2015
MARK T NICOL DESIGN PORTFOLIO
PROFESSIONAL WORK
MARK T NICOL 1
FABERGÉ EGG
2 MICHAEL KORS FLAGSHIP 3 GUIYANG SUPERTOWER 4 Z3 TOWER 5 STATION SQUARE 6 NATO HEADQUARTERS 7 ADDITIONAL WORK
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF FINAL PIECE
Fabergé Egg DIGITAL DESIGN AND FABRICATION FOR PUBLIC ART EXHIBIT IN LONDON
STATE LOCALE WITH POSITION PHASES ROLE
As one of just six architects amongst a field of world-class artists participating in the 2012 Fabergé Big Egg Hunt, Fourfoursixsix set forth to create a piece that dealt with architectural concepts such as light, and space, and aperture in a poetic and artistic way. I was brought on as a freelance designer to help them conceptualize and execute a • COMPLETE 2012 daring design which pushed the • LONDON, UK limits of parametric tools and • FOURFOURSIXSIX tested the thresholds of digital • FREELANCE fabrication. • DESIGN & BUILD • PARAMETRIC DESIGN, While most of the executed PREPARATION FOR pieces in the city wide exhibit FABRICATION were decorated shells, we sought to question the solidity of the form. We imbued the shell with depth and created a fine lattice work that allow for a transparency, and inferiority. This spatial quality set this piece apart from not only the artist in the field but the other architects as well. The final piece was well publicized in sites dedicated to both design and fabrication. It was selected by the exhibit organizers to be one of a select few pieces sold at private auction to benefit local charities.
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PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FABRICATED PIECE
PHOTOGRAPHS OF FINAL INSTALLATION
DETAIL PHOTOGRAPH
DETAIL PHOTOGRAPH
FEATURED ON AWARDS AIANY 2015 FINALIST LUMEN AWARD FOR FACADE DETAIL INTERIOR DESIGN “SHINING ACHIEVEMENT” NOMINATION
PHOTOGRAPH OF FINISHED STORE
MICHAEL KORS FLAGSHIP BRAND ENHANCING DESIGN FOR THIS AMERICAN LABEL’S ENTRANCE INTO ASIA This design is the result of thorough brand analysis and establishes a new standard for Michael Kors retail presence.
STATE LOCALE WITH POSITION PHASES ROLE
Composed of delicate, textured, reflective elements, the facade panels create unique lighting and material effects at various scales taking cues from the vir• COMPLETE 2014 tues of the brand’s fashion. The • SHANGHAI, CH shimmering texture from afar • KPF reveals high level of craft, del• DESIGNER icacy, and material richness as • SD + DD + CD + CA it is approached. This intricate, • FACADE DESIGN, non-repeating facade pattern is VISUALIZATION, achieved through an inventive SCRIPTING, mathematical system allowing DOCUMENTATION, the 60 unique panels to be fabriFABRICATION cated efficiently. The result is a facade with a pattern that exists in the space between order and randomness. The success of this project has led Michael Kors to truly embrace the design and internalize it as part of their brand. KPF has subsequently developed a more comprehensive set of architectural guidelines allowing Michael Kors to achieve the same degree of delicacy, subtlety, and material richness given variable site constraints and variable budgets.
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DESIGN OF THE INFILL PANEL SYSTEM
PARTIAL CUTAWAY
PARTIAL CUTAWAY
DIGITAL AND PHYSICAL MOCK-UPS
DOCUMENTATION AND FABRICATION | CONTROLLING RANDOM
PHOTOGRAPH OF FINAL MOCK-UP
3 BASIC CELL TYPES + MIRRORS
6 BUILDING BLOCKS + MIRRORS
5 UNIQUE VERTICAL STACKS
6 UNIQUE PANEL TYPES
DOCUMENTATION AND FABRICATION
FABRICATION DETAILS
PHOTOGRAPH OF FINISHED PANEL
DETAIL PHOTOGRAPH
LIGHTING EFFECT AT NIGHT
NIGHT VIEW | RENDERING BY MICHAEL KLAUSMEIER
SUPERTOWER CENTRAL ATRIUM
GUIYANG SUPERTOWER & CULTURAL CENTER CURATING URBAN EXPERIENCE THROUGH LARGE SCALE, MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT For this competition the fast growing western Chinese city of Guiyang set forth to build a mixed-use development that was 1 part Rockefeller Center, 1 part Lincoln Center and 1 part Empire State Building.
