PHILIP RICHARDSON
PORTFOLIO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Profiles Opuntia Zilker Stone+Feather SURFACE: re-attaching to place Pavilion on 4 Columns Legaments Contingent Crossing Research
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LOS ANGELES
PROFILES OFFICES + HOTEL HIGH RISE Instructor: Margaret Griffin Location: Los Angeles, CA Semester: UT Fall 2016 Duration: 16 weeks exploring process as product: the creation of novel form through the parametric control of the process. Tasked with utilizing profiles to create form, careful relationships were created to define the curves in order to precisely control and perfect the end result. The final form of a seemingly tightly draped box came as a result of one specific profile-lofting process within the iterations. The concept developed, fascinating in its visual implications – either visibly prominent or entirely receding across the structure. An underlying grid follows the undulation of each individual surface, much like pattern on draped fabric. Both the formfinding and the pattern-making approaches take an unrevolutionary method and adjust it critically to reframe the concept.
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PROFILES
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LOS ANGELES
GROUND FLOOR LOBBY
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PROFILES
The experiences inside the tower, in the ground plaza, and throughout the city each provide new insight into the exploration of these contemporary formal ideas. The manifestation of process-driven form allows for an understanding of the affordances provided by this approach.
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LOS ANGELES
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NORTH SECTION_AA
PROFILES
ROOFTOP POOL+BAR_FLOOR 67
TYP HOTEL_FLOOR 30
TYP OFFICE_FLOOR 13
GROUND LOBBY_FLOOR 1
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LOS ANGELES
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PROFILES
The ideas explored by the processes developed allow for a tall building of dynamism, never revealing itself the same way twice.
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OPUNTIA PLANT INVESTIGATION
Instructor: Danelle Briscoe Semester: UT Fall 2015 Duration: 1.5 weeks This exercise began with a study on the relationships between components of the Texas Prickly Pear. Both texture (shading) and proportions (drafting) were considered. Data and dimensions collected from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center were used to determine proportional relationships between components. These dimensions were used to establish mathematical equations for each piece. Grasshopper was used in order to test the accuracy of these equations determined by the data of each plant component. In this way, the geometry of the plant was analysed through multiple techniques, both analog and digital.
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OPUNTIA
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All equations were driven by the length of the pad within Grasshopper. The parametric relationship is capable of producing the range of growth of all Texas Prickly Pear pads within the geometrical statistics of the plant.
Pad Length = 10” Fruit Length = 2.67” Tubercle Spacing = 2.13” Fruit Small Radius = 0.50” Fruit Large Radius = 0.84” Circle Small Radius = 2.80” Circle Large Radius = 3.40”
Pad Length = 9” Fruit Length = 2.40” Tubercle Spacing = 1.98” Fruit Small Radius = 0.45” Fruit Large Radius = 0.75” Circle Small Radius = 2.52” Circle Large Radius = 3.06”
Pad Length = 8” Fruit Length = 2.14” Tubercle Spacing = 1.83” Fruit Small Radius = 0.40” Fruit Large Radius = 0.67” Circle Small Radius = 2.24” Circle Large Radius = 2.72”
Pad Length = 7” Fruit Length = 1.87” Tubercle Spacing = 1.69” Fruit Small Radius = 0.35” Fruit Large Radius = 0.58” Circle Small Radius = 1.96” Circle Large Radius = 2.38”
Pad Length = 6” Fruit Length = 1.60” Tubercle Spacing = 1.54” Fruit Small Radius = 0.30” Fruit Large Radius = 0.50” Circle Small Radius = 1.68” Circle Large Radius = 2.04”
Pad Length = 5” Fruit Length = 1.34” Tubercle Spacing = 1.39” Fruit Small Radius = 0.25” Fruit Large Radius = 0.42” Circle Small Radius = 1.40” Circle Large Radius = 1.70”
Pad Length = 4” Fruit Length = 1.07” Tubercle Spacing = 1.25” Fruit Small Radius = 0.20” Fruit Large Radius = 0.33” Circle Small Radius = 1.12” Circle Large Radius = 1.36”
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OPUNTIA
HAND-DRAFTED FINAL PROPORTIONS
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AUSTIN
ZILKER PLANT CONSERVATORY Instructor: Danelle Briscoe Location: Zilker Botanical Garden, Austin, TX Semester: UT Fall 2015 Duration: 4 weeks The concept for this project stems from two broad categories of plants to be housed within the conservatory – those on display and those framing the spaces – establishing a figure ground relationship. The “figures” manifest as local cacti, displaying the otherwise overlooked native species, while the “ground” plants include those which grow horizontally and vertically. The figure ground relationship is translated through massing as well. The plant conservatory is lifted up, becoming the figure on display. The services and education program elements are sunken into the ground. Primary circulation cuts between these two parts of the program, ramping down to the service/ education components and culminating at the entrance to the plant conservatory.
