ISLANDS OF EXCEPTION

Studio Project @ TCAUP at University of Michigan I Individual Project

Location: Belle Isle, Detroit, MI

Project Year: Fall, 2013

Scale: 4ha

Media: Rhino, Photoshop

A hidden network of connections and dependencies between the differrent key characteristics of Belle Isle is rendered visible by archizomatic system of pods and ponds around its northmost point. Visitor engagement and a diversity of activities are engendered by aggregating the most prominent programmes of the island.

Studio Project @ TCAUP at University of Michigan I Individual Project Project Year: Fall, 2014

Media: Maya, Mental Ray, 3D_Print

This project focus on studying where the form of structure becomes decoration and the uses of mathematical algorithms and patterned structural systems are often based on forms in nature where the complexity is a synergistic architecture. The use of overt patterning with structural systems blur the line between what is structural and what is decorative, and results in a decoration that is both below and in the surface, that creates new spatial effects and holistic atmospheres.

Parametric Sustainable Facade Optimization

Studio Project @ TCAUP at University of Michigan I Group Project

Groupmates: Elitsa Slavova, Chia - Hsing Chang

Location: Sandanski, Bulgaria

Project Year: Fall, 2014

Role of Me: Geometric Design, Grasshopper Modeling

Media: Rhino, Grasshopper, Diva for Rhio, Design Builder

Goal of this project is to learn how to design optimal facades in continental mediterranean climate.. In the first part, the dynamic simulation tools “Design Builder” is used to analyse the energy system. The second part is focused on the use of generic optimization tools “Diva for Rhino” together with “Grasshopper”. At last, a physical model of the optimized solution is fabricated with Robot.