2014 Portfolio

T. . EBELTOFT academic | professional Selected Works Master of Architecture, University of Cincinnati Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies, florida a&m university

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todd william ebeltoft

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dob: nov 01 1986

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mobile: +1 904 673 6051 email: toddebeltoft@gmail.com address: 1568 nottingham Knoll Drive

jacksonville, florida, usa 32225 skype: todd.ebeltoft

Honors 2014 thesis award distiguished design 2012 Lyceum fellowship invited competition - second place 2010 tau sigma delta honor society - vice president 2009 american institute of architecture students - president

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technician // Rapid Prototyping center (8 months) cincinnati, ohio 3d print testing Z-corp 650 and uprint se printers

Designer // self employed (4 months) jacksonville, florida involved in all areas of design and production for 20,000 sq ft aquatic recreation park and retail

Trainee // unstudio (11 months) amsterdam, the netherlands model + architecture teams: assisted in Conceptual design for 77,000 sq ft great observation wheel

intern // bohlin cywinski jackson (4 months) san francisco, california

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academic university of cincinnati college of design, architecture, art, and planning master of architecture

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Research assistant with prof. ming tang unity 3d wayfinding simulation

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Lyceum fellowship recipient invited competition - second place

model + architecture teams: assisted in conceptual design for 11,900 Sq FT Apple store

| intern // michael maltzan architecture (4 months) los angeles, california model + architecture teams: assisted in conceptual design for 42,000 sq ft performing arts center

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bachelor of science in arch studies

intern // lightroom (3 months) atlanta, georgia model + architecture teams: Managed construction document team for 3,500 sq ft residential addition

florida a&m university

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Universitetet i oslo international summer school norwegian language // professional development

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1 Localized Tactics | Territorial Impact 2 Lyceum Competition Entry 3 Re-use and Collage Studio 4 Comprehensive Building Design Studio 5 Disaster Relief Housing

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professional

1 RiverPool Project 2 GOW Nippon Moon (UNStudio) 3 Apple Store (Bohlin Cywinski Jackson) 4 SFSU (Michael Maltzan Architecture) 5 Villa Estherbee (Lightroom Studio)

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miscellaneous

1 Adirondack Chair 2 Friction Machines 3 Artwork

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localized tactics | territorial impact A Thesis on Tactical Urban Development in Jacksonville, Florida

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Second-tier American cities are the new target for urban transformation and in turn require critical responses in architecture and planning. Time has shown that traditional planning instruments have become tools incapable of directing projects for redevelopment - master plans often derail

leaving their results incoherent or irrelevant and the quality struggles to be controlled. Contrary to the use of long-term master plans, accretionary responses to the specific qualities and conditions of urban sites have begun to emerge as a means of acting consciously to the demands of the city.

Conditions define how and where a response formulates. As a reaction to the conditions surrounding the development of any city: How can tactical development critically enable sites and in turn impact the territorial scale?

coupling infrastructures // monuments, mobility, zones : hydrology

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The tower, as a mean of demarcation, allows the user to experience the city as an understanding of edge to center within a larger edge to center relationship. The winding of the river and the clarity of the historic relationship between the city and the river gives a clear visual understanding of its order. The tower is not located in service to existing redevelopment or a particularly stunning vantage point, but rather positioned as a marker to the breadth of downtown as well as a stimulator to the potential of future development on Commodore Point and beyond.

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8 Wells-Lamson Quarry 1912 Image Credits: Peggy B. & Pat Perazzo

Plate I: Mineralogy Image Credits: Diderotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Encyclopedie

studio critic: Lucie Fontain

Site: Wells-Lamson Quarry East Barre, Vermont

Jury chair // program author: Peter Bohlin, FAIA

Jurors: Craig Dykers, AIA, Stephen Stimson, FASLA, Susan S. Szenasy, Hon ASLA, Peter N. Vincent, AIA

Since the industrial revolution, machines have been instrumental in the advancement of human enterprise, but also in the destruction of many natural sites. The catalytic component of the quarry, machines determined both the level of extraction and the level of displacement of

material in and around the site. This project seeks to critique methods of Cartesian thinking by means of superimposing a grid of cables by which users can depart from a centralized tower. Within the tower, a conveyor belt system allows the artist/ visitor to select the equipment desired for the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

program: Memorial, Artist Studios, Artist Retreats, Education Pavilion

outing: hammer and chisels, watercolor paint box and easel, writing pad, box lunch, etc. Users can punch in the coordinates of the area they wish to visit and the equipment that they wish to take with them, and the vessel will prepare itself and deliver them to their desired location.

