Rebecca Erde Portfolio 2015

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARCHITECTURE / DESIGN BUILD STUDIOS

FABRICATION

ETCETERA

AMP STØL MANTIS MANGA FARMING

ACCUMULUS

PRINTMAKING GLASSBLOWING

Spring 2015ArchitecturalDesign IV

Fall 2014Furniture Designin Denmark

Spring 2013Cycles

Spring 2013Intro to DesignProcesses IV

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Spring 2015Contemporary ArtMuseum, St. Louis

Spring 2014 Since 2003

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AMP : a design build studio/amp/

nounshort for AMPERE (a unit of electric current)

nounshort for AMPLIFIER ( an electronic device for increasing the amplitude of electric of electrical signals)

verbshort for AMPLIFY (to increase, to become more intense)

Spring 2015Architectural Design IVProfessor: Chandler Ahrens

Digital Design TeamGrace Davis & Samuel Leder

Preliminary Seminar Work by Christopher Taurasi, Jeffrey Lee, & Lexi White

watch video: vimeo.com/126084593

Iteration 2 Iteration 3

DESIGN ITERATIONS

iteration 3 iteration 5

iteration 6 iteration 8 iteration 9

iteration 2

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Digital Design TeamGrace Davis & Samuel Leder

Materials/Fabrication TeamMatt Brice, Rebecca Erde, Gabe Dash, & Jim Noh

Representation TeamPaige Bergmeier, Jennifer Rockoff, Amy Sun & Matthew Weinberg

Teaching AssistantJeffrey Lee

Iteration 5 Iteration 6 Iteration 8 Iteration 9

12 undergraduate architecture students developped, fabricated, and assembled an architectural installation for TRex, a startup technology business incubator in downtown St. Louis. The installation explores how architecture affects human senses, as well as the effects generated by the architectural entity. Students researched ways to alter vision using reflection and use light as an environmental variable to generate the form of the installation.

DESIGN ITERATIONS

iteration 3 iteration 5

iteration 6 iteration 8 iteration 9

iteration 2

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Slotted Connection

Snap-fit retention bracket

Adhesive Backed Reflective Mylar

Front View

Thermoplastic Olefin Laser Cut Panels

CONSTRUCTION DIAGRAM

LIGHT PROJECTION DIAGRAM

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SNAP FITJOINT

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STØL/stül/

Fall 2014Furniture Design in DenmarkProfessors: Natalie Jeffersand Lars Hansen

an imaginary nounthe Danish word for chair, STOL, combined with the Scandinavian “slashed o” that I invented to describe the design of my chair

ORIGINAL CONCEPT SIMPLIFIED

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I took Furniture Design while studying abroad in Copenhagen. Our studio studied the master’s of Scandinavian furniture design, including Arne Jacobsen, Hans Wegner, Alvaro Aalto, and Jørn Utzon, among many others. We were each given a blank shell and a metal base. I asked myself, How much of the plywood shell can I strip away with it still being a chair? Still comfortable, durable, and ergonomic? I was inspired by birds nests, street grids, stained glass, and spiderwebs.

FINAL

man•tis/’man(t) s/e

nouna slender predatory insect related to the cockroack that waits motionless for prey with its large spiky forelegs folded like hands in prayer

Spring 2013CyclesProfessor: Lindsey Stouffer

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The goal of this studio was to design and build a cycle inspired by the movements of an insect. I worked in a team with two other students, Cristina Clow and Kim Gagnon, where our original inspiration was from studies of centipedes. Through our multiple iterations, we let go of our original studies of the centipede, and ended up with Mantis, a 7 foot-tall upright reverse-recumbent tricycle with working brakes.

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man•ga farming/’maNGg /

nouna style of Japanese comic books and graphic novels, typically aimed at adults as well as children

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I was assigned to design a terrarium. As I was researching alternative growth methods, I was inspired by Japanese artist Koshi Kawachi to attempt to grow radishes in manga comics. I was intrigued by this process because it is an innovative way to plant while recycling and reusing old books.

Spring 2013Intro to DesignProcesses IVProfessor: Elisa Kim

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The undulating curves that formed in the moist books inspired the form of the growing pods in my terrarium. Each row of pods was tilted so that water could travel down to the bottom, where there was a pump to lead the water back to the top. To form the curves in the terrarium, I CNC milled molds to thermoform the plexiglass strips. Prior to thermoforming them, I lasercut air holes for growth. I attached LED lights under each row to light the row below it.

ETCETERAprintmaking

Spring 2014Monoprints, ink rolled in meshProfessor: Angela Malchianno

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ETCETERAglassblowingHobby Since 2003, More serious artistic pursuit in recent years at UrbanGlass in Downtown Brooklyn

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FABRICATIONACCUMULUS

Spring 2015Contemporary Art Museum, St. LouisProfessor: Lavender Tessmer and Jason Butz

I was brought in to work on the completion of this graduate design build installation, where I CNC milled and fabricated about a quarter of the project. Sheets of recyclable PETG plastic were laid on CNC milling machines, fabricating the modules efficiently with minimal waste.

The graduate architecture students in the studio were Jay Bassett, Qian Huang, Boxun Hu, Jeffrey Lee, Chun Liu, Alex Melvin, John Patangan, Joseph Vizurraga, Lingfeng Zhang, and Yue Zhang

Photos from CAMSTL Instagram and Washington University Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts Facebook Page

C O N T A C Trebecca.erde@wustl.edurebecca.erde@gmail.com

914-282-6771

References available upon request

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, cum laudeMinor in Urban Design and Minor in French

Washington University in St. Louis 2015

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