DESIGN PROCESS

Using the Kresling pattern found in the art of origami, we extracted a mechanism that would deploy into the canopy of the rainforest based on its opposing axial rotational compression. These become anchor points for a tensile structure which can be manipulated based on the state of deployment. It has become a precedent for a wide variety of projects in engineering, aeronautics and architecture.

How can safety, efficiency, and culture be balanced in the process of extracting acai on Ilha Do Combu?

Twist the model in order to fold and collapse it.

Once the model is twisted, it flattens out to the ground.

Once collapsed, the model will then redeploy upward.

In order to expand the structure, it must be twisted in the opposite direction from the collapse twist direction in order to inverse the motion.

Vice Hub

Academic Project | Spring 2022 | Design 9

Vice Hub investigates how people and infrastructure can adapt to rising sea level changes. At the heart of the project, a long vertical farming tunnel provides residents with healthy living options without leaving their building, as well as an opportunity for social interactions with their neighbors through community gardening. We designed with the intention for residents to have access to transportation with sea level rise in mind, allowing direct access to the expanded Metrorail system by 2100. Therefore, the project will serve as a mixed-use transportation hub that will include a farmers market, exhibition space, restaurant, metrorail station, and residential apartments.

Located along the Miami Metrorail, the Miami River, and the expressway, our project focused on how transportation in Miami can be transformed to be more efficient, minimize traffic, and expand access to public trans portation while using cost-efficient sustainable strategies.

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