Portfolio

EDWARD R. WINN eddiewinn@gmail.com

704.224.4106

PORTFOLIO

EDWARD R. WINN eddiewinn@gmail.com

704.224.4106

Education

Experience

Southern California Institute of Architecture

Shop Employee | Assembly+Fabrication Department | Sign Art

Master of Design Research | ESTm

Worked fabrication and assembly phases of sign production. Conducted CNC routing of sign faces, walls, brackets, and plates. Assembled sign components, as well as full signage.

Los Angeles, CA | September 2015

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Cum Laude | Charlotte, NC | May 2014

Bachelor of Architecture Cum Laude | Charlotte, NC | May 2013

Bachelor of Arts in Architecture

Central Europe Study Abroad Program

Summer 2012 Germany, Czech Republic, Austrian, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia

Awards + Honors

Charlotte, NC | May 2012 - June 2014

Research Assistant | Digital Arts Center | SoA at UNCC Charlotte, NC | Fall 2012 - Spring 2014

Collaborated with fellow designers, artists, and professors on projects investigating material constraints. The research explored material characteristics through advanced modeling techniques, innovative fabrication procedures, prototyping, and full-scale construction. Projects were often guided by the principles of “design-for-disassembly” and “pre-cycling” to avoid the irresponsible use of resources.

Teacher’s Assistant | SoA at UNCC Charlotte, NC | Spring 2014

Awarded for notable leadership, service, and merit.

Assisted in teaching of Computational Practice, a required course of graduating students.

Assisted fellow students in learning and implementing digital design tools and methods.

Developed the course’s final project, a temporary design-build installation which introduced students to these objectives with a hands-on, team approach.

Excellence in Digital Design

Fabrication Lab Technician | SoA at UNCC

Alpha Ro Chi Bronze Medal SoA Graduation Award | May 2014

SoA Graduation Award | May 2014

Awarded for notable, successful engagement of architecture through computational design methodologies.

Hackathon Competition | 1st Place

ACADIA Conference | Los Angeles, CA | October 2014

Charlotte, NC | Fall 2010 - Spring 2014

Assisted in the operation, supervision, and maintenance of the lab’s digital fabrication and prototyping tools, including: laser cutters, 3D printers, a CNC mill, and a CNC plasma cutter.

Facilitated fellow students’ projects by helping them to better understand, engage, and implement digital prototyping and fabrication processes.

Competition brief: “Design Glitch, Vulnerability of Systems.”

Member of team tied for 1st place.

Solar Decathlon [Design, Research, Construction] | SoA at UNCC

People’s Choice + 3rd Place in Engineering

Collaborated within a multi-discipline team to design, develop, and realize the geopolymer concrete components of the house. Held key role in research and development phase.

Assisted in development of a modified construction process to suit needs of our innovative concrete material. Additional involvement includes steel erection, interior construction, interior finishing, custom casework, custom furniture, and project visualization.

Solar Decathlon | Summer 2013

Team awards.

Studio Competition | 1st Place 3rd Year Design Studio

Awarded to the studio project that displayed highest level of design exploration, resolution, and representation.

Research Through Making Grant SoA | Spring 2013

Awarded grant to design, develop, and build a project of personal interest in which methods of advanced digital design and fabrication were utilized.

SoA Prospectus

UNCC SoA Publication | Spring 2013

3rd Year Studio project featured in SoA’s annual publication, “Prospectus”.

Charlotte, NC | August 2011 - October 2013

Whitewater River Guide | Nantahala Outdoor Center Nantahala National Forest | Summer 2010 | 2011 | 2012

Worked as a river guide leading large groups down the Nantahala River in North Carolina.

Worked independently and with a team to anticipate situations, and to quickly and effectively relate to and gain trust of guests.

Student Intern | Lorenz Architecture

Concord, NC | Fall 2005 - Spring 2009

Assisted project managers in the production and revising of construction documents through all phases of projects. Typical project types included commercial, retail, and religious.

Responsibilities included drafting, red lines, field documentation, as-built drawings, office inventory and managerial tasks.

Skills Software

Modeling+Drafting: Rhino3D + Grasshopper (including numerous plugins). Revit. AutoCad. Maya.

