Month: July 2018

Vivarium

The space to reform is an antique factory in Calatrava street. The main objective is to improve the workspace shared by three advertising companies.

“Vivarium” recovers the industrial atmosphere, providing warmth and implanting biophilia in the interior. It provides the users a place to boost their creativity, improving their well-being and guaranteeing their personal engagement. The design strategy departs from a striated permeable mesh both in the interior and the exterior, creating a dynamic path into the building. There’s a relation between the open and close spaces, each of them adapted to each company’s needs and the common need for boosting the different stages of the creative process: areas in which you can grow ideas, nurture and develop them with the aim of getting the final project: the fruit.



Bedu

“Bedu” addresses issues of identity and representation by studying the history of western orientalist photographic representation of the Arabman. Within this context, the Bedouin man was constantly performing for the voyeuristic gaze. Forever represented as the nomadic man living a quaint life in the desert, and he, unlike the rest of the world is immune to the impact of time, development, and modernity. The exotic lens which captured “the Other”, has shaped the global perception of the region under the same lens. And continues to shape it today.

In reality, the Bedouin community is experiencing a transitional struggle from traditional to modern. Theylive in little towns on the outskirts of the desert and welcometechnology. Withtourism as the major source of income, most Bedouin sand themselves playing the role of traditional Bedouins to full the tourist’s expectations. In a sense, itisthe role thateverycominggenerationwillfallinto, and in most cases, itistheonly role available.

I worked in collaboration with the Bedouin men of the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan to create an inclusive and reactive body of work. Itis a performative play with the viewer’s vision of theman, thedesert and the relation ship between both. TheBedouins are seen performing within the frame, either losing themselves into the lands cape or returning the gaze to the viewer. This dance within the landscape, hopes to emphasize the performative role that plays into
most aspects of the tourism industry.

To Live And Die in Venice

William Shakespeare and hip-hop mayseemcontradictory at firstglance. Butparallels are foundbetweenthesetwoelements of culture. In terms of artisticexpression, the use of wordplay, lyricism and rhythm are akin. Love, jealousy, violence and betrayal are commonsubjectmatters in both.

Influencedby hip-hop and Shakespeareantheatrical performances, “To Live and Die in Venice”isaninterpretation of “Othello” set in hip-hop´sgoldenage.

Theatmosphere of a playispresentwithseriftypefaces, tabulations and navigationelementscommonlyfound in scripts. Hip-hop isintroducedwithbattle rap lyricswhencharactersfacearguments. As thestoryheats up, highlights, violatedtext blocks and imagesreflecttheoffensive and blitz of battle rap environment.




REC 0.15 Pop Up Store

Experimental store created departing from units of beer crates, using different building systems with the aim of creating an element with different functions, which will be identified as a whole.

The purpose was to create an open space with a lattice shade that allowed enjoying the different REC activities, such as the entrance of the pop-up store, the DJ stand, the grandstand or the food area.

The multiplicity of activities around this element generated dynamic fluxes that made this place an epicenter inside the fair, since it also worked as an icon, because it was seen by the users as the meeting and resting place.




On Pointe. Developing a Parametric System For Pointe Shoe Customization De Marilena Christodoulou

A Pointe Shoe is worn by ballet dancers while performing en pointe. This ballet technique, which is performed by rising to the tips of the toes, enables dancers to create the illusion of incredible lightness and sylph‐like appearance. However, pointe work causes pain, blisters, calluses, and disfigurement of the feet, commonly known among dancers.

These injuries can be prevented if the feet are better supported. Dancers, pointe shoe fitters, and podiatrists agree that finding Pointe Shoes which fit correctly and adjust throughout your career could help to avoid feet injuries. Sports clothing are demanding a radical shift requiring the integration of digital technologies not only in making but also in designing. Each dancer has unique feet, with variations of toe length and shape, arch flexibility, and mechanical strength.

The objective of this study is to prove that a parametric system can be developed for designing a pointe shoe adaptable to all feet.