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to celebrate and critique the results of mechanical advantage

Each location of program involves a light and removable touch to the site. Counter to the heavyhandedness of previous usersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; machines - derricks, cranes, warehouses, stone-working facilities - the site can only be accessed by foot/light vehicle and vessel sensors prevent the new machines from touching the site.

Artists-in-residence are able to construct new spaces or deconstruct old ones as they see fit as a means to encourage the reuse of pre-existing conditions.

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A history of all visits is collected and mapped for the information of future users.

The continual rotation of objects allows for unencumbered access to equipment as well as a reminder to previous uses of the site.

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abandoned Kroger Grocery Stores loc: within 100 mile radius of site

site: existing Kroger Grocery Store loc: Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati

Site: Kennedy Heights, Cincinnati

studio critics: Aaron Betsky, Eli Meiners

program: (40,500 sf) Cincinnati Art Museum Storage, Montessori Elementary School, Kennedy Heights Art Studios/Community Center

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last thing the world needs is more buildings. The last thing our environment needs is to use up more natural resources. The last thing our culture needs is more ideas pretending to be new or forms masquerading as inventions.

Students were asked to locate materials slated to be reused, in which Midwestern America provides a fruitful find. As a means to limit material use and assembly methodology, six abandoned Kroger grocery stores were located within a 100 mile radius of the site and examined for deconstruction and reconstruction methods.

A similar approach to re-use could be recognized in the practice of spolia, such as the Arch of Constantine, in which the spoils of war were rebuilt as a commemoration of victory, whereas instead of commemorating victory, the assemblage collages history - a pastiche of fragments of architecture from previous generations made from remnants of buildings from recent economic destruction.

What we need to do is figure out how to reuse what we have, to open up the spaces that have us imprisoned, and to create new opportunities for meaning and meaningful lives within the structures we think we know.â&#x20AC;?

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entry to community center

The existing building is extended in relation to its site and acts as a tomb to the remnants of buildings reconstructed within.

Relating the material to a time in which it was highly celebrated, the design collages together plans and sections of unbuilt Louis Kahn projects. Unlike the modernist underpinnings of Kahn, the spaces reflect the potential of interaction between the primary users of the facilities. axonometric

concept collage: Building as a tomb of ruins

programmatic distribustion

separation of program: arts storage, community center, montessori school

division of zones into smaller programmic units

reconfiguration of units into overlapping and shared spaces

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community tennis court

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precinct and passage A Comprehensive Design for a Wellness Center

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Site: Cranbrook Community Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

studio critic: Robert Burnham

program: (10,500 sf) Common Area, Therapy, Dressing Rooms, Hospitality, Mechanical

As part of the University of Cincinnatiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Comprehensive studio, this project intended to join the practical with the poetic through the development of architectural research, an understanding of the practical forces at work on and within architecture, and an awareness and comprehension of multi-scale design strategies.

This proposal took focus in material exploration and construction as a means to expand on a complex architectural and planning history through modern methods.

threshold between the Eliel Saarinen-designed master plan and the organic form of the grounds beyond.

Acknowledging the notion of the precinct, to which each building on the campus is in some way contained, circulation is projected through the building through an archway into the adjacent forest.

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historical precinct and passage in a retreat for wellness

Through a series of projected section perspectives and physical model studies conjectures of site, form, and detail were made to determine the design by way of fragmentation. Taking historical root during this fragmentary process led to a comprehensive understanding of the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relation to its context both in built and unbuilt form.

Conditions of prevailing order on the campus were addressed while taking into account larger scale forces, such as the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relative position to nearby Detroit and its programmatic complexities of public and private space.

