CONTENTStribeca hotel and residencescompleted fall 2010 . penn.design . m.arch Istudio hina jamelle

cloud culturecompleted august 2010collaboration with david mulder

n-body problemcompleted fall 2009 . pratt institute . m.arch Icritic theo calvin

citicorp plazacompleted fall 2009 . pratt institute . m.arch Istudio greg okshteyn

diffusion limited aggregationcompleted spring 2010 . pratt institute . m.arch Icritic carla leitao + mike szivos

dumbo research incubatorcompleted spring 2010 . pratt institute . m.arch Istudio carla leitao

cellular networkingcompleted fall 2010 . penn.design . m.arch Icritic jenny sabin

mark t nicol . graduate portfolio

design projects

research projects

completed fall 2010 . penn.design . m.arch I . studio hina jamelle

in the pursuit of novel and robust hybrid conditions, hotel functions are layered into a residential system. characteristics differentiating hotel and residential configurations have been identified and ideal units that embody these traits have been designed. these ideal units share the same topological defini-tion, which allows for the creation of a gradient of change mediating the intensive differences be-tween the programmatic extremes. this gradient of change allows for the exploration of the transitional space that lies between the extremes.

the system that emerges is cellular by nature. this is disrupted by synergistic hospitality programs at various scales and intensities. the nature of these restaurant and bar spaces is driven by their location within the system. the final formation is a field of change, full of robust hybrid conditions with public program layered throughout resulting in a cohesive yet variegated landscape of experience.

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level 01

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residential

public

service

compound residence

typical hotel unit

hospitality unit

roof top grillrestaurant

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restaurantrestaurant

hotel unithotel unit

hotel unithotel unit

hotel unithotel unit

private dinningrestaurant

JedLab Im at the w-burg wfront- you should be here! @magham73

funkdesign sunglasses on myface and beer in my hand. soexcited to be at the #williamsburg #waterfront

zherman got and extra ticketfor the #jellypoolparty. whowants to join me?

imwitit check out photos of mebackstage at the #poolparties - hell yes - http://twitpic.com/8uag4fg

completed august 2010 . collaboration with david mulder

due to the proliferation of social networking sites such as facebook and twitter, there is an abun-dance of personal data stored in the digital cloud that is readily available to anyone or anything that seeks to access it.

by constantly mining the digital cloud to extract the thoughts, identities and feelings of its inhabitants, cloud culture can become knowledgeable about its users and animate itself to reflect their collec-tive sentiments. this yields a dynamic architectural space that provides an ever shifting palette of sensory experience. the result is a fluid relationship in which the users of the space and the space itself are suspended in a feedback loop, each influencing the mood of the other.

cloud culture, therefore, is the dynamic manifes-tation of the connections and sentiments of the network of users within the space.

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justin t tucker997 friends

sex . malebirthday . march 11, 1982sexuality . straightcurrent city . brooklyn, nymusic . animal collective, grizzly bear, neutral milk hotel, lcd soundsystem

justin t tucker997 friends

sex . malebirthday . march 11, 1982sexuality . straightcurrent city . brooklyn, nymusic . animal collective, grizzly bear, neutral milk hotel, lcd soundsystem

base8jjt389 tweets

name . justin j tuckerlocation . brooklyn, nyweb . http://base-8.net

following . 348followers . 434

gps location . 40x 43 16.35 north 73x 57 41.59 west

rebecca funk789 friends

sex . femalebirthday . may 15, 1984current city . new york, nyreligion . baptistprofession . designermusic . philip glass, kronos quartet,sharon jones, buena vista social club,

funkdesign389 tweets

location . everywhereweb . http://www.funkdesign.net

following . 504followers . 10,567listed . 1,346

funkdesign389 tweets

location . everywhereweb . http://www.funkdesign.net

following . 504followers . 10,567listed . 1,346

gps location . 40 43 17.48 north 73 57 47.09 west

ari paul306 friends

sex . malebirthday . december 10, 1979hometown . cape town, south africapolitical views . liberalinterests . cheesemusic . jay z, naz, outcast, wu tang, tribe called quest, ghostface killa

ari paul306 friends

sex . malebirthday . december 10, 1979hometown . cape town, south africapolitical views . liberalinterests . cheesemusic . jay z, naz, outcast, wu tang, tribe called quest, ghostface killa

AriPaulG500 tweets

name . ari g paullocation . new york, nybio . Thinking how to make X better,aspiring explorer and now a tweeter

following . 116

gps location . 40 43 21.91 north 73 57 46.70 west

centrality

betweenness

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architecture adapts to its occupants in

real time, without the need for direct input

users influence is weighted based on their degree of conec-tivity to others in the cloud culture network

algorythm cross references various social networking

sites to adapt to users profile

algorythm searches for significant terms

cloud culture algo-rythm locates the

user using the mobile devices gps

weekday configuration festival configuration

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completed fall 2009 . pratt institute . m.arch I . studio greg okshteyn

this urban intervention at citicorp plaza seeks to capitalize on the successes of a rarely vibrant pri-vately owned public space in the center of midtown manhattan.

designed during the depths of the banking crisis this intervention sought to not only revitalize an urban space but to revitalize a corporate image. by layering various synergistic programs upon differing scales of banking programs distributed throughout the site complex programmatic conditions were created. these hybrid conditions yield new types of banking that are more open, more personal, and more transparent at a time when such traits were sorely lacking in banking.

to reach this end an integrative design approach was employed. by marrying a richly complex ag-gregated system full of possibility with site con-straints and program opportunities a truly unique solution was reached which is born of the dna of all three inputs.

