alexander farley mit architecture portfolio
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Architectural design completed for 2014 M. Arch degree at MIT School of Architecture and PlanningTRANSCRIPT
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ALEXANDER H. FARLEY
Massachusetts Institute of Technology2014 Master of Architecture
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// Studio WorkM.Arch Thesis: Laborlandschaft, 2013
Shoaling Pier: High Density Housing, 2013
Ca Sublimata: Venetian Museum, 2012
++Cloud Garden++ Data Center, 2012
Plein Aire Laboratory: Lincoln Laboratory Addition, 2011
Boston Architectural College Annex, 2011
Forest For The Trees: Kenmore Station, 2011
// Professional WorkRenderings, 2012 - 2013
Purple Residence Pavilion, 2011
Purple Residence Addition, 2012
// Scripting + FabricationUnflat Pavilion, 2011
Forces Frozen, 2014
Bubble Wall, 2012
Recursions, 2012
Objectifications, 2012
Enneper Vase, 2013
Costa Vase, 2013
Radiolarian Bowl, 2013
Press-Fit Tray, 2011
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// Professional Work
// Scripting + Fabrication
// Studio WorkM.Arch Thesis: Laborlandschaft, 2013
Shoaling Pier: High Density Housing, 2013
Ca Sublimata: Venetian Museum, 2012
++Cloud Garden++ Data Center, 2012
Plein Aire Laboratory: Lincoln Laboratory Addition, 2011
Boston Architectural College Annex, 2011
Forest For The Trees: Kenmore Station, 2011
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RHINOCEROS, GRASSHOPPER, 3DS MAX, MAXWELL, V-RAY, THE ADOBE SUITE, AND PHYSICAL MODELLING WERE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER
// LABORLANDSCHAFTSTUDIO: MIT THESIS - ANDREW SCOTTSITE: SEAPORT DISTRICT, BOSTONFALL, 2013
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This thesis proposes to redesign the industrial pharmaceuti-cal laboratory typology by rethinking the composition of the labora-tory module; the smallest functional sub-unit of the laboratory type. The design for this thesis applies contemporary corporate counter-culture spatial organizational ideas onto the laboratory module. Central to these concepts is an architecture that is user-oriented and environmentally sensitive rather than managerially-oriented. The spatial organization seeks to flatten the managerial hierarchy by eliminating explicit office spaces. The laboratory is instead spa-tially divided according to affinity for behaviors and activities rather than strict programmatic designations.
The laboratory module was initially conceived during World War II as a spatial system to accommodate inter-disciplinary re-search and development teams in an industrial laboratory setting. However, the spatial design of the module has become determin-istically dictated by managerial control systems and calibrated by infrastructural service, rather than serving the environmental and social needs of the researchers. Contemporary laboratory architec-ture requires the same shift away from spaces organized for clerical work to fluid and open fields that have occurred in corporate archi-tecture. However, architectural design cannot control occupants behaviors, but it can endorse a specific networked culture through the con-figuration of spaces. The use of common flexible spaces endorses and encourages social interaction. Likewise the form and figure of the laboratory establishes an environmental tone by allowing the research spaces to sit within an open field. This open field aspect allows for maximum daylighting and greater levels of visual and social interaction. Through a plug and play service infrastruc-ture, the lab benches and fume hoods can behave more as setting and furniture rather than rigid spatial datums. Additionally, these spaces also provide for reconfigurability and easy upgradeability. By seeking to move away from standard laboratory spatial solutions and conventions the design takes the position that a laboratory field condition encourages new modes of scientific interaction and pro-duction. This laboratory functions as much as an intellectual play ground as it does a functional research laboratory.
