Alexander Farley MIT Architecture Portfolio

ALEXANDER H. FARLEY

Massachusetts Institute of Technology2014 Master of Architecture

// 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)

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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


No Social or VisualInteraction


Visual Interaction

Visual Interaction

Standard Laboratory Section

Social Laboratory Section

Short Section

Social Mixing


Mezzanine - Desks



No Social or VisualInteraction


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Visual Interaction

Standard Laboratory Section

Social Laboratory Section

Short Section

PLUG + PLAY LAB BENCH SERVICING RECONFIGURABLE LAB SPACE

BUILDING SYSTEMS SECTIONAL PARTI

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HVAC

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SERVICE CORES

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SECOND FLOOR [+10m]

FIRST FLOOR [+5m]

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1:50 STRUCTURE + SERVICE MODELALEXANDER FARLEY10

1:200 SITE MODEL ALEXANDER FARLEY 11

UDI = 4.07 %

UDI = 62.82 %

UDI = 38.75 %

UDI = 57.11 %

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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 %

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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

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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// CA SUBLIMATASTUDIO: MIT - MARIA SEGANTINI (C + S)SITE: PARCO SAN GIULIANO, VENICE, ITALYSPRING, 2012

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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

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

Michael Maltzan Architecture, Inc.


// ++ 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


Service Level

Botanical Garden



Park Walkway

Cold Water Inlet


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Cold Water Inlet

SECTION C

SECTION A

SECTION B

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INFLATABLE BOTANICAL GARDEN ALEXANDER FARLEY 35

RHINOCEROS, GRASSHOPPER, 3DS MAX, MAXWELL, V-RAY, THE ADOBE SUITE, AND PHYSICAL MODELLING WERE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER

// PLEIN AIRE LABORATORYSTUDIO: MIT - ANDREW SCOTTSITE: MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY, LEXINGTON, MASSACHUSETTSFALL, 2011

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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

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MICROFLUIDICS +BIOSENSORS LAB

GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP

VERTICALLY-MOUNTED AHUs

ENTHALPY WHEEL

HEAT EXCHANGERS

PREVAILING WIND

FRESH AIR INTAKE

CHIMNEY EFFECTNAT. VENTILATION CHIMNEY EFFECT

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MICROFLUIDICS +BIOSENSORS LAB

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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

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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

1/16 = 1 SITE MODELALEXANDER FARLEY42

LABORATORY CENTRAL GALLERY + COLLABORATION SPACE ALEXANDER FARLEY 43

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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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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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

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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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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

GRASSHOPPER, RHINOCEROS, DIGITAL FABRICATION, AND HAND FINISHED

// ENNEPER VASEFALL, 2013

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MATHEMATICA, PYTHON, RHINOCEROS, DIGITAL FABRICATION, AND HAND FINISHED

Costa'a Minimal SurfaceMatthias WeberIndiana Universityhttp://www.indiana.edu/~minimal



// 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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// 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 ELIZABETH FARLEY - GSD M.ARCH THESIS - 2012

FOR THE PLANT CONNECTION - GREENHOUSE ADDITION - 2011FOR ELIZABETH FARLEY - GSD M.ARCH THESIS - 2012

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CORNER ASSEMBLYSTANDARD ASSEMBLY

1 CEDAR FACING

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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 CEDAR FACING

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1 x 2 CEDAR

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COUNTER-SUNK 0.5 CARRIAGE BOLT

2 x 2 FENCING B/W FACING AND PT

COUNTER-SUNK 0.5 CARRIAGE BOLT

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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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