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DESIGN RESEARCH SAMPLE I L LU M I N AT I N G S E N S E S P ROJ EC T SA M P L E : DESIGN RESEARCH AND MAKING TEAM: K R I S T E N G A N D Y, D A N F U G E R E , L U C I E N MCNAIR DESCRIPTION: A PROTOTYPE FOR A PRESSURE RESPONSIVE KNIT TEXTILE SYSTEM FOCUSED ON SENSORY DEVELOPMENT FOR LOW-SENSORY AWA R E AU T I S T I C C H I L D R E N K R I S T E N G A N D Y I N P U T: INITIAL RESEARCH, INDESIGN P R E S E N TAT I O N F O R M AT T I N G , P R E S E N TAT I O N , T E X T I L E D E S I G N USING SCALE MODELS, MAKING OF KNIT TEXTILE PROTOTYPES, RHINO 3D M O D E L I N G F O R FA B R I C AT I O N

FUTURE-LOOKING ARCHITECTURE. 2

KRISTEN GANDY

BIO K R I S T E N GA N DY - M . A RC H U N I V E R S I T Y O F M I C H I GA N TAU B M A N CO L L EG E K r i s t e n G a n d y i s a r e c e n t g r a d u a t e o f t h e U n i v e r si t y o f Mi c h ig a n Ta u b m a n C o l l e g e o f A r c h i t e c t u r e , w h e r e sh e r e c e i v e d h e r M . A r c h i n M ay 2 0 1 6 . M o s t r e c e n t ly, sh e wa s s e l e c t e d a s a Ta u b m a n Ve n i c e Fe l l o w, f o r w h i c h sh e t r a v e l l e d t o Ve n i c e I t a ly a n d r e p r e s e n t e d t h e U . S . Pa v i l i o n a t t h e Ve n i c e A r c h i t e c t u r e Bi e n n a l e . S i n c e 2 0 0 8 K r i s t e n h a s r e p r e s e n t e d h e r p e e r s a s a l e a d e r i n A I A S , U S GB C , a n d Ta u S ig m a D e l t a .

K r i s t e n h a s w o r k e x p e r i e n c e i n d ig i t a l f a b r i c a t i o n , a n a l og c r af t i n g , a r c h i t e c t u r a l d e sig n , r e si d e n t i a l d e sig n m a t e r i a l s e l e c t i o n s , d e sig n r e s e a r c h a n d m a k i n g , e x h i b i t i o n d e sig n , e x h i b i t i o n i n s t a l l a t i o n , a r c h i t e c t u r a l d i s s e m i n a t i o n , a r c h i t e c t u r a l t e a c h i n g , a r c h i t e c t u r a l t e a m b a s e d w o r k , a n d d ig i t a l 3 D m o d e l i n g .

[Left] Illuminating Senses. Prototype conductive CNC knit textile testing design of a pressure responsive system [Above] Illuminating Senses. Light responsivity demonstration.

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KRISTEN GANDY XU ZHANG TOMMY NAM

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STUDIO INSTRUCTORS

CHRISTINA HANSON J O N AT H A N RU L E

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RESIDENTIAL DESIGN - SAMPLE

FLUX Sited in the growing Gowanus Canal neighborhood in Brooklyn, this proposal for a residential tower and community library stands as a beacon and marker for the surrounding neighborhood. The project pushes the boundaries of small scale living units in combination with shared residential public spaces to make up a diverse, rich, housing typology in the context of the Gowanus neighborhood. As a team effort for the comprehensive studio, I worked with my partners to design the tower layout, the overall program and site relationship, the final model, and many drawings for communication of the project.

01. Systems Studio [2015] Transverse Section Rendering 02. Systems Studio [2015] Exterior Night Rendering 03. Systems Studio [2015] Model 04. Systems Studio [2015] Elevation Drawing

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MAKING SAMPLE

KRISTEN GANDY

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KRISTEN GANDY DIEMTRINH TRAN TIMOTHY MCDONOUGH

PANOTS & MOSAICS

TAU B M A N CO LLEG E 2016 RESEARCH THROUGH MAKING PROJECT DESIGN BY: A SSIS TANT PROFE SSOR OF PR AC TICE -

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ANA MORCILLO PALL ARES JON ATH AN RULE

02 01. RTM 2016 Exhibition 02. Digital Fabrication CNC Exploration in the making 03. Propositions Studio [2015] 3D printed models

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ANA MORCILLO PALL ARES

RESEARCH THROUGH MAKING “The objective of this exploration is not to recreate a construction material but to re-examine the physical properties and process of making as an opportunity to pursue new possibilities for fabrication and embedding alternative functions.”

