Graduate Architecture Portfolio Washington State University | School of Design + Construction
2015 - 2016
Kyle Redzinak
Design Through My Eyes
As a design student and aspiring architect, I really enjoy showing off my work and love finding inspiration from anything I can. This includes my infectious desire to expand my network of knowledge, contacts, and friends, where I understand that I can learn from anything and anyone in some way. Through my education, work, and life experiences thus far, I have learned how crucial it is to work as a team player, keep an open mind, make new friends while staying connected to old ones, get more involved with the architecture profession, and travel the world as much as possible. My goal for this portfolio is to capture my excited personality, showcasing some of my significant graduate work, hobbies, talents, achievements, publications, and world travels. Enjoy!
Table of Contents Vancouver, WA High-rise Apartments Precedent studies + code research + site analysis to reinvent Vancouver’s identity.
Seattle’s MG2 Park(ing) Day
A firm-wide design competition to transform a metered parking spot into a temporary public park.
Integrated Design Research: The Smart City
Using big city data collection and smart technology to help make Spokane’s waste and recycling system more interactive.
Integrated Design Research: Adaptive Systems Coming Soon!
Generative Design: Structural Biomimicry
Using nature as inspiration to create a portable canopy that is lightweight, quickly assembled, and user friendly.
By the Numbers Hobbies, talents, and achievements
Architectural Related Publications Videos, documents, and websites
Graduate World Travels
Vancouver, Portland, Seattle, Spokane, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Berlin, London
Graduate Architectural Trips
Vancouver, Portland, Seattle, Spokane, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Berlin, London
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128 Units | Vancouver, WA
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Using residential precedent studies, code research, and site analysis to reinvent Vancouver’s identity.
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Circulation 128 Units | Vancouver, WA
Design Concept | Operable Shading Double Unit
Below Grade Parking Structure | 82 Car + 40 Bike
This project started with each individual student researching a different assigned building that was revolutionary for its time when completed. Habitat 67 by Moshe Sofdie, completed in 1967 was my building of research. The many principles of this building helped guide and heavily informed my final design concept, focusing on modularity, views, and circulation. Modularity was primarily used for cost savings and the time frame (four weeks) in which this project was developed. Views were important to the design because of the interesting surroundings in every direction on the site. And the circulation was importantFourth in Floor determining how the flow of residents would easily and appealingly get from the underground parking garage or ground level entries to their apartment. 2
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Habitat Unusual circulation67 leaves for an Moshe Safdie unforgettable and unique form
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128 Units | Vancouver, WA
128 Units | Vancouver, WA
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Kyle Redzinak | LSW Summer Grad Studio
Enlarged Double Unit 128 Units | Vancouver, WA
Kyle Redzinak | LSW Summer Grad Studio
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Design Concept | Views Design Concept | Views
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5th and and Columbia Columbia High-rise High-rise Apartments Apartments 5th 128 Units | Vancouver, WA
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Kyle Redzinak | LSW Summer Grad Studio
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5th and Columbia High-rise Apartments
Habitat 67 Vancouver High-rise Apartments
Enlarged Double Unit Two Double Unit Axonometric
Different sizes achieve programmatic needs and makes construction easier and cheaper
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With the influence of Habitat 67, I began extensive code research and site analysis with many site visits. After this research, I found a lot of inspiration in the site's context and used the Vancouver city codes to help design a final product with all these factors in mind. It was very apparent from the start that the site would be a sort of front door to Vancouver. The site would be seen by trains, planes, pedestrians, and cars at all hours of the day. A busy airport a few blocks away, interstate and freeway on-ramps and off-ramps directly next to the site, as well as a popular train line beside the site makes for a noisy and very dynamic site. In response to all this and the housing need in downtown Vancouver, I wanted to design a long-lasting icon for the city that broke the traditional style of the area. The final design is of a slithering nature that consists of a retail podium, eight stories with 128 apartments having four sizes, and an exterior atrium courtyard in the middle of the site. The interesting slithering form is a way to angle the views to more enjoyable scenery and fit 10% more units on the site than if the design wasn't angled.