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PUBLIC PATH
PUBLIC PIERS
PUBLIC PHYSIC GARDEN
SERVICE CORE
LAB MODULE - HEAVY HVAC
LAB MODULE - MEDIUM HVAC
LAB MODULE - LIGHT HVAC
CAFETERIA
ROOF TERRACE
ATRIUM
SCIENCE MUSEUM (1st FLOOR)
AUDITORIUM
ENTRANCE PROMENADE
MEDICINAL ARBORETUM
PARKING LOT
MAIN ENTRANCE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
PUMP STATION (UNDERGROUND)
GYM (2nd FLOOR)
SERVICE ENTRANCE
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FEMA Flood Zones= 100 yr flood - no base elevation
= 100 yr flood - with base elevation
= 500 yr flood
Landmass Change
Waterfront Access + CirculationBoston BioPharmaceutical + Academia Clustering
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PUBLIC PATH
PUBLIC PIERS
PUBLIC PHYSIC GARDEN
SERVICE CORE
LAB MODULE - HEAVY HVAC
LAB MODULE - MEDIUM HVAC
LAB MODULE - LIGHT HVAC
CAFETERIA
ROOF TERRACE
ATRIUM
SCIENCE MUSEUM (1st FLOOR)
AUDITORIUM
ENTRANCE PROMENADE
MEDICINAL ARBORETUM
PARKING LOT
MAIN ENTRANCE
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
PUMP STATION (UNDERGROUND)
GYM (2nd FLOOR)
SERVICE ENTRANCE
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Lab bench plugs into sub-floor service manifold
Lab bench can rotate about the service port
Conditioned air
Bench services manifold [gas, vacuum, electrical, data]
Bench services tap [gas, vacuum, electrical, data]
Configuration 1
Transformation
Configuration 2
Social Mixing
First Floor - Lab Benches
Mezzanine - Desks
Second Floor - Lab Benches
First Floor - Lab Benches
No Social or VisualInteraction
Second Floor - Lab Benches
Visual Interaction
Visual Interaction
Standard Laboratory Section
Social Laboratory Section
Short Section
Social Mixing
First Floor - Lab Benches
Mezzanine - Desks
Second Floor - Lab Benches
First Floor - Lab Benches
No Social or VisualInteraction
Second Floor - Lab Benches
Visual Interaction
Visual Interaction
Standard Laboratory Section
Social Laboratory Section
Short Section
PLUG + PLAY LAB BENCH SERVICING RECONFIGURABLE LAB SPACE
BUILDING SYSTEMS SECTIONAL PARTI
ROOF
GLAZING
CLADDING
HVAC
STRUCTURE
SERVICE CORES
3rd FLOOR
2nd FLOOR
1st FLOOR
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SECOND FLOOR [+10m]
FIRST FLOOR [+5m]
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1:50 STRUCTURE + SERVICE MODELALEXANDER FARLEY10
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1:200 SITE MODEL ALEXANDER FARLEY 11
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UDI = 4.07 %
UDI = 62.82 %
UDI = 38.75 %
UDI = 57.11 %
UDI = 46.47 %
UDI = 45.46 %
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First Floor
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USEFUL DAYLIGHT FROM ILLUMINATION SIMULATIONMeasurement from 0% to 100%, with the building occupied from 8am to 6pm annually. 4 ambient bounces. 2m grid.Useful Daylight Illuminance (UDI) divides the working hours into three groups: 2000 lux (too much daylight with potential heat gain issues)
UDI = 4.07 %
UDI = 62.82 %
UDI = 38.75 %
UDI = 57.11 %
UDI = 46.47 %
UDI = 45.46 %
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USEFUL DAYLIGHT FROM ILLUMINATION SIMULATIONMeasurement from 0% to 100%, with the building occupied from 8am to 6pm annually. 4 ambient bounces. 2m grid.Useful Daylight Illuminance (UDI) divides the working hours into three groups: 2000 lux (too much daylight with potential heat gain issues)
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3rd FLOOR CAFETERIA + VIEW OF ORGANIC SYNTHESIS LAB
1st FLOOR SLIDING OFFICE PODS
3rd FLOOR PATIO + VIEW OF BOSTON HARBOR
1st FLOOR LABORATORY + VIEW OF OCEAN
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CENTRAL ATRIUM + CONFERENCE ROOM ALEXANDER FARLEY 15
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RHINOCEROS, PYTHON, GRASSHOPPER, 3DS MAX, MAXWELL, V-RAY, THE ADOBE SUITE, AND PHYSICAL MODELLING WERE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER
// SHOALING PIERSTUDIO: MIT - ANDREW SCOTTSITE: RINCON PARK, SAN FRANCISCOSPRING, 2013
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Public Spaces= Park
= Open spaces
= Pedestrian
= Public transportationPublic Access
= Office space
= Community business
= Light Industrial
= ResidentialZoning
