Alexis Sablone

ALEXIS SABLONEMIT ARCHITECTURE 2016

WORK SAMPLE

PROJECTS

01 YMBTA02 KOLLEGIUM03 BRICK HOUSE04 MIT BOATHOUSE

05 CODE.FORM_SPACE06 SKATE VISUALIZATION07 IMAGE MUSIC

08 6939 AD09 THE VIOLIN1 0 POSERS

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ARCHITECTURE

PROGRAMMING

ANIMATION

ART

YMBTAThe YMBTA project seeks to hybridize two long-standing sys- tems- the YMCA and the MBTA- in order to produce a unique urban hub. While the program requirements are well distributed between YMCA and MBTA, the athletic program overwhelms the space, larger than both the transit and com-munity programs com- bined; In fact, the footprint of the running track alone nearly falls off the site. Rather than seeing this as problematic, this project looks at these large athletic zones as an instrumen-tal part of the sought after hybridization. First, the running track is expanded to literally fill the site as the remaining program is placed inside. The other three large athletic zones are pressed into the ground along the center of the site, forming a backbone of sorts. From here, the track lanes lose their typical even divisions. Lanes are compressed and expanded, twisted and spread apart. These operations distort the track into spaces that accommodate each program.Ultimately, the transit and community spaces straddle the athletic zones creating a constant spectacle for both the people inside the space and those on the street, as it breaches the site’s perimeter.

TYPOLOGY OF TRACK LANE DEFORMATIONS

FRAY 1: STAIR

FRAY 2: SEATING

TRACK TERMINATESPEEL OFF AND POOL

TAKEOVER FRAY 3: PLATFORMS

SITE STANDARD 200 METER RUNNING TRACK EXPANDED TO FILL SITE


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THE BRICK HOUSEA new brick house designed for Philip Johnson’s Glass House campus in New Canaan, Conneti-cut. The project was the end result of a semester-long inquiry into masonry construction meth-ods.

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MIT BOATHOUSEDespite their many differences, the existing boathouses on the Charles could all be classified as protrusions that obstruct the public space between the city and river. This project operates as a critique of these existing boathouses, not only serving the MIT crew team, but the MIT community and the public at large. The sparse program takes advantage of the entire length of the site, sitting flush with the existing ground at the seam where old and new meet. From below, the public “deck” operates as a canopy that clusters, organizes, and houses the boathouse programs. From above, the new structure will be read as an extension or outgrowth of the land--expanding the existing pedestrian walkway into a public plaza that will double as a large viewing deck during events.

KOLLEGIUMkollegium 1kä-’le-ge- m, a Danish student housing unit

This is a design for a single 125 m3 unit of student housing. While the project takes the organization of the entire kollegium complex into consideration, the primary focus remains on the individual unit. Staying within the 125 m3 parameters, I chose to morph the allotted 5mx5mx5m cube in order to optimize the space for human scale and activity. The design pays careful attention to the separation of public and private space. Privacy increases as the user moves away from common kollegium space and toward the river.

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CODE.FORM_SPACEBorn out of a workshop on parametric tools and design co-taught at the University of Puerto Rico by myself and Luisel Zayas, Code.Form_Space produced its first installation. The pavilion consisted of a thousand hand-made plastic modules threaded over a structural system of high-tensioned ropes. Locat-ed on the corner of Cerra and Aurora Street in Santurce, Puerto Rico, the installation became a central feature of 2014’s Santurce Es Ley, an annual street art festival that brings together artists from around the world.

Project Leaders : Alexis Sablone, Luisel Zayas Project Team : José Rivera, David Rodriguez, Kiara Marina, Karena Taveras, David Oliveras, Gabriela Becerra, Steven Morales, Dannielys Staback, Franco Marcano, Marcos Gonzalez, Alfredo Llop, Alitza Cardona, Kevin Rivera, Camila Azalea, Gustavo Vega, Bertil Ramirez.

