_BRENNEN HULLER _SCI-ARC THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE ESTm [M.DeSR]_2013-2014
RIGHT_CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING
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_CONTENT _001_CHARRETTE STUDIES 01_ALIEN POTATOES 02_SPAWNED 03_[MELT] HIGHTEN 04_RETOOL[ED] 05_PREHENSUS ANAMORPHIC 06_BLIRROR _002_ARCHITECTURE 07_OFF 08_RHEOLOGICAL TRANSLATIONS _003_DESIGN RESEARCH 09_SOMETHING HAIRY 10_AFFINITY 11_FERAL FOLLY 12_SQUISHED 13_TRA[V]ERSE 14_PUFF’D
RIGHT_PHOTO OF CAST RESIN MODEL
_001_CHARRETTE STUDIES 4
_01_ALIEN POTATOES DERIVED FROM ERNST HAECKEL’S STUDIES OF EVOLUTION AND ART FORMS IN NATURE THIS PROJECT FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON THE CREATION OF AN EVOLVED 3-D CREATURE. FLOW AND GROWTH BECAME THE DRIVER BEHIND THE ALIEN POTATO.
RIGHT_CONCEPTUAL RENDER
_001_CHARRETTE STUDIES 6
_02_SPAWNED THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN ENTITIES IN MOTION. “AGITATED” ELEMENTS BECOME AGGRESSIVE IN FORM AND ACT OUT IN COMPARISON TO “PLACID” ELEMENTS THAT SEEK RELAXATION AND HIDE WITHIN. THE TENTICLE ASPECT BECOMES THE MEDIUM DISPLAYING PROPERTIES BETWEEN THE TWO BEHAVIORS.
LEFT/RIGHT_CONCEPTUAL RENDERS
_001_CHARRETTE STUDIES 8
_03_[MELT] HIGHTEN UTILIZING A KAPOK FISH STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED FOCUSING ON THE NATURAL GRADATION OF SCALES AND BODY FEATURES. A KAPOK FISH WAS PHOTOGRAPHED FROM SIX ANGLES BASED ON A SIX SIDED CUBE. ONCE IMPOSED THE GRADATION OF PATTERNING WAS “HEIGHTENED” BY SCALE AND DEPTH TO ACHIEVE A BLURRED DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL GRADATION AND THE CUBE. THE SCEWED CUBE BECAME RUSTICATED WITH AN ALIEN GEOMETRY. PROFESSOR_MARCELYN GOW
LEFT_CONCEPTUAL RENDERS RIGHT_FLATTENED HYBRID DRAWING
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_03_[MELT] HIGHTEN
LEFT_CONCEPTUAL PEELED RENDER RIGHT_CONCEPTUAL RENDERING
_001_CHARRETTE STUDIES 12
_04_RETOOL[ED] THIS PROJECT AIMS TO DE/RECONSTRUCT KNOWN ENTITIES CREATING A NEW OBJECT THAT HINTS AT ITS PURPOSE, FUNCTION, OR PLACE OF BEING. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DECONSTRUCT HUMAN ANATOMY AND RETOOL IT INTO ANOTHER MACHINE. THE CHOSEN MACHINE DISPLAYS PROPERTIES OF AN ENGINE BLOCK IN RECOGNIZABLE FORM CHALLENGING THOSE WHO OBSERVE TO INTERPRET ITS PLACE. PROFESSOR_PETER TRUMMER
RIGHT_CLOSE UP OF CONCEPTUAL RENDER
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_04_RETOOL[ED]
ALL_PROCESS SCREEN SHOTS
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_04_RETOOL[ED]
RIGHT_CONCEPTUAL RENDERING
_001_CHARRETTE STUDIES 18
_05_PREHENSUS ANAMORPHIC THIS STUDY BEGAN WITH AN IDEA OF CREATING A SINGULARITY THAT IS CAPABLE OF REPETITION. MUCH LIKE THE BRICK, THIS FORM HAS THE ABILITY TO STACK. THIS FORM CHALLENGES THE USER WITH ITS ABILITY TO STACK IN MULTIPLE ORIENTATIONS.
