Upload
kt008
View
50
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
KEN TRACY [email protected] 917.370.7780 6216 Northwood Ave. #3 St. Louis MO 63105
Education Masters in Architecture, Columbia University, GSAPP, 2002-2005
Bachelor of Design, University of Florida, School of Architecture, 1996-2000 Graduated Magna Cum Laude
Academic Visiting Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Graduate School of Architecture
Fabrication Lab:
Faculty Workshop
Material Resonance Workshop
Workshop and Lecture, University of Minnesota, School of Architecture
Lecture, Columbia University, GSAPP
Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Pratt Institute, GAUD
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Columbia University, GSAPP
Lecture, University of Pennsylvania, School of Design
Workshop Instructor, University of Pennsylvania, School of Design
Coordinator, Design Studio II, Introducing new Digital Curriculum, Spring 2012Coordinator, Design Sudio IV, Introducing new Digital Curriculum
Architectural Design, Graduate Fabrication+Design/Build Studio, Pavilion St. Louis, Spring 2011Digital Fabrications, 3D Design, Representation
Coordinator, Graduate Core 1 Studio, Fall 2011Design Thinking, Thesis Prep.
Design Thinking, Thesis Prep., Fall 2010Architectural Design, Options Studio, Jakarta Offi ce Building
Independent Study, 2 student projects
Architectural Design, Options Studio, Summer 2010Camera Obscura: Digital Fabrication, Spring 2010Architectural Design, Fabrication Studio, Sarasota, Florida Residence
Architectural Design III, Housing Studio, Fall 2009
Graduate Assistant, Columbia University, GSAPP
Instructor, New Jersey Institute of Technology, School of Architecture
Teaching Assistant, Digital Fabrication, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Summer 2005Teaching Assistant, Advance Maya, Fall 2003, Spring 2004Digital Assistant, Summers 2004 & 2005 Advanced Architectural DesignDesign Studio Assistant, with critic Bill MacDonald, Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004
Instructor First Year Undergraduate Graphics I, Fall 2005Co-Coordinated Graphics II Curriculum, Spring 2006Co-Coordinated Graphics II Lecture Series, Spring 2006
Fabrication Demo/ Lecture and Studio Critique with Critic Hina Jamelle’s Design Studio, Fall 2006
Fabrication Process, Fall 2006
Mechanics of Form, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008
Computers II, Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008
Material Experiments, Summer 2009
Catalyst Studio, Invited to lecture and lead workshop on fabrication, March 2012
RhinoScripting, Grasshopper, Fabrication workshop
Coordinated, Hosted and Conducted workshop with Marc Fornes and Andy Payne, Summer 2010
Fabrication, Architectural Geometry, Rhino 4,
MasterCAM, Fall 2010, Fall 2011
Established DIL (Digital Initiative Lab), Large Scale CNC and Thermofroming Lab, Fall 2009Studio Project: Reticulated Form: Critic, Joe MacDonald, Fall 2011
Studio Project: Plastik Pavilion: Studio Critic Ken Tracy with Marc Fornes, Spring 2011Studio Project: Sheet Logics: Studio Critic, Heather Roberge, Fall 2010Studio Project: TRANS:formable_BODIES, Studio Critic, SungHo Kim, Spring 2009Studio Project: Tessellated Manifolds, Studio Critic, Marcelo Spina with Daniel Carper, Fall 2009
KEN TRACY [email protected] 917.370.7780 6216 Northwood Ave. #3 St. Louis MO 63105
Professional Yogiaman Tracy Design, Founding Partner, St. Louis, Mo 2010-Present
4-pli Design, Founding Partner, Brooklyn, NY 2005-2009
http://www.4-pli.com/
Associated Fabrication LLC, Founding Partner, Brooklyn, NY 2005-2009
http://www.associatedfabrication.com/, AF photoblog
Carl Abbott FAIA Architects, Intern Architect, Sarasota, FL 2000-2002
Atelier Imrey Culbert, Intern Architect, New York, NY Summers 2004, 2003
Tex-Fab, Applied Research Through Fabrication Competition Fall 2013
Competition Finalist, Commissioned Project, ongoing
Kopo House, Bandung, Indonesia, 2012-Present Schematic Design Phase ongoing project
Cideng Offi ce Building, Jakarta, Indonesia, 2011-Present Schematic Design Phase ongoing project
