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from within the threshold by eric craig
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Design Projects
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other Works
EMERGENT DESIGN ECOLOGIESENTRO|PROTO|TYPOLOGY THE THRESHOLD: VILLASEUIL
DREAMSCAPE NEW AMERICAN FRONT DOOR
DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES PAINTING ARCHITECTURE PLASTIC LOTUS
CONTENTS
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 3
SEASONAL [CAR]PARKTHE THRESHOLD: VILLASEUIL PHASE\SHIFTS
PLASTIC LOTUS THE FIBER
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected] FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 7ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
1.5absCARBON
32ppbNITROGEN OXIDE
ALGAEper acre:
135 tons sequestered carbon80 tons biomass
12500 gallons biodiesel1:2.3 (energy input :: output)
473 mW hours
996acres
POTENTIALCARBON
HARVESTINGSITES
2500megawatts
3000000customers
1930acres of algae
11500acres of miscanthus
41500acres of panicum virgatum
STREET-SIDE PERSPECTIVE
THE SITE
An Architecture of Purity
The nearly 1000 acres of open-air, below-grade highways and railways have long been seen as aesthetically and economically destructive fissures which fragment New York City’s urban territories. We, however, envision these canyons as ripe terrain for creating ecological, economic and civic activity.
We propose transforming a quarter-mile length of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway trench between Cobble Hill and Red Hook into a research center for harvesting pollution through the production of biofuels. This prototypology hybridizes much-needed public parkland, laboratories, a library and an auditorium with the mechanical infrastructures necessary for ventilating the below grade expressway. We do not seek to sequester the processes of ventilation and air purification but rather to allow these systems to create an architectural vocabulary which celebrates and reveals the necessary process.
Beneath a deep, productive vegetated rooftop, three programmatic sponges are clad in electrostatically charged tyvek panels which filter ambient particulate matter. These sponges are suspended over the topography of an open first floor concourse which accommodates a variety of public gatherings. At critical points along the trench where through streets were cut off by the expressway’s construction, the roof arches up to provide pedestrian passage. On the west side of the site, where a number of high-rise buildings already stand, the programmatic sponges are “sliced” and glazed, thereby allowing natural light to permeate interior spaces. On the site’s east side, the roof curves down to meet street level, allowing points of public access to a public promenade.
ENTRO|PROTO|TYPOLOGY THESIS
Graduate Studio - Design ProjectSpring 2011Eric Craig + David Duxbury
ENTRO|PROTO|TYPOLOGY
ERIC CRAIG
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 5FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 7ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
1.5absCARBON
32ppbNITROGEN OXIDE
ALGAEper acre:
135 tons sequestered carbon80 tons biomass
12500 gallons biodiesel1:2.3 (energy input :: output)
473 mW hours
996acres
POTENTIALCARBON
HARVESTINGSITES
2500megawatts
3000000customers
1930acres of algae
11500acres of miscanthus
41500acres of panicum virgatum
STREET-SIDE PERSPECTIVE
THE SITE
An Architecture of Purity
The nearly 1000 acres of open-air, below-grade highways and railways have long been seen as aesthetically and economically destructive fissures which fragment New York City’s urban territories. We, however, envision these canyons as ripe terrain for creating ecological, economic and civic activity.
We propose transforming a quarter-mile length of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway trench between Cobble Hill and Red Hook into a research center for harvesting pollution through the production of biofuels. This prototypology hybridizes much-needed public parkland, laboratories, a library and an auditorium with the mechanical infrastructures necessary for ventilating the below grade expressway. We do not seek to sequester the processes of ventilation and air purification but rather to allow these systems to create an architectural vocabulary which celebrates and reveals the necessary process.
Beneath a deep, productive vegetated rooftop, three programmatic sponges are clad in electrostatically charged tyvek panels which filter ambient particulate matter. These sponges are suspended over the topography of an open first floor concourse which accommodates a variety of public gatherings. At critical points along the trench where through streets were cut off by the expressway’s construction, the roof arches up to provide pedestrian passage. On the west side of the site, where a number of high-rise buildings already stand, the programmatic sponges are “sliced” and glazed, thereby allowing natural light to permeate interior spaces. On the site’s east side, the roof curves down to meet street level, allowing points of public access to a public promenade.
ENTRO|PROTO|TYPOLOGY THESIS
Site:
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, Brooklyn NY
Year:
2011
School:
University of Pennsylvania
Instructor:
Shawn Rickenbacker
Focus:
An Architecture of Purity
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
1.5absCARBON
32ppbNITROGEN OXIDE
ALGAEper acre:
135 tons sequestered carbon80 tons biomass
12500 gallons biodiesel1:2.3 (energy input :: output)
473 mW hours
996acres
POTENTIALCARBON
HARVESTINGSITES
2500megawatts
3000000customers
1930acres of algae
11500acres of miscanthus
41500acres of panicum virgatum
STREET-SIDE PERSPECTIVE
THE SITE
An Architecture of Purity
The nearly 1000 acres of open-air, below-grade highways and railways have long been seen as aesthetically and economically destructive fissures which fragment New York City’s urban territories. We, however, envision these canyons as ripe terrain for creating ecological, economic and civic activity.
