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LAUREN RUSKAUFF, B.ARCH CANDIDATE
PORTFOLIO architecture+design
selected works 2015-2018
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mestizo robotics
program: robot date: fall 2015 type: studio
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social neuroscience lab pt1
program: lab + children’s museum date: spring 2016 type: studio
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10-17
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agro-urban remediation
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social neuroscience lab pt 2 program: lab + children’s museum date: spring 2017 type: studio 18-29
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pillowed shell structure
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mass(ive) wall assembly
program: food cart date: fall 2016 type: studio
program: urban furniture date: fall 2017 type: structural analysis course
program: wall assembly date: fall 2015 type: enclosures course
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38-45
46-51
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blown glass pavilion
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baca residence
etc
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program: pavilion/wall assembly date: spring 2017 type: undergraduate research project
program: single family residence date: fall 2017 type: professional work
program: miscellaneous date: 2014-2018 type: personal
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60-67
68-73
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MESTIZO ROBOTICS
THE HYBRID DECOLONIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY
Mestizo robotics is an art/architecture/engineering project composed of a community of autonomous robotic spheres. The project explores the dichotomies of colonialism/the modern world, high/low technology, and part vs whole to investigate a decolonized view of robotics. The robot shown here is only one of three made for an exhibit that linked to robots in Latin America. When the Latin robots were on, the American robots rolled south. The skin of the robot is made of terracotta and the interior is a simple pendulum robot. LOCATION: Troy, New York PROGRAM: Robot CRITIC: Gustavo Crembil
TEAM: RPI School of Engineering, EMPAC,
DATE: Fall 2015
ROLE: Design team, ceramics fabricator
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RPI School of Architecture
photograph from first exhibition with original prototype
Gallery Render 5
sphere deconstruction diagrams Generative Sphere
Great Icosahedron Platonic Solid
Icosahedron
Octahedron
Propellos Icosahedron
Propellos Octahedron
Single Unit
20 equilateral triangular faces
30 edges
Structure Formation
Basic Rib
Inverted Rib
Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, Slip-casting 6
Primary Cluster
Secondary Cluster
“Flower� Cluster
sphere deconstruction diagrams
final sphere from exhibition
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exploded sphere diagram
Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, Slip-casting, Milling 8
The diagram on the previous page depicts the systems of the robotic sphere exploded to show the assembly process. The photos below and to the left show parts of the process of making the interior pendulum mechanism and slip-casting. In order to make the ceramic pieces of the sphere, we had to first pour the molds, then create then create the ceramic mixture. In all, we produced 240 terracotta modules to go into three robotic spheres.
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interior pendulum mechanism
photograph from final exhibit showing module connection pieces
TERRACOTTA SURFACE EXPLORATION
Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, Slip-casting, Milling, V-ray 10
interior mechanism diagram 11
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SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE LAB + MUSEUM SCHEMATIC DESIGN
The social neuroscience laboratory and youth science center re-purposes the old idiom “watch and learn� to structure the relationship among the public users and professional scientists. The public program incorporates youth learning labs and social spaces that slide among and below the private program. This creates adjacencies that promote varying levels of visibility and observation between public users and social neurologists. Cuts are made in the form with to create social spaces for the public and private, and to allow daylight to reach the inner courtyard. LOCATION: Boston, MA
PROGRAM: Lab + Museum
CRITIC: Ted Ngai
TEAM: N/A
DATE: Spring 2016
ROLE: Designer
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1/8� scale section model 13
site drawing detailing city materials of Boston U.S Coast Gaurd Base