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UNIT 1 - 3rd FLOOR DOUBLE BEDROOM UNIT 4 - 3rd FLOOR SINGLE BEDROOM UNIT 7 - 4th FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
SITE PLAN
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UNIT 3rd FLOOR PLANS SHORT SECTION
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1:50 UNIT MODEL + 1:200 SITE MODEL ALEXANDER FARLEY20
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RHINOCEROS, PYTHON, GRASSHOPPER, 3DS MAX, MAXWELL, V-RAY, THE ADOBE SUITE, AND PHYSICAL MODELLING WERE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER
// CA SUBLIMATASTUDIO: MIT - MARIA SEGANTINI (C + S)SITE: PARCO SAN GIULIANO, VENICE, ITALYSPRING, 2012
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I N T E R A C T I V E / S E R V E D P R O G R A M
N O N - I N T E R A C T I V E / S E R V I C E P R O G R A M
W E B M U S E U M
M A S K S
B O A T B U I L D I N G
P O T T E R Y
B O A T R E N T A L
G L A S S M A K I N G
A U D I T O R I U M
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F O O DP R E P A R A T I O N
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The rising tides and eroding ground of the Veneto lagoon demands a strategy to connect with the mainland. A failure of many contemporary archi-tectural designs in Venice is the paradoxical embrace of Venetian history and culture with contemporary design. In essence it must exist and not-exist at the same time, a kind of sublimation between solid and void. This cultural center propses an adaptation of the Venetian palace typology with its long piano nobile and portego spaces pivoting around a piaza space that visually connects the center with the island of Venice to the West. The center is skinned with a louver system that offers environmental control as well allowing the building to simultaneously exist as a solid and void.
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SECTION E
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LEVEL -1 LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
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1:200 MODEL AND CONNECTION TO SITE ALEXANDER FARLEY 27
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DOCK + BOAT RENTAL
ARTIST LABS + ROOF COURTYARD
MAIN ENTRANCE + CENTRAL ATRIUM
VIEW OF VENICE FROM OUTDOOR SQUARE + CAFE
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ENTRANCE + OUTDOOR THEATER ALEXANDER FARLEY 29
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Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc.
RHINOCEROS, PYTHON, GRASSHOPPER, 3DS MAX, MAXWELL, V-RAY, THE ADOBE SUITE, AND PHYSICAL MODELLING WERE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER
// ++ CLOUD GARDEN ++STUDIO: MIT - SHEILA KENNEDY (KVA)SITE: MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTAFALL, 2012
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Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc.
The neighborhoods of northwest Minneapolis have
become separated from the natural amenities of the Mississippi
River and the cultural programs available to the rest of the city. At
the same time Minneapolis seeks both future-looking commercial
opportunities and a brand identity that allows it to remain
relevant as a city. The siting of an architectural intervention that
systemically integrates a data center with a botanical garden on the
northwest bank of the Mississippi River and expands pedestrian
infrastructure provides a means for the city to reconnect the
northwestern neighborhoods with the river park system, create a
cultural destination, and spur economic growth. Minneapolis is a
city that has long used the river as an economic engine. However,
this has resulted in a tension between the unavoidable impact of
industry on the land and the sacred relationship that Minnesotans
have with nature. This design seeks to relieve the historic tension
between industry and nature through the integration of the botanical
gardens climatic systems with the data centers infrastructural
systems out of which a larger ecology can emerge. The garden
can become a media-rich environment warmed and enveloped
in an inflatable system generated by the data center waste heat
and the data center more efficiently regulate its environmental
systems through the mass and biological features of the plants.
