SCI-Arc Graduate Portfolio

SCI-Arc Graduate Portfolio Fall 2009 - Summer 2011 Nathan Skrepcinski M.Arch 2

972.768.0407 nathan.skrep@gmail.com

Unlikely Things In a Likely World Grad Thesis

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Mechanical Romanticism 3GB Studio

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Artificial Matters 3GA Studio

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Visionary Landscapes Visual Studies

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Tokyo Fashion Museum 2GBX Studio

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Design Documents Applied Studies

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Hol(e)y Masses 2GAX Studio

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Compound Masses 2GAX Studio

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Processing Workshop 2GBX

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Geometry of Light Visual Studies

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Manifold Tectonics Applied Studies

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G R A D U AT E THESIS

UNLI KELY THI N GS in a likely wor ld

Scene 1 “negative space” 31” x 42” (right)

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UNLIKELY THINGS IN A LIKELY WORLD

Architecture is spatial storytelling.

It has a unique capacity to uncover as well as tell stories. As a language it can negotiate the threshold between matter-offact reality and mysterious spatial happenings. Drawing on the literary genre and aesthetic style of magical realism, in which the real and the fantastic are accepted in the same stream of thought, this thesis employs a narrative model that weaves together a bevy of oppositions: fact/fiction, objective/subjective, technological/natural, rational and magical, to offer alternatives to the autonomous presumptions of architecture.

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GRADUATE THESIS ADVISOR: ELENA MANFERDINI

Locating itself in the liminal territory between fiction and architecture, this thesis uses the unfinished and abandoned Sathorn Unique Tower in Bangkok as a skeleton for dreams. Incomplete architecture, or that which is otherwise unfinished, opens up to the realm of imagination. It exists in a suspended state that creates tension for the viewer and a desire for completion. The Sathorn Unique Tower, which combines just the proper mix of glitzy and gritty, offers the perfect framework in which to realize this potential.

Photographs of the Sathorn Unique Tower in Bangkok

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UNLIKELY THINGS IN A LIKELY WORLD Recent trends have seen architecture turned into an art form of the instant visual image, where flatness of surfaces and materials and uniformity of illumination cause architecture to exist only in a single moment in time.

Perfection and completeness further detaches the architectural object from the reality of time. To return to a multi-sensory experience of architecture, this thesis takes an approach some might consider outside the discipline to design a series of scenes, rather than a building, that investigate spatial and sensorial experiences that are independent of function.

For example, a scene describing how light filters through a cavernous shaft or the parallax created when moving through an improbably expansive network of exposed columns and beams.

Scene 2 “vertigo” 31” x 42” (right)

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GRADUATE THESIS

Scene 2 “light through vertical space” 13” x 46” (opposite and right)

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UNLIKELY THINGS IN A LIKELY WORLD

Whereas the inevitable effects of aging, weathering, and wear are not usually considered as conscious and positive elements of design, here they are used along with light and shadow, weight, gravity, materiality, and color to produce effects that are not based on form. These haptic

elements, combined with architecture’s potential as a storytelling language, allow it to go beyond existing in the perpetual present and to instead evoke the experience of a temporal continuum and to create a field of unpredictable potentials.

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GRADUATE THESIS

Scene 3 “extension and compression” 50” x 13” (above)

COY HOWARD STUDIO

M E C HA NI CA L ROMA NTI CI SM

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COY HOWARD STUDIO This studio focused on representation and developing a personal aesthetic. It was also about transcending the individual parts of a project to let them become about something.

The studio was divided into three parts. The first focused on making a “junk sculpture� that went beyond being a mere collection of parts, or even a composition, to being an object with form.

The second part did the same thing but in two dimensions using magazine cutouts.

The final part involved designing a building for a fashion designer; however, the focus was on designing an image. Therefore, these are not pictures that depict a building, but images that have resonance, depth, and a sense of mystery.

