sixto cordero maisonet co founder @ helloeverything UPRRP BDA // MIT MArch 2016 Submitted for consideration regarding the Architectural Designer position If further information is necessary please email: sixtoacm@gmail.com
loading 2012 /Cambridge MA, USA
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How would you build a conversation? Inhabit a relationship? Could you crawl inside? Take refuge in its structure? How would it materialize? Engulf the venue from the inside out and explore the formal possibilities of our interactions. What shape do our relationships take? The focus of recent research into self-organizational systems within architecture overwhelmingly emphasizes the formal and geometric qualities of complex material systems. The work, is bound to extrinsic geometric qualities, and as such hinders its own scaling out of the microscopic domain into that of people and cities. LOADING argues self-organization is a generated within a social and cultural milieu. LOADING is a endlessly reconfigurable crowd-sourced installation composed of 500 foam units. Presented as stacks with no instruction, the space produced by the interaction of passersby is an index to the latent social flows, and cues of behavioral interaction. Through the simple basis of compounding aggregation, the project explores forms relation to indeterminate social fields. Loading was a collaboration product of a collective once directed by Austin Smith and myself Team- (Luisel Zayas, Enas Alkhudairy, Rachel Himmelfarb)
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Loading Assembled Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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Prototyping Loading Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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loading 2012 /Cambridge MA, USA
56 Ideas for Installations Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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loading 2012 /Cambridge MA, USA
Topologies of Aggregation Cambridge MA, USA 2012
Typologies of Loading Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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Loading 0.01 Cambridge MA, USA 2012 01.06
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Loading 0.02 Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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loading 2012 /Cambridge MA, USA
Loading’s Cut-file 4’-0” x 8’-0” Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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loading 2012 /Cambridge MA, USA
Structural Looping Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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loading 2012 /Cambridge MA, USA
Tight Connection Radius
LOADING symbol -orients piece, references ring typology
Notch Ribbing -flexibility for notch prongs
Hollow Center -maximum flexibility without losing structure
Alignment Guides -visual reference for connecting pieces
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Broad Connection Radius
Loading’s Module Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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Units Being Cut Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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loading 2012 /Cambridge MA, USA
Loading on its resting/ initial state Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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loading 2012 /Cambridge MA, USA
Options of Aggregation in Relation to Space Cambridge MA, USA 2012
Loading on MIT Lobby 7 Cambridge MA, USA 2012 01.13
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loading 2012 /Cambridge MA, USA
Post-occupancy Loading (92 Oxford St.) Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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loading 2012 /Cambridge MA, USA
Post-occupancy Loading (Together Festival) Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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Loading‘s Intelligence, its Structural Loops Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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Post-occupancy Loading (MIT) Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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Post-occupancy Loading (Together Festival) Cambridge MA, USA 2012
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konokono 2014 /Kenya
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In the Spring of 2014, a studio of ten MIT architecture students, called the Unmaterial Studio (led by visiting faculty, Jose Selgas), researched and proposed to design an education and vaccination center for the Turkana people in northwest Kenya. This project was built in the summer of 2014 by who would end up becoming the 3 founding members of our firm helloeverything. The Turkana, with a population of nearly 1 million, are a semi-nomadic people largely untouched by contemporary civilization. They survive through shepherding on the semi-arid land, living pastorally in a way that relies on thousands of years of knowledge and tradition. As with many regions like Turkana, issues with climate and politics have required varying degrees of develop-mental aid. Architectural practices for this type of development typically rely on westernized designs and building methodologies that are often executed at a physical and cultural distance from the people who use them. The Unmaterial Studio, formulated ways of designing within these cultures that re-evaluate our cultural assumptions and use architecture and construction processes to learn from and collaborate with the local community. The process of design was able to turn otherwise conventional or utilitarian pursuits into unique spaces specific to a community, connecting with and providing a meaningful sense of ownership to its people.
