MONSERRAT DE LOS RÍOS
PORTFO LIO
2023
SELECTED ARCHITECTURE WORKS
MONSERRAT DE LOS RÍOS CISNEROS ARCHITECTURE STUDENT
WORK EXPERIENCE REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION INTERN
Tec de Monterrey, September 2023 to date Updating property geolocation information up to date, ensuring data is accurate and accessible Reviewing and Updating Lease Database Preparation and review of lease contracts, ensuring compliance with legal requirements Understanding the Property Search and real estate market practices. My experience as an intern in Real Estate and Construction provided me with valuable insights into the real estate sector and asset management, as well as skills in data organization and analysis.
EDUCATION HISTORY ARCHITECTURE
Tec de Monterrey, August 2020 – Currently
BIM MODELING AND DESIGN Tec de Monterrey, February - June 2023 Design, 3D modeling and calculation of the MEP structures and facilities of a mixed-use building was carried out using the BIM methodology.
AWARDS BEST CONCEPT OF A FAMILY HOUSING PROJECT Tec de Monterrey, August 2022 Prize awarded by the course teachers.
2ND PLACE COLLECTIVE HOUSING PROJECT NEST, November 2022 Prize awarded by the project’s client, NEST.
SOFTWARE Revit (MEP,BIM) Autocad Sketchup Lumion Photoshop Twinmotion Rhino Grasshopper Office
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LANGUAGES ENGLISH Pearson Test B2 - Advanced
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IMAGE AND MARKETING COORDINATOR People to People, August 2019 - June 2020 Art design for social media Event setting design Deal with suppliers
SPANISH Native
CONTACT INFO monse.25lin@gmail.com +52 8126961160 Monterrey, Nuevo León, México
CONTENT ACADEMIC WORK
KAILANI
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MONARCA
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CENTER HOUSE II
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EPHIMERAL
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HABITAT IN SITU
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BIM MODELING AND DESIGN MIXED-USE PROJECT Tec de Monterrey, February 2022
KAILANI
a mixed use building for Distrito Tec Kalani is a 23-story mixed-use building that combines commercial and residential spaces. It stands out for its wavy design oriented towards the attractions of the Tec District, such as the Central Park and the Banorte stadium, as well as for its views of the Cerro de la Silla and the Cerro de la M. Due to its proximity to Tec de Monterrey, its spaces were designed to serve students and collaborators from the Institution. Kailani offers nine commercial stores, an outdoor pool space, a coworking space, an events room, two recreation rooms and 153 apartments. The first three levels are commercial, followed by amenities and six levels of underground parking. From the seventh level, the rest are intended for residential use.
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SOFTWARE USED: Revit (BIM, MEP) & Twinmotion IN COLLABORATION WITH: Carlos Murillo, Eduardo Encira, Glenda Diaz, Ana Guillen, Sandra Leija & Fatima Aguirre
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PROJECT BRIEF MONTERREY
DISTRICT TEC
KAILANI
TEC DE MONTERREY
MEXICO
LAND USE DISTRIBUTION
16%
Kailani is located in one of the most privileged locations of Distict Tec, thanks to its immediate exposure to student life and connection between points of interest. District Tec is an initiative for urban regeneration and facilities that includes the neighborhoods around Tec de Monterrey, a university attended by local and foreign students, professors and researchers.
COMMERCE 12%
AMENITIES
RESIDENTIAL
72%
SITE ANALYSIS NODES
ACCESS & CIRCULATION
LAND USE
PEDESTRIAN ROAD
MAIN NODES
ACADEMIC
SPORTS
VEHICULAR ROAD
SECONDARY NODES
RECREATIONAL
OFFICES
Kailani is located on Av. Fernando Garcia Roel, one of District Tec's main avenues due to the connection to transport routes and proximity to Tec de Monterrey. Since Kailani is between the distinct areas of the campus, it becomes a frequently used pedestrian road.
From left to right, it can be found Tec de Monterrey campus and classrooms, James Turrel's Skyspace, Wellness Center, Central Park, Banorte Stadium and Borregos' Sport Center; all, spaces frequented by students and collaborators.
PARKING
Within the master plan of Distrito Tec, the existing facilities for academic and sports use are contemplated, and its most recent contribution: the central park. It is planned to build a mixed-use building next to the Park and on the same land.
