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SYMBIO GENESIS A Mutualistic Interaction of Nature & Architecture: M o n t e v e r d e R e s e a r c h C e n t e r f o r B i o m i m e t i c B u i l d i n g Te c h n o l o g y This thesis seeks to minimize man’s impact on the environment through biomimetic strategies that foster a relationship of coexistence and connection between man and nature. The Monteverde Research Center for Biomimetic Building Technology strives to relink man and nature by learning from it. After 3.5 billion years of evolution, nature has perfected itself in order to adapt and survive. Monteverde Research Center for Biomimetic Building Technology
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POINT OF CONTACT Our current way of building occupies an excessive amount of land area that serves as a niche for many organisms. Raising a building up from the ground minimizes the amount of land impacted by the architecture, as well as the invasion of the existing ecological system and whatever is dependent of it.
VOLUME REDUCTION Architecture carves away space, which is also part of the existing ecosystem, and reclaims it. By minimizing surface area and optimizing volume of the built construct, to take away only the necessary, this spatial impact is reduced. Along with a minimal surface area, comes a reduction in material resource usage as well.
RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION Architecture can often disturb the biological system’s energy flow. Solar energy, for photosynthesis, is blocked; wind patterns are modified; migratory and feeding routes are interrupted; organisms are deprived of water sources. What architecture can do to avoid falling in a parasitic behavior is employ an arsenal of sustainable strategies aiming to cooperate and give back what it has taken away - restoring the ecosystem’s equilibrium. 04
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MONTEVERDE Monteverde is located in the central mountainous region of Costa Rica, a country which is home to more than 500,000 species of plants and animals; representing about 4% of the estimated species worldwide. Containing also the highest density of biodiversity worldwide, with an impressive 615 species per 3,860 sq. mi., it provides great potential for research in the biomimicry area. However, species have been faced with extinction due to man’s intervention and current building practices in the rare, fragile cloud forest ecosystem.
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Just like plant cells satisfy their energy needs through photosynthesis, free solar energy is collected through BIPV (Building-Integrated Photovoltaics) to fuel the various systems throughout the building. A fiber optic
SOLAR COLLECTION technology system installed in the canopy channels & DISTRIBUTION natural sunlight down and projects it into the landscape
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below in order to provide it with the essential resource. Another valuable and free resource was employed: Air. Reactive inflatable pressurized panels respond to the exterior conditions by filling up with air which in turn acts as light and non-toxic insulation; a means to maintain
REACTIVE homeostasis without energy-consuming HVAC INSULATION systems. An environmentally responsive floor system acts as “pores” allowing the necessary ventilation from below in order to regulate interior temperatures without energyconsuming HVAC systems. The facility contains several
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NATURAL voids in order to let air through the spaces. The canopy VENTILATION also creates a semi-outdoor space with natural ventilation. Like Monteverde’s endemic epiphytes, the roof structure is shaped to “funnel” rain water down to storage cisterns, where is later distributed to the various spaces. Sprinklers under the floor system also utilize this water to spray the
RAIN COLLECTION landscape underneath, thus providing it with the necessary & DISTRIBUTION moisture levels to allow life to flourish on the structure while creating “research pockets” where organisms can dwell for future research.
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Bromeliads (epiphytes) are able to harvest water from mist in the cloud forest. Instead of extracting water from aquifers and other sources that can cause ecosystem imbalances, the facility makes use of fog harvesting
FOG / DEW COLLECTION
meshes around its envelope and in between its floor system in order to catch condensation from the changing temperatures between nightfall and daybreak.
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BROMELIADS (EPIPHYTES)
EPIPHYTIC UNIT SECTION
Funnel form and hydrophobic leaves aid in storing rain and condensation in center storage tank.
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BONE TISSUE Economizes material by only densifying it where the major loads and forces are acting. Areas lacking pressure are left as voids. It also adopts a minimal surface behavior as ‘material is expensive but shape is cheap’.
PLANT CELLS Grow and organize in a voronoi sequence, use sunlight as their primary fuel, and possess an inflatable hydrostatic behavior.
