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Adrian Cruz

Adrian Cruz

San Diego, CA, US

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Departure

The collage is a symbolic story of the Nakagin Capsules’ life, specifically capturing the aftermath of its lifespan. 1970s birth of the Nakagin Capsules revolves around the philosophy of Metabolism, an architectural movement that takes inspiration from a cellular system, and functional operation to allow removable pods like cells to reconstruct and reorganize. From its end, the cellular pod was unable to fulfill its functional purpose to leave its host and began to compose the opposite, deconstruction. Years go along until it is disassembled, and failed functionally into its cellular programming; the cells are planned to distribute different parts from all over the world to various locations. The life of the Nakagin Capsules’ is expressed as a transition from a mixed-use building on Earth to a Space Port for Spacecraft, where the capsules act as landers. Outer space represents new beginnings the capsules will be spread out to become. A fulfilled purpose from a different perspective; space the final frontier.

 
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Status: Competition Entry
Location: Space
My Role: 3D Modeling, Graphics
Additional Credits: Charlie Ngov