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konokono 2014 /Kenya
Children climbing on konokono Turkana KENYA 2014
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konokono 2014 /Kenya
Prototyping konokono 1'-0" : : 1'-0" Cambridge MA, USA 2014
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konokono 2014 /Kenya
Community Aided Design Turkana, KENYA 2014
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konokono 2014 /Kenya
Construction Document 1/2 Turkana, KENYA 2014
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konokono 2014 /Kenya
Digital to Analog Construction Method Turkana, KENYA 2014
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konokono 2014 /Kenya
Model 1/2" : : 1'-0" 1/2 Cambridge MA, USA 2014
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konokono 2014 /Kenya
Model 1/2" : : 1'-0" 2/2 Cambridge MA, USA 2014
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konokono 2014 /Kenya
Model 1/4" : : 1'-0" 1/2 Cambridge MA, USA 2014
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konokono 2014 /Kenya
Model 1/4" : : 1'-0" 2/2 Cambridge MA, USA 2014
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konokono 2014 /Kenya
Construction Document 2/2 Turkana, Kenya 2014 02.11
Construction Process Turkana, KENYA 2014
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Progress over a month Turkana, KENYA 2014 Post-occupancy Konokono Turkana, KENYA 2014 02.14
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Reality vs. Render Turkana, KENYA 2014 02.15
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konokono 2014 /Kenya
International Publications Multiple Locations 2015
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konokono 2014 /Kenya
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konokono 2014 /Kenya
Konokono PLAN Turkana, KENYA 2014
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Konokono SECTION 1/3 Turkana, KENYA 2014
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Konokono SECTION 2/3 Turkana, KENYA 2014
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Konokono SECTION 3/3 Turkana, KENYA 2014
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Post-occupancy Konokono Turkana, KENYA 2014
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Post-occupancy Konokono Turkana, KENYA 2014
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discretize 2012 /San Juan, PR
d i s c r e t i z e Rather than a specific shape, this project generated a formwork for discretization that is capable of describing any particular doubly curved surface with a multilayer paneling tensile system. Although partially successful, this installation represented a keystone in my understanding of both parametric and customization and the benefits and disadvantages of both. This piece was constructed with over 1500 completely unique pieces which were CNCed out of more than 30 sheets of PVC. This represented many challenges, which included hand sanding all of the pieces and indexing them all as they were being cut. The biggest impediment however was the low quality of the sourced PVC which limited the construction to only half of the initially designed piece. Regardless through this project I understood the hardships that come with customization of components. No single unit was the same as shown in the diagram of all pieces overlaid on top of one another. This meant the surface was discretized in a very high resolution. However this also presented a very labor intensive post processing process and implied that if a component broke or was missing it had to be recut entirely. There are definitely methods of making that work well through parametrized discretization but this project gave me an appreciation and a critical understanding of these. This project was a partial success in terms of its realization and a complete success on its pedagogical significance to myself.
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Discretized Skin San Juan, PUERTO RICO 2012
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discretize 2012 /San Juan, PR
Overlaid 1500 pieces San Juan, PUERTO RICO 2012
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discretize 2012 /San Juan, PR
Process- sanding and post processing pieces San Juan, PUERTO RICO 2012
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discretize 2012 /San Juan, PR
Process- Assembly 1/2 San Juan, PUERTO RICO 2012
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discretize 2012 /San Juan, PR
Process- Assembly 2/2 San Juan, PUERTO RICO 2012
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Worm’s eye view San Juan, PUERTO RICO 2012
Final Installation 2/2 San Juan, PUERTO RICO 2012 03.08
discretize 2012 /San Juan, PR
Side elevation San Juan, PUERTO RICO 2012
Final Installation 2/2 San Juan, PUERTO RICO 2012 03.09
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fish pier 2013 /Boston, USA
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Built in 1913, the Boston Fish Pier was at one point the largest fishing pier in the United States. Today, all that remains are the two long buildings and the auction house. In 1972, The MPA took control of the Pier. A feasibility identified surplus space on the Pier no longer needed for fishing-related uses. The surplus space was slated to go through rehabilitation for offices. However this situation and the location of the fish pier site presented an opportunity for public space that could integrate the fishing industry Boston itself is known for as a feature of attraction. The idea of sustainable seafood demands innovation in architecture—with new urban venues that engage the public in fishing activities and ocean education. In order to integrate these ideas this project explores how the deconstruction of a building can become a creative social tool that generates spaces for collective gathering and public engagement. Expanding the existing structural grid and eroding half of the terrain of the pier, this project explores the continual downsizing of the industrial space of the Boston Fish Pier until its physical space matches its economical capabilities.
