http://stephanienewcomb.com stephanie newcomb Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:21:54 +0000 http://stephanienewcomb.com en http://stephanienewcomb.com/fish-morphology http://stephanienewcomb.com/following/stephanienewcomb.com/fish-morphology Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:21:54 +0000 stephanie newcomb 2520347 By no means does this investigation have a final product but instead it is an process of investigation that could be continued. In collaboration with Jacob Douenias and Adam Lans Abstract This investigation presents a causative model for the fish skeleton based on its reactive and elastic characteristics. The elastic properties of the fish skeleton inspired a conceptual model for a certain range of controlled motion. The fish moves according to the force exerted by the fin tail and carries the movement along the vertebrae with the help of the muscle around it. The exploration was in the generation of several prototypes that have the elastic properties of the skeleton and studying their range and fragility of motion. Based on the analysis and through the zip tie material and its plastic and resemblance to the fish bone, we developed different prototypes that study the vertebrae. We were concerned in how to store energy within a motion. Prototype 1 The first part of the investigation deals with an impulsive understanding of the fish vertebrae when in motion. Focusing on using zip ties as our main component given the fish-like and bone like tendencies of the material, the studies understand the range of motion. <img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/p1_3.jpg" width="670" height="533" width_o="1000" height_o="797" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/p1_3_o.jpg" data-mid="21839606" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/p1_1.jpg" width="670" height="578" width_o="1000" height_o="864" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/p1_1_o.jpg" data-mid="21839601" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/p1_2.jpg" width="670" height="595" width_o="1000" height_o="889" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/p1_2_o.jpg" data-mid="21839603" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/iteration_2.jpg" width="670" height="505" width_o="1000" height_o="754" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/iteration_2_o.jpg" data-mid="12717313" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/iteration_drawing.jpg" width="670" height="315" width_o="2048" height_o="964" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/iteration_drawing_o.jpg" data-mid="12717358" border="0" align="left"/> Prototype 2 The second part of our investigation deals with the combination of zipties with silicon casts. The idea of the prototype develops from in depth study of the fish skeleton in conjunction with its muscle. The muscles constrain a motion that is not only to improve the efficiency of travel but also to the efficiency of currents. <img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/iteration_5.jpg" width="670" height="448" width_o="2048" height_o="1370" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/iteration_5_o.jpg" data-mid="12717331" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/p2_2.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1000" height_o="667" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/p2_2_o.jpg" data-mid="21839608" border="0" align="left"/> Prototype 3 The investigation then zoomed into the single vertebrae and how the single vertebrae functions to allow for motion from vertebrae to vertebrae. The motion is guided by the tension and compression of each vertebrae. Using balloon as the main activator, these studies focus on how to create activation within the prototype that could be more easily adaptable into a passive building component. <img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/iteration_4.jpg" width="670" height="172" width_o="2048" height_o="528" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/iteration_4_o.jpg" data-mid="12717328" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/iteration_3.jpg" width="670" height="241" width_o="2048" height_o="737" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/iteration_3_o.jpg" data-mid="12717319" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/p2_1.jpg" width="670" height="231" width_o="1000" height_o="346" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/p2_1_o.jpg" data-mid="21839607" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/p2_12.jpg" width="670" height="165" width_o="1000" height_o="247" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/p2_12_o.jpg" data-mid="21839613" border="0" align="left"/> Final Prototype The final prototype is not meant to conclude the investigation but it does take an attempt to ground the investigation into a building component. <img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/p3_2.jpg" width="670" height="444" width_o="1000" height_o="663" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/p3_2_o.jpg" data-mid="21839616" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/section.jpg" width="670" height="730" width_o="1000" height_o="1091" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/section_o.jpg" data-mid="21839621" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/final_drawing.jpg" width="392" height="1000" width_o="392" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2520347/final_drawing_o.jpg" data-mid="12717360" border="0" align="left"/> By no means does this investigation have a final product but instead it is an process of investigation that could be continued. In collaboration with Jacob... http://stephanienewcomb.com/hybrids http://stephanienewcomb.com/following/stephanienewcomb.com/hybrids Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:19:41 +0000 stephanie newcomb 2563326 Families yarn. 2010 Temporary installation at the Allegheny Cemetery <img src="http://payload13.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2563326/image_9.jpg" width="670" height="428" width_o="2048" height_o="1308" src_o="http://payload13.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2563326/image_9_o.jpg" data-mid="12944865" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload13.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2563326/image_10.jpg" width="670" height="265" width_o="2048" height_o="812" src_o="http://payload13.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2563326/image_10_o.jpg" data-mid="12944867" border="0" align="left"/> Artificial Arctic Hydrocal cast, paper and styrene. 