DESIGN Hale Youngblood
POLYMER TOWER January 2006 - May 2006 Interrogating structuring strategies and polymer attributes
POLYMER TOWER January 2006 - May 2006 Towering with polymers through a form-finding process driven by performance and force
POLYMER TOWER January 2006 - May 2006 Utilizing surface and connectivity to develop a structuring strategy for a polymer tower
Utilizing emerging polymer technologies, the tower system is constructed through a deployable, form finding process where tubes are inflated, configured, rigidzed, and completed with floors and membranes. The method removes the steps of rationalizing into components, creating a structure of continuity.
Tubes made of gas-activated rigidizable polymer contain elevator, circulation, air flow, and other vertical services. When inflated, the tubes reserve space for said utilities while serving as a flexible framework for the structure.
Overlapping helical tube surfaces serve as the tower’s vertical structure. Multiple bundled tubes are contained within each individual tube, increasing its overall surface area. These bundled tubes are also made of gas-activated rigidizable polymer. Tensile floor surfaces are supported by unidirectional fiber reinforced composite straps attached to the horizontal moments of the bundled tubes. These straps resist outward lateral thrust created by the helical tube surfaces.
The outer skin consists of ultraviolet light resistant shape memory polymer strips with imbedded tensile fibers. These strips help counter outward thrust, while acting as a deformable membrane able to create strategic tower openings. The inner skin is a thin polymer film with variable permeability to air, based on temperature and humidity. Attached to the imbedded tube surfaces, it serves a vapor barrier, while thermal insulation is achieved by the contained space between the two skins.
POLYMER TOWER
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POLYMER TOWER January 2006 - May 2006 Designing a process of construction unique to polymers
POLYMER TOWER January 2006 - May 2006 Testing structure and construction strategies with analogue and digital models
POLYMER TOWER January 2006 - May 2006 Investigating the potential of indeterminate structure and redundancy within polymer architecture
DRIVEWAY AUSTIN, WINN WITTMAN ARCHITECTS May 2008 Refining and depicting the schematic design of a pre-fabricated automobile garage unit for proliferation along a luxury race track in Austin, TX
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GUERAMY RESIDENCE, WINN WITTMAN ARCHITECTS June 2008 Utilizing the advantages of both digital and analogue modeling when conceiving the schematic possibilities of a project
GRANZOTTI RESIDENCE, WINN WITTMAN ARCHITECTS November 2007 - February 2008 Performing as Lead Designer from schematic design to design development for a single family residence on a challenging hillside site in west Austin, TX
GRANZOTTI RESIDENCE, WINN WITTMAN ARCHITECTS November 2007 - February 2008 Evolving the size, massing, orientation, height, and level of separation over a period of three months based on client desires, budget, and site topography
EDIFICIO DEL SED EXTERIOR RENDERING, CLOUD9 May 2007 - July 2007 Communicating project concept for international publication of an exposition pavilion with a dynamic salt-spraying exterior
MEDIATIC INTERIOR RENDERINGS, CLOUD9 May 2007 - July 2007 Informing interior systems and material design through renderings
CENTRE FOR MUSIC, ART, AND DESIGN (CMAD), PATKAU ARCHITECTS July 2005 - December 2005 Participating in project design development by building a large-scale analogue model in direct communication with the architects
Electronic Roller Shade Exterior Sheating Air Vapor Barrier Rigid Insulation Corrugated Galvalume Liner Aluminum Channel Pultrusion with Patinated Copper Cladding Aluminum T Support Stainless Steel Bolted Connection Neoprene Pad Stainless Steel Pin Connection with Neoprene Sleeve Glass Channel
Concrete Raised Floor Support Wood Glass
Electronic Roller Shade Exterior Sheating Air Vapor Barrier Rigid Insulation Corrugated Galvalume Liner Aluminum Channel Pultrusion with Patinated Copper Cladding Aluminum T Support Stainless Steel Bolted Connection Neoprene Pad Stainless Steel Pin Connection with Neoprene Sleeve Glass Channel
Electronic Roller Shade Exterior Sheating Air Vapor Barrier Rigid Insulation Corrugated Galvalume Liner Aluminum Channel Pultrusion with Patinated Copper Cladding Aluminum T Support Concrete Stainless Steel Bolted Connection Raised Floor Neoprene Pad Support Wood Steel Pin Connection with Neoprene Sleeve Stainless GlassChannel Glass
Concrete Raised Floor Support Wood Glass
Concrete Raised Floor Support Wood Glass
GRANDE BIBLIOTHEQUE DU QUEBEC, PATKAU ARCHITECTS July 2005 - December 2005 Creating presentation drawings for publication that simultaneously convey main ideas and detailed information for the project
MATERIAL SAMPLE 1 diverting, absorbing, pumping
MATERIAL SAMPLE 2 containing, blocking, permitting
SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL SAMPLES January 2005 - May 2005 Utilizing emergent polymer attributes on many scales to develop performative material systems
MATERIAL SAMPLE 3 blocking, emitting, directing
MATERIAL SAMPLE 4 enclosing, diffusing, collecting
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MATERIAL SAMPLE 4 EXPANDED enclosing, diffusing, collecting over time
SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL SAMPLES January 2005 - May 2005 Designing and testing dynamic material qualities through animation
CASTIGLION FIORENTINO HOUSING September 2004 - December 2004 Devising a housing strategy using an interconnected spatial organization found in Tuscan medieval cities, whereby the facade does not reveal unit distinction
CASTIGLION FIORENTINO HOUSING September 2004 - December 2004 Mimicking a pre-existing cliff and the medieval wall of the city as a site strategy, while developing private, semi-private, and public spaces in section
HOUSING X January 2003 - May 2003 Mapping existing urban relationships in the Third Ward of Houston, TX and devising a responsive residential strategy for a site within it
HOUSING X January 2003 - May 2003 Packing volumes contained by operational boundaries and organizing a hierarchical progression of private and public programs along the length of a housing unit