STATE LOCALE WITH POSITION PHASES ROLE
In our response, the primary • COMPETITION (2013) programmatic characteristics • GUIYANG, CH of the development - Culture, • KPF Civic, and Commerce - become • DESIGNER drivers that the formation of • COMPETITION the development. Each of these • TOWER DESIGN, primary programmatic characSITE PLANNING, teristics become an organizing VISUALIZATION, axis, centered on the tower and DOCUMENTATION radiating out through the site. The result is that the character of the city shapes the development and in turn is reflected back by the form of the tower. Additionally, the metabolist nature of the supertower allow it to shift in its massing and a manner that responds to the mix of uses. Thus the floor plate is optimized at each level, whether the program is office, hotel, or residential.
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DESIGN OF THE SUPERTOWER
TOP OF TOWER | RESIDENCES WITH LIGHT AND VIEWS
MIDDLE OF TOWER | OPEN HOTEL COMMUNITIES
BOTTOM OF TOWER | OPTIMIZED OFFICE LAYOUT
TOP OF TOWER
TOWER SKY GARDEN
FORMATION OF THE SUPERTOWER
RESIDENTIAL
HOTEL
COMMERCIAL
IDEAL PROGRAM BLOCKS
STACKED AND ROTATED
SPECIAL PIECES AT THE BASE
VERTICAL SHIFT
FINAL TOWER FORM
AERIAL | RENDERING BY VYONYX
THREE AXES OF THE TOWER | REFLECTING THE CITY
THREE AXES | INTERIOR SPACES
CIVIC AXIS | RENDERING BY D-BOX
COMMERCE AXIS | RENDERING BY D-BOX
CULTURAL AXIS | RENDERING BY D-BOX
TOWER BREAKS APART AT THE BASE
BASE OF SUPERTALL FROM RIVER | RENDERING BY ATCHAIN
BASE OF SUPERTALL FROM CULTURAL AXIS | RENDERING BY ATCHAIN
TOWER DURING FESTIVAL | RENDERING BY VISUAL HOUSE
Z3 TOWER A SIMPLE MASSING WITH AN EXQUISITELY ARTICULATED TEXTURED FACADE Located at the gateway to Beijing’s new Central Business District, Z3 will be distinguished by it’s clarity. It’s simple chamfered massing and richly textured facade offer a marked contrast to much of the development in China today which often favors opulent form over architectural refinement. STATE LOCALE WITH POSITION PHASES ROLE
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IN DEVELOPMENT BEIJING, CHINA KPF DESIGNER SD , DD, CD TOWER FACADE, PRIMARY PUBLIC SPACES, MAIN ENTRY CANOPY
The facade system in developement advances KPF’s long history of designing and building richly articulated, technically advanced facade systems. Instead of a flat facade wrapping a form, we’ve developed a deep shingled wall with tapered aluminum fins. A shingled wall with this depth has never before been built, and as such is testing the limits of advanced curtain wall design. At the tower’s base the shingled wall peels away creating integral canopies and revealing the refined lobby spaces within. The formal language of carving and texture finds it’s way into the interior with bold forms and subtle material treatments.
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FACADE SYSTEM WITH DEPTH AND TEXTURE
SHINGLED WALL CUTAWAY
SHINGLED WALL SECTION
CANOPY PEELING AWAY FROM FACADE
MAIN ENTRY CANOPY
MAIN CANOPY SECTION
INTERIOR PUBLIC SEQUENCE
MAIN LOBBY SPACE
FEATURE WALL
LIFT LOBBY
EXPERIENCE AT THE TOP OF TOWER
Station Square A NEW MODEL FOR HOUSING IN SUBURBAN VANCOUVER
STATE LOCALE WITH POSITION PHASES ROLE
Like many coastal North American cities, Vancouver is experiencing a major building boom. It’s unique position as one of the densest cities in North America while still being proximate to genuine natural wonders results in new models for urban dwelling. This residential tower, located in the immediate satellite suburb of Burnaby provides • IN DESIGN generous outdoor space for ev• BURNABY, CA ery unit while seriously densify• KPF ing its surroundings. • DESIGNER • CONCEPT - SD The genesis of the design was a • TOWER DESIGN, study of the scale of the traPODIUM DESIGN, ditional suburban bungalows SITE PLANNING, which can be found mere blocks VISUALIZATION from the development. Keeping the mass constant the block was pushed and pulled to create a “package” which could be stacked in a metabolist fashion into this dramatic stepping tower. The stepping form is expressed again at the podium with a richer, solidified material palette.
