Oliver Moldow_Porfolio_Spring_2021

A mild rebellion against helvetica1

BA Design Across Scale University of California, Berkeley

The Phoenix House

Pod Hotel

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chaise lounge

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Plasencia Auditorium

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10-16

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3D Scans to Illustrations

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The Bottery

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Conformal Printing on Gridshell Structures

Model Three

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adaptive greenhouse

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THE GOODMAN BAG 19-20

Road Trip

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Anchorage, Alaska

Apple Map

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K

Potassium 39.098

Canada Potash: Saskatchewan, Canada Nuneaton, United Kingdom

Prague, Czech Republic

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B

Graphite Mine Northern China

Boron

60

10.811

Nd

Wengquangou Mine: Liaoning, China

Neodymium 144.242

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Bayan Obo Deposit, China

Pr

Ni Nickel

Dy

Dysprosium

59 28

Samsung: Cheonan, South Korea

162.5

Guyun Village, China

Elk Grove, California

Japan Distribution Center, Tokyo Toshiba: Yokkaichi, Japan

Praseodymium

Louisville, Kentucky

OmniVision: Pudong District, China

58.693

Jinchuan Group: Gansu, China Apple: Zhengzhou, China

Yunnan Tin: Kunming, China 50

Sn Tin

118.71

GT Advanced Technologies: Sapphire Factory, Mesa Arizona

China Distribution Center, Shanghai

Sony: WuXi, China 74

W

Tungsten

Compeq: Taoyuan City, Taiwan

183.8

Tungsten Mine Southern China

Penasquito Mine: Zacatecas, Mexico 79 47

TSMC: Hsinchu, Taiwan 14

Apple: Shenzhen, China Lantau Island, Hong Kong

Au Ag

Si

Silicon 28.086

Gold

107.86

A

821-1871-A

25

4321

Tiny Timber Fabrication

Silver

196.96

Manufactured by TSMC

Apple South Asia, Singapore

Mutanda Mining, Congo

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Apple: Palo Alto, California

140.90765

China Western Mining: Xining, Qinghai, China

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Fe

F6J430532 50FTEPFA

1971-07 821-mek69 1426

Back light

Digitizer

821 1982 08

Spiral Stair Iron

56.546

Carajas Mine: Para, Brazil

821-2172-05 Fm 14-26

DNL431 6OS6WF PDN18

Front Camera

Rear Camera

Screws

069mk

3

DKH434112LDFT39S -A385Z09DBCJ11

6.941

820-3486-12 4316 T4X2 013

1Ø-2 94V-Ø MJ

Logic Board

USI140716 339S0231 00407072

Li

Lithium

T2844

Antenna

Salar de Atacama, Chile Escondida Mine, Chile

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Cu Copper

Recognized Component Mark Underwriters Laboratories

63.54

Thailand Certification

AMCAP Distribution Center: Australia

TIS 2217-2548 Apple South Asia (Thailand) Limited

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Al

Aluminum 26.981

Aluminum Refinery: Perth, Australia

Sim Card Tray

14A11

Bauxite Mine, Australia

Al(OH)3

C7H43370 FC6G16QAD

Sim Card

Japan Certification

Bauxite

1810mAh Apple Japan

Sim Card Slot

TOSHIBA

THGBX3G9D8KLFOC K22588 A0 JAPAN 1425KAE

Vibrating Motor

Li-ion

Storage

Battery

Screen

87IEEB 7PF

Metal Sheathing

Case

DTV43327 803G351AU Speaker

2441-06Z

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Home Button

03mek 1434 821-1853-12 Power and Audio Input

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28 1 After reading Robert Bringhurst’s book The Elements of Typographic Style, my fascination with typography began. While I adhere to some classical rules—such as using only one level of differentiation between title, subtitle, and body—I view other tropes as a fun way to play. In an effort to give each project its own presence, the typography shifts as the pages progress. This plethora of style somehow speaks to my generalist approach to design.

