Portfolio_2015/16
BINIAM A. KEBEDE Ethiopian_Designer
Architecture_Product Design
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I am a humble Ethiopian Designer. My strong interest in design and problem solving has led me to follow a career path in design and Art. My future goal are focused in Architecture, Product Design and Social Entrepreneurship.
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ARCHITECTURE
DESIGN BUILD +
Visiting Critique [1] First Architectural project, Site [Houston]
[2] Interior Skins Suns screen, D3-Exhibition
Illuminating senses [4] Research center, parametric, Site [Houston]
[3] Cellular Automate Plasticity, TexFab - Competition
Recreation center [5] Building Systems, Thermal comfort, Site [Houston]
[10] Hermit Independent study, Research
Hyper function library [7] Parametric, Responsive, Site [New York]
[9] Lusk Product design, Space Montrose
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
HOBBY +
Ethical ball [12] Soccer, Unity, Social entrepreneurship
[11] Food Ethiopian food, Art
ot [8] Entrepreneurship, Art with meaning
[13] Samples Sketches, Art, 3D-printing, Parametric Design
[ላሊበላ] Lalibela [14] Preserving History through Technology
[15] Captured The Little vs. The Giant
PUBLISHING
INSPIRATION
CW 3 [6] Collective works, Book cover
[16] Dr. Assegid Kebede+[ሰው] Hard work + Talent = Success
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Visiting critique [1]
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This was my last project as a first year Architecture student. It had a small program [living, sleeping, dining and working] The intent of this project was to understand “space� architecturally and have a basic understating of spatial relationships with sectional qualities.
Dean’s office _______
My project was selected as the best project from 190+ freshman students and was presented at the deans office for 2 yrs. This project also represented first years project as a model for the accreditation of The University of Houston’s Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture.
Sunscreen [2]
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Sunscreen serves as a demonstration on the capabilities of digital fabrication, spatial studies and team work. Concerning the global form, sunscreen adapts to different surfaces typologies on the principle of its module. Because of the flexibility of the module, there are several different configurations that are possible concerning the global form. What is presented here as a wall may well be a hanging piece in a different configuration. The project was installed on site at the atrium of Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design. And exhibited at the D3-competition event.
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The top image shows a rendering and bottom pictures show the construction process on site.
Flat-cut modules
Component I
Component II
Possible color configuration
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Cellular Automate [3] _______
The icosahedron has 12 vertices's, 20 faces and 30 sides. It is one of the most interesting and useful of all polyhedral. Buck-minster Fuller based his designs of geodesic domes around the icosahedron. The icosahedron is built around the pentagon and the golden section. At first glance this may seem absurd, since every face of the icosahedron is an equilateral triangle. It turns out, however, that the triangular faces of the icosahedron result from its pentagonal nature.
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As shown in the rendering above, the idea of this configuration system is for it to be user friendly and create an interesting space for users to eat, sleep and study by. A part of the component is also intended for the user to rearrange it to seating, a table or a long bench according to his or her desire.
EXCAVATED DODECAHEDRON
3RD STELLATION LATTICE
3RD STELLATION + ICOSAHEDRON
ICOSAHEDRON LATTICE
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Rotational Axis
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Direction of Travel
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Geo orient
Step Length
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Illuminating senses [4]
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This project is an experimental study of the relationship of light and space in a human scale. It started with a simple study of light conditions of numerous wire cut foams. Various pictures were then taken to capture moments that portrayed the best balance of indirect sunlight and volumetrically proportional spaces to the human scale. I then made an attempt to translate this experiment Architecturally through an intense investigation of light and void versus space.
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Light studies.
Cut to shape
Foam was Cut using a wire
Rubber + plastic
Rubber model [+]
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Cut to singles with a table saw
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Daylight ecotect studies
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The diagrams above are results from an ecotect model that shows day light studies of the building. Each diagram represents either a window or a skylight. C
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The diagrams on the right side show the transformation of my building from a complex geometry to a more simplified geometry. This was done in order for the building to be compatible with the software to run the day light test.
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[Positive] rubber
Exhibition
Cosmos
Public Research
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Recreation center [5]
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The design and development of this project was planned to address the physical relationships of the building to the urban context and the development of context with appropriate materials, constructions, and most importantly, systems (structural, services and bi-climatic) which support and inform the design and allow for efficient use of natural resources.