ALL_CONCEPTUAL RENDERING
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_05_PREHENSUS ANAMORPHIC
RIGHT_CONCEPTUAL RENDERING OF MULTIPLE COMPONENTS
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_05_PREHENSUS ANAMORPHIC
RIGHT_CONCEPTUAL RENDERING OF MULTIPLE COMPONENTS
_001_CHARRETTE STUDIES 24
_06_BLIRROR THIS STUDY INVESTIGATED A MIRRORED BLURRING OF MOTION. ROBOTICS WERE UTILIZED TO CREATE SLOW MOTION BLURRING THAT WAS THEN CAPTURED AND OVERLAID OVER DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES. THE OUTCOME WAS A VARIETY OF STILLS THAT FEATURED DIFFERENT EFFECTS THAT WAS PROJECTED BACK INTO 3D VIA THE ANGLES IN WHICH THE STILLS WHERE TAKEN FROM. AN OBJECT WAS THEN RECREATED ON THESE ANGLES WITH THE FEATURED EFFECTS ADDED. 2D IMAGERY WAS THEN CREATED FROM THE 3D OBJECT IN AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE THE INITIAL EFFECTS. TEAM_NELS LONG PROFESSORS_MARCELO SPINA/CASEY REHM
LEFT_PHOTOS OF CRYSTAL ROBOTIC SETUP RIGHT_PHOTOS OF INTERNAL MIRROR SETUP
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_06_BLIRROR
LEFT_PHOTOS OF MOTION OF OBJECT RIGHT_HYBRID DRAWINGS OF MOTION DISPLAYED OVER TIME
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_06_BLIRROR
ALL_COLLAGE HYBRID DRAWINGS
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_06_BLIRROR
LEFT_CONCEPTUAL RENDERINGS OF CREATED 3D MIRRORED OBJECT RIGHT_COLLAGES PRIOR TO OBJECT UTILIZED FOR TESTING RENDERING TECHNIQUES
_002_ARCHITECTURE 32
_07_OFF THIS PROJECT AIMS TO EXPLORE THE AUTONOMOUS SOLID. THROUGH TECHNIQUES SUCH AS PILING THE FORM EVOLVED AND MOLDED INTO A SINGULAR ENTITY. PROFESSOR_MARCELO SPINA
LEFT_UNROLLED AND RE-STACKED GEOMETRY OF PROCESS FORM RIGHT_HYBRID DRAWINGS OF PROCESS STACKED FORMS
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_07_OFF
LEFT_HYBRID DRAWINGS OF CIRCULATION STUDIES OF FORM RIGHT_HYBRID DRAWINGS OF THEATER PROGRAM WITHIN FORM
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_07_OFF
LEFT_HYBRID DRAWINGS OF BUILDING PLANS RIGHT_HYBRID DRAWINGS OF BUILDING ELEVATIONS
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TOP/MIDDLE LEFT_HYBRID DRAWINGS OF BUILDING SECTIONS BOTTOM LEFT_HYBRID DRAWING OF BUILDING SECTION AXONOMETRIC RIGHT_HYBRID DRAWINGS OF CONCEPTUAL BUILDING FACADE STUDY
_002_ARCHITECTURE 40
_08_RHEOLOGICAL TRANSLATIONS RHEOLOGICAL TRANSLATIONS TAKES CUE FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL TECHNIQUE OF RUSTICATION, USED TO EXPRESS RADICAL MATERIALITY ON THE FACADES AND SURFACES OF BUILDINGS. THE DESIGN PROCESS ADOPTED RESIN CASTING AS PHYSICAL MEDIUM FOR VARIOUS GEOMETRIC AND ROBOTIC OPERATIONS, LEADING UP TO A FULL-SCALE ARCHITECTURAL PROPOSAL FOR A NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM. A RUSTICATED DIGITAL GEOMETRY WAS FIRST GENERATED THROUGH IMAGE HEIGHT-FIELD OPERATION ON AN EXACT PRIMITIVE GEOMETRY (CUBE). IT WAS THEN 3D PRINTED AND USED AS A MOLD FOR ROTATIONAL CASTING OF RESIN. WE BECAME FASCINATED