her otherworldly designs

her otherworldly designs

A COLLECTION OF WORK BY CHRISTINE EICHHORN MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE U N I V E R S I T Y O F P E N N S Y L VA N I A

a letter from the designer T h e b ody - o f - work explo re s the de li cate re lati o nshi p be twe e n nature and o ur b u il t e n v iro n m e n t, w h e re th e de si gns po se so luti o ns to the te nsi o n be twe e n ma n k in d an d w il de rn e ss . I n ve sti gati o n o f e co lo gi cal de si gn has le d to a wi de ra n ge of strate gie s ran g ing f ro m co -habi tati o n, m i m i cr y, and sym bi o ti c p ro gram s . T h e exh ibite d p ro j e cts pro m pt spe culati o n o f ti m e , de cay and the co n s e qu e n ce s o f h u m an ’s e co lo gi cal fo o tpr i nt. W he the r we de si gn fo r i t o r no t, a rch ite ctu re can b e an d wi ll be te r rai n fo r li fe fo r m s o the r than o urse lve s.

TABLE OF C ONTENT S

AR ACHNIDA

HINTERL AND

SYNTHETIC MEAT MARKET

THE ARCHIVE OF MYSTERIES

GL ASSWING

ARACHNIDA

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ARACHNIDA L ocat io n: M a nha t ta n , New York C ity Arac hni d a b r i ng s to l igh t th e coexiste nce of an eve r -p re s e n t org a n is m th a t l ive s w i th human s eve r y d a y. I t is e stim ate d th a t w ith i n t he ave ra g e hum a n h ou s e h ol d th e re re s id e s 6 1 s piders . I n fa c t , t h e re is m ost l ike ly a s pid e r wit hin re a c h o f t hi s p ie ce of pape r rig h t n ow.

Arac hni d a i s a s y m b io tic re s ide n tia l project t hat move s b eyo n d th e h u m an h om e a nd elevate s t he t yp i ca l d we l l in g o f th e s p ide r.

The ma ss a nd uni t s a re in s pire d b y an in - de p th plant st ud y a nd g e n e ra tive re m o de l in g o f the orc hid. T he o rc hi d fam ily h a s th o u s a n d s o f s pe cie s t hat ha ve e a c h evo lve d to a ttract d if fe re n t s p e ci e s for po l l i na t i o n, t he n oo k s a n d cra n n ie s forme d in t he l a b e l l um a re w h a t in fo rm e d th e d e s ig n o f t he re s i d e nt i a l uni ts . T h e ju x tapo s itio n of s m all enc los e d s p a ce s w ith s l ive rs o f l igh t a gain st air y hig h ce i l i ng s w ith s u s p e n d e d f u rn itu re o f fe r t he hu ma n a va r i e t y o f l iv in g con d ition s , s im ilar to t he s p i d e r , w i t h in th e ir ow n h o m e . T h e u ni t aggrega t i o n ca n b e re a d f rom th e u n d u l ati ng faรงade t ha t g i ve s way to po cke ts of ou td oo r s p a ce .

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3_ res id ential tower floor plan

Ice Skating Rink

Installation Space

Tennis Courts

Open Recreation Space

Gardens

Market Place

HINTERLAND 1 _ exp lod ed axonometric

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HINTERLAND Locat io n: Q ue e ns , New York Collabo ra to r : R o b e r t S ch a f fe r hin·ter·l a nd /ˈhin( t ) ə r ˌ l a nd / noun: hi nte r l a nd ; p l u ra l n ou n : h in te rl a n d s 1. an are a lyi ng b eyo n d w h a t is v is ible o r k n ow n . “in t he hi nte r l a nd of h is m in d th e s e th in gs ros e , dar k and om i no us ”

