Graduate Work - Fall 2024

ADDISON LENTZ GRADUATE WORK

ADDISON LENTZ GRADUATE WORK

THE CLOUD

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RAINSTICK

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ORCHID PAVILION CASE STUDY

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WALL HOUSE CASE STUDY

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DRAWINGS

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BUTTERNUT BOWLS

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THE CLOUD

STUDIO 604: pROf. bRITT EvERSOlE fINAl REvIEW DECEmbER 2024

SITED IN DOWNTOWN SYRACUSE, ADjACENT TO I.m. pEI’S EvERSON mUSEUm Of ART, ThE ClOUD hOvERS OvER A SAND DUNE lANDSCApE, ENvElOpINg vISITORS, ROAD SAlT, AND ThE hEAvY mAChINERY ThAT UTIlIzES IT AS A SAlT ShED ThROUgh ThE WINTER. IN ThE SUmmER, ThE ClOUD WRApS AROUND CROWDED CONCERTS, ThE CURlED, bENT-WOOD pANElS glISTENINg IN ThE SpOTlIghTS WITh CONDENSATION fROm ThE CROWD AND ThE REmNANTS Of SAlT DUST fROm ThE STRUCTURE’S WINTER USE. ThESE pANElS AlSO ImpROvE ThE ACOUSTIC pERfORmANCE Of ThE ClOUD; ThE hIgh SURfACE AREA AND DENSITY Of ThE pOROUS WOOD DAmpENS ThE SOUND Of mAChINERY IN ThE WINTER, AND DAmpEN EChOES AND ExCESSIvE REvERbERATION IN ThE SUmmER. SAlT DUST IS COllECTED ACROSS ThE bENTWOOD pANElS AND AggREgATES, REmAININg ThROUgh ThE bEgINNINg Of SUmmER AS AN INDEx Of ThE pAST SEASON. OvER TImE, ThIS SAlT WIll DEgRADE ThE WOOD; fIRST, ThE pANElS, AND lATER ThE STRUCTURE ITSElf. bOTh WIll CRUmblE OvER TImE, AND RETURN TO ThE lANDSCApE AS ThEIR OWN pARTICUlATE mATTER. AfTER YEARS Of ClImATE WARmINg AND DEgRADATION, All ThAT WIll REmAIN ON ThE SITE IS A gRASSY SAND DUNE lANDSCApE, REmINDINg SYRACUSE Of A pAST IN WhICh ROAD SAlT WAS A pART Of URbAN lIfE.

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MATERIAL EXPERIMENT WhIlE SETTINg Up A pIECE Of SYCAmORE WOOD TO TURN ON ThE lAThE, I CORED OUT ThE CENTER WITh ThE DRIll pRESS. AS I pUllED ThE DRIll bIT OUT, ThESE SCUlpTURAl, RObUST CURlS Of WOOD SpIllED OUT AND ONTO ThE flOOR.

INTRIgUED bY ThE fORmS I SAW IN ThIS bAg Of SAWDUST, I ExpERImENTED WITh ThE DESIgN ThAT COUlD EmERgE.

ThE mATERIAl ThAT EmERgED INSpIRED ThE DEvElOpmENT Of ThE STRUCTURE: ThE DENSE, pOROUS, SCUlpTURAl WOOD pROvIDES A UNIQUE INfIll mATERIAl fOR ThE CEllS Of ThE lIghTWEIghT gRID, EvOKINg ThE ImAgE Of A ClOUD flOATINg AbOvE ThE lANDSCApE.

PROTOTYPING

mY INTEREST WAS ORIgINAllY IN ThE TENSIlE NATURE Of bENT TImbER. ThE INITIAl CONCEpT WAS bASED Off Of bIAxIAllY-bENT glUlAm mEmbERS, COmpRESSINg INTO EACh OThER AT ThE CENTER AND ExTENDINg OUT INTO A bUTTERflY STRUCTURE WITh CEllS lARgE ENOUgh TO ACCOmmODATE ThE bENT WOOD INfIll.