WITH THE DICHOTOMY BETWEEN THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE OF THE ROTATED CAST. THE OUTSIDE FAITHFULLY REPRODUCED THE ORIGINAL 3D PRINTED GEOMETRY WITH ITS TRIANGULATED MESH FACETS, EXTRUSION LAYER STRIATIONS AND MATTE SURFACE. THE INSIDE, ON THE OTHER HAND, BEGAN TO DISTANCE ITSELF FROM THE ORIGINAL GEOMETRY. THE SURFACE BECAME SMOOTH AND SHINY, FULL OF BUBBLES, DRIPS AND OTHER UNEXPECTED AND INEXACT GEOMETRIES THAT BEGAN TO SUGGEST SPATIAL QUALITIES. 6-AXIS ROBOTS WERE IMPLEMENTED TO DO THE ROTATIONAL CASTING FOR MOTION COMPLEXITY AND REPEATABILITY. SUCCESSFUL CASTS WERE 3D SCANNED AND THEIR GEOMETRIES AND COLOR MAPS WERE USED TO DEVELOP A DIGITAL MODEL FOR THE MUSEUM. TEAM_NIKITA TROUFANOV PROFESSOR_MARCELYN GOW
RIGHT_ PHOTO OF CAST RESIN MODEL
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_08_RHEOLOGICAL TRANSLATIONS
RIGHT_ PHOTO OF CAST RESIN MODEL
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_08_RHEOLOGICAL TRANSLATIONS
ALL_ CLOSE UP PHOTOS OF CAST RESIN MODELS
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_08_RHEOLOGICAL TRANSLATIONS
ALL TOP_ ROBOTIC MOTION: ROTATIONAL RESIN CASTING PROCESS ALL UNDER TOP_ROBOT EYE: INSIDE THE MOLD CAST ALL MIDDLE_PHOTOS OF MATERIAL AGENCY OF ROTATIONAL RESIN CASTING PROCESS BOTTOM LEFT TO RIGHT_HEIGHTFIELD GEOMETRY, STL MESH, 3D PRINTED CONTOURING, RESIN CAST, 3D SCAN
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_08_RHEOLOGICAL TRANSLATIONS
RIGHT_ROBOTIC SETUP WITH ACRYLIC CASTING APPARATUS BACKED WITH AN LED ARRAY: CODED AND WIRED WITH AN ARDUINO
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_08_RHEOLOGICAL TRANSLATIONS
ALL_PHOTOS OF CAST RESIN MODELS
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_08_RHEOLOGICAL TRANSLATIONS
ALL_PHOTOS OF CAST RESIN MODELS: ADDITIONAL MATERIALS ADDED WERE CHARCOAL/SHAMPOO/BODY WASH/SHAVING CREAM
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_08_RHEOLOGICAL TRANSLATIONS
RIGHT_AERIAL RENDERING OF BUILDING PLINTH AND INTERIOR COURTYARD
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_08_RHEOLOGICAL TRANSLATIONS
TOP LEFT/RIGHT_HYBRID PLANS OF BUILDING MIDDLE RIGHT_HYBRID BUILDING SECTION MIDDLE_UNROLLED INTERIOR COURTYARD HYBRID ELEVATION BOTTOM_UNROLLED BUILDING INTERIOR HYBRID ELEVATION
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_08_RHEOLOGICAL TRANSLATIONS
RIGHT_CLOSE UP OF UNROLLED INTERIOR COURTYARD HYBRID ELEVATION
_003_DESIGN RESEARCH 60
_09_SOMETHING HAIRY A STUDY IN PARAMETRIC PANELLING AND THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN THE EXACT AND INEXACT. TEAM_NIKITA TROUFANOV/OKSANA GRITCAI/ WOONGYEUN PARK PROFESSOR_SATORU SUGIHARA
TOP LEFT_ OVERALL PHOTO OF LASER CUT INSTALLATION BOTTOM LEFT_CLOSE UP PHOTO OF LASER CUT INSTALLATION RIGHT_CLOSE UP PHOTO OF THE HAIRS ON LASER CUT INSTALLATION
_003_DESIGN RESEARCH 62