RDF
RDF
Fuel type:
= Hydro
= Coal
= Natural Gas
= Nuclear
= Refuse-derived
High Bridge St. Paul, MN
570 MW
Inver Hills Inver Grove, MN
3.6 MW Prairie Island
Welsh, MN
1,100 MW
Red Wing Red Wing, MN
200 MW
South EastU. Minnesota
? MW
Hennepin IslandMinneapolis, MN
12 MW
Riverside Minneapolis, MN
511 MW
Black Dog Burnsville, MN
538 MW
Blue Lake Shakopee, MN
612 MW
Alan S. King Bayport, MN
588 MW
Riverdale Somerset, WI
0.6 MW
Apple River Somerset, WI
2.9 MW
St. Croix Falls St. Croix Falls, WI
570 MW
Monticello Nuclear Monticello, MN
600 MW
Sharco Becker, MN
2,400 MW
Granite City St. Cloud, MN
64 MW
= Deposition of silt on riverbank
= Scouring of earth from riverbank
Dam +Lock - 1967
Site
Northstar Commuter Rail
Hennepin Ave
3rd Ave
Stone Arch Bridge
HW 18
Plymouth Ave
Broadway Ave
Burlington Northern Sante Fe RR
Lowry Ave
42nd Ave
Canadian Pacific RR
ENERGY GENERATION
MISSISSIPPI RIVER - RIVERBANK CHANGE
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Inflatable manifold skin
Botanical garden
Inflatable manifold skin
Rigid structure + Service chases
Community gardens
Server racks
Cold water inlet
Server racks
Service / Cooling level
Botanical gardens
Community gardensHeat rises off of serversto warms gardens + warmedwater waters plants
Cold air and added humidityresult in precipitation
Cold air from MississippiRiver cools server racks
PROGRAMMATIC + STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION
INFRASTRUCTURAL STRATEGY
ENTRANCE LEVEL
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Inflatable - Top Surface
Service Level
Botanical Garden
Inflatable - Bottom Surface
Entrance Level + Community Gardens
Park Walkway
Cold Water Inlet
Inflatable - Top Surface
Service Level
Botanical Garden
Inflatable - Bottom Surface
Entrance Level + Community Gardens
Park Walkway
Cold Water Inlet
Inflatable - Top Surface
Service Level
Botanical Garden
Inflatable - Bottom Surface
Entrance Level + Community Gardens
Park Walkway
Cold Water Inlet
SECTION C
SECTION A
SECTION B
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INFLATABLE BOTANICAL GARDEN ALEXANDER FARLEY 35
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RHINOCEROS, GRASSHOPPER, 3DS MAX, MAXWELL, V-RAY, THE ADOBE SUITE, AND PHYSICAL MODELLING WERE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER
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This project offers a major expansion to Lincoln Laboratory campus. The current campus is overcrowded and decentralized. This design seeks open the laboratory space and offer new spaces for cross-disciplinary collaboration within an environment maximized for human comfort. The laboratory is an environment that has traditionally acquiesced to the technical and infrastructural needs of the program. This ignores the importance of the human capital that the laboratory serves. It is the com-fort of the scientists that leads to innovation. This laboratory proposes a return to the envelope as the source of light and air in order to best serve the researchers. The envelope provides a microclimate that elevates the comfort of the occupants while providing for efficient thermal control of clean room, pro-duction and assembly spaces. As an extension of this, the tectonic elements of the laboratory dissipate with each floor; all beneath a roof comprised of nimbular aerogel-insulated ETFE pillows. The result is that through a search for environmental comfort an inversion of indoor and outdoor space can occur.