Visual: Adobe Creative Suite (primarily InDesign, Photoshop Illustrator, AfterEffects). Maxwell Render. VRay. Keyshot.

Fabrication: Aspire. VCarve.

Making

Digital Fabrication+Prototyping: CNC milling. CNC plasma cutting. Laser cutting. 3D printing. Vacuum forming.

Manual Methods: Model making. Wood working. Concrete material methods. Pre-cast concrete construction. Wood-construction. Sketching.

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

CHARLOTTE LEARNING CENTER

UNC Charlotte Fall 2013 - Spring 2014 5th Year Comprehensive Studio

The Charlotte Learning Center is a mixed-use building in downtown Charlotte serving as a venue for gathering and collaborating between local youth, college students, and professionals. Within walking distance of an elementary school and UNC-Charlotte’s satellite campus, the CLC establishes itself as an accessible educational incubator fostering the learning community. Ground floor public amenities include exhibition spaces, a cafe, community garden, classrooms, and light rail ticketing stations. Offices and collaborative spaces are located above, creating a educational community, turning workers into learners.

North Elevation

East Elevation

Shade, solar gain, and adjacency studies

South Elevation

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Section perspective

Ground floor

ground floor plan 1/8 ” = 1’-0”

cafe | exhibition | activity center

cafe

activity area

exhibition

Entry / lobby

Site plan

SYSTEMS DESIGN + INTEGRATION

UNC Charlotte Fall 2013 - Spring 2014 5th Year Comprehensive Studio Building System Research + Design

In addition to design development, the CLC project included a system design and integration phase. As a learning environment meant to generate interest and excitement through interactions between people and place, an appropriate system would be visually captivating, kinetic, and colorful. The chosen system serves multiple functions; it is both a shading device as well as energy harvesting strategy. It was important the system be beneficial to the occupants as well as the environment.

By designing the panels to be made of a flexible fabric, they are able to twist and contort to orient in response to the sun’s path, giving the illusion the building is breathing as the sun moves throughout the day. Flexible photovoltaic cells would be custom fabricated and sewn into the fabric shading panels, allowing the panels to contort and orient while also harvesting solar energy. Ample time was spent developing a system kinetics logic, running simulations, and comparing results.

Left Analysis : Solar gain on various building inclinations Center Diagram : Panel kinetics diagram and solar gain effects Analysis Below : Solar gain on various contortions of panels on the southeast, south, and southwest facing facades Lower Left Render : tectonic assembly of floor and facade

DURHAM GARDENS

UNC Charlotte Spring 2013 3rd Year Studio 1st Place in Studio Competition

Durham Gardens is a mixed-use project located just outside of downtown Durham, NC. The project shares the intersection with a farmer’s market and a public park.

The two are integrated into the design and social structure of the project, which is comprised of housing units above two levels of public amenities. An open-air patio below the units provides residents and neighbors a safe place to gather in the evening once the market and park have closed. It also gives the market an opportunity to spill into the site, creating a strong connection between the two while allowing ample room for other events. The lower street level houses shops and support spaces. Unit design provides maximum daylight, ventilation, and visual access to both downtown and neighboring communal spaces.

The structure and organization of the project allow for a partial pre-fab construction scenario, with certain unit components being built off-site.

Unique unit key

Above left: Site adjacency diagrams Above right: Floor plans

Section

North Elevation

ING VENICE HOMELESS HOUSING

VENICE HOMELESS HOUSING

VENICE HOMELESS HOUSING

Factory FactoryFabricated FabricatedWet WetUnit UnitFactory Fabricated Wetfootage Unitof On OnSite SiteConstruction Construction Factory Fabricated On Site Construction Wet Unit This unit has a total square 343 square feet but has variable square footage elements that subdivide the space into dynamic interior/exterior spaces. The Unit has large glass doors that open the kitchen and bedroom to the exterior patio converting them from only interior spaces, to now larger combined spaces.

