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SUKKAH CITY“Gathering” with Ginna Nguyen and So Sugita, Fall 2010
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So Sugita and Dwight Engel, Cecil Balmond Research Studio StickMergy with with Roland Snooks, University of Pennsylvania, 3rd year, Spring 2010
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Jason Smith, Hina Jamelle Studio MoMaMorphosis with University of Pennsylvania, 2nd year, Spring 2009
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VanDerSys Studio Time Lapse Keith University of Pennsylvania, 2nd year, Fall 2008
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Melting Restoration
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Pincus Studio Bee Pavilion Alex University of Pennsylvania, 1st year, Fall 2007
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Pincus Studio SMOG installation Alex University of Pennsylvania, 1st year, Fall 2007
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Ginna Nguyen and So Sugita, Enrique Norten Studio Museo Amparo with with David Maestres University of Pennsylvania, 3rd year, Fall 2010
Rhett Russo Studio University of Pennsylvania, 1st year, Spring 2008
SUKKAH CITY
“Gathering� one of twelve winners selected from over 600 to be built in Union Square, NYC. For forty years, the Israelites wandered the desert. They found rest from their wandering, communing with one another in shelters built of brush and trees. The city is similar. We wander its streets and get lost in its chaos. In the city we search for our own trees and our own temporary moments of urban intimacy. And whether wandering through the desert for forty years or through the city for a day, all people desire respite. The Sukkah is an icon for this relief from transience, and this project explores what a temporary structure can be in the urban environment through a non-linear design.
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1 Sukkah elevation. 2 Sukkah built in Union Square.
Dale Suttle with Ginna Nguyen and So Sugita, Fall 2010
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The relationship of urban transience to the generative system is in how singular bodies move towards certain points or attractions within a city. The
result is a calculated yet unpredictable pattern. In the sukkah, as the sticks shift, they create a specific entry and space of occupation for the user. The aggregation of the branches and the degree range of enclosure also allow for movement, creating a variation of porosity. The angle and flow of the sticks shade the reflecting soul during the day and at night guide the dweller’s eyes and spirit up to the stars.
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1 Exterior perspective rendering. 2 Interior perspective rendering. 3 Interior view of sukkah in Union Square.
Dale Suttle with Ginna Nguyen and So Sugita, Fall 2010
Sukkah City
The generative design process for the sukkah begins with a swarm algorithm originally written in Processing by So Sugita, Dwight Engel, and me for the
Stickmergy Studio Project. The script was adapted and advanced by incorporating many of the ancient Jewish rules defining the walls and dimensions of a kosher sukkah as restrictions for the swarm. The generated form consisting of 2000 vectors or sticks was broken into constructible pieces using a script in Rhinoceros and uploaded to a 3D viewing program on the iPhone for layout and assembly stick by stick in the fabrication shop. Eleven major pieces were then moved to Union Square and bolted together on site to create the temporary shelter.
1 Files uploaded to iPhone. 2 Selected piece in iPhone 3D viewer. 3 Materials for construction. 4 Assembly process. 5 Completed chunk. 6 Test assembly. 1
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Dale Suttle with Ginna Nguyen and So Sugita, Fall 2010
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1 Completed sukkah in Union Square. 2 Close-up of side wall.
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StickMergy is a study in generative design built by two competing but dependent agent-based systems. The first system uses the interac-
tion of its agents, called people, to define spaces in the building. People of different intentions are attracted to each other and together define programmatic spaces at a point in time. The spaces are solidified by the second system--randomly moving particles that generate a 4”x4”x6’ stick when they come in contact with a programmatic space. Initially many locations are equally viable, but just as people make a path through a woods by the repetition of use, rooms and their function are designated by repetition. The aggregation collects around the people’s spaces to create walls, and as they build they limit the movement of the people (see diagram 2). Single sticks can be removed by the people, but as the number of sticks increases, they are able to interfere with the movement of the people and permanently define a wall or floor. The two systems interact until eventually they reach a point of stasis.
1 View of building from across 33rd street. 2 Diagram of generative process of the building form.
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Dale Suttle with So Sugita and Dwight Engel, Cecil Balmond Studio with Roland Snooks, University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2010
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Within the walls and floors, each stick actively aligns with the others around it to create the flowing
transition of vectors across and through the building. The alignment and redundancy of the sticks creates not only a beautiful effect but also a structurally sound and functional building system that can easily move from theoretical project to building.
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1 Site plan. 2 View from main entrance to park. 3 Interior view of studio. 4 Interior view of gallery space.
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Dale Suttle with So Sugita and Dwight Engel, Cecil Balmond Studio with Roland Snooks, University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2010
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1 Aerial view of the school and park. 2 Main floor plan.