1/4â&#x20AC;? Scale bay model studies

sectional Lightfall study through circulation

Channel Glass facade + balcony

channel glass facade + alcove aperture

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out of failure Deployable, Re-usable Disaster Relief Housing

elective critics: Brian Davies Stephen Slaughter

minimize deployment maximize recovery

problem: disaster

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group partners: Chance Carr Tim Shouder

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Site: Southeastern United States

program: (128 sf)

shelter

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Relaxing zone Sleeping zone Dining zone

Leveraging the emerging technique of digital design and fabrication to deliver components for the construction of shelter for those in dire need due to economic or environmental disaster, Out of Failure serves as a laboratory to investigate the territory of efficient and effective shelter

design in response to extreme conditions. Since the post-disaster recovery debacle after hurricane Katrina, both FEMA and the American Red Cross have been trying to find ways to better their relief response while, at the same time, the disasters continue to pile up and the recovery effort cannot

catch up. There are many obstacles associated with designing post-disaster shelters and it was the design teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s objective to assess these issues and develop an innovative solution that will potentially lead to a better future for those victims of natural disasters.

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The 4’x8’ plywood sheet is the major size constraint for the shelter. Through a rigorous process of nesting and reshaping the structural ribs to fit effectively on a 4’x8’ plywood sheet we have developed a scheme that allows two complete ribs to be cut from one 4’x8’ plywood sheet.

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24 The shelterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exterior was investigated in terms of durability, cost-effectiveness and re-usability. It was determined that Kydex, a thermoplastic sheet material produced in large dimensions, could be used to heat-form to our desired specifications.

The material, commonly found in the wallet and weaponry sheath markets, can handle finer details making the margin of error much lower than other cladding systems and allowing for a more seamless skin.

There are three openings in the material per bay section, which allow for ventilation and lighting of the interior space and a shaded awning on the exterior.

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riverpool project An Independent Entry for the 2013 One Spark Crowdfunding Festival

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Site: St. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s River Jacksonville, Florida

program: (20,000 sf) Public pools, Cafe, Riverwalk park, Aquatic rental facility

Serving primarily as a recreational facility with pools, riverpool refers to growing up around rivers, creeks, and lakes in Jacksonville while also promoting the sustainability of the St. Johns River.

For a long time the river has had a stigma of uncleanliness, by which the riverpool project

aims to help eradicate. Also functioning as an urban catalyst, the riverpool acts as an extension of the Landing, an existing but underutilized waterfront mall, and as an event focal point for the Riverwalk park. The One Spark Crowdfunding Festival provided a platform for testing community interest

in the project and organization without major startup investment.

Being an independent creator, I was challenged with multitasking areas of design conception, administration, production, marketing and presentation.

As a new engagement to the river, riverpool recalls Jacksonvilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s historical attributes of being a port city, from the wood docks to the ship building piers, as a means to not only revolutionize downtown, but also to evolve on the already existing typologies.

riverpool brings the experience of enjoying aquatic past times to the urban context while being a melting pot for anyone, from a lawyer to inner-city student to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mayor, to enjoy a refreshing dip in the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main historical landmark and resource.

1. locating actice/passive existing social zones

2. reintroducing pier typology

3. connecting piers - a continuous loop of public space

4. expanding building/ waterfront space for flexibility

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5. reintroducing natural runoff systems and green shoreline

6. relocating â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;main stageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for performance zone

7. expanding the Landing economic facilitators: cafes, restaurants, rental facilities

8. introducing a new form of public space: urban beach

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UNSTudio Amsterdam, The Netherlands Selected projects: Great Observation Wheel // Qatar Railways

As part of both the design and model departments, I had the opportunity to experience both areas of production and understand their overlaps. When part of the model team, I was responsible for the coordination of 21 presentation-level models that were part of a competition entry for Qatar Railways. The role required decision making for the construction of and packaging for the

models, coordination and communication with designers on both teams, as well as assisting with the competition exhibition set-up in Doha, Qatar.

time period: February 2012-January 2013

Supervisors: Frans Van Vuure, Associate / Senior Architect Patrik Noome, Manager Harm Wassink, Director / Senior Architect

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While working in the architecture department, my responsibilities included circulation and formal explorations of the design for both the master plan and base of the 77,000 sq ft Great

Observation Wheel in Osaka. On another project, Daegu Wolbae, I was responsible for the design of the ‘amenities’ category of the program, including social, library and educational facilities. For both projects my contributions were included in group presentations to Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos and in client meetings.