Copp’s Hill
Old North Church
Pilot House Park Mama Maria North Square
Hospital William F. Callahan Tunnel North End Park Fanuil Hall Christopher Columbus Water Park Faneuil Hall Market Place City Hall
APD Entertainment
Liberty Square
Rhino, Adobe Illustrator 14
1/32� scale site and structural model
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site drawing w/ ground floor
UP
UP
UP
DWN
Rhino, Adobe Illustrator 16
DWN
OTB DWN
UP
OTB
lecture hall + lab plan
library + lab plan
UP
OTB
UP
DWN
DWN
OTB
UP
UP
OTB
OTB
maze plan
typical upper floor lab plan
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Rhino, Adobe Illustrator 18
section through main labs
section through courtyard 19
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SOCIAL NEUROSCIENCE LAB + MUSEUM DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
The Social Neuroscience Laboratory and Youth Science Center embraces the interdisciplinary in the emerging field of social neuroscience and its vital connection to the public. Through its materiality, programming, form, and relation to the site in the North End of Boston, MA this project connects the public and the private in a myriad of ways. The project performs at the macro, meso, and micro scales to address the community, the group, and the individual through the lens of social observation. LOCATION: Boston, MA
PROGRAM: Lab + Museum
CRITIC: Eric Churchill
TEAM: Sarah Reynolds
DATE: Spring 2017
ROLE: Design team
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street rendering 21
NORTH END WEST END
BIG DIG
Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, V-Ray, Grasshopper 22
HISTORIC DOWNTOWN
CONCEPT The overall mass is a tower for private labs and a horizontal loop for the public science center. A lean is applied to the tower to expose the public spaces, allow for daylighting, and provide sectional play in the atrium. The public spaces loop from the entrance of the site up into the tower. As this loop collides with the tower, it breaks apart and opens up to a tertiary condition where the public and the private meet. Enclosed vs. open spaces that cover programs from cafĂŠ to laboratory promote varying levels of visibility and observation between public users and professional scientists.
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massing + program diagram
Adobe Illustrator, Revit 24
museum + children’s lab plans
typical lab plans
typical lab plans
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1/4� section model
Adobe Illustrator, Revit, Laser cutter, Grasshopper 26
facade perforation logic
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exploded plans w/ program
Adobe Illustrator, Revit, V-Ray 28
perspective section with detail section call-outs
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interactive museum rendering
children’s lab rendering
Adobe Illustrator, Revit, V-Ray, Photoshop 30
lab overlooking atrium public area
lab + atrium rendering
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04 AGRO-URBAN REMEDIATION
FOOD CART TO END NUTRITION DESERTS
This project is an instance of a larger research initiative at CASE located in NYC to deploy green walls for different purposes. This particular case examined nutrition deserts in cities, and looked at different scales as a way to distribute food. At the scale of the food cart, a system was designed to grow and implement distribution of nutritious food, while simultaneously remediation the urban air quality. The wall system of shingled modules is currently under further development and study. LOCATION: New York, NY
PROGRAM: Food Cart
CRITIC: Demetrios Comodromos
TEAM: CASE RPI
DATE: Fall 2016 ROLE: Design team 32
food cart proposal rendering 33
7000000
acres FARMLAND IN NY
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acres COMMUNITY GARDEN ARE
NYC’S COMMUNITY GARDEN AREA COULD SUPPORT THE ENTIRE CITY’S VEGETABLE REqUIREMENTS
Adobe Illustrator, Rhino, Grasshopper 34
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COMMISSARY BECOMES LOCAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
0.6 COMMISSARY BECOMES LOCAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
0.05 acres
AVERAGE COMMUNITY GARDEN NETWORK OF COMMUNITY GARDENS PROVIDES AREA FOR SOME AMOUNT OF LOCAL PRODUCTION WIITHOUT NEED FOR INDOOR GROW SPACE
0.6 acres
PANEL GROWTH WITHIN A COMMISSARY BUILDING
scales of agriculture in New York diagram 35
right elevation
Adobe Illustrator, Rhino 36
back elevation
top elevation
ELEVATIONS
RIGHT
BACK
TOP
MICROGREEN-COVERED AWNING SPINE OF SOLAR COLLECTORS
RETRACTABLE FELT PANEL STRUCTURE
MICROGREEN FELT PANELS FULL GROWN EDIBLE PLANTS
SHINGLE ADAPTABILITY The modules on the food cart are designed as adaptable shingles based on climatic
FAR
ME
SECTION
conditions.
