Saturday, July 9, 2011

A Shapely Resistance - Triangulation

Multiple section lines, the rise of the roof - plotting the irregular outlines of the building from the plan and roofline.





Thursday, June 30, 2011

Yellow cube - drawn to life

The yellow cube project was an infamous creation of our studio at Virginia Tech, the brainchild of Ms. Yun Gal.  We filled the exhibit space of Cowgill hall with 16 4'x4'x4' yellow cubes - see my entry below:


And the cube as built:




 

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Projection lines, construction lines, and the edges of architecture

Sometimes the construction lines of a projection can influence your designs - in this case they became a canopy / connective tissue of independent towers.

 

Or in this case the mullions for a dome

Studies for a cycloid template

Design in the works to create a template for drawing cycloids - in dicey terms a circle around a horizon, rather than a single, fixed point.  Not; elipse, oval, or spiral.  This was designed for a laser cutter on lexan.