2010 <img src="http://payload13.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2563326/image_1.jpg" width="670" height="375" width_o="2048" height_o="1146" src_o="http://payload13.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2563326/image_1_o.jpg" data-mid="13177938" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload13.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2563326/image_2.jpg" width="670" height="422" width_o="2048" height_o="1292" src_o="http://payload13.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2563326/image_2_o.jpg" data-mid="13177958" border="0" align="left"/> Mutable Crystal: A scientific study of entropy. Matte paper, matboard. 2010 Exhibited in the College of Fine Arts <img src="http://payload13.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2563326/image_8.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload13.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2563326/image_8_o.jpg" data-mid="12944864" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload13.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2563326/image_11.jpg" width="500" height="750" width_o="500" height_o="750" src_o="http://payload13.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2563326/image_11_o.jpg" data-mid="12945026" border="0" align="left"/> Families yarn. 2010 Temporary installation at the Allegheny Cemetery Artificial Arctic Hydrocal cast, paper and styrene. 2010 Mutable Crystal: A scientific... http://stephanienewcomb.com/horizon-220 http://stephanienewcomb.com/following/stephanienewcomb.com/horizon-220 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:51:55 +0000 stephanie newcomb 4140329 Laura Donovan Architecture Venice Beach, Los Angeles Horizon 220 is a annex to an existing old craftsmen house in Venice Beach. The annex provides extras to the existing house: a recreational room, kitchenette, bathroom, three car garage and a roof top terrace. The intention was to create a suspended volume with most of the program and the leave the ground floor relatively open for pedestrian and car movement. The suspended volume is wrapped in a modernized version of craftsmen siding and sits on a monolithic piloti. I was involved in the schematic design producing a 3D model for renders but also to verify the existing structure and how the new annex would fit into the site. I also produced the elevations, section and interior elevations of the project. Schematic Design <img src="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/Perspective 2.jpg" width="670" height="398" width_o="2048" height_o="1219" src_o="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/Perspective 2_o.jpg" data-mid="24983796" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/Perspective 3.jpg" width="670" height="447" width_o="2048" height_o="1367" src_o="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/Perspective 3_o.jpg" data-mid="24983801" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/Perspective_1.jpg" width="670" height="392" width_o="2048" height_o="1201" src_o="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/Perspective_1_o.jpg" data-mid="24983805" border="0" align="left"/> Elevations + Sections + Interior Elevations <img src="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/elevations.jpg" width="670" height="138" width_o="2048" height_o="422" src_o="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/elevations_o.jpg" data-mid="24990782" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/sections.jpg" width="670" height="138" width_o="2048" height_o="422" src_o="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/sections_o.jpg" data-mid="24990797" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/interiors.jpg" width="670" height="138" width_o="2048" height_o="422" src_o="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/interiors_o.jpg" data-mid="24990789" border="0" align="left"/> Site Plan + First Floor Plan + Roof Plan <img src="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/Site Plan.jpg" width="670" height="221" width_o="2048" height_o="677" src_o="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/Site Plan_o.jpg" data-mid="24990803" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/Plan 01.jpg" width="670" height="324" width_o="2048" height_o="991" src_o="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/Plan 01_o.jpg" data-mid="24990791" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/Plan 02.jpg" width="670" height="320" width_o="2048" height_o="979" src_o="http://payload92.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/4140329/Plan 02_o.jpg" data-mid="24990794" border="0" align="left"/> Laura Donovan Architecture Venice Beach, Los Angeles Horizon 220 is a annex to an existing old craftsmen house in Venice Beach. The annex provides extras to the... http://stephanienewcomb.com/aquaculture-laboratory http://stephanienewcomb.com/following/stephanienewcomb.com/aquaculture-laboratory Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:32:31 +0000 stephanie newcomb 2505771 As a scientific experiment, the proposal is a new ecosystem between Hazelwood and the Monangahela River as well as a mediation of runoff drainage and increasing flood levels. The ecosystem can be studied in relation to the river. From a community standpoint, the aquaculture can provide a future fish market. The building is another layer to the system where the building adapts to the rising and lowering flood levels of the river. Settled on a raft system, the floor is full of air containers that keep the building afloat. With the changing flood levels, the buildings are pressed against a porous membrane that permeates the sun shade into the interstitial spaces between the programmatic spaces. The raft acts like another layer of the program where the raft literally has multiple layers of skins. The multiple skins adapt to the external conditions to accommodate for the program inside. The skins can be inflated and de-inflated to change light and security conditions inside the