hiya!

i'm raina!
any pronouns are ok
chinese-canadian

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about me

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vancouver/bay area

stem student
studying cognitive science

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+ i love love love sequential
art (comics, animation) !
especially experimental content

+ very wide range of interests

+ pmmm hxh hq!! naruto
gintama llsif mlp

+ shounen, seinen,
slice of life genres
(very broadly)

+ (inio asano, taehiko inoue, naoki urasawa,
satoshi kon, masaaki yuasa)

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design

DES220: Architecture in Context

Raina Cao TP6 Des 220 L12

Tiles through Time + Narrative // The Past/Copying/Precedent

With TP5A, Tiles through Time, I sought to explore different human interactions within the space that is East Vancouver, giving clues to the historical context behind each location shown through the designs of the buildings and the relationships between the past and the present. I also employed a graphic novel approach in the detailing of each box, creating a narrative feeling of a walk down Commercial Drive.

I will broaden this aspect in TP6, building onto the existing narrative of history, bridging the historical influence to today by filling in the storefronts that line the street, documenting and categorizing the various stores and restaurants along the street as I walk northwards in my first narrative drawing piece.

I will pay attention to the other immigrant populations that have planted their roots along what was considered a traditionally Italian foothold in the 1950’s, and in documenting and categorizing these storefronts and the items on sale or cuisine offered, I strive to highlight the multicultural and everyday reality of Commercial Drive by building these elements in my second narrative drawing piece.

My last narrative drawing piece seeks to answer the question, in that they use these spaces to connect with each other. My third narrative drawing piece is of the people I encounter in front of, in between, and around these storefronts, and their interaction with the categorized objects.

I will expand upon the questions that I asked in my TP5 abstract with the narrative drawings in TP6. Specifically, the question where I ask, In what ways have people adapted or interpreted the legacies that buildings pass down to them? Throughout time, the buildings along Commercial Drive have always had the intentions of bringing people of all ages and backgrounds together, in one large mosaic. Commercial Drive would not have the italian influences without its historical context, and the passage of time from the past to today would not be the case without other immigrant influxes of family-owned shops. What ties the storefronts together, in the end, is the people— from the past and into the present, these are areas of play, laughter, joy, and memories spent with loved ones.