Dale Suttle with So Sugita and Dwight Engel, Cecil Balmond Studio with Roland Snooks, University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2010
Stickmergy
MoMAMORPHOSIS The MoMA addition creates a space that would simultaneously redefine and realign modern art with its forgotten
past. Rather than creating a cultural expose for the patrons to visit, the new museum provides a space where the visitors define the new culture. MoMAmorphosis began with a study in fossilization or the transformational process of organic material to stone. The idea was adapted into a transformative structural system that permeated the building and created the large atrium at the core. The atrium space allows for people to see and be seen and thereby discover the current culture rather than being instructed by the museum, creating an organic interpretaion of culture rather than a fossilized one.
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1 Exterior wall section detail. 2 View of atrium space.
Dale Suttle with Jason Smith, Hina Jamelle Studio University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2009
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1 1 Aerial view of addition. 2 Paper model of structural system. 3 Diagram of finish paneling. 4 Transforming column grid model. 5 Section through building addition.
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Floor Framing System
Floor Framing System
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Dale Suttle with Jason Smith, Hina Jamelle Studio University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2009
MoMAmorphosis
The structural transformation adapts to the secondary system of ramping floor slabs as well as the
atrium space. The ramping floors define the programmatic spaces within the museum while allowing for a continuous flow of spaces through the building. 1 First floor plan. 2 Second flor plan. 3 View of gallery space. 1
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Dale Suttle with Jason Smith, Hina Jamelle Studio University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2009
Time Lapse Observation of the area revealed an abundance of people traveling by car, bus, train, foot, bike and more around the site to
the surrounding areas, but little activity within the site itself. The goal of the project then became to promote interaction of the varying groups within the hybrid hotel-lounge-landscape. After extensive classification of the different possible users of the building and their likely trajectories through the site, an analog system was developed to optimize movement of people through the site while encouraging extended stays through various activities of interest to specific users. The resulting form fills a void in the heart of Philadelphia with a horizontally and vertically porous structure that promotes activity and interaction.
1 Path diagrams of various users. 2 View of club.
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Residents
Entertainment
Employees
Active Lifestyle
Hotel Guests
All Users
Dale Suttle, Keith VanDerSys Studio University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2008
The large variety of potential users of the development were organized into groups of similar interests
1 Diagram of each users activity and time between entry and exit. 2 Various users and their potential interests. 3 Diagram of entrances and levels of interaction with the building. 4 Categorization of all user groups and their potential interest in the site.
and associated with particular activities such as dining, shopping, and dancing that are part of the building’s program. The numerous entrances to the site were associated with likely time-based levels of commitment of the users and designed to encourage longer stays. The activities were associated with a time-based level of commitment and compared to each other revealing points of commonality and interaction between different users.
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Water Fountains Waiting Area Bus Stop Snacks Bike Racks Bird Feed Pet Friendly Health Tips
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ATM Maps Internet Kiosks
Restrooms Water Fountain Snacks-Healthy Drinks Information Desk Bike Racks Bike Rental Boat Rental Blade Rental Bird Feed Health Tips
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Cf3 Clubber-Female-30s Concert Ct Dn Stage 2 From Arch St. Stage 2 from Riverside Diner Stage 2 from Train/JFK. Groupies GrP Hotel-Family Hf Restrooms Restrooms Restrooms Hotel-Family-Adol. HfA Lunch Cafe Lunch Cafe Lunch Cafe Hotel-Family-Baby HfB Lobby Bike Racks Bike Racks Hotel-Family-Teen HfT Bike Racks Internet Kiosks Internet Kiosks Club Hotel-VIP HvP Internet Kiosks Coffee ATM HtG Hotel Guest ATM Weather Information NewlywedsATM Hotel Sevices Nw Weather Information Recycling Parking Rave Rv Recycling Recycling Rtd Lounge River Development Info Restaurant-Date Exhibit Space Sculpture Smoking Area Restaurant-Family RtF Storage Lockers Exhibit Space Restaurant-Party RtP VIP Bar Souvenirs RtG Restaurant Guest VIP LoungeTrain Schedules Vip Business Center
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Restrooms
Ball Rooms
Train Schedules
Bookstore
Train Tickets
Day Care
Exhibit Space
Gardens
Souvenirs
Restaurants
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Currency Exch
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Economy Aquatic Money Food Power Energy Diversion Service Influence Transport Luxury
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Snacks Cart Food Sundries Gas Information Desk Bike Racks Bike Rental Internet Kiosks To Go Coffee ATM Parking Weather Information Recycling
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Rail Time Lapse
Theatre Room Meditation Gar
The various means of transportation from foot to
rail are compared based on velocity and their likely activity around the site. Shortcuts were drawn from initial entrance points with the site to all possible exits and then organized to allow all means of transportation to enter and exit the site efficiently.
