Kent Wilson Portfolio 2016

Portfolio – Design Please also refer to my Master of Architecture thesis at: http://issuu.com/kentw/docs/wilson_thesis_book_issuu.com2 and my Branner research proposal at: http://issuu.com/kentw/docs/branner_proposal_portfolio_essay/1

DRAX POWER STATION (UK) | adaptive re-use and urbanization Cooling towers of the massive Drax Power Station, incrementally repurposed with scaffolding and gypsum slurry injections, offer protection from predators and shelter from the elements.

Farmers herd sheep into the ground floor of the cooling towers in the evenings, then climb to their homes within the scaffolding above.

Drax site perspective visualization. Physical models in photo composite.

Drax partial site plan (not to scale).

Towers section cut at 150 ft. from ground.

Drax partial site plan (not to scale).

Towers section cut at 150 ft. from ground.

Gypsum slurry injection machine (far left) provides the means to create faceted complex-curved drywall and reinforced gypsum panels from instructions derived from 3D digital Rhino models. Study models provide proof of concept for method by which Drax cooling tower residents can construct the walls of coccoon homes.

Sectional model of cocoon dwellings at 1/8 inch scale. Section cut from core of cooling tower after concrete skin has peeled away.

Photos: Kent Wilson

Portfolio – Fabrication and Production Management

SOL Grotto | installation CNC milled plywood pavilion with 1400 glass tubes positioned according to digital pattern. Managed fabrication and installation on site.

Design by Rael San-Fratello.

Photos: Matthew Millman

Portfolio – Design Paper gesture models

versaTRELLIS | public art installation for San Francisco Rendering from digital 3D model

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Proposal currently under consideration, for full scale fabrication and installation of pedestrian amenity near SFMOMA in San Francsico.

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Diagram by collaborator Alex Schofield, who contributed modular planter insert concept, from my digital model and initial design concept.

Portfolio – Fabrication and Production Management

Bloom | 3D printed cement pavilion Led the fabrication team in the year-long production and final installation of the first and largest powderbased 3D printed cement structure built to date, composed of 840 unique 3D printed blocks, demonstrating the architectural potential of 3D printing. Design by UC Berkeley professor Ronald Rael.

Photo: Matthew Millman

Photo: Kent Wilson

Portfolio – Design

Data and the Sublime | data-driven urban concept for Richmond, CA This project re-conceptualizes “Big Data” as a neonatural force in the context of the Anthropocene.

The design responds to data-driven imperatives projecting population growth and sea level rise, while it balances areas for wildlife migration and habitat with hyper-densification of the urban fabric.

Collaborators: Jun Li, Alex Schofield, Mark Anderson

A field of data represented by steel pins magnetizes density data, folding a duplicate of the existing urban fabric into potential massings for the new city (layered acrylic) while maintaining existing structures (dark masses).

Portfolio – Fabrication and Production Management

SeatSlug | 3D printed cement bench Composed of 240 unique 3D-printed cement bricks.

Produced the 3D printed components, managed production schedule, lead assembly and installation.

Design by Emerging Objects, where I serve as a design associate under design lead Ron Rael.

Portfolio – Design

3D Printed Ceramic Bricks Study model. Part of research currently in progress investigating the architectural potential for 3D printed ceramic building components.

Portfolio – Design

Study Models in 3D Printed Cement

Photo: Kent Wilson

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Selected elements from masters thesis.

Find the full thesis book at: http://issuu.com/kentw/docs/wilson_thesis_book_issuu.com2

Photograph of digital drawing on photo composite, ink-jet printed on mylar, laser engraved and laser cut.

Model incorporating multiple digital fabrication processes: laser cutting, 3D printing (both cement powder and PLA extrusion), as well as 3D printed cement embedded in cast resin, then cut and polished.

Thesis drawings

Thesis models: 3D printed cement generated from digital model of capitol dome, embedded in casting resin, cut and polished.

Composition of digital drawings, photographs and models.

Components from thesis presentation: laser-cut notes, dice and ice cubes made of resin embedded with 3D printed cement sections of capitol dome.

Thesis models incorporating 3D printed cement, casting resin, steel wire, 3D printed PLA, laser-cut museum board, and laser engraved maple blocks.

Model on left is generated from a 3D mesh derived from digitization (scan) of partially exploded resin model. Model on right is derived from a mesh designed in Modo.

Graduate Thesis Exhibition May, 2015