Portfolio by madsnikolajbrandt4

Portfolio of Mads Nikolaj Brandt

CV - Mads Nikolaj Brandt EDUCATION 2016-2018 // KADK Master, CITAstudio - Computation in Architecture 2014 // KTS, Cabinet Making 2011-2014 // KADK Bachelor, Department 2

WORK 2014-2018 // C.F. MĂ¸ller Architects, Student Worker - Head of model building // Spring 2016 - Competitions, Architectural Models, Visualizations

ResumĂŠ

2012-2013 // Arne Arcel, Model building

Computational architect with roots in traditional design approaches.

SKILLS

Light and vision are my main fields of interest. These are explored through combinations of analogue and digital methods. The work represented in this portfolio is a broad range of hands-on projects, theory-driven ideas and realized projects spanning on different scales.

Adobe Package 3D - Photoshop - Rhino - Illustrator - SketchUp - InDesign - Grasshopper - Premiere Pro - Vray

Contact Info Phone no.: +45 22 95 12 97 Email: madsnikolajbrandt@gmail.com

AutoCAD

Selected Work Timeline 2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

CITAstudio

2017

2018

CAUSTIC SCAN

ENCRYPTED FACE

Computation in Architecture GROWTH STRUCTURE

KADK Department 2

CLOCK TOWER

SHADOW THEATRE

CINEMA IN ISTANBUL

City and Building

KTS

Basis Course

CABINET MAKING

Outside School Gab Year

DALUN LIBRARY

THE WALKINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DISPLAY (CHART Art Fair)

NEGOTIATING VISIBILITY(THESIS)

CLOCK TOWER 2 semester nd

Evaluation: 12

This guesthouse in Granada, Spain is hosted by a giant clock. It controls when the guest can sleep, eat, shower and visit the toilet. Living in a tempocraty we are to some degree tied to our daily routines. This project suggests a physical boundary consequence to what we are already enslaved: time. Through hybrid interior functions inspired by ship interiors the guest can only use the functions that the clock currently provides.

3-Point Perspective - Guesthouse Suite

View of Sleeping Chamber

Mechanics Sketch

Walking Through Clock Mechanics in the Staircase

SHADOW THEATRE 4 semester th

Evaluation: 12

The shadow theatre is situated in the courthyard of a Berlin building complex. It nigthly performs for the inhabitants of the adjacent apartments. People from the street can visit and experience the inside of the shadow-generating machinery. The theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interior walls are defined by light and shadows creating an ephemeral architecture that changes at each play.

Model of Courtyard in Berlin

View of Courtyard at Night //3D visualization course

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Drawing Overlapping Shadows from Different Light Sources

View of Courtyard from Window //3D visualization course

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Sketch Models of Different Space Compositions

Ephemeral Interior Walls of the Theatre

Kinetic Fold-out System to Control Shadows

CINEMA in Istanbul 5 semester th

Evaluation: 12

This projects focuses on our visual senses and how speed can limit what we perceive. As we move faster we lose our ability to focus on detail. The visual decay that occurs is in this construct linked to the material decay of buildings. The Cinema is built from perceptual fragments and constructed to bridge the gap between two contrasting speeds.

Concrete cast exploring perceptual decay as a direct influence on a physical building anatomy

Cinema Exit on big street

Cinema Entrance Bridge

Model elevation seen from the narrow street

Cinema Entrance Bridge

CABINET MAKING Fall 2014 , KTS After receiving my bachelor degree from KADK I started on a basic course in cabinet making for half a year at KĂ¸benhavns Tekniske Skole. During the course I was introduced to almost all the tools a cabinet maker will use and I gained a fundamental understanding and respect for the craft. We had the freedom to design the furniture and using both finer hand tools and larger power tools I was able to realize those ideas.

CORPUS

Detail of Cabinet Top

Cabinet for rolled-up drawings

Detail of Corner Assembly

LIBRARY IN DALUN 2015 On Christmas of 2014 I was contacted by some of my local friends from Dalun, Northern Ghana. They wanted to establish a library in their village and needed drawings to seek funds. Together with a friend I travelled to Ghana to create drawings and design a library in collaboration with the local children and teachers. Hosting several workshop to gain knowledge on their needs we came up with a proposal. The library project is still in progress and an organization has been established around the project.