_10_AFFINITY THIS PLATFORM IS ACCOMPLISHED BY THE COMBINATION OF AN INTENSE ATTENTION TO THE USER’S NEED FOR SPECIFIC SPATIAL DETAIL IN VIRTUAL REALITY AND THE CREATION OF INTERACTIVE HYBRID REALITY WORKSPACES. THESE ENVIRONMENTS ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO STIMULATE CREATIVITY AND TRIGGER THE IMAGINATION, WHILE MITIGATING ANY ADVERSE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS. EACH USER WILL HAVE ACCESS TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT VIRTUAL SPACES THROUGH INTEGRATION WITH THE OCULUS RIFT. SIMULTANEOUSLY, AFFINITY IS BEGINNING TO CHALLENGE THE SEGREGATION OF PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS. IN THIS SEARCH WE HOPE TO FINE NEW TOOLS TO CHALLENGE NOT ONLY THE ARCHITECTURAL STATUS QUO, BUT THROUGH OUR TEAM OF DOCTORS, ENGINEERS AND PHILOSOPHERS WE INTEND TO EXPAND THESE FINDINGS ACROSS DISCIPLINE. OUR CURRENT WORK IN THE ROBOT HOUSE AT SCI-ARC INTENDS TO DO JUST THIS. MAINTAINING OUR ATTENTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETICS, WE CONCEIVED OF A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS FOR AN INFINITE FEEDBACK LOOP THAT CROSSES FROM PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL AND BACK. HERE, WE ARE CAPABLE OF ENGAGING WITH IDENTICAL VIRTUAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS SIMULTANEOUSLY BY WORKING IN A PHYSICAL DESIGN LAB AND PASSING PHYSICAL OBJECTS AND DATA TO OUR VIRTUAL CLONES FOR TESTING AND SIMULATION, AND CONVERSELY AS WELL. TEAM_NELS LONG PROFESSORS_JAKE NEWSUM/ CURIME BATLINER TOP LEFT_ PHOTO OF REFLECTED MONITOR DISPLAYING MY PLACE IN THE PHYSICAL ROOM AND THE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT SIMULTANEOUSLY BOTTOM LEFT_RENDERING OF A VIRTUAL SPACE WITHIN A PHYSICAL SETTING RIGHT_BASE RENDERING (COURTESY OF SCIArc) WITH ADDED HYBRID TENTACLES
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_10_AFFINITY
RIGHT_RENDERING DISPLAYING SET UP IN THE SCI_ARC ROBOT HOUSE
_003_DESIGN RESEARCH 66
_11_FERAL FOLLY THIS STUDY IS A LOOK INTO THE THEORY OF THE ARTIFICIAL. FERRO FLUID WAS UTILIZED TO ATTEMPT TO CLONE OR RECREATE REAL PHYSICAL MOTIONS AND COMPLEXITIES WITHIN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT. AN APPARATUS WAS USED TO SIMULATE PHYSICAL PARTICLE MOVEMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE REALITY OF PHYSICS AND THE GIVEN ATTRACTORS. THE USE OF A HIGH SPEED 4K CAMERA ALLOWED FOR SLOW MOTION STUDIES. APPARATUS (PI. -ES): A PLAYTHING OR GAME THAT SIMULATES THOUGHT [TRANS. AN OVERARCHING TERM FOR A NON-HUMAN AGENCY, E.G. THE CAMERA, THE COMPUTER AND THE ‘APPARA- TUS’ OF THE STATE OR OF THE MARKET] ; ORGANIZATION OR SYSTEM THAT ENABLES SOMETHING TO FUNCTION. TEAM_NELS LONG/RYAN MANNING/NIKITA TROUFANOV PROFESSOR_PETER TESTA
RIGHT_PHOTO DISPLAYING FERROFLUID MANIPULATING PAINT
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_11_FERAL FOLLY
RIGHT_PHOTO DISPLAYING FERROFLUID MANIPULATING PAINT IN A PARAMETRIC MANNER
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_11_FERAL FOLLY
