Charles Cupples Portfolio 2017 by charles cupples

Charles Cupples _______ selected works

ÂŠ 2017 Charles Richard Cupples e: charlescupples@gmail.com , t:817.691.2974 M. Arch 2015, Cornell University AAP B. S. Architecture 2012, UTA

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Charles Cupples Selected Works Content Professional 04 -

I: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER ADDITION

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II: WEISS | MANFREDI WORK

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III: POLYTHREAD AT THE COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM

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IV: STRIATED TIDAL FLUCTUATION AND THE SOLAR ORCHESTRATION OF AN AQUATIC SEQUENCE

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V: FISH PROCESSING CENTER OF JUGOVINIL

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VI: CROATIAN BARGE AND RESTAURANT

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VII: DEEP ELLUM CULINARY SCHOOL

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VIII: PAPETERIE A NANTERRE

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IX: THERMODYNAMIC TRANSPOSITION AND UTOPIAN BLOOMS IN A LIBRARY

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X: A MUSEUM FOR ANTHROPOZOIC ARTIFACTS IN THE WEST TEXAS DESERT (CORNELL THESIS)

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Addition with Iu + Bibliowicz Architects new york, new york 2016 - 2017

he work performed at Iu + Bibliowicz ranged from residential to medium-sized cultural centers. I worked on post-DOB submission addendums and bulletin drawing updates, construction administration work, and managerial work associated with completing the fully constructed building.

below: rendering facing West

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a. A-503 Exterior Details b. A-522 Curtainwall Details c. A-302 Enlarged Roof Plan and Elevations

Weiss | Manfredi Work new york, new york summer 2013

During the summer of 2013 I was living in Manhattan where I was able to work for Weiss | Manfredi. During this time, I completed many publication drawings, conducted preliminary research, designed portions of the Cornell Tech building and landscape on Roosevelt Island, constructed models, attended lectures, altered rendering and photographs, constructed diagrams, archived and reformatted filing systems, created marketing books and so on. Photo / Rendering Credit: Weiss Manfredi Architecture Landscape Urbanism

a. view from queens (NYC Cornell Tech) b. models (NYC Cornell Tech) c. rendering above roosevelt island (NYC Cornell Tech) d. Contruction Photo (Photo Courtesy W&W Glass)

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a. construction photo (Novartis Entry Building) b. construction photo (Novartis Entry Building) c. exploded diagram (Novartis Entry Building) d. guard shack exploded diagram (Novartis) e. program diagrams

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Poly-thread at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum design team: jenny sabin, charles cupples, martin miller new york, new york 2015 - 2016

he Polythread installation was completed February 6th, 2016 at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum in New York City as part of the 5th Triennial Design Exhibition. Research began by looking at various iterations interested in a self-contained system tensioned by a fabric interface, where aperture size is informed by tensile and stress patterns by computational analysis. P o l y T h r e a d , a project by Jenny Sabin Studio, commissioned by Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum for Beauty - Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial; Designed by Jenny Sabin Studio; Design Team: Jenny E. Sabin, Martin Miller, Charles Cupples; R&D by Sabin Design Lab at Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning; knitting by Shima Seiki WHOLE GARMENT; engineering by Arup; sewing and finishing by Andrew Dahlgren and All Sewn Together; Installed by Max Vanatta, Andrew Moorman, Charles Cupples, Jenny E. Sabin

a. Photograph b. Photograph c. process diagrams (Stress Analysis of Early Studies)

Photo Credits: Charles Cupples, The New York Times, The Smithsonian Institute, Design Boom

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a. Initial Surface Studies b. gradient mapping Stress Analysis Affects Aperture Size (Plan View)

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c. gradient mapping Stress Analysis Affects Aperture Size (Axonometric View) d. Components Overlay

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e. Construction Process f. Exploded Components

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Striated Tidal Fluctuation & The Solar Orchestration of an Aquatic Sequence coney island, new york spring 2013

n aquatic center laterally connects the ocean to the boardwalk, home to many famous Coney Island exhibitions revitalizing the local community after Hurricane Sandy. Remnants of the storm become linear striations of sand, water and boardwalk interlaced and overlapping, creating interesting habitation of program and interstitial circulation routes which blend class types and allow for a variety of social interactions. The braiding of the reprogrammed environment happens more perpendicular to its original configuration, symbolically linking ameliorative regeneration & movement. The three defining characteristics of Coney Island (sand, wood and water) become reconfigured in a subtle way. a. flood level designation for south brooklyn

The organizational strategies for these programmatic elements to emerge were derived out of solar angles and the sunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relationship to water.

