2. The Study of Garlic Skin:
MECHANICS OF FORM
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3. Expandable Hotel Prototypes: Currently I am enrolled in a real estate development class at Colum- modifiers, the layout can be quickly adjusted while maintaining the
MESHING bia. In the class, architecture students join forces with real estate integrity of the initial design.
students (the evil empire) to do a series of case studies. The case
studies explore a number of developments where we must consider Ultimately the goal is to repeat the modular unit across the site
design, financing and marketing. Once the design concept has been using a displace modifier to create contours in the building. Two
determined, the building undergoes a series of modifications to meet displace modifiers will be used. The first to control the indoor por-
the (nit-picking) demands of the developers. tion and the second to control the outdoor portion of the unit.
In our most recent case study, we have been asked to design a hotel in By using these techniques, the developers will think I am working
San Juan, Puerto Rico. Given the modularity of the hotel rooms, this long into the night. Little will they know...
seemed a perfect opportunity to apply parametric modelling tech-
niques to develop the building. The basic layout is simple, however
the entire module is built off of a single initial plane. Through the
inputs of the model and certain key variables like a series of slice plane
4. Digital Design: 3d AutoCAD - 3dsMAX - Photoshop
Barn, New Hartford, NY: Fritz & Hans Kappler
1 Winter
2 Spring (Pencil)
3 Summer
4 Fall
Koshi Botanical Museum, Japan: Hiroshi Naito
5 View: Perspective
6 View: Museum Floor