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FORMATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL TOWER
TYPICAL LOCAL HOUSING
SAME MASS, STRETCHED
REGULAR FLOORPLATE
SHIFTED EXPRESSION
STEPPING FORM AT BASE OF TOWER
STACKED UNITS
STEPPED TOWER FORM
CONTROLLED AND ORDERED
TOWER FACADE CHARACTER
LOOSE & PLAYFUL
EXPERIENCE OF THE RESIDENTIAL TOWER
CORNER BALCONIES & FRAME
PLAYFUL FACADE EXPRESSION
RICH MATERIAL EXPRESSION SEEN FROM STREET
EXPERIENCE OF THE RETAIL PODIUM
CORNER ANCHOR RETAIL (BELOW) | STREET FRONT BOUTIQUE RETAIL (ABOVE)
STEPPING SOLID FORMS AT TOWER BASE
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NATO HEADQUARTERS A NEW HOME FOR THE WORLD’S MOST POWERFUL ALLIANCE Envisioned as two hands coming together in a sign of unity, this new headquarters will house an alliance made up of 28 member nations and 19 partner nations in a fortress of glass that is over 250,000 square meters - nearly the size of the Pentagon. While only 7 stories, it’s scale by all other measures is staggering. STATE • IN CONSTRUCTION LOCALE WITH POSITION PHASES ROLE
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BELGIUM, BE SOM JUNIOR DESIGNER DD + CD ROOF DESIGN, FACADES, VISUALIZATION, DOCUMENTATION
On a project with design criteria including embassy level security, modern flexible office space, a comprehensive conference center, common amenity space the team was vast and evolving. Yet I managed to remain an integral team member from the beginning of Design Development through the completion of Construction Documents. My focus on this years long effort was all of the roof systems and select, atypical facade systems. Working with talented technical architects, I learned a remarkable amount about what it takes to realize a project of this magnitude and complexity.
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ROOF DESIGN AND DETAILS
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DETAIL AT GUTTER + HATCH
DETAIL AT EDGE
CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS
VARIOUS ROOF AND CANOPY SYSTEMS
OVERALL VIEWS
Additional work PROFESSIONAL
ACADEMIC + RESEARCH
MARK T NICOL 1
IN CHARYBDIS
2 FORCES & ATTRACTION 3 TRIBECA HOTEL + RESIDENCES 4 MORPHOLOGIC DISPLAY 5 CLOUD CULTURE 6 ADDITIONAL WORK
HONORABLE MENTION EVOLO SKYSCRAPER COMPETITION
FEATURED ON SUCKERPUNCH EVOLO : SKYSCRAPERS 2
WITH CRITIC YEAR GROUP
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PENNDESIGN CECIL BALMOND 2012 NAM IL JOE & LAURA LO
IN CHARYBDIS
UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTER
FLUID DYNAMICS
INTERACTIVE AGENTS
STRAND COHESION
CONNECTIONS TO STRANDS
MATERIAL EXPERIMENTS
NEAR SURFACE RESEARCH PODS
0M
-100 M
-200 M
SECTION OF EXTRUDED PLASTIC STRANDS -300 M
WITH CRITIC YEAR
• PRATT INSTITUTE • THEO CALVIN • 2010
FORCE AND ATTRACTION
MAPPING THE SPACE OF INTERACTION
WITH CRITIC YEAR
• PENNDESIGN • HINA JAMELLE • 2010
TRIBECA hotel + residences EXPERIMENT IN TOPOLOGY
FRONT FACE | TRANSFORMED CELLS
BACK FACE | REGULAR TRIANGULAR CELLS
WITH CRITIC YEAR
• PENNDESIGN • FERDA KOLATAN • 2012
MORPHOLOGIC DISPLAY VARIABLE BRICK WALL
BLENDED MORPHOLOGIC TRANSFORMATION
JedLab I’m at the w-burg wfront - you should be here! @magham73
imwitit check out photos of me backstage at the #poolparties hell yes http://twitpic.com/8uag4fg
funkdesign sunglasses on my face and beer in my hand. so excited to be at the #williamsburg #waterfront
zherman got and extra ticket for the #jellypoolparty. who wants to join me?
WITH • INDEPENDENT YEAR • 2010 PARTNER • DAVID MULDER
Cloud Culture
RESPONSIVE SOCIAL ARCHITECTURE
SITE PLAN | DYNAMICALLY REFLECTS SOCIAL NETWORK
ELEVATIONS OF RESPONSIVE CANOPY
AERIAL VIEW FULLY EXPANDED SITE
CANOPY RESPONDS TO THE MOOD OF THE CROWD
Additional work ACADEMIC + RESEARCH
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