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ENTRANCE LEVEL SECOND LEVEL
THIRD LEVEL
FOURTH LEVEL
FIFTH LEVEL
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GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP
VERTICALLY-MOUNTED AHUs
ENTHALPY WHEEL
HEAT EXCHANGERS
PREVAILING WIND
FRESH AIR INTAKE
CHIMNEY EFFECTNAT. VENTILATION CHIMNEY EFFECT
NAT. VENTILATION
CHIMNEY EFFECTNAT. VENTILATION
GROUP PROJECT OFFICES
MACHINE SHOP
SERVICE CHASE
I & T
MICROSYSTEMS INTEGRATION CLASS 1000
VERTICAL CHASE
MICROSYSTEMS INTEGRATION CLASS 100
GROUP PROJECT OFFICES
GROUP PROJECT OFFICES
GROUP PROJECT OFFICES
MICROFLUIDICS +BIOSENSORS LAB
GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP
VERTICALLY-MOUNTED AHUs
ENTHALPY WHEEL
HEAT EXCHANGERS
PREVAILING WIND
FRESH AIR INTAKE
CHIMNEY EFFECTNAT. VENTILATION CHIMNEY EFFECT
NAT. VENTILATION
CHIMNEY EFFECTNAT. VENTILATION
GROUP PROJECT OFFICES
MACHINE SHOP
SERVICE CHASE
I & T
MICROSYSTEMS INTEGRATION CLASS 1000
VERTICAL CHASE
MICROSYSTEMS INTEGRATION CLASS 100
GROUP PROJECT OFFICES
GROUP PROJECT OFFICES
GROUP PROJECT OFFICES
MICROFLUIDICS +BIOSENSORS LAB
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SECTION B
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A. Aluminum claddingB. Steel curtain wall hangerC. Fiberglass insulationD. Tubular steel columnE. Steel mounting flangeF. Steel J-anchorG.Tensegrity roof tensioning cableH. ETFE foilI. Tubular steel columnJ. Tensegrity tubular steel tension rodK. ETFE pillow pressure-regulation hoseL. ETFE pressure-regulation valveM. Bird guardN. GrateO. Aluminum gutterP. Granular aerogel insulation
A. Low-iron insulating glassB. Aluminum window sillC. Oak window sillD. Medium-density concreteE. Gypsum drywallF. Oak floor baordG. Moisture barrier membraneH. Aluminum floor riserI. Floor finishJ. Interior glazingK. Extruded aluminum framingL. Drop-ceiling hangersM. Drop ceilingO. Low-density conrete light shelfP. AwningQ. Spider-sytem tensioning cableR. Stainless steel aluminum cladding wall anchorS. Extruded polystyrene insulationT. Alucobond dry-seal aluminum cladding z-clip systemU. Spider clip rodV. Spider clip depth-adjustment elementW. Spider clipX. Silicone sealY. Laminated float glassZ. Vertical spider system tensioning cable
1.5 = 1
LINCOLN LABS - WEST LAB ADDITION - WALL DETAIL
ENVELOPE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM DETAIL SECTION
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VIEW OF CLEAN ROOMS FROM COLLABORATION SPACE ALEXANDER FARLEY 41
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1/16 = 1 SITE MODELALEXANDER FARLEY42
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LABORATORY CENTRAL GALLERY + COLLABORATION SPACE ALEXANDER FARLEY 43
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RHINOCEROS, GRASSHOPPER, MAXWELL, THE ADOBE SUITE, AND PHYSICAL MODELLING WERE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER
// FOREST FOR THE TREESSTUDIO: MIT - JOEL LAMERESITE: KENMORE SQUARE, BOSTONSPRING, 2011
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DENDRIFORM CANTILEVER MORPHOLOGIES
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EAST SECTION NORTH SECTION
REFLECTED CEILING PLAN
ROOF PLAN
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RHINOCEROS, GRASSHOPPER, MAXWELL, V-RAY, THE ADOBE SUITE, AND PHYSICAL MODELLING WERE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER
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An extension to the Boston Architectural College loacted in Kenmore Square, Boston. This design seeks transparency in materiality and organization as a means to create a dialogue and discourse with a public unfamiliar with the discipline of architecture. A clear interface between the public and the architec-ture students is created through a series of inter-digitated gallery / review spaces and observation plat-forms. A necessary sepparation between the students and the public is achieved through distinct circu-lation routes. The structural system derives from the embodiment of the tree; offering both strength and shelter while simulataneously allowing the flexible creation of spaces calibrated to programmatic need.
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MODIFIED SITE PLAN WITH SUBTERRANEAN STRUCTURE
= SITE EXPANSION
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THIRD LEVEL
SECTION A
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CENTRAL GALLERY SPACE ALEXANDER FARLEY 49
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// Studio Work
// Professional Work
// Scripting + FabricationUnflat Pavilion, 2011
Forces Frozen, 2014
Bubble Wall, 2012
Recursions, 2012
Objectifications, 2012
Enneper Vase, 2013
Costa Vase, 2013
Radiolarian Bowl, 2013
Press-Fit Tray, 2011
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// UNFLAT PAVILIONDESIGNED BY PROF. NICK GELPI FOR MIT 150SITE: MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MASPRING, 2011
SPRING LOADED RIGID SLOT RIGID SILL PLATE SOLID PLATE
RHINOCEROS, MASTERCAM, + 3-AXIS CNC MILLING WERE USED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT.