CRYSTALS & SOAP FILMS Close pack together saving space and distance in order to economize energy.
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THESIS CONCLUSION The building integrates itself into the natural cycles and seeks to enhance the environment in order to further foment its subsistence. True sustainability is an
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ecological way of thinking. It is a systematic way of thinking about cause and effect. It is the realization of interconnectedness between human activity and environment. The realization that we are one. It is thinking about how our actions and creations are going to
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impact the world around us. In this example, architecture does not only stand as an ‘object of representation’ for something. Architecture takes a protagonist role and ‘does something’. It becomes a catalyst for
Hydrophobic Frosted & Clear Glass Envelope + Fog Meshes
positive impact and change in an attempt to reach our consciousness and modify our current actions.
Floor Plates + Circulation
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In Site & In Mind
Client ___ H o u s e s f o r C h a n g e 2 0 1 3 C o m p e t i t i o n Type ___ U r b a n / S u s t a i n a b l e D e s i g n Location ___ C a r a c a s , V e n e z u e l a
IN SITE & IN MIND Sustainable Community Development in Barrio San Agustin del Sur It is fundamental to invest in the people. By employing the local practices in construction and sociological structures, this project seeks to supplement the already existing ingenuity within the community. It is this project’s best intention to help guide the growth of choice, create a connection between city and barrio and the encouragement for future betterment of the community. Sustainable Community Development in Barrio San Agustin del Sur
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CARACAS The neighborhood of Barrio San Agustin del Sur is located directly south of Caracas’ financial and art centers. However there is a vast disconnect despite the close proximity. Most of the community is built on city-ownedland that has been illegally squatted on. With the growth of the community, the formal part of the city has turned a blind eye to these barrios that surround Caracas.
SLUM DENSITY
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In Site & In Mind
Barrios comprise 33.5% of built city; 55% of the population lives in them.
PROPOSED VISION
LEGEND Residential Mixed-Use Institutional Public Transportation Proposed Housing Civic “Nido” Spaces Proposed Pathway Enhancements
SITE MODEL
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PHASE I This project provides a basis for three phasing
guides. The first phase focuses on immediate street issues. By suggesting the improvement of roads i.e; paving, retaining walls, and lighting which will increase safety of the area. Along with the roads, safety “checkpoint” areas are to be carried out. The “plaza”, is an open space that will provide this checkpoint area that creates a new relationship between private spaces and the street.
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Public Access
Community Art Space
Ramp
Recreation
Tire - Retaining Green Walls
Terrace Stabilization
Urban Agriculture
Public Water Collection
In Site & In Mind
Plaza Nodes
Tire-Retaining Green Walls
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PHASE II Phase two involves the community rehabilitating
empty spaces or unused buildings. The idea of the “Nido” or Nest, aims to provide another checkpoint area and community center. Here a cultural background identity can flourish as people come to use the garden, perhaps create a mercal or come to view a football game together.
NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE
CULTURAL HERITAGE
EDUCATION
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BENEFIT TOUR OPERATORS AND NOT COMMUNITY
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CRIME RISKS
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In Site & In Mind
COMMUNAL FUNDING
DISASTER RELIEF
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PHASE III Phase three helps to provide a premise for future housing. Taking into account how existing homes are constructed, these cluster homes can be easily constructed with already available materials. These include, terracotta bricks, concrete, pvc piping, etc. Organization is the underlying tone for the purpose of these houses along with continuing the sense of family, community, safety, and culture.
Conceptual Sketches
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Columns & Rebar In Site & In Mind
Floor Slabs
Soil Add & Subtract
Walls
Outdoor Spaces
Roof & Water Collection
Foundational Support
Recycled Structure
Water Collection
Urban Farming
Existing Construction
Plastic Bottle Wall Construction
PVC Pipe Reinforcing Construction
STREET SECTION Sustainable Community Development in Barrio San Agustin del Sur
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Alluring Drapes
Client ___ J i l l i a n B e c k ( F a s h i o n D e s i g n e r ) Type ___ R e t a i l / S t r u c t u r a l D e s i g n Location ___ S o H o , N e w Y o r k C i t y , N Y Area ___ 3 0 , 0 0 0 s q . f t .
