GUILLERMO ARANDA-MENA

U RBITAS refers to a collage of some of my favourite cities. If looking at the below traced image from top-right moving clockwise you could identify: Milano, Mantova, Venice, Rome, Barcelona, Paris, Manhattan, Guadalajara, México City, Zurich (centre left) and Melbourne (centre right). The collage was drawn and then painted over canvas (acrylic ) depicting a megalopolis of my ideal city.  ... conversations (versus) NATURA refers to trees that I recently observed and engaged with in locations such as St Kilda and Phillip Island, Australia; Hong Kong, Macau and Singapore. The selected three on canvas (oil-pens) is in Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia and it is observation into nature and reflective exercise to "detox" from city life . The result is inconclusive.... and that is an important aspect of it.  For the transition between UBITAS and NATURA I selected an image of a boutique shop I recently visited in Hong Kong. The work is organic yet set in the city with highest li...

"Color is a power which directly influences the soul...to cause vibrations in the soul." Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)  Project title:  ADVANCED PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT OF COMMERCIAL FAÇADE SYSTEMS UTILISING  3D PRINTING ROBOTICS Executive Summary This project aims to creating commercial façade solution applying RMIT’s know-how on the fields of lean manufacturing and circular business models removing the upfront investment into a lease mechanism. With the increased technological advancement the production of façades can be localised back to Australia at affordable cost with substantial increase in quality including aesthetic, fire safety, acoustic and thermal isolation. The system will enable mass-customisation thus responding to market demands and preferences for new building and large-scale retrofits. A fully commercial IT platform for Product Lifecycle Management is provided by a collaborator. Our system aims for commercialisation and distribution v...

Proyecto conceptual para una casa-estudio en Castlemain, Victoria. El terreno tiene una silueta complicada ya que es casi un triangulo. La casita cubo es de dimensiones compactas y se propone construir en la parte mas estrecha del terreno... pero también la parte, desde gozan de las mejores vistas. Guillermo Aranda-Mena © 2017