Year
Awards
Hiding in Plane Site
2018
Recipient of ‘Lee & Norman Rosenfeld Award’ for Best Thesis
Archived and Displayed in InProcess Journal
Michael Hollander Drawing Excellence Award
Team
Advisors
Synposis
Adin Rimland, Bryce Taylor
Lawrence Blough, Cathryn Dwyre
Two Versions of the World at Once Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The computer vision systems that survey, catalog and archive the world around us are services that render two versions of the world at once. There is now the physical space that we occupy and the digital rendition of that space that we, increasingly more frequently, also occupy. The urban landscape is mediated by handheld cartographic instruments that help us navigate through transportation systems, call upon networks of drivers, occupy strangers homes, or find potential lovers. The digital interface for social exchange and monetary transactions has radically shifted how we act and consume. In the negotiation between the built environment and the variety of computer vision systems that move through it, there is a margin of error that architecture has the potential to occupy.
Image Culture & The Right to Opacity
Hiding in Plane Site occupies the sparse suburban fabric within the southwest region of Las Vegas. Working from the visual and material culture established in the last 100 years of Las Vegas’s existence, this project seeks to leverage emerging computer vision systems as a way to open up a new discourse about how buildings can engage with perception. In addition, the project uses images as material, and material as image as a way to address notions of entropy and lifecycles of buildings within the Las Vegas valley.
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
Selected Projects
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. Final model 24X36”
Scale: 1/8”:1’
Selected Projects
Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. Final model 24X36”
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. Final model 24X36”
Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
Designing Machines which Design
Year
Awards
Team
Advisors
Synopsis
2017
Design 400 Distinguished Review
Project chosen to be Archived
Displayed in InProcess Journal
Adin Rimland, David Frank
Duks Koschitz, Chei-Wei Wang
Designing Machines which Design
The process of designing requires a selection of tools, both analog and digital. For example, one might use Rhino and a 3D printer as part of their process from conception until fabrication. These tools are incredibly useful, powerful, and accessible. A tool will inherently have productive constraints, but there are also hidden biases or agendas authored by the designer of the tool itself. These biases will have a tremendous influence on the way we design. This holds true for both the digital and analog realm.
We focused on discerning architectural potential through a direct manipulation of a machine which produces in conjunction with interpreting an architectural idea of the output itself.
We created a series of machines which produced various ‘artifacts’ influenced by the architectural idea of bridging. The final proposal was a multiaxis passageway connecting three buildings in lower Manhattan. The final machine was an additive lathe.
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
1. 2.
Final Artifact 12X24” HMA, Spring Steel
Scale: 1/4””:1’ multi-axis passageway connecting three buildings in lower Manhattan.
Elevation/Section 12X48”
Scale: 1/8””:1’
We created a series of machines which produced various ‘artifacts’ influenced by the architectural idea of bridging. The final proposal was a multi-axis passageway connecting three buildings in lower Manhattan.
We ultimately delivered many iterations of artifacts which were produced by machine. These were dripped, extruded, and drawn. We were exploring the limits of our tools, constantly changing changing variables in the parameters of our machine. For instance, code was heavily considered as it provided us consistency and patterning in the machining of an
artifact. Research was curated in order to achieve results related our idea of bridging. This was based off of unexpected results of the material, the machine, or even mistakes we made. We sought qualities which indicated performative potential of the material and the machine.
2: Section
2: Elevation
objective: CATENARY
Artist Dingbat
Year
Awards
Advisor
Synopsis
2017
Project chosen to be Archived
Displayed in InProcess Journal
Michael Hollander Drawing Excellence Award
Lawrence Blough
Designing Machines which Design
Art Dingbat is a Venice Beach artist colony designed as a cultural hub, blending an artist residency with urban-scale infrastructure to engage and energize the neighborhood. Elevated above a cleared ground plane, it creates a public space for markets, gatherings, and community life, while the upper structure promotes collaboration among residents.
Three large light wells anchor the design, branching into studios with varying levels of privacy. Open-air, flexible spaces serve as living and work areas, easily reconfigured for gallery shows, teaching, and communal activities, offering artists a dynamic and adaptable environment. The project’s form encourages seamless interaction between the artists above and the community below, redefining shared, community-focused spaces in contrast to traditional, individual work environments.