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“Hi, I’m Dave”

Pod Hotel Drawing from the 1960’s Sears Catalogue kit homes and metabolism architecture, Pod Hotel creates a family of modules that operates on multiple scales and unifies form to become a mixed-use, modular building for temporary living.

Dave is traveling to Oakland for two nights to meet with a client.

This was a last-minute trip, so Dave didn’t have any time to book a place to stay. Now he will arrive in Oakland within the hour and will need a place to settle in for work right away.

He doesn’t want just any other Airbnb, hotel or apartment in the area; he wants a custom stay designed for his needs.

Luckily enough, Airbnb is moving their temporary housing model away from privately-owned residences and towards their own self-managed properties.

While Dave is on the Bart transport, his requested pods are picked up from the warehouse, brought to his tower, and lifted into place with the in-situ robotic Canada arm. Pods are stored and transported from Airbnb’s Bay Area warehouse, which also supplies Pod Hotels in San Francisco and San Rafael.

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Cara, who’s planning on a long stay, has decided to have a kitchen, bathroom, multi-use pod and bedroom.

Anne’s school group is staying for one night before their big trip to Yosemite. They need hallways and beds, and have opted for bathrooms one level below.

Dave chooses a simple unit with a bathroom and bed.

Site Green Space AirBnbs Apartments Hotels

AirBnbs Hotels

MODERN HOME No. B-263-54 COUPLER

BEDROOM

$

1500

DINING ROOM

LIVING ROOM

BATHROOM

$

10000

$

KITCHEN

HALL

$

7500

5000 5

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Bedrooms are standard single pods that can be attached to any standard Pod Hotel™ door.

Small pods have domed plexiglass windows for larger exterior viewing angles.

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Each section of the tower can be broken down into individual, standardized prefabricated units.

Large pods have side access ports to allow better circulation in multi-room units.

Each tower has four access ports to which pods can be attached. In other locations, zoning requires differing height limits for the towers, so modularity makes this achievable.

Towers are constructed using steel panels with obtuse folds to increase vertical rigidity.

Foundations are 15 meters deep and are rated for moderately moist soil.

Panel lengths may be varied to work with changes in site conditions.

Fabricated by boat manufacturers, the pods are constructed out of fiberglass and are fitted with domed acrylic windows.

They lock onto towers with a clipping system similar to that installed on the International Space Station.

Pods are aggregated onto the site and are reconfigured daily.

Weathered for dramatic effect

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The Pheonix House

Nestled into the high fire risk strip of the Oakland hills, this dwelling aims to tackle the systematic architectural problem faced by all buildings in a vulnerable area. The Bay Area is often subject to planned power outages, smoke-filled skies, and dated fire-resistant infrastructure. Nearby towns are affected—some to ruin—by countless fires, rendering residents stranded and buildings unusable. There is an unspoken, yet urgent, call to action for architectural change. Houses must have two lives: one before fire, and one after.

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Before, the house serves as a bunker dug into the hill, protecting its singlefamily occupants from the elements with passive shading louvers and an integral concrete-shell structure roof.

After, much like a concrete sidewalk has control joints, the building is designed to fail in a controlled manner, shifting the layout of the physical space and creating new vacancies for occupants displaced by fire.

Richmond Larkspur El Cerrito

Mill Valley

San Francisco

Very High Risk High Fire Risk Moderate Risk

2 km

Daly City

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ds n i W y e ll a V o l b a Walnut Creek

Lafayette

Berkeley SITE Emeryville

Moraga

Oakland

Alameda

San Leandro

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Axial wood fibers expand when wet

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adaptive greenhouse Adaptive Greenhouse aims to solve the current greenhouse shading system’s persistent failure due to mechanical stress. When the veneer is wet, the wood fibers expand.

They push on one another but are restricted by the backing material (non-stretch), which causes a curling effect, opening apertures on the facade of the greenhouse and allowing for light and ventilation. Conversely, the panels flatten and close as they dry, thereby providing shade during hot periods of the day.

