Balcony Studio - Perspective

Taxidermy Museum – Architecture Design 4 – Computer Rendering

This project was done through a different pedagogical value than what I am used to. Rather than allowing function to dictate form, I allowed the form and function to speak to each other simultaneously in order to create a building inspired by a film and responded directly to the client, rather than creating a building that responds to the site. While I did dictate what the form of this building will be, I did not generate it, rather, I came up with a process and I allowed the computer to react to different aspects and variables in order to create a porous form. By doing all of this I was able to challenge my own understanding of what I thought proper Architecture to be and create a completely distinctive form.

L System Red

Recursive L – System – Intricacy – Java in Processing

For this project i had to learn Javascript in order to create an L – System. Originally, I wanted to use nature as my inspiration for creating code that would mimic naturally occurring events and this was the first step in that journey. I began studying recurring patterns in nature, such as dendritic configurations, they are a fractal system that appear in lightning, veins, and rivers. when ever there is a system that flows, the system tends to branch off from the parent vessels in order to make distribution more affective, which is essentially what an L – system is. I used the l system to control different aspects of the pattern, such as angle of rotation, line density and generations. By doing so I learned a new skill.

 

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Public Boat House – Architecture Design 3 – Computer Rendering

The public boat house was a project that I started in order to bring social equality to the residents near Pier 1. I first looked at the demographics of the area and then looked at the program deliverables set by the instructor. I realized that one of the requirements for the boat house was to have a boat house and a gallery and so i decided to make both these programs communal. This encouraged people who didn’t know anything about boat manufacturing to the come to the boat house in order to learn from experienced boat builders and to eventually row their own vessels. This project thought me how to better analyze a site to understand problems that need addressing.