CONCEPT Kailani is born from aperture, so that its wavy design and angular shape opens towards its environment, making the most of the privileged views and facilitating its integration into the context by avoiding 90° corners. This turns the building permeable and attractive to visit to both pedestrians and drivers.
ORIENTATION & VIEWS
CENTRALIZED CIRCULATION
WAVES
134° ANGLE
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GROUNDFLOOR PLAN
SCALE 1:500
RESIDENTIAL FLOORPLAN
SCALE 1:500
THREE BEDROOM FLAT
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TWO BEDROOM FLAT
SCALE 1:250
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PERSPECTIVED SECTION OF BASEMENT 1 - 6TH FLOOR
ELECTRICAL
MECHANICAL
RESIDENTIAL LOBBY
LIBRARY
PUBLIC RESTROOMS
UNSCALED
PLUMBING
COFFEE SHOP
GROUNDFLOOR MEP FACILITIES SECTION
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AERIAL VIEW
STREET VIEW 8
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1st Floor: Restaurant
3rd Floor: Restaurant
4th Floor: Pool
6th Floor: Apartment living room
SUMMER
WINTER
LIGHTING EFFICIENCY
PREVAILING WINDS
ENDEMIC SPECIES
PASSIVE SYSTEMS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
LANDSCAPED SLAB
MIXED USE
PERSPECTIVED BIOCLIMATIC EFFICIENCY SECTION Beyond taking advantage of the views and aperture to its context, Kailani seeks to achieve bioclimatic efficiency in order to reduce its carbon footprint and align with Distrito Tec's values of sustainability and innovation. The use of passive systems such as parasols, insets, and orientation help to take advantage of indirect daylight and achieve efficiency in lighting spaces, and in turn reduce the use of required energy. Likewise, its landscaped slabs help to reduce the warm thermal sensation of the place and achieve thermal comfort. Being a mixed-use building, it not only sustainably uses valuable resources and space, but also reduces the need for users to travel.
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BEST CONCEPT OF A FAMILY HOUSING PROJECT Tec de Monterrey, August 2022
HOUSE II
residential house for Sorteos Tec House II was born from the intention of uniting 2 opposite spaces: the interior with the exterior. The land where House II is located contains close to 10 trees, and 3 of them with a leafy trunk; faced up with this situation, an effort was made to preserve most of the trees, thus creating a number of patios and, consequently, spaces with views towards these gardens. Likewise, House II follows the philosophy of Louis Kahn, seeking to separate the spaces into 2 types: private and public; House II creates both public and private paths by sectioning the volumes of the building and creating routes for each type of user.
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SOFTWARE USED: Revit & Twinmotion IN COLLABORATION WITH: Meztli Shu & Juan Ramirez
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SITE ANALYSIS AND LOCATION Located in one of the most prestigious neighborhoods in San Pedro, Casa II is at the end of a roundabout on a private street with 7 properties. The assigned lot is located in the corner inside the roundabout and has a trapezoidal shape, in addition to around 10 old trees spread over the land with unevenness towards the bottom of it. Sorteos Tec is the Tecnológico de Monterrey university raffle, whose purpose is to contribute to the growth, research, and scholarships of Tecnológico de Monterrey through the raffle for luxury homes, cars, and money. Adjacent to House II, there are the prizes of the 212th and 213th Sorteos Tec Draw, both houses by renowned architects: On the right side of it is the Elemental House, designed by the Architect Alejandro Aravena, winner of the Pritzker Prize in 2016; In front, is the Ricardo House by the architect Victor Legorreta.
