FOR YOUR PLEASURE selected works from the portfolio of patrick delorey
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INSTALLATION
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SCULPTURE
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FURNITURE
24 INSTALLATION
32 EXHIBITION
LOCATION BROOKLYN, NY TYPOLOGY INSTALLATION SIZE 10,000 SQ. FT.
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reORDER ...provides a new set of ordering principles that challenge the colossal scale and regularity of the gridded space of the Great Hall at the Brooklyn Museum by McKim, Mead, & White. reOrder operates upon the ornamental logic of the classical order in the service of providing a unique forum for public interaction and assembly. reOrder was designed, fabricated, and installed by Situ Studio. For the project, I produced parametric models, drawings, & renderings to test designs and ultimately to fabricate parts. In addition, I designed the furniture, produced molds for thermoforming, and directed on-site installation.
CONCEPT
SECTION
QUESTIONS OF SCALE The most salient feature of the Great Hall, its scale, is perhaps its greatest challenge to curators and to visitors of the space. The design developed as a response to this challenge, endeavoring to produce smaller ‘pockets’ of space by distorting the typically purely structural columns, and allowing them to take
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on the additional performative features of seating, ceiling, enclosure, and sites of gathering for museum visitors.
Above: fabrication and installation Opposite: typical museum visitors and the Brooklyn Museum’s First Saturday monthly public event
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LOCATION VENICE, ITALY TYPOLOGY INSTALLATION SIZE 5,000 SQ. FT.
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at the back of the NORTH WIND ...is an installation for the Venice Biennale of Art fabricated by Situ Studio for artist Anton Ginzburg which features large-scale sculpture, bass reliefs, photography, painting, and video. Throughout the artist explores the mythical concept of Hyperborea – a place described as “the Golden Age” – traveling from the Northwest Coast of the United States to St. Petersburg, Russia and on to the White Sea. On the whole, the exhibition is about the dimensions of discovery. Ginzburg follows a journey and also creates the inhabitants of Hyperborea making the exhibition a complex web of interactions with ideas and objects. For this project, I provided digital modeling, programed 3 & 4-axis CNC milling, and assisted in finishing milled components.
FABRICATION - 4 AXIS MILLING To accomplish the complex formal characteristics of the sculpture while minimizing machining time, 4-axis milling was employed, ultimately saving both time and material. Components were then hand carved, sanded, and painted to acheive the desired surface finish.
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In addition to the free-form sculpture, the artist requested a number of relief sculptures, many based on geographical data from various regions imported into 3d modeling software and built into surfaces that were CNC milled.
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LOCATION MY BEDROOM TYPOLOGY FURNITURE SIZE 16 CU. FT.
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STRATA ...seeks to expose plywood’s expressive potential via the precision and speed made possible with digital fabrication. Plywood’s fundamental character, that of a laminate, is typically considered only for its structural and performative properties, not for its potential as ornament. This unique material expression is integrated into the function of the piece through the drawer pulls, which are formed by local discontinuities in the undulating forms of the drawer fronts. The final material expression is noteworthy also in the sense that it functions as a contour map, referencing the means of its own morphogenesis.
POCKET BED
POCKET SIDE ONE & FLIP
PEG BED & POCKET SIDE TWO
SURFACE SIDE ONE & FLIP
SURFACE SIDE TWO
FREE COMPLETED PIECE
FABRICATION - FLIP MILL Milling complex, double-sided forms required a sophisticated approach. A pegging system was developed to aid in aligning opposing faces precisely. Each machining operation was analyzed critically, and the milling of each drawer provided insights to milling the next, effectively serving as an evolving protoype.
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Above: resulting ornamentation references the contour map used to generate the form Opposite: drawer pulls integrated into the form
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LOCATION SAN FRANCISCO, CA TYPOLOGY INSTALLATION SIZE 500 SQ. FT.
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fog BANK ...is an installation investigating affective environments across multiple trajectories: textural variation, light & shade, blur, reflectivity, and transparency. The installation is composed of plastic tubes clustered to form a surface derived from programmatic elements within the space. Together, the tubes create a highly animated effect, alternately shimmering with light or distorting it to create an atmosphere diffused throughout the space, at once tangible yet ethereal. The installation was a collective project in a thesis studio. I contributed to the project as lead designer, produced all the graphics, coordinated fabrication and installation. Fog Bank has been featured on notcot.org and was a project of the week on architizer.com.
STRUCTURE
PROGRAM
SPAN
PATHWAYS
SURFACE
DESIGN
PRESENCE
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The surface was developed as an expression of the various forces influencing the space. The program was analyzed for ways in which the various intimacy levels it suggested might be expressed and modulated via the height of the ceiling throughout the space.
LOUNGING DRINKING CIRCULATING ADMIRING CONFERRING MEETING JOKING CHATTING
26,085 TUBES
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The surface was populated with randomly distributed, variously sized tubes in carefully fixed percentages. Greater numbers of smaller tubes could be obtained from a single stock tube. Their numerical prominence allows for a maximum of coverage while still maintaining an economy of material.
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FABRICATION Cutting jigs were developed and fabricated allowing three people to cut all the necessary pieces in only four days. The tubes were then drilled in four places each and clustered together into a five-by-five modular unit. Trays for transporting the tubes were made from the boxes in which the stock tubes were delivered allowing
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for easy loading and unloading. From initial proposal to completed installation
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folding PLYWOOD ...is a collaboration between Snøhetta and Situ Studio for the exhibition design of Nordic Models + Common Ground and its twelve display units. The design of the structures responds to the provision that the exhibit will travel to six additional locations across America. Starting with folding studies in various media, Situ and Snøhetta developed a living hinge system, inserting high density polyethylene into plywood. The structures are able to unfold and pack flat, minimizing transit costs. For this project, my responsibilities were primarily in the fabrication stage, operating the CNC router, working in the shop, and assembling the final stands on site.
FLAT-PACKING
ON -SITE ASSEMBLY
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in the final piece. The units are also designed in such a way so as to maintain access to the fasteners to ease assembly, while also preserving visibility of the contrasting interior finish of sky blue and the exterior of finished birch plywood.
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undergraduate thesis work california polytechnic state university san luis obispo 2009-2010