R’S
1”: 1’-0”
MA
RK
During the summer, the
ET
shingles open up to allow more airflow and light to the plants on them and inside of the cart. During the winter, they close up to
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keep the interior plants safe. The shingles themselves are potters for larger plants like cabbages, while on the inside of the cart
PLAN
PARTIAL DEPLOYMENT OF NESTING STRUCTURE
MM
ER
FO
OD
OPENED SUMMER MODULES
CA
RT
1”: 1’-0”
has micro green growing sheets. RETRACTED AWNING AND NESTED STRUCTURE
WIN
TER
CLOSED WINTER MODULES
Pinecone Cart
Urban Agro-remediation Pods
FO
OD
CA
RT Source: CASE Fall 2016
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food cart section
Adobe Illustrator, Rhino, Grasshopper, AutoCAD 38
food cart plan
detail section of planter modules
water flow through planter
interior micro-green layer 39
05 PILLOWED SHELL STRUCTURE A HAVEN FOR CATS
In this course, we studied classic structural types and used their basic principles to design a small innovative structure. My team worked with shell structures, studying precedents from Candela. We parametrically generated our own shell form and then panelized and perforated it based on a genetics program linked to the stress conditions. More material was removed where less stress was on the structure, and less material was removed for a greater stress. The overall result was a small, fluffy structure designed for cats that revealed the how the structure was operating with its design.
LOCATION: TROY, NY
PROGRAM: Cat Pavilion
CRITIC: Holger Schulze Ehring
TEAM: Cody Seipp
DATE: Fall 2017 ROLE: Design team 40
cat model exploring the shell structure 41
underside of shell structure showing connection joints
Adobe Illustrator, Rhino, Grasshopper 42
foundation slab
generated surface
stress range of surface
perforations added
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Adobe Illustrator, Rhino 44
diagram of connection pieces
assemblage process for each panel
image of final model 45
Photoshop 46
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06 MASS(IVE) WALL
URBAN SHELTER THROUGH SECTIONAL BULK
The Mass(ive) Wall uses manipulation of section create an integrated system designed for urban areas of Phoenix, Arizona. The main goal of the design is to provide sanctuary from the heat and noise of the city. The cross section of each pyramid piece was parametrically designed to be at peak efficiency during variable times in the year, and to diffuse and reflect sound.
The colors of the pyramids
on the inside and outside contribute to cooling, and the experience of safety within the space created on the interior. LOCATION: Phoenix, AZ
PROGRAM: Wall Assembly
CRITIC: Ajmal Aqtash
TEAM: Sarah Farnham, Allison Turner
DATE: Fall 2015
ROLE: Design team
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3D print of wall module 49
pressure analysis
Adobe Illustrator, Rhino, Grasshopper 50
radiation through heat analysis
sound analysis
exploded axon detailing assembly parts 51
Adobe Illustrator, Rhino, Grasshopper, 3D Printer, Laser cutter 52
laser cut assembly model
roof condition detail
window condition detail
foundation condition detail
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GLASS BLOWN PAVILION
INTERLOCKING GLASS BLOWN MODULE
This project aims to explore the notion of parametric design outside its high-tech industry, instead utilizing handcraft manufacturing through the development of an interlocking unit system of hand blown glass modules that provide complex aesthetic effects. The system was designed by exploring mathematical repetition that applies sinusoidal curvature, to develop a three-dimensional module locking unit. LOCATION: Milleville, NJ PROGRAM: Pavilion CRITIC: Gustavo Crembil
TEAM: Tom Roland, Claire Liu
DATE: Spring 2017
ROLE: Design team
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model of basic structural proposal for pavilion 55
sketches of glass module logic
Paper, Pencil 56
MODULAR FORM The
basic
unit
of
this
project
manipulates a sine wave in three dimensions. This allows for surface connection all around the piece, and variety of ways for it to be arranged. The diagram on the left shows the iterations the form went through, and the logic that was applied.