Weft House, Jakarta, Indonesia, Fall 2010-Summer 2011 Full Project design and bid documents
Givens Vitrines, Givens Hall, Washington University St Louis, 2012 Commissioned Project, completed
Sukkah City STL, St. Louis, MO, Fall 2011 Competition Finalist/Commision, Design and Fabrication temporary Sukkah Pavilion
Going with the Grain Design Competition, Summer 2009 Project Woobble, Honorable Mention
Taras Residence, Manhattan, NY, Summer 2009 Design/Fabricate Apartment and Terrace Renovation
Thirst Wine Merchants, Brooklyn, NY, Fall 2006 Design/Build/Fabricate Wine Store interior
New York Magazine, Best Bets, Manhattan, NY, Fall 2006 Design/Fabricate booths for charity shopping event
Urban Spring, Brooklyn, NY, Summer 2006 Design/Build/Fabricate juice bar Interior
BrainPop and Fashion Wire Daily, New York, NY, Summer 2005 Design/Build/Fabricate offi ce interior
Whistler 2010 Bus Shelters, Whistler, BC, Current, Winter 2010 Fabricating bus shelters for Winter Olympics
Halo Bar, Washington, DC, Summer 2008 Fabricated Thermoformed, CNC milled casework/furniture
Cirrus Sculpture, Zaha Hadid Architects, Cincinnati, OH, Summer 2008 Fabricated CNC milled mdf and Formica sculpture
Tool Hide Wardrobe, Ruy+Klein Architects, New York, NY, Spring 2005 Design Consultant and Fabricated CNC milled, Auto body Painted, textured doors and casework
Gregg and Pamela Horowitz, Sarasota, FL 2000-2001 Bayfront Residence
Project manager during schematic design and design development
Kuwait National Museum & UNESCO, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 2003-2004 Museum Renovation Design
City Lights Competition, City of New York, New York, NY 2004 Third Place Finalist, Assisted in design, modeling and representation of competition entry
KEN TRACY [email protected] 917.370.7780 6216 Northwood Ave. #3 St. Louis MO 63105
Made in the Shade:Revisiting Paul Rudolph’s Florida Houses, Sheldon Galleries, Currated Exhibition Featuring WashU Studio work and Traveling Exhibiton by Joe King and Chris Domin, Spring 2012
Electric is the Love, Laumeier Museum, St. Louis, MO Commisioned Installation, Loom Portal, Fall 2011
Sukkah City STL, Washington University, St. Louis, MO Commision Installation, Gleaned, Fall 2011
The Business of Aura, Elga Wimmer Gallery, Manhattan, NY Exhibited, Cideng Batik #15, 14 Auguast 2009
Overlap, Elga Wmmer Gallery, Manhattan, NY Co-currated and exhibited industrial design work, Woobble and Sequence 1, September, 2008
Brooklyn Designs, DUMBO, NY Curated furniture exhibition, May 2006 and May 2007
Project to Surface, M127, Manhattan, NY Collaborated on design with Grainworks Studio, fabricated pieces by 5 graphic artists, June 2007
Scripted By Purpose, Fuel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Exhibited Leaves, thermoformed, parametric canopy panels, September 2007
Publications/Press Design of the Times, Ami Kealoha Furniture Designs Featured, The New York Post, 12 May 2007
Associated Fabrication: Heavy Metal/Light Touch, David Sokol Firm Profi le, Architectural Record, October 2007
Subcompact Hybrids, Lisa Delgado Project Article, Interior Project Featured, Architects Newspaper, October 2007
the taste fi les: San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles, Yosh Asato and Mimi Zeiger Interior Project Featured, Form Magazine, December 2007
Transmaterial 2, Blaine Brownell Dimple Halftone a material developed by Associated Fabrication is featured, January 3, 2008
Digital Fabrications: Architectural and Material Techniques, Lisa Iwamoto Fabrication Piece Featured, Collaboration with Ruy Klein Architects, Princeton Arch. Press, 2009
Exhibitions
KEN TRACY [email protected] 917.370.7780 6216 Northwood Ave. #3 St. Louis MO 63105
Cast Thicket
http://tex-fab.net/APPLIEDdownloads/APPLIEDpress.pdf
http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/winner_of_applied_research_through_fabrication_competition/
UMN Catalyst Workshop and Lecture
https://events.umn.edu/017560
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/arch/studentwork/2012/03/architecture-as-catalyst-nested-scales.html
