Jeffrey Sipprell
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May 30, 2006
Music Center - Massing Finalization
Here are a couple of pics of the scheme I'm running with towards the final (are mere 13 days and counting!). Three theater spaces arranged longitudinally across the site (a connected indoor and outdoor theater and a smaller individual theater) that are connected by a single draped surface that is pulled taut at the theaters and allowed to bunch and slump to create walkable surfaces and occupiable spaces (on top of the theaters). The rusticated mass is now rendered as stealth-like triangular planes against the smooth curvature of the drape. Currently finalizing the geometry of the two systems (this was a design model that was used to test some interactions) and the material palette. More updates throughout the week.
Site Section
Overall Model 1
Outdoor Theater
Drape Detail 1
Drape Detail 2
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May 19, 2006
Synesthesia - DeCafe Opening
We've completed the space (well almost - there's always a punchlist) and tonight's the big opening, headlined by a lecture by Liz Diller. Here's a few final photos - the space looks really fantastic.
Wall/Ceiling Connection
Construction
Ceiling Splice Detail 1
Ceiling Splice Detail 2
Pin Up Board Detail
Door Head/Jamb Detail
Manipulating the Felt
Wall From Above
Overall Ceiling
Final Panorama 1
Final Panorama 2
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May 17, 2006
Fabrication: The Fifth Ecology of L.A.
Architectural Record's website has a series of interviews conducted by Michael Speaks on several emerging practices based in Los Angeles. The series includes interviews with two people I've had the pleasure of working with here at UCLA - Jason Payne and David Erdman.
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May 16, 2006
Music Center - Sectional Strategies
Here are the two sections that I presented at the midterm review for Greg Lynn's studio. There was also a model, but it's pretty unfinished so I'll leave it out for this posting.
The basic sectional strategy is to introduce two theaters (one indoor and one outdoor) that face each other across a central stage and flyloft. The front of the building, facing the Disney Concert Hall, is a giant opening into the large main spaces of the building, providing a visual connection between the main interior and exterior spaces.
All of the theaters and the other dense parts of the program (rehearsal rooms, offices, etc) are housed in a very dense rusticated mass through which the softer public spaces flow around and through. These soft spaces are defined by a series of draped surfaces which are pulled taut at certain points to allow for walkable floors while at other conditions they are allowed to unfurl to become structure or vertical circulaton. The surfaces fuse the disparate spaces into one conceptually continuous space, seaming with each other to form overhangs, balconies and stairs.
More refinement is needed on their architectual qualities however in the second half of the quarter.
Building Section A
Building Section B
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Synesthesia - Construction Photos 4
New batch of photos that show a ton of progress. We are moving very quickly now in anticipation of our completion date this friday. The acoustics are noticably better and people are quite pleased with the aesthetics.
Ceiling Progress 1
Ceiling Progress 2
Felt Production
Wall/Ceiling Connection 1
Wall/Ceiling Connection 2
Wall Layout 1
Wall Detail 1
Wall Detail 2
Wall Panoramic
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