oliver mullikin university of cincinnati
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The intention for this project was to create a “block” that could balance on an area that was four square inches or lower. With those strict guidelines, the process of creation was very strict as well. It began with nine constructions confined to a 3” x 3” cube: three line, three plane, and three combinations. These were accompanied by six diagrams that were meant to explore how our construction could stand, and then were fully combined into a final balance block.
insertion
Analyzation of a site is critical to learning how architecture can be created and designed. The aim for this practice was to observe a site and discover how it can be expanded upon in a form called the “insertion.� For this, I focused on how a space can be altered or even created from what is above, expanding off of a balcony and using it to integrate to forms of previously existing space.
monolith
Create an object that forms to the human hand. While this project is not strictly architectural, it is an interesting look into ergonomics and how they are important in design. The process was done by using three materials: a rough draft using clay, a second draft using foam, and a final made of maple wood.
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Site is an important part of any construction. Using site and an operation, we constructed models that represented a space that fit in a space in between two buildings. Using the operation “branch,” developed from previous operation “inscribe,” a model dividing areas into different urban spaces was produced.