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PARK(ING) Day The recent move and re-branding of MG2 to downtown Seattle has The recent made move and of MG2 to downtown Seattlewith has made it a necessity it rebranding a necessity to get acquainted the people and the area. to get acquainted with the people and area. What better way than to use this opportunity What better wayyet than to use this to implement MG2's new to implement MG2’s new bold, simple letters as opportunity the primary feature of our design. As we become part simple of the metropolitan culture, we invite pedestrians and design. tourists As MG2 bold,a yet letters as the primary feature of our to enjoy the interactive shapes designed for human enjoyment. It is here we create a becomes a part of the metropolitan culture, we invite pedestrians and synergy between converted parking spaces and the passerby into a user-friendly space. tourists to enjoy the interactive shapes designed for human enjoyment. These shapes consists of two mini rock climbing walls, rocking chair, and a standing table. It is here where we take the global phenomenon of park(ing) day and create a synergy between these parking spaces and the passerby into a user-friendly space for a day.
Partners: Paul Vorapanich + Jamie Brett
Seattle’s MG2 Park(ing) Day
A firm-wide design competition to transform a metered parking spot into a temporary public park.
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Relax
Interact
Climb
Socialize
Sit Stand
Partner: Max Hasse
Integrated Design Research: The Smart City Using big city data collection and smart technology to help make Spokane’s waste and recycling system more interactive.
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LINEAR FLOWS
E-waste
84 PLASTIC WASTE = 200 BURJ KHALIFAS
BURJ KHALIFA = 500,000 TONS
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Throughout modern history humans have managed resources and waste in linear flows. In the beginning, we managed waste by simply dumping it where ever until it would eventually be buried or burned. From there on we moved the waste further and further away but never worked toward reducing it. By the 1920's landfills became popular, putting waste out of sight, only making it easier to ignore the problem. It wasn't until the late 1960's that recycling initiatives began. Currently, the most ecologically productive societies, like Spokane, recycle just over half the waste they produce, which is a major problem globally. To help put this in perspective, a comparison on a global scale is necessary to understand the magnitude of the issue. By weight, the annual electronic waste amounts to that of 84 Burj Khalifa buildings, weighing over 1 billion pounds. And the annual weight of plastic waste amounts to that of 200 Burj Khalifa buildings. To help significantly reduce this amount, we need to transition from linear flows to circular flows if we want to be able to maintain our lifestyle without completely destroying our environment. In a world of finite resources, our cities are the primary consumers of resources and producers of waste. Therefore, the city possesses an opportunity to greatly reduce our negative impact on the environment. Looking at flows of urban waste and resource metabolism we can move from a linear economy to a circular economy by employing interactive collection and distribution bins, and zoning symbiotic relationships.
PLASTIC WASTE = 200 BURJ KHALIFAS
Worldwide Annual Waste
BURJ KHALIFA = 500,000 TONS BURJ KHALIFA = 500,000 TONS
CIRCULAR FLOWS
RECYCLING INITIATIVES BEGIN 1960’s FIRST GARBAGE INCINERATOR 1885
6,000 BC WASTE DUMPED UNTIL EVENTUALLY BURRIED/BURNED
500 BC GREEKS REQUIRE DUMPING A MILE FROM CITY LIMITS
1920’s LANDFILLS BECOME POPULAR 2015 NOW
NO WASTE
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Modern History of Waste
REDUCING WASTE
As we analyze urban metabolism, we can use ideas from the circular economy model below to facilitate our approach in reusing waste as another resource. The circular economy can be defined as an industrial economy that is restorative by intention. It aims to enable effective flows of materials, energy, labor and information so that natural and social capital can be rebuilt. Products may be reused at multiple scales, the smallest being the maintenance of your own products. The next would be businesses taking back their own product for reuse (Extended Producer Responsibility). Then businesses can begin sharing waste and resources between one another based on similar material processes and needs. Finally, the largest loop and last resort would be going through recycling facilities. The smaller the loop the more time, money, and energy will be saved.
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To help separate the biological from the technical flows, a series of collection and distribution bins, called Looper bins have been designed to collect a variety of wastes and redistribute some of those directly back to the user. The bins are equipped with sensors that provide a real time data stream to the city, and also provide benefits to the users and local community. A point system is established where rewards, coupons, and free Wi-Fi are offered. With each use of the bin, the user will rack up points that can be accumulated to acquire small rewards and coupons in the local community. Aside from the points, a Wi-Fi signal will be released from the unit, where the signal strength and reach will increase with an increase in recycling.
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To help monitor and track this material in a more beneficial and interactive way, three apps were designed that are integrated with the Looper units. The first app is the Looper app, used by the users of the bins to accumulate points to redeem coupons and locate the bins and their respective Wi-Fi signals. The second app is used by the city to aid in the most efficient emptying service. The data collection from the units allows the city to see which units need to be emptied and calculate the most efficient route. The third app is WasteBiz where businesses can post and search for items and by-produces of other businesses where these by-products can become an alternative cheaper and more sustainable primary resource. This app is intended to create more symbiotic relationships and decrease the reliance on raw materials and squandered usable waste.