Team Sandy Curth - Grasshopper Workflow Logman Arja - Passive System Workflow Oliver Moldow - Fabrication and Material Research Morgan Wilder - Mechanical Engineering Consult

Apertures in the closed state from the interior

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Triangular apertures curl open when wet Dry

Wet

chaise lounge

Using a 3D-scanning workflow to optimize a sitting surface, we designed a simple intervention that transforms any lackluster and uncomfortable lab stool into a recycled cardboard chaise lounge—all while retaining the original functionality of the stool.

Caverns are carved out of the sitting surface to allow use of the foot rest.

Team Zach Whiteman - Visual Communication and Grasshopper Kerstin Roeck - Grasshopper Workflow Oliver Moldow - Industrial Design and Fabrication

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THE GOODMAN BAG

A house holds stuff. Our pockets, backpacks, and purses hold stuff. The only discrepancy is scale. The Goodman Bag, then, is effectively still operating as a house—just with a different level or scale of human habitation.

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Team Peter Martinka - Internal Structure Denise Tan - Digital Fabrication Oliver Moldow - Bag Design and Photography

THE GOODMAN HOUSE

THE GOODMAN BAG

Designed in 2004 by Preston Scott Cohen, The Goodman House reclaims an imported 18th Century Dutch barn frame by wrapping it inside a cladded steel and glass envelope.

Designed in 2020 for Matter in Miniature, The Goodman Bag contains an assembled plywood toy frame within a duck-cloth, steel, and vinyl tote.

Built as a single central room with internal private spaces separated structurally from the main envelope, the exterior walls become a receptacle for the residents and their belongings: furniture, rooms, and the massive timber frame.

The cladding and windows hover around the Dutch barn and other contents, taking their shape without establishing any physical or material relationships.

Fabricated as a single reinforced compartment, sized with precision to perfectly accommodate the frame, the bag is a representative of the envelope as a receptacle. Miniaturized, it becomes a carrying case for dolls, tools, medicines or groceries.

The bag takes the shape of the frame when it is filled and closed, allowing a peek at the objects inside through sewnin plastic windows.

• 1 antique Dutch barn

• 0.25” birch plywood framework

• HSS frame

• 0.063” cold-rolled steel framework and hardware

• 9” poured-in-place concrete • 12’ X 8” cedar ship-lap siding • 1’ X 2’ to 5’ X 5’ glass windows and aluminum framing • 6” plaster and birch interior walls/mill-work

• 1 yd natural cotton duck canvas fabric exterior and handles • 1 yd nylon 1.125” webbing strap • 6” wooden handle • 20 gauge clear vinyl lining • magnetic clasp closure

Four D-Rings

1a. Front panel b. Front panel vinyl 2a. Left panel b. Left panel vinyl 3a. Back panel b. Back panel vinyl 4a. Right panel b. Right panel vinyl 5. Bottom Panel 6. Side Frame 7. Front Frame 8. Ruler

Strap Attachments

1a

Tri-Glide

36” x 1.125” Webbing

Six 1.5” Magnets

Two Lobster Clasps

2a 1b 2b

4a

3a 5

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3b 4b

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Two Wooden Dowels

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Two Flat Steel Bars

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Six Strap Attachments Panels

Two Handle Panels

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Road Trip

For many of us, the family road trip is a quintessentially nostalgic rite of passage in life. We could be piled in the car for a cousin’s wedding, a grandparent’s funeral, or a trip to see something unique. Road trip imagines a journey through some of the world’s largest objects to argue that scale is arbitrary without context. For this project we took examples of ordinary objects that had been scaled up as roadside attractions.

We then found the analogous object at its true scale and contextualized it. The effect was that each item, when placed in situ, operated with the same effect as the scaledup version.

Inglewood, CA: Dad got us apple fritters at Randy’s in exchange for waking us up before it was even light out.