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Final Rendering 1/2 Boston, USA 2013
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Site Context of South Boston Boston, USA 2013
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EXISTING HOMOGENEOUS BARS Vacant spaces Low public permeability Large distances that delay production almost 100% industrial
INITIAL DISTINCTION The establishment of a dichotomy Industry||public space
FORMAL TREATMENT The dichotomy becomes expressed in formal terms, one bar opens up and ppermits the expansion of the grid and its program (public) While the other keeps the prog envelope and its erosion ourrs within
GRIDDED EXPANSION The grid g becomes an element of unification. while in reality it only exists within the buildings grids are theoretically infinite as they establish a readable pattern for repetition
THERMAL PROPOSAL Public areas are an mostly configured as a open air, above-water “park”, however the marketplace becomes enclosed and thermally protected Industrial production is safeguarded in the thermally reinforced bar
CIRCULATION Public circ circulation cu runs along a totally different axis, It howeve howev however offers a visual experience of the whole industrial process Industial circulation benefits from having access to the water on both sides of the bar.
FLOOR SLAB EROSION||GROWTH F The square footage becomes eroded in both bars, elements of connection are added to explore further the interaction between the public and the industry
SLAB REMOVAL The negative areas are removed in order to create a sense of openness both within the building and in the exterior slabs
GRID RECONFIGURED The grid becomes eroded as well. However in the case of the public building it has the capability of being reconfigured
Design operations Boston, USA 2013
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Detailed wall section Boston, USA 2013
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fish pier 2013 /Boston, USA
Final Rendering 2/2 Boston, USA 2013
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learning topology 2015 /Cambridge MIT, USA
learning topology This thesis establishes a qualitative analysis of current playground design and challenges the minimal role that playgrounds play in education, spatial cognition, and the development of a child’s understanding of space. McDonalds’ playgrounds were introduced in the 1970s and proliferated across the nation (there are over 8,000 units). They created a model that has permeated American culture. This model is based on two paradigms: the creation of a totally risk-free world and a monolithic approach to playground design which relies on the “post and platform” construction model. Though this might be okay for a fast food pit stop, the user quickly loses interest. Historians attribute this design model to the loss of relevance of physical play. This thesis attempts to understand what playgrounds could be if the focus of the design shifts from one that prioritizes safety and ease of assembly to one that amplifies a child’s spatial experience and sensibility. Models of learning through play are well documented and find their origin in the creation of the first kindergarten by Friedrich Froebel. However, these pedagogical tactics evolved separately from playgrounds and relied mostly on small toys that challenged children to understand and cultivate different areas of knowledge. Spatial cognition was rarely nurtured and broadly assumed to develop independently. This thesis argues for the relevance of spatial cognition and grounds itself in the research of Jean Piaget, the father of developmental psychology. Through his research, Piaget outlined the different stages a child goes through to develop an understanding of space. I focus on the first stage, the topological stage, where children, lacking an understanding of geometry, understand the world through relationships of containment, location, direction, etc. This innate knowledge quickly disappears as a child grows and develops an understanding of the world in terms of its geometrical parameters. The abstract grammatical particles that describe spatial or temporal relationships in almost every existing language are called adpositions. They describe in a topological manner the contextual relationships we have, or that we understand objects to have, with other objects. It is through the creation of spaces that expose children to a broad array of adpositional conditions that this thesis offers the developing child the possibility of learning through and about space by instrumentalizing his or her worldview. Seeking a model that encourages participation and topological variability, this thesis proposes play spaces that inhabit a middle scale: mobile, modifiable objects that engage the child in different topological states depending on their position and orientation.