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Main floor plan. Ground floor plan. Exterior view of the building. String trajectories for analog model. 5 Vertical intertwining of strings. 6 Wrapping of trajectories in plastic. 7 Resultant form after heating. LOBBY LOBBY
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Melting Restoration A study in urban planning, this project explores the rebuilding of the Callowhill neighborhood of
Philadelphia through creation of a bathing district and a long-term plan of thirty-million square feet of commercial, residential, and industrial construction. Using a series of building blocks based on the traditional eighteen-foot plot of the area, the neighborhood is saturated to an extreme height and density (figure a). The block is then reduced vertically by a height restriction designed to integrate with the surrounding neighborhoods and focus on the bath houses. The prominent viaduct, existing roads, and green space further melt or reduce the building blocks at the points of intersection (figure b). The resulting plan provides the desired square footage while relating to the neighborhood’s history and the existing buildings in the surrounding area (figure c). a
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1 Initial “melting” strategy for the bath house district. 2 Inspirational photo of form creation through melting
Dale Suttle, Rhett Russo Studio University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2008
The long term urban planning strategy concentrates on first establishing bath houses along a new green area, the existing viaduct, and a new
commercial construction area along the border with downtown while preserving as many existing buildings as possible. Phase two and three continue to develop the green space in the area tangent to the viaduct to encourage movement into the bathing district while expanding the construction of multiuse properties and extensive residential buildings to the North. The result is a super-high-density, functional district focused around health by a large number of interconnected green spaces, a viaduct converted to a raised park, and a number of bath houses and spas. Phase one
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Industrial
Phase one demolition and green space
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Phase two demo and green space
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Commercial
Phase three demo and green space
Dale Suttle, Rhett Russo Studio University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2008
Melting Restoration
Bee Pavilion The honeybee pavilion uses processes derived from the self organizational
activities of bees and the simple cognitive memory systems they use for identification to create a building that educates and promotes an interest in honeybees, while providing facilities for research, queenrearing and honey production. The pavilion’s multi-entrance petal shape connects major points of interest on the site while providing independent entrances for guests, workers, and staff and creating a bridge over the valley where the bee houses are located and can be observed from the various lookouts. 1
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1 Diagram of natural filling of honey comb used to define the building paneling system. 2 Rendering of entrance and apiary below.
Dale Suttle, Alex Pincus Studio University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2007
Bee Pavilion
The building form was derived from a naturally
occurring radial pattern that a bee would perceive from certain shapes of flowers. The radial form connects major access points for researches, pedestrians, and vehicles while preserving the valley for use as an apiary.
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1 View of pavilion bridge over the road. 2 Section through the pavillion. 3 Floor plan.
Workshop
Queen Rearing
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Kitchen
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Meeting Room
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Smog Installation uses the properties of a weather phenomenon to create a display for transportation artifacts within the walls of the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. Smog provides a direct connection between the exhaust-producing artifacts and weather. Like the natural collection of smog within a valley or basin, the walls of the penitentiary provide a defining boundary for the installation. Furthermore, the artifacts being displayed with the installation are exhaust producing means of transport either through their production or use. The designed unit reflects a toxic smog particle in its branching and collecting tendency as well as its forboding shape. A script was written to simulate the collection of the particles within the boundary of the penitentiary which allowed for random collection of the units providing density and structure for the installation. 1
1 Movement of particle in generative script. 2 View of installation from below.
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Dale Suttle, Alex Pincus Studio University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2007
There are two major factors necessary for the development of smog--toxic particles and a boundary
which allows for accumulation. A script was developed to model the accumulation of the designed particles within a boundary while allowing for a randomness similar to that found in nature. The boundary is defined by the penitentiary walls and a map of the efficiencies of the given transportation artifacts.
1 View from ramp of installation. 2 Evolution of smog particle through the project. 3 Section through installation and penitentiary 4 Plan and artifact placement in exhibit. 1
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Dale Suttle, Alex Pincus Studio University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2007
Smog Installation
MUSEO AMPARO
The redesign and addition of the Museo Amparo promotes a new programmatic organization and public integration in the museum. Existing spaces have been reorganized around four active patios improving circulation and lighting in the spaces. The storage of artifacts has been brought out of the basement into a central tower where the objects are accessible to researchers from the core and visible to patrons on the exterior. By night the glowing tower of artifacts reminds the city of its heritage, and by day it provides a view to the surrounding city.
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Dale Suttle with Ginna Nguyen and So Sugita
Enrique Norten Studio with David Maestres, Fall 2010
The tower is the centerpiece of a new green urban park of polygonal panels on the roof of the
Amparo Museum. The parametrically-designed green roof uses the existing meter-thick walls for support while allowing light wells to strategically pierce into the galleries. Further, the roof exhibits contemporary sculpture that draws the public up the entrance stairs from the streets and down into the patios and galleries below. 1
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1 Roof view from adjacent building. 2 Perspective section looking East. 3 Perspective section looking South.
Edificio Seccion - E (Escala 1:100)
Edificio Seccion - B
Dale Suttle with Ginna Nguyen and So Sugita
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Enrique Norten Studio with David Maestres, Fall 2010
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