Thick is a research project that explores material thickness as a site of an architectural investigation. Alluded to in section, camouflaged in the figure-ground, and presented as a foil in the developed surface drawing, material thickness is an understudied architectural condition. Thickness evades the elevation and hides out in the edges of projective drawing. As such, it is often considered a mere inconvenience of the real within systems of representation, and has served as an elusive site for many acts of design. The project explores the peripheral role of material thickness within historic and contemporary processes of tooling and production. 

© Joshua White Photography

Architects: Spinagu

Location: 960 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90013, United States
Lead Architects: Maxi Spina, Jia Gu

Area: 1460.0 ft2

Project Year: 2017

Photographs: Joshua White Photography

Fabrication Coordinators : Ravyn Crabtree, Rishab Jain

Sci Arc Student Workshop: Cheryl Linn, Saul Kim, Marianna Girgenti, Leo Liu, Luiza De Souza, Nicholas Perseo, Yunki Cheung, Bianca Hernandez, Cindy Liu, Adriane Yi, Rebecca Wiscombe, Daniel Arismendys Taveras-Hernandez, Siddardha Chalamala, Melissa Alvarez, Borja Lopez Calvino, German Diaz, Anna Bahudian, Justin Elliot, William Chen, Sammi Liang, Tucker van Leuwen-Hall.

Sci Arc Fabrication Shop: Brandon Youndt, Rodney Rojas, Josh Wallin, Hector Solis

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