32 projects Worked on: • Entre les deux Portes, Brussel - physical model • Daming Palace Project, Xian - concept design & model • Kutaisi International Airport Georgia • Wuhan Hanje Wanda Square - design development and structural model • Qatar Railways - competition model coordination • Baku White City office - concept design • New National Stadium Tokyo - competition • GOW Osaka - concept design • Daegu Wolbae Phase 2 - concept design and schematic design

Qatar Railways >> The project for the Qatar Integrated Railway Project (QIRP) comprises around 35 stations in phase 1 and around 60 stations in phase 2 for the new Doha Metro Network (planned to comprise 4 lines) and will serve as the backbone of the public transport system in the Greater Doha Area.

The models for Qatar Railways were constructed using a variety of materials and methods including 3d printing, laser cutting, and traditional shop technology. Special care was given to the method in which the individual models were assembled in order to ease the transport from Amsterdam to Doha.

<< Giant observation wheel The giant observation wheel was intended to create a journey in which learning about the environment and culture and the userâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role within is central.

Four key elements define the logics of the socioarchitectural design; enhancement of the senses, interactivity, experience and romanticism. Through the integration of interactive design elements a virtual world was created in which the visitor becomes part of the social network which revolves around the GOW. Discovery, the Ride and the Return are three chapters of the design which contribute to attracting visitors and to the stimulation of the imagination.

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Bohlin Cywinski Jackson San Francisco, California Selected project: Apple Store Pioneer Place

While working at BCJ, my primary tasks included preparing and designing multiple iterations for the concept design of the 11,900 sf Apple Store Pioneer Place. I worked directly with the project architect and principle-in-charge in which I was responsible for drawing the intended design explorations for the project. Like many

Apple Stores, this project involved complexities in demolition, context, programming and innovative material detailing. Like the products produced by the client, this project experimented with dramatically minimal designs, specifically a thin cantilevered roof from minimal structural columns. Over the months that I was involved in

this project, I became aware of not only the design methods BCJ employs when developing an Apple Store, but also the means by which they develop the conversation with the client to achieve the best quality design. Each week a full design update was needed, in which understanding the efficiencies of production was key.

36 time period: April 2011 - August 2011

Supervisors: Rachel Lehn, Associate Architect George Bradley, Senior Associate Greg Mottola, Principal

projects Worked on: • Apple Store Pioneer Place - concept design • Apple Store Guotai - concept design • Apple Store Omotesando - concept design

The drawings show the iteration that was chosen for construction. This specific option investigated a one-story approach to the retail and education (Genius Bar) spaces and in which a load-bearing wall separates the public shopping space from the private/semi-private back-of-house space.

The one-story option required obtaining a second lease for the adjacent property in order to fit the required square footage, but keeps the design in context with its adjacent buildings through a non-intrusive height.

Photos Gary allen (2014)

Above Right: View of main entry from Yamhill Street.

Below Right: Northeast corner showing cantilevered roof detail.

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Above: View of main entry from Yamhill Street.

Left: Northeast corner showing cantilevered roof detail.

Right: View from the west showing open span

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Michael Maltzan architecture Los Angeles, California Selected Project: SFSU Performing Arts Center

As part of the production and model team at MMA, I was challenged with balancing short deadlines and large quantity production. The 42,000 sf SFSU Performing Arts Center included many iterations of various scales of the design, which in turn gave great insight into the methodology of designing through models. My role was to

assist in the coordination of constructing physical models from 3d models which many times involved the preparation of digital models to a level usable in physical modeling. Given that the design process relies heavily on the critique of the model, there was an ongoing communication with the designers and the architect to help better

understand why certain options were chosen over others. Moving across different scales and scopes both in terms of the investigation and the physical size of the model helped to further understand the projects through questions that arose from their circumstances.

40 time period: December 2010 - March 2011

Supervisors: Wil Carson, Senior Project Designer Tim Williams, Managing Principle

projects Worked on: • SFSU Performing Arts Center - concept design, physical presentation model, process models • V&A Museum Road Competition - physical presentation model • Art Center College of Design - physical presentation model

Many models involved a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;roughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; yet dimensionally-acurate approach so that the concepts of process and abstraction could help facilitate the design. Models with removable pieces helped to focus on developing certain areas that required attention. This fragmentary approach gave way to understanding the part-to-whole relationship of the building, adding layers of information and in turn creating questions as the design began to develop. `

Photos Michael Maltzan Architecture (2011)

