Tunnel

Tunnel (Gnomon Image Competition Jan 2007)

Not too far away

Lesson 3 with Dr Eddie

Purple Sunset

Lesson 2 with Dr Eddie

Winter Treehouse

Winter Treehouse (Gnomon Image competition Dec 2006)

Verti-city

VERTI-CITY (Gnomon Image Competition Nov 2006)

Steven Holl's Porosity Poster

Steven Holl's POROSITY

I was the Workshop Coordinator with Nick Gelpi, project architect for Steven Holl @ The SCI-Arc Gallery, Summer 2005. I had to manage a team of 14 students who came in at different times to help with the installation. It was a success accept for a theft where someone in the school thought it was cool to steal one of the half size models. This is yet another back handed compliment to the work. It seems like a pattern that these things happen all the time at SCI-Arc.

Argument Board

Transtypological Transformations

Presentation Board 01

Thesis Argument Mapping

I had to come up with the excuse to design buildings that transform. Eventually, I executed the design with an amateur animation of architecture that had inverse kinematic joints in them.

LAMP Shelter @ Downtown L.A.

That is Alexis Rochas... doing what he does best... BUILDING! This was for the LAMP Shelter @ downtown L.A. This was taken 2 weeks before it was done.




Photo by Erik Schonsett 2004

George Yu's BLOW UP @ SCI-Arc

These giant bladder shaped balloons had touch sensitive strips attached to its tails and when one touchs it, it lets out a specific notes of set of notes.

It becomes an instrument at the scale of the exhibition hall at SCI-Arc. I was involved in setting it up and really enjoyed it. Even Thom Mayne came and had fun playing with balloons!

Alexis Rochas' AIR FOUNDATIONS

We had to build at 1:1 scale of whatever we proposed could be used to resist gravity. I would post more images of this so as to help us understand this curved truss system that is made rigid by twisting it onto itself. The funny thing is that this flying machine of mine got stolen. Yes all 24 feet in wing span. What a back handed compliment. Such a rewarding loss. Sigh...

AIR FOUNDATIONS

Fluid Light

This was first designed in MAYA, then milled in foam and then vacuum formed. Christmas lights were then placed inside of it across its entire length. It is about 8'-0" x 1'-0" x 0'-6" in dimension. I wonder what my lighting designer wife has to say about this. Hmmmm....

Vertical Panoramic TWINNING STUDIO

Vertical Panoramic TWINNING DESIGN

TWINNING STUDIO

TWINNING PROCESS

Tomographic Topography

Laser cut pieces to form the MAYA digital model I designed for the 2GAX Studio. Doubles up as a lighting fixture.