ALLURING DRAPES The Jillian Beck Flagship Store Buildings and garments are both anthropological artifacts that mark important cultural and economic conditions, stylistic preferences, and new developments in technology and materials. Such parallels between Fashion and Architecture eventually result in buildings and garments having similar stylistic and structural qualities. For this project, I collaborated with fashion designer, Jillian Beck, who inspired my design with her collection. The Jillian Beck Flagship Store
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SOHO NEW YORK SoHo is a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, United States. SoHo describes the area of “South of Houston�, and is a small densely concentrated neighborhood with over 250 shops that vary from designer stores to private custom boutiques. It is noted particularly for its cast-iron architecture, and boasts the greatest collection of cast iron structures in the world. In the mid-20th century, artists began to move in to have large spaces in which they could both live and work, in what were called loft spaces. Today, SoHo is synonymous with trendy shopping, progressive art, and fashion. Because of this, SoHo remains a creative heart and soul of New York City.
1. Emporio Armani Boutique 2. Tommy 3. Coach 4. Lacoste 5. Chanel Boutique 6. Club Monaco 7. Armani Casa 8. Longchamp 9. Hugo Boss 10. Mont Blanc 11. Louis Vuitton 12. Tumi 13. Espirit 14. Prada 15. Hugo
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DRAPES A piece of furniture at a human scale, using cardboard as
the only material, was to be built. It had to be inspired on the designer’s collection. This in turn would begin to inform the structural concept. Jillian envisioned her collection being worn at night by attractive women who want to be noticed for their sensuality and glamour. Furniture that would fit in a nightlife scenario seemed as the correct choice. The draping technique observed in Jillian’s garments was the main design drive. The result was a bar stool that expressed that gesture with a gradual change in the material size as it meet the ground. In this way, it resembles the way a dress usually behaves as the drapes fall from one single point due to gravity. The soft drapes of her garments and fashion tectonic strategies drove the design which focused in accentuating the female figure.
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“Accentuate a woman’s curves so her femininity doesn’t go unnoticed” The Jillian Beck Flagship Store
Photos by: Boone Bussey Model: Lauren Fermoile
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PROCESSWORK Explorations of how the draping effect could be applied to the design were the primary focus. It was tried vertically, horizontally, and in all directions. Finally, the result was a building with slight shifting of floors as they go up. A skin that drapes from a top corner of the building would drape down and wrap around an exterior glass elevator shaft which serves as a main entry to get noticed. The skin would also act as a brise-soleil. Due to the complexity of the form, a flexible flat plate concrete structural system was employed to maximize support spans as well as number of floors due to high land cost.
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LONGITUDINAL SECTION
- Recreational - Retail - Office & Work - Residential - Storage The Jillian Beck Flagship Store
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GREENE ST ELEVATION
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SPRING ST ELEVATION
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Fin Glass Clamp Nodes Composite Concrete Slanted Column Polycarbonate Resin - Based Composite Skin
Spider Bolt Connection
Post - tensioned Site Cast Concrete Flat Plate
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Urban Vistas
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URBAN V I S TA S Dallas Power & Light Building: Reinterpretation The Dallas Power & Light building, stands as a symbol of the past century’s progress and this reinterpretation attempts to guide it towards evolution in a new era. The design gives its residents a connection with the city and its vibrant qualities through panoramic window views and cantilevered terraces. The program is comprised of 158 elegantly finished residential units and 3 stories of prime retail space. Dallas Power & Light Building: Reinterpretation
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1506 COMMERCE ST BUILDING FOOTPRINT = 25, 640 sf
REFLECTING POOL
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NEW vs. OLD STRUCTURE
The Dallas Power & Light building base is preserved as it is with the first three floors for retail. Preserving the base of the existing DP&L building is a sustainable practice that saves waste material caused by demolition. The structure is comprised of reinforced concrete, which provides thermal mass for the building. The new building’s column grid seeks to work with the existing column grid at the base. The structural floor serves as an aesthetic separation between the old and new as well as a mechanical floor.