AfTER STUDYINg RECIpROCAl STRUCTURES, ThIS vERSION WAS bASED ON DIffERENT lENgThS Of glUlAm mEmbERS, bUT ONlY bENT AlONg A SINglE AxIS AND STACKED RAThER ThAN COmpRESSED INTO EACh OThER.

ThE fINAl pROTOTYpE bEfORE mODEl CONSTRUCTION REfINED ThE ASSEmblY SYSTEm Of ThE bENT-WOOD gRID. AS OppOSED TO ThE lONg-mEmbER INITIAl pROTOTYpES, ThIS RECIpROCAl STRUCTURE IS bASED ON 8’-lONg pIECES Of DImENSIONAl lUmbER.

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USINg A STRETChER I DESIgNED TO WORK WITh ClAmpS, pIECES Of WAlNUT WERE mIllED AND NOTChED bEfORE SOAKINg AND bEINg STRETChED ACROSS A SEmICIRClE mOlD. ThIS pRODUCED STANDARDIzED pIECES WITh RElATIvElY pRECISE RADII, fACIlITATINg ThE ASSEmblY Of ThE TRIpARTITE mODUlE ThAT SERvES AS ThE bASIS fOR ThE lARgER STRUCTURAl SYSTEm.

WITh EACh mEmbER bEINg IDENTICAl, ThE mODUlARITY Of ThE SYSTEm lENDS ITSElf TO bROADER ApplICATIONS Of DEplOYAbIlITY WITh RESpECT TO COmmUNITY ENgAgEmENT AND ACTIvATION. WhIlE SIgNIfICANT pRECISION WOUlD bE REQUIRED IN ThE mANUfACTURINg pROCESS fOR mEmbERS, SIgNIfICANT TOlERANCE IS pROvIDED fOR EASE Of ASSEmblY.

DEmONSTRATION Of ThE bENT-lUmbER RECIpROCAl gRID STRUCTURE 3

CONTExT plAN ThE SITE fOR ThE ClOUD IS ThE pARKINg lOT ThAT bORDERS ThE EvERSON plAzA, bOUNDED ON ThE EAST AND SOUTh SIDES bY hARRISON STREET AND SOUTh TOWNShEND STREETS, RESpECTIvElY. NEIghbORINg ThE SITE ARE ThE COUNTY COURThOUSE, RESIDENTIAl TOWERS, ThE EvERSON mUSEUm, AND A mEDICAl CENTER. SITE CIRCUlATION IS ORgANIzED fROm NORTh TO SOUTh, mAKINg USE Of ExISTINg ENTRANCES ON ThE EAST AND SOUTh EDgES Of ThE SITE. RESTROOmS AND A CONvERTIblE OffICE-COmmISSARY SpACE mImICK ThE fORmS Of bENT WOOD ThAT mAKE ThE pANElS OvERhEAD, AND WRAp AROUND ThE NORThWEST CORNER Of ThE SITE TO AllOW fOR A TRUCK STAgINg AREA AND pEDESTRIAN CIRCUlATION TOWARDS ThE EvERSON plAzA.

pARCEl plAN

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RAINSTICK

STUDIO 604: pROf. bRITT EvERSOlE pROjECT 1 OCTObER 2024

ThE fIRST ASSIgNmENT Of ThE STUDIO WAS A vESSEl ThAT IN SOmE WAY pERfORmED bEINg fIllED WITh SAlT. ThIS vESSEl WAS REQUIRED TO SUSTAIN 20 lbS Of SAlT, pOURED lIvE DURINg ThE jURY REvIEW. WITh A fAmIlY DEEplY INvOlvED IN ThE hISTORY Of ThE SOUThWEST, I gREW Up WITh A NAvAjO RAINSTICK NEvER fAR fROm mY hAND. SOmE Of mY fONDEST mEmORIES ARE Of RUNNINg DOWN ThE ClAY TIlE flOORS Of mY gRANDfAThER’S hOmE, flIppINg A RAINSTICK ONE DIRECTION OR ThE OThER WhIlE ITS TRADEmARK SOUND EChOED Off ThE flOORS AND STUCCO WAllS, SURROUNDINg mE lIKE A mONSOON. ThESE mEmORIES INSpIRED mY gOAlS fOR ThE pERfORmANCE Of mY RAINSTICK, AND ThE INTENDED pERfORmANCE gUIDED DEvElOpmENT Of bOTh ThE fORm AND INTERIOR STRUCTURE. gRAvITY AND lATERAl fORCES WERE KEY DESIgN fACTORS. ThE fORm, SKIN, AND STRUCTURE DREW INSpIRATION fROm ISAmU NOgUChI’S lAmpS, AS WEll AS DUTCh TEChNIQUES Of WhEATpASTINg AND ThE STRUCTURAl pOSSIbIlITIES Of EggCRATE STRUCTURES.