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Team Peter Martinka Denise Tan Oliver Moldow

Dad is behind the camera

Riverside, CA: We got stuck in traffic next to the Sweetheart cup factory for an hour and a half.

US-54, NM: Our car started steaming by the world’s largest pistachio, and mom had to call the insurance company.

Creede, CO: We took funny pictures by the world’s largest fork.

Then dad lost his wallet again.

East Hale, KS: We fo Aunt Vicky to Grandp

Weathered for dramatic effect

Cawker City, KS: We pretended to forget Josh in Kansas because he wouldn’t stop singing TV theme songs.

ollowed Aunt Em and pa’s service in Colby.

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Plasencia Auditorium Originally designed by Selgascano in Spain, the auditorium highlights Cano’s search for experiential design. In aligning with that nature, this analysis uses parametric geometry to generate an abstracted structure of both the external facade and internal spaces. The drawing below aims to highlight the ETFE skin of the building peeling away from the program inside.

The acrylic model mimics Selgascano’s experiential pursuit through perspective.

By rendering the skin as struts and nodes, a viewer can peer through the entire model from any angle, potentially accentuating the interwoven and meandering circulation of the original.

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Conforma Team Barrak Darweesh Yasaman Yavaribajestani Sandy Curth Oliver Moldow

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al Printing on Gridshell Structures Headed by Dr. Simon Schleicher of the Flexible Structures Lab at UC Berkeley, this ongoing research endeavor aims to develop a workflow for conformal printing on 3D scanned gridshell structures. Our goal is to reduce formwork for the construction of concrete shell structures.

Currently our system positions, scales, and projects structural grid toolpaths on scanned meshes generated from LiDAR pointclouds and Photogrammetry. We are now working to bring this project to building-scale prototypes through collaboration with New Story Charity, the 3D printed housing initiative.

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Graphite Mine Northern China