PREFAB UNIT STUDY

SCI Arc Spring 2015 Team Project

In preparation for their new housing project, Venice Community Housing invited us to visit and observe existing community housing in Venice, CA. We were asked to develop unit designs based on input we received from tenants, maintenance, and staff. Tendencies and habits of all were unique, yet there were a few key elements everyone seemed to agree on: more storage, having outdoor space, and ‘keeping busy’.

The unit represented here is based on these three key items. Multi-functional and kinetic elements are designed so the occupant must engage and interact with their environment on a daily basis. A murphy bed is used to maximize space during the day, while a large shelving system hung from the ceiling acts as both storage and a privacy screen. Large double doors in the bedroom and kitchen open up to a cozy patio. The doors provide a sense of privacy while the patio is in use. When all doors are open, natural air and light reach all of the unit, creating the feeling of being outdoors.

Storage StorageDiagrams Diagrams

Total TotalSquare SquareFootage: Footage:343 343 Interior: Interior:266 266 Exterior: Exterior: 77 77 Storage Diagrams

The unit contains several storage options and even a dynamic one that slides along a track to divide the bedroom from the living spaces. This adds additional storage which was important to the tenants as well as an efficient way to create privacy.

Overall the unit takes advantage of a small overall footprint by creating multiuse spaces and incorporating storage and functionality within the space.

Project Name: Venice Homeless Housing Designers: Michael Kinard and Edward Winn Fabrication Method: Pre-Fab Location: Venice, CA Floor plan _ private arrangement

Floor plan _ hosting/open arrangement

Square Footage: 343 SF Cost: N/A

Total Total Total Square Square Square Footage: Footage: Footage: 343 343 343 Interior: Interior: Interior: 297 297 266 Exterior: Exterior: Exterior: 464677 Storage Diagrams

Factory Fabricated Wet Unit Storage Diagrams

Total Total Total Square Square Square Footage: Footage: Footage: 343 343343 Interior/Exterior: Interior/Exterior: Interior: 297 254 254 Interior: Interior: Exterior: 8989 46

Total Total Total Square Total Square Square Square Footage: Footage: Footage: Footage: 343343 343343 Interior: Interior/Exterior: Interior/Exterior: Interior/Exterior: 266 150 150254 Exterior: Interior Interior Interior: 77 293 293 89 Above: Sq-ft diagrams

Total Square Total Square Footage: Footage: 343 343 Interior: Interior/Exterior: 297 150 Exterior: Interior 46 293 interior vs ‘outdoor’ space

of Left: Interior elevations [green=storage]

Total Square Footage: 343 On Interior: 266 Exterior: 77

Total Square F Interior/Exter Interior: 89

Total Square Footage: 343

Site Construction Interior: 297 Exterior: 46

Factory fabricated elements, including wet wall housing all plumbing

On-site construction and installation

Storage Diagrams

FREEDOM PARK LIBRARY

UNC Charlotte Spring 2011 2nd Year Design Studio

Quietly situated amongst the trees of Freedom Park, the library provides guests space inside and outside for learning, collaborating, and reading. The design is based on established site datums and the relationships they have [and generate] with the wooded areas on site. One datum, while connecting the neighborhood with Freedom Park, creates an approach defined by ample outdoor space.

Another datum, crossing the first, pulls the library’s spaces from these imaginary regulating lines, into the tree canopy.

Extending into the woods, the library provides comfortable, nurturing spaces for discovery, creating spaces that blend the inside and out.

Wall Section 1

2’ 1’

4’ 3’

8’

FABRICATION

VAULT

UNC Charlotte Fall 2012 Team Design + Fabrication Project Project Leader

Vault was a design-build installation at UNC-Charlotte guided by the principles of ‘precycling’ and ‘designing for disassembly’. Methods of form rationalization were implemented to ensure the form could be achieved using milled plywood sheets as the building material. After the installation, each panel was paired with a matching support structure creating a unique table or bench. Once disassembled, the benches and tables were given away to fellow students, faculty, and staff.

Original table design

Fabrication processes

Panel connection detail

CNC cut files

SOLAR DECATHLON 2013

Concrete Research, Design, Production UNC Charlotte Fall 2011 - Fall 2013 Team Project

In the Solar Decathlon 2013, my primary contributions were in the areas of material research, facade design and production, and construction. I worked with a team of civil engineers and local concrete manufacturers to research fly-ash geopolymer concrete’s qualities and feasibility as a building material. Following the r+d phase, I was part of a two-man team charged with facade design and development. Remaining within the theme of conscious design, it was important that the formwork be rearrangeable, reusable, and fabricated in-house.