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ZILKER
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Shape/Orientation
PLANT TAXONOMY Climbing
Prostrate
Decumbent
Multiple Stems
Single Crown
Stoloniferous
Rhizomatous
Growth Form Vitis aestivalis
Vitis rotundifolia
Vitis palmata
Agrostis perennans
Trifolium wormskioldii
Muhlenbergia asperifolia
Campsis radicans
Ampelopsis cordata
Prunella vulgaris
Commelina diffusa
Yucca glauca
Polygonum sagittatum
Veronica americana
Galium trifidum
Limnobium spongia
Ajuga reptans
Ruppia maritima
Phyla nodiflora
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FIGURE
Water
Sunlight
Human Height
Carnegiea gigantea
Stenocereus thurberi
Ferocactus wislizeni
Cylindropuntia imbricata var. imbricata
Opuntia Gosseliniana
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Opuntia engelmannii
Echinocactus Grusonii
Ancistrocactus scheeri
Echinocereus fendleri
AUSTIN
ZILKER
UPPER PLAN
LOWER PLAN
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AUSTIN
CNC-ROUTED, FOLDED ALUMINUM PANELS
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ZILKER
Along the circulation path runs the living wall system, consisting of a series of modular panels of folded aluminum. The thin sheets fold into each other to become self-supporting and define a holder for plants.
LIVING WALL SYSTEM
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AUSTIN
The plant conservatory is comprised of a series of structural frames. This provides the repetitive framework for the modular living wall system to engage. The conservatory form is parametrically generated in Grasshopper by controlling the height at five points, influenced by the heights and arrangement of the selected cacti.
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ZILKER
FIGURE GROUND RELATIONSHIP
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ATLANTA
STONE+FEATHER DESIGN / BUILD Instructor: Tristan Al-Haddad Collaborator: Shaowen Zhang Location: Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA Semester: GT Spring 2014 Duration: 15 weeks This design/build project began as a study on the caustic properties of reflected light. The program of the final project was that of a “chapel” which celebrated these properties. The chapel was scaled to the proportions of a singular user and emphasis was placed on elegant connections. The design consists of two major elements: a heavy base providing the space of the user, and the lightweight surface for display lifted above. The stone and feather dichotomy permeates throughout the project and accentuates the experience of the user occupying the space between. The connection points of the transparent columns to the “stone” and “feather” components were specifically detailed to simplify and hide these joints from the user. Plans for site selection, workflow, ordered process, shop pre-fabrication, and on-site construction had to be considered. The project became one of carefully controlled interactions experienced via thoughtful details and materiality.
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STONE+FEATHER
EXTERIOR CAUSTIC REFLECTIONS
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ATLANTA
INTERIOR CAUSTIC REFLECTIONS
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STONE+FEATHER
FEATHER
STONE
PRE-FABRICATION
ON-SITE ASSEMBLY
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BROOKLYN
SURFACE: RE-ATTACHING TO PLACE ACSA TIMBER IN THE CITY COMPETITION Instructor: Frederick Pearsall Collaborator: Eliah Cappi Location: Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY Semester: GT Spring 2013 Duration: 16 weeks With rising water levels from global warming and the boundary of the water’s surface gradually encroaching on that of landscape, low-lying urban habitats like Red Hook are now periodically awash with tidal surges that make it difficult, literally- and figuratively-speaking, for both biotic and abiotic systems to attach or remain attached to place. SURFACE orients to these fluctuating surfaces of ground and water and a new architectural/landscape order of material surfaces constructed in relation to them. Such an approach will ‘afford’ the interconnection of environment-specific perception, action, and performance needed for a new, more sustainable type of place attachment and existence to develop and root itself.