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TRADITIONAl RAINSTICKS ARE mADE Of ThE ARm Of A CACTUS, WhICh IS DRIED AND fIllED WITh pEbblES ThAT COllIDE WITh ThE REmAININg INTERIOR STRUCTURE Of ThE DRIED CACTUS. IN ORDER TO CREATE A SImIlARlY l lY CA CAv CAvERNOUS ERNOUS INTERIOR, WITh AN AppEARANCE RElATED TO NOgUChI’S lANTERNS, ThE EggCRATE STRUCTURE bECAmE A ClEAR STRATEgY. I USED gRASShOppER TO CREATE A STRUCTURE ThAT WAS fITTED WIThIN ThE STACKED EllIpSOID fORm. A pAT ppATh h ThROUgh ThIS STRUCTURE WAS CREATED SO ThAT COUlD ThE SAlT llT COU lD mAKE ITS WAY DOWN ThE RAINSTICK. ThE WhEATpASTED TRACE pApER ExTERIOR bOTh hElpED TO fASTEN TOgEThER ThE STRUCTURAl pIECES AND pROvIDED A SEmITRANSpARENT SKIN ThROUgh WhICh ThE SAlT COUlD bE SEEN ClATTERINg ThROUgh ThE ChIpbOARD pIECES AND SETTlINg AT ThE bOTTOm.

DESIgNED WITh A TIlTED, ROUND bOTTOm, ThE SAlT’S WEIghT INITIAllY hElpED ThE RAINSTICK TO WObblE, EvENTUAllY hElpINg IT TO STAbIlIzE AS SAlT gAThERED AT ThE bOTTOm. ThE hARDENED pApER SKIN AND STIffENED ChIpbOARD STRUCTURE pROvIDED ThE CAvERNOUS INTERIOR I hAD SOUghT, AND CREATED ThE SOUND ThAT hAD INSpIRED ThIS pROjECT fROm ThE OUTSET.

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ThE gOAl Of mY plAN AND SECTION WAS TO vISUAlIzE fORm AND SpACE, DRAWINg mOvEmENT AND ExpRESSINg ThE TEmpORAlITY Of SOUND AND Of SAlT AS A mATERIAl CONDITION. bOTh DRAWINgS DEpICT ThE ORgANIzATION Of ThE SAlT WIThIN ThE RAINSTICK. ThE vOID ARTICUlATES ThE ShApE Of ThE fAllINg SAlT, SCUlpTINg bOTh ThE mATTER ITSElf AND ThE SOUND IT pRODUCES AS IT fAllS.

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ORCHID PAVILION CASE STUDY

bUIlDINg SYSTEmS 621: pROf. bESS KRIETEmEYER pROjECT 2 NOvEmbER 2024

6’-6” 4’-9” 3’-2”

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7’-10”

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9’-1”

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8’-2”

jOINT I AllOWS fOR A-pAIRS TO bE hElD TOgEThER ON ThE SAmE hINgE WITh ThEIR ACCOmpANYINg b mEmbER. ThIS IS A SImplIfICATION Of ThE TOp CONNECTION, SEEN ON ThE lEfT.