http://acadia.org/projects/ZAPFKX
Plasti(k) Pavilion
http://archinect.com/features/article/100296/student-works-stalactile-tessellated-manifolds
http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/innovative-pavilion-dedicated-in-botanical-heights/article_
e6b2e468-d329-5a44-bf65d27bbd4eb81b.html
http://plastikpavilion.wordpress.com/
http://www.stlouiscitytalk.com/2011/07/plastick-pavilion-in-botanical-heights.html
Made in the Shade Links
http://sheldonconcerthall.org/pr/2012/PR120126-1.pdf
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2012-08-16/culture/in-the-galleries-new-made-in-the-shade-paul-rudolph-
s-fl orida-houses-revisited/
Associated Fabrication Links
http://archrecord.construction.com/archrecord2/work/0710/associatedFabrication.asp
http://www.fl ickr.com/photos/associatedfabrication/sets/72157609944755905/
http://www.fl ickr.com/photos/associatedfabrication/sets/72157610685088066/
http://www.fl ickr.com/photos/associatedfabrication/sets/72157622008418403/
http://www.fl ickr.com/photos/associatedfabrication/sets/72157622228890262/
http://www.fl ickr.com/photos/associatedfabrication/sets/72157608277376167/
http://www.fl ickr.com/photos/associatedfabrication/sets/72157608649399910/
4pli links
http://www.fl ickr.com/photos/associatedfabrication/sets/72157608114867560/
http://www.fl ickr.com/photos/associatedfabrication/sets/72157607917776725/
http://www.fl ickr.com/photos/associatedfabrication/sets/72157608110148662/
http://www.fl ickr.com/photos/associatedfabrication/sets/72157607864158635/
REFERENCE URLS
KEN TRACY [email protected] 917.370.7780 6216 Northwood Ave. #3 St. Louis MO 63105
ACADEMIC
PLASTI(K) PAVILION Graduate Option Studio, St Louis, Missouri, Spring 2011
CORE 2 | CORE 4 Freshmen Undergraduate Studio | Sophomore Undergrad Studio, Spring 2012
MADE IN THE SHADE Graduate Option Studio, St Louis, Missouri, Spring 2010
JAKARTA STUDIO Graduate Option Studio, St Louis, Missouri, Fall 2011
PLASTI(K) PAVILIONOccupying a formerly vacant lot in a
central St. Louis the Botanical Heights
Plasti(k) Pavilion served as both a
vauable learning experience for Grad-
uate Archtiecture students and as an
advetisement for a newly recovering
neighborhood. The project was a com-
plex collaboration between Washington
University, Marc Fornes principal of thev-
erymany, New York, Sarah Gibson the
Pricipal of CDO in St. Louis and Will Laufs
of Buro Happold New York. From the
beginning the studio engaged the com-
munity of Botanical Heights through
community board meetings recieving
feedback and informing the community
of the pavilions’ impact.
The pavilion is a composition of modu-
lar, 3D, non-repeating tiles who’s curved
surfaces constantly change orientation
to create a convoluted, spatially-ab-
sorbent surface. The piece was made
possible through the use of parametric
software, custom algorithms, structural
simulation, CNC milling, thermoforming
and ambitious students.
St Louis, Missouri, Spring 2011
CORE 2Binary Immersion Pool
Through both physical and geometric
constraints, the 112 studio explored the
presence and possible erasure of binary
oppositional relationships.
Through the measurement, documen-
tation, and 3D modeling of Concordia
Seminary Park, students explored the
relationship between terrain and ar-
chitectural space. Using 3D modeling
tools, they delineated and then lofted
the landscape. Through a series of itera-
tions this lofted landscape was redrawn
to confl ate the existing terrain with a
synthetic topology contrived through
a found texture. Physically output using
digital tools, the surfaces from this ex-
ploration were imagined as unlikely but
occupiable landscapes.
Through an intensifi cation of the con-
fl ated topography/topology, students
imbedded immersion pools into the
context. These pools create spaces for
direct intimate contact and sensory im-
mersion. Through this program, students
were challenged to create a building that
produces a perceptually rich procession
by manipulating light, mass, and surface.