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3GB STUDIO

Final building images mounted on brushed aluminum 46” x 14” (previous page) 16” x 30” (right)

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COY HOWARD STUDIO

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3GB STUDIO INSTRUCTOR: COY HOWARD

Collages with typography (above and right)

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COY HOWARD STUDIO

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3GB STUDIO

Junk sculptures (left) Final sculpture photos (below and next page)

ARTIFICIAL M AT T E R S

MI LA N EXPO 2 0 1 5 TA I WA N PAVI LI ON

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ARTIFICIAL MATTERS

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3GA STUDIO INSTRUCTOR: ELENA MANFERDINI PARTNER: HAN-YIN HSU

Material has two characteristics: its physical properties and a sensation. Normally, the physical properties of a material produce an expected sensation.

This project focuses on breaking or blurring the link between these two characteristics to create a new, artificial matter with a hyper-realistic experience.

We used the architectural envelope and a landscape as a means to explore this synthetic material. Taking two recognizable materials, and controlling the geometry, texture, and color, we tried to shift the way the material is perceived.

We focused on using two materials with contrasting properties such as soft and hard, vibrant and muted, sturdy and fragile, etc. and by weaving them together, allowed fact and fantasy to co-exist.

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ARTIFICIAL MATTERS

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The Expo Site is located just a few kilometers from the center of Milan in an area with highly developed infrastructure that makes it one of the most accessible zones in all of Lombardy.

Expo Location (right) Pavilion Elevation with Landscape (below)

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ARTIFICIAL MATTERS

Landscape (above) Expo Site (below)

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thematic area 1 agro-ecosystems

Italian pavilion thematic area 1 greenhouses

expo village

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thematic area 6 cascina triulza

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3GA STUDIO

Site (orange): 18 meters x 70 meters

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ARTIFICIAL MATTERS

Section (above) Cut-Plan with Landscape (below)

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3GA STUDIO

The Expo 2015 site has been designed to express the theme Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life. The area is configured as an integral landscape – an island circled by a canal, a veritable horizontal monument – organized along two strongly symbolic perpendicular axes: the World Avenue and the Cardo. The resulting grid determines the layout of the lots assigned to each country, each one of them giving onto the World Avenue.

VISIONARY LANDSCAPES

VI SUA L STUDI ES

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VISIONARY LANDSCAPES Los Angeles... Freeway culture and urban sprawl.

These two defining elements are combined into a visionary landscape imagining a modern version of Edgar Chambless’ 1910 Roadtown. Existing freeways are transformed into multi-layered “landscrapers” combining personal and public transportation, pedestrian traffic, housing, and commercial zones, while at the same time turning what was previously sprawl into restored farmland.

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3GB VISUAL STUDIES INSTRUCTOR: ELENA MANFERDINI PARTNER: HAN-YIN HSU

Edgar Chambless’ Roadtown (right) Restored farmland (below)

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VISIONARY LANDSCAPES

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3GB VISUAL STUDIES

TOKYO 2010 FA SH I ON MUSEUM OMOTESA NDO STREET

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TOKYO FASHION MUSEUM

Tokyo is like an endless sea of static boxes; however, Tokyo’s urban flow is anything but static.

Omotesando Street in Tokyo is a street that serves as an architectural showcase and is home to a number of flagship fashion stores. As a street it begins to embody the movement of people attracted by the ever changing trends in fashion and entertainment. We wanted to capture this incredibly dynamic flow in a building. As a museum of fashion, we drew upon the movement of flowing fabric and the designs of Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake. In the end, we still have to freeze the building in time, but we wanted to create an appearance that was always changing, for example with the time of day or with Japan’s dis-

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2GBX STUDIO INSTRUCTOR: ELENA MANFERDINI PARTNER: KAZUAKI OGAWA

tinct seasons. It exhibits the fabric-like qualities of tearing, tightening, splitting apart, and peeling away at certain moments to reveal the inner body. Just as a dress needs a body inside to be truly beautiful, we also need an internal body to become architecture rather than merely sculpture. The folding does not stay solely on the outside. Curves falling from the ceiling, appearing to be pulled by the displays they showcase, create circulation from above without adding obstructions to an already constricted floor space. Ultimately, the museum serves as a cultural nucleus for Omotesando and both embraces and expels its dynamic atmosphere through its folds.