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learning topology 2015 /Cambridge MIT, USA
Final Rendering 1/6 Multiple Locations USA 2015
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learning topology 2015 /Cambridge MIT, USA
Topological replication of Klein Bottle through the specific configurations of three modules Cambridge, USA 2015
Module’s Section Cambridge, USA 2015 05.03
learning topology 2015 /Cambridge MIT, USA
TOPOLOGY-MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTION
TOPOLOGY-EXPERIENTIAL PERCEPTION
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Jean Piaget's diagrams outlining a child’s topological understanding of space in a Child’s Conception of Space 1956 05.07
Final Rotocasted Model Cambridge, USA 2015
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learning topology 2015 /Cambridge MIT, USA
Final Rendering 2/6 Multiple Locations USA 2015
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learning topology 2015 /Cambridge MIT, USA
Final Rendering 3/6 Multiple Locations USA 2015
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Final Model Cambridge, USA 2015
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learning topology 2015 /Cambridge MIT, USA
Final Rendering 5/6 Multiple Locations USA 2015
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learning topology 2015 /Cambridge MIT, USA
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learning topology 2015 /Cambridge MIT, USA
Final Rendering 6/6 Multiple Locations USA 2015
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Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
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Casa A is an architectural transformer articulated across a range of climates and conditions as an interplay of color, light, texture, and atmospheric conditions, a formulation of future dwelling. The project exemplifies two parallel veins of design research. The first, an exercise in aggregating structural systems and modular enclosures, the second a generator of material climates. Casa A demonstrates its versatility by offering a structural framework on which different materials related to both warm and cold climates can be plugged in. Its interchangeable panels can be sampled and mixed, generating a wide range of environmental and atmospheric conditions enabling it to be assembled anywhere around the globe. Casa A moves. As a series of elevated bays with embedded motion control, the system expands and contracts, opens and closes according to its environment. The result is a highly versatile refuge that uses spatial flexibility and movement to generate the widest possible range of tectonic and atmospheric adaptability. Casa A, imagines new formats of flexible housing. Operating on its own, or tethered to existing constructions, the house motivates experimentation in the conventions of construction and materiality, generating a playful synthesis of standard and custom design systems instrumental to a new adaptable architecture.
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Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
Casa A prototype Chicago Architecture Biennial USA 2015
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Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
Casa a- opening sequence for Revolution Precrafted 2015 06.03
Materials Possibilities for Casa a’s Prototype Chicago Architecture Biennial USA 2015
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Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
Casa a- Preliminary conceptual drawing for Revolution Precrafted 2015
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Casa a- Uses and topologies for Revolution Precrafted 2015 06.07
Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
Casa a- detailed model sequence for Revolution Precrafted 2015 06.08
Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
Casa a- mechanism for window/wall aperture based on greenhouses for Revolution Precrafted 2015
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Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
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TOR. M-8x30 C.G. Cod. 201130 1 Arand.Ø-8 Din-125 Cod. 203530 1Tuerca M-8 Din-6923 Cod. 203128
BARRA MANDO 5,8 mG.I. Cod.126400 CJTO. MANGUITOB.M.G.I. Cod.126430
ARCOØ-60 TOR. M-10x60 C.G. Cod. 201030 2 Arand.Ø-10 Cod.203540 1Tuerca M-10 BLOC Cod. 203145
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Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
Casa a- Conceptual rendering 1/3 for Revolution Precrafted 2015
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Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
Casa a Final rendering for Revolution Precrafted 2015
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Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
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Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
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Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
Casa a- Interior rendering 1/2 for Revolution Precrafted 2015
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Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
Casa a- Interior rendering 2/2 for Revolution Precrafted 2015
