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My entry in Perkins+ Will’s Design Competition in Chicago:

“Urban Sutures takes a disconnected corridor along the Chicago River and re-integrates it with the public realm. Each tube weaves previously disparate building functions such as a power plant, post office, and an apartment complex into a singular design solution. The tubes are not merely mediators between functions, but destinations in themselves, attracting pedestrians during the winter when harsh winter snow storms make walking on the street nearly impossible. In the warmer months, the roof garden offer views of the Chicago skyline. Inspired by the multi-level experience of Bangkok’s BTS Skytrain, Urban Sutures re-imagines an elevated walkway integrated with a train, creating a second and third floor entrance to most buildings, redefining their lobby level and therefore their use. The facade carries the motif of weaving as seemingly woven pre-cast concrete elements support the floors, creating an unimpeded free floor plan inside. These elements can be modulated to account for openings for bridges and for light penetration. The Municipal Device of Chicago is used as a starting shape, and molded to create the three-legged directional tubes that branch throughout the city.” Full Entry Here:

http://dlc.perkinswill.com/portfolio/urban-sutures/

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Ever wondered what it would look like if California tore away from the coast? Or if the UK was forced to meld back onto Europe? Well, our design team at Perkins+Will wondered the same thing, so... we conceived of these for Flaunt Magazine’s latest spread focusing on the architecture of London and Los Angeles. 

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The Perkins+Will spread in #flauntmagazine featuring my renderings showing California detaching and the UK reattaching to Europe. Other spreads by Peter Cook, Thom Mayne, Shigeru Ban, Clive Wilkinson, Satoru Sugihara, DHLiberty, and Margot Jacobs

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For the times in life when we must swim upstream. 

CNC Milled Mahogany 

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Throw back to the days of grad school...

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This design looks at the possibility of weaving a restaurant into the multi-layered context of the proposed Hollywood Central Park, a park that will be built over the 101 Freeway between Bronson Ave. and Santa Monica Boulevard. This is a conceptual rendering done for a class at UCLA Suprastudio taught by Valerie Leblond with input from the Friends of Hollywood Central Park.

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Final Cirque Du Soleil model to accompany the Animation and to complete Greg Lynn’s UCLA Suprastudio 2015:

https://vimeo.com/130293436

The moving seating rig acts as a flood gate, redirecting pedestrian traffic through the site, and also acts as a staging rig for Cirque performances.

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Final Renderings for Cirque moving seating concept

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One last time for old time's sake

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LEDs for the robo model...

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Cirque moving audience final model.

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Moire interference ripples in Walnut

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The glitches are real. Channeling my inner Escher...

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Minions, assemble!

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“Form Follows Motion” concept for Cirque Du Soleil. This project flips the script and gets the audience to perform on a moving rig that meanders down a promenade connecting Grand Ave. and Olive St. in downtown Los Angeles. This moving seating rig also acts as a grand stair when connected at various points.

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What I've been losing sleep over all week... Robotically controlled Cirque seating/ stair that meanders through a promenade in dt (at UCLA AUD - IDEAS Campus)

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Finally complete