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Exterior Envelope
Green Roofs
Mechanical Cores
Preservation: Existing Base
Recycling Chutes
Cantilever Terraces
Vertical Circulation
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FLOOR CONNECTION DETAIL
THERMAL GRADIENT
TERRACE EDGE DETAIL Curtain Wall System w/ Internal Blinds
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Cultural Crossroads
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CULTURAL CROSSROADS An Interpretative Center for the Southern Humanities Critical Regionalism is the art of Preservation of Place. This idea seeks to integrate nature along with thoughtful site design in order to reduce men’s intervention and impact on the site. This in turn leaves the site as untouched as possible, inviting nature and its beauty to be the protagonists while adding simplicity to the design. “Design is so simple it is hard“.
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The site across the Savannah River, faces downtown Savannah. It offers abundant natural features, exhilarating views and a unique terrain with slight depressions throughout. Thorough observation of the site set the ground for important design decisions and tectonic detailing.
Hyatt Hotel / West River Street Stop
Westin Hotel / Convention Center Stop Ferry Route
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Cultural Crossroads
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“Wood is the form inspiring,
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Aluminum Column System: 3 1/2� - 8� diameter
Structure echoes marsh grass along the shore
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Scheme II
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ADAPTABLE GALLERY
APPROACH FROM WESTIN HOTEL
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Cultural Crossroads
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LIBRARY / READING AREAS
Adaptable Gallery Diagram
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Fretted Glass Diagram “You can’t look inside, but you can look outside.”
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The design employs a fretted glass panel system for its facade. Winter 32°
The 4’ x 12’ laminated panels consist of triple glazed glass sheets with a copper mesh in between. This allows for control of interior lighting intensity as well as a thermal envelope. “The sense that inside feels like outside.”
1. Educational 2. Observation Balcony
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WEST ELEVATION
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
1. Lobby 2. Temporary/Adaptable Gallery 3. Reading Area 4. Gift Shop 5. Educational 6. Administrative 7. Storage 8. Egress
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1. Book Stacks 2. Reading Area 3. Gift Shop 4. Educational 5. Administrative 6. Observation Balcony
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Team Members ___ T u l s i D e s a i , T i m B a l d i n g , & J e a n n e t t e G r e g o r Type ___ M i x e d U s e / U r b a n D e s i g n Area ___ 7 7 a c r e s
JOURNEY THROUGH TIME A Highly-Progressive Ecological Urban Development This was a sponsored studio where we worked for a client. We were formed into teams and each one had to come up with new ideas and a solution for the proposed challenge.
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EXISTING SITE PLAN
The project focused on urban design and the revitalization of an existing place. We strived to bring life back to the site by creating links between land, water and the built form. In this way, the overall plan will provide spaces of public gathering as well as moments of intimacy throughout the various circulatory systems. Also, various elements throughout the design will guide people towards key points, creating a constant activity that energizes the site during day and night. 72
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PROPOSED SITE PLAN
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Journey Through Time
The site is divided into 4 districts, each one with its own unique characteristics that give it an individual identity. The project focused on four major design drivers: Nature, Technology, Transportation, and Experience. The districts were molded through these and aided in creating a cohesive design in the search of our specific goals.
