Spackling+Glue Window Panel

Window Installation: wood chips

wood chips glued and pressed together to make thin panels

frames of wood and aluminum

six different types of wood chips

Taxonomy Diagram - Material (Plastic)

Spectrum Diagram -Material (Plastic)

Panel insert- natural daylighting (without sun) Panel insert-Natural daylighting (with sun)

Close up of panel insert- natural daylighting(with sun)

Whole winow panel insert

window panel made of wood framing, plexi, acrylic medium and spackle
installation at SARUP

transforming a substance with typical surface applications into a material that exhibits compexity in depth and translucency

Rockite Pillows

Final panel inserted in curtain wall.

Close-up of panel array and black box frame.

Spectrum diagram showing progression through different ideas.

woodology

installations

morph. taxonomy diagram

tooling study. spectrum diagram

Complex Compound

Final panel inserted into the curtain wall at SARUP.

Close-up detail of the multiple layered surface.

Overall Process.

Aluminum Corrosion

diluted lye household drain cleaner corrodes aluminum flashing

revealing a grain buried in the material during the production process

the panel's textured surface and pitted transparency appear in turn,
as light shifts through the course of the day

throw some bark on the barbie

wood in raw form = opportunity for free material + hikes in the woods = mega bonus
thick and decaying bark = already cool = dilemma for discovering latent properties

sanding the bark revealed a variety of colors, grain patterns, and layers that lay beneath the surface

take that you elusive latency

Buckling Aluminum Panel Insert

Panel insert installed at SARUP.

Close-up detail of buckling material effect.

Taxonomy of heat, time, and sand contact parameters.

Patterns in Plastic

Adding water into the plastic wrapped wooden form work in preparation to pour in the liquid plastic...

Final panel of cured plastic fitted within the aluminum mullion system.

Sunlight accentuating the patterns created by the plastic curing around the water.

Parametricist Manifesto?

Found this relevant and interesting for some of our work.

Oh, and as for posting... I believe I will keep this up until Fall semester officially begins. I see no reason why we should stop communicating.

http://www.archdaily.com/64581/parametricist-manifesto-patrik-schumacher/?f=featured

Art615 Pavilion_

Thought this project seemed appropriate being that our final project was a full scale prototype and many of us used scripting. These students from Aalborg University in Denmark used Rhino and Grasshopper to create the pavilion.

Video link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNVE5EtqLVo&feature=player_embedded#!

Project in original context

http://www.archdaily.com/59960/art615-a-pavilion-by-aalborg-university-students/#more-59960

Team Banzai Unleashed!

Hey all, check out the wall as it is placed in the Hide House leasing office. The link is to Hide House Lofts website, the wall image is number two in the slide show.

www.hidehouselofts.com

GALVANIZE_NTUT Competiton Submission Board_2

GALVANIZE_NTUT Competition Submission Board_1

The Design Team.

I present to you, Microcosm Spring 2010

Moving Plastic

Here is an update on the walls new home. Final images with furniture will be posted at the end of the week.












'Team Banzai