Source: FEMA MOTF 11/6 Hindcast Surge Extent b. Site Plan (Extended) c. Site Plan With Tidal Connectivity

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sectional variation Building codes and storm surge heights during Hurricane Sandy suggests the program should be elevated and the pools to be at a lower elevation. The next large storm will create minimal damage to the site because debris will wash under the facilities and ‘flood’ the pools. The outdoor pools are directly connected to the sea and the pool heights are determined by water at sea level dictated by lunar cycles from .4 ft- 5.9 ft. above sea level.

programmatic abstract The reconfiguration of various materials via storm results in differences in tidal discrepancy and habitational evolution. b

a. Circulation b. Storm Destruction c. Longitudinal Section d. Worm’s Eye View of Water Flow & Sun Angle Correlation

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a. Sectional Model b. Section Detail c. Hinged Sectional Perspective d. Exterior Gym View e. Plan

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social braiding The fluctuation also produces an effect which causes the landscape to begin to perform in infinite ways, changing program throughout the day. In a sense, the environment (in this case the sea) provides natural energy for the spatial habitation of an intertwined, dynamic sequence of alternating circumstances which serve the public as an enriched social braiding of programmatic experiences.

Fish Processing Center of Jugovinil split, croatia spring 2014

n abandoned industrial waterfront is framed by a disparate urban form which establishes a new system of order to be fastened into the current city framework. Organizational logic is stitched into a varied and fluctuating city, while the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fluctuations happen within the site as a theatrical performance framed by building elements. Blocks of program are enclosed and separated linearly, perpendicular to the sea front, defining outdoor courtyards between each building and framing views toward the Adriatic. The shift of the grid informs what happens on the ground plane, where patches of research pools, planters and harbors reference the organizational grids of the building and Roman grid. This habitable landscape is productive while performing as a park, outdoor seating for the restaurant and loading dock. The harbors dissolve into the landscape.

a. model b. master plan: Connection of light rail from the site to the airport happens on the North side. The clear subdivision informs the land adjacent to it, due to the estimated misfortune of its demolition.

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1. Site + Experiential Interchange Diagram 2. elevated olive groves (c) Regeneration

character matrix The program has been separated where each building is strategically located next to a block which serves as its counter, juxtaposes, or has some relationship to it. Each framed view is different from the next, where performance of use is framed through the backdrop of the ocean (as our past, present and future). a

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< narrative key points (Opposite Page)

The narrative of passage begins at the research institute where one walks under the water in buried translucent circulation chambers, allowing the experience of observing wild fish specimen only to emerge into the destructive loading platforms of the processing center where fish meet the affects of capitalism.

Processing Lot

Fields of elevated olive groves are fueled by waste otherwise discarded as a missed opporunity for recovery. Groves are elevated as trellis conditions acting as nodal signifiers to patrons interested in discovering dystopian futures alloted by greed, overfishing and the uneducated performances of poorly executed development.

Plastic and metal material are framed in octagonal collectors angled toward the ocean in hopes that you will reference the future through our bad manipulation of resources.

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a. Sectional Axonometric b. Model c. Ground Floor (Processing Center) d. Sectional Model Extraction e. Exploded Program Axonometric f. Facade (Loading Dock)

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program specificity ^ 1. Entrance Ramp 2. Loading Dock 3. Processing Line 4. Managerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office 5. Machinery | Maint. 6. Cooler

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Croatian Barge & Restaurant adratic sea, off the coast of croatia spring 2014

ear the Kornati Islands in Croatia, a barge floats the currents of the Adriatic, providing a shifting landscape for restaurant patrons looking for an adventurous dining experience. Ubiquitous umbrellas flood the clouded landscape throughout the streets of Split’s reflective, ancient stone extruded into a complex network of residual Roman space, woven through subterranean bath houses and above decaying Corinthian capitals. An extensive array of umbrella designation options lie withing the user’s desire to manipulate their environment directly, by reconfiguring the organization type specified by variance in ‘pod type,’ or spatial definers as movable umbrella bases. a. Model b. site plan (Kornati Islands) c. Bathymetry d. Sections a

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b a. exploded axonometric The modular nature of the barge suggests easily assemblable mass-produced versions are to be produced relatively inexpensively. b. configuration diagram The bar, seating and umbrella manifolds are to be deployed in various configurations depending upon the userâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programmatic needs.