A B D
C
F
0 5 10
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
IJ
KL
MN
O
PQ
RS
T
UV
Jennifer Rokoff
Caitlin Lee
Andy Lee
Reagan Lauder
Stephanie Silva
Adam Strobel
Washington University, Spring 2012
Freshmen Undergraduate Studio
CORE 4Washington University, Spring 2012
Sophomore Undergrad Studio
Urban Winery
Architecture nuances the boundary
between diff erent conditions. Inside/
outside, fi gure/ground, earth/sky and
other relationships fi gure prominently
in how architecture is conceived and
evaluated. Architects simulate these
oppositional conditions through their
drawing of points, lines, curves and
surfaces. Because of computers the ex-
act point that an architect designates is
now more than ever precisely controlla-
ble. Through the use of computers these
architect-contrived boundaries can be
precisely fabricated. This direct control
through a binary machine enables us to
create ever more nuanced space.
The studio studied a prominent urban
site in the Central West End neighbor-
hood of St. Louis. Through a series of it-
erations the site was redrawn to create a
new, textured topography that indexes
movement, mass and other urban phe-
nomena. The culmination of this study
is the design of an Urban Winery. Over-
lapping urban life with artisanal craft the
6000 sqft project combines a large cellar,
wine bar and harvest room.
MADE IN THE SHADEThis studio investigated modern, domestic
architecture in Sarasota, Florida through
both historical context and current tech-
niques of architectural production. Stu-
dent groups designed replacement shade
canopies for Paul Rudolph’s notable Hiss
Residence. The class traveled to Sarasota to
meet the current owners of the house and
visit several other notable Rudolph houses.
As a funded fabrication studio, students
not only designed but detailed and proto-
typed their canopies at full-scale.
After the completion of the studio the
Sheldon Galleries in St. Louis hosted an
exhibition highlighting both the student
work and the work of Paul Rudolph’s Flor-
ida houses. Made in the Shade: Revisiting
Paul Rudolph’s Florida Houses juxtaposed
the work of the studio with period Ezra
Stoller photographs from an exhibition by
Joe King and Christopher Domin for their
book Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses.
St Louis, Missouri, Spring 2010
C h r i s t i n a G a l a t i ; C o r i n n a G l e i c h ; A d r i a n e R i e s s e r
S a r a J o h n s o n ; J u m i S o n g ; C h a r i t y S e y e r
J a r e d M a r c a n t o n i ; P a t r i c i a G r i e r s o n ; A y a R o j n u c k a r i n ; I n n y B a e
T h e S h e l d o n A r t G a l l e r y
JAKARTA STUDIO
RATTAN Benjamin Stephenson
St Louis, Missouri, Fall 2011
CRACKS Xiaomeng Fu
KETUPAT Lavender Tessmer
WARP Nathaniel Elberfeld
[IM]PERMEABLE Jason Butz
The fourth largest country in the world
behind the United States, Indonesia
boasts a rich layering of cultures but
lacks the strong, contemporary identity
and attention given many smaller na-
tions. Though it lacks a strong interna-
tionally recognized image, the country
has an internally rich cultural heritage
and national pride. Paramount to Indo-
nesia’s national identity and its economy
are its hand labored crafts. Batik, car-
pentry, stone carving and textiles are
all important production and artisan
industries in Java that have stayed the
test of time and endured through an
embattled history of upheaval and re-
gime change.
This studio will leverage this enduring
phenomenon to anchor our work within
this rich context. We will seek ways in
which to bridge between the inherent
dichotomies which have in the past
isolated Jakarta’s architecture from Indo-
nesian culture. We will look to combine
what seem like irreconcilable diff erent
modes of thinking such as Manual craft
vs digital production, iconic architecture
vs city fabric, foreign intervention vs lo-
cal identity.
Jakarta Studio: Constraining Dichotomies
proposes to design a speculative offi ce,
retail and residential tower in central Ja-
karta along the Cideng River.
