Nadia's Design Sample

The short fieldtrip to Istanbul inspired the design of the Istanbul Millenial Media

Library, propsing the human experience (journey) as a type of media.

Hagia Sophia’s solemn ramps, typical of Constantinopolitan church planning,

encapsulated in a physical manifestation the relentless nature of human search and yearnISTA N B U L M ILLE N N IA L M E DIA LIB RA RY

ing for the ultimate knowing, as portrayed in Borges’ The Library of Babel. The design of the library connotes that the journey through life becomes content and essence, and that the ritual of preservation of the collective memory is inseparable from the journey.

The solid-void (jouney-digitization) ramps, interweave and complete the

double-helix structure as a shell around the site, leaving a central void, which is the public ground. Switches between the two ramps occurred at moments of exception, programmed as Storytelling Room where oral trad ition (living preservation) ensues.

Oral traditon as a media mediates between the ephemerality and the perpetual-

ty of cultural and intellectual transfer of information. Simple modules of form and operation compose a spatial language which reflects the Istanbul’s organic, complex and thriving, physical and cultural palimpsest.

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SOLID (JOURNEY RAMP) FOUR UNITS OF L -SHAPE MODULE MAKES A FOUR-MINUTE LOOP

l e f t t o r i gh t : S O L ID -V O ID DOUBLE HELIX

T W O S O L ID LO O PS: O N E ST E P B ACK T W O ST E P F OR WAR D

S OL ID R AMP (JOURNEY)

TRAVELING UP 2 IDENTICAL MODULES INTERLOCKED CREATING “ONE STEP BACK- TWO STEP FORWARD” CONDITION

VOID R AMP (DIGITIZATION) TRAVELING DOWN

J O U RN E Y R AMP

C AR D BOAR D S KE TC H M O D EL

S O U T H B OS TON WATER F R ONT HOSP ITAL IT Y: E M E RGEN C Y R EL A XATION TA U T EN ING T H E URBAN FABRIC RESTORING ORIENTATION AND CONTROL THROUGH SPATIAL DIMENSIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL MIT ARC HITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO II BRANDON CLIFFORD SPRING 2013

In 2025, investors began to capitalize on the last remaining

ice cap as a tourist destination. The excavation of the spa-hotel utilized hot water from the natural spring nearby which is also used in the structure’s operation. The hotel is projected to destroy itself in five years, when ice completely vanishes from the Arctic. Visitors can spectate and participate in this F RAC TA L E ROS ION : 2035 IC E H OT E L

geographical -historical event while relaxing on vacation. The semester-long generative design project is a continuous development inspired by a nano-scale natural system. Fractal Erosion began with studies on mathematical models of snowflake formation (erosion), and the translation into meaningful spatial and formal process. The project developed from a set of generative 2D drawings to 3D spatial operations in Rhino, and eventually manifests itself in the architectural scale with the introduction of programmatic organization through narrative.

3D p r i n t ed .st l m od el f rom r ul e - b a s e d ge o me t r y

2D-3D Machine: Density Mapping of expansion/erosion points of occurrence (z = a function of number of neighbors)

ail extreme condition (end of lifespan)

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Procedure detail Example: case extreme condition (end of lifespan)

erosion : magnitude = M

primary erosion : magnitude = M

secondary erosion : magnitude = M/2

new erosion : magnitude = M/4

Procedural Detail

M a g n i t ud e of erosi v e o pe rat i o n dampe n s u n t i l n o e ro s i o n o ccu rs ( e n d o f cy cl e ) new erosion secondary erosion : magnitude = primary M/2 erosion : magnitude = M : magnitude = M/4secondary erosion : magnitude = M/2

Producing Erosion: Operative Models

c hem i cal re act i o n s : ace t o n e o n po l ys t y re n e f o am

new erosion : magnitu

C o l l age f ro m V - RAY re n de r i n g a nd f oa m mod e l i nte ri or

A L LE G O RYMA P M EDI TAT IO N O N BO RDE R S I M U L AT IO N AS STO RY-SPINNING DEVICE GUEST PARTICIPANT DIALOGUE IN ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND URBANISM PROFESSOR AZRA AKŠAMIJA NOVEMBER 2015 - ONGOING

Allegorymap is a storytelling device: a series of sim-

ulations of particles governed only by the principle of affinity or aversion (+/- gravitational constant). The simulations contain only two types of particles, desire-based (small) and fear-based (large). They interact with an invisible boundary, and with one another. The project is ongoing, as I continue to meditate on what a boundary is.

Fictional stories and mythologies are simulations in

which we test out ideas, ranging from morality to game theory.

They are collectively authored, processed, and retold. The project began as a personal exploration to program a simulation completely from nothing. I hope to eventually write simulations to study critical mass, activation requirements, and other fulcrums and thresholds.

As a guest, I joined a workshop led by Professor

Akšamija, centered around the Syrian refugee crisis and nomadic cultures. I produced primitive drawings in forms of animations and maps, as a meditation on the notion of border. Urform (protoform), a circle, is apt for the project as it connotes a border, an idea, a form, or a destination as imaginary. The drawings and animations will be exhibited at MIT in Spring 2016.

medium: Processing Application in Python mode

type: simulation animation, abstract cartography

“ This celestial map or macrocosm is the opening miniature in the Turkish Zubdat al-Tawarikh, or Histor y of the World.

Zubdet Ut Tevarih By Lokman, 1583 Topkapi Palace Museum, Bridgeman Ar t Librar y

TIMELINE DATA RE PRE SE NTAT IO N AND U S ER I NT E RFACE DE SIGN INTEGRATIVE DESIGN NERI OXMAN AND MEE JIN YOON SPRING 2013

The project explores temporal scalability as an interface for contex-

tual information processing. The Time magazine cover archive was selected as the raw material; each issue, a time marker, has a cover as a visual time marker.

Users are able to frame a specific time scale of the Time magazine archive, or keep the time scale constant while previewing frequencies of different subjects– an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between their visual input and historical realities. TimeLine is a tool for exploration, deduction and induction. I was responsible for visual prototyping, organizational strategy, and the design of the website.

Tools:

Design- Adoble Photoshop (Automated)

Implementation- Bootstrap: HTML, CSS, Javascript; spreadsheets

T IM E L IN E

Nixon

Presidential Election

Space Exploration

A RCO MA DR I D C OMPETI TION I N T ER I OR INSTAL L AT IO N ( REALIZED) H O N ORABL E M E NT IO N CPA ARCHITECTS WINTER 2012-2013 COMPE TIT I ON W I T H : PAVI KA BUDDH A R I , S H A RO N X U , INSTALLATI ON W I T H : SH A R ON XU, JA M E S C O L E M A N ,

A ND H A NNA H A H LB L A D

Our Honorable Mention entry proposed an ambi-

tious plan with help of digital capabilities and pre-fabricated installation within one of a series of large warehouses where the International Art Fair for ARCOMadrid would take place. With circulation and usage analysis of the plan, we rendered a ceiling geometry that would manipulate circulation flow, helping to visitiors frame their own experience through the programmed space. I used grasshopper to translate the geometry into physical parts to calculate materials and time required for production (pre-fabrication) and assembly, and expense estimation. We were able to complete the installation on site in Madrid in three days in coordination with local contractors.

material: papertubes, strings, metal frame

software: rhino3D (3d modeling environment),

grasshopper3d (visual programming)

I NSTALLATION OF E NT RY SPACE PH OTO CRE DIT: CPA A R CH I T E CTS