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c. Model d. Plans

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Deep Ellum Culinary School

dallas, texas spring 2012

he culinary school of Deep Ellum sits in an urban dichotomy of rich culture and capitalistic homogeneity, maintained as an inconstant arts district and place of dynamic restaurant typology. The city east of highway 75 is separated from downtown by a change in scale and person. The knights of pithius building is protected by federal historic preservation laws, being one of the oldest buildings in Deep Ellum, established in the late 1890s. It is currently abandoned and will serve as a public entrance to the school and a dormitory for students or boutique hotel on the lower levels for guests. a. Exterior b. Exploded Axonometric g

c. programmed hybrids: Ground Level Street Activation d. upper bar + supertruss Wine Room / Sundial as Heart

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e. circulation: Outdoor Mezzanine + Verticality

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f. existing historic building: Converted Student Housing

a. SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 @ 14.49 snap Beans egg Plant peppers tomatoes

b. DECEMBER 21, 2012 @ 11.12 hybernation period

d. JUNE21, 2013 @ 5.04 chard carrots lettuce spinach green onions

c. MARCH 20, 2013 @ 5.14 brocolli endive radish peas turnips

g. planting schedules explain the instrumentation of implementing the sunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s positioning as a means of projecting seasonal vegetable grow times. The harvested goods are pervasive to local climate and used in the restaurant/ culinary school. The sunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inscription occurs inside of a large wine vault reception chamber.

FIVE LEVEL VAULTED WINE STORAGE

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UPPERUPPER BAR UPPER +UPPER BAR BAR STEEL ++BAR STEEL SUPERTRUSS STEEL + STEEL SUPERTRUSS SUPERTRUSS SUPERTRUSS

PROGRAMMED PROGRAMMED PROGRAMMED PROGRAMMED HYBRIDS HYBRIDS HYBRIDS HYBRIDS

VERTICAL VERTICAL VERTICAL CIRCULATION VERTICAL CIRCULATION CIRCULATION CIRCULATION

primaryprimary teaching primary primary teaching kitchen/ teaching teaching kitchen/ kitchen/ kitchen/ cantilevered cantilevered cantilevered view cantilevered to view viewtoto view to downtown downtown downtown dallas downtown dallas dallasdallas

chef as spectacle/ chef chefasas chef spectacle/ spectacle/ as spectacle/ street activation street streetactivation street activation activation

IMMEDIATE IMMEDIATE CONTEXT CONTEXT IMMEDIATE IMMEDIATE CONTEXT CONTEXT

OUTDOOR OUTDOOR OUTDOOR MEZZANINE OUTDOOR MEZZANINE MEZZANINE MEZZANINE

WINE ROOM/ WINE WINESUNDIAL ROOM/ WINE ROOM/ ROOM/ SUNDIAL SUNDIAL ROOM SUNDIAL AS ROOM ROOM HEART AS ROOM ASHEART HEART AS HEART

[HISTORIC [HISTORIC [HISTORIC LANDMARK] [HISTORIC LANDMARK] LANDMARK] LANDMARK] FORMERLY FORMERLY FORMERLY THE FORMERLY KNIGHTS THE THEKNIGHTS KNIGHTS OF THEPYTHIUS KNIGHTS OF OFPYTHIUS PYTHIUS BUILDING OF PYTHIUS BUILDING BUILDING BUILDING

ramp connecting ramp rampconnecting ramp connecting downtown connecting downtown downtown downtown ramp connecting ramp rampconnecting ramp connecting railconnecting station rail railstation station rail station lounge lounge loungelounge offices offices officesoffices

elevatedelevated walkway elevated elevated walkway walkway walkway to housing totohousing housing to housing

streetentrance street entrance street entrance street to entrance toto to beeron garden beer garden beer garden beer garden onon on plinthplinth plinth plinth

auditorium auditorium auditorium auditorium

library/ library/ coffee library/ shop library/ coffee coffeeshop coffee shop shop

