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Posts Tagged ‘Architecture’
McDonald’s
McDonald's

As the image implies, I can’t really say much about the project. I did, however, spend a very sizable amount of hours on the project and am proud of the work so I figured it is worth mentioning. You can find a bit more information about it on REX’s website by following the link below. […]

Yongsan Tower
Yongsan Tower

“YIBD ‘Project R6’ is an urban boutique residence for short-term business people, young urban professionals, and foreign residents. Due to the transience of its target users and the short durations during which they are home, R6’s unit sizes are small, including 40 m², 50 m², and 60 m² residences, with the majority being 40 m². […]

Trianglephant
Trianglephant

This triangular tessellation is an abstraction of an image and is generated through a script I wrote using the Processing programming language. I wrote the script to interpret an input image and give a resultant triangular tessellation with larger triangles representing brighter areas of the image and vice versa. After initial investigations/experiments I am very […]

TIMEless
TIMEless

  This sculpture was a piece commissioned by the Superfront Gallery in Los Angeles for their exhibition, “TIMEless,” an exhibition exploring the 4d possibilities of space. I worked with Michael Fox of FoxLin to develop a sculpture based on a short story which Michael wrote titled “Nano City” (read it here). The story is of […]

ENV Downtown
ENV Downtown

ENV Downtown was my Senior Degree Project at Cal Poly Pomona. The proposal is for a new facility for the College of Environmental Design of Cal Poly Pomona in downtown Pomona. As a concept, the idea of a College of Environmental Design is a unique one. The model at Cal Poly Pomona is unique in […]

unEARTH
unEARTH

The task at hand for this studio was to design an economically viable space station. Initially, the station was to be programmed as a space hotel, but to make the station economically viable each student was to propose another use for the project that could feasibly create revenue. This was one of the most interesting/frustrating […]

Mariehoj Culture Center
Mariehoj Culture Center

The future Mairehoj culture center draws a clear profile in the landscape. With a new foyer, the culture center will get a new face that invites in all the people of Ruderdahl’s municipality and a heart that can bring together the many users and activities in the house. The culture center merges together with the […]

Urban Continuance
Urban Continuance

Urban Continuance is the new urban typology. In dense urban areas, large, open park spaces are under utilized and inefficient. Sprawling expanses of grass are both unsustainable and unrepresentative of the needs of an urban population. Instead of the isolated grass lawn, then, a new park typology is needed: the park as connective tissue. The […]

Notodden Books and Blues House
Notodden Books and Blues House

Notodden has decided to join several cultural functions such as a cafe, a museum, and a library under one roof. This project programming allows for the possibility of creating a building where people of different ages and interests can meet and interact. As a tribut to the history of the iste, the roof of the […]

Facade-O-Matic!
Facade-O-Matic!

Catchy name, yeah? This is an idea I’ve kind of had kicking around in my head for a while. It is based on the Random Tessellation script I wrote for Processing a while back. This Grasshopper does much the same thing but in three dimensions instead of two. A unit module is created by the […]

Darboux Curve Evolution
Darboux Curve Evolution

Darboux evolution is a pretty cool way to morph a curve. Basically, you take a polycurve and find the midpoint of each segment composing that closed polycurve. Create a new polycurve by connecting these midpoints and repeat. It is a simple procedure with pretty nice results. The more iterations, the more the curve begins to […]

Recursion RhinoScript
Recursion RhinoScript

This is a simple recursion script with pretty nice results. The idea comes from Marc Fornes’ experiments with the same technique. This script creates a recursive equilateral triangle sequence. As an input the script asks for an edge length, incident angle, and the number of iterations.   Download the Script   Recursion by Luis Gil […]

Living Market
Living Market

Located very close to the busiest metro station in Denmark, Israel Plads can be seen asa central location various regions of København such as Nørrebro and the historical citycenter. This location makes for a natural gathering space for the inhabitants of the city andgreat social attractor, especially given its close proximity to Nørreport station. Until […]

Hexagonal Weaving in Grasshopper
Hexagonal Weaving in Grasshopper

This Grasshopper definition was inspired by the structure for the new Pompidou-Metz Center by Shigeru Ban. The structure is said to be inspired by hexagonal weaving pattern found in traditional Chinese hats. This is a very common weaving pattern also found in things such as chairs. For a large scale structure, however, it is impractical […]

Nansensgade Furniture Showroom
Nansensgade Furniture Showroom

A semi-automated furniture showroom/boutique in Copenhagen.

Sankt Jørgens Sø Bath House
Sankt Jørgens Sø Bath House

A bath house proposal on Sankt Jørgens Sø in København.

Danish Co-Housing
Danish Co-Housing

A Danish cohousing proposal. My first design project in Copenhagen.

Arch 303, Final Project
Arch 303, Final Project

A proposal for an new elementary school in

Arch 302, Charrette One
Arch 302, Charrette One

A case study on the Kanchanjunga Apartments in India by Charles Correa.

Arch 301, Final Project
Arch 301, Final Project

My Arch 301 project at Cal Poly Pomona.

Arch 301, Charrette One
Arch 301, Charrette One

A case study of Albert Frey’s second house in Palm Springs, CA.

Arch 203, Charrete 04 – Final Proposal
Arch 203, Charrete 04 - Final Proposal

Our proposal for the USGBC Natural Talent Design Competition. This entry was a finalist in that competition.

Arch 203, Charrette 03 – Midterm
Arch 203, Charrette 03 - Midterm

Our initial proposal for the former jail site.

Arch 203, Charrette 02
Arch 203, Charrette 02

An analysis of the competition site.