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TOKYO FASHION MUSEUM

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2GBX STUDIO

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TOKYO FASHION MUSEUM

OFFICE

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Typical Exhibition Floor Plan

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2GBX STUDIO

BATHROOM PARKING_ENTRANCE OFFICE UP

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2GBX STUDIO ROOF ROOF 44.0M

JAPANESE GARDEN 11th FLOOR 40.0M

BALCONY / SKYBAR 10th FLOOR 36.0M

BATHROOM RUNWAY 9th FLOOR 32.0M

OFFICE EXHIBITION 2000’s 8th FLOOR 28.0M

TERRACE EXHIBITION 1990’s 7th FLOOR 24.0M

STORAGE EXHIBITION 1980’s 6th FLOOR 20.0M

EXHIBITION 1970’s 5th FLOOR 16.0M

EXHIBITION 1950’s - 60’s 4th FLOOR 12.0M

EXHIBITION 1930’s - 40’s 3rd FLOOR 8.0M

BATHROOM EXHIBITION 1920’s 2nd FLOOR 4.0M

ENTRANCE HALL GROUND FLOOR 0.0M

PARKING P1 -3.6M

PARKING P2 -7.0M

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TOKYO FASHION MUSEUM

Initial Concept Using nCloth to simulate draping fabric over a mass

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2GBX STUDIO nCloth simulations on building massing

Color-shifting car paint on physical model (above) Slabs with contours (bottom left) Site model (below)

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DESIGN DOCUMENTS

Concrete Core Steel I-Beams W30x292

Tube Steel 24” x 32”

Exterior Structure

Slabs and Core

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3GA APPLIED STUDIES INSTRUCTORS: TOM WISCOMBE, HERWIG BAUMGARTNER PARTNER: KAZUAKI OGAWA

Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic (GFRP) Panels

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Combined Structure

Surface Panelization

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A8.3 Panel Dimensions (with molds)

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2.12m

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3GA APPLIED STUDIES 4

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DESIGN DOCUMENTS Secondary Facade Structure (Steel Channels) Primary Facade Structure (Tube Steel)

Beam Casing

Glazing Metal Decking GFRP Panels

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3GA APPLIED STUDIES

Primary Facade Structure (Tube Steel) Interior Wall Panel Secondary Facade Structure (Steel Channels)

Metal Decking

loor Structure (Steel I-Beam) Ceiling Panel Finish Floor Concrete Slab Metal Decking

HOL(E)Y MASSES

WED D I NG CHA PEL

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HOL(E)Y MASSES WEDDING CHAPEL

The aim of this project and the studio as a whole was to rethink the classical notion of poche.

Poche mediates what is outside and what is inside. The less poche, the more the inside and outsides of a building are the same. More poche on the other hand can allow the inside to be completely disconnected with the outside. This project, a wedding chapel in downtown Los Angeles, produces poche from two interlocking masses. Then the solidarity of the poche is eliminated, leaving only an outline.

The outline becomes a thin wall with a new space inside. Instead of solid mass mediating the outside and inside, now a habitable buffer zone is created with the same function.