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2 3 SITE PLAN
SCALE: 1:500
PROGRAM
1. House II 2. Elemental House 3. Legorreta's 213° House 11
UNDERSTANDING THE PROJECT
GROUNDFLOOR PLAN
SCALE 1:250
PROGRAM 1. Laundry room 2. Kitchen 3. Dining room 4. Living room 5. Garage
6. Lobby 7. Restroom
FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SCALE 1:250
PROGRAM 8. Secondary Bedrooms 9. Wardrobe 10. Family room 11. Main Bedroom 12
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TRANSVERSAL SECTION
BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
SCALE 1:250
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PROGRAM 12. Terrace 13. Pool 14. Outdoor Lounge 13
SOCIAL Main bedroom
SERVICE Living room
Dining room
Pool
PRIVATE
Family room
Stairs
Outdoor lounge
Restrooms Rooms
Secondary Entrance
Stairs
Lobby Main Entrance
Laundry room Kitchen
Garage
EXPLODED ISOMETRIC VIEW
STREET PERSPECTIVE 14
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LIVING ROOM
DINING ROOM
BACKYARD 15
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ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE & PARAMETRIC DESIGN PROJECT Tec de Monterrey, August 2023
FUNDIDORA STATION metro station for Monterrey’s Secretary of Urban Development and Transportation Characterized by its soft curves, the Fundidora station emerges as an Advanced Architecture proposal for the new metro line 6 in Monterrey. The station integrates parametric architecture and sustainability. Its arches translate into catenaries so that the roof becomes self-supporting, just as Gaudi did when proposing the shape of the catenary to support vaults. Thanks to its openings, the station enjoys thermal comfort facilitated by the vegetation and artificial river of the Fundidora Park, which through the prevailing winds cool the atmosphere of the spaces, having an open-air station. Given its large scale, the use of hexagonal galvanized steel panels is proposed for the envelope, making the façade of the station parametric.
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SOFTWARE USED: Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper & Lumion IN COLLABORATION WITH: Daniela Salomé & Ana Juárez
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SITE ANALYSIS AND LOCATION Located in one of the busiest areas of Monterrey, and given the height that the elevated station provides, the Fundidora station enjoys some of the most privileged views of the city such as Cerro de la Silla, the Sierra Madre Oriental, the Fundidora Park, Paseo Santa Lucía and the Administrative Tower. Given this situation, the intention was raised that the station and its shape would direct the eyes of users towards these views. For this, the visual field and the human range of vision were studied.
VISUAL FIELD
RANGE OF VISION
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Pedestrian
Bus route
Vehicular lane
Parking lot
Bus stop
Walking lane
Bike lane
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UNDERSTANDING THE PROJECT
SCALE 1:750
LOBBY PLAN
PROGRAM 1. Tickets 2. Office 3. Exposition 4. Entrance 5. Electrical Room
6. Mechanical Room
PLATFORM PLAN
SCALE 1:500
PROGRAM 7. Platform I 8. Platform II 18
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SOUTH ELEVATION
DESIGN PROCESS
VIEWS
INTERSECTION
CATENARIES
COVERING
EXTENSION
SKYLIGHT
The initial phase of the design process focused on the layout of the views at the highest part of the station, followed by the installation of catenaries at the intersections between the slab and the views. The location of the catenaries was determined based on the visual range and viewing angle. Subsequently, a cover was developed that adapted to the arrangement of the catenaries and gradually integrated with its surroundings, extending towards support points such as cantilevers. Taking advantage of the concept of views, roof panels were selected to create openings that allowed in indirect light, offering a view towards the sky. Once the cover was completed, to facilitate its parametric design, code was created in Grasshopper that parameterized the cover and divided it into hexagonal panels.
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Concrete pouring
Steel supporting structure
Textile waterproof geomembrane
Galvanized Steel Hexagonal Panels
STRUCTURE SECTIONS
BIOCLIMATIC STRATEGIES
Protection from solar radiation through cantilevers
Vegetation regulates temperature to achieve thermal comfort
Natural ventilation
Bodies of water cool the environment through evapotranspiration
The station is designed to align with prominent views, solar exposure, prevailing winds, vegetation and existing water bodies, ultimately improving thermal comfort and overall user experience. The design and parametric modeling of the station roof was facilitated through the use of Rhinoceros and Grasshopper, allowing construction methods to be proposed that are not only efficient but also ecological, with minimized waste production.
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LOBBY
CERRO DE LA SILLA VIEW
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MONARCA CENTER community center for Casa Monarca A.C. On the slopes of the Huasteca mountain is Casa Monarca, which cares for thousands of migrants a year in its shelter. As the organization has grown, its needs have changed too, among them, the urgency of recreation spaces, administration, and training of the organization's staff. Monarca Center serves both community and staff among its recreational, educational and administrative spaces.
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SITE ANALYSIS AND LOCATION Casa Monarca is located in Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, Mexico, less than 1 km away from the tracks that "La Bestia" runs, a train that every day carries thousands of migrants from Central and South America. Although many of these migrants are destined to reach the United States, many of them are deported or suffer violence during their journey, which is why they end up going to Casa Monarca. The Casa Monarca shelter has a half circular shape in order to guarantee the safety and protection of migrants, since due to their situation they are in a state of extreme vulnerability. Over time, this form has gained meaning for the organization, being a "D" for Dignity.