raft. <img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2505771/plan_1.jpg" width="670" height="440" width_o="2048" height_o="1346" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2505771/plan_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12663709" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2505771/sections_1.jpg" width="670" height="211" width_o="2048" height_o="646" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2505771/sections_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12664864" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2505771/diagrams_1.jpg" width="670" height="263" width_o="2048" height_o="805" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2505771/diagrams_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12664873" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2505771/render_5.jpg" width="670" height="432" width_o="2048" height_o="1323" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2505771/render_5_o.jpg" data-mid="12664868" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2505771/raft_1.jpg" width="670" height="210" width_o="2048" height_o="642" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2505771/raft_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12664879" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2505771/models_2.jpg" width="670" height="140" width_o="2048" height_o="430" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2505771/models_2_o.jpg" data-mid="12664999" border="0" align="left"/> As a scientific experiment, the proposal is a new ecosystem between Hazelwood and the Monangahela River as well as a mediation of runoff drainage and increasing... http://stephanienewcomb.com/melbourne-moire http://stephanienewcomb.com/following/stephanienewcomb.com/melbourne-moire Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:36:38 +0000 stephanie newcomb 2519982 The inherent contradiction between the industrial site and the transient program of the youth center allows for the gathering of program to compose a sequence of events. The programmatic distribution is shaped through the harshness of the site: emphasizing the conditions and the qualities of undifferentiated space. Each programmatic element is then understood through its needed level of privacy; this creates the relationship between the program and the facade. The simplicity of the geometry expresses the composition of parts and the insertions of the program to the site. The exterior metal cladding speaks to the industrial conditions of the site and the notorious use of fencing in the neighborhood. At the same time, the cladding created a layering of the facade into a moire pattern that allows for the control of privacy of each of the programs. The punctured windows allow for a spilling of program from the interior to the exterior. Completed while in a semester abroad at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia <img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/community.jpg" width="501" height="267" width_o="501" height_o="267" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/community_o.jpg" data-mid="21624405" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/edges.jpg" width="501" height="267" width_o="501" height_o="267" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/edges_o.jpg" data-mid="21624406" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/movement.jpg" width="501" height="267" width_o="501" height_o="267" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/movement_o.jpg" data-mid="21624408" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/sound.jpg" width="501" height="267" width_o="501" height_o="267" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/sound_o.jpg" data-mid="21624409" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/weather.jpg" width="501" height="267" width_o="501" height_o="267" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/weather_o.jpg" data-mid="21624411" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/section_1.jpg" width="670" height="170" width_o="2048" height_o="521" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/section_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12717136" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/elevation_1.jpg" width="670" height="96" width_o="2048" height_o="293" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/elevation_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12717134" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/plan_1.jpg" width="670" height="242" width_o="1500" height_o="543" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/plan_1_o.jpg" data-mid="21624544" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/plan_2.jpg" width="670" height="242" width_o="1500" height_o="543" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/plan_2_o.jpg" data-mid="21624548" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/render_3.jpg" width="670" height="431" width_o="2048" height_o="1318" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/render_3_o.jpg" data-mid="12717124" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/render_1.jpg" width="670" height="432" width_o="2048" height_o="1322" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/render_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12717109" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/render_2.jpg" width="670" height="426" width_o="2048" height_o="1302" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/render_2_o.jpg" data-mid="12717120" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/detail_1.jpg" width="670" height="753" width_o="2048" height_o="2304" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/detail_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12717146" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/diagram_1.jpg" width="670" height="257" width_o="2048" height_o="785" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2519982/diagram_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12717150" border="0" align="left"/> The inherent contradiction between the industrial site and the transient program of the youth center allows for the gathering of program to compose a sequence of... http://stephanienewcomb.com/fantastic-norway http://stephanienewcomb.com/following/stephanienewcomb.com/fantastic-norway Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:36:21 +0000 stephanie newcomb 3897705 During my internship at Fantastic Norway AS. Oslo, Norway. Waterpark in Hordaland I was mostly involved in the documentation of this project in its final stages of schematic design. I produced 3D exterior and interior renderings for the final presentation of this waterpark located near Bergen, Norway. <img