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Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
Casa a- Prototype Build 1/2 Madrid, SPAIN 2015
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Casa a 2015 /Chicago AB, USA
Casa a- Prototype Build 2/2 Madrid, SPAIN 2015
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Post-occupancy Chicago Prototype Chicago Architecture Biennial USA 2015
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kibera hamlets 2015-16 /Denmark-Kenya
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The Kibera Hamlet School emerged out of the collaboration of our architecture practice, helloeverything, with Madrid based architecture studio Selgascano, the photographer and social connector for the project Iwan Baan and our local partners Studio 14 with sponsorship by Second Home, a London cultural venue and workspace. Originally commissioned as a pavilion for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, the project traveled over 11,000 km by sea to be reborn as a school for youth in Kibera, Kenya. Nairobi’s accelerated urbanization generates massive informal enclaves such as Kibera (which is the second largest slum in Africa with a population exceeding 750.000). These enclaves are common ports of entry for most of the new migrants who arrive in the city, generating an eclectic mixture of backgrounds, languages and expertise. As a consequence Kibera’s vernacular is an evolving hybrid of adaptation and tradition that heavily favors the former, a kind of organic and idiosyncratic urbanism, that drives the cultural landscape of a new Nairobi, with all the friction and contentions therein. The Kibera Hamlets School is built as a test of how the architecture of modification, reinterpretation, and serendipitous accident can engage a community and establish platforms through which people become active agents of design at a very local scale. In continuous feedback with its context, the project strives towards something mutable and plastic, very difficult to contain or impose upon, a kind of productive consumption that exemplifies a new vernacular, the vernacular of globalized adaptation.
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Kibera Hamlets in Use Kibera KENYA 2016
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Voyage of Kibera Hamlets 2015 - 2016
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Kibera (the largest slum in Africa) KENYA 2016
(1) A typical street in Kibera (2, 3) Original Kibera Hamlets School Kibera, KENYA 2016
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Assemblage Process DENMARK + KENYA 2016
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Plan + N S W E Elevations DENMARK + KENYA 2016 07.09
First Construction of Kibera Hamlets HumlebĂŚk, DENMARK 2015
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Render vs, Reality HumlebĂŚk, DENMARK 2015
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Real First Iteration of Kibera Hamlets HumlebĂŚk, DENMARK 2015
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Disassembly Process HumlebĂŚk, DENMARK 2015
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Construction Documents Kibera, KENYA 2016
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Construction Process Kibera, KENYA 2016
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International Publications Multiple Locations 2015
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miscellaneous 2012-2016 /Multiple Locations
m i s c e l l a n e o u s This section represents a collection of some side projects and the more experimental self motivated part of my practice which include: -“Bubbles�- is part of a series of artworks exploring the potentials of dichroic materials in rendering. - Generative Lamp 1&2- these are two examples of a script for surface fragmentation. While only the renders are shown, these two were 3d printed work as small night lamps. - Responsive Expansion- Part of a research paper developed with my colleague Austin Smith for the 2013 Acadia Conference. The topic of the research was the potential of a wood veneer composite as deployable self supporting structures activated by moisture. - Boston Play-day Installation- This was a participatory installation for the Lawn of D, while the project was accepted I was not able to manufacture it. - Explorations of Surface 1&2- the result of early scripts written for surface discretization. - Hybrid Cutlery- All hybrids of a fork, a spoon and a knife, blended into each other. The main distinction in the set of three is the dominance of a particular tool. - Explorations in Geometric Growth- this is a result of early explorations of feedback loops and how they relate to growth of systems - Script for Puzzle Discretization- a script that transforms any surface into a series of discretized nodes (for 3d printing) and segments to be cut to length - Tea Table- This short table is designed surrounding rule-sets of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, its underside is carved to replicate the simulation of crumbling fabric - Fiberglass Parasite Pavilion for MIT- a conceptual pavilion that spans between two buildings at MIT improving connectivity and generating social space. - Origami Installation- an installation for the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico composed of over 5,000 origami modules.