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SITE PLAN
PROGRAM
1. Casa Monarca shelter
SCALE: 1:500
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PROJECT BRIEF SANTA CATARINA
MIRADOR DE SANTA CATARINA
CASA MONARCA
MEXICO
CONCEPT
CENTRAL COURTYARD
MIX OF USES & SPATIAL RELATION
PATHS AND CONNECTIONS
ARCHITECTURE HAS A SOUL: IT CREATES SPACES THAT EVOKE FEELINGS IN USERS, SPACES THAT ARE DIGNIFIED AND HUMAN. MONARCA CENTER SOUL IS ITS CENTRAL COURTYARD.
CENTRAL COURTYARD The central courtyard is the soul of Monarca Center, due to its fundamental role in the functioning of the community center. Not only is it the entrance to the center, but it also has a 360° visual finish of its garden and trees, framed by a circular shape that allows a view of the patio from all spaces. By having this connection with the rest of the spaces, it serves as a distributor courtyard and centralizes the circulation of the building. Due to the constant flow of the center, having a single entrance and viewing from any point of the building serves as a first security layer.
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AXONOMETRIC VIEW
The rooftop is covered with gravel, in order to provide protection against UV rays and reduce the heat inside the building by scattering light instead of absorbing it.
ROOF
Event room for coexistence between community and staff. Use on holidays, and meetings.
Flexible areas for collaboration.
FIRST FLOOR Conference room for talks and staff meetings.
GROUND FLOOR
Library for the young people in the community
The existing court was preserved, and a meeting patio was created around it.
Spaces were designated for offices, which are used by the administrative staff of Casa Monarca.
Educational spaces, where the children of the community will receive extracurricular workshops. Spaces with flexibility for staff training.
The front courtyard serves as a public gathering space at the street. The entrance is framed by a circular shape, and provides a first layer of security. In addition, it works as a distributor patio.
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GROUNDFLOOR PLAN
SCALE: 1:250
PROGRAM 1. Lobby 2. Workshop rooms 3. Office 4. Meeting rooms 5. Basketball court 6. Main patio 7. Library 8. Vertical circulation 9. Restrooms 10. Recreational patio
SOUTH FACADE SCALE 1:500
TRANSVERSAL SECTION SCALE 1:200
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FIRST FLOOR PLAN
SCALE 1:500
PROGRAM 1. Patch 2. Event room 3. Conference room 4. Vertical circulation 5. Collaborative area
NORTH FACADE SCALE 1:500
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CONFERENCE ROOM
PATCH
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EPHEMERAL HABITAT
minimum housing for San Pedro Government Ephemeral Habitat emerges as an emerging housing proposal in the face of a catastrophic event such as a hurricane. Starting from a scenario in which the residents of the Canteras neighborhood are displaced from their current homes due to the adverse effects of the hurricane, such as flooding and destruction, the government of San Pedro intends to offer transitional housing so that residents can live post-catastrophe while they recover their previous belongings and rebuild their houses. Ephemeral Habitat provides resilient temporary spaces with the intention of providing security and protection to users.
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SITE ANALYSIS AND LOCATION Canteras, located to the north of the city of San Pedro, is distinguished from a distance by its colors and great height. The colony is located on the slopes of Cerro de la Loma Larga, with slopes so steep that there are points where vehicles no longer go up. In addition to its topography, it is close to the Arroyo Seco, which tends to overflow during heavy rains. It should be noted that the settlement is mostly self-produced, so almost all homes are not regulated in terms of construction guidelines, security, or services. This situation makes the inhabitants vulnerable during natural disasters, since they run the risk of losing their homes. Due to this situation, 'Ephemeral habitat' works as an inmediate solution for Canteras people.
