ELIOT STONER
AnAutomatedRiver StudioProject,4
th year July,2023
Thestudio‘ElbeEstuary:Designing(For)Uncertainty’ promptedauniquemethodofarchitectural investigation:
“Amoviewehaven’tseen,showingsettingswe canpartlyrememberfromareasclosetothecoastline. Architectureonlyrepresentedthroughamovie.”
Thistheoreticalprojectislocatedsomewhereonthe ElberiverbetweenCuxhavenandHamburgGermany.
Partsofthesuperstructuremovebetweentownson theriverasnecessary,astheinterventionismeantto existinadistantfuturewithrisingtidesanduncertain programmaticneeds.
Uncertainty,Impermanence,andSuspensewere thematicguidesforboththearchitecturaldesignand thefilmcreatedtoexpressthesuperstructurethat seeminglyoperatesitselfontheElbeRiver.
Inthevideo‘AnAutomatedRiver’,aslowtouristaken throughthe“non-staticstructure”andanarratorgives abriefsynopsisduringtheaudiovisualexperience.
Theproject‘AnAutomatedRiver’canbeviewedonYouTube
Thestills(seenonthefollowingpages)thatmakeup thevideowerecomposedusingdigitalmodelingand rendering,livevideorecordings,sitephotos,and midjourneygeneratedimagesinformedbysitephotos, digitalmodels,andscansofbuiltarchitectureprojects. Movieposterprintedtoadvertiseforfinalpresentation(left)
December,2022
ThishypotheticalproposalforUNL’sGrandChallenge(IceCoringandEducationSiloCenter)prioritizesthe functionalspaceshistorictothedecommissionedAtlas-FmissilesilonearSeward,Nebraska.
ThenewfunctionalprocessesrequiredfortheICESiloincludetestingicedrillingmachineryforthegeologists andresearchers.
TheplanandaxonometricdrawingsarecreditedtoPaulMullins,withadditionalhelpfrommyselfontheNorth Sectionillustration.The3DmodelwasacombinationofworkbetweenNikitaMansinghani,PaulMullins,Will Roarty,andmyself.Themassingmodelandrenderedperspectivesshownwerepartofmycontributionstothis project.
Fish-eyecollageperspectivewithinrepurposedsilo(left) Massingmodelshowcasingthesilobeneaththeworkshopanddrillingenclosure
Visitorwalkwaywithexcavatedsiloentrance(doorway) andlaunchcontrolcenter(cylinder)(topleft)
Perspectiveoverofficeslookingtowardsdrillingenclosure (middlefarleft)
Workshopperspectivelookingtowardsdrillingenclosure (middleleft)
UndergroundexhibitionperspectivelookingattheAtlas-F missilesilo(bottomleft)
320ENorthWaterSt
StudioProject,3rd year
May,2022
AtowerontheChicagoriver withmixeduseonthestreet andriverwalklevels,13floors ofofficespace,anda performingartsspaceonthe topfloor.
Thefinaliteration’sformderived fromthepossibilityofabuilding thatconnectstoother buildings,spaces,orresources, thusrequiringmultiplearteries ofcirculation.
Digitalmodelingofthemetaphorofaskyscraper beingasubmarine-oneentrance/exitandone pathofcirculation(thecore).
3DPrintedSectionModel
MassingModel
Worm’sEyePerspective,lookingNW
HaymarketCommunityCenter
StudioProject,3rd year
December,2021
ProposedfordowntownLincoln,Nebraska,thisspace aimedtoprovideautonomythroughgardening,art, andanopenforum.
Forumideationderivedfromcirculationand transportationtypologiesandthetunnel+chamber systemwithinantcolonies.
TheplandrawingiscreditedtoConnorRandlemanwhothissemesterlongprojectwas accomplishedwith.The3Dmodelaswellastherenderedperspectivesshownwerepartof mycontributionstothisproject.
Castinteriorvolumesofanant colonytransposedoverthesite. Thetunnelsconveneatthecenter, representingtheoverlapin circulationthenearbyvenuesand neighborhoodsshare.
Aperturesfacingnortharelarger thansouthfacingonestoallow moreindirectlightintothegallery
GardenPerspectiveLookingSouth (below)