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2GAX STUDIO INSTRUCTOR: RAMIRO DIAZ-GRANADOS

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HOL(E)Y MASSES WEDDING CHAPEL

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2GAX STUDIO

[RIGHT] 1. Side Chapel 2. Gift Shop 3. Administration 4. Chapel Support Space 5. Chapel Main Space 6. MEP/Storage/Support 7. Rooftop Terrace

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[LEFT] 1. Cafe 2. Gift Shop 3. Administration 4. Chapel Support Space 5. Chapel Main Space 6. Outdoor Balcony 7. MEP/Storage/Support 8. Rooftop Terrace

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HOL(E)Y MASSES WEDDING CHAPEL

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN 1. Main Entrance/Gallery 2. Side Chapel #1 3. Side Chapel #2 4. Cafe 5. Gift Shop 6. Bathroom

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2GAX STUDIO

Broadway Elevation

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COMPOUND MASSES POCHE FROM INTERLOCKING VOLUMES

Begin with NURBS sphere, create two simple primitive shapes, then go through a series of deformations

Final

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2GAX STUDIO INSTRUCTOR: RAMIRO DIAZ-GRANADOS

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Elevation

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Mid Plan

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COMPOUND MASSES

1/8” Acrylic Front

Back

Section Cut Model

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2GAX STUDIO

import traer.physics.*; import SearchGeometry.*; import processing.dxf.*; boolean record; SGCamera cam; ParticleSystem physics;

PROCESSING WORKSHOP void setup(){ size(1200, 1000, P3D); cam = new SGCamera(this); physics = new ParticleSystem(0.0, 0.1);

}

import traer.physics.*; import SearchGeometry.*; import processing.dxf.*; boolean record; SGCamera cam; ParticleSystem physics; void setup(){ size(1200, 1000, P3D); cam = new SGCamera(this); physics = new ParticleSystem(0.0, 0.1);

for(int i=0; i<50; i++){ physics.makeParticle(1.0, random(-10, 10), random(-10, 10), random(-10, 10)); }

for(int i=0; i<500; i++){ physics.makeParticle(1.0, random(-10, 10), random(-10, 10), random(-10, 10)); }

for(int i=0; i<50; i++){ int randId1 = int(random(0, physics.numberOfParticles()-1)); int randId2 = int(random(0, physics.numberOfParticles()-1)); Particle p1 = physics.getParticle(randId1); Particle p2 = physics.getParticle(randId2); if(p1 != p2){ physics.makeSpring(p1, p2, 0.1, 0.1, 5); addSpacersToNode(p1, p2); } }

for(int i=0; i<500; i++){ int randId1 = int(random(0, physics.numberOfParticles()-1)); int randId2 = int(random(0, physics.numberOfParticles()-1)); Particle p1 = physics.getParticle(randId1); Particle p2 = physics.getParticle(randId2); if(p1 != p2){ physics.makeSpring(p1, p2, 0.1, 0.1, 5); addSpacersToNode(p1, p2); } }

}

void keyPressed() { if (key == ‘r’) record = true; if (key == ‘p’){ saveFrame(“line-####.jpg”); } }

void keyPressed() { if (key == ‘r’) record = true; if (key == ‘p’){ saveFrame(“line-####.jpg”); } }

void draw(){ physics.tick(2); background(255); stroke(0); cam.update();

void draw(){ physics.tick(2); background(255); stroke(0); cam.update();

}

if (record) { beginRaw(DXF, “output”+frameCount+”.dxf”); }

if (record) { beginRaw(DXF, “output”+frameCount+”.dxf”); }

for(int i=0; i<physics.numberOfParticles(); i++){ Particle p = physics.getParticle(i); PVector pos = new PVector(p.position().x(), p.position().y(), p.position().z()); }

for(int i=0; i<physics.numberOfParticles(); i++){ Particle p = physics.getParticle(i); PVector pos = new PVector(p.position().x(), p.position().y(), p.position().z()); }

stroke(0); strokeWeight(2); for(int i=0; i<physics.numberOfSprings(); i++){ Spring s = physics.getSpring(i); Particle a = s.getOneEnd(); Particle b = s.getTheOtherEnd(); line(a.position().x(), a.position().y(), a.position().z(), b.position().x(), b.position().y(), b.position().z()); }

stroke(0); strokeWeight(2); for(int i=0; i<physics.numberOfSprings(); i++){ Spring s = physics.getSpring(i); Particle a = s.getOneEnd(); Particle b = s.getTheOtherEnd(); line(a.position().x(), a.position().y(), a.position().z(), b.position().x(), b.position().y(), b.position().z()); }

