evo homepre-fabricated housing | fall studio wendell brunette | professor | 2009

pre-fabricated housing studio

design build - scottsdale arts festival installation

1. evo home

2. camera obscura + post production

digital fabrication seminar3. desert waterscapes

second story patio addition5. construction drawings

geoffrey olson portfolio

digital fabrication seminar4. spine wall

140 ‘

50 ‘harmon neighborhood, south phoenix az.

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typical lot dimensions

spaces are separated with movable wall panels and movable closet units, leaving the central utility and stair core as the only modules bearing permanent walls.

the evohome is designed for a flexible floor plan, allowing the home owner to design and choose the arrangements of their living spaces based on their needs and lifestyle.

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efficiency unit

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open floor plan

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moveable walls

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closet dividers

moveable walls + closet modules example :

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open floor plan + moveable walls = infinite adaptive variations

core core

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bed beddine

work den

private spaces on alley side private spaces on second floor growing family [maximum]

publice spaces on ground floor

work den

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master bed

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the evohome is designed around two permanent cores. the stairwell and utility core.

additionally, the stairwell doubles as a cooling tower which pulls the hot air inside the home, up and out throught the top of the stairwell.

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east-west section

Adetailed east-west section

north elevation

east elevation

west elevation

north-south section perspective

east-west section perspective

construction process

eat how you wantsleep how you want

live how you want evohome

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camera obscuradesign build | spring studio jason griffiths | professor | 2011 actual projected image from the large camera obscura

similar to a pinhole camera, the outside lit image is refracted in from a mirror and projected 45 degrees down onto a surface in a dark environment.

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1. 0.025” gauge alluminum siding 2. 1/2” mdf board 3. convex lens 1400.2mm focal length 4. metal “L” bracket 5. 1” steel pipe 6. 2” flat metal fasteners 7. 3/4” oak faced plywood 8. 1/4” bender board 9. goo screen paint 10. plywood table 11. flat metal corner brackets 12. 1” steel pipe 13. 3/4” birch faced plywood 14. 2”x6” doug fir 15. 1/8” mdf mirror fasteners 16. 1” screws 17. 1/8” glass-faced mirror

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scottsdale arts festival - scottsdale, az

post productioncamera obscura | spring studio jason griffiths | professor | 2011

creating a definition that allows the designer to adjust and fabricate the camera obscura specified to the clients desire and activate the option to mass produce the obscura while knowing the exact amount of material and at what cost

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each of the following features contain a number slider which allows the designer to easily adjust the size and dimensions of the camera obscura, allowing the chance to produce fabrication drawings, calculations and dimensions before it is built.

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camera obscura grasshopper definition [.ghx]

2 horizontal pipe spacing + diameter

5 base member dimensions + gradient

4 camera box aperture

3 camera box height/dimension + thickness

water science and education center desert waterscapes | spring studiodavid newton | professor | 2010

Park, Tempe Town Lake - Tempe, Arizona

program : desert water science and education center. mission : educate the public on the history of phoenix’s unique water systems and to foster awareness of the scarcity and value of water, possibly using the building as a tool for collection and displaying water

concept : to generate and refine the existing topography into high and low points. the simplified and dynamic landscape becomes a destination where the public can explore and engage the landscape both inside and out. users can interact with the landscape and the embedded building, framing moments of water collection and greening niches.

concept sketches : have the site collect rain water in one area. engage building by submerging underneath the site

Using the voronoi tiling algorithm, the site is divided as a depiction of earth dessication [Natural cracking].

increase water collection on site by making existing slopes more dynamic

the newly divided site is then pushed and pulled to celebrate the original high and low points, meanwhile transforming the site into a new dynamic topography.

the corners are peeled up replicating the later stages of earth dessication, creating an opportunity for light and water strategies.

the building is inserted into the topography at the highest point of the topography, situated next to the water collection area.

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tempe town lake

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1. learning center entry court 2. gift shop 3. flexible gallery space 4. interactive learning center 5. auditorium 6. office 7. utility space 8. bathrooms 9. lobby 10. patio/park rest area 11. water collection areas/vegetation areas 12. palo verdes parks

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site plan:

undergournd building concept renderings : rain drought

detail sectional model of buiilding : 1’=1/2”

cnc model of building + site : 1’=1/6”

spine walldigital fabrication | graduate seminar david newton | professor | 2010

The concept for the spine wall was overlapping sections, much like the vertebrae in a spine. The design was fabricated using both the constraints of the material and the cnc router.

First began by drawing a simple line, and then bending at every 2’. This process was then repeated, bending the line at every 1’. This was continued for 4 steps

To create a level of transparency, these lines became 2” strips of mdf spaced at every .5”. These wall panels can be configured in multiple different ways to create specific forms and transparency.

concept sketches

each spine wall segment is made of 2 - 8’x4’ of 1/4” mdf board

mdf is cut into 4’x4’ pieces due to cnc router limitations

cnc cut sheets

fabrication process 4’x4’ spine wall module - 1/4” mdf

construction drawings for phoenix city planningsecond story patio addition4914 augusta circle | phoenix az | 2011

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