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circulation

structure

composit

hybrid program

banking

lexington ave

mezzanine

lobby

plaza

eatingmedia

free

flex

bundle

fray

stacks

through

enclosure system

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system sections

system sections

unit sections

completed spring 2010 . pratt institute . m.arch I . studio carla leitao

situated in the shadow of the manhattan bridge in brooklyns dynamic dumbo, a neighborhood with a rich industrial past and now a center for the arts, this business incubator seeks to draw on the neigh-borhoods past, present and future. communityoutreach programs are layered with research incu-bation to create robust hybrid conditions.

starter incubator space, researching advanced materials related to water, is provided looking out over the east river towards manhattan. additional research pods can be plugged into the system as required by research teams. these pods can en-gage with the river directly by floating on its surface or indirectly by siphoning research samples.

as the lines of research grow and branch outwards, connections are made with related research teams creating a novel way for collaboration to manifest itself in the physical form of the building.

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light production space / labs

office space

storage space

auditorium

gallerymeeting rooms

remediation

advertising

mechanical roomloadingtrash

kitchen

kitchen resource library

resource library

telecom output room

restrooms

restrooms

executive directorassistant directoroffice managertech support

tech support

reception

publicprivate

river

sky

protective shell

closure seals

semi-permeable membrane

connection rings

tubes

program

pod anatomy pod types

completed fall 2010 . penn.design . m.arch I . critic jenny sabin

in a native environment cells gain stability from tensile forces which are exerted on them by the extracellular matrix and are expressed through theircytoskeleton. when stressed these tensile connec-tions transmit contextual information throughout the cell and in so doing drive cell behavior. if there is a shift in the extracellular matrix those forces are distributed through the integrin receptors to the cytoskeleton. the resulting realignment of the actin network within the cells cytoplasm triggers a response from the cell.

therefore, information about connectivity can drive the condition of the cell, prompting it to respond by either growing, differentiating, moving, or dy-ing. just as chemical gradients in the environment stimulate behavior, so too can gradients in the organization of the extracellular matrix. the inter-relationship between gradients of chemoattractants and the composition of the extracellular matrix can inform the design of nonlinear systems which have a similar dynamic relationship to their environment. gradients of contextual triggers will spark local reactions which will reverberate through the tensile network.

this research and simulation is the beginning of a framework for considering dynamically reactive building systems.

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initial matrix deformed matrix

chemoattractants

cells in matrix

matrix with attraction

completed fall 2009 . pratt institute + individual research . m.arch I . critic theo calvin

through sequential and continuous interactions built upon simple rules, complex form can emerge with-out the addition of outside input. an understanding of these principles of emergent design allow for a new type of creativity enhanced by the utilization of a fluid process and involving time as an integral and constructive tool.

forces build upon themselves sequentially, yield-ing complex solutions which would be impossible to conceive by conventional means. because of the dynamic nature of this process a finished end is not the objective. rather a continuously fluctuat-ing landscape of solutions is generated resulting from bodies constantly shaping the behavior of one another while shaping the space that they occupy.

by recognizing the innately imbued potential for dy-namism of matter, designers can employ time and force as constructive instruments to generate form. doing so will impregnate design with a performa-tive potential and a heightened relevance which is a direct consequence of the manner of production.

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completed spring 2009 . pratt institute . m.arch I . critic carla leitao + mike szivos

beyond their beauty, delicacy and ephemerality, snowflakes are powerful tools for understanding matters capacity for self-organization. it is because of this that we recognize them as having an almost life-like quality. additionally, just as with any man-ner of life, the environment in which they emerge leaves a trace on the final form of the flake. so, we can read in a snowflake the story of its emergence, and in so doing understand the ways in which vari-ous factors like temperature and humidity affect its growth.

this research was conducted as a means to un-derstand how buildings, business and cities might grow. if the variables of temperature and humidity are parallels for economic barometers, we can use snowflakes as a model to study how the growth of cities and regions might fluctuate over time. in boom time, skyscrapers shoot up like crystals and suburbs reach out like dendrites - in leaner times cites recalcify and buildings becoming less flamboyant. on a building scale, a structure could be designed such that it would grow along with demand in an organic manner, leaving the history of its growth as a legible trace on its final form.

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dla diagram

structured dla

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