Kent Wilson Portfolio
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Portfolio – Design
Study Models in 3D Printed Cement
Photo: Kent Wilson
Portfolio – Design
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Selected elements from masters thesis. Find the full thesis book at: http://issuu.com/kentw
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 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
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 powder-based 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
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 – 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, led assembly and installation. Design by Emerging Objects, where I served as a design associate.
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
Data point array for urb
Passages within building massings accommodate butterfly migration, data flows, light and air.
Existing structures become embedded in new urban growth
y: attractors ban massing
Potential new urban masses
Raised landscape areas cap toxic brown field
Existing structures
Unremediable toxic fill within the AstraZeneca/Stauffer Chemical Site remains as ecological memorial park and wildlife corridor.
Models explore sectional “core samples” from six different zones throughout the site. 10”x10”x variable height. 1/64” = 1’
Silos of toxic fill serve as features of interest in the landscape and provide opportunities for experiments in bioremediation.
Portfolio – Design
SOMA Neighborhood Fitness Center Urban infill project for San Francisco’s SOMA (South of Market) neighborhood. UC Berkeley undergraduate architecture studio under instruction of Roddy Creedon and Lionel Devlieger.
Sketches and conceptual section
Portfolio – Design
Point Bonita Rejeuvenation Center Concept for holistic treatment center integrated with a landscape stabilization structures to inhibit further erosion at Point Bonita in the Marin Headlands (California).
Concept sketches and study models based on site research
LEVEL 1 PLAN
LEVEL 2 PLAN
Concept model – 3D-printed cement infused with epoxy resin – 10” x 8” x 8”
Massing and site model – laser-cut acrylic, c-flute and museum board – 30” x 12” x 12” – scale: 1/6”=1’
Portfolio – Design
IHOP | Adaptilve Reuse Schematic concept for daptation of abandoned IHOP restaurant (Oakland, California) for reuse as an art gallery, workshop, and artist’s residences.
460 Grand Avenue Proposed Art Park, event ground
Future Art Murmer administrative office and ret Pedestrian vectors at peak Art Murmer density
460 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA adaptive reuse of former IHOP restaurant for Oakland Art Murmer artist residences, workshop, gallery and sculpture partk
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SHOP UNIT 1
GALLERIES
UNIT 2
UNIT 3
Portfolio – Design
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 ideogram: study models of Resilience Machine, photo collage and digital rendering (modo) – 18”x 24”
Drax occupiers struggles with police prior to occupation of power station. Study models in photo collage with re-touched media imagery.
Gypsum slurry sprayed into steam column solidifies on structural beams and columns to form caves for occupation and sheep cheese production. Cooling tower height 350 ft. Models at 1:30 scale. Models made of 3D printed cement, hardened steel and gypsum plaster on laser-cut/engraved birch plywood base. 8”x8”x12”
Drax partial site plan (not to scale). Towers section cut at 150 ft. from ground.
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Sectional model of cocoon dwellings at 1/8 inch scale. Section cut from core of cooling tower after concrete skin is peeled away. Hybrid fabrication: hardened steel, laser-cut chipboard, epoxy resin, gypsum plaster, steel mesh. Photos: Kent Wilson
Portfolio – Design
versaTRELLIS | public art installation for San Francisco Concept for modular urban parklette structure.
Diagram in collaboration with Alex Schofield.
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 and Fabrication
Study Model in 3D Printed Cement Modeled in Modo (3D modeling/animation software), 3D printed in proprietary Portland cement formula, infused with epoxy resin and sandblasted. Studio photograph in Photoshop montage.
Modeled in Modo (3D modeling/animation software), 3D printed in proprietary Portland cement formula, infused with epoxy resin and sandblasted. Studio photograph in Photoshop montage.
Additional work viewable at: http://issuu.com/kentw