6’-6”

9’-4”

10’-9”

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7’-0”

jOINT II AllOWS A-pAIRS TO bE hElD IN ThE SAmE plANE ThROUgh AN OpERAblE hAlf-lAp jOINT. WhIlE ThIS jOINT IS TIghTlY fASTENED IN ThE ACTUAl CONSTRUCTION, fOR ThE SAKE Of OpERAbIlITY I lEfT ThIS CONNECTION UNfASTENED.

jOINT III hOlDS All ThREE mEmbER TYpES IN ThE SAmE plANE: ThE A-pAIR hOlDS bOTh ENDS Of A pIN ThAT AllOWS b TO SlIDE AlONg IT AS ThE mODEl IS ADjUSTED. C mEmbERS ARE hElD WITh ThIS pIN AS ThEIR ANChOR.

13’-0” 18’-6” 23’-6”

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COmplETED IN 2024 IN pUERTO ESCONDIDO, mExICO, ThE ORChID pAvIlION CONSISTS Of AlmOST ENTIRElY ExpRESSED WOODEN STRUCTURE, DESIgNED TO REgUlATE ThE INTERIOR ClImATE Of ThE pAvIlION. ThE STRUCTURAl DESIgN AND CONSTRUCTION IS DRIvEN bY jApANESE TRADITIONS Of WAbI SAbI AND lARgE-SCAlE jOINERY, WhICh IN ITSElf IS A TRADITION gROUNDED IN TEChNICAl SKIll AND STRUCTURAl pERfORmANCE. ThE vAST mAjORITY Of ThE STRUCTURE IS lOCAllY-SOURCED TImbER, WITh A fOUNDATION AND fOOTINgS Of CAST-IN-plACE CONCRETE. TWElvE pYRAmID-ShApED, WATER-fIllED CERAmIC hUmIDIfIERS (fIgURE 2) pROvIDE STAbIlIzINg pRESSURE AlONg ThE TOp Of ThE STRUCTURE. ThE STRUCTURAl SYSTEm IS STANDARDIzED, WITh 13 INSTANCES Of ThE SAmE ASSEmblY Of lUmbER pARTS. pAIRS Of mEmbERS ARE hElD IN ThE SAmE plANE WITh hAlf-lAp CONNECTIONS ThAT ARE REINfORCED WITh STRUCTURAl SCREWS. ThIS IS ShOWN AT jOINT II IN ThE IllUSTRATED ElEvATION. lARgER CONNECTIONS, SUCh AS jOINT I IN ThE ElEvATION, bEAR mORE Of ThE STRUCTURAl lOAD AS IT TRANSlATES DOWN TOWARDS ThE fOOTINgS. hERE, I CREATED AN OpERAblE vERSION Of ThE jOINT bY AllOWINg pIECE b TO SlIDE AlONg A pIN ThAT ACTS AS ThE hINgE fOR pIECE C’S ANChOR pOINT.

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“ORChID pAvIlION / CCA CENTRO DE COlAbORACIóN ARQUITECTóNICA.” 2024. ARChITECTURE lAb. mAY 2024.

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WALL HOUSE CASE STUDY bUIlDINg SYSTEmS 621 - pROjECT 1 SEpTEmbER 2024

CONCRETE AND CERAmIC ShINglES OvER ThE vAUlT pROvIDE ADDITIONAl ThERmAl mASS TO mEDIATE SOlAR hEAT gAIN. ThROUgh ThE NIghT, ACCUmUlATED hEAT pASSES ThROUgh ThE CONCRETE AND vAUlT STRUCTURE INTO ThE hOUSE.

WATER COlOR ON bRISTOl, 24” x 36”

lOCATED IN INDIA’S SOUThEASTERN CORNER NEAR ChENNAI, AUROvIllE’S ClImATE IS TROpICAl AND RElATIvElY mIlD. SURROUNDED bY ThICK vEgETATION, ThE hOUSE bENEfITS fROm COOlER AmbIENT TEmpERATURES. pERfORATED ThROUghOUT TO TAKE ADvANTAgE Of pREvAIlINg bREEzES, ThERmAl mASS IN ThE fOUNDATION SlAbS AND ThICK gROUND-lEvEl WAllS COOl INTERIORS DURINg ThE DAY AND mAINTAIN COmfORTAblE TEmpERATURES ThROUgh ThE NIghT.

