my design work in and out of architecture school.luis@legildesign.com

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TIMEless
TIMEless

  This sculpture was a piece commissioned by the Superfront Gallery in Los Angeles for their exhibition, “TIMEless,” an exhibition exploring the 4d possibilities of space. I worked with Michael Fox of FoxLin to develop a sculpture based on a short story which Michael wrote titled “Nano City” (read it here). The story is of […]

ENV Downtown
ENV Downtown

ENV Downtown was my Senior Degree Project at Cal Poly Pomona. The proposal is for a new facility for the College of Environmental Design of Cal Poly Pomona in downtown Pomona. As a concept, the idea of a College of Environmental Design is a unique one. The model at Cal Poly Pomona is unique in […]

unEARTH
unEARTH

The task at hand for this studio was to design an economically viable space station. Initially, the station was to be programmed as a space hotel, but to make the station economically viable each student was to propose another use for the project that could feasibly create revenue. This was one of the most interesting/frustrating […]

Urban Continuance
Urban Continuance

Urban Continuance is the new urban typology. In dense urban areas, large, open park spaces are under utilized and inefficient. Sprawling expanses of grass are both unsustainable and unrepresentative of the needs of an urban population. Instead of the isolated grass lawn, then, a new park typology is needed: the park as connective tissue. The […]

Facade-O-Matic!
Facade-O-Matic!

Catchy name, yeah? This is an idea I’ve kind of had kicking around in my head for a while. It is based on the Random Tessellation script I wrote for Processing a while back. This Grasshopper does much the same thing but in three dimensions instead of two. A unit module is created by the […]

A Walking City
A Walking City

A Walking City is a project on which I was design team member while I was employed at WE Architecture in Copenhagen, Denmark. The proposal was our entry in an international competition to reinvent the city of Drammen, Norway. The approach we took on this project was that of reinvigorating the historic city center of Drammen […]

Rhombic Disphenoid
Rhombic Disphenoid

This Grasshopper definition approximates a disphenoid minimal surface in Rhino. The definition creates one and also has the option to create a grid of such geometries as seen above. The definition employs the Minimal Surface plugin for Grasshopper by Robert Cervellione. This object is used to speed up the process of defining the composite surface […]

Recursion RhinoScript
Recursion RhinoScript

This is a simple recursion script with pretty nice results. The idea comes from Marc Fornes’ experiments with the same technique. This script creates a recursive equilateral triangle sequence. As an input the script asks for an edge length, incident angle, and the number of iterations.   Download the Script   Recursion by Luis Gil […]

Living Market
Living Market

Located very close to the busiest metro station in Denmark, Israel Plads can be seen asa central location various regions of København such as Nørrebro and the historical citycenter. This location makes for a natural gathering space for the inhabitants of the city andgreat social attractor, especially given its close proximity to Nørreport station. Until […]

Hexagonal Weaving in Grasshopper
Hexagonal Weaving in Grasshopper

This Grasshopper definition was inspired by the structure for the new Pompidou-Metz Center by Shigeru Ban. The structure is said to be inspired by hexagonal weaving pattern found in traditional Chinese hats. This is a very common weaving pattern also found in things such as chairs. For a large scale structure, however, it is impractical […]

Arch 303, Final Project
Arch 303, Final Project

A proposal for an new elementary school in

Arch 302, Charrette One
Arch 302, Charrette One

A case study on the Kanchanjunga Apartments in India by Charles Correa.

Arch 301, Final Project
Arch 301, Final Project

My Arch 301 project at Cal Poly Pomona.

Arch 301, Charrette One
Arch 301, Charrette One

A case study of Albert Frey’s second house in Palm Springs, CA.

Arch 203, Charrete 04 – Final Proposal
Arch 203, Charrete 04 - Final Proposal

Our proposal for the USGBC Natural Talent Design Competition. This entry was a finalist in that competition.

Arch 203, Charrette 02
Arch 203, Charrette 02

An analysis of the competition site.

Arch 203, Charrette 01
Arch 203, Charrette 01

A couple of case studies.

Arch 202, Charrette 04 – Final
Arch 202, Charrette 04 - Final

My final proposal for the Arch 202 term project, the Acumulação Museum, L_AM.

Arch 202, Charrette 03 – Midterm
Arch 202, Charrette 03 - Midterm

My midterm proposal for the Acumulação Museum.

Arch 202, Charrette 02
Arch 202, Charrette 02

Movement.

Arch 202, Charrette 01
Arch 202, Charrette 01

An exercise in packing space as efficiently as possible.

Arch 201, Charrette 04 – Final Proposal
Arch 201, Charrette 04 - Final Proposal

My final design for the Arch 201 term project, a bath house on a site at Mount Baldy.

Arch 201, Charrette 04 – Midterm Proposal
Arch 201, Charrette 04 - Midterm Proposal

My first design proposal for the bath house project.

Arch 201, Charrette 03
Arch 201, Charrette 03

A small portion of the future bath house. A combination of a steam room and cold bath derived from the geometries of Charrette 02.