efrain camposselected works

catenary marketprof. laura feldbergsping 2010honorable mention: year end show

re-pier/flea-pierprof. judith dejongfall 2011

geode stopprof. david brownspring 2011honorable mention : year end show

speed/warpprofs. paul florian & cristopher wolffall 2012

puncture/junctureprof. dan wheelerspring 2012

selected worksuniversity of illinois at chicago

Catenary Market sprouts in the middle of the city of Chicago in between its river and train tracks. The constrictions of the site create an atmosphere of limitation, yet the canopy of the market grows up-wards in between the chaos of its surroundings. A ramp stretches from the ground level to the elevated base that hovers on top of the train tracks.

The canopy of the market consists of network of intertwined arches that create a series of pathways at its base which guide costumers through the site. The market consists of both temporary and perma-nent stall, storage spaces, and green spaces. These spaces are evenly spread throughout the site thus creating variety and resting spots for costumers.

catenary market

multiply

mirror left

component

mirror up mirror down

mirror left

stretch & compress

splitprogram component

Insert Park

public park areatemporary market stalls

permanent market stallspermanent storage

TIRESPAPER PLASTICGLASS METAL

PUBLIC INTERACTIONREQUIRED PROGRAMS FLEA MARKET

Navy pier becomes the center of reuse for the Chicago downtown area at which flows of ma-terials and public activities intertwine. Reuse pro-grams are arranged according to the order of the materials being recycled; they also branch verti-cally from the bottom of the pier to show the

different stages of transformation of the materials being reused. Ramps connect the top public layer of the pier to the flea market and the recycling lay-ers in order to reinforce the understanding of the reuse processes.

re-pier/flea-pier

Highway Systems

North Park University

Skokie Sports Park

Soldier Field

2 mi

4 mi

6 mi

8 mi

10 mi

Depaul UniversityCongress

Theater

Harborside InternationalGolf Center

Zoo

Midway Airport

full service

metal

tires

electronics

paper

plastic

wood

Metal Multiple Service

Paper Electronics Tires Plastic WoodGeneral Recycling Network

Relationship to WaterRelationship to Highway Relationship to Highway

37% 20%

29%

12%

13% 40% 33% 50% 50%

60%

47%

36% 12%

Recycle Centers/Circulation Relationship

2 Mi

4 Mi

6 Mi

8 Mi

10 Mi

Thrift Stores

FleaMarkets

Pawn Shops

Animal Shelters

1% 0% 0% 2%

Reuse Center Networks

Relationship to Public Areas (Shopping Centers, Museums, Public Green Areas, Exhibition Spaces)

Public Reuse/Public Areas Relationship

Exhibition

Public Green Areas

MuseumShopping Centers

Public Reuse/Public Transportation Relationship

UP - NMD - NNCS

UP - NW

MD - W

UP - W

BNSF

ME

SS

Skokie

Linden

Howard

OHare

Kimball

Harlem

Forest Park

Cermak

Midway

Ashland

95/Dan Ryan

East 63rd

2 Mi

4 Mi

6 Mi

8 Mi

10 Mi

ft S

Pawn Shops

Thri tores

Flea Markets

Animal Shelters

HC

RI

SWS

Thrift Stores

FleaMarkets

Pawn Shops

Animal Shelters

46% 82% 89% 71%

Reuse Center Networks

Relationship to Public Transportation

San Jose Flea MarketDaytona Flea Farmers Market Re-pier/Flea-pierAustin Country Flea Market

Flea Pier compared to U.S. largest ea markets

Paper 25% 9 ft.

30 ft. 80 ft.30 ft.

80 0030 00

25%

1 0

9 ft.

30 ft. 15 ft.20 ft.

15.001 0

Plastic

Metal 20% 7 ft.

30 ft. 15 ft.115 ft.

15.001 00

18% 6 ft.

30 ft. 125 ft.Rubber

12% 4 ft.

30.00 15 ft.115 ft.Glass

plastic process

heat process

melting processgrinding process

rolling process

On Site Recycling Percentages and Processes

bend (to connect to street level)sequence program (according to recycling materials) layer (surface programs)

slice (to divide surface program) plug program (according to light need, materila flows and public activities)pinch and pull (to connect programatic layers)

grass

sand

wood

rubber

concrete

Geode Stop breaks the flatness of Illinois horizon. Seen from miles away, the iconic building hints to its programmatic components through the chiseled shape of its crevices. Crevices are embedded with rock climbing walls that connect the different pro-grams of the rest stop. Visitors are able to go from one level to the other by climbing the surfaces of the crevice. Each crevice contains a different program providing a variety of activities for the hotel guests. The base of the building houses a gas station, a restaurant and the lobby. These programs are hol-low

low spaces within the solid base. The interior of the building is composed of a field of towers that rest on top of the seven storey base. A series of cat-walks connect each of the towers, thus allowing for pockets of space to be carved within the circulation space. Each pocket becomes a gathering space for social interaction between the hotel guests. The perforated metal skin of the building is composed of a grid of circles creating a moire effect on its faces. The pattern appears to change size as incoming drivers get closer to the building.

geode stop

Speed / Warp uses Ambrose Bierces short story, An Occurrence in Owl Creek Bridge,as a design catalyst to bridge the gap between two completely sides of town. The story documents the imaginary escape of a man in the process of being hanged. The bridge represents the compression of mo-ments in history in spite the rush of time (the high-way).The bridge both compresses and expands the sense of time.

The constituents of the bridge are analogous to the of the story in the way they each perceive time. Each constituent represents a different speed of time. Like the captain, the drivers stay on real time. The pedestrian goes into a time expansion, just as the man being hanged did. The dweller participates in both times like the reader does too. The mesh represents the stretch of time, and connects both time speeds.

speed/warp

Juncture Puncture becomes the place to go for any apparel needs. Located at the corner of North Ave and Sedwick St. this building houses three live/work units in which the renters are able to set up their work station within their own home. The first floor houses a caf, which becomes the gathering point for both residents of the building and people on their way to the red line station located half a block from the caf.

The second floor houses a shoe repair shop, the third floor a tailor, and the fourth floor a jewelry maker. The landing of the exterior staircase of the building are extended in order to create extra gath-ering place for its residents. The skin of the building consists of corten panels that also wrap around the courtyard of the building ending the block at a large porous mass.

puncture/juncture