B

Boron

60

10.811

Nd

Wengquangou Mine: Liaoning, China

Neodymium 144.242

66

Bayan Obo Deposit, China

Pr

28

Ni Nickel

Dy

Dysprosium

59

Samsung: Cheonan, South Korea

162.5

Guyun Village, China

Japan Distribution Center, Tokyo Toshiba: Yokkaichi, Japan

Praseodymium 140.90765

China Western Mining: Xining, Qinghai, China

OmniVision: Pudong District, China

58.693

Jinchuan Group: Gansu, China Apple: Zhengzhou, China

Yunnan Tin: Kunming, China 50

Sn Tin

118.71

China Distribution Center, Shanghai

Sony: WuXi, China 74

W

Tungsten

Compeq: Taoyuan City, Taiwan

183.8

Tungsten Mine Southern China

TSMC: Hsinchu, Taiwan 14

Apple: Shenzhen, China

Si

Lantau Island, Hong Kong

Silicon

Manufactured by TSMC

28.086

Nuneaton, United Kingdom

Prague, Czech Republic

5

B

Graphite Mine Northern China

Boron

60

10.811

Nd

Wengquangou Mine: Liaoning, China

Neodymium 144.242

66

Bayan Obo Deposit, China

Apple South Asia, Singapore

Pr

28

Ni Nickel

Dy

Dysprosium

59

Samsung: Cheonan, South Korea

162.5

Guyun Village, China

140.90765

China Western Mining: Xining, Qinghai, China

OmniVision: Pudong District, China

58.693

Jinchuan Group: Gansu, China Apple: Zhengzhou, China

Yunnan Tin: Kunming, China 50

Sn Tin

118.71

China Distribution Center, Shanghai

Sony: WuXi, China 74

W

Tungsten

Compeq: Taoyuan City, Taiwan

183.8

Tungsten Mine Southern China

TSMC: Hsinchu, Taiwan 14

Apple: Shenzhen, China Lantau Island, Hong Kong

Si

Silicon 28.086

Manufactured by TSMC

Apple South Asia, Singapore

Mutanda Mining, Congo

AMCAP Distribution Center: Australia

13

Al

Aluminum 26.981

Aluminum Refinery: Perth, Australia

Bauxite Mine, Australia

Al(OH)3

Bauxite

AMCAP Distribution Center: Australia

13

Al

Aluminum 26.981

Aluminum Refinery: Perth, Australia

Japan Distribution Center, Tokyo Toshiba: Yokkaichi, Japan

Praseodymium

Bauxite Mine, Australia

Al(OH)3

Bauxite

Apple Map

This digital research project collects and consolidates information regarding Apple’s iPhone manufacturing process from gathering raw materials to shipping the final product worldwide. Often, this type of information is not disclosed–either to the consumer or to employees of the company. Here it is revealed to show the impact a single product has on the world.

Anchorage, Alaska

a

Anchorage, Alaska

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K

Potassium 39.098

Canada Potash: Saskatchewan, Canada

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K

Raw Materials

Potassium 39.098

Canada Potash: Saskatchewan, Canada

Elk Grove, California

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Apple: Palo Alto, California

Exports (Density)

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

Outsourced Parts

GT Advanced Technologies: Sapphire Factory, Mesa Arizona

Raw Materials Elk Grove, California

Secondary Factory Exports (Density)

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Apple: Palo Alto, California

Penasquito Mine: Zacatecas, Mexico 79 47

Louisville, Kentucky

Au Ag Gold

Outsourced Parts

Notation

Silver

196.96

107.86

GT Advanced Technologies:

Secondary Factory Notation

Sapphire Factory, Mesa Arizona

Front Callouts

Front Callouts

Rear Callouts Penasquito Mine: Zacatecas, Mexico 79 47

Apple Stores

Au Ag Gold

Rear Callouts

Silver

196.96

Fake Apple Stores

107.86

Apple Data Center

Apple StoresDistribution Center Fake Apple Stores A

4321 821-1871-A

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Fe

A

4321

Distribution Center

821-2172-05 Fm 14-26

069mkBack light Digitizer

821-1871-A

Digitizer

821 1982 08

DNL431 6OS6WF PDN18

821-2172-05 Front Camera

Fe Iron

56.546

Carajas Mine: Para, Brazil

Rear Camera

Fm 14-26

F6J430532 50FTEPFA

1971-07 821-mek69 1426

821 1982 08

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F6J430532 50FTEPFA

1971-07 821-mek69 1426

Back light

Apple Data Center

Iron

56.546

Carajas Mine: Para, Brazil

DNL431 6OS6WF PDN18

Front Camera

Screws

3

Rear Camera

DKH434112LDFT39S -A385Z09DBCJ11

6.941

Screws

069mk

DKH434112LDFT39S -A385Z09DBCJ11

820-3486-12

T2844

Antenna

Thailand Certification

820-3486-12

TIS 2217-2548 Apple South Asia (Thailand) Limited

USI140716 339S0231 00407072

4316 T4X2 013

Escondida Mine, Chile

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Cu Copper 63.54

Escondida Mine, Chile

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Cu Copper 63.54

Recognized Component Mark Underwriters Laboratories

Sim Card Sim Card Tray

14A11

1810mAh Apple Japan

1810mAh Apple Japan

Vibrating Motor

Li-ion

C7H43370 FC6G16QAD

Sim Card Slot

C7H43370 TOSHIBA Sim Card Slot FC6G16QAD THGBX3G9D8KLFOC K22588 A0 TOSHIBA JAPAN 1425KAE

Sim Card

Japan Certification

THGBX3G9D8KLFOC Storage K22588 A0 JAPAN 1425KAE

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Vibrating Motor

Fe

Battery

Recognized Component Mark 1Ø-2 Underwriters Laboratories 94V-Ø MJ

Salar de Atacama, Chile

14A11

TIS 2217-2548 Apple SouthCertification Asia Japan (Thailand) Limited

Battery

6.941

Salar de Atacama, Chile

Logic Board

Sim Card Tray

Thailand Certification

Li-ion

1Ø-2 3 94V-Ø Li MJ Lithium

Logic Board

USI140716 339S0231 00407072

4316 T4X2 013

Li

Lithium

T2844

Antenna

Storage

Iron

Screen

56.546

Screen 87IEEB 7PF 87IEEB 7PF

Carajas Mine: Para, Brazil

Metal Sheathing

Metal Sheathing

Case Case

DTV43327 803G351AU Speaker

DTV43327 803G351AU Speaker

2441-06Z 2441-06Z

Semiconductor ManufacturingCompany Company TaiwanTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing HomeButton Button Home

03mek 1434 03mek 1434 821-1853-12

821-1853-12

Power and Audio Input

Power and Audio Input

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Death Star Casting Point Cloud

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Adam Savage’s Cave and R2D2

Scanned Death Star Casting

3D Scans to Illustrations Typed R2D2

This long-term research endeavor, explored in collaboration with professor Nicholas de Monchaux, investigates methods to derive diagrammatic illustrations from 3D scan data. Although we only scratched the surface towards attaining a myriad of possible solutions to our inquiry, we were able to develop a viable workflow to process either large or small-scale scans and generate density-driven drawings.

In some instances, we played with a hacked IBM wheel-writer and Grasshopper script counterpart (courtesy of Professor Chris Gregg) to translate from digital space to tangible environment. For example, the image on the right shows the use of typed periods for mapping a scan.

The speaker is a revitalization of an old set of powered M-Audio studio monitors. With an internal baffle, the speaker holds true to the suggested interior volume for each woofer and tweeter. In addition to a new housing, this hack takes an otherwise isolated pair of speakers and adds WIFI connectivity wired in parallel with the internal amp’s power supply.

This tripod-style lamp is designed for minimal material waste and micro-fabrication. Using only a circular and jig-saw, it can be cut out of a single board (4’ x 2” x 10”). Drawing from Japanese joinery techniques, the intersection between the arm and the tripod uses no mechanical connection and is instead carved from the arm piece at a 15 degree angle in respect to the tripod’s vertical.

Tiny Timber Fabrication

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Spiral Stair

Using steel, wood, and wire, our group constructed a half-scale circular stair to code.

The most challenging part of the build was wiring the balustrades. They were constructed using guitar strings looped through holes in the upper rail (top) and fastened underneath the frame to the treads (bottom). Because tensioning strings is a difficult and expensive task, we chose to mimic cable ferrules by cutting small segments of brass tubing and crimping it around the strings to hold them in place.

If the cable was still too loose, we would add tension by screwing it further into the wood. In the future, this would have been better reconciled by the addition of a more robust post-tensioning system.

Team William Bennett - Woodworking Peter Martinka - Metalwork Oliver Moldow - Handrail and Cable Connections

The Bottery

Started by Emerging Objects, this endeavor involved assisting Professor Ron Rael, Sandy Curth, and Tina Piracci with the consecutive printing of hundreds of cups, vases and saucers. We worked with proprietary clay printing software designed by Sandy Curth, Barrak Darweesh, and Constantina Tsiaria as well as clay printing hardware to manufacture each cup.

My role in the project was loading clay printing tubes, running prints, finishing clay cups and saucers, and anything else I could do to get my hands dirty.

Designs and Images courtesy of Sandy Curth.

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Model Three

For a first year studio final project, Model Three collects priorlydesigned massing model pieces and clusters them on a site.

Conceptually, the project aims to follow the conditions of a leaning building. In doing so, the build touches the site at one point and rests on a series of columns. This choice made way for a semi-permeable stairway to spiral an auxiliary form into the main space. There, two floors divide the building into sections and strategically allow for stairwells below to waft into the upper floors.

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“Hi, “SeeI’m youDave” later!”