Jose Salgado

8 posts

Top 5 Specifications and constraints

March 22, 2023

Post 8: Top 5 specifications, top 5 constraints 2023

Specifications I’ve decided to make my design follow a minimalist aesthetic. I would like to focus on making the design as clean cut and functional as possible. Since this will be a present to my father I would also like for him to be able to customize it however he would like. The material will…

Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives. Sketch your project in two wildly different aesthetics than the one you are planning. What if….?

March 14, 2023

Jose Salgado

2023, Post 7: Main Project Aesthetics: Plans and Alternatives 2023, Student Work

My current idea is sketched above. Right now I have a bevel gear set up and plan on 3D printing other gears and pipes to fit around my watch holder to accomplish a steampunk aesthetic. I am not very familiar with 3D printing and fear that there may be some issues printing gears as complex…

Main Project Plan and Inspirations

March 8, 2023

Jose Salgado

Post 6: Main Project plans and inspirations 2023, Student Work

Naturally, as a mechanical engineering student I have a love for mechanical devices. I enjoy playing with gears and building blocks, which is why my aesthetic is going to be my best attempt at steampunk. Steampunk is an aesthetic that revolves around 19th century steam powered machinery. The time period often takes place during the…

What Designer Do you Admire?

February 28, 2023

Jose Salgado

2023, Post 5: What designer do you admire? 2023, Student Work

One designer that has always stood out to me is Frank Lloyd Wright. Frank Lloyd was an American architect, designer, and educator in the early 1900s. He is known for designing over 1000 structures and his focus on organic architecture later in his career. Organic architecture is the combination of man-made structures with natural features…

Upcycling Design Report

February 22, 2023

Jose Salgado

2023, Post 4: Upcycle Design Report 2023, Student Work

I’m pretty happy with how my project turned out. In my last post I was finishing up with the outline sketch of the base. Since then I have changed some original plans that I had for the project. Originally I planned on making a model of the entire EC but found that cutting out all…

Upcycle Progress Report

February 13, 2023

Jose Salgado

2023, Post 3: Upcycle progress report 2023, Student Work

My upcycling project is going pretty well right now. So far I have collected a bunch of recycled cardboard from the engineering center of various sizes. The card board is not very sturdy so I bought a cheap baseboard from a local Walgreens that I can use to place my model on top of. The…

Upcycling Aesthetic

February 8, 2023

Jose Salgado

2023, Post 2: What is your Upcycling project aesthetic and why? 2023, Student Work

I have chosen to focus on brutalist aesthetic for my project. Through my years here at CU I have always wondered why the engineering center was built the way it is. The rest of campus uses vibrant red bricks and ceilings while the engineering center looks like an old, concrete, decaying building. Recently I have…

Aesthetic Exploration – Brutalism

January 27, 2023

Jose Salgado

2023, Post 1: Aesthetic Explorations 2023, Student Work

Brutalism is an architectural style that arose in the 1950s in the United Kingdom. The style arose during building reconstruction in the post-war era. Brutalism is a style where the raw materials used to construct the building are exposed. Buildings usually have a dark worn out aesthetic to them. A great example of this is…