Traditional and Computer Aided Design and Graphics Los Angeles, California, USA, Terra, Solar System Sol, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group, Virgo Super Cluster, Local Universe

Set Design and Architectural - Model Making

Most of my two decades in the entertainment industry have been designing and building models. I've built models for Visual Effects, Theme Parks, Architecture, Aerospace, study and display. Note:These images are presented here for portfolio purposes only. These images are not available for sale or to be given away in hard copy or digitally in any scale. I will be happy to show hard-copy during a legitimate job interview for Set Designer. Model of a set of the pit of a drag strip for Titus, 2001.

Models for The Castle for DreamWorks. 2001	In addition to almost 50 sheets of drawings, I also built five models for Collateral Damage. 2000
Assistance League of Southern California Design House, 2000. Model for P. M. Designs.	Study model of Castle for Shrek, 1997.

Model of house set for Cracker, 1997.

Study model for Contact, 1996. This is the sphere that Jody Foster travels in.

Indiana Boomtown Casino study model. 1995

Claw Island, Riddler's base, Batman Forever, I built this Visual Effects model from a minimum of drawings. It required me to supply much design interpretation. I was advised by James Hegedus, the Visual Effects Art Director, to include this in my Set Design portfolio, 1995.

Model for Ramayan. Made to show that I could do the job and how well the computer could be used as a multi-function tool.

Quick study models for a complex built into an asteroid for Galaxy Star, a film that didn't reach production.

Lucy Goldstar, simulator ride. Managed laser cutting for Boss Film, 1992.

Lucy Goldstar, simulator ride. Managed laser cutting for Boss Film, 1992. One of forty AutoCAD drawings I created to facilitate the laser cutting.

Tokyo Disneyland, "Second Gate" Studio Tour. Walt Disney Imagineering, 1990.

On three separate occasions, I built study models of Universal Tours, Florida. Two versions for Design Models Inc. and one model of the final while working for Universal Studios.

Several foam core models of theme park and other facilities for Cinimatix and John De Cuir Jr. in 1988.

I made a number of aerospace display models. This model used three space shuttle external tanks as a beginning to a space station.

I built over 200 of these desktop display models for SpaceHab Inc. in 1990.

I worked at Design Models Incorporated many times between 1981 and 1993. Design Models Incorporated was a full service model shop catering to petrochemical, aerospace, architecture, engineering, ship building, military, entertainment, and other industries. The models were of high quality. Unfortunately, I think they fell victim to the general fall off of some of these industries in Southern California in the early to mid 1990's and I can no longer locate them. The image on the left is an architectural model, the image on the right is a model of a desalination plant for Saudi Arabia.

Furniture for Exxon/Esso Gas Station.

Communicore, EPCOT, Walt Disney World. Television studio model built for Brubaker Group, 1982.

Miscellaneous Designs

Desert Shelter

Dessert Rest Stop. Art center, Pasadena.

Dessert Rest Stop. Art center, Pasadena.

Final project Introduction to Environmental Design Art center College of Design Christapher Aykanian: Instructor Near the town of Bagdad, in the Mojave desert, CalTrans is about to build a rest stop near the entrance to the new Golden Tailed Kangaroo Rat Refuge. The Save the Golden Tailed Kangaroo Rat Association (SaGTaKRA) has successfully petitioned to be allowed to add an education kiosk and shop to the rest stop. The site is nestled between boulders and over looks the refuge. The site is slops slightly down hill. The parking area is about 600' long, but the site for the building area is only 100' long and 75' deep with sites for picnic tables to the sides between the boulders. SaGTaKRA will operate a small gift shop with a small refreshment counter. There will be a small field office and small storage room in back. There will be rest room facilities open 24 hours including a shower in each and rest rooms inside the building. There will be a viewing platform facing the refuge. The picnic tables will be shaded. Adequate parking will be provided for cars and trucks. The rest stop must have a minimal impact on the site.

A futuristic desert house. 1982

Chino redevelopment, Model.

Deep Sea Six, underwater city.

Cryo-Zoo.

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