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Exterior Panel Interior Panel
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// FORCES FROZENDESIGNED WITH JAMES COLEMAN + TYLER CRAINSITE: KRESGE CHAPEL, MIT, CAMBRIDGE, MAWINTER, 2014
RHINOCEROS, MASTERCAM, + 3-AXIS CNC MILLING WERE USED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT.
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// BUBBLE WALLDESIGNED WITH YANG-PING WANG + CHRIST MILLERSTUDIO: MIT - EMERGENT MATERIALS WORKSHOPSPRING, 2012
SOLUTION COMPOSITION TESTING FULL SCALE PROTOTYPE DESIGN FULL SCALE PROTOTYPE DOCUMENTATION
0 HR
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FILTER MEIDA TRAY
SPONGE
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IRRIGATION SYSTEM
GLAZING
Adaptation of the Cambridge Public Library double-skinned facade to use a soap-foam insulation system.
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SOLUTION COMPOSITION TESTING FULL SCALE PROTOTYPE DESIGN FULL SCALE PROTOTYPE DOCUMENTATION
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SPONGE
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IRRIGATION SYSTEM
GLAZING
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PYTHON, RHINOCEROS,AND DIGITAL FABRICATION
import rhinoscriptsyntax as rsimport math
### Controller classclass GoldenSpiral(): def __init__(self): self.NS = None self.phi = (math.sqrt(5)+1)/2 self.plane = rs.WorldXYPlane() # Negative angle for clockwise spiral self.angle = -90 origin = [0,0,0] self.origin = rs.AddPoint(origin) self.spiral_points = [] endPt = [1,0,0] self.endPt = rs.AddPoint(endPt) self.endPts = [] self.endPts.append(endPt) self.spiralArcList = [] def makeSpiralPoints(self): endPt = self.endPt origin = self.origin for i in range(12): trans = rs.VectorSubtract(origin, endPt) scaled_trans = rs.VectorScale(trans, self.phi) origin = rs.CopyObject(endPt, scaled_trans) originCoord = rs.PointCoordinates(origin) points = [origin, endPt] tempID = rs.AddCurve(points) lineID = rs.RotateObject(tempID, origin, self.angle) temp_endPt = rs.CurveEndPoint(lineID) endPt = rs.AddPoint(temp_endPt) endPtCoord = rs.PointCoordinates(endPt) self.endPts.append(endPtCoord) rs.DeleteObject(tempID) params = [scaled_trans, originCoord] self.spiral_points.append(params) def makeSpiralArc(self):
length = len(self.spiral_points) index = range(length)
angle = 90 for i in index: plane = rs.MovePlane(self.plane, self.spiral_points[i][1]) rotated = rs.RotatePlane(plane, angle, plane.ZAxis) radius = math.fabs(self.spiral_points[i][0][0]) if (radius != 0): arc = rs.AddArc(rotated, radius, self.angle) rs.RotateObject(arc, self.spiral_points[i][1], self.angle) else: radius = math.fabs(self.spiral_points[i][0][1]) arc = rs.AddArc(rotated, radius, self.angle) rs.RotateObject(arc, self.spiral_points[i][1], self.angle)
self.spiralArcList.append(arc) angle -= 90 def main(self): self.makeSpiralPoints() self.makeSpiralArc() self.NS = NautilusShell(self) self.NS.main()
### Model classclass NautilusShell(): def __init__(self, NS): self.endPts = NS.endPts self.spiralArcList = NS.spiralArcList self.midpointsList = [] self.quarterpointsList = [] self.crossSectionList = [] self.surfaceList = [] self.SP = None def makeControlPoints(self): length = len(self.endPts) index = range(length) for i in index: if (i 0 and i
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import rhinoscriptsyntax as rsimport math