src="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/r5.jpg" width="670" height="403" width_o="1000" height_o="602" src_o="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/r5_o.jpg" data-mid="21838936" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/r4.jpg" width="670" height="429" width_o="800" height_o="513" src_o="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/r4_o.jpg" data-mid="21838829" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/r2.jpg" width="670" height="429" width_o="800" height_o="513" src_o="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/r2_o.jpg" data-mid="21838824" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/r1.jpg" width="670" height="391" width_o="800" height_o="468" src_o="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/r1_o.jpg" data-mid="21838822" border="0" align="left"/> Clubhouse in Central Norway This project has been carrying on for several years as a residential development project. I focused on the development of a clubhouse or a community and gathering space to complement the residential development. Using a predetermined geometry and design scheme for the residential units, I composed several iterations of the space through 3D models. Along with the other interns, we composed a set of drawings and renders for the new part of the proposal. The program included a spa, a dock, two one room apartments, restaurant, event space and an exterior plaza. <img src="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/ill1.jpg" width="670" height="359" width_o="700" height_o="376" src_o="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/ill1_o.jpg" data-mid="21838289" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/ill 2.jpg" width="670" height="413" width_o="700" height_o="432" src_o="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/ill 2_o.jpg" data-mid="21838276" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/ill 3.jpg" width="670" height="257" width_o="700" height_o="269" src_o="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/ill 3_o.jpg" data-mid="21838282" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/ill 4.jpg" width="670" height="407" width_o="700" height_o="426" src_o="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/ill 4_o.jpg" data-mid="21838287" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/site plan.jpg" width="670" height="449" width_o="700" height_o="470" src_o="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/site plan_o.jpg" data-mid="21838298" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/plan1.jpg" width="670" height="216" width_o="800" height_o="259" src_o="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/plan1_o.jpg" data-mid="21838292" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/plan2.jpg" width="670" height="221" width_o="800" height_o="265" src_o="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/plan2_o.jpg" data-mid="21838293" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/s1.jpg" width="670" height="552" width_o="800" height_o="660" src_o="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/s1_o.jpg" data-mid="21838296" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/elevations.jpg" width="670" height="478" width_o="700" height_o="500" src_o="http://payload79.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/3897705/elevations_o.jpg" data-mid="21838273" border="0" align="left"/> During my internship at Fantastic Norway AS. Oslo, Norway. Waterpark in Hordaland I was mostly involved in the documentation of this project in its final stages... http://stephanienewcomb.com/fabrication http://stephanienewcomb.com/following/stephanienewcomb.com/fabrication Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:38:07 +0000 stephanie newcomb 2541373 tip/table This table was an initial exploration of wood as a material and a tool. The table is made only of hard maple joined by spline joints at every angle with exception of the joinery of the cutouts. Coming soon Sectional Mill Within the limitations of creating a surface through point locations, our experiment was to create sectional trajectories for the machine. In collaboration with Joseph Koon and Lindsay Mannion <img src="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/drawing_1.jpg" width="670" height="646" width_o="2048" height_o="1976" src_o="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/drawing_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12831539" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/model_1.jpg" width="670" height="538" width_o="2048" height_o="1646" src_o="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/model_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12831553" border="0" align="left"/> Elastic modules A series of modules were made with the 3-axis CNC mill machine where the module is essentially a mixture of two modules. The interior surface is optimized to work like a mouth interior to create friction in between. The rubber bands increase the tension and compression of the module. The module is suited to create stable arches. In collaboration with Joseph Koon and Lindsay Mannion <img src="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/model_2.jpg" width="670" height="319" width_o="2048" height_o="977" src_o="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/model_2_o.jpg" data-mid="12831562" border="0" align="left"/> Woodpecker In our first understanding of the 7-axis robot arm, we were impressed by its performance. Instead of designing an object we designed a robotic performance that imitated the motion of the woodpecker. Using only points and lines we created an object that dematerialized the foam at a single points in space through several angles with the intention of creating voids inside the block of foam. Given the limitations of the machine, there was a base surface which we could not mill through. This limitation gave an unexpected result where the shape of the mill bit is all the material that is left at that one point in space. In collaboration with Joseph Koon <img src="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/image_1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/image_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12944570" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/image_2.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/image_2_o.jpg" data-mid="12944572" border="0" align="left"/> Flower Swarf This exercise dealt with the creation of a module that could create a wall through swarfing of the material. Two lofted flowers were swarfed out from opposite sides of the polystyrene foam block. The idea was to create a three dimensional wallpaper effect with the flowers. Interestingly enough the stacking of each module created an intricate almost baroque space within the lofted voids. In collaboration with Joseph Koon <img src="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/image_3.