Richard Elmore

March 2nd,1944 - February 10th, 2021

Combining my prior interest in sustainability and re-thinking community spaces, a desire to strengthen rhino + modeling skills, and Richards dedication to education reform, I decided to take an everyday classroom and redesign the space to create a sustainable environment that allows for engagement with the outside world, collaboration, and connection.

Research:

Earthship School in Mexico

Hygroskin Pavillion

Armadillo house

Initial Sketches:

Ventilation and thermal cooling

Initial Rhino Drafts:

Finalizing Rhino Work:

Road Map to final project:

These projects were based off of the Listening Rooms studio. The goal of that studio was to create spaces for expression of music and to reimagine the concept of "venue". These projects accomplished this by recontextualizing the spatial and interactive qualities of a venue.

Listening Rooms

Monolith

By Elijah Rhyne and River Doyle

Songscape

Monolith

Sound Design

-> Architecture

Immersive, exploratory experience

reimagining music

Accessibility

LOCALIZED

MICRO

MACRO

SPATIALIZED

Song already exists, experienced through movement.

Music is generated, activated by touch.

Community experience WITHIN a Sound object

Community experience AROUND

a Sound object

Uses light to convey sound

The monolith invites interactivity through a mysterious exploration of music.

below 1K hz can be perceived through touch

Sketches

LED Lights up when someone approaches

Precedents

Generative

Algorithm

Musical Notes

Drum/Beat

Background Hum

below 1K hz can be perceived through touch

Block

Diagram

The Electronics

Brackets

Vibrating Side

Panels

Control Panel

Structural Frame

LEDs

Panel LEDs

Songscape

Rayanne Attar

Songscape is inspired by the song REM by Ariana Grande. This specific song was chosen because it combines a dreamy, calming effect while still having different layers of sound to use for the design. Sampling these sounds gave my playscape the potential for fun and creative experiences, bringing together harmony, beats, and rhythm throughout the space. My vision for Songscape was to translate music into architecture.

Graphic score

Analyzing music into structures

Storyboard

the overall shape of the stairs is created from the design + curves of the songs graphic score

once the person steps on this platform there will be a sound based from the song at 2:27

0:40

1:47

0:19

2:17

slides are vocal slides that happen throughout the song so when someone slides down there will be a different vocal for each slide

time stamps show what time each vocal slide happens

3:30

seesaw goes from 2 different notes (Ab and F) which represent the point in the song that Ariana sings "Wake up, wake up, wake up"

the seesaw allows a person on each side of the structure to be constantly hearing different notes based on where they are on the seesaw

monkey bars represent the continuing beat throughout the song which show in the playscape by going around the entire park, and in the graphical score with repeated curves throughout

The sound for these is a pattern and not just one note, but it’s based around the note 'Eb’

play tunnel adds structure and allows ability to be able to walk through and watch/listen to the park and community

GIF

Evocative Image. Only use this slide if you don't have an image on slide 4

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Chess is 1500 years old originally from india

Thesis

In the text box, write 3 -5 sentences that describe your project concept

Insert an image in the grey box that evokes the concept of your project

If you cannot find an image that fits this ratio, you can use multiple images

Project Description Slide

Beyond the Board is an AR board game innovating by bridging the virtual and physical worlds together. This theme was further emphasized with me being fully virtual and Nate being onsite. At that point, we had the idea of developing an AR board game, so that the players could play in both the virtual world, where anything is possible, and in the physical world, where physics is the major game mechanic. Due to Nate and I being at differing locations, we decided to have me focus on the virtual realm and Nate focus on the physical realm.

Wizard Chess, from Harry Potter

Dejarik, from Star Wars

Fan-made Yugioh AR app

Precedents

Rules

• The goal of the game is to have more points than your opponent when the game ends
• The game ends when your opponent's flag is captured.
• You gain points by using your creatures to defeat your opponent's pieces.
• You also gain 10 points from stealing your opponent's flag.
• At the start of the game, you place down creatures from a deck of tiles.
• each turn, you gain action tokens which can be discarded to trigger different actions of your creatures.

Creatures

Grid of Images

Crystal Elemental

Class: Defensive

Characteristics:

• Low Attack
• High Defense
• Ability to grow walls that hinder opponents
• Inspired by the Crystal Guardian from Hollow Knight

Crystal Elemental

Grid of Images

Demonic Sygil

Class: Offensive

Characteristics:

• Extremely high attack
• Extremely low health
• Ability to damage entire opposing team
• Inspired by Icon Of Sin from Doom Enternal

Grid of Images

Fire Elemental

Class: Generic

Characteristics:

• Medium Attack
• Medium Health
• Ability to set entire teams on fire.

Grid of Images

Fire Elemental

Wind Spirit

Class: Support

Characteristics:

• Low Attack
• High Defense
• Ability to heal your entire team

Crown Tile

• When the crown is captured game ends
• When the crown is captured the team who captured the crown also gains ten points

Grid of Images

Digital App

On the day before pencils down, I designed an extremely low fidelity test app.

The app allows people to experience the board game without needing the actual board.

AR Demo Videos

Augmented reality tests before patches and additions

Video 1: only renders on creature at a time

Video 2: Characters move from tiles / doesn't recognize lighthouse tile

Grid of Images

AR app

The final AR app is currently still in development due to engine requirements. At the moment it can render all the tiles and creatures however the attack phase's programing is still incomplete.

Board Prototypes



Three Images centered

Board Prototype

Three Images centered

Phone Holder Prototype

Stacked images

Final Rhino File

This is the final board file. It showcases the board itself along with the stand for your phone.

Final Work (Detail)

Stencils for Board Spray Painting

-Outer Layer

-Inner layer

Spray Painting Videos

Featuring Teo

Final Work --GIF (Optional)

Spray Painting Pictures

Final Photos

Market Strategy

Stage 2: Release AR app and open up preorders for a physical board product run. Expand the characters and offer more boards for more AR games (Chess, Dungeons and Dragons, etc). Eventually get our boards in toy stores and Amazon

Stage 1: Put Digital app on the market with a paid expansion pack and advertising to raise money for Xcode and a better Augmented Reality Engine. Through direct comments, experimental updates, and game modes, get customer feedback and improve the game for AR release as well as grow social media pages to line up potential Beyond the Board buyers.

Beyond the Tree is an immersive art project centered around the battle between nature and mankind and the effects of industrialization on the world around us. It pushes viewers to to be more considerate about the Earth and explores concepts about what our future may look like.

Thesis

• Precedent analyzation

• Choose what to incorporate

• Brainstorming

• Sketching + conceptualization

Design Process

Precedents

Precedent Analyzation

Brainstorming/Sketching

Distortion of Nature

conceptual sketches

Conceptual Sketch

rhino screenshots

First Rhino model

Final Rhino model

(inside of tree)

render

Final Renders

Conclusion

Thank you!