Today,  each of us has been transformed by the ease and dependability of communication.  Over 60% of the global population currently owns a mobile phone.  As technologies expand, these phone do more than just place and receiving calls, they have begun to augment our existence.  While in use, cell phones trend to put us in a state of isolation, in response to this my project creates "phone booths" that place visitors in spaces where they encounter reflections of themselves while generating an auditory and visually connected network.  The image of the individual is dissolved, projected, transformed and returned through a series of glass planes that begin to blur the line between broadcaster and audience.

Thanks to Julie Beckman (my professor), Dave Nix (for the rendering technique), and all my friends and family for the huge amounts of support.

 

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Over the past three weeks I have been abstracting the essence of the lid form project (see project #1).  I settled on working with ideas of shell and aperture.  The result was a pavilion space for an design critique. I was able to apply color maps to the surfaces of the form to denote what module type the system needed.  These maps were generated by analyzing both programmatic and structural elements.  

 

My official statement for the presentation:

This pavilion is a literal extension of the school of design, sited in the quad just east of the school.  The pavilion consist of three parallelogram modules that moderate light levels of the space through precisely positioning the modules to achieve a prescribed programmatic function.  The use of a double skin allows for a wider variety of lighting conditions while providing structural support and creates textured zones that differentiate pin up space from digital presentation space.  The pavilion is intended to be assembled in late March, and serve as critique and exhibition space through late May.

Thanks to Ted Ngai (tedngai.net), Michael McCune (mccunication.wordpress.com), and Jackie Wong (http://jackiewong.com/) for their technical assistance and scripting resources.

 

 

My first project is complete! This form was generated through the simple manipulations of connection placement along with three basic organizational principals. Each lid was coupled with additional lids through either rotation, mirroring, or translation. The resulting compound components were then again rotated, mirrored or translated as an exploration of the relationship between the benign field condition (fabric) and the crystalline geometry possible. The form investigates the ability of the surface to tear, fold, ripple and encapsulate space.

Presentation Boards available here and here (very large file size)

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