ALL_TIME LAPSE PHOTOS DISPLAY THE APPARATUS (GLASS CYLINDER/MOTOR/ MAGNET HOUSINGS) BEING UTILIZED TO HOUSE THE CARRIER FLUID IN WHICH THE FERROFLUID IS BEING MANIPULATED
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_11_FERAL FOLLY
ALL_CLOSE UP PHOTOS OF MANIPULATED FERROFLUID
_003_DESIGN RESEARCH 74
_12_SQUISHED II THE FOCUS OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO CREATE MYSTERIOUS AND ALIEN ASSEMBLIES WHICH DO NOT RESEMBLE KNOWN TECTONIC SYSTEMS. PROJECTS WILL AVOID ALL TYPES OF HARDWARE, EXPRESSION OF TECHNOLOGY (ALTHOUGH THEY MAY IN FACT CONTAIN IT), THE DOGMAS OF FRAMES AND PANELS, AND OTHER 20TH CENTURY FORMS OF REDUCTIVE SUBDIVISION. INSTEAD, THE FREEFORM AND FIGURAL POTENTIALS OF POLYMER AND COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE EXPLOITED IN SEARCH OF NEW AESTHETIC AND PERFORMATIVE TERRITORIES. ADDITIONALLY, ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY METHODS AND END ARM TOOLING BECAME THE THOUGHT PROCESS FOR DESIGNING FUTURE ASSEMBLIES. TEAM_CHENG LU/NIKITA TROUFANOV PROFESSORS_TOM WISCOMBE JAKE NEWSUM/CURIME BATLINER
RIGHT_CLOSE UP RENDERING OF PANELS AND STITCHES
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_12_SQUISHED II
LEFT_CROSS SECTION DRAWINGS OF PANEL TECTONICS RIGHT_FLATTENED DRAWING OF PANEL AND STITCH GEOMETRY
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_12_SQUISHED II
TOP LEFT_DESIGNED AND FABRICATED END ARM TOOLS FOR A SIX AXIS ROBOT: THE GRABBER IS USED TO PLACE THE STITCHES ON THE PANELS (IT RUNS VIA AN ARDUINO POWERING A SERVO MOTOR) THE HOT GLUE GUN WAS USED TO ATTACH STITCHES TO THE PANEL ( IT WAS BOUGHT OFF THE SHELF THEN MANIPULATED TO ACCOMODATE THE ACRYLIC MOUNTING PLATE/ARDUINO WIRING/SERVO MOTOR WITH LASER CUT GEAR) BOTTOM LEFT_RENDERING OF SET UP OF FOUR SIX AXIS ROBOTS USED IN THE SCI-ARC ROBOT HOUSE RIGHT_CLOSE UP PHOTOS OF ROBOT INTERACTING WITH END ARM TOOL/ ROBOTIC PROTOTYPING SETUP PANELS/STITCHES
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_12_SQUISHED II
LEFT_CLOSE UP PHOTO OF PNEUMATIC ROBOTIC SUCTION TOOL UTILIZED TO PICK UP AND HOLD PANELS RIGHT_PHOTO OF OVERALL PANEL WITH STITCHES IN PLACE
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_12_SQUISHED II
RIGHT_PHOTO OF THE OVERALL SET UP OF THE PROJECT IN THE SCI-ARC ROBOT HOUSE
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_12_SQUISHED II
LEFT_RENDERINGS DISPLAYING LARGE GANTRY MILL WITH OPTIONS OF MILLING AND ASSEMBLING INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS OR SUPER COMPONENTS IN THE FACTORY RIGHT_RENDERINGS OF DELIVERY METHODS TO THE SITE AND ASSEMBLY METHODS ON THE SITE
_003_DESIGN RESEARCH 86