OpERAblE lOUvERS DIffUSE DIRECT SUN WhIlE AllOWINg bREEzES ThROUgh AND mAINTAININg ThE vIEW TO ThE ExTERIOR.

TERRA COTTA CUpS ARE STACKED AND vAUlTED ACROSS mAIN lIvINg AREAS. gApS bETWEEN ThE CUpS CApTURE COOl AIR AND pROvIDE A ThERmAl bUffER fROm ThE ROOf’S fUll SUN ExpOSURE, WhIlE AllOWINg CONSTANT vENTIlATION ThROUgh ThE vAUlT.

WITh AN AlTITUDE Of 76.83 _ AND AzImUTh Of -18.70_, ThE SUN AT NOON ON ThE SUmmER SOlSTICE IS AlmOST DIRECTlY OvERhEAD, CASTINg ShORT ShADOWS. DAYS ARE lONg WITh SUNRISE AT ___ AND SUNSET AT ___.

ThE WINTER SUN, AT NOON ON ThE WINTER SOlSTICE, hAS AN AlTITUDE Of 55.14_ AND AzImUTh Of -170.99_. lONg, DRAmATIC ShADOWS ARE CAST, fIlTERINg ACROSS ThE INTERIOR Of ThE hOUSE AT ANY TImE Of DAY. DAYS ARE mUCh ShORTER, WITh SUNRISE AT _ AND SUNSET AT _.

fOR bOTh NORThEAST-bOUND SUmmER WINDS AND SOUThWEST-bOUND WINTER WINDS, hEAvY SURROUNDINg vEgETATION pROvIDES A NATURAl bUffER. pROxImITY TO ThE COAST mEANS ThAT WIND pATTERNS AND SpEEDS ARE hEAvIlY INflUENCED bY OCEAN TEmpERATURES AND CURRENTS. 10

MUSEUM STUDIES

UNKNOWN pORTRAIT, ANONYmOUS phOTOgRAphER AmhERST ART mUSEUm, fEbRUARY 2019 gRAphITE AND ChARCOAl ON bRISTOl, 24” x 36”

pREmONITIONS Of CIvIl WAR, SAlvADOR DAlI ChICAgO ART INSTITUTE, fEbRUARY 2024 pENCIl AND mICRON pEN, 5” x 5”

AgUAhOjA, NERI OxmAN SAN fRANCISCO mUSEUm Of mODERN ART, fEbRUARY 2022 mICRON pEN, 3” x 7”

ThE SUblImE mOmENT, SAlvADOR DAlI ChICAgO ART INSTITUTE, fEbRUARY 2024 pENCIl AND mICRON pEN, 4” x 5” 11

OBSERVATIONAL

SOUThERN mAgNOlIA blOSSOm SpRINg 2021, lDARCh 112 fIElD SKETCh gRAphITE ON vEllUm, 4” x 4”

SOUThERN mAgNOlIA CONE SpRINg 2021, lDARCh 112 fIElD SKETCh gRAphITE ON vEllUm, 4” x 4” WINE glASS SUmmER 2019 gRAphITE ON bRISTOl, 8.5” x 11”

STAR mAgNOlIA, TOp SpRINg 2021, lDARCh 112 fIElD SKETCh gRAphITE ON vEllUm, 4” x 4”

STAR mAgNOlIA, SIDE SpRINg 2021, lDARCh 112 fIElD SKETCh gRAphITE ON vEllUm, 4” x 4”

RECTANgUlAR glASS vASE SUmmER 2019 ChARCOAl ON vEllUm, 8.5” x 11” 12

BUTTERNUT BOWLS DECEmbER 2024

SET Of ThREE hAND-ChISElED bOWlS, mIllED OUT Of A lOg Of bUTTERNUT WOOD. SANDED AND COATED WITh TUNg OIl TO fINISh.

12” l x 6.5” W x 2.5” T

8” l x 4” W x 2” T

8” l x 3.5” W x 2.5” T

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