We propose transforming a quarter-mile length of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway trench between Cobble Hill and Red Hook into a research center for harvesting pollution through the production of biofuels. This prototypology hybridizes much-needed public parkland, laboratories, a library and an auditorium with the mechanical infrastructures necessary for ventilating the below grade expressway. We do not seek to sequester the processes of ventilation and air purification but rather to allow these systems to create an architectural vocabulary which celebrates and reveals the necessary process.
Beneath a deep, productive vegetated rooftop, three programmatic sponges are clad in electrostatically charged tyvek panels which filter ambient particulate matter. These sponges are suspended over the topography of an open first floor concourse which accommodates a variety of public gatherings. At critical points along the trench where through streets were cut off by the expressway’s construction, the roof arches up to provide pedestrian passage. On the west side of the site, where a number of high-rise buildings already stand, the programmatic sponges are “sliced” and glazed, thereby allowing natural light to permeate interior spaces. On the site’s east side, the roof curves down to meet street level, allowing points of public access to a public promenade.
ENTRO|PROTO|TYPOLOGY THESIS
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 7
STREET-SIDE PERSPECTIVE
THE SITE
THESIS
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
ENTRO|PROTO|TYPOLOGY PERFORMANCE
CAST CONCRETE
PLASMA CUT STEAL RIB
AIR CHAMBER
TREATED TYVEK FILTER PAPER PANELS
PLANTED ROOF
STEEL SUPPORT CABLES
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 9
SITE PLAN
PERFORMANCE
PLUME SECTION
LABORATORY INTERIOR
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
AUDITORIUM SECTION
ROOF-TOP PERSPECTIVE
LABORATORY EXTERIOR
ENTRO|PROTO|TYPOLOGY EXPRESSION
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 11
AUDITORIUM EXTERIOR
AUDITORIUM INTERIOR
EXPRESSION
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
STREET-SIDE PERSPECTIVE
ENTRO|PROTO|TYPOLOGY COMMUNITY
LABORATORY INTERIOR
LABORATORY SECTION
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 13
COMMUNITY
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Graduate Studio - Design ProjectSpring 2012Eric Craig + Mo Zheng
EMERGENT DESIGN ECOLOGIES
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 17ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Emergent Intelligence and Robotic Ecologies
This research studio took as it’s premise the notion that the complexity of the problems faced by modern design require that architects engage new discourse focused on systems-based research, where the system’s behaviors and strict parameters will ultimately result in emerging patterns and states. Small, simple patterns repeated by numerous elements on the scale of hundreds and thousands can encourage the creation of new spontaneous global behaviors emerging out of these simple interactions of a population; behaviors which are more complex than the simple pattern of an individual element.
In addition to the emergent properties a global system made out of numerous, simple elements like this becomes infinitely more robust and less resource intensive so there are already some immediate potential benefits to architecture that one could take away from this discourse. The question remains though: how does this truly change the nature of design? To help answer that question we broke this project into three parts:
Phase 1: Develop a series of robotic drones that would be tasked with cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This exercise would serve as a test case for our theories on emergence.
Phase 2: Building on what was learned from the drones, develop a panelling system that was both spatial and performative. This exercise would serve as a test case for how our theories preform at the scale of a body.
Phase 3: Take that panelling system and deploy it inside an urban center and give the building a program. This exercise would serve as a test case for how our theories preform at the scale of a city.
EMERGENT DESIGN ECOLOGIESAERIAL PERSPECTIVE
SITE CONDITIONS
SYSTEM DIAGRAM
THESIS
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 15
Site:
Berlin, Germany
Year:
2012
School:
University of Pennsylvania
Instructor:
Winka Dubbledam
Focus:
Emergent intelligence and robotic ecologies
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 17ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Emergent Intelligence and Robotic Ecologies
This research studio took as it’s premise the notion that the complexity of the problems faced by modern design require that architects engage new discourse focused on systems-based research, where the system’s behaviors and strict parameters will ultimately result in emerging patterns and states. Small, simple patterns repeated by numerous elements on the scale of hundreds and thousands can encourage the creation of new spontaneous global behaviors emerging out of these simple interactions of a population; behaviors which are more complex than the simple pattern of an individual element.