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/image_3_o.jpg" data-mid="12944762" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/image_4.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/image_4_o.jpg" data-mid="12944768" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/image_5.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/image_5_o.jpg" data-mid="12944770" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/image_6.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload12.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2541373/image_6_o.jpg" data-mid="12944771" border="0" align="left"/> tip/table This table was an initial exploration of wood as a material and a tool. The table is made only of hard maple joined by spline joints at every angle with... http://stephanienewcomb.com/exhibitions-installations http://stephanienewcomb.com/following/stephanienewcomb.com/exhibitions-installations Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:38:04 +0000 stephanie newcomb 2521270 [collection] The display is a collection of an almost obsessive creation of artifacts that document our findings of our summer research. The different artifacts were hung up on a series of parallel wires that ran across the gallery. The artifacts were placed in the wire in a way that they could be drifted across like screens. Given the viewers notion on how to observe and interact with art, the installation challenged the viewers how to interact with the artifacts. My obsessive documentation was of the Norwegian landscape and how the genius loci of the geological landscape affects its architecture and memory. I produced and displayed three series of work using photography as the main medium. The first series is five large format photographs of the fjords that document the edge of land and water. The second series was three shoe box dioramas of the town of Narvik. The photographs were cut and displaced relative to the architecture and the landscape creating a motion parllax relative to the viewer. The third series are mental maps of the four cities I visited in my stay: Narvik, Oslo, Bergen and Moskones. As part of the Lubetz-Myers Grant 2010 In collaboration with Joseph Koon. Installed and displayed at EDGE Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA November 2010 <img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/gallery_4.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/gallery_4_o.jpg" data-mid="12834022" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/gallery_2.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/gallery_2_o.jpg" data-mid="12834039" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/mirror_1.jpg" width="670" height="454" width_o="2048" height_o="1389" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/mirror_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12836028" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/boxes_1.jpg" width="670" height="141" width_o="2048" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/boxes_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12834045" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/maps_1.jpg" width="670" height="170" width_o="2048" height_o="520" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/maps_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12835525" border="0" align="left"/> public parking The installation was the product of a year long research of the facades of public parking garages in downtown Pittsburgh. The installation is a representation of the deconstruction of the garage facade and the program it is associated with. It is composed of three free standing planes that are reminiscent of the full scale components of the Fort Dusquesne garage in downtown Pittsburgh. Through the deconstruction of the facade there are projections of a video of car traffic in a garage to recreate the colors, movement and speed that happens behind the facade. The facades act as visual filters to decompose the video and create what is essentially an abstraction of the automobile. As part of the 2009-2010 SURG Grant In collaboration with Zach Cohen Installed and displayed at EDGE Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA May 2010 <img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/process_1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="1080" height_o="720" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/process_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12722923" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/final_2.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/final_2_o.jpg" data-mid="12722934" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/final_1.jpg" width="670" height="446" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/final_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12723049" border="0" align="left"/> yarn shifts An old 1920s house was reconverted into a hostel. This was the scene for a concert, an art exhibition and a social gathering. The opposing levels of privacy along with the confusing rearrangement of space and program was an inherent problem with the space. The intervention was an attempt to decrease this problematic with a series of strings that run through the house and the circulation spaces to guide the visitors into the rooftop terrace and main gallery spaces. In collaboration with the Nois Nois Collective photographs courtesy of Pablo Murillo and Joseph Viquez Installed and displayed at Hostel Casa del Parque, San Jose Costa Rica May 2009 <img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/image_1.jpg" width="670" height="1001" width_o="900" height_o="1345" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/image_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12832616" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/image_2.jpg" width="670" height="1007" width_o="900" height_o="1353" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/image_2_o.jpg" data-mid="12832618" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/image_3.jpg" width="670" height="448" width_o="1024" height_o="685" src_o="http://payload11.