_13_TRA[V]ERSE THIS PROJECT AIMS TO EXPLORE A RECONFIGURABLE CELL (TRA[V]ERSE) THAT WILL HOUSE AN UPLOADED WHOLE BRAIN EMULATION (WBE) PLATFORM CHALLENGING SPATIAL PERCEPTION. THE CELL WILL ACT AS A DRIVER FOR INFINITE POTENTIAL SPACE CONFIGURATIONS THAT WILL BEGIN TO REMAP, REINTERPRET, AND ALTER INFORMATION. TRA[V]ERSE IS AN UNSTABLE, RECONFIGURABLE CAPSULE THAT MANAGES DATA AND BROADCAST INFORMATION IN WAYS WHICH CHALLENGES NOT ONLY THEIR UNDERSTANDING BUT THAT OF THE SPACE AROUND AND WITHIN IT. USING ROBOTIC MOTION AS A WAY TO PRODUCE KALEIDOSCOPIC EFFECTS, THE RECONFIGURABLE FORMS BLUR MERGING OBJECTS IN SPACE. ARCHITECTURALLY THE PLATFORM CHALLENGES PERCEPTION IN TERMS OF RECOGNIZING AN INDIVIDUAL MOMENT OR PHYSICAL BEING THAT ULTIMATELY RAISES THE QUESTION OF HOW DO WE PERCEIVE DIGITAL INFORMATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PHYSICAL RECONFIGURABILITY. CREATING INFINITE POTENTIAL SPACE CONFIGURATIONS WILL CHALLENGE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF SPACE AROUND AND WITHIN IT. TRA[V]ERSE ALTERS OUR PERCEPTION OF PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL INTERACTION OF BOTH MIND AND OBJECT WHILE CREATING AN UNDERLINING SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN THEM. PROFESSOR_MARCELO SPINA/CASEY REHM
RIGHT_PHOTO CAPTURING MOTION OF ROBOTS AND MIRRORED REFLECTIONS
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_13_TRA[V]ERSE
LEFT_A PLAN RENDERING OF THE PROJECT SET UP IN THE SCI-ARC ROBOT HOUSE RIGHT_PHOTOS CAPTURING MOTION OF ROBOTS WITH MIRRORED REFLECTIONS PRIOR TO PROJECTIONS
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_13_TRA[V]ERSE
ALL_PHOTOS CAPTURING MOTION OF ROBOTS WITH MIRRORED REFLECTIONS AND PROJECTIONS
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_13_TRA[V]ERSE
RIGHT_SIDE ELEVATION RENDERING OF THE PROJECT SET UP IN THE SCI-ARC ROBOT HOUSE
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_13_TRA[V]ERSE
RIGHT_PHOTO LOOKING THROUGH THE PERSPECTIVE CUBE WITH ROBOTS AND PROJECTIONS RUNNING
PUFF’D CO _003_DESIGN RESEARCH 96
_14_PUFF’D PUFF’D PROTOTYPE EXPLORES PLASTICITY OF COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION AND THE ROLE OF THE SEAM AND JOINT IN ARCHITECTURE. INSPIRED BY JAPANESE WOOD JOINERY, PUFFY JACKETS AND JET FIGHTER AIRPLANES, PUFF’D PROPOSES A NOVEL CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUE FOR FULL SCALE ARCHITECTURE. INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING PARAMETRIC PANELING AND MODULE-BASED LOGICS, PUFF’D EMPLOYS LARGE MONOLITHIC BUILDING COMPONENTS OR SUPER-COMPONENTS SUGGESTING NEW WAYS OF FULL SCALE ASSEMBLY ON SITE. THE PROJECT FOLLOWS UP ON OUR PREVIOUS EXPLORATIONS INCLUDING STUDIES OF SUPER-COMPONENTS, JOINERY, MATERIAL AGENCY, AND ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY. THE PREVIOUS PROTOTYPE USED THE LANGUAGE OF STITCHING AND WOOD JOINERY TO STUDY HOW COMPOSITE TECTONICS WOULD UTILIZE A MEGA-SEAM FOR A SIMPLIFIED ASSEMBLY AND EXPLORED THE ROLE OF REAL AND FAKE SEAMS IN ARCHITECTURAL ASSEMBLAGES. THE CURRENT PROPOSAL SCALES UP AND DEVELOPS AN INFLATABLE COMPOSITE SANDWICH TECHNIQUE TO MINIMIZE WASTE AND EXPLORE NEW FORMAL AND STRUCTURAL POSSIBILITIES. PUFF’D ALTERS THE AESTHETIC OF TRADITIONALLY SEEN