The Clubhouse hosts six rotating residents— primarily musicians and artists—for stays ranging from a week to a month. Its adaptable spaces open to the street, blending the artist community with the urban fabric and fostering a vibrant, collaborative ecosystem.
Cutaway Cutaway
Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
Final model 24X36” Scale: 1/8”:1’
Office
Position
Type
Location
Time
Role
Pirelli 39
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Designer
Adaptive reuse mixed use Milan, Italy 2020-2021
• Concept designer of the adaptive reuse of the greenhouse bridge building.
• Renderings, drawings and diagrams.
• Coordination with Client, city, consultants.
Synposis
Pirelli 39 is located in the center of Milan’s Porta Nuova Gioia District in a strategic position between the Central Station and Scalo Farini, providing access to Porta Nuova from the north towards the city centre. P39 presents an opportunity to develop a new model of mixed-use development and sustainable urban growth. The project combines the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings with environmentally responsible new construction, and a vibrant ‘living’ cultural destination devoted to the art and science of plants.
The P39 project involves three components:
1. Regeneration of the existing Pirellino Tower.
2. Regeneration of the Pirellino Bridge Building
3. A New residential tower
Team Partners- Charles Renfro, Liz Diller
Project Lead - Mario Bastianelli, Matthew Uselman, Charles Curran
Design Team- Brian Tabolt, Quy Le, Alex Knezo, Fareez Giga, Jung
Jae Suh, Charles Berman, Andreas Kostopoulos, Michael Robitz, Jack Solomon, Adin Rimland
Professional Adaptive Reuse
Greenhouse lower level
Greenhouse at night
Event space
Event space terrace
Via Melchioore Gioia
*Render by Adin
*Render by Adin
*Collaboration between Adin and Office
*Render created by Adin
*Render created by Office
Perspective along the Via Melchiorre Gioia
Greenhouse programs
*Diagrams by Adin and Office
*Diagrams by Adin
*Diagrams by Adin and Office
*Diagrams by Adin and Office *Section
Event space at night during a performance
*Render done collaboratively between Adin and Office
*Render done collaboratively between Adin and Office
Via Melchioore Gioia closed for pedestrian foot traffic
Montparnasse
Office
Position
Type
Location
Time
Role
Synposis
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Designer
Adaptive reuse mixed use
Paris, France
2019-2022
• Designer from Competition to Construction Documents
• Develop Solutions with a focus in both overall planning as well as details, technical solutions.
• Renderings, drawings and diagrams.
• Coordination with client, city, consultants.
The Montparnasse center was conceived as a prototype of urban planning, blending offices, public spaces, housing, and transit within Paris’s Left Bank. Despite this vision, its promise of connected urbanity remains unrealized, with much of the site unused. Half a century later, its ambitions still resonate. Both iconic and overlooked, the PRD Montparnasse building is a modernist paradox in need of a transformation to regain relevance. As business models evolve and the future of work shifts, sustainable real estate will prioritize existing structures’ natural assets. DS+R aims to reintegrate the building with its landscape and surroundings, capitalizing on its prime city location, 360-degree views, natural light potential, and monumental urban scale.
Team Partners- Charles Renfro, Liz Diller
Project Lead - Charles Berman, Ellix Wu
Design Team- Jeremy Boon-Bordenave, Andrés Macera, Adin Rimland, Quy Le, Rawan Elnatour, Magdalena Naydekova, Aubrey Lynch, Jay Manley, Diego Soto Madrinan, Radu Remus Macovei
View from inside double height
Rooftop agriculture *Render done by Office
*Render done by Office
*Render done by Adin
*Render done by Adin
*Render done by Adin
Rooftop Grandstand
Outdoor rooftop F+B
Outdoor park connection
View from Montparnasse plaza
*Render done in collaboration with Office
Selected Projects
EXISTING ATTRIBUTES
-Shared ammenities
-Variable heights and size of spaces
-Enhanced daylight - Distributed outdoor area - Accessible green roof - Integrated with public realm
Exploded axonometric of design elements
*Diagram made by Adin
*Diagras made
PRD Montparnasse
*Diagras made by Adin
*Diagras made by Adin
Conference center underneath grandstand
*Render by Office
Coworking Vertical Connections
*Render by Office
Interior grandstand and bar *Render by
Office space behind new ‘chevron’ facade
*Diagram by Adin
Interior perspective of new double height prismatic office spaces
*Diagram by Adin
Office
Level 00 - ‘Super Lobby’
Aerial perspective of new double height prismatic office spaces
Shenzhen Opera
Office
Position
Type
Location
Time
Role
Synposis
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Designer
Multi-hall opera house and Masterplan
Shenzhen, China 2020
• Competition Designer
• Advance design of spaces within the project with a primary focus on public spaces and envelope
• Execution of final compeition models, diagrams, and renderings
For millennia, the performing arts have fostered new connections. China has embraced opera as a bridge between traditional and modern forms, blending Western styles with Chinese works. For this facility to become a true civic anchor, it must reflect Shenzhen’s unique character and attract a broad audience. Just 40 years ago, Shenzhen was an unknown fishing village, but it has since grown into a global metropolis, uniting East and West and driven by aspirational residents from around the world. As a tech and manufacturing hub where innovation thrives, Shenzhen’s new opera house can add cultural depth to the city while advancing progressive, creative expression aligned with its spirit.