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SURFACE
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BROOKLYN
WATER SYSTEMS
STRUCTURE
SOLAR SYSTEMS
PUBLIC SPACE
WIND SYSTEMS
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RESIDENTIAL UNITS
SURFACE
INTERCONNECTIVITY OF SURFACES ACROSS MULTIPLE SCALES
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BROOKLYN
Stepping terraces and ramps create a new semi-public space through indigenous plant species that ‘map sectionally’ to the prior natural landscape and define the roof of the wood manufacturing center below. Interactions between programmatic surfaces help communal development to happen naturally through everyday connections between inhabitants.
EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIP OF GROUND AND WATER SURFACES INTERWOVEN
PERCEPTUAL CHANGE OF COMMUNAL INTERACTION
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SURFACE
A tectonic system of cross-laminated timber (CLT) provides a comprehensive solution. Materiality is carefully designed in relation to the fluctuating ground and water planes.
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PAVILION ON 4 COLUMNS INDUSTRIAL PAVILION
Instructor: Michael Benedikt Semester: UT Spring 2016 Duration: 3 weeks A program-less pavilion that must be supported on only 4 columns. The approach of the project became the clear expression of the unique structural system at work. 4 dramatic, tapering, leaning columns holding up a glu-lam wood roof system through pin connections, tensile rods, and lateral cable resistion. The roof form also allows water collection to become a celebrated event, naturally falling to the middle of the space where it can be funneled through the central channel. Geometric relationships were determined using two primary methods: the root two and golden rectangles. Mathematical analysis was utilized in order to keep the tensile members parallel to the roof, further preserving a clarity of form. The resulting posture of the pavilion provokes a new question when determining its proper place: can landscape follow form?
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PAVILION
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SECTION
PLAN
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PAVILION
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LEGAMENTS TABLE LEG PROTOTYPES Instructor: Igor Siddiqui Collaborator: Ben Wilde Semester: UT Fall 2015 Duration: 16 weeks This project uses Grasshopper and 3D printing to generate plastic inserts and templates for inserting them into pre-existing leg forms. Standard leg forms could be operated upon to create a product that calls into question the solidity of wood. The constraints of the 3D printer informed decisions throughout the process, creating parameters to work within. Any number of strands can be generated at any height and thickness, all controlled within Grasshopper. Two formal approaches were explored, one immaterial and seamless, and one with clear distinction between solid and strand materially and geometrically. Structural stability is developed through two major strategies. The seamless form gains strength through the thickening of the strands as the connection to the wood approaches. The other form achieves stability by intersecting strands at several points within the spanning height. The resulting legs question materiality and form through the intersection of these two forms of making: one manual and one digital. Design Excellence Nominee
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LEGAMENTS
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3D PRINTED INITIAL PROTOTYPES
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LEGAMENTS
ALGORITHMIC PROCESS
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The wood was turned on the lathe to achieve the rounded, tapered, traditional table leg form. A template system was developed to control the taper and cut angles, corresponding with specific values provided by each digitally scripted plastic insertion piece.
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LEGAMENTS
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BANGKOK
CONTINGENT CROSSING HMMD BANGKOK FASHION HUB COMPETITION Collaborators: Eliah Cappi and Shaowen Zhang Location: Bangkok, Thailand Date: Summer 2014 Duration: 8 weeks Key urban forces along the four sides of our site serve as the primary focus which drives the urban response formally, while historical patterns of dwelling inform our treatment of program, driving the space-making and inhabitation materially. Prominent diamond figures taken from traditional Thai practices of fashion and pattern-making act as both signifier and screen on the south and west facades, create the illusion of suspended mass and simultaneously act as a diaphanous skin. These two sides interface with the urban approach along the SkyRail facing the main street. The iconic image of a raised brick mass, decontextualized yet respondent to natural and human ecologies of Thai contemporary culture curates the building’s program within.
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CONTINGENT CROSSING
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BANGKOK
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CONTINGENT CROSSING
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
LEVEL 4 FLOOR PLAN
WEST SECTION
SOUTH SECTION
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BANGKOK
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The north and east corners open up to a more expansive view of the city, holding a much more intimate relationship with neighborhood streets. A soft treatment of these edges is articulated through a rhythm of repeating circulation and an absence of form. These thin circulation paths act as formal planes that cut through void and volume.