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SITE PLAN
SCALE: 1:5000
PROGRAM 1. Loma Larga Hill 2. Canteras neighborhood 3. Dry Creek 31
UNDERSTANDING THE PROJECT
GROUNDFLOOR PLAN
SCALE 1:200
PROGRAM 1. Bedroom 2. Restroom 3. Kitchen 4. Dining room
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NORTH FACADE
SOUTH FACADE
SCALE 1:100
SCALE 1:100
EAST FACADE
WEST FACADE
SCALE 1:100
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EXPLODED AXONOMETRY
ROOF
Metal sheet with thermal insulation
WINDOW
BEAM
Modular 120 cm height glass
30 cm width wood beam
BUTRESS
90 cm lenght Adobe butress
COLUMNS
30 cm width wood column
WINDOW
Modular 60 cm height glass
WALLS
15 x 30 x 40 cm Adobe brick
FOUNDATION SLAB
30 cm thick Concrete slab
BIOCLIMATIC EFFICIENCY
THERMAL CONFORT
CROSSED VENTILATION
Service areas such as kitchen, dining room, and restrooms are located towards the facades that suffer major thermal incidence; meanwhile relax areas such as the Bedroom is located at the north-west facade.
In order to guarantee the thermal comfort of the interior, insulating materials such as adobe block and thermal insulation added to the laminate roof were used.
The house has a small window on the east façade, and a large one on the west, in order to cool the interior through cross ventilation. They were placed in these directions, since the prevailing winds of the region enter through these facades.
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IN SITU
development of construction systems and investigation of vernacular architecture
During this workshop, we relate architecture to its context and discuss the importance of using available resources in order to build sustainable projects with a low carbon footprint. These concepts are related to vernacular architecture, which is the basis for building projects that seek the thermal comfort of spaces and use materials and resources from the area. The materials used for vernacular architecture in Nuevo León were sticks, reeds, mud, and palm trees used to build huts. They are made using a frame of logs and thick sticks, the walls are made of reeds or sticks and are covered with palm, fan palm, grass, etc., depending on the local flora. Adobe is used in almost all of Nuevo León, it is found in houses with gabled roofs and flat roofs. Its use was widespread due to the proximity of the raw material and the economics of its preparation. The adobe is dried in the air, adding straw or manure.
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Adobe
Reed wall & Bajareque
Compacted soil wall
For the preparation of the adobe, we mix earth with water and straw. Given the weight the dough was generating, we had to mix it with the feet, which is the traditional mixing method. Then we put the mixture in wooden molds and unmold. This construction system has low environmental impact and has comforting thermal properties; these properties could be useful given our region and arid climate. Among other advantages of adobe are its ecological materials and its brick manufacturing agile and simple process.
For the reed wall, we placed 3 horizontal reeds between 2 wooden pillars, which would function structurally as columns; We weaved pieces of reed into these with cord to create a wall. For the bajareque we use pieces of reeds split in half, this in order to use the rough part to glue the adobe. This technique consists of placing pieces of reed with a covering of earth, or in our case, adobe. Likewise, we added stones at the bottom to simulate a foundation and to support the reed wall.
The compacted soil wall consists of forming a square wall with plywood and pine wood; we join with nails and drill to give it shape. Subsequently, we prepare the soil to be used, for this we hydrate it slightly with water and mix, this, in order to compact it and avoid its crumbling. Later, the soil was moistened, in order to prevent the wood from absorbing water from the earth and weakening its compaction. We poured this prepared soil in layers on the walls, and between each layer we tamped it down hard to compact it. 35
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SPINE BENCH
parametric bench for Advanced Architecture course contest
"Spine" is a proposal for parametric benches for the Fundidora Park, in such a way that based on digital manufacturing and the use of tools such as Grasshopper and Rhino, this bench was designed and built to scale. The bench has as its concept the human spine, taking it as its shape and dividing it into vertebrae for its construction; The backrest has an inclination range of 60° to 90° (following the "Fowler" position), creating different ranges of vision, with the intention that users can appreciate the view towards the mountains (upwards) or towards the river (facing forward). Additionally, the aim is to encourage reading in Mexican culture, so a small bookcase is proposed on one side of the same bench where a book donation and book exchange point can be created.
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PERSPECTIVE
DESIGN PROCESS
Designing a parametric bench in Grasshopper involves importing an initial Rhino design, defining parameters such as backrest length and shape, and using Grasshopper to adjust the geometry based on these parameters. Solids are differentiated and a spine is created to ensure that the pieces fit together. The design is then broken down into individual components and exported to files for laser cutting. Finally, the parts are printed and assembled, allowing efficient customization of the bench by modifying the parameters.
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