Left: 1/4â&#x20AC;? scale process model of the Performing Arts Center. Materials: acrylic and foam board

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Right: 1/16â&#x20AC;? scale presentation model of the Performing Arts Center. Materials: Wood, Acrylic, 3d print

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lightroom studio Atlanta, Georgia Selected Project: Villa Estherbee Residence

During my Fellowship at Lightroom Studio, I was involved in an array of design projects from architecture to product to exhibition to book design. Working on many projects and with a small team meant a higher responsibility for each team member to communicate all aspects of the projects. While working on Villa Estherbee, it

was necessary to coordinate with other members of the team when developing the construction documents for the project. My role included managing the team responsible for finishing the drawing set and resolving issues pertaining to detailing and framing plans. I worked directly with the architect and client to make alterations

due to a change in budget and subsequently communicate these changes to the team. This proved an important experience working on the later phase of a project because it challenged my understanding of the process in which a building is put together as well as further developed my understanding of efficiencies in the process.

44 time period: May 2010 - August 2010

Supervisors: William Carpenter, Principal

projects Worked on: • Villa Estherbee Residence - CD submission management, final drawings, presentation model • Leila House - CD drawings • Bloom House - concept design, model coordination • Multidisciplinary Practice (book) - editor • Multidisciplinary Practice (web) - web design • Modern Atlanta 2010 - Exhibition design and fabrication

The family requested an addition to their existing, small suburban house on a 50â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 200â&#x20AC;&#x2122; lot. The firmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s approach was to create an addition with a solid layer containing the stair and library that acts as a juncture between the old and new. The detailing of this horizontal connection as well as the vertical connection between the upper and lower floors was an important attribute of the design by both the client and the architect.

When budget cuts were made, major material choices had to be reevaluated - including the exterior cladding. After researching various methods common to the area, it was determines that southern Cypress could be used to achieve a similar effect. The material was then worked into the details in order to not sacrifice any design intentions that were set forth by the architect.

Photos lightroom (2012)

Right Top: First floor framing plan Right Bottom: Wall section detail of master bedroom balcony and roof

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Above: Rear view of living area and second level master bedroom.

Left: Interior of transition between existing and addition.

Below: Roof to window details

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aalto x adirondack An Industrial Design Mash-Up

The design for this chair represents an investigation of a process using the Vitruvian model of firmness, commodity, and delight.

Each level of investigation involved a theoretical requirement together with a design development progression. In order to facilitate the complexity

of a chair design and construction, a direct and clear precedent or model is required, in this case the design and construction of an Adirondack chair. To further pursue a theoretical proposition in regards to furniture, each Vitruvian directive was discussed in terms of a comparison between

the Adirondack and Alvar Aaltoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Paimio chair.

A fusion was achieved by taking the surface dimensions and positions of the Adirondack chair and applying them to the lightness and flexibility of the Paimio chairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s materials. The project was executed using CNC routing and metal bending.

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a thesis on tactical urban development in Jacksonville, Florida

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friction machines A Drainage Component Tracing the Artifacts of Process

Rococo, from the French rocaille and coquilles (stone and shells, respectively), has reared its playful head in an era of digital architecture marked by the tireless pursuit of formal novelty.

The ability to digitally control parameters for pattern, texture and tactility opens up the door for

designers to explore the architecture performance of the building itself at a much finer scale. This newfound sensibility allows us to use custom CNC programming, rather than modeling, strategies to enhance existing performative benchmarks (daylighting, ventilation, drainage, acoustics, etc.)

elevation

This prototype component derives inspiration from the formal structure of sponge and drainage patterns. Various inserts were milled from laminated 3/4â&#x20AC;? Baltic birch plywood based on parametric definitions of hole aperture size and radial twist patterns for flow optimization.

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m.3 Coat Rack, 2014 Cast bronze from 3D printed ABS Plastic, steel rods

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artwork // tangents Explorations in Urban Space, Form, and Material

52 Trajectories, 2014 Cast bronze from acrylic plastic

a. 3d plastic printed feet b. crucible bronze pour c. bronze cast holder component d. assembly of acrylic ribs e. setting wax spruing system f. bronze cast sculpture

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Bergen, 2011 ink/acrylic on chipboard

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Paragem, 2013 ink/acrylic on chipboard