SKATE VISUALIZATONAn experimental application I developed in order to try to visualize patterns and tendencies of different skaters. Using a custom skateboard I designed with a slot for embedding an iPhone, the application taps into the phone’s built-in acceleromter and streams movement data in visual form to produce a unique an-imation each time it is used.

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1. Write a Processing script that takes in tilt, pitch, and yaw values to produce a visualization which will function as both an animation and, upon completion, a legible image. 2. Strip, sand, and clamp skateboard deck in preparation for routing.3. Route out 5 of 7 ply to fit iPhone casing. 4. Install rubber casing.5. Set up skateboard with trucks and wheels.6. Run accelerometer data gathering application and insert phone face up into casing. 7. Ready.8. Go skate.9. Return and watch.

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1. Write a Processing script that takes in tilt, pitch, and yaw values to produce a visualization which will function as both an animation and, upon completion, a legible image. 2. Strip, sand, and clamp skateboard deck in preparation for routing.3. Route out 5 of 7 ply to fit iPhone casing. 4. Install rubber casing.5. Set up skateboard with trucks and wheels.6. Run accelerometer data gathering application and insert phone face up into casing. 7. Ready.8. Go skate.9. Return and watch.

IMAGE MUSICThis project is an exploration into the indirect translation between senses.Here, I’ve devised a series of rules to translate images into music/sound.

The user drags and drops an image into the program. A sampler moving from left to right, up to down will begin reading the image as a sequence of tones, looping back to the top of the image each time it reaches the bottom. The tone has 3 determining variables: the average BRIGHTNESS of the sample determines the OCTAVE, the average HUE of the sample determines the letter of the NOTE, and the average SATURATION of the sample determines whether the note is b / REGULAR / #.

The user can alter the image in 2 ways: STAMP and COLOR. In STAMP MODE the user samples from one portion of the image by typing “s”. When the mouse is held down and dragged, the pixels around it will be colored over (Alpha=150) by pixels from the sample location. In COLOR MODE, the user samples a single color from one portion of the image by typing “c.” Now when the mouse is held down and dragged, the pixels around it will be colored over (Alpha=150) with that sample color.

Ultimately, editing the image alters the sound and editing the sound alters the image. The user has the ability to transform both image and sound simultaneously and in the process, produce unexpected/interesting new things.

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“Sample_8.jpg” in the process of being edited.

CELL SAMPLER

STAMP MODE EDIT

DATA BOX

COLOR MODE EDIT

6939 AD“6939 A.D.” shows the potential devastating effects of rising sea levels on the physical state of the country and on the movement of large populations over time. Using laser cut wood, we created a 3-D contour map of the United States and flooded it with dyed water to represent this ecological threat.

Collaborators: Taylor Farnham, Vivian Dien

Animation stills.

VIOLINAnimation done in 3DS Max. Responsible for all aspects apart from modelling.

Animation stills.

POSERSAnimation done in 3DS Max. Responsible for all aspects.

Animation stills.

OTHERSome personal work and sketches.

Skateboards: Art on the Ply, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 2011.

Sketchbooks I + II

ALEXIS SABLONE

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biography.

work experience.

academic experience.

2012 - Present [ Massachusetts Institute of Technology ] Master of Architecture Candidate Ida C. Green Fellowship Recipient 2012-13

2004 - 2008 [ Barnard College, Columbia University ] Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Architecture Major Dean’s List 2004-2005, 2007-2008 Architecture Departmental Honor, 2008

2000 - 2004 [ Hopkins, New Haven, CT USA ] High School

After studying architecture at Barnard College, Columbia University and receiving a Bachelor of Arts and Sciences , Alexis spent several years working as a freelance designer and professional skateboarder. In 2012, she returned to school to pursue a Masters of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. There, she has had the opportunity to work for and with many talented individuals in addition to carrying out her own research which explores the intersection of design, computation, visualization and fabrication.

Architecture Intern,Höweler + Yoon Architecture. [ meejin yoon + eric höweler ] Boston, Massachusetts. June 2014 - Present.