Simila r : t he ba c k o f b eyo nd t he mid d le o f now he re t he ba c k wo o d s t he wil d s t he tall t i mb e rs a back w a te r t he bo o ni e s beyond t he b l a c k st u m p Opposi te : civ iliza t i o n W it h t he s i te ’s lo ca tion fo u n d o n th e E ast Ri ve r , t he conce r t ha l l carve s dow n in to th e w ater and subme rg e s i t s b e lly in to th e rock y s h o re s that rest the re . R a t he r th an f igh t again st th e flow o f t he r ive r , t he sta g e an d s u rrou n din g b ox s e a ts ti lt and bo b wi t h t he ris in g an d fa l l in g of th e r i ve r ’s t idal s e a s o ns . To e n te r th e cof fe re d be l ly o f thi s space b ur i e d d e e p in th e grou n d, v is ito rs m u st f i rst des cen d t hro ug h a s e rie s o f e pis odic m o m e nts, removi ng a ny t i e s to th e l an d above in o rd e r to lo se t hems e lve s i n t he grou n d b e n e ath . T h is pro j e ct does n’t lo o k to c re ate a b u il d in g , b u t ra th e r a fo re i gn realm b ur i e d b e ne ath u s - a wo rl d w ith in wo r lds.

SYNTHETIC MEAT MARKET

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the SYNTHETIC MEAT MARKET L ocat io n: M a na yunk, P h il ade l p h ia The pro j e c t i s t he c re a tion o f a s p e cta cle , w ith a fo cus on t he no t i o n o f how trage d y s e l l s . T h e con cepti o n of t he m a r ke t b e ga n w ith th e ex p loration of how human s a re m o r b i d ly cu riou s of tra gic eve n ts ove r t he ord i na r y. T he na tu re o f th e d e s ig n p s ych o lo gi cally play s yo ur a ss ump tio n of w h at it is . T h e he avy metal t ha t m e a nd e rs th ro u g h th e pastu re land induce s t he p re m on ition of a s l au g h te rh o use , yet t h e ca t t le o n s ite a re n o t b e in g h ar m e d.

The m a r ke t i s a s yn th e tic m e at p ro du ctio n plant, a labora to r y fo r a l te rn a tive w a y s o f produ cin g m e at t hroug h t he p ro ce ss o f clon in g ca ttle for ste m cell ge ne ra t i o n. T he p ro gram m atic m a ss e s that are s us pen d e d fro m t h e m e tal f ra m ewo rk are glass, allowi ng huma ns to expe rie n ce th e s y n th e tic m e at labs a nd to ha ve a v is u a l of h ow th e ir fo o d is be i ng made, fro m t he p e t ri d is h to th e ir pl ate . T h e mar ke t challenges the traditional ways of eating meat and acts to pre s e r ve t he a r t o f b u tch e ry in th e s y n th e tic age .

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the ARCHIVE o f MYSTERIES

Lo cati o n: P hi lade lphi a The Sto ne r C o ur tyard se ts up a gr i d co nd it ion t h rou gh an asse m bly o f cubo i ds, that i s challen ged by t h e cave r no us f i gure s that spi ll o ut o f the ir con st rain t s and dance wi th tho se who walk wi thi n. Tran sparen cy cre e ps i n as the sun go e s down and t h e figu res shape shi f t i nto f re e standi ng sculptu ral forms.

The o rgani z ati o n o f the archi ve i s re in ven ted wit h the i m ple m e ntati o n o f a sym bi o ti c robot ret rieval syste m , allowi ng the ar ti facts to be stacked e f fe cti ve ly wi thi n the towe rs wi tho ut hu man agen cy.

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G L A S S W I N G The d i a p ha no us natu re of th e Gl ass w in g e me rge s f rom 3D p r i nte d , l as e r cu t a n d ca ste d com p o ne nts to crea te a n e t he re a l garm e n t, com b in in g a e st he ti cs of both t he c r yp t i c a n d dan g e rou s . T h e fa u x le athe r and s i l i co ne hyb r i d d re ss is a d istan t m e m o r y o f 19t h Ce nt ur y w i l low in g te ch n iqu e s an d th e Late Edward i a n co rs e t , co m in g toge th e r to fo rm a new, contem p o ra r y ex p re ss io n o f traditio n a l m e tho ds.

The ex p a ns i o n o f t h e b on in g f ragm e n ts tra nslate d arc hite c t ura l ly i nto a d e ploya ble stru ctu re that mor phs i nto va r i o u s form s a s th e k in e tic s ke le to n car r ies a nd p ut s st rain o n th e tra n s l u ce n t m e m brane .