In addition to the emergent properties a global system made out of numerous, simple elements like this becomes infinitely more robust and less resource intensive so there are already some immediate potential benefits to architecture that one could take away from this discourse. The question remains though: how does this truly change the nature of design? To help answer that question we broke this project into three parts:
Phase 1: Develop a series of robotic drones that would be tasked with cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This exercise would serve as a test case for our theories on emergence.
Phase 2: Building on what was learned from the drones, develop a panelling system that was both spatial and performative. This exercise would serve as a test case for how our theories preform at the scale of a body.
Phase 3: Take that panelling system and deploy it inside an urban center and give the building a program. This exercise would serve as a test case for how our theories preform at the scale of a city.
EMERGENT DESIGN ECOLOGIESAERIAL PERSPECTIVE
SITE CONDITIONS
SYSTEM DIAGRAM
THESIS
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Emergent Intelligence and Robotic Ecologies
This research studio took as it’s premise the notion that the complexity of the problems faced by modern design require that architects engage new discourse focused on systems-based research, where the system’s behaviors and strict parameters will ultimately result in emerging patterns and states. Small, simple patterns repeated by numerous elements on the scale of hundreds and thousands can encourage the creation of new spontaneous global behaviors emerging out of these simple interactions of a population; behaviors which are more complex than the simple pattern of an individual element.
In addition to the emergent properties a global system made out of numerous, simple elements like this becomes infinitely more robust and less resource intensive so there are already some immediate potential benefits to architecture that one could take away from this discourse. The question remains though: how does this truly change the nature of design? To help answer that question we broke this project into three parts:
Phase 1: Develop a series of robotic drones that would be tasked with cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This exercise would serve as a test case for our theories on emergence.
Phase 2: Building on what was learned from the drones, develop a panelling system that was both spatial and performative. This exercise would serve as a test case for how our theories preform at the scale of a body.
Phase 3: Take that panelling system and deploy it inside an urban center and give the building a program. This exercise would serve as a test case for how our theories preform at the scale of a city.
EMERGENT DESIGN ECOLOGIESAERIAL PERSPECTIVE
SITE CONDITIONS
SYSTEM DIAGRAM
THESIS
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 17
THESIS
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
DEFORMATIONEMERGENT DESIGN ECOLOGIES
COMPONENT PARTS
COMPONENT AXON GENERAL COMPONENT TRANSFORMATION
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 19
DEFORMATION
CONNECTIVITY
INFRASTRUCTURE
ROBOTIC BACKBONE
PROGRAM
GENERAL COMPONENT TRANSFORMATION
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
LONG SECTION
SHORT SECTION SECOND FLOOR PLAN
SYSTEMSEMERGENT DESIGN ECOLOGIES
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 21
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
SYSTEMS
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
DAY PERFORMANCE
NIGHT PERFORMANCE
AQUARIUM
SOUTH FACING AERIAL
WEST FACING AERIAL
LABORATORY
FACILITYEMERGENT DESIGN ECOLOGIES
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 23
MAIN ATRIUM PERSPECTIVE
FACILITY
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Graduate Studio - Design ProjectFall 2010Eric Craig
THE THRESHOLD: VILLA SEUIL
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 27ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
TWO WORLDS
Program as Building
Located in the heart of Newark, NJ this under utilized parking facility and nearly completely abandoned surrounding buildings serve as a visceral reminder of the lost future this once prominent urban center dreamed of. But this fragment of history affords a chance to design a project that directly challenges the social hardships wrought by the collapse of this dream: one that balances the often limitless ideals of the future against the sometimes harsh bounds of reality.
To bridge these diametrically opposed notions a housing structure for medical students on residency and a Halfway House is proposed. The connections between recovering addicts and medical students seems simple - they are both focused on this idea of “normality” - however both typologies achieve this in different ways. A Halfway House attempts to rehabilitate previous bad decisions and teach participants to be “normal” in society again while colleges attempt to mimic society at large so students have foundation which to learn.
Halfway Houses typify an inwards, self-reflective typology.
College dormitories typify an outward, exploratory typology.
Mixing these two groups of people would allow the medical students to reap benefits from having direct access to the types of people whom they are at school learning how to help and would allow the halfway residents to reap benefit from emerging medical theory and having access to a group of people who want to see them succeed. In reality these two typologies, while similar, our very much out of sync and the purpose of this project is to explore that dichotomy and analyze any intersections between these groups in a built environment.
THE THRESHOLD: VILLA SEUIL THESIS
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 25
Site:
Existing Parking Lot, Newark NJ
Year:
2010
School:
University of Pennsylvania
Instructor:
Scott Erdy
Focus:
Program as Building
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 27ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
TWO WORLDS
Program as Building
Located in the heart of Newark, NJ this under utilized parking facility and nearly completely abandoned surrounding buildings serve as a visceral reminder of the lost future this once prominent urban center dreamed of. But this fragment of history affords a chance to design a project that directly challenges the social hardships wrought by the collapse of this dream: one that balances the often limitless ideals of the future against the sometimes harsh bounds of reality.