Menger sponge _______
The diagrams above show a menger sponge diagram. The idea of this extruded masses have been used as the generator behind the specific extruded programs in the building. The highlighted digram below show the evolution.
Application _______
I first started with this simple box that was shrunk to fit in a glass box. The idea of the menger sponge was then applied to this box within the glass box. The strategically selected programs were then extruded seeking for the glass creating a functional and responsive spaces as well as sectionally interesting spaces.
The Voronoi structure was then placed between the two glass facades. The intensity of this structure was designed in a way that its responsive to the interior programmatic conditions as well as the structure needed to support the extruded masses from the box within the glass. _______
* * The Voronoi structure starts to engulf some parts of the building to convey the idea of importance as well as becomes spatially multi-functional.
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Second Floor Plan [NTS]
The blown up section shows where * the Voronoi structure starts to engulf some parts of the building to convey the idea of importance as well as becomes spatially multi-functional.
The diagram above shows a study of the self standing Voronoi structural element placed in between the two glass facades
Insulation 3’ Electric condutes 13’
Glass
Glass 29’
Glass
Steel frame
Steel frame
Reflective pool
Retaining wall Iron bar Interior aluminum finish Steel frame Steel frame Drainage pipe
HVAC Drainage pipe
Foundation pier
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Section detail [NTS]
Climate analysis _______
Sun and daylight study _______
Ecotect helped analyze and design the glass skin system. Behind the glass skin, a “voronoi” layer of structure is added to help diffuse certain areas that gain direct sunlight. This helped maintain a comfort amount of [lumens/sq.metre] throughout the interior of the building.
With different variations of how the suns Azimuth and altitude angles change through out the years, each facade’s voronoi structure was designed according to the sun’s azimuth angle and where structure was needed most. _______
March 9:00 am
June [solstice] 9:00 am
September 9:00 am
December [solstice] 9:00 am
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This is the third volume of the Collective Works from the University of Houston’s Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture. All work included in this publication were submitted by the faculty and the students of the University of Houston’s College of Architecture which includes undergraduate programs in Architecture, Industrial Design, and Interior Architecture and Graduate programs in Architecture and Space Architecture.
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Process... Above are examples of different iterations of design among the many I worked on before getting to the final proposal.
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INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Highlighted in pink Graduating year [2014]
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The concept for this design was to abstractly represent the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design. The three kinetic edges of the book are strategically subdivided. The five themes of the book, the three different programs and the different years within the department in which works are selected from. The intersection of all the lines represent the works selected from what year and what department and therefore the intersection represents the school, its students and their work.
Hyperfunction Library [7] _
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[noun] | hy路per路func路tion 01 excessive or abnormal activity 02 generalizations of functions, as a 'jump' from one holomorphic function to another at a boundary, and can be thought of informally as distributions of infinite order. [mathematics]
Holomorphic function _
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{noun} | hol路uh路mawr路fik 01 the central objects of study in complex analysis. [mathematics]
VORTEX
Hotel
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Programmatic Organization
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Theater
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Programmatic Concept
Site Strategy Retail + Hotel > Intergration
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Form[Copy]_Thickness = Program Stretched Barrell Vaulet
Library
Terminal = Folding Plates Library = Fluidity (ramps)
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Folding Plates + Library
03 Enviromental
04 Circulation
05 Structure
03 Site Adaptation
04 Enviromental
05 Circulation
03 Site Adaptation
04 Circulation
05 Enviromental
Retail Open Floorplan
Thickness in “Donut Shell� varies
Skewing based on Site Responses
Punctures through Structure
Adapt to Incoming Flows
Terminal Circulation embedded into Ground
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RESTAURANT Commerical |15,000SF
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No. 7 Transit | Subway Entry MEDITATION Four Season | Isolation RETAIL Commerical | 10,000SF
RESTAURANT_RETAIL Commerical |25,000SF