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“Bubbles” San Juan, PUERTO RICO 2015
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miscellaneous 2012-2016 /Multiple Locations
Generative Lamp 1/2 Cambridge MA, USA 2014
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miscellaneous 2012-2016 /Multiple Locations
Generative Lamp 2/2 Cambridge MA, USA 2014
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miscellaneous 2012-2016 /Multiple Locations
Responsive Expansion for Acadia Conference Toronto, CANADA 2013
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miscellaneous 2012-2016 /Multiple Locations
Boston Play-day Installation for the Lawn of D Cambridge MA, USA 2015
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miscellaneous 2012-2016 /Multiple Locations
Geometric Explorations of Surface 1/2 Cambridge MA, USA 2014
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miscellaneous 2012-2016 /Multiple Locations
Hybrid Cutlery Cambridge MA, USA 2013
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miscellaneous 2012-2016 /Multiple Locations
Geometric Explorations of Surface 2/2 Cambridge MA, USA 2014
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miscellaneous 2012-2016 /Multiple Locations
Explorations in Geometric Growth San Juan, PUERTO RICO 2012
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Script for Puzzle Discretization 1/2 Cambridge MA, USA 2014 Script for Puzzle Discretization Detail 2/2 Cambridge MA, USA 2014 08.11
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Tea Table 1/2 Cambridge MA, USA 2014
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Tea Table Detail 2/2 Cambridge MA, USA 2014
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miscellaneous 2012-2016 /Multiple Locations
Fiberglass Parasite Pavilion for MIT Cambridge MA, USA 2014
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Origami Installation at MUSEUM of CONTEMPORARY ART San Juan, PUERTO RICO 2011
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Sixto Cordero Maisonet has worked for Zaha Hadid Architects, Matter Design, CPArchitecture and ODB Engineering as well as serving as a fabrication consultant for the Foster Foundation and collaborating with renowned Spanish office SelgasCano amongst others. This partial work sample depicts some of the projects I have been involved with at some of these places and illustrates some of my capabilities in design representation and fabrication. Bellow is a list of credits speaking a bit towards my role in these projects. 0- Venice Biennial Drone-port Vault Prototype (2016) for the Foster Foundation + ODB - I served as a fabrication consultant, a designer and an on-site project manager. My roles included reviewing the initial design of the vault, realizing a half scale prototype, designing the geometrical formwork and coordinating with and between the contractors. 1- Tectonics of Transparency (2014) for CPA- I served as a lead designer and researcher as well as the fabricator. My roles included the design and discretization of the floor to ceiling installation, the fabrication assessment, testing of adhesives and materials the CNC machining of the formwork and the final assembly. 2- Helix (2013) for Matter Design- I served as a fabrication assistant, my roles included the casting of the components and assisting on the final assembly 3- Makers in the Making Exhibition (2014) for CPA- I served as a lead designer and lead fabricator and exhibition assistant. My roles included the parametric design and development of the prototype, the cutting and assembly of the mold and of the components and the setup of the exhibition space as well as prototyping 4- Revuelo (2012) for ARMADA- I served as a fabrication assistant, my roles included the assembly of the components and assisting on the final assembly 5- Round Room (2014) for Matter Design- I served as a fabrication assistant, my roles included the on site modification of the components and assisting on the final assembly and disassembly. 6- 8ĺ— Garden in the Park (2012) for CPA- I served as a designer and visualization artist, my roles included designing elements and creating the project’s visual renders. 7- Housing Munich (2013) for CPA- I served as lead designer and visualization artist, my roles included leading the design and creating the visual renders and drawings. 8- Casa Busquets for (2015) r s v p architects- I served as lead designer and visualization artist, my roles included leading the design and creating the visual renders. 9- Conceptual Seaplane Terminal (2012) for Estudio MAPA- I served as lead designer and visualization artist, my roles included leading the conceptual design and creating the visual renders and conceptual drawings for the project
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b i o g r a p h y Sixto Cordero Maisonet is an architect, designer and scholar. Born in Puerto Rico, he recently graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has worked for Zaha Hadid Architects, Mater Design, CPArchitects and ODB Engineering as well as serving as a fabrication consultant for the Foster Foundation. His collaborative practice helloeverything (cofounded with two partners, Austin Smith and Julian Ocampo) has exhibited work in the first Chicago Architecture Biennial and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Helloeverything also has produced built work, two educational facilities in Kenya and a prototype house which will be fabricated and sold by Revolution Pre-Crafted Properties. Sixto’s work both in architecture and design employs digital technologies and attempts to coalesce these with social, environmental and cultural parameters. His work explores methods of geometric discretization as well as critical approaches to the social function of architecture.