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WU SPACE

P ROJ EC T SA M P L E : DESIGN, RESEARCH, AND MAKING DESIGNER: K R I S T E N G A N DY

C O L L A B O R AT I V E A D V I S O R : ROBERT ADAMS

DESCRIPTION: T H I S P ROJ EC T D E S I G N E X P LO R E S T H E A N C I E N T C H I N E S E M AT R I A R C H A N D SPIRITUAL LEADER, WU, AND APPLIES CONTEMPORARY DEMANDS OF THE CHINESE CITY OF BEIJING TO PROVIDE A N E T W O R K O F S PA C E S W H E R E O N E M AY F I N D T H E B E N E F I T S O F T H E O N C E D A I LY I N F L U E N T I A L W U .

P ROJ EC T P RO C E S S : T R AV E L T O B E I J I N G F O R P R I M A R Y RESEARCH, COLLECTION AND D O C U M E N TAT I O N O F S PAT I A L I N F O R M AT I O N R E G A R D I N G W U PRACTICES, ASSESSMENT OF OPPORTUNITY TO MEET GLOBAL CITY G R O W T H I M PA C T S O N H U M A N W E L LB E I N G A N D C O N N E C T I V I T Y, D E S I G N O F S PA C E S D I R E C T LY R E L AT E D T O H U M A N B O DY S C A L E A N D P O S I T I O N S , 3D MODELING USING RHINO 3D A N D M AYA S O F T W A R E , D I G I TA L FA B R I C AT I O N U S I N G C N C R O U T I N G AND 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY

DRAWING - SAMPLE Architecturally speaking, the axonometric drawing is a language all its own in our field. The drawing samples here explored the critical explanation of a microhousing unit I designed in comprehensive studio. The unit is only 250 sqft, but has a living room, bedroom, office, bathroom, and full walk-in closet. Without the exploded axonometric drawing of how the designed, built-in, adjustable room walls create the individual spaces in this very small footprint, the project would have lost a crucial strength.

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DRAWING - SAMPLE

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01. Micro-Unit Exploded Axon 02. Interior detail of Axon 03. Extended detail of programmatic walls 04. Extended detail of window and balcony

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PROFESSIONAL WORK SAMPLE

KRISTEN GANDY

T+E+A+M

VENICE BIENNALE 2016 Project Exhibited at the 2016 US Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale “Detroit doesn’t have a material problem; its material has an image problem. Recognizing architecture’s capacity to work on and produce both materials and images, our project aims to reverse current perceptions of Detroit.

Where others see an excess of ruins, we see an abundant resource for building materials.”

-T+E+A+M

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DRAWING COLL ABOR ATOR S

KRISTEN GANDY MICHAL ORJZANOWSKI SAMANTHA O KO LITA PROJECT LEADS

ELLIE ABRONS THOM MORAN ADAM FURE MEREDITH MILLER

[left] Mountain Perspective Rendering photoshop detailed

by Kristen Gandy designed by Adam Fure [right] One section of the 15' site section Rhino Model by Kristen Gandy, Rendering by Kristen Gandy and Samantha Okalita, Photoshop by Kristen Gandy

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The materials matter. this project explores the fluidity of concrete in architecture

THESIS PROJECT

02 An architectural boundary system developed over a years time by Kristen Gandy and Steven Scharrer. The project drawings, molds, and concrete 1:1 casts were all produced by the duo. Molds were flexible and each unit relates to the previous cast below and beside it. The final product was a self-structuring compressive boundary made up of 56 unit units.

01. Concrete panel system design and relationship drawing 02. One of the final concrete blocks 03. Final Exhibition

03 PUSHPOKEPUNCH PushPokePunch leverages the properties of concrete’s fluid nature in order to produce a negotiable boundary condition. Historically, architecture has addressed the spatial marker, or boundary, as more of a barrier. A barrier makes work of actively impeding spatial negotiation, and inhibits relationships across spatial territories. A boundary, however, has variable definitions of space. A boundary can be as thin as line on a map, as abstract as an idea, or as thick as a buttressed gate surrounding a castle. These variable definitions are seldom made manifest in a physical state.

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