Learning Facility

Birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eye Perspective of Library Organization

Snit 1:50 1:200 Section

0,15m 3,75m 7,35m

2.a

10,95m

2.b

14,55m

2.c

18,15m

2.d

21,75m

2.e

1:200 Plan

25,35m

2.f 2.g

Toilets

2.h

12 sqm

Learning

Office 14 sqm

Research / Leisure 99 sqm

(IT)

123,4 sqm

Storage

Common

16,9 sqm

71 sqm

1.a

1.b

1.c

1.d

1.e

1.f

1.g

1.h

1.i

1.j

1.k

1.l

3,15m

6,75m

10,35m

13,95m

17,55m

21,15m

24,75m

28,35m

31,95m

35,55m

39,15m

42,75m

Garden

1:200 Elevation

THE WALKINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DISPLAY CHART ART FAIR 2016 In 2018 I qualified in the CHART Art Fair Architecture Competetion together with Emil Fabritius Buchwald. The design won the permanent category allowing the otherwise temporary pavilion to serve as exhibition space for art students throughout the following year. During CHART Art Fair the timber structure was designed to both accomodate a food stand underneath and an exhibition upstairs. Throughout the process I gained knowledge on projecting smaller constructs; talking to engineers, municipality, etc. to get permits to build in a both fragile and exposed location as Charlottenborg in the center of Copenhagen.

// Winner of Permanent Category

Foto: Rasmus HjortshĂ¸j, COAST

Proposal

Exploded Isonometric Drawing

Realized Project

Presenting for the Jury - Foto: Rasmus Hjortshøj, COAST

Visitors During CHART Art Fair - Foto: Rasmus Hjortshøj, COAST

Exhibition Illuminating the inside of the pavilion

First Exhibition - Foto: Rasmus Hjortshøj, COAST

Pavilion in the Courtyard of Charlottenborg

CAUSTIC SCAN 9 semester - CITA Workshop th

With the task of creating an alternative shading system mounted onto kinetic wax pistons, my group made a design concerned with the phenomenon of caustic light. When curved surfaces reflect light it is either in the spreading or concentrading light. We created an effect where light was concentrated inside drop-shaped extrusions. This established a close relationship with sunlight and even concentrated light coming from the surroundings. Through various methods we analyzed the phenomenon and looked at how light concentrations would change over time.

Bending of structure

Artificial Light Exploded isonometric of structure

Natural Light

10:00 am

12:00 pm

15:00 pm

Scans at Different Temperatures

14 degrees Celsius

18 degrees Celsius

22 degrees Celsius

GROWTH STRUCTURE 9 semester - CITA Workshop th

As part of the Flora Robotica research, this workshop focused on triaxial weaving as method for creating continouos surfaces from brading. Adapted into the architecture we designed a system for sprouting plants. These were carefully placed in small pockets around the surface. The placement of plants around the structure depented on the amount of sunlight. Later we made a more integrated design with 3D-printed pockets that fit into the triangles of the woven structure

Beans placed on surface

1:1 Structure in its context

From inside potato tunnel

Computated membrane within structure

Lux values retrieved with rasberry pie

View inside membrane

3D-printed sprout pocket

Bean plant peaking out

ENCRYPTED FACE 9 semester - Master th

Evaluation: 12

With an interest in how a 3D scanner works I used raytracing to understand the travel of light. This was used to predict the movement of the structured light that a Kinect 3D scanner sends out when scanning a space or object. Using raytracing I encrypted a scan of my own face into an anamorphic projection that I then CNC milled. Comparing the input and output result, this project has been used to test the accuracy of raytracing as a method for predicting the travel of light in space.

Digital Template for CNC milling the shape components

Face Scan

CNC milling foam

Anamorphic Encryption of Face Scan

Digital Callibration Setup

Kinect 3D scanner

CNC-milled anamorphic face

Rotating Mirror Plane - working as mirror cylinder

Reflection of Anamorphic Shape in Mirror

Anamorphic Scanning Process

Original Scan

Scan Comparison

Anamorphic Projection

Deciphered Scan

NEGOTIATING VISIBILITY 10 semester - THESIS th

My Thesis seeks to reconsider our apporach to privacy security in a time of mass surveillance and increasing digitalization. It investigates how an analogue architecture might communicate abstract problematics of visibility. Using digital tools to simulate light I studied different modes of visibility established through architectural stategies. The building program is a think tank to the development and discussion of future privacy security strategies. The core programs are revolving around conference spaces and offices. Penetrating these functions is an exhibition walkway that didactically informs the visitor about personal exposure and surveillance through different degrees of visibility.

Evaluation: 10

Lamella Investigation Box

Exhibition Pathway

Exposure

Exhibition Pathway penetrating the core functions of the underrgound building

Concealment

Field of Vision heat map of an exhibition visitor

Visibility Imbalances

Contents Concealed

Contents Revealed

Equal Visibility

Dark/Light relations between different adjacent spaces

Concealed Exhibition Contents

Revealed Seminar Contents

Underground Transition View from Nytorv

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