OPERATIONS Transit Maintanence | 2,800SF
MECHANICAL ROOM Subway Ventilation | 10,000SF
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METRO BUS Transit | 10 Double_Length
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VISIOIN 42 Transit | Light Rail
MEDITATION Four Season | Isolation OBSERVATION Public Seating | Isolation
HIGHLINE Landscape | Pedestrian Flow
GATHERING Community |Activities
READING ZONE Books | Circulation MAGAZINE LOUNGE Four Season | 3,400SF
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CAFE Social | 3,600SF
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READING ZONE II Social | 4,000SF EXHIBITION Installation | 2,500SF LOBBY Services | 4,400SF
STUDY_RESSEARCH Books | 4,200SF
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STUDY GROUPS Research | 4,000SF
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READING ZONE Books | Circulation ARCHIVE Vault | 6,00SF
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PUBLIC SERVICE Assitance | 6,000SF
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INDIVIDUAL STUDY Think | 3,600SF COLLECITVE Works | 7,200SF
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STORAGE Extra | 6,800SF
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STUDY_RESEARCH Level II | Elaboration
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MECHANICAL Suport | 8,000SF
MECHANICAL+ Support | 4,800SF ADMINISTRATION Offices | 7,200SF
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BOOKS Lounge | 6,800SF
WORKSHOP Collaboration | 7,600SF
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GROUP STUDY Collboration | 8,000SF
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BATHROOM Support | 400SF
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TECHNOLOGY Computers | 6,000SF
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[site] 160,000
34 street CONCOURSE
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Platform(s) with 2 bus lanes, 10 city buses (5 in each lane) 1-2 off-street driving lanes Rain protection/shade structure Surface for transportation maps 4 - Ticket machines Benches/seating
33 st BUS TERMINAL
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Platform(s) for Westbound and Eastbound Surface for transportation maps 4 - Ticket machines Benches/seating
LIGHT RAIL TERMINAL
Hardscape/Softscape Development Trees Public Seating
34 street PEDESTRIAN BLVD.
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PROGRAM ANALYSIS
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FAR 5.0
10 buses
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Site 236’ x 236’ 55,696sf
Seattle Central Library/OMA 344,000 SF
Reading Areas Magazine Archive Books
Vortex O3 {INDIVIDUAL THINKING}
Media {Lounge} Collective Store Bar/Cafe Books
Vortex O2 {EXHIBIT/LOUNGE}
Books
Individual Studies Studio WorkShop
Study + Research
Vortex O1 {TECHNOLOGY}
Lobby Public Service Support Administration Books
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Must connect to 34th Street concourse Connection to the 7-Line station mezzanine
TERMINAL
Hybrid LIBRARY
No. 7
Public Concourse [circulation] Retail/Restaurants Ticketing/Information Public Restrooms MEP/Subway Ventilation Maintenance/Operations 40,000sf
131,840sf
Group A-3
15,000sf
6,000sf
10,000sf
14,000sf
Group A-3
12,000sf
3,600sf
5,000sf
7,200sf
5,500sf
Group A-3
30,000sf
4,000sf
3,000sf
10,200sf
Group B
~ 70,000sf
7,200sf
25,000sf
10,000sf
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600SF
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SKIN+CONTOUR SKIN+CONTOUR DETAIL DETAIL 01
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SKIN BRACING SKIN BRACING + BOOKSELF + BOOKSELF DETAIL DETAIL scale : 3” scale = 1’0” : 3”[NTS] = 1’0” [NTS]
SKIN BRACING SKIN BRACING + BOOKSELF + BOOKSELF DETAILDETAIL scale :scale 1-1/2” : 1-1/2” = 1’0”=[NTS] 1’0” [NTS]
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25 Guage 01 25Steel Guage Studs Steel@Studs 16” o.c. @ 16” o.c. 1/2” 02Gyp. 1/2” Board Gyp. Board 3/4” 03DensGlass 3/4” DensGlass Fire04 Proofing Fire Proofing Glass 05Fibre Glass Reinforced Fibre Reinforced PolysterPolyster Composite Composite Panel Panel Steel06 Connection Steel Connection Fixing Core Fixing Core Edge07 Angle Edge- Welded Angle - Welded Connection Connection Fire-Treated 08 Fire-Treated 1/2” Plywood 1/2” Plywood Batt09 Insulation Batt Insulation R-19 R-19 Z-Clip 10Connection Z-Clip Connection Cast-in-Place 11 Cast-in-Place Concrete Concrete Floor Floor
LONG SECTION LONG SECTION
01_MEDITATION MECHANICAL MECHANICAL RETAIL_RESTAURANT RETAIL_RESTAURANT 01_MEDITATION Four Season Four Season Electrical_HVAC Electrical_HVAC IsolationIsolation ELEVATOR ELEVATOR
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ELEVATION ELEVATION 11th 11th scale : [NTS] scale : [NTS]
ELEVATION ELEVATION 33rd St. 33rd St. scale : [NTS] scale : [NTS]
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Inspired by the undulating stratum at the Grand Canyon in Arizona, OT [ One Tribe ] reveals to be much more than its elegant appearance. The different woods symbolize the different people, the different races, and the different religions of the world. Becoming one in essence, these different materials together tell a story of harmony and unity. The world is one, so are we. May God bless every nation.