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TYPE: PLASTIC (PETE) (PETE) TYPE: PLASTIC 4861 Main Ave CONTACT CONTACT AMOUNT: 625LBS/MO AMOUNT: 625LBS/MO 206-451-8642 206-451-8642
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REPORT OPEN LOOP REPORT OPEN LOOP
NORDSTROM GIFTCARD NORDSTROM - $20.00 GIFTCARD - $20.00 ODESZA TICKETSODESZA - $50.00 TICKETS - $50.00
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A great precedent study where businesses share resources and waste is Kalundborg, Denmark. This example is where industrial symbiosis originated starting in the early 1960’s. A power station lies central to the whole operation where in the beginning water and fly ash was shared. Over the decades more businesses began to join the ever expanding network where a larger amount of resources and waste could be shared.
FLY ASH GYPSUM GAS/STEAM BIOMASS HEAT ENERGY WATER CONDENSATE
1960 - 1980
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Kalundborg Case Study Where Industrial Symbiosis Originated and Expands Over the Years
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How can these ideas impact the urban fabric of a city? As the Looper bins begin to emerge around the university district, so will Wi-Fi hot spots where ever the community is the most productive in recycling. As hot spots grow, more people will be likely to congregate around these areas which could lead to developers choosing these locations for new businesses and industries. This way, development emerges based on a community’s good recycling habits. In areas where the compost Looper is heavily used, public amenities like community gardens and public parks may begin to emerge. As businesses move in, they can begin to locate based on resource and waste flows. Using something like the WasteBiz app, owners can see a range of resources being sold as by-products from other businesses. As a result, businesses and industries that share resources could cluster together.
Looper Wi-Fi Creating a Mesh Network
Industrial Symbiosis at the Outskirts of Wi-Fi Hot Spots
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We can imagine how these bins can start creating hot spots and influencing the built environment of Spokane. Coffee shops, businesses, community gardens, and parks start popping up around these bins. These spots can become very vibrant places with people gathering to socialize, play, relax, and make their community a better place.
The Looper Units Begin to Influence the Urban Fabric of Spokane
COMING SOON!
Integrated Design Research: Adaptive Systems Using research, theory, design precedents, and regulations to inform an adaptive design
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COMING SOON!
An Exploration of a Portable L-System Canopy The Portable L-System Canopy is a lightweight, quick assembly, and user-friendly structure intended to be packed up and brought anywhere, capable of shading and protection from the sun and rain. This structure gives the user the freedom to have a variety of angles and heights to accommodate different sun angles and water shedding patterns. The structure consists of a base, rods, connectors, hooks, string, and a spandex sheet that can be assembled with as little as two people in ten minutes. This easy to assemble canopy provides over 160sq ft of protection while still fitting into a tent bag for ease of transportation and storage.
Generative Design: Structural Biomimicry Using nature as inspiration to create a portable canopy that is lightweight, quickly assembled, and user friendly.
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Project Inspiration This project is an experimental structure that, similar to a concept car, is a working prototype that speculates on the future of personal mobility and alternative energy sources, while also exploring digital design methodologies and innovative structural solutions. The pavilion pushes boundaries at all levels, from structural performance to sustainability and portability. My project takes a lot of inspiration from the portability idea, being able to take the structure with you in a small bag where ever you go and easily assemble it. Although this pavilion can be disassembled and reassembled virtually anywhere, it does take quite a bit of time and requires at least three people to erect and dismantle it. The bag with all the parts also weighs over 150lbs. This is where my project adds value to the portability aspect, being less than 40lbs, 10 minute assembly, and smaller storage bag.
Pure Tension Pavilion
This project presents a design system for the construction and development of timber structures that use 3D metalprinted nodes. It explains how, through the use of an openended design system, small-scale structures are generated from basic geometric inputs. These basic geometric inputs promises high levels of geometric flexibility, which can be customized to various geometric and loading scenarios. My project is inspired by 3D printed nodes of simple geometries to provide a lightweight but strong and efficient structure. While this project looks at optimizing nodes and loading conditions, the structure is static, whereas my project allows for horizontal and vertical movement for a more user-friendly dynamic canopy.
3D Printed Nodes
5 Scaled Prototype – FDM print of node resulting from generic load conditions
through complex material operations currently at great cost.
Further research will explore the ability for this integrated system
Rapid manufacturing of customized components offers signifi-
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cant opportunities to overcome these restrictions by resolving
desired scenarios.
geometric discontinuities within the node geometry.
