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Architecture faculty members Adam Marcus, Margaret Ikeda, and Evan Jones have been working with students and Autodesk for two semesters on Buoyant Ecologies, a set of speculative proposals for a floating expansion of Autodesk’s Pier 9 Workshop: a world-class fabrication facility on the water’s edge in San Francisco. Marcus says: “We are working closely with Autodesk’s Creative Projects team to imagine how the floating vessel can interface with the pier, the public, and the bay’s ecology. We’re also collaborating with marine biologists at the Moss Landing Benthic Lab and Kreysler & Associates, an innovative fiberglass composites manufacturer, to imagine how the surface of the vessel itself can create habitats for certain types of aquatic life.” The studio’s work will be compiled in a publication and exhibition at the Autodesk Gallery in spring 2015.
AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
Alumnus Gustavo Fricke (Industrial Design 2010) was part of a team that received awards in 2014 from Core 77 (Social Impact category, runner up) and IDEA (Social Impact category, bronze) for their prototype of the 3D Printed Personal Ekso, an exoskeletal robot that may soon replace the wheelchair. The parts are created by referencing a 3D body scan. They are ventilated with a complex pattern, allowing the skin to breathe while keeping the product weight minimized.
Architecture faculty member Thom Faulders recently completed a public art project for the main entrance of the Science, Research, and Teaching Center at Portland State University. Entrium Light Cloud is a phenomenally active threshold inspired by the lightfiltering effects and spatial layering of tree canopies. The meshwork dynamically changes depending on the angle of viewing.
Interior Design faculty member Amy Campos was one of four 2014 winners of the Nancy Vincent McClelland Merit Award. McClelland was the first woman president of the American Institute of Decorators (the forerunner of ASID), from 1941 to 1944. The award honors individuals, organizations, manufacturers, and research projects for their outstanding support of the interior design profession.
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