Design + Computation Instructor, CODE.FORM.SPACE.University of Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico. July 2014 - August 2014.

Teaching Assistant,MIT Media Lab. Design Across Scales. [ meejin yoon + neri oxman ] Cambridge, Massachusetts. January 2014 - May 2014.

Design + Computation Consultant,MIT Media Lab. Soft-Pneumatics. [ lining yao + jifei ou ] Cambridge, Massachusetts. January 2014 - May 2014.

Teaching Assistant,MIT ACT. Networked Cultures + Participatory Media. [gediminas urbonas] Cambridge, Massachusetts. September 2013 - January 2014.

Graphic Design Consultant,Arcade Skateboards, Seasons Skateboards, MEOW Skateboards [ various ] Los Angeles, CA. February 2011 - October 2011

Lead Concept Artist,Bright Light Bright Light . [ jody wilson, director ] Los Angeles, CA. January 2011.

extracurricular experience + exhibitions.

honors + awards.

Tuition FellowshipMassachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013-Present.

Selected Entry MIT Mural CompetitionMassachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013

Ida C. Green Fellowship RecipientMassachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012-2013.

Architecture Departmental HonorBarnard College, Columbia University, 2008.

1st Place Gold Medalist Women’s Skateboarding StreetX Games. Los Angeles, 2010 + 2012.

2nd Place Silver Medalist Women’s Skateboarding StreetX Games. Los Angeles, 2011 + 2009.

Ranked #1 Female Skateboarder in the WorldWCS World Rankings, 2011.

1st Place Gold Medalist Women’s Skateboarding StreetMystic Cup. Prague, Czech Republic, 2009 + 2010

CODE.FORM.SPACE InstallationCollaboration with Luisel Zayas and studentsExhibition: “Santurce es Ley” San Juan, Puerto Rico

Orchard Show, Selected WorksExhibition: Orchard, April 2014 - Present Allston, MA

MIT Mural, 3 x 3 x 14 x 20Exhibition: Stata Center, January 2014-Present Cambridge, MA

Shenzhen Biennale, CROWD UPCollaboration with Liqun Chen + Qianqian ZhangShenzhen, China, 2013

Project Spotlight, 6939 A.D.Collaboration with Vivien Dien + Taylor FarnhamMIT Center for Art, Science & Technology, 2013

MIT Open House, Acoustic Vault InstallationCollaboration with Ryan McLaughlin, Wenfei Xu, Elizabeth GalvezExhibition: MIT West Dome Building 7, Fall 2012 Cambridge, MA

Skateboards: Art on the Ply, Untitled I + IIExhibition: Lyman Allyn Art Museum, 2012 New London, CT

Barnard + Columbia Exhibition, ______-logicalAssistant CuratorExhibition: Diana Center, June 2012 New York, NY

Coliseum, Film: PJ Ladd’s Wonderful Horrible LifeFeatured SkateboarderDistributed WorldwideBoston, MA 2002 +2004

publications.

skills.OSMac + Windows

2DAdobe Complete SuiteAutodesk AutoCADArcGISFinal Cut Pro

3DRhinocerosGrasshopper3ds Studio MaxMayaV-rayMental Ray

PROGRAMMINGPythonProcessingJavascriptHTML/CSS

June 2013 - MIT Student Spotlight Interview: Switching Stances

August 2011 - The Daily Article: Ivy Leaguer takes the Skateboard Wo- rld by Storm

July 2011 - ESPN W Article: Creative Blueprint for Success, 2011

February 2011 -Thrasher Magazine #361 Article: KOTR She-Boarders, 2011 [p71-2] Article: King of the Road: Circa, 2011 [p80-4]

January 2004 -Thrasher Magazine #276 Article: King of the Road : eS , 2004 [p80-82]

November 2002 -Thrasher Magazine #262 Article: Heads , 2002 [p45-49]

January 1999 - SLAP Magazine #73 Article: Skateboard Check Out [p46 ]

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