The project is directly inspired by the L-system, which is a system to describe the behavior of plant cells that models the growth processes of plant development. This system can also be used to generate selfsimilar fractals such as iterated function systems. Plant structures are often described using this system as a way to logically understand the hyper-organic nature of these organism's growth. A simple script was created that specified an axiom, the product rules (rules for how the leaf structure grows), and the number of recursions. The starting point is a basic straight line (axiom) that undergoes two recursions to generate the main supports for the canopy.
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The two branching structures are able to rotate up to 110 degrees with the base being able to move up and down which allows more flexibility for shading and form making. The structure is also tilted 15 degrees to help counter act the tension forces applied by the stretching of the spandex canopy. This tilt also allows more protected square footage underneath the canopy. The 110 degree rotation and material properties of spandex creates a hyperbolic form which is visually intriguing in nature.
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The canopy can be built with a total of 58 pieces that can all be disassembled into their respective pieces. The base is a metal plate that can be staked into the ground. The rods are lightweight PVC pipe. The connector nodes are 3D printed plastic. The hooks are inserted into the top end of the rods at the top to allow the string and spandex to be held. The wire is a fishing line type tied to a ring that slides over the hooks. And to cover it all up, a waterproof spandex canopy with eyelets can be slipped on over the hooks for a secure fit.
SPANDEX x1
WIRE x7
HOOK x14
CONNECTOR x8
ROD x26
BASE x2
All the Parts of the L-System Canopy
Main Connections
Rain Runoff and Sun Protection
The Canopy Can be Used for Shade on a Camping Trip
95th
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268+ Thousand Video Views
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Performances in my high school senior talent show and school jam session as well as recording drum covers of my favorite songs.
Graduated 17th highest GPA of the 354 students in my high school graduating class where I earned a 3.78 GPA including taking six advanced placement (AP) classes.
MG2, BCJ, Callison
AS+GG, John Ronan Architects
BCRA LSW SRG
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Heller Manus, Gensler, HOK, Herman Coliver Locus
Architecture Firm Tours
MJM, ESa, Tuck Hinton Architects
3 College Intramural Sports Basketball, Flag Football (four seasons), and Dodgeball including the 2011 Sportsmanship Championship in dodgeball.
By the Numbers Hobbies, talents, and achievements
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Fastest personal mile
310 IDP Hours
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Fastest time solving a Rubik’s Cube.
Experience in: pre-design, design, project management, and practice management.
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SDC Promotional Video (COMING SOON!)
5 minutes This video will feature the School of Design and Construction in a way that has never been done before. It will consist of student, faculty, and facility clips that gives the viewer an idea of what the SDC is.
AIAS Forum 2015 | San Francisco, CA
5 minutes 23 seconds Much like the 2014 Forum, I attended more lectures and firm tours while expanding my network of friends and contacts and brought in the New Year at the Beaux Arts Ball.
Structural Biomimicry | ID 598
3 minutes 47 seconds This video was part of a generative design project where I narrate my design process of creating a portable canopy inspired by nature and how branches grow.
Summer 2015
4 minutes 0 seconds This video summarizes my busy 14 week summer where I graduated with my B.S., completed my first graduate studio in Vancouver, and had my first internship at MG2 in Seattle.
Washington State University | Class of 2015
6 minutes 30 seconds Being part of this class, I capture some of the best things about WSU and its campus while showing what it was like being a student at WSU and graduating with my B.S. in Architectural Studies, Cum Laude.
AIAS West Quad 2015 | Seattle, WA
7 minutes 11 seconds This video highlights my third conference that I am fortunate enough that our school hosted. I was heavily involved with the planning and execution of the conference where I led tours, set up, and cleaned up while again expanding my network, knowledge, and professional experience.
Graduate Architecture Portfolio
Personal Design Philosophy
Urban Metabolisms | Circular Flows
This site was part of my final project in my landscape 327 class where I was responsible for clearly defining my personal design theory, showcasing examples of my work that demonstrated this theory, and finding examples of other's work that shared a similar design theory.
Online (issuu.com) This document displays my best architectural projects in my graduate career at WSU as well as some of my hobbies, achievements, publications, and world travels.
Print (blurb.com) + Online (issuu.com) This project summarizes my partner (Max Hasse) and I's smart city project that involves the idea of moving from a linear economy to a more circular one where recycling is made easier and more interactive for the city and users alike with our Looper system.