### Controller classclass GoldenSpiral(): def __init__(self): self.NS = None self.phi = (math.sqrt(5)+1)/2 self.plane = rs.WorldXYPlane() # Negative angle for clockwise spiral self.angle = -90 origin = [0,0,0] self.origin = rs.AddPoint(origin) self.spiral_points = [] endPt = [1,0,0] self.endPt = rs.AddPoint(endPt) self.endPts = [] self.endPts.append(endPt) self.spiralArcList = [] def makeSpiralPoints(self): endPt = self.endPt origin = self.origin for i in range(12): trans = rs.VectorSubtract(origin, endPt) scaled_trans = rs.VectorScale(trans, self.phi) origin = rs.CopyObject(endPt, scaled_trans) originCoord = rs.PointCoordinates(origin) points = [origin, endPt] tempID = rs.AddCurve(points) lineID = rs.RotateObject(tempID, origin, self.angle) temp_endPt = rs.CurveEndPoint(lineID) endPt = rs.AddPoint(temp_endPt) endPtCoord = rs.PointCoordinates(endPt) self.endPts.append(endPtCoord) rs.DeleteObject(tempID) params = [scaled_trans, originCoord] self.spiral_points.append(params) def makeSpiralArc(self):
length = len(self.spiral_points) index = range(length)
angle = 90 for i in index: plane = rs.MovePlane(self.plane, self.spiral_points[i][1]) rotated = rs.RotatePlane(plane, angle, plane.ZAxis) radius = math.fabs(self.spiral_points[i][0][0]) if (radius != 0): arc = rs.AddArc(rotated, radius, self.angle) rs.RotateObject(arc, self.spiral_points[i][1], self.angle) else: radius = math.fabs(self.spiral_points[i][0][1]) arc = rs.AddArc(rotated, radius, self.angle) rs.RotateObject(arc, self.spiral_points[i][1], self.angle)
self.spiralArcList.append(arc) angle -= 90 def main(self): self.makeSpiralPoints() self.makeSpiralArc() self.NS = NautilusShell(self) self.NS.main()
### Model classclass NautilusShell(): def __init__(self, NS): self.endPts = NS.endPts self.spiralArcList = NS.spiralArcList self.midpointsList = [] self.quarterpointsList = [] self.crossSectionList = [] self.surfaceList = [] self.SP = None def makeControlPoints(self): length = len(self.endPts) index = range(length) for i in index: if (i 0 and i
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GRASSHOPPER, RHINOCEROS, DIGITAL FABRICATION, AND HAND FINISHED
// ENNEPER VASEFALL, 2013
ALEXANDER FARLEY60
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MATHEMATICA, PYTHON, RHINOCEROS, DIGITAL FABRICATION, AND HAND FINISHED
Costa'a Minimal SurfaceMatthias WeberIndiana Universityhttp://www.indiana.edu/~minimal
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GRASSHOPPER, RHINOCEROS, DIGITAL FABRICATION, AND HAND FINISHED
GRASSHOPPER, RHINOCEROS, DIGITAL FABRICATION, AND HAND FINISHED
// RADIOLARIAN BOWLFALL, 2013
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// ENNEPER VASESTUDIO: MIT - COMPLETE FABRICATIONWINTER, 2011
RHINOCEROS, PARTWORKS, + 3-AXIS CNC MILLING WERE USED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT.
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Project to create a physical volumetric display system for the 3D modeling program Rhinoceros using Rhinoceros, Grasshopper/Firefly, Python, Arduino microcontroller, and 8x8x8 LED matrix.
