COLLEGETOWN GATE

Beginning with a series of conceptual models based on the works of Eladio Dieste’s, Shigeru Ban, and Frei Otto, this project sought to create form based on the principles of structurally generated form. After a period of investigation, I eventually came to be interested in surface deformation through the application of tensioned lines, and how they could be used in defining the shape of flexible wood lattice structure. This process could be used to create a shelter structure without the need for a crane or framework materials. The varied modes of configuration in which tension lines could be applied to respond to potential sites were studied and documented though numerous paper studies.

In its final stages, this project was conceptually deployed as a shelter for the bus stop in college town circle, a location which allowed the project’s form to respond to a trio of intersecting pathways and conditions.