Structural Biomimicry | ID 598
Online (issuu.com) This video was part of a generative design project where I was directly inspired by how branches grow in which I created a portable canopy that is easily assembled and disassembled.
http://kyleredzinak.wix.com/designtheory
Structural Biomimicry | ID 598 https://kyleredzinak.wordpress.com/
This website was part of my ID 598 class where I designed a portable canopy structure that was directly inspired by nature that could easily be assembled and disassembled. This website showcases my design process including diagrams, drawings, and renderings of the final design proposal.
Undergrad Architecture Portfolio
Online (issuu.com) This document displays my best architectural projects in my undergrad career at WSU as well as my interest in photography and world travels.
Senior Architecture Studio Capstone
Online (issuu.com) My last semester of the undergrad career involved the integration and collaboration with three construction management and one architecture student where us architecture students were in charge of the entire design concept, drawings, and details for the project. The construction management students were in charge of all the estimating, scheduling, and logistics of the construction process for the project. The two winners of the entire class-wide competition traveled to Seattle to present in front of hundreds of industry professionals.
AIAS Forum 2014 | Nashville, TN
7 minutes 12 seconds This video documents my experience at my second AIAS conference where I attended lectures, meetings, and tours while networking with professionals and fellow architecture students and experiencing Nashville's culture for the first time.
Architectural Related Publications
Videos, documents, and websites
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Summer Graduate Studio at LSW Vancouver, WA
2015
Living in Portland, OR for six weeks, this was my first studio as a graduate student in which the Vancouver based firm LSW hosted 11 WSU graduate architecture students. We met 20+ hours a week at the firm where we worked under a practicing architect on a housing project. We worked with a real site, two blocks from the firm along side people in the related industries in which we explored other housing projects throughout the last six decades to learn about effective housing designs and solutions that were innovative for the time. The final product, which was completed from start to finish in less than six weeks, was a conceptual model accompanied by drawings and renderings showcasing our design concept based on precedent studies and site requirements. 2015
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San Francisco, CA
The San Francisco Academy of Art University hosted this year's Forum where hundreds of architecture students from hundreds of universities around the nation get a chance to take initiative in their education and get one step closer to furthering their development as young professionals. At this conference, students attended lectures, workshops, meetings, firm crawls, tours, the Beaux Arts Ball, and much more. This conference's theme; bandwidth, fits perfectly for what the architecture profession and the conference is all about; growing your network. By attending, students will expand their network of contacts, friends, and professionals that will be a resource for a lifetime. Students not only do all this, but also participate in electing the next year's national office which helps the continued effort of advocating for the future of the architecture profession in ways that only the AIAS can do. This being my second Forum and fourth conference, I came away again with a broader network of friends, inspiration to keep my passion strong, and an infectious desire to keep meeting people.
Summer Architectural Internship at MG2 Seattle, WA
After applying to MG2 for a short summer internship, I was selected and offered a temporary summer position as a student intern on the Canada Costco Team. I was able to gain a wide range of experience and exposure to almost all aspects of a typical project. My jobs included scanning drawings, collating and binding drawing sets, writing transmittals, making and correcting red lines, renovation/ expansion design, parking counts, overlays, fixing tags/bugs, creating existing drawings, spec review, researching documents, and reviewing warranties. In addition to these daily tasks, I participated in a firm wide design competition for Seattle's Park(ing) Day, attended firm sponsored Lunch and Learns, other firm events, and was taken on a Costco construction site visit with my project manager where I was able to connect drawings I've seen in the office to the actual parts and construction process in the field. I also started the IDP process and logged over 230 hours and gained valuable knowledge and contacts in the architecture profession and came away with a great understanding of how a large firm operates.
AIAS Forum Conference
2016
Research Study Tour Seattle, WA
Coming Soon!
2016
International Study Tour Amsterdam, Netherlands
Coming Soon!
Studio Presentations: The Smart City Spokane, WA
This integrated design research studio spanned across three design fields including architecture, interior design, and landscape architecture. After establishing partners, my partner Max Hasse and I began to research how systems in a city function and begin to understand how data collection can help cities become more adaptive, interactive, and responsive; turning them into smart cities. Our thesis looks at how our modern culture currently deals with waste in a linear fashion and how we can begin to transition to a circular economy where waste of electronics can be reused in different use loops before being taken to a recycling facility as the last option. We propose that through our interactive Looper recycling system, users can directly benefit from recycling which also creates economic hot spots for the city through a wifi network that is strengthened with recycling.
Graduate Architectural Trips 2015 - 2016
Vancouver, Portland, Seattle, Spokane, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Berlin, London
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