Modularity and Structure

Working now in groups of 6-7, the students have been working on the final 12 projects that will be built at full scale.  Phases 3 and 4 focused primarily on modularity and structure through drawings, scaled models, and full scale mock-ups of some of important structural details.

Drawing: Team Ascension

Drawing: Team Light Wall

Phase 2, mass to plane (interior and program)

The massing studies were developed into planar models (as well as drawings in plan and section) interrogating the possibilities and consequences of the geometric transformations explored earlier.  Here's a few snapshots of some of the results.  The projects now take program into account: entry, a minimum of 5 sleeping spaces, and internal circulation.  

The students will soon work in teams of 3-4 and begin breaking a selected series of design schemes down into modules for ease of shipping and on-site assembly.

Phase 1, initial massing schemes presented

The project for 2011 got off to a great start with each student completing several individual schemes, testing ideas and different strategies for transforming the rectilinear volume.  Program was left out of this phase, resulting in a wide array of abstract geometric investigations that will soon become a base to study interior / exterior occupancy.

Photos: Rob Garlow

TLW accepted into the NCBDS 2011

Professors Shadi Nazarian, Chris Romano, and Nick Bruscia will be presenting the project as part of the National Conference on the Beginning Design Student (Beginning Of / In The End - Sustainable [re]starting) on April 1, 2011.  TLW was accepted into the "Integrating Integration" category.

The conference is hosted this year by the University of Nebraska, College of Architecture.
Conference website: http://ncbds.unl.edu/

About NCBDS: (from http://www.beginningdesign.org/)
The National Conference on the Beginning Design Student (NCBDS) is a national peer review scholarly gathering dedicated to the study and practice of beginning design education. For over 25 years, the NCBDS has provided a forum for design educators to present papers and projects and hold discussions related to introductory design issues.

TLW in Tokyo

Nick Bruscia, while teaching a summer study abroad in Tokyo, presented the Wall in Pecha Kucha Night Tokyo, Volume 74.

Thanks to Mark Dytham, Astrid Klein, and Tomoko Kagawa for the invite to present the project!

The Completed Wall ...

On-Site Assembly - Day 2