, Italy

digital model

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facade design

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original chrome glowing edges

revisited

facade design

after the facade project was complete and the semester ended, i de-cided to redo the proj-ect in my free time. the following in the facade of a building placed in a mountainous context. below are photos and applied filters.

itinerary

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music video analysis

for the first part of this project, we were to

analyze a selected music video. i conducted my alal-

ysis based upon musical elements such as percus-

sion and melody.

once the physical model was completed, i brought a picture into photoshop. After applying a ‘glowing edges’ filter, I placed my model in a space context alluding to space setting of the music video.

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select diagram model

the video i se-lected is called this

binary universe by bt. the specific

frame selection was based upon percussion and

melody.

the majority of my analysis was was

spent creating a language to tran-scribe the music

and document lighting changes.

once we had a set of diagrams,

we translated them into a physi-

cal model. each of the six screen

shots translated to a unique space.

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process

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HEIGHTFIELD REMIX

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threshold/ surface

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heightfield remix

this project gave us an opportunity to create a landform on which our next project would be

designed. the final re-sult of this project was

a 30ft x 30ft undulating landmass.

step 1: painted foilstep 2: layered pixelationstep 3: smoothe contour

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planar experience

for this project, i really explored the use of planes a perfect cubes. I tried to create a feeling that the shapes were sliding past one another.

door window stair

The general idea of this project was to take an interpretaion of our smoothe

contour from the foil project, this becomes our landform or site. We were to create

three “moments” on/within/under this landform and connect them with a combi-

nation of windows, stairs, and doors.

physical model

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door window stair

with both my study mod-els and final, i focused on planar design. everything

is working off of 90 degree angles. each component is

noticably it’s own rather than creating just a single object.

i aimed to create a space that is very open and closed

at the same time. with the heightfield as my context, i

force the visitor to weave in and out of the landmass un-til they reach to final lookout

point that is perched at the peak of the model.

door window stair

process and inspiration

before creating our final model, we engaged in intensive study model building, technical draw-ings and searching for inspiration. I took inspiration from the prairie style and created models with planar feel that attempt to blur the edge between indoor and outdoor space.

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door window stair

final drawings

portfolio case

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transformation

Study Model

Door Window

Heightfield

Portfolio

Itinerary

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It’s What’s on the inside.Arch 251Portfolio

Tyler McLemore

The concept of my portfolio case is

transformation. My case is to undergo a most drastic transforma-

tion being that it starts with a simple cube and falls out to reveal mini

models of each four major projects

completed.

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portfolio case

clemson grid

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analytical approach

hierarchy

assess site

diagram

design

model

this was our first opportunity to design on an actual site. the first part of this

project was consumed by rigorous analysis of our site. the hope is that

ideas would spawn from the site rather than design preference.

clemson grid

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extracting information

downtown/intersection

tillman tower/bowman �eld

apartment community

alumnicenter

view quality hierarchy

passage

revived space

retaining wall

dead space

living/ sleeping

faculty parking

excercise/ travel

recreaction

community

activities

entrance points

footpaths

hierarchy

guided

free

implied pathsimpulse moments noise

passage

revived space

downtown/intersection

tillman tower/bowman �eld

apartment community

alumnicenter

view quality

with the introduction of a new architectural

element, site, we spent a lot of time analyzing it.

we were able to make frequent site visits since

they were located on campus. before any

design decisions were made, we created many

diagrams to learn what the site was asking for.

1) preliminary diagrams2) design desicion diagrams3) working diagrams

clemson grid

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cinemetrics

this is a cinemetric dia-gram of a scene that would

occur in my proposed seating situation on my

site. the distance from the proposal is a function of

time.

clemson grid

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model and perspective

(top) final topographic model with context and proposed solution.

(bottom) perspectives of proposed solu-tion with scale figures.

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clemson grid

750

770

790

800

Section Cut: North/South

(left) general site plan showing existing vegetation, buildings, topographic lines, and proposed seating area.

(right) site plan with neighbor-ing sites pictured to show ad-ditional context that the proposal was designed based on.

(bottom) section cuts from north/south and east/west that show elevational conditions of the proposed solution.

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clemson grid

748

772

804

814

Section Cut: East/West

columbia site

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analytical approach

Section B 1/8” = 1’

assess site

diagram

design

model

this was our second opportunity to design on an actual site. but this

time, we only visited our site once. we relied on photographs and satelite information to make inteligent design

desicions.

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columbia site

extracting information

18’8.5’ 7’

2.5’

15.5’

1.5’

18’

29’6’ 2’ 6’

18’5’ 10’

3.5’

4.5’

4’

2.5’

1’4’

13’

34’

20’

1.5’

8.5’

2’

8.5’

2’ 2’

18’ 5’3’

21.5’22’

2.5’2’

2’

Analysis:Space Behind Retaining Walls

site plan

spacial requirements

retaining wall space

Plan1/16” = 1’

Section A 1/16” = 1’ Plan A

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columbia site

Section B 1/8” = 1’

Section C1/18” = 1’

Section D1/8” = 1’

Section E1/8” = 1’

plan and section

plan A mezzanine plan

the following are plans and sections with the proposed

solution featured. the mez-zanine level is proposed to di-verge foot traffic to two levels.

the bottom level will be used more for theater seating.

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columbia site

process and contruction

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columbia site

rendering and models

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columbia site