CONTINGENT CROSSING
ROOF GARDEN
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AUSTIN
RESEARCH LIVING WALL + ARDUINO DATA SENSING + ROBOTICS LAB Research Assistant Collaborators: Danelle Briscoe and Benjamin Rice Location: UTSOA, Austin, TX Duration: ongoing, since Spring 2016 Since its inception in January of 2016, I have worked as a research assistant the UTSOA Robotics Lab with Benjamin Rice. This research primarily focuses on developing techniques for Robotic uses in architecture, but also includes research of emerging digital fabrication technologies and instructing students on CNC-machine use. Over the summer of 2016, in collaboration with Danelle Briscoe and Benjamin Rice, research was centered on data sensing in living wall systems. The work was tied to both the living wall project in coordination with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the Robotics Lab. Data sensing was collected through the use of Arduino hardware and digitally analysed with Firefly and Grasshopper. Additionally, robotic techniques such as incremental forming were developed as a possible fabrication method for future living wall projects. ACSA Conference 2017
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RESEARCH
INCREMENTAL METAL FORMING
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AUSTIN
TRACKING PLANT GROWTH OVER TIME
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RESEARCH
SENSING LIGHT AND TEMPERATURE DATA
SENSING PROXIMITY AND SOUND DATA
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AUSTIN
SPRAY PAINTING LINEWEIGHT
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RESEARCH
CRAWLER SCRIPTED ROBOTIC DRAWING
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PHILIP RICHARDSON pmrichardson4@gmail.com 828.551.0812
EDUCATION May 2018
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Master of Architecture [in progress] GPA: 3.98
May 2014
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Bachelor of Science in Architecture Minor in Architecture History GPA: 3.71 Major GPA: 3.92
PROFESSIONAL 2014 - 2015
Intern Architect, BLUR Workshop, Atlanta, GA
2011 - 2013
Intern Architect, CH2M Hill / IDC Architects, Spartanburg, SC
2010
Construction Worker, Blue Ridge Energy Systems, Fletcher, NC
15 months
7 months
3 months
Helped with the duties of establishing a startup architecture ďŹ rm including branding, company standards, organization, and technical workows/troubleshooting. Assisted with all phases of multiple projects and led much of the BIM coordination.
Worked with a wide range of architects and clients to create 3D Revit models, renderings, animations, and construction documents for many industrial projects.
Helped complete residential construction to prepare homes for occupancy. Learned about innovative sustainable systems for residential construction.
TEACHING/RESEARCH
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Spring 2015 - present Fall 2016 Summer 2016 Spring 2015 Fall 2015
University of Texas at Austin Research Assistant, Robotics Lab + Digital Fabrication Teaching Assistant, Visual Communication III Research Assistant, Arduino + Living Wall Teaching Assistant, BIO (in)Formatic Modeling Graduate Assistant, Architecture Library
Fall 2013 - Spring 2014 Spring 2013
Georgia Institute of Technology Research Assistant, Shape Computation Lab Teaching Assistant, Architectural Media Modeling
SOFTWARE Advanced Proficiency Revit Rhinoceros + V-Ray + Grasshopper Adobe: Photoshop + Illustrator + InDesign Lumion AutoCAD
Intermediate Proficiency Google Sketchup 3DS Max ArcGIS Maxwell Rendering Python Scripting
Advanced Proficiency Kuka Robotic Arms + Positioners CNC Routing Laser Cutting 3D Printing
Intermediate Proficiency Woodworking Metalworking - welding, cutting, grinding
FABRICATION
AWARDS AND ASSOCIATIONS 2017 2016-2017 2016-2017 2015-2016 Fall 2015
University of Texas at Austin Tau Sigma Delta Honors Society Lake/Flato Endowed Scholarship Texas Architectural Foundation (TAF) scholarship - Eva and Jay W. Barnes, FAIA Joy & Morin Scott/Sally & John Byram Graduate Fellowship Design Excellence Nomination, Prototype
Summer 2014 Spring 2014 2010-2014 2012-2014 Fall 2011 Spring 2014 2010-2014
Georgia Institute of Technology Honorable Mention, EERI Seismic Design Competition Graduation with Highest Honors Dean’s List, all semesters Faculty Honors, 3 semesters Published work, Georgia Tech School of Architecture Design + Research Annual 2011-2012 Technology Chair, School of Architecture Forum American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)
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