// FLOCK OF FIREFLIESSTUDIO: MIT - INDEPENDENT STUDYSPRING, 2013
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import rhinoscriptsyntax as rsimport math
### Controller classclass GoldenSpiral(): def __init__(self): self.NS = None self.phi = (math.sqrt(5)+1)/2 self.plane = rs.WorldXYPlane() # Negative angle for clockwise spiral self.angle = -90 origin = [0,0,0] self.origin = rs.AddPoint(origin) self.spiral_points = [] endPt = [1,0,0] self.endPt = rs.AddPoint(endPt) self.endPts = [] self.endPts.append(endPt) self.spiralArcList = [] def makeSpiralPoints(self): endPt = self.endPt origin = self.origin for i in range(12): trans = rs.VectorSubtract(origin, endPt) scaled_trans = rs.VectorScale(trans, self.phi) origin = rs.CopyObject(endPt, scaled_trans) originCoord = rs.PointCoordinates(origin) points = [origin, endPt] tempID = rs.AddCurve(points) lineID = rs.RotateObject(tempID, origin, self.angle) temp_endPt = rs.CurveEndPoint(lineID) endPt = rs.AddPoint(temp_endPt) endPtCoord = rs.PointCoordinates(endPt) self.endPts.append(endPtCoord) rs.DeleteObject(tempID) params = [scaled_trans, originCoord] self.spiral_points.append(params) def makeSpiralArc(self):
length = len(self.spiral_points) index = range(length)
angle = 90 for i in index: plane = rs.MovePlane(self.plane, self.spiral_points[i][1]) rotated = rs.RotatePlane(plane, angle, plane.ZAxis) radius = math.fabs(self.spiral_points[i][0][0]) if (radius != 0): arc = rs.AddArc(rotated, radius, self.angle) rs.RotateObject(arc, self.spiral_points[i][1], self.angle) else: radius = math.fabs(self.spiral_points[i][0][1]) arc = rs.AddArc(rotated, radius, self.angle) rs.RotateObject(arc, self.spiral_points[i][1], self.angle)
self.spiralArcList.append(arc) angle -= 90 def main(self): self.makeSpiralPoints() self.makeSpiralArc() self.NS = NautilusShell(self) self.NS.main()
### Model classclass NautilusShell(): def __init__(self, NS): self.endPts = NS.endPts self.spiralArcList = NS.spiralArcList self.midpointsList = [] self.quarterpointsList = [] self.crossSectionList = [] self.surfaceList = [] self.SP = None def makeControlPoints(self): length = len(self.endPts) index = range(length) for i in index: if (i 0 and i
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// Studio Work
// Scripting + Fabrication
// Professional WorkRenderings, 2012 - 2013
Purple Residence Pavilion, 2011
Purple Residence Addition, 2012
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FOR SASAKI ASSOCIATES - 2013 FOR SASAKI ASSOCIATES - 2013
FOR ELIZABETH FARLEY - GSD M.ARCH THESIS - 2012 FOR ELIZABETH FARLEY - GSD M.ARCH THESIS - 2012
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FOR THE PLANT CONNECTION - GREENHOUSE ADDITION - 2011FOR ELIZABETH FARLEY - GSD M.ARCH THESIS - 2012
FOR ELIZABETH FARLEY - GSD M.ARCH THESIS - 2012
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CORNER ASSEMBLYSTANDARD ASSEMBLY
1 CEDAR FACING
1 CEDAR FACING 1 CEDAR FACING
1 x 1 CEDAR FACING
4 x 4 PRESSURE-TREATED 4 x 4 PRESSURE-TREATED
STANDARD POST-BEAM-RAFTER ASSEMBLY CORNER POST-BEAM-RAFTER ASSEMBLY
This commission sought to create a vegetable gar-den enclosure that could protect the plants from backyard pests while maintaining the design language of the existing site. The pavilion employs traditional timber construction techniques and tectonic elements while remaining within a modest budget.
// WYNDMOOR RESIDENCE GARDEN PAVILIONCLIENTS: LESLIE AND THOMAS PURPLESITE: WYNDMOOR, PASUMMER, 2011
STANDARD POST-BEAM-RAFTER ASSEMBLY CORNER POST-BEAM-RAFTER ASSEMBLY
STANDARD ASSEMBLY CORNER ASSEMBLY
Rhinoceros and physical modeliing were used throughout the course of the project.
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1 x 10 x 6
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POST HOLDER
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2 x 10 CEDAR
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COUNTER-SUNK 0.5 CARRIAGE BOLT
2 x 2 FENCING B/W FACING AND PT
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PLAN SECTION
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// WYNDMOOR RESIDENCE ADDITIONCLIENTS: LESLIE AND THOMAS PURPLESITE: WYNDMOOR, PADESIGNED: WINTER, 2012CONSTRUCTION: SPRING. 2014
AutoCAD, Revit, Rhinoceros, Max-well, and physical modelling were used throughout the course of the project.
This project sought to reactivate an unused storage room as the main location for daily activity. The existing space allows for a kitchen and central hearth. The south fac-ing wall is pulled away from the house to al-low for greater day-lighting and create a space for casual dining and food and linen storage.
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