RESEARCH & DESIGN WORK
_James McAlistair Wilson
DESIGN [& BUILD] DEPLOYABLE INTEGRATED SHADING ENVIRONMENT
DESIGN [& BUILD] DIGITAL FABRICATION _STEAM BENDING
WAVE SWING
“THONET” CHAIR
CAPTURE
illuminating the interior and pixelating the exterior
DESIGN [& INSTALL] OSMOSIS AS NEEDED
{Osmosis As Needed} constitutes a spatial fracture punctuated by two distinct and highly contrasted conditions of Glow. The extreme Glow contained within leaks through to the exterior, transmitted through the porosity of the containing wall. An initial dense condition of emitted Glow is continually altered, its contrast shifted, as directed by the user situated on the interior. The movements of the directing users are trans mitted through the dividing wall, registering as moments of lack of Glow and creating a dynamic lighting condition on the exterior.
Jessica Mattson | Lisa SauvĂŠ | Jamie Wilson
CAPTURE plug and play
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{Osmosis as Needed} is the final resulting product of a series of efforts aimed at the control of GLOW and Darkness. The manipulation of two extreme and contrasting light conditions side by side is a common task within architectural design. This particular project sought to add to the discussion surrounding the manipulation of Light and Dark in architec ture by giving the user a significant amount of agency in the control of contrasting light conditions. The interactive installation poses questions as to the role of transient active and passive users in the manipulation of GLOW and Darkness. The temporal aspect of the project raises further questions as to the relationship between Light and Time. In what ways can GLOW be utilized to communicate the passage of time – or be used to manipulate Time – to speed it up, or slow it down? Finally, the project is concerned with the idea of materializing GLOW, of making it more tangible. The simple plastic test tube allows for the ability to hold Light in one’s hand and then to transmit that Light by literally piercing the physi cal boundary between Light and Dark.
Vaporized Beatrice Lau, William Liow, Michael Senkow
Still
Matt Acton, Patrick Ethen, Meghan Reynard, Nate Smalligan
Diurnal Direction Yunyuan Deng, Yinan Li
Diffused Spaces Mary Beth Carolan, James Rotz, Katie Schenk
Osmosis As Needed
1000 tubes // 4” x 1/2” dia.
Play. 17 yards // white fabric 8 studs // 4’ x 2” x 3”
2 sheets // 4’ x 8’ x 1/2”
10 yards // black fabric
4’ 2’ 4’ 8’ 8 studs // 7’ x 2” x 3”
ENCOMPASS instructed by Catie Newell ASSEMBLE
fabric, wood, plastic. total cost: $400.12?
6’
4’
fix fabric to existing wall *
attach white fabric backing
secure studs to frame wall
staple black fabric to studs insert tubes through fabric cuts
connect stud wall to flooring
CONSTRUCT
*if existing wall is not available an extra wall can be manufactured
DIRECT
a changing gradient of temporal quality
FILM -> http://vimeo.com/22180819
DESIGN [& PRINT] DIMENSIONS VOLUME 23
WEB -> http://www.tcaup.umich.edu/architecture/publications/dimensions/dimensions23/
FILM -> http://vimeo.com/19213402
RESEARCH, DESIGN [& BUILD] SUCCESSIONAL BOND
RETHINKING THE ORGANIC ORIGINS OF MASONRY
RESEARCH [& DESIGN] CREDIT CARD CEMETERY @ NEW HARMONY, IN
Credit Card C e m e t er y
Total cards in circulation in U.S. (as of 12/31/08) Visa credit: 309 million MasterCard credit: 211 million American Express credit: 54 million Discover credit: 57.1 million
+
Debtor’s Rehabilition C o m p l e x Loss Loss Loss Loss
of
freedom of cash flow of time of opportunities
“involves a radical reappraisal of modern assumptions about culture, identity, history, or language”
i mp e r f e c t , d i s e a s e d , “to see c o r r u p t i b l e , c o m m o n and ephemeral things in an state towards a u n f a m i l i a r perfect, healthy, “the individual is incor r uptible, or strange and everlasting solely responsible for way, in order s t a t e ” giving one’s own life meaning and living to enhance that life passionately perception of and sincerely, the familiar” in spite of many existential obstacles emotions are translated and distractions into images, narrative including despair, or personified as separate entities angst, absurdity, “views psychological tension and a l i e n a t i o n , and boredom”
Heterotopias of deviation are institutions “a more where we place authentic way i n d i v i d u a l s of being in the whose behavior is outside world than the norm anxiety as necessary for growth” simply as a way ( h o s p i t a l s , a purification a s y l u m s , of knowing” or a purging “Recovery is a p r i s o n s , of emotions homes, process rest permanent Th ere is always “Hedge fund founder without culmination.” c e m e t e r y ) something to
At the end of 2008, Americans’ credit card debt reached $972.73 billion.