AND RECOGNIZED MATERIALITY AND DISPLAYS A STRUCTURAL SYSTEM THAT APPEARS SOFT IN NATURE. UNLIKE CURRENT FACADES OR SHELL SYSTEMS THE INJECTED SURFACE PRESENTS ITSELF AS A SOFT SURFACE NOT RECOGNIZED YET IN ARCHITECTURAL APPLICATIONS. A PRECISE TECTONIC SEAM AND STITCHING PATTERN ENCOURAGE AN INEXACT ARTICULATED SOFT SURFACE TREATMENT. THE FORM OF THE PROTOTYPE IS A FOLDED ENVELOPE WITH HYPERBOLIC SURFACES. TEAM_NELS LONG/NIKITA TROUFANOV PROFESSOR_TOM WISCOMBE LEFT_PROCESS RENDERS OF INFLATED PATTERNS RIGHT_RENDERING OF OVERALL PAVILION
OMPOSITES / SUPER COMPONENTS / METASEAMS
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_14_PUFF’D
TOP LEFT/MIDDLE LEFT_DRAWINGS DISPLAY THE OBJECT ITERATION AND STRESS FALLOFF LINES UNDER TOP LEFT/BOTTOM LEFT_ RENDERINGS DISPLAY THE PRINCIPLE STRESS GRADATION AND STRUCTURAL INFLATION TOP RIGHT_RENDERINGS OF TOPOLOGICAL PUFFING UNDER MIDDLE RIGHT_RENDERINGS OF GRADIENT HALFTONE PUFFING BOTTOM RIGHT_RENDERINGS OF FIGURAL PUFFING
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_14_PUFF’D
TOP LEFT_DRAWING OF FOAM INJECTION PATTERNS ON FLATTENED FORM BOTTOM LEFT_DRAWING OF STITCH PATTERNS ON FLATTENED FORM RIGHT_RENDERING OF UNROLLED PANEL SYSTEM
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_14_PUFF’D
LEFT_CROSS SECTION DRAWINGS OF PANEL TECTONICS RIGHT_RENDERING OF PROPOSED ROBOTIC PROCESS OF STITCHING AND INJECTING THE PANELS
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_14_PUFF’D
LEFT_RENDERINGS OF LARGE SCALE DELIVERY AND PANEL ASSEMBLY ON SITE FOLLOWED BY SPRAY FOAM INJECTIONS ON SITE THEN THE FINAL STEP OF THE CRANE RAISING THE SUPER COMPONENT INTO PLACE ON THE SITE TOP RIGHT_RENDERING OF PANEL TECTONICS BOTTOM RIGHT_RENDERING OF PAVILION ASSEMBLY STEPS UTILIZING THREE PEOPLE
COMPONENTS SNAPPED INTO PLACE BY 2 PEOPLE
KEYS LOCKED BY 1 PERSON
FINISHED COMPONENTS TYP. (5X) (W/ X-Y LOCKING JOINTS)
3D PRINTED KEYS TYP. (9X) (Z-LOCKING)
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5/2-B
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3/1-A
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ASSEMBLY ON SITE WITH 3 PEOPLE
EXPLODED COMPONENTS DIAGRAM
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_14_PUFF’D
ALL_SCREENSHOT PROCESS ELEVATIONS AND PLAN
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_14_PUFF’D
ALL_PHOTOS OF PROCESS FABRICATION AND ASSEMBLY
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RIGHT_CLOSE UP PHOTOS OF COMPLETED PUFF’D PANELS
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RIGHT_CLOSE UP PHOTOS OF COMPLETED PUFF’D PANELS
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RIGHT_CLOSE UP PHOTOS OF COMPLETED PUFF’D PANEL
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RIGHT_CLOSE UP PHOTOS OF COMPLETED PUFF’D PANELS
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ALL_PHOTOS OF COMPLETED PUFF’D PANELS
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PHOTO OF COMPLETED PUFF’D PANELS