Sadic Apiaries
2014 // no specific location //
hypothesis // competition
Overview
Through an employment of sadistic instruments within an artificial hive apparatus, a multiplicity of bee colonies constructs a domesticity of wax over a period of time. The hypothesis is focused on controlling the energy of the bee so as to produce architecture ...
Pruitt Igoe
2012 // Saint Louis, ILL, US //
residential hypothesis // study
Overview
An inverse problem is the framework that is used to convert observed measurements into information about a physical object or system that we are interested in. The statement of the problem does not thoroughly constrain the solution space.
1. Disgregation is the magnitude of the degree ...
Dr. House
2012 // New York City, NY, US //
preservation hypothesis // competition
Overview
“...like the philosopher Jagger once said, ‘You can’t always get what you want.’” We know what he wants… and that is more powerful than what we can… so we do it!
The project concept arises from his programmatic desires expelled outwards into the city ...
Bon Appétit Mr. Perkins
2012 // New York City, NY, US //
preservation hypothesis // competition
Overview
We have become obsessed with two things:
- Digestion Procedures and - Anthony Perkins
We also want to rethink the notion of lifespan in architecture. An apartment building made 50 years ago has not followed the rhythm of society. The prototypes of the 60’s, ...
Corset
2012 // New York City, NY, US //
preservation hypothesis // competition
Overview
The model chosen to be constructed is a piece of garment that was envisioned to incorporate two mechanisms; a vertebrae system of articulation and an inflatable system of expansion or contraction. Since the object is to be exhibited, the process of its design is open to feedback ...
Nakagin Case II
2011 // Tokyo, Japan //
preservation hypothesis // study
Overview
Again the answer is in the city!
The design strategy starts from understanding the natural growth of the building and then studies a potential growth both given by the individual as a unit living the space and from the city as a brain map constrain.