if (record) { endRaw(); record = false; println(“done dxf~!”); }

if (record) { endRaw(); record = false; println(“done dxf~!”); }

}

void addSpacersToNode(Particle p, Particle r){ for (int i=0; i<physics.numberOfParticles(); i++){ Particle q = physics.getParticle(i); if(p != q && p != r){ physics.makeAttraction(p, q, -3, 20); } } }

void addSpacersToNode(Particle p, Particle r){ for (int i=0; i<physics.numberOfParticles(); i++){ Particle q = physics.getParticle(i); if(p != q && p != r){ physics.makeAttraction(p, q, -3, 20); } } }

import traer.physics.*; import SearchGeometry.*; import processing.dxf.*; boolean record; SGCamera cam; ParticleSystem physics;

import traer.physics.*; import SearchGeometry.*; import processing.dxf.*; boolean record; SGCamera cam; ParticleSystem physics;

void setup(){ size(1200, 1000, P3D); cam = new SGCamera(this); physics = new ParticleSystem(0.0, 0.1);

void setup(){ size(1200, 1000, P3D); cam = new SGCamera(this); physics = new ParticleSystem(0.0, 0.1);

}

for(int i=0; i<100; i++){ physics.makeParticle(1.0, random(-10, 10), random(-10, 10), random(-10, 10)); }

for(int i=0; i<1000; i++){ physics.makeParticle(1.0, random(-10, 10), random(-10, 10), random(-10, 10)); }

for(int i=0; i<100; i++){ int randId1 = int(random(0, physics.numberOfParticles()-1)); int randId2 = int(random(0, physics.numberOfParticles()-1)); Particle p1 = physics.getParticle(randId1); Particle p2 = physics.getParticle(randId2); if(p1 != p2){ physics.makeSpring(p1, p2, 0.1, 0.1, 5); addSpacersToNode(p1, p2); } }

for(int i=0; i<1000; i++){ int randId1 = int(random(0, physics.numberOfParticles()-1)); int randId2 = int(random(0, physics.numberOfParticles()-1)); Particle p1 = physics.getParticle(randId1); Particle p2 = physics.getParticle(randId2); if(p1 != p2){ physics.makeSpring(p1, p2, 0.1, 0.1, 5); addSpacersToNode(p1, p2); } }

}

void keyPressed() { if (key == ‘r’) record = true; if (key == ‘p’){ saveFrame(“line-####.jpg”); } }

void keyPressed() { if (key == ‘r’) record = true; if (key == ‘p’){ saveFrame(“line-####.jpg”); } }

void draw(){ physics.tick(2); background(255); stroke(0); cam.update();

void draw(){ physics.tick(2); background(255); stroke(0); cam.update();

}

if (record) { beginRaw(DXF, “output”+frameCount+”.dxf”); }

if (record) { beginRaw(DXF, “output”+frameCount+”.dxf”); }

for(int i=0; i<physics.numberOfParticles(); i++){ Particle p = physics.getParticle(i); PVector pos = new PVector(p.position().x(), p.position().y(), p.position().z()); }

for(int i=0; i<physics.numberOfParticles(); i++){ Particle p = physics.getParticle(i); PVector pos = new PVector(p.position().x(), p.position().y(), p.position().z()); }

stroke(0); strokeWeight(2); for(int i=0; i<physics.numberOfSprings(); i++){ Spring s = physics.getSpring(i); Particle a = s.getOneEnd(); Particle b = s.getTheOtherEnd(); line(a.position().x(), a.position().y(), a.position().z(), b.position().x(), b.position().y(), b.position().z()); }

stroke(0); strokeWeight(2); for(int i=0; i<physics.numberOfSprings(); i++){ Spring s = physics.getSpring(i); Particle a = s.getOneEnd(); Particle b = s.getTheOtherEnd(); line(a.position().x(), a.position().y(), a.position().z(), b.position().x(), b.position().y(), b.position().z()); }

if (record) { endRaw(); record = false; println(“done dxf~!”); }

if (record) { endRaw(); record = false; println(“done dxf~!”); }

void addSpacersToNode(Particle p, Particle r){ for (int i=0; i<physics.numberOfParticles(); i++){ Particle q = physics.getParticle(i); if(p != q && p != r){ physics.makeAttraction(p, q, -3, 20); } }