Innovative CNC milling techniques were implemented to minimize milling times. Formwork tiles were designed to allow for a variety of configurations while using a limited number of unique elements. By fabricating in-house we were able to efficiently and effectively collaborate with industry professionals during production.

Congruent slope

Material research and development: formwork effects, material finishes and coloring, monitoring temperature of mix during curing process, effects on and of capillary tube system, sample monitoring and testing, strength testing.

Facade design and production: CNC milling of formwork components, developing tiling process to create variation between facades, production of concrete panels.

SOLAR DECATHLON 2013 Interior Elements Fabrication UNC Charlotte Fall 2011 - Fall 2013 Team Project

The design called for custom-built furniture, casework, and unique elements throughout the home in order to efficiently and elegantly balance storage space with occupiable space. Movable, expandable, and builtin elements were designed to be both functional and beautiful. Laminated bamboo sheets were the primary material of choice used across most elements, surfaces, and features, reinforcing a unified design theme. I was a member of the fabrication team, charged with the task of building the interior elements based on provided shop drawings. Elements I had a key role in fabricating include built-in casework for the kitchen and bedroom, the custom expandable dining table, and a swinging wall that functioned as a storage element, entertainment wall, and space divider.

[PRE]VILLION

UNC Charlotte Spring 2013 AIA Flint Flat Lot Competition Digital Arts Center Team Project

[PRE]Villion was a team entry for the AIA Flat Lot Competition in Flint, Michigan. Guided by the principles of ‘precycling’ and ‘designing for disassembly’, the installation was designed with all of the used materials’ afterlife in mind. Catenary shading structures of varying sizes were designed using metal studs and cut and folded aluminum paneling. Following the installation, any left over metal studs could be donated to a charity construction organization, while the assembled canopy structures could function as shaded bike racks, benches, or bus stops. The goal was to create temporary, iconic structures and spaces for the public to gather during the summer.

Model photo

Studies, prototypes, mock-ups

Exploded view shaded bench

Process for folding perforated sheet metal piece into connection joint

VENT DENT

UNC Charlotte Spring 2013 DArts Team Project Permanent Installation

Vent Dent was an exploration of developable surfaces, and how to achieve them through methods of digital design and fabrication. A set of vents in UNCC SoA’s primary lecture hall were damaged and needed a replacement.

Rather than ordering a new set, we took it upon ourselves to design and fabricate in-house. The challenge was maintaining an interesting design that could fit within the existing rough opening, while maintaining required air flow. Most of the design work was done algorithmically in Grasshopper using variable inputs, such as air flow, material length, vent panel length, number of panels, and allowable curvature. Once a desired panel was achieved in the model, a cnc mill file was easily output and sent to the mill for fabrication.

Example of a cut-file

Before

Milling process

After

Installation

Milling process

THE BAMBOOZLER

UNC Charlotte Fall 2012 Team Design -Build Installation ‘Research Through Making Grant’

The “Research Through Making Grant” invited applicants to design and build a project of personal interest that utilizes the act of making as a research method.

Bamboozler explored the challenges and opportunities provided through a hybrid construction, in which manufactured, off-the-shelf items and natural materials are combined. Sheet steel, conventional hardware, and bamboo were used to build an occupiable shading structure. Iterative modeling and solar analyzing generated the form, length of bamboo sections, and the angle at which they were situated. Naturally, the bamboo began to decay and the steel began to rust enhancing the colors of and relationship between the materials.

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TIME OF DAY _ A

TIME OF DAY _ B SUN PATH _ TIME OF DAY _ C

TIME OF DAY _ D

Connection detail

Connection detail

Sun path across installation

DESIGN RESEARCH

PROJECTED [DIS]ARRAY

SCI Arc Summer 2015 Design Research Studio

Projected [dis]Array is concerned with the tension between disparate parts and wholes. Projective patterning is used as a method of unifying discrete formal, tectonic, and material systems: the monolith, the aggregate, the field. Going beyond a strictly tectonic mergence, the new system holistically merges the monolith and aggregate by subverting their hierarchical readings. Scripted processing generated patterns derived from original unit component.