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NATURE WETLAND RESTORATION : ACTIVE
Animal Life Restore wildlife and ecology Stimulate bioculture and integration
Plant Life
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Floating Docks
Water Filters
Fishing / Recreation
Filtration of water flow
Research
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Creating wetland zonage
TECHNOLOGY
Light Line Day Time: Water Show Night Time: Light & Water Show
LAKEFRONT BOARDWALK A Highly-Progressive Ecological Urban Development
Solar Loop is an alternative means of transportation that connects the site. It generates energy from the movement of people using it throughout the day. At night, the Light Line reacts with luminous intensity according to
Toughened Glass
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Crystalline Silicone Cells
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Two - way PRT System
Walking Level
Shaded Recreation Area
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TECHNOLOGY
Bike Station Media Totem Interactive Map People Mover
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EXPERIENCE
AMPHITHEATER A Highly-Progressive Ecological Urban Development
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HORUS 2 PROJECT Lightning Research Facility & Hydrogen Fuel Cell Plant Human beings are in need of renewable sources of energy due to the current energy crisis and the exponentially growing population. The Horus Lightning Project attempts to capture the electric energy provided by lightning and store it in flywheels. This energy is later used to separate hydrogen and oxygen from water, which can later be used as fuel or industrially. This was a short 5 week project. Lightning Research Facility & Hydrogen Fuel Cell Plant
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SITE PLAN
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LIGHTNING ENERGY & ANATOMY There are more than 16 million lightning storms in the world every year. An average bolt of lightning carries an electric current of 40,000 Amperes (and up to 120,000 Amperes), and transfers a charge of 5 Coulombs and 500 mega joules of energy. The temperature of a single bolt can reach 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, about five times as hot as the sun’s surface.
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Water is electrolyzed to separate hydrogen and oxygen.
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ELECTROLYSIS H2O = 2H2 + O2
FLYWHEEL TECHNOLOGY
Is a method of using a direct electric current (DC) to drive
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BEN BRESLOW (Industrial Design)
MICHAEL SOLEO (Industrial Design)
MARCO BARBOZA (Architecture)
AUSTIN FARMER (Industrial Design)
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ACCESSIBLE NUTRITION TRANSPORT of SAVANN
Accessible Nutrition Transport of Savannah A “Food Desert� is a low income census tract where a substantial number of residents have low access to a grocery store. Consumers are constrained in their ability to access affordable nutritious food because they live far from a supermarket or large grocery store and do not have easy access to transportation. Our design gathers, transports, and distributes nutritional food to lowincome communities in Savannah, Georgia, where access to healthy food is limited or non-existent.
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THE HILL
“The Hill� is a large community garden that grows organic, seasonal foods. It acts as an educational center, dining area and meeting place for the city of Savannah. At this location produce is prepared for local distribution. Leaf-cutter ants cultivate a fungus garden within their nest. The fungus, which is their main food source, is distributed to various chambers throughout the colony. This system of food growth and distribution is reflected through the design of our community farm and our newly designed bus.
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H2-STATION At the station, buses are refueled with hydrogen. While refueling, the buses are loaded with riders and fresh produce grown in the gardens across the street. The bus station mimics the leaves of the canopy dwelling bromeliad plant. The leaves and the bus station roof both have a convexed shape which allows water to drip downward towards a collection device. The rain water collection can then be utilized to maintain the gardens.
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H2-BUS Like the shark and the remora fish, our design allows
for one system to attach to another. Food distribution Shark & Remora Fish
will “piggy-back” on the public transportation system. Fresh produce is loaded onto hydrogen fuel cell powered buses, which use the naturally occurring elements, hydrogen and oxygen, as a replacement energy source for fossil fuels. This greatly reduces harmful
FOOD STORAGE
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carbon emissions as the only exhaust created is pure H2O, which is collected and used to preserve the food. The bus is segmented into two sections: food is stored in
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FRESH STOPS Temnothorax ants store their food in a centralized location within their community. In case of famine, they also store their food in secondary food “silos”, strategically
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VIRTUAL INTRICACIES BIM Modeling, Rhinoceros & Grasshopper Computer aided design and three dimensional modeling is a major tool used in the architectural field around the world. These images were produced using Rhinoceros and Grasshopper as a tool for design, where different techniques and concepts of topology were employed. The rendering software is Autodesk Revit which is efficient for construction documentation. BIM Modeling, Rhinoceros, & Grasshopper
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Virtual Intricacies
WEAVE DEFINITION
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Temple of Serenity Pen 5” x 8” 2013
A Day At Victoria Bay Pen 5” x 8” 2013
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HAND EXPRESSIONS Art, Drawing, & Sketching Art has always been an integral part of me. Things have a special care and sensibility to them if they are done by hand. It forces and teaches us to focus on the details we otherwise would not notice. Our hands are extensions of our thoughts.
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