}

void addSpacersToNode(Particle p, Particle r){ for (int i=0; i<physics.numberOfParticles(); i++){ Particle q = physics.getParticle(i); if(p != q && p != r){ physics.makeAttraction(p, q, -3, 20); } }

import traer.physics.*; import SearchGeometry.*; import processing.dxf.*; boolean record; SGCamera cam; ParticleSystem physics; void setup(){ size(800, 600, P3D); cam = new SGCamera(this); physics = new ParticleSystem(0.0, 0.1); for(int i=0; i<60; i++){ physics.makeParticle(1.0, random(-10, 10), random(-10, 10), random(-10, 10)); }

}

for(int i=0; i<60; i++){ int randId1 = int(random(0, physics.numberOfParticles()-1)); int randId2 = int(random(0, physics.numberOfParticles()-1)); Particle p1 = physics.getParticle(randId1); Particle p2 = physics.getParticle(randId2); if(p1 != p2){ physics.makeSpring(p1, p2, 0.1, 0.1, 5); addSpacersToNode(p1, p2); } }

void keyPressed() { if (key == ‘r’) record = true; if (key == ‘p’){ saveFrame(“line-####.jpg”); } } void draw(){ physics.tick(.5); background(255); stroke(0); cam.update(); if (record) { beginRaw(DXF, “output”+frameCount+”.dxf”); } for(int i=0; i<physics.numberOfParticles(); i++){ Particle p = physics.getParticle(i); PVector pos = new PVector(p.position().x(), p.position().y(), p.position().z()); noStroke(); fill(215,70,70); pushMatrix(); translate(p.position().x(), p.position().y(), p.position().z()); sphere(1); popMatrix(); } stroke(0); strokeWeight(2); for(int i=0; i<physics.numberOfSprings(); i++){ Spring s = physics.getSpring(i); Particle a = s.getOneEnd(); Particle b = s.getTheOtherEnd(); line(a.position().x(), a.position().y(), a.position().z(), b.position().x(), b.position().y(), b.position().z()); }

}

if (record) { endRaw(); record = false; println(“done dxf~!”); }

void addSpacersToNode(Particle p, Particle r){ for (int i=0; i<physics.numberOfParticles(); i++){ Particle q = physics.getParticle(i); if(p != q && p != r){ physics.makeAttraction(p, q, -3, 20); } } }

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PROCESSING WORKSHOP

[Feathering Waves Script] This script generates an initial source wave over an array of units. The source location, amplitude, and wavelength of the initial wave are random within a specified range. Additional wave sources can be added with a keystroke. As waves with varying starting locations, amplitudes, and wavelengths build up, the patterns created by their interference become more complex and interesting.

The units in the array are user definable.

Simple 3-dimensional boxes were used inip tially lly to create a pixilated surface. To add complexity, rectangular planes that change nge length based on amplitude were used instead tead to give a fluttering effect. These results ults lend themselves architecturally to a louvered skin system or structural framework. mework.