Team Partners- Charles Renfro, Liz Diller
Project Lead - Charles Curran
Design Team- Brian Tabolt, Quy Le, Alex Knezo, Fareez Giga, Jung
Jae Suh, Charles Berman, Andreas Kostopoulos, Michael Robitz, Jack Solomon, Adin Rimland
Professional Competition
Approach from Mangrove Forest *Renders made in collaboration between Adin and Office
Multifunction Plaza
Music Box
‘Town Center’ from spiraling balconies
North Approach
*Render made by Office
Main Plaza View
环绕舞台向下延伸，让观众尽可能接近音乐家，同时 还能保持良好的视线。观众席内的各个座位区大小都 不超过正厅前座区，从而营造出一种高度的亲密感，
个座位区的叶片会动态地彼此错开，以不对称方式环 抱大厅，包括舞台后方的窗户以及合唱团、风琴手坐 席和风琴位。大厅采用暖色调木镶板包覆，由可持续 种植的本地木材制成。大厅外侧及大堂区域也采用类 似的材质和形式特征，大厅内部的叶片分开，形成入 口，让日光可以照射进来。宽大的楼梯好似倾泻而下 的叶片呈现在眼前，将正厅大堂与楼厅后座相连，并 留有宽敞的中庭，供游客在开阔的视野中交流。
多功能厅位于城镇广场最高层，离地高度35米，朝着 深圳湾大桥方向悬于空中。大厅采用宴会场地和座 位系统，可完全重新组合，从而实现多种观众和舞台 布局。内部钢构件笼架为两层楼座和上方舞台网架 提供框架支撑，具有很高的灵活性，适合举办不同形 式和风格的演出，包括室内乐、电影、戏剧、舞蹈或多 媒体表演艺术。透过具有全遮光功能的窗户，深圳湾 大桥的美丽景观尽收眼底，为特别演出和活动提供 了旖旎的背景。内部饰面采用更加坚固耐用的工业 黑钢板和预制混凝土板。外部和大堂区域覆以喷砂 工艺不锈钢板，并铺设抛光混凝土地板。 大厅下方装配了用途灵活的悬挂式舞台网架，可为广场 层的“幻影”多功能厅（也称为广场剧院）提供配套支撑。
小歌剧厅以传统的马蹄形歌剧院（如斯卡拉歌剧院） 为蓝本进行设计，浅座包厢环绕着整个观众席，营造 出一种“集体中有个人”的空间。利用折板结构这一当 代形式语言（灵感来源于折纸），重新诠释传统造型， 每个座位都拥有出色的视线和音效，从而营造出亲密 的观众体验。舞台设在主装卸层的地下一层。 大厅采用耐候钢板进行包裹，可谓是传统大厅类型与 新颖材质表现形式之间的诗意拥抱。座位区将采用深 色木材和座套装饰。此类特性延伸至小歌剧厅外部及 大堂，均以暖色调的风化处理镀锌金属包裹。同样采 用风化处理金属包裹的巨型楼梯，延伸自池座层的地 下大堂，通往楼厅后座层和可俯瞰城镇广场及深圳湾 的酒吧和户外露台，这里可供演出前/后休憩。
两扇混凝土舞台后闸门（ 一扇位于舞台后墙处，另 一扇位于交汇连廊后面） 通向一个缓坡大草坪，表
*Render by Adin
*Render by Adin
*Render by Office
Concert Hall from balcony
Black Box Theater
Performance Theater Interior
2x4 Texas A-Frame
Office
Position
Type
Location
Time
Role
Materials
Synposis
Barkow Leibinger
Project Manager / Design Lead
Design-Build Pavilion Austin, Texas 2024
• From concept design to joining and overseeing prefabrication/ construction
• All assembly drawings and diagrams
2x4 timber, threaded rods
The American A-Frame, popularized post-war as an affordable holiday home, exemplified structural clarity but rarely evolved beyond a simple DIY form. Though its iconic sloping walls and basic layout made it accessible, its potential as a developed architectural solution was never fully realized. Now, with modern prefabricated construction techniques and sustainable timber practices, the A-Frame can be reimagined as an adaptable, affordable housing model.