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diagram of sinusoidal stacking
Adobe Illustrator, Rhino, V-Ray 58
renders of glass system + piece
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top profile
side profile
Adobe Illustrator, Rhino, V-Ray 60
axonometric
diagram of pavilion w/ wall logic 61
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BACA HOUSE
RESIDENCE IN CORDOBA
Incorporating traditional Latin American brick laying techniques coupled with the play between the site and building drives the design of this single-family house in Cordoba, Argentina.
The interior of the house has four
main programmatic areas, defined by four brick intersecting domes. The program zones are work, live, cook, and play. LOCATION: Cordoba, AR
PROGRAM: Single Family Residence
FIRM: Gustavo Crembil
TEAM: Tom Roland, Claire Liu
DATE: Fall 2017
ROLE: Design team, solar analysis
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3d printed model of proposal 63
cook
The brick domes are contained in a clean white box that has been curved to frame a nearby patch of trees. This makes a courtyard area in the center of the site, requested by the client to be an outdoor gallery space. The thick walls of the outer box are designed to assist in heating and cooling of the house in winter and summer months.
Adobe Illustrator, Rhino, Grasshopper 64
live
work
play
N
site plan
site plan detailing sun path 65
3d print, Rhino 66
3d printed model w/ acrylic and mdf interior
material palette
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This exploded axon provides a clear visual of the different programmatic areas and their corresponding domes. Reading from left to right the order is as follows: live, eat, play, and work. This arrangement allows for a clear separation between living and working. The play dome is oriented towards the inner courtyard to allow for a more harmonious union between nature and built environment; as well as acting as a bridge between boundaries.
floor plan w/ living zones
section through kitchen and gallery Rhino, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator 68
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ETC: THE DESERT QUILT A CLASSIC PATTERN W/ A DESERT TWIST
Half-square triangles have to be one of
The outcome is one simple foundation
the most versatile quilting blocks around.
block and that can be arranged in countless
HST’s are formed by cutting two squares
ways.
in half diagonally from corner to corner,
to add a modern flair to this classic
CRITIC:
N/A
creating two triangles, and then sewing two
arrangement.
TEAM:
N/A
different triangles together to make a square.
for a variety of colors and patterns to work
I
used
a
desert-inspired
palette
The simple pattern allows
well together without being overwhelming. Sewing machine 70
LOCATION:
Las Vegas, NV
PROGRAM: `
Quilt
DATE: ROLE:
Fall 2015 Quilter
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ETC: BEVATRON CASE STUDY Particle Accelerator Analysis
The Bevatron was a particle accelerator
The site of the Bevatron was set above
LOCATION:
at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
the Berkeley campus.
U.S., which began operating in 1954.
main
PROGRAM: `
The
science
It overlooked other
buildings,
but
stood
far
interior logic of the Bevatron incorporated
enough away in case of an accident.
a
combined
Bevatron
hierarchy,
accelerators, and the structure established
rigid
with
engineering an
necessity
architectural
was
on
of
the
first
The
particle
many precedents on how they are built. Pen, vellum 72
CRITIC: TEAM: DATE: ROLE:
Berkeley, CA Particle Accelerator Ted Ngai N/A Fall 2015 Representations
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ETC: BASE 65 Base Jumping Structure
Base 65 is a proposed base jumping structure
This wind load is ultimately what forms
LOCATION:
designed for the Matterhorn in Switzerland. The
the shape of our structure, combined with
PROGRAM: `
Matterhorn is the most recognized mountain
inspiration from the mountain. Material was
CRITIC:
in Europe and is the birthplace of climbing.
removed to make the structure lightweight.
TEAM:
Due to the mountains isolated conditions and
The model shown in these pictures was load
DATE:
height, extreme wind patterns form around it.
tested, and the design was iterated.
ROLE:
Rhino, Laser cutter 74
Matterhorn, Switzerland Base jumping site Ivan Markov Sarah Reynolds, Ally Turner Spring 2016 Designer
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Lauren Ruskauff laurenruskauff@gmail.com (702) 480 -2235
