Tito Soto . Selected Works

TiTo SotoDesigner . ViSUAL Artist

Roberto C. Soto-Rodrígueztitodesigns.com

[email protected]

Los Angeles, California

ARCH_Cemetery

The project is an underground

cemetery sited in Hammondsport,

NY. Its design is mainly focused on

the assumption of light as a space

carving vessel. It deals with notions

of space compression and release

through a series of ramps that ad-

dress light travel through space.

Media for drawings was Ink on my-

lar and white lead, while the rockite

model was made out of a casted

mold of 3D milled foam.

Perspective Section

Drawing

mixed media

Perspective A

Above ground

Perspective B

Undergound

Section Drawings

“Pavillion” - Section and Elevation Drawings [Ink, white lead on Mylar]ARCH_PavillionThe project initiated as an

analytical study of object (a

glass bottle), the design of a

vessel, and a scaled transfor-

mation of such vessel into a

human scale pavillion for the

object.

Images in the middle show

the vessel designed for the

broken bottle.

Drawings on the right show

the scale jump from and ob-

ject vessel into a pavillion

embedded in a waterfall.

“Bottle”- Study Drawing, white lead

“Vessel”

glass, wax,

metal

ARCH_Rome Peace Center

Rome, Italy. The project is based on the connection of three clusters through a main exhibition hall spine. The project has a large opening onto its courtyard that visitors may access on their way from the Colosseum on Via Claudia. The other entrances onto this courtyard are much smaller in attempts to compress the space experienced by the visitor as they enter a much larger one. This phenomenom is reminiscent of entrances onto Roman piazzas. The courtyard is shaded by Roman trees that are installed on pools within the courtyard. The multipurpose hall screen can also be used as a way to project announcements for outsiders to see, with the possibility of having outdoor movie screenings during times of warmer climate. The exhibitions spine is glazed to be able to integrate elements of the courtyard into it as part of the “exhibit”.

ARCH_Motherboard

Campus designed for Roosevelt Island, NYC. The main objective behind the project was to acheive a flexible design with several possibilities for potential growth and expansion, while meeting the needs of a campus that will be built over time and under changing circumstances. Project was in collaboration with Marcela Ramírez and Felema Yemaneberhan.

SITE PLAN

FURNITURE_ChairThe project was focused on the

design of a continuous surface

connected through box joints

that are purposefully hidden

and revealed. The only material

used to produce the chair was

sheets of poplar wood.

This project was a submission for a Furniture Design class challenge at Cornell University, the “2x4 Challenge”. We were assigned to transform a

regular 2x4 into a piece of furniture. Its design was focused on the building of topography through striation and wood lamination.

FURNITURE_Lamp

VIDEOWORK_Stills

Diamonds - Music Video

Summertime Sadness - Music Video

The Thread - Fashion Film

Video can be seen at youtube.com/RobertoCarloMedia


Video can be seen at http://vimeo.com/48635964

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ARTPOP - Music Video


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DETAILING IMAGESFASHION+ARCH+VIDEO_The Armor

Manufacturing Facility: Cornell Center for Materials ResearchLocation: Clark Hall, Cornell UniversityMachine: OMAX 2626 Abrasive Water Jet CutterCost to manufactue per hour: $50First attempt: 3 hours x $50 : $150Second attempt: 3.5 hours x $50: $200Total Cost to manufacture: $350

NOTE: Due to an error in the file, the final pieces were cut in a second attempt.Triangle 1A 1.02mm

Triangle 2A 1.02mmTriangle 3A 1.02mmTriangle 4A 1.02mmTriangle 5A 1.02mmTriangle 6A 1.02mmTriangle 7A 1.02mmTriangle 8A 1.02mm

Triangle 1B 1.02mm Triangle 2B 1.02mmTriangle 3B 1.02mmTriangle 4B 1.02mmTriangle 5B 1.02mmTriangle 6B 1.02mmTriangle 7B 1.02mmTriangle 8B 1.02mm

PART ID Thickness PART ID Thickness

Manufacturing Specifications

PROCESS DIAGRAM

Each of the parts are cut out of two 23” x 21” pieces of aluminum metal.

Each of the 16 parts are bent on their sides to create their 3-D triangular form and then assembled together using .0125” bolts.

X 16

Manufacturing Facility: Cornell Center for Materials ResearchLocation: Clark Hall, Cornell UniversityMachine: OMAX 2626 Abrasive Water Jet CutterCost to manufactue per hour: $50First attempt: 3 hours x $50 : $150Second attempt: 3.5 hours x $50: $200Total Cost to manufacture: $350

NOTE: Due to an error in the file, the final pieces were cut in a second attempt.Triangle 1A 1.02mm

Triangle 2A 1.02mmTriangle 3A 1.02mmTriangle 4A 1.02mmTriangle 5A 1.02mmTriangle 6A 1.02mmTriangle 7A 1.02mmTriangle 8A 1.02mm

Triangle 1B 1.02mm Triangle 2B 1.02mmTriangle 3B 1.02mmTriangle 4B 1.02mmTriangle 5B 1.02mmTriangle 6B 1.02mmTriangle 7B 1.02mmTriangle 8B 1.02mm

PART ID Thickness PART ID Thickness

Manufacturing Specifications

PROCESS DIAGRAM

Each of the parts are cut out of two 23” x 21” pieces of aluminum metal.

Each of the 16 parts are bent on their sides to create their 3-D triangular form and then assembled together using .0125” bolts.

X 16

“The Armor” is an abstraction in metal

of the female muscular system. It was

fabricated as part of a Digital Fabri-

cation Studio taught by Prof. Bernard

Cache. The armor was made water-

jetting the various sheet metals out

of a larger piece sheet metal. The

pieces’ corner were folded and then

bolted to each other in order to create

the armor.

Process Drawings

Initial Studies

Abstraction drawings of muscular system and formulation of armor shape.

4” x 6” PICTURE FRAMES

16” x 12” POSTER

CD DISPLAY ORGANIZER8” x 10”

POSTERS

COLLECTIBLES BOXES

JEWELRY HOOKS

MAGAZINE DISPLAY SPEAKERS

iPad/iPod/iPhone DOCKING STATION

DESIGN_The Modern Aficionado SUPERKITProject for Genre Bending Architecture Theory Course. It is a prototype for the 21st century superfan superkit including spaces for pictures, CDs, posters, ipads, speakers and artist merchandise.

DESIGN_MOUSE HeadpiecesMOUSE is a personal project that initiated with the design and construction of four different headpieces to be used in a fashion film I directed. The headpieces are made out of broken mirror, neon paint, metal studs and spikes. See at: titodesigns.com/mouse

http://http://titodesigns.com/Mouse

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