Our Mebane Gallery prototype explores this, using modular 2x4 trusses that can accommodate flexible interiors and adapt to complex sites. These units interlock to create continuous spaces, forming a versatile framework for varied programs. Designed for “Net-Zero” energy performance and built with economical materials, this new A-Frame model is a customizable, site-sensitive, and ecofriendly housing solution for under $100,000.
Our aim is to transform this once-niche typology into a practical, forward-looking architectural option
Team Partners- Frank Barkow
Project Lead - Adin Rimland
Design Team- Andreas Molling, Stefan Sauter, Fred Horton
Professional Design
Photo from Interior
Assembly Photo
Assembly Photo
Assembly Photo
1:1 Prototype
Selected Projects
Assembly Diagram, graphic
*All Drawings by Adin
*All Drawings by Adin
Wood sorting,cutting and drilling instructions
Students interacting with structure
Students interacting with structure
Closeup of detail
Location
Year
Material
Team
Synposis
Star Gazing Pavilion
Urban Farm, Berkeley, California
2024
Timber, Steel Cable, Plant Garland
Adin Rimland, Andy Kim
The sukkah should be thought of as a public space, a space for education and celebration. Our project reimagines the sukkah as architecture accessible to not one group of people, religion or organization, but for everyone. Traditionally, the sukkah is a religious metaphor, a metonymic temporary structure for religious practices. For these reasons, the sukkah consists of three walls with an open roof allowing ccupants to gaze upon the sky, the stars, the endless, the Ein Sof. To remake its atavism with deference, while transforming it into a more inclusive public space, we propose a star gazing structure. It is oriented towards the northern Polaris, while exposing its largest surface covered with vegetation South. This greenery, its S’chach, becomes a living roof, “grown from the ground”. Stargazing has been a universal source of collective imagination. Civilizations have gazed upon the stars, developed instruments, made art, and drew inspiration from its endless sublime. Reimagining the sukkah as a stargazing structure is a poetic statement, a proposition, and a promise to make Sukkah accessible to all. The structure becomes a site of collective celebration, a space of Z’man Simchateinu, where the ‘public’ becomes specific and universal through the act of stargazing.
Concept Diagram
Children Playing
Photo of Structure
Photo of Structure
Sukkah Festival
Open Baffle Audio Project
Location Year
Material Team
Synposis
Brooklyn 2023-Current Resin, Waxed Aluminum, Electronics
Adin Rimland, Bryce Taylor, Max Summers
Our open-baffle speaker system, crafted for a novel auditory and aesthetic experience, transforms its space into a dynamic part of the sound itself. Unlike traditional enclosed speakers, this system radiates sound in a figureeight pattern, sending waves both forward and backward and making the room an integral part of the acoustics.
Reflecting this interaction, the design leverages organic, sweeping forms born from the physical characteristics of sound waves. The ripole subwoofer and main driver are positioned within a aluminum chassis that supports each component at precise locations for optimal timing and wave propagation.
Using Ridtahler dipole subwoofer technology, we conduct digital and physical tests to refine sound quality, studying frequency response, directivity, and dispersion. This modular, splinebased geometry balances form and function, creating an auditory sculpture that reshapes sound’s interaction with space.
Work in Progress:
Assembly Photo
Speaker Baffle Concept Sketches
Speaker Baffle Concept Sketches
Orthographic Drawings of Combined Design
Assembly of Ripole Subwoofer
Real-world testing of dispersion
Configurable rig for testing
Render of Back
Ripole subwoofer mock-up
Open baffle mock-up