The Process

Starting with an aerial view of Paris, I traced the radial pattern of the streets using the Arc de Tromphe as the center point. My next step was to zoom out and add a second circle to the tile to represent other roundabouts in the city. I then zoomed back in and choose to keep both circles and a select number of roadways. I varied the widths of the roads to show the hierarchy of the various streets.

Paris Sunset

Starting with two tile designs, distinct patterns emerge in each of the four quadrants to create the composition. The tiles were created by abstracting an aerial view of Paris and the other from the striped arches of the Mezquita Cordoba. The patterns in each quadrant were created by laying the tiles in a centralized order. Because the composition is oriented to form a diamond shape, there is an axis that breaks the composition into upper and lower sections.

The Project

The goal was to use to designs that are opposite in scale, and abstract it down to create a pattern. The final step was to create a model/3D representation of that pattern.

(Model was constructed out of chipboard and is approx. 6” x 6” x 3”.