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2521270/image_3_o.jpg" data-mid="12832620" border="0" align="left"/> [collection] The display is a collection of an almost obsessive creation of artifacts that document our findings of our summer research. The different artifacts... http://stephanienewcomb.com/re-layer http://stephanienewcomb.com/following/stephanienewcomb.com/re-layer Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:38:11 +0000 stephanie newcomb 2507403 Frick Park has layers of history that can be read through the layers of soil. The slag is perhaps the most visible and characteristic element of the manufactured landscape. The landscape intervention is an investigation of a new layer placed onto the slag plateau. This layer encourages the process of an emerging landscape. Juxtaposed with this layer if the exposure of the previous man-made landscapes of the site. The cemetery program feeds this artificiality. The new layer of landscape is the mass of the burial sites represented by a surface of trees. Where the dead body feeds an individual tree. This relationship between the individual and the single tree is better exposed from the fissure of program. The program elements are submerged below the new layer of landscape and the burial sites. From the fissure, there is the exposure of the history, the soil and the individual connection between the body and the tree. <img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2507403/site_axo_1.jpg" width="670" height="594" width_o="2048" height_o="1817" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2507403/site_axo_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12652126" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2507403/section_3.jpg" width="670" height="77" width_o="2048" height_o="237" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2507403/section_3_o.jpg" data-mid="12652117" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2507403/section_2.jpg" width="670" height="214" width_o="2048" height_o="655" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2507403/section_2_o.jpg" data-mid="12652123" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2507403/section_1.jpg" width="670" height="254" width_o="2048" height_o="779" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2507403/section_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12652110" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2507403/render_2.jpg" width="670" height="407" width_o="2048" height_o="1246" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2507403/render_2_o.jpg" data-mid="12652109" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2507403/models_1.jpg" width="670" height="331" width_o="2048" height_o="1012" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2507403/models_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12651983" border="0" align="left"/> Frick Park has layers of history that can be read through the layers of soil. The slag is perhaps the most visible and characteristic element of the manufactured... http://stephanienewcomb.com/marfa-arts http://stephanienewcomb.com/following/stephanienewcomb.com/marfa-arts Fri, 28 Sep 2012 01:36:15 +0000 stephanie newcomb 2510759 The arts center is located close to the town of Marfa Texas. Given the scale of the surrounding landscape, the building aims to reconcile its presence within its greater context. Marfa is located in the Chihuahuan desert. Unlike other deserts, the Chihuahuan desert has a high percentage of rain. The Chihuahuan desert can barely be defined as a desert according to the scientific definition based on precipitation levels. Given this information the siting of the arts center became very relevant to try to show this condition and how it might influence the genuis loci of Marfa and the Chihuahuan desert. The site was chosen to be near and leading to a storm water dam built to protect Marfa from storm water overflow. The arts center is a refuge in the desert: a sort of oasis from the harshness of the surrounding conditions. Most importantly it celebrates the rainfall of the desert by allowing for the water flow through the building and into the dam. The water becomes an important activator of the place. When the water is not present, the weathering of the building and the transformation of the land show the geological time change. The water circulation becomes an important axis from which the building is divided into living and working space. The circulation filters from the living into the working space. The public circulation is divided into two points of interest: the gallery and the theater. These destination points are visually apparent from the main entrance and allows for the public to easily identify their route. The public circulation is extended into other programs to encourage interaction between visitors and "locals" of the arts center. The secondary circulation are hallways that extend from the two main axis of public circulation. <img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/diagram_1.2 2.jpg" width="670" height="700" width_o="956" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/diagram_1.2 2_o.jpg" data-mid="12668086" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/plans_1.jpg" width="670" height="256" width_o="2048" height_o="785" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/plans_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12667963" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/diagram_2.jpg" width="670" height="202" width_o="2048" height_o="619" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/diagram_2_o.jpg" data-mid="12668008" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/diagram_1.2.jpg" width="611" height="1000" width_o="611" height_o="1000" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/diagram_1.2_o.jpg" data-mid="12668084" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/render_1.jpg" width="670" height="286" width_o="2048" height_o="876" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/render_1_o.jpg" data-mid="12668035" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/models.jpg" width="670" height="387" width_o="2048" height_o="1183" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/models_o.jpg" data-mid="12668012" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/models_2.jpg" width="670" height="345" width_o="2048" height_o="1056" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/models_2_o.jpg" data-mid="12668021" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/diagram_1.2 1.jpg" width="670" height="280" width_o="1340" height_o="560" src_o="http://payload10.cargocollective.com/1/5/182409/2510759/diagram_1.2 1_o.jpg" data-mid="12668081" border="0" align="left"/> The arts center is located close to the town of Marfa Texas. Given the scale of the surrounding landscape, the building aims to reconcile its presence within its...