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09 Machine & Craft
Exploring the symbiotic relationship between traditional craft and robotic fabrication in architecture, this thesis investigates a balance between human touch and machine precision. Using pottery and ceramics as a catalyst for the project, a series of investigations and physical experiments involving throwing, clay 3D-printing, hand sculpting, and robotic carving attempt to highlight the effects of tool and process on form, authorship, and value.
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Exploring the symbiotic relationship between traditional craft and robotic fabrication in architecture, this thesis investigates a balance between human touch and machine precision. Using pottery and ceramics as a catalyst for the project, a series of investigations and physical experiments involving throwing, clay 3D-printing, hand sculpting, and robotic carving attempt to highlight the effects of tool and process on form, authorship, and value.
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2023
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08 Ford Automotive Experience Center
A new renaissance of car automotive enthusiasm has begun in the 21st century, and many major brands have contributed to tremendous advancements in the automotive industry. These advancements call for new branding and customer interaction that underlines a company’s experience and builds its identity.
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A new renaissance of car automotive enthusiasm has begun in the 21st century, and many major brands have contributed to tremendous advancements in the automotive industry. These advancements call for new branding and customer interaction that underlines a company’s experience and builds its identity.
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2021
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07 Super Booleans
Super Booleans proposes a new library in downtown Knoxville, TN with a focus on bringing new indoor and outdoor community spaces to the area. The development of this library stemmed from a series of boolean operations which were catalogued according to the programmatic needs of the library. From this catalogue, various geometric combinations were assessed and diagramed with one chosen iteration pushed for final project development.
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Super Booleans proposes a new library in downtown Knoxville, TN with a focus on bringing new indoor and outdoor community spaces to the area. The development of this library stemmed from a series of boolean operations which were catalogued according to the programmatic needs of the library. From this catalogue, various geometric combinations were assessed and diagramed with one chosen iteration pushed for final project development.
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2021
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06 Documenting Villa Kokkonen
Over the course of 3 days, a team of 7 travelled to Alvar Aalto’s Villa Kokkenen in Järvenpää, Finland. Every detail (interior and exterior) of the villa, sauna, and site were measured and triangulated using traditional water level tubes, meter sticks, and string. From these measurements, multiple hand drawings and a model were produced which include site, plan with furniture, elevation, and section. More than 2,000 points were recorded on the site alone with all 200 plus trees and a full interior drawn and modelled accurately. Both the drawings and model are displayed in the Villa Kokkonen Musuem.
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Over the course of 3 days, a team of 7 travelled to Alvar Aalto’s Villa Kokkenen in Järvenpää, Finland. Every detail (interior and exterior) of the villa, sauna, and site were measured and triangulated using traditional water level tubes, meter sticks, and string. From these measurements, multiple hand drawings and a model were produced which include site, plan with furniture, elevation, and section. More than 2,000 points were recorded on the site alone with all 200 plus trees and a full interior drawn and modelled accurately. Both the drawings and model are displayed in the Villa Kokkonen Musuem.
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2022
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05 Worlds Fair Park Redesign
This 3rd year technology project considered a redesign of Knoxville’s famous Worlds Fair Park Amphitheater, originally designed by McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects. The project began with testing and understanding structural systems of varying complexity using Karamba, a software plugin for Grasshopper. Karamba in conjunction with Kangaroo, another plugin which focuses on physical simulation, allowed for testing of complex forms such as space trusses.
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This 3rd year technology project considered a redesign of Knoxville’s famous Worlds Fair Park Amphitheater, originally designed by McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects. The project began with testing and understanding structural systems of varying complexity using Karamba, a software plugin for Grasshopper. Karamba in conjunction with Kangaroo, another plugin which focuses on physical simulation, allowed for testing of complex forms such as space trusses.
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2021
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04 Solar Decathelon Analysis
An analysis of CalPoly’s 2015 Solar Decathelon House studying wind and solar patterns in order to understand and design around site specific conditions. The house was reconstructed in 3D and tested in various climatic conditions in the US. Afterwards, the design was modified in order to reach proper comfort levels for the area. These modifications included adjusting orientation, adding or removing apertures, providing shade and solar capture, and adding thermal storage walls, rock beds, and stack ventilation.
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An analysis of CalPoly’s 2015 Solar Decathelon House studying wind and solar patterns in order to understand and design around site specific conditions. The house was reconstructed in 3D and tested in various climatic conditions in the US. Afterwards, the design was modified in order to reach proper comfort levels for the area. These modifications included adjusting orientation, adding or removing apertures, providing shade and solar capture, and adding thermal storage walls, rock beds, and stack ventilation.
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2021
︎ 03 Self-Organizing Space
Architectural design requires the negotiation of a wide variety of often conflicting constraints and conditions. This puts a burden on designers to understand and evaluate all the design and site parameters in the conceptual phase of the project. Design that utilizes conventional means of representation such as site diagrams or maps may not always be adequate to produce truly integrative design solutions. As computational design tools develop, however, it becomes possible to integrate spatial information into design strategies and evaluate relationships more effectively.
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Architectural design requires the negotiation of a wide variety of often conflicting constraints and conditions. This puts a burden on designers to understand and evaluate all the design and site parameters in the conceptual phase of the project. Design that utilizes conventional means of representation such as site diagrams or maps may not always be adequate to produce truly integrative design solutions. As computational design tools develop, however, it becomes possible to integrate spatial information into design strategies and evaluate relationships more effectively.
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2020
︎ 02 Mission 3.5
Mission 3.5 focuses on LA as a crossroads for the many different agents of modern society and attempts to speculate architecture’s role within the economies of criminality, development, homelessness, spectacle, observance, machine, & natural order/disorder.
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Mission 3.5 focuses on LA as a crossroads for the many different agents of modern society and attempts to speculate architecture’s role within the economies of criminality, development, homelessness, spectacle, observance, machine, & natural order/disorder.
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2020
︎ 01 Super Habitats 2080
The 21st century holds a plethora of opportunities to improve multiple aspects of design across the globe. A major focus in architecture today is sustainability and LEED certification, but Super Habitats 2080 seeks to do this and much more. Copy-paste, cookie cutter design can be seen permeating neighborhoods throughout the US. To address this, the Super Habitats 2080 project sought to merge technologies in architecture and genetics to maintain interest in sustainable design and efficient construction all while preventing saturation of the housing industry with repetative architecture.
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The 21st century holds a plethora of opportunities to improve multiple aspects of design across the globe. A major focus in architecture today is sustainability and LEED certification, but Super Habitats 2080 seeks to do this and much more. Copy-paste, cookie cutter design can be seen permeating neighborhoods throughout the US. To address this, the Super Habitats 2080 project sought to merge technologies in architecture and genetics to maintain interest in sustainable design and efficient construction all while preventing saturation of the housing industry with repetative architecture.
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︎ 2019