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Inspiration.
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Form + Texture
Experiment
Form finding...
Form finding
Pattern studies
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Process, process, process...
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1:1 Scaled dimension drawing
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Cherry Walnut Basswood .
One World
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United
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Packaging components.
Featured _______
Space Montrose Menil Museum gift store _______
Sent to the White House with its symbolic message of Peace, Love and Unity. _______
[Among owners] Dean of College of Architecture Assistant Dean of Architecture Owner of J. Price Architecture ...
LUSK _
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An airplant holder.
Featured _______
Space Montrose Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design website Channel 39
from CNC
cut to parts with a table-saw
glued [24hrs drying time]
Sanding [3.5hrs]
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Fabrication & refining process
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Lusk*
Indirect Sunlight
Spray water 2X/week
Soak for 20 minutes Soak in water 1X every 2 weeks
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“ how to care for your plant ”
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Almost ready for store delivery.
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MADE IN HOUSTON
20mins
HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR AIR PLANT: INDIRECT SUNLIGHT
S p r ay wat e r 2x/week
S o a k i n wat e r 1x every 2 weeks
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Packaging [Front & Back]
Hermit [10] _
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Hermit crabs are anything but hermits. They're called hermit crabs because each one carries his shelter with him. In reality, hermit crabs are social animals that thrive in the company of other hermit crabs.
FACTS: The primary purpose of Hermie's shell is to protect his soft abdomen, but it also helps him regulate his body fluids and hydrate his gills. Yes, Hermie has gills, not lungs, so he doesn't breathe like we do. Because of this, he requires humid air to breathe, or he will slowly die of suffocation. During their life cycle, a female hermit crab releases her fertilized eggs into the ocean. Because most crabs reproduce in the ocean, they can not be bred in captivity. Once in the larval stage, the baby hermit crabs grow through the molting process. All hermit crabs molt. The younger ones, because they grow at a faster rate, can molt every few months. Adult hermit crabs tend to molt every eighteen months or so. There are more than 500 different species of hermit crab found in marine habitats all around the world. Although hermit crabs do venture into deeper waters,they are more commonly found in coastal waters where there is more food and places to hide.
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Thinstripe Thinstripe hermithermit ] ] Giant Giant hermithermit ] ] Surf hermit Surf hermit ] ] Blue-spot Blue-spot hermithermit ] ]
Coenobitidae Coenobitidae Diogenidae Diogenidae Paguridae Paguridae Parapaguridae Parapaguridae Parapylochelidae Parapylochelidae Pylochelidae` Pylochelidae` Pylojacquesidae Pylojacquesidae family family ] ]
Scientific Scientific classification classification kingdom kingdom animalia animalia phylumphylum arthropoda arthropoda subphylum subphylum crustacea crustacea class class malacostarca malacostarca order order decapoda decapoda suborder suborder pleocyemata pleocyemata infraorder infraorder anomura anomura [ superfamily [ superfamily
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Diogenidae Diogenidae
Shelter Shelter variations variations Shells Shells and shell andcompetition shell competition As hermit As hermit crabs grow, crabs they grow,require they require larger larger shells. shells. Since suitable Since suitable intact intact gastropod gastropod shells are shells sometimes are sometimes a limited a limited resource, resource, vigorousvigorous competition competition often occurs often occurs amongamong hermithermit crabs for crabs shells. for shells. The availability The availability of empty of empty shells at shells any at any given place givendepends place depends on the on relative the relative abundance abundance of gastropods of gastropods and hermit and hermit crabs, crabs, matched matched for size.for size.
desperate desperate time, desperate time, desperate measuremeasure
Possible determining factors v=m/d Volume
Larger shells allow a bigger clutch size thus female hermit crabs focus more on volume of the shell than weight as they need enough room to hold eggs.
Opening
The opening size and opening shape of the shell must be large enough for them to fit into and in the right shape to fit their body.
