The Wissahickon Forest
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The Wissahickon Forest enabled the study of light and shadow, given by the forest canopy, as well as geology through using the human body as a tool of measurement. In using topographical contours of the site and measuring through a triangulated mesh, an exploration of the site in a computer model thereby took place.
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Philadelphia Row Home
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Visiting Queen Village took the study of space and light into the context of a Row Home. Found near the intersection of South and 3rd Street and Fulton Street, the design task was to theoretically remove the facade and redesign the first 15' of the row home interior to allow light to travel to the basement level. In utilizing the dormer, four vertical elements that were the height of the home became the structure for all parts to connect. The strategic placement of removable parts on these four elements allows the direction and intensity of light to be manipulated.
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Akira Kurosawa Dreams
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The procession of the characters in one scene of Kurosawa's film, Dreams, was interpreted and read from right to left. This drawing was produced by investigating the camera frames of the horizontally-moving procession in juxtaposition with the vertical movements of the individual characters.
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Body in Space | Stair Analysis Drawings
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Several extensive studies completed by photography, cinematography, montages, sketches and drawings analyzed human interaction with architecture at the turn of a staircase. A study was found in how the body rhythmically utilized the landing and how dependent one became on the railing and its design.
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Body in Space | Stair Analysis Model
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In understanding space as being carved away by the motions of human anatomy within the choreography, the design of the wormhole model was a product of the subtraction of space in 150 section cuts.
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