KEN TRACY [email protected] 917.370.7780 6216 Northwood Ave. #3 St. Louis MO 63105
PROFESSIONAL
WEFT HOUSE Jakarta, Indonesia, 2012 - present
CAST THICKET St Louis, Missouri, Fall 2012 - present
GIVENS VITRINES St Louis, Missouri, Spring 2012
LOOM PORTAL St Louis, Missouri, Fall 2011
GLEANED SUKKAH St Louis, Missouri, Fall 2011
4-PLI Brooklyn, New York, 2005-2009
ASSOCIATED FABRICATION Brooklyn, New York, 2005-2009
WEFT HOUSEWeft House negotiates the confl ict of max-
imizing volume and the need to access
dayligh by weaving solid service and pri-
vate spaces around a string of open public
spaces. These strands shift from sitewall to
sitewall to allow for two large voids in an oth-
erwise solid mass.
The cladding of the house responds to the
contridicting desires of both clients to have
the house be “transparent like a modern
house” and “solid like a stone”. To address this
paradox a dense woven screen is designed
to shade the upper story of the cantilevered
glass façade.
Programmatically, the screen needed to
wrap the front of the house for privacy, al-
lowing access and view on the west side fac-
ing a private roof garden. To accomplish this,
the surface twists and contracts as it wraps
from north to west. The screen also had to
vary in porosity to allow in light and create
an ordered pattern on the façade. Aside
from the programmatic function this pat-
terned skin was seen as an asset shared be-
tween the client and the public. For this asset
acting as both wallpaper and an affi rmation
of the cultural context of Jakarta we chose
to reference the craft of Javanese Warp Ikat.
Jakarta, Indonesia, 2011 - present
CAST THICKETCurrently Under Construction, Cast Thicket is our winning entry for the TEX-FAB 4: Applied Research Through Fabrica-tion Competition. The piece will be con-
structed and installed as part of a
conference and traveling exhibition.
Cast Thicket mixes tensile, textile systems
with concrete formwork to create novel
spatial effects from interlaced cast ele-
ments. Leveraging the dexterity of hand
assembly, empirical materials testing
and computational optimization Cast Thicket embraces the contingent, lay-
ered process of concrete construction.
Utilizing a digitally-fabricated, paramet-
rically-optimized tensile skin as a mold
the project overlays the clean space of
simulation and the dirty space of on-site
construction. Through an initial investi-
gation of thin, flexible formwork the
project has developed a series of design
intelligences that, though used in con-
junction can be seen as significant, dis-
crete technologies.
TexFab Competition, Current
Parametric Connections Respond to Seem Curvature Analysis Steel Branch Angle Analysis, Detail and Welding Jig
Prototype 2.3 Formwork and Casting Test of Three-Nodes
84”
78”
78”
72”
60”
G I V E N S VITRINESCommissioned to house faculty publica-
tions for Washington University in St. Lou-
is’s Architecture Department the Givens
Vitrines occupy the residual space of a
landing in Givens Hall. The vitrines sample
the details and materiality of the 1930’s
Beaux Arts building to create a subtle in-
tervention. In addition to contextual ref-
erences, the vitrines’ form was designed
to optically blend into the space.
Perched on either end of a landing the
twin cases match the symmetry of the
building’s monumental stair. Each vitrine
is symmetrical in elevation and asymmet-
rical in plan. By squeezing one vertical
edge closer to the wall the cases avoid di-
rect light from the windows and open to
passing viewers. Suspended on custom
steel brackets, books are nested within a
smooth, white, concave container. With-
out any perceptible edges the vitrine’s
internal surface visually fl attens against
the plaster walls foregrounding the sus-
pended books.
Contrasting the vitrine’s smooth, white
interior the ornamental, wood frame
creates a dark, textured shadow-line.
Sampled from the original details of the
stairwell the frame’s ornament is liter-
ally drawn from the context. Shapes from
moulding, handrails, pilasters and other
details were measured and redrawn in
the computer. Using 3D modeling soft-
ware the profi les where then morphed
together in a sequence to create a fl ow-
ing continuum of changing profi les
around the cases.
St Louis, Missouri, Spring 2012
LOOM PORTALLoom Portal is a proxy for the covered
windows in the galleries at Laumeier
Sculpture Park in St. Louis, MO. A com-
missioned installation for the gallery,
Loom Portal is conceived as a light re-
tention and transmission device that
grafts onto the façade of the building,
establishing real-time interface between
the segregated interior and exterior en-
vironments.