PROPOSAL: PROPOSAL: PROPOSAL: PROPOSAL: CONVERT CONVERT CONVERT TO STUDENT CONVERT TO TOSTUDENT STUDENT HOUSING TO STUDENT HOUSING HOUSING HOUSING CONVERT CONVERT CONVERT TO BOUTIQUE CONVERT TO TOBOUTIQUE BOUTIQUE HOTEL TO BOUTIQUE HOTEL HOTELHOTEL MAINTAIN MAINTAIN MAINTAIN WHITE MAINTAIN BRICK; WHITE WHITEBRICK; WHITE BRICK; BRICK; ABSTRACTED ABSTRACTED ABSTRACTED ON ABSTRACTED ON ON ON CULINARY CULINARY CULINARY SCHOOL CULINARY SCHOOL SCHOOL SCHOOL FACADEFACADE FACADE FACADE

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entrance through void

GREYWATER TANK

Grey-water tanks store rain water to be deposited into the soil during dry seasons via the cantilever. The sundial room and wine vault allows for indirect lighting, and the wine is stored along a vertical shaft which is well-insulated from the harsh summers of Texas. street access

striation pecan grove grid

SUNDIAL ROOM [informs harvest schedule]

WINE VAULT [house wine]

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HARVESTED FOOD [produced for the college and restuarant]

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DESIGNATION a CHARD GREEN ONIONS b LETTUCE SPINACH c RESEARCH EXPERIMENTAL d TOMATOES PEPPERS e PEAS

PROGRAM 1 OUTDOOR THEATER

Striated surface treatment relative to Facade proportion engage unmanicured blocks from VEGETATION DESIGNATIONdowntown CHART Dallas into Deep Ellum, linking pedestrian signifier nodes into a former disparate, unwalkable condition toward Deep Ellum. panel It is suggested the facade panels are broken into repetitive pieces of 4 variations in order to maximize efficiency and deploy in multiple applications.

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a. Outdoor Garden b. Garden Performance c. Interior Natural Lighting Condition d. Sectional Axonometric e. Second Level Plan f. First Level Plan g. Ground Level Plan

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Papeterie Ă Nanterre with yuriy chernets & alex lima

paris, france fall 2014

a. Historical Mapping of Parisian Barricades

,000 ft. length of scaffolding is inserted into the urban fabric of Nanterre, creating a sky bridge which links the University to the other side of the river allowing for multiple views. The temporary structure follows the profile of the train line. One large, simple move gestures toward the vacant paper mill factory asking its future for development. The scaffold plays with the idea that it could perhaps use itself in the future for reconstruction of the site. If over twenty years will pass before it will be rehabilitated, the framework will act as a place for local vegetation to expand vertically. There are four primary access points connecting the University, paper mill factory, island and other side of the river near Houilles. The sectional leveling of the installation recalls the layering of historical Paris and questions permanence vs. temporality and the appropriateness of new co struction. The site could become a permanent ruin as the scaffolding may suggest a device for spectatorship.

b. Model c. Exposition Time Lapse d. phase one: Transient Exhibition e. Redevelopment Masterplan

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campus of 1960s spirit Over a period of time, Nanterre University would be in need of expansion due to growth. The dilapitated warehouses will serve as a new urban park and campus center, providing art and science hubs. The planning of the expansion provides nearby neighborhoods with better public connectivity and is organized by a logic reminiscent of the rebellious vitality during the 60â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Nanterre. a

a. Combined Master Plans b. Water Flow: c. University Park Ground Level d. Night Rendering e. Water Flow & Seed Distribution

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After the initial phasing of temporary interactions, we parceled the land to be developed uniquely as distinct aspects of the University campus. My portion dealt with University functions such as bookstores, cafes, administration, student center, etc. You inhabit space by walking through a vegetated park into a public plaza where the program is insulated by earth. The demolished buildings left a blue print for areas in the garden within an undulating ground plane which allows for water to flow to staging arenas, transplanting wild seeds through a naturally occurring maintenance.

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fertilization stages: Over time, water will push natural seeds down and through designed valleys, allowing for natural growth with minimal maintenance.