see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot.
Thierry de la Villehuchet kills self after losing $1B in Madoff scandal”
“How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. “a reversal Eternal sunshine of fortune” of the spotless a ritual of burial, of mind! Each unburdening, of forgetting, pray’r accepted, and each wish of ridding oneself of r e s i g n ’ d . ”
Relinquish
Suspend
Inter
Cremate
Where one might give
Where one might act
Where
Where
up a power that often leads to the creation of a heavy burden
to halt a habit that serves only to create and sustain burden
one might entomb a responsibility one is no longer willing or able to bear
one might start a new life by parting with one that is no longer healthy
SEMI-PUBLIC PLAZA
PUBLIC PLAZA
SEMI-PRIVATE “STREET”
SEMI-PRIVATE
PUBLIC PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION
St all mb Tru
RESEARCH [& DESIGN] HOUSING @ DETROIT, MI
Michigan Ave
4
2
5
4 1
1 3” SHIPLAP CLADDING
1 BRICK CLADDING
2 RADIANT FLOOR HEATING
2 BRUSHED STEEL GUARDRAIL
3 8” PRECAST CONCRETE HOLLOW CORE
3 8” PRECAST CONCRETE HOLLOW CORE
4 HUNG PRECAST CONCRETE PANEL
4 HUNG PRECAST CONCRETE PANEL
5 2 X 8 WOOD DECKING
5 2” CONCRETE TOPPING
1 2 5 3
3
1 3” SHIPLAP CLADDING 2 FINISHED WOOD PLANK FLOORING 3 2 x 12 WOOD JOISTS 2 1
1 BEDROOM STUDENT UNIT 400 SQ FT FLOOR 1
FLOOR 2
FLOOR 3
FLOOR 1
2 BEDROOM STUDENT UN 500 SQ FT FLOOR 2
FAMILY TOWNHOUSE UNIT 1200 SQ FT
LIVE / WORK UNIT TYPE 1600 SQ FT
NIT
TERRACE SERVICE SPACE LIVING SPACE BEDROOMS CIRCULATION SPACE
LIVE / WORK UNIT TYPE 1 1000 SQ FT
E2 FAMILY RENTAL UNIT 1200 SQ FT
RESEARCH [& DESIGN] THESIS: MACHINES OF MANIPULATION
RESEARCH [& DESIGN] LATENT FIGURES @DETROIT, MI Industrial / Highways
Industrial / Major Roads
BLUE COLLAR WORKERS
WHITE COLLAR WORKERS
ZOOMED OUT
Industrial / Rail
BOUN
INDUSTRIAL
Vacant / Highways
Vacant / Major Roads
ZOOMED OUT
Vacant / Arterial Roads
PARKS/OPEN
Residential / Highways
Residential / Major Roads Residential / Arterial Roads
INDUSTRIAL
Parks / Highways
Parks / Major Roads
Parks / Arterial Roads
RETI A
VACANT [NON-RESIDENTIAL]
A
B
BOUNDING/ISOLATING
INTERCHANGING
ZOOMED OUT
LARGE FAMILIES
IRED
LONG-TIME RESIDENTS
INDUSTRIAL
C
RE-ROUTING/EXTENDING
PARKS/OPEN
A
B A VACANT [NON-RESIDENTIAL]
BOUNDING/ISOLATING
C
NETWORKED URBAN DYNAMICS INTERCHANGING
LATENT FIGURES IN THE URBAN FIELD RE-ROUTING/EXTENDING
B C
RESEARCH [& EXPLORE] DUTCH URBAN PATTERN BOOK @ AMSTERDAM, NL