Speculatively, groups of these structures are situated within a solar collector and PV field. The concrete monoliths function as energy storage and generation facilities. Solar collectors transfer heat energy to the structures where it is stored and eventually used to produce power. Supplemental electrical power is also generated by the PVs within the array.

Above: Section Left: Oblique

Above: Aggregation of component on monolith Below: Iterations of pattern variation achieved through scripted processing

[Heat Dissipation] [PV Array]

Left: Systems diagram Below: Model images [Solar Collectors]

[Thermal Storage + Systems]

[Paths]

THE UNCANNY

SCI Arc Spring 2015 Design Research Studio Team Project

As a conceptual design for a Los Angeles River Research Center, the project began by re-defining “landscape” in a way that the meaning would develop the design process.

Rather than acknowledging “landscape” as a manicured swatch of land, The Uncanny assumes “landscape” to be defined by the elements of an area that have effect over time through patterns of activity. Recalling past moments of flooding in the LA River, iterative design and modeling procedures were defined by turbulent motions of rotation and extrusion to mimic water. Animation, scripted digital modeling, and a purpose-built physical modeling apparatus were used to generate hybrid fabrication and representation procedures, resulting in a highly specific augmented digital/physical work flow.

Site plan

Hybrid conceptual sectional drawings

Animation used as drawing method

Section

Purpose-built modeling machine during process

Hybrid models manufactured by physical modeling machine

SPITTING IMAGES

SCI Arc Fall 2014 Design Research Studio Team Project

Spitting Images is a conceptual project that investigates the role of the “image” in representation, design, and fabrication. Often, “image” is assumed to mean a “flattened copy”. As the gap between the digital and physical realms continues to narrow, new techniques of representation must be considered, bringing the role of the image into question. Image-based design and fabrication instantiates a new role for the image, alleviating it from the assumption of existing as a mere copy. In this project, the image is used as a tool in a method of translating between realms. Merging digital abstractions with material agencies offers new ways to visualize and design..

Above: Work-flow diagram Lower Left: Robotic tool-pathing instructions Lower Right: Manufactured model details

ORBIT 2.0

SCI Arc Summer 2015 Robotic Processes Research Team Project

Orbit 2.0 is a robotic manufacturing project researching the control and effects of procedural motions and processes on an ephemeral material. Rather than maneuvering the tool, as in many typical robotic procedures, the object being acted upon is moved through space, inverting the relationship between the tool and the material. The objects are quarter spheres made by embedding a 3D printed, aggregate object in wax. Tool paths are created by projecting edges of the embedded object outwards onto the curved surface. The assembled objects layer digital and physical information through 3D printing, procedural manufacturing, and material behavior.

Tool paths

Embedded 3D print within assembly

Final Exhibition

Process

AN IN-SITU FREAKOLOGY

SCI Arc Spring 2015 Speculative Theory Team Project

Based on Graham Harman’s ‘Weird Realism’ and Timothy Morton’s ‘Hyperobject’, An In-situ Freakology is a speculative take on the Los Angeles River’s future.

Although most see the debris, junk, and garbage populating the LA River as foreign objects that need to be removed, it is hard to ignore the fact that a new ecology has developed in response to and around these objects.

This project speculates on the objects and atmosphere that would come to exist if current conditions and trends concerning the river continued along the same trajectory.

ORBIT

SCI Arc Spring 2015 Design Research Seminar Team Project

Neither additive nor subtractive, Orbit defines a process of reassembly and redistribution, made possible through the choreographed robotic motion. Through a series of turbulent procedures, objects are momentarily suspended between material phases, allowing for the redistribution of matter and the emergence of form and qualities. As objects are materially reduced and reassembled, new characteristics arise. Thin layers of material are stretched, wrapped, and accumulated. Particles separate and aggregate, forming textured, stalagmitic growths. Colors are smeared and speckled, providing a trace of the original procedure motions.