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thermodynamic transposition & utopian blooms in a library new york, new york fall 2012

he library is Utopic, primarily driven by organizational strategies derived from temperature shifts in digital networks directly sustaining algal ecologies. Digital storage components harvest heat emitted from live algae growing within the exterior of the habitable enclosure. Algae allows for the servers (containing digital â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;booksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and information) to maintain convection as a method of cooling without the over-use of electrical energy.

full bleed image: Perspective Rendering (Morningside, Manhattan)

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Algae Growth Patterns, Digital Network Storage &Chasm Notation Within particular temperature zones, more specifically 16 - 35 °C, blue-green algae grows at its most efficient, photosynthetic carbon assimilationed effect. This means that within these temperatures, blue-green algae (the world’s leading oxygen producer at approximately 74%), most effectively photosynthesizes micro-fuel that burns during photo-respiration of CO2. Outperformative side of this range a dynamics significant degradation of bloom potential develops, contrary to when between 16 The - 35site ° Cisalocated minor compensation of only 0.24 micro-liters algae per liter CO2 gas occurs at Morningside Heights, Manhattan next to the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. The parti at a maximum 0.95 per allowing liter on 40°C. Between 22 -24 ° C, an algal begins toof take cuesmicro-liters from the cathedral, foraverage a strenuousatexpression through hybridization of concept and geometric response. bloom occurs. These are large, ultra-efficient moments of mass growth and photo-respiration during ideal conditions of temperature and sunlight within marginal fluctuation incremental Dynamic fluidity and severe undulation happens inside the Grand Reading Room and lobby entrance, symbolito a PH level of 8.0.concept to the performance of the building, ultimately describing its form, directly out of precise data cally linking

reflecting algal blooms. Essentially, the Grand Reading Room becomes the monumental idea of an algal bloom

and collective learned visitors directly to literal of healthy algae. The lit networks aregrouping visibleofthrough portions oflinked the skin onextrapolations the interior, wheretemperatures a euphoricinpresence contributes to the idea of utopia as a reflective place of learning. The networks ‘push’ heat to needed portions of the building. For example, vents may happen in portions of the lower levels in the outdoor cafe to warm visitors on a cold day. The porosity is reflected on the ground plane in the same spacial sequence, allowing for grated drainage to collect greywater to then be filtered up through reservoirs into hydroponic systems which feed into algae beds. c Reading rooms happen where pockets of space are formed and hung or extruded from and through the ceiling.

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a. Interior / Exterior Cafe Space b. Context/ Facade Analysis c. DNA Extraction (Rose Window) d. Process Models e. South Elevation

pressures temperature, electromagnetic fields, memory & behavior An emerging utopia exists in the near future, where it is utopic in its massive, present state of understanding and pragmatic in itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future state of existence. Music and electromagnetic frequency has been determined to put one in a euphoric state. If a heightened state of mind came through physiological forces, one would be more well equipped to comprehend reading materials. Beauty & Health The act of moving up and through carved spaces would release endorphins from physical movement and enhance oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s euphoric sense of environment.

a. Euphoric Zone b. Process Model (Habitable Shell) a

c. Section Detail d. Interior Lobby e. temperature & program (Process Drawing) f. partial plan x-ray (Process Drawing)

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a. Vertical & Horizontal Sections as Film b. Sections c. Algae Growth, Networka Cable & Heat Transfer Diagram

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interior performance The lit networks are visible through portions of the skin on the interior, where a euphoric presence contributes to the idea of utopia as a reflective place of learning. The networks â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;pushâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; heat to needed portions of the building. For example, vents may happen in portions of the lower levels in the outdoor cafe to warm visitors on a cold day. The porosity is reflected on the ground plane in the same spacial sequence, allowing for grated drainage to collect greywater to then be filtered up through reservoirs into hydroponic systems which feed into algae beds. Reading rooms happen where pockets of space are formed and hung or extruded from and through the ceiling.

a. Ground Floor b. First Floor c. Second Floor

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A Museum for Anthropozoic Artifacts in the west texas desert

marfa, texas fall 2014

here is an infinite network of matter at chaotic inflations in quantum logic, blurring the boundary between the natural and the man-made. This ambiguity constructs the anatomy of a Museum, where relics of the Anthropocene are curated in contradicting realities, asking if we are responsible for unfavorable impacts on the environment or if we are less dramatically segmented within the physical mechanics of the nanoscopic. Expansion or contraction and alteration due to external interaction or contextual constraint occurs without the prescriptive notion of expressionistic program appliquĂŠ, allowing for multiple behavioral overlaps in a formless network of deployable connective tissue. The unified nature of performative physiognomy is revealed as a new synthetic typology linking performance to metaphor. a. Interior | Exterior Obscure Space b. Site Organization Studies c. marfa, texas Near the Chinati Foundation d. abstract master plan (Deployable Framework of Connective Tissue)