This simple interface is expanded, thick-
ened and made visible through the or-
ganization logistics of light transfer. Eight
hundred light-gathering mirrors sample
the exterior light and color from the
park landscape and carried the sampled
light through eight miles of fi ber optic
fi lament. A “loom” consisting of a wood
frame and two heddles hanging from
the ceiling stretch the fi bers and orga-
nize the sequence from the exterior en-
vironment input mirrors to the interior
output screen. The fi laments terminate
at a diff using screen which displays the
sampled light through an array of “pixels”.
Parabolic Mirrorfocuses light rays onto the end of each fiber optic cable
Parabola Fociat the end of each
fiber optic cable
light travels through the fiber optic cable from the exterior array to the interior dispay panel
stems angled downward collect light reflected from the ground
stems angled upward collect light reflected from the sky
St Louis, Missouri, Fall 2011
GLEANED SUKKAHThe Gleaned Sukkah is a temporal as-
sembly that is constructed for use dur-
ing a week-long festival of Sukkot. The
tectonic, material and assembly are
developed through understanding
the context of this cultural ritual. The
Gleaned Sukkah synthesizes cultural
ritualswith natural cycles.
The tectonic negotiates two distinct ma-
terial systems, one which loosely con-
trols the other. A tenuous composite of
precisely fabricated, lacy frame delicate-
ly pinches the tufts of long, native prairie
grasses to form a reciprocal structural
system. The frame is created by 3 hori-
zontal U shaped loops held in place by a
series of 24 vertical struts. 2 of the loops
form a spiraling, ruled surface providing
both structure and spatial eff ects. The
spiraling loops delineate an attenuated
threshold that reorients the space of the
sukkah from the entry through the inte-
rior to the sky. This twisting transition at
the top of the structure provides a spa-
tial focus and braces the upper part of
the structure.
In stark contrast to the synthetic frame
of the pavilion its skin is formed from
clumps of locally collected native prai-
rie grasses. Slid manually into calibrated,
barrette-like clips in the struts, the grass
tufts provide lateral strength and most
of the mass/surface of the construct. The
pattern of clips on the struts stretches
with the topology of the surface chang-
ing the pattern and porosity of the skin.
St Louis, Missouri, Fall 2011
4-PLI
Josh and Donna Loft, Brooklyn, NY, Spring 2006
BrainPop and Fashion Wire Daily, New York, NY, Summer 2005
East 11th Street Residence, Manhattan, NY, Fall 2007
Thirst Wine Merchants, Brooklyn, NY, Fall 2006
Urban Spring, Brooklyn, NY, Summer 2006
Founded along with Associated Fab-
rication LLC in 2005, 4pli Design has
completed commercial and residential
interior projects for clients in Manhat-
tan and Brooklyn. 4pli leverages the
expertise gained at AF to complete
experimental design/fabricate proj-
ects. Projects include a coffee shop
created from reclaimed casework, a
sweet smelling wine shop made us-
ing no VOCs, a formally innovative
loft renovation and an office with an
acoustically innovative conference
room. The firm questions convention-
al standards for space and materiality
in all projects and proves this inno-
vation through prototypes. Projects
completed by the firm are regularly
published in magazines and on blogs
including Architectural Record, Dwell,
the Architects Newspaper, Archinect
and Cool Hunting.
Brooklyn, New York
Chanel, Design Consultant and Fabrication
Cirrus Sculpture, Zaha Hadid Architects, Cincinnati, OH, Summer 2008
Whistler 2010 Bus Shelters, Whistler, BC, Current, Winter 2010
Dimple Half-Tone, Publication, Transmaterial 2
Tool Hide Wardrobe, Ruy+Klein Architects, New York, NY, Spring 2005
Oppenheimer; Fabrication
Vito Acconci; Design Consultant and Fabrication
ASSOCIATED FABRICATIONAssociated Fabrication LLC was found-
ed to act as a digital fabrication firm
specializing in creating custom fabri-
cated surfaces and millwork for artists,
contractors and architects. Through
an initial investment in a large scale
CNC router and thermoforming
equipment the 7000sqft shop could
work on projects at every scale. In
addition to the fabrication of finished
pieces AF acts as a sourcing, material
research and CAD/CAM/BIM consul-
tant to its clients. Research projects
include Dimple Halftone and Ex-
panded Solid Surface both published
projects which extended the working
knowledge of machines to designers
and artists. In addition to outsourcing
fabrication AF also extended its de-
sign services as 4pli design.
Brooklyn, New York