Protection
Hermit crabs choose shells that allow them to fully retreat into when in the presence of a predator. w=mg Weight
The mass of a shell is the conclusive factor in hermit crab shell selection. (Hazlett 1981)
S1- eureka! Archimedes tells of how he invented a method for determining the volume of an object with an irregular shape. While taking a bath, he noticed that the level of the water in the tub rose as he got in, and realized that this effect could be used to determine the volume of the crown.
S2- measurement For practical purposes water is incompressible, so the submerged object would displace an amount of water equal to its own volume. By dividing the mass of the crown by the volume of water displaced, the density could be obtained.
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Green zebra 3
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Interior volume
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1.417 g/cm
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1.416 g/cm
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11.339 g
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0.850 g/cm
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The data from my research implied that the shell above would best fit my hermit crab. I then placed all the shells inside the hermit crabs living space to see what would happen...
Walking Walkingleg legI I
Walking Walkingleg legIIII
Walking Walkingleg legIIIIII
Walking Walkingleg legIVIV
Walking = Leg V leg V
chelato chelatowalking walkingleg leg
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26.56 cm
26.56 cm
8.21 cm
9 cm
Total volume
6 cm
Interior volume
8.5 g 0.85 g/cm
Mass Density
10 cm 8 cm 14.175 g 1.417 g/cm
Success!
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body whorl columella whorls
parietal callus
apex Aperture columellar truncation sutures
lip
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Rhino + Grasshopper + Weaverbird
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Derive a component + Application
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Application to human scale and 3D-printing studies still in process...
[ A+B+C+D+E ]
Food [11] _
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“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” ― Hippocrates
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Sirlon Steak & Egg
Asian Inspired
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Tibs
Fitfit
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Indo-Italian
Ethio-Indian
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Lasagna
Italian Inspired
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Mesagna Salad
Asana Rice
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Shiro be Karya
Enkulal Firfir
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Ethical ball [12] _______
[ give - n - go ] was an organization founded to help economically disadvantaged children in Africa to obtain soccer balls that will allow them to play the sport they enjoy most. This Organization helped many children in Africa that love soccer but were not able to obtain their own soccer balls. These balls brought children together and helped them develop teamwork among many other things. Our goal was to sale 1,000 soccer balls which we achieved by the end of summer 2011. In return, we matched one free ball for every ball that we sold. These balls were sent to East Africa to be distributed to the children in need.
______ Children love sports. That's as true in this country as it is in the developing world.
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We chose this activity based on the fact that soccer is a relatively inexpensive sport that is played throughout Africa and the world. In many African countries even the expense of a soccer ball is prohibitive, thus denying youth access to this sport. It is corporation goal to provide every needy group of youth anywhere in *Africa to joys of participating in soccer. Also, this sport build the foundation of cooperation and contributes to a healthy body and ties them to the large world. *[Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda]
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“Everything I know about morality and the obligations of men, I owe it to football (soccer).” ― Albert Camus
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“Football is the ballet of the masses.” ― Dmitri Shostakovich
Hobby [13]
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In my free time, I enjoy learning about the emerging 3D- printing technology and beyond that, designing, 3D printing products, and learning new softwares to develop my modeling techniques with precision. Above is a product I designed that I use as key holder as well as a phone holder. I designed this product as I tend to misplace/loose one of the two quite often. I also wanted to watch videos on my phone as I work on my laptop.
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Bridge + Tower Parametric Design, Architecture, Rhinoceros, Grasshopper, T-splines
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In a mountainous region in the heart of Ethiopia, some 645 km from Addis Ababa, eleven medieval monolithic churches were carved out of rock. Their building is attributed to King Lalibela who set out to construct in the 12th century a ‘New Jerusalem, after Muslim conquests halted Christian pilgrimages to the holy Land. Lalibela flourished after the decline of the Aksum Empire. The Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela are still preserved in their natural settings. The association of the rock-hewn churches and the traditional vernacular circular houses, in the surrounding area, still demonstrate evidences of the ancient village layout. Keeping the World news in mind, I decided to take an initiative and form a group of people to help raise the money needed to 3D-Scan this magnificent historical site. I have already found a company who will handle the job and received their proposal [Smart Geometrics, Houston] I currently am in the process of raising money to jump start the project.
Captured [15]
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Sometimes, unusual things happen in our life. I try to capture this moments to paint a positive images internally and refine my perspective in life.
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“Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.� Seek.
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