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To begin the process of generating formless networks, multiple data inputs are necessary. In this particular instance, existing circulation, artifact size, topographical conditions and contextual square footage forces have been input into the code to abstract a latent organization. This organizational device works as a part-to-whole relationship, meaning that if any of the data needs to be altered or updated, the network is able to adapt and morph to those constraints rather than completely reconfiguring the tool from the top-down. The figures shown describes the initial stage of deployed latent organization on the site, followed by iterations and near complete configuration. a

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a. Skin Development b. Interior | Exterior Juxtoposition c. Field Studies (Aperture) d. Aperture Development

surface A telescoping, adaptable membrane adapts to climate by convection, where the super-hydrophilic material swells and causes aperture opening. The opening allows for ventilation and as the absorbed aperture loses moisture through evaporation, cool air passes in and out of the skin until the apertures close again. This behavior is apparent in local cacti of the region. Congregations of similar sized apertures appear above museum exhibits, signaling view space.

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cellular behavior & performative deployment The articulation of pure architectural elements in modern architecture became an empty, irresponsible, dry expressionism devoid of interest and empty of meaning. While ironically rejecting symbolism, it has distorted the building into one big ornament substituting ‘articulation’ for decoration. The interest in the museum proposal is the building is neither a duck or a shed, but in contemporary terms performative. When looking at the cellular behavior of ubiquitous plant life in the region where the museum is deployed, expansion and contraction of microscopic cells occur due to absorption and evaporation of water molecules in order to cool itself in the desert. This cellular behavior has been abstracted into code as an infinitely deployable organizational framework available at infinite scales. The nature of this framework began as a facade study which adapts to climactic conditions, and then is re-abstracted and re-deployed as an urban connective tissue, then as an interior organization orthographically (sectional and planimetric as it relates to program, artifact, and context but neither independently), then as circulation, then so on, and having a part-to-whole relationship. This notion of part-to-whole opposes assigning value to functional seriousness, but may ironically agree with its bottom up approach through intellectual language. The architectural expression of “what a building was” reveals itself through exaggerated articulation which by function is a necessity but by form is empty decoration through the justification of expressionism. “What the building was” would deny adornments of sculptural ornamentation and by contrast fracturing from the group may ironically reference the form of an abstract similarity in function. In the case of the Museum for Anthropozoic Artifacts, and ‘what the building is’, the roof and enclosure are neither decorative or expressive minimalism, yet performative and minimal in the curvature needed for maximum performance of humidity control. The Museum relies on the examination of material performance and microscopic analysis as a driver for enclosure, intensifying the contradictions and relationships between program, performance, expressionism and symbolism.

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a. Sections b. Interior Ambiguiity c. Model With / Without Enclosure d. Computational Iteration

computational iteration Interior corridors overlap, collide and blend inside with outside in open, enclosed space. The deployable framework allowed for an extrapolation of three-demensional interior circulation routes proportional to the origin of the field studies, circumnavigating artifact exhibits. Overlapping tissue components were studied through computational iteration.

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program Large exhibits are planned in the more open spaces where linkage lengths are at their longest. These are large man-made artifacts such as colonial ships,cooling towers or coal-powered trains. The smaller counterpoint exhibits happen inside the circulation corridors, and are artifacts relating to the man-made artifacts. These items may be needed by or be a result of the larger items, such as coal near a train, a human skull near a cooling tower or a musket near a colonial ship.

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a. Ground Level Plan b. First Level Plan c. Initial Framework d. artifact masterplan, spatial correlation Anthropozoic Era of Destruction b

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Mapping and graphing program and equipment for a building is one of the first diagrams. Functional spaces are points in a network (points and lines which connect spaces through path). A graph is a topological figure and has no form, and can be deformed in any desired pattern and still effectively work. Through a process of use pattern iteration, user’s preferences manifest themselves as taste, and kept within economic limits and code. Cities are formless because they are multifunctional and have varying uses and they do not follow plans. People organize buildings and cities through their behavior and therefore are adaptable and dependent upon behavioral characteristics. Multiple behavioral overlaps result in a ‘formless’ network of connective tissue which serves as an adaptable field condition and organizational tool. Success or passability lies in the acceptance or rejection of it, which means the building must relate to the evolving complexities of people and their behavioral characteristics. The organization of the network is able to be updated with specific user input data, and perhaps determination of output is maintained by, for example, multiple users’ need for a particular room size.

Relics of the Anthropocene are curated in contradicting realities, asking if we are responsible for unfavorable impacts on the environment or if we are more integrated in the ‘natural’ world.

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