SIXTO CORDERO MAISONET EDUCATION 2012- 2016
Spring 2012
Summer 2011
2007- 2012
2015
M.Arch Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Chicago Architecture Biennial Catalog 2015 Casa A
2015
CUS University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
AFRICA Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Kibera hamlets
2015
Elisava Escola Superior de Disseny Barcelona, Spain.
Architectural Review Architectural Record Konokono Vaccination Center
2014
Volumetric Robotic 2014 Milling Ornament
2013
ACADIA 2013 Conference Proceedings Responsive expansion [research paper]
BDA University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras, Puerto Rico.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2014- Present
2016- Present
Winter 2014
Summer 2014
2013-2014
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Cofounder_Partner helloeverything Cambridge, Massachusetts. Project manager / Fabrication Consultant ODB engineering NFF’s Droneport Madrid/ Venice Biennale Designer/ BIM consultant Zaha Hadid Architects Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Designer + Fabricator SelgasCano+MCSPA Kokuselei_Turkana, Kenya Installation Assistant Matter design [Helix- Round Room] Cambridge, Massachusetts.
2012- 2014
Co-director SEPT/MAY Cambridge, Massachusetts.
2012
Fabricator ARMADA [REVUELO] San Juan, Puerto Rico
2011
Modeling assistant Carlos Garcia and Carlos Pérez AIT San Juan, Puerto Rico.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
SELECTED INSTALLATIONS 2015
Casa A Chicago Architecture Biennial Chicago, USA
2015
Kibera Hamlets/ Konokono Center Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebaek, Denmark
2014
Volumetric Robotics BSA Boston, USA
2012-2014
Sept May installations Multiple locations Boston, USA
AWARDS + GRANTS Marvin Goody Thesis Award Avalon Travel Scholarship [Chicago Biennial] CAMIT Grant for Unmaterial GSLG Grant for SEPT/MAY CAMIT Grant for SEPT/MAY Avalon Travel Scholarship [ACADIA 2013] Architecture Dept Merit Scholarship [MIT]
DEXTERITIES Skills Academic Research Architectural design Complex geometry modeling Event Coordination/ Curation Fabrication
2012-2015
Shop monitor Chris Dewart [MIT] Cambridge, Massachusetts.
2014
Teaching assistant Chris Dewart [MIT] Cambridge, Massachusetts.
2013- 2014
Research Assistant Cristina Parreño [MIT] Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Spring 2014
Teaching assistant Lorena Bello [MIT] Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Software MS Office Adobe Creative Cloud Google SketchUp Rhinoceros Grasshopper OMAX layout & make Mastercam X7 Luxion Keyshot Autodesk AutoCad Digital Project
2013- 2014
Teaching Assistant Brandon Clifford [MIT] (Geometric Disciplines) Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Languages English Spanish