The primary usage of this script is to generate erate a pixilated wave pattern of varying complexities. The advantages are the modularity ularity of the units and the variation of patterns. The disadvantages are the regularity ularity of the units constrained to a grid d and the rectangular planar surface.

import processing.dxf.*; boolean record; int RIPPLES=1; float DAMPING=1.0; class source{ public float public float public float public float

x; y; amp; wavelength;

public source(float _x,float _y, float _ amp,float _wave) { x=_x; y=_y; amp=_amp; wavelength=_wave; } public float getPart(float xx,float yy,float time) { float distt=mag(xx-x,yy-y); return amp*(float)Math.cos(((time-distt)/ wavelength)); }

}

public void fade() { amp*=DAMPING; }

ArrayList ripples; void setup() { size(700,600,P3D); reset(); } void reset() { ripples=new ArrayList(); for (int i=0;i<RIPPLES;i++) { addNewRipple(); } } void mousePressed() { reset(); } void addNewRipple() { ripples.add(new source(random(-500,500), random(-500,500),random(1,6),rand om(6,12))); } void if if if }

keyPressed() (key == ‘r’) (key == ‘a’) (key == ‘p’)

{ record = true; addNewRipple(); saveFrame(“line-####.jpg”);

void draw() { background(0); if (record) { beginRaw(DXF, “output-####.dxf”); } for (int i=0;i<ripples.size();i++) { source s=(source)ripples.get(i); s.fade(); } translate(300,300,100); rotateX(mouseY/300.0); rotateZ(mouseX/300.0); float totalAmp=0.0;

Script variations (facing page) Script applied to non-planar surface (below)

for (float y=-60.0; y<6.0; y+=6.0) { for (float x=-130.0; x<130.0; x+=3.0) { float hite=0.0; for (int i=0;i<ripples.size();i++) { source s=(source)ripples.get(i); hite+=s.getPart(x,y,(float)frameCount); } totalAmp+=Math.abs(hite); float bx=6.0,by=12.0,m=6; float h=128+(2*hite); fill(h,h-255,225-h); if (h>60) { pushMatrix(); translate(x*2,y*2,hite); beginShape(); vertex(0, 0, m); vertex(bx, 0, m+(h/2-64)); vertex(bx, by, m+(h/2-64)); vertex(0, by, m); endShape(); fill(255); beginShape(); vertex(0, 0, 0); vertex(0, 0, m); vertex(bx, 0, m); vertex(bx, 0, 0); endShape();

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2GBX SPRING 2010 INSTRUCTORS: TORU HASEGAWA, MARK COLLINS

GEOMETRY OF LIGHT VI SUA L STUDI ES I NSTA LLATI ON

Finished unfolded components for laser-cutting

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GEOMETRY OF LIGHT

1. Magnetic field script generates frame

2. Each team designs unfoldable components

3. Attractor points vary the height of the components

4. Floral pattern overlaid on completed components.

Figure-field script creates perforations based on pattern lines.

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2GAX VISUAL STUDIES INSTRUCTOR: ELENA MANFERDINI

Soissons Rose Partner: Cat Pham

ROSE WINDOW OUTSIDE NURB MODEL RENDERING GOES HERE

MANIFOLD TECTONICS

A PP L IE D STU DI ES I NSTA LLATI ON

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MANIFOLD TECTONICS INSTALLATION

This seminar began by examining and understanding the logic and geometry of Islamic muqarnas.

The second stage was to develop our own interpretation of muqarnas logic using minimal surfaces.

We developed three tiles based on minimal surfaces that could combine together to create a global minimal surface with unlimited pattern and variation.

Proposed form with 3 component types

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2GAX APPLIED STUDIES INSTRUCTOR: MARCELO SPINA PARTNERS: CAT PHAM, KIM LAGERCRANTZ, JOHAN STENSTROM

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MANIFOLD TECTONICS INSTALLATION

Installation details (below) component arrangement (above)

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2GAX APPLIED STUDIES

COMPONENT B

COMPONENT C

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COMPONENT A

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PLAN

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6.12

14.78

11.31

14.69

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MANIFOLD TECTONICS INSTALLATION

[ PROCESS PHOTOS ]

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2GAX APPLIED STUDIES 1

5

2

3

4

1. Milled component forms out of high density foam, sealed and waxed 2. Coated with silicone to make negative mold for casting 3. Plaster bandages applied to keep silicone mold rigid during pouring 4. Pouring polyurethane resin into molds 5. Final resin components before assembly