To bridge these diametrically opposed notions a housing structure for medical students on residency and a Halfway House is proposed. The connections between recovering addicts and medical students seems simple - they are both focused on this idea of “normality” - however both typologies achieve this in different ways. A Halfway House attempts to rehabilitate previous bad decisions and teach participants to be “normal” in society again while colleges attempt to mimic society at large so students have foundation which to learn.
Halfway Houses typify an inwards, self-reflective typology.
College dormitories typify an outward, exploratory typology.
Mixing these two groups of people would allow the medical students to reap benefits from having direct access to the types of people whom they are at school learning how to help and would allow the halfway residents to reap benefit from emerging medical theory and having access to a group of people who want to see them succeed. In reality these two typologies, while similar, our very much out of sync and the purpose of this project is to explore that dichotomy and analyze any intersections between these groups in a built environment.
THE THRESHOLD: VILLA SEUIL THESIS
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
TWO WORLDS
Program as Building
Located in the heart of Newark, NJ this under utilized parking facility and nearly completely abandoned surrounding buildings serve as a visceral reminder of the lost future this once prominent urban center dreamed of. But this fragment of history affords a chance to design a project that directly challenges the social hardships wrought by the collapse of this dream: one that balances the often limitless ideals of the future against the sometimes harsh bounds of reality.
To bridge these diametrically opposed notions a housing structure for medical students on residency and a Halfway House is proposed. The connections between recovering addicts and medical students seems simple - they are both focused on this idea of “normality” - however both typologies achieve this in different ways. A Halfway House attempts to rehabilitate previous bad decisions and teach participants to be “normal” in society again while colleges attempt to mimic society at large so students have foundation which to learn.
Halfway Houses typify an inwards, self-reflective typology.
College dormitories typify an outward, exploratory typology.
Mixing these two groups of people would allow the medical students to reap benefits from having direct access to the types of people whom they are at school learning how to help and would allow the halfway residents to reap benefit from emerging medical theory and having access to a group of people who want to see them succeed. In reality these two typologies, while similar, our very much out of sync and the purpose of this project is to explore that dichotomy and analyze any intersections between these groups in a built environment.
THE THRESHOLD: VILLA SEUIL THESIS
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 27
TWO WORLDS
THESIS
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Scale 1/2” = 1’-0”Scale 1/2” = 1’-0”
Elevation + 16 ’
Elevation + 30’
Elevation + 44’
Louver
Steel Frame
Inner Skin
Water Cooling/Mechanic
Green Roof
Double Glazed Glass
Elevation + 27.75’
Elevation + 55.5’
Rehabitation ExistingTransition
Halfway Resident
Rehabitation ExistingTransition
College Resident
Rehabitation ExistingTransition
Halfway + College Resident
3rd Floor Plan
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
12’
24’
Halfway Resident College StudentTYPICAL HALFWAY RESIDENT’S LIVING UNIT - PLAN
SECTION DETAIL
STUDY MODELS
THE THRESHOLD: VILLA SEUIL FRAGMENT
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 29
3rd Floor Plan
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
FRAGMENT
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
CATALYST FOR SOCIAL CHANGEINTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
THE THRESHOLD: VILLA SEUIL MEMORY
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 31
REAR, NIGHT-TIME PERSPECTIVEEXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
MEMORY
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Graduate Studio - Design ProjectFall 2011Eric Craig + Sarah Wan
SEASONAL [CAR]PARK
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 35ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
N
N
N
SEASONAL [CAR]PARKSPRING PAVILION PERSPECTIVECURRENT PARKING PLAN
OLYMPIC PARKING PLAN
PROPOSED SEASONAL PARKING PLAN
THESISA Cultural Pavilion
With most any modernized western city parking becomes a critical piece of infrastructure. As the 2012 Summer Olympics will create an influx of visitors to London this efficiency in vehicular traffic and storage becomes ever more crucial. Our project specifically seeks to design within this threshold between the temporal expression of parking and the temporal understanding of the tides.
The River Thames, once the primary economic lifeline for the city of London, has become to be more of a nuisance for today’s modernized city. Flooding has become a real concern as parts of London’s marshy foundation sink while the Thames rises and the artificial barriers constructed to combat the problem have only added to it. Rather than hide the natural rise and fall of the tides we sought to specifically express them with a new wetland perimeter.
1. What if the spatial expressions of parking could be exploited to reveal a new understanding of time? By challenging the existing spatial and programmatic perceptions of a parking garage a new concept emerges that utilizes the direction and speed of vehicular movement to curate a series of cultural pavilions and designed timescapes.
2. What if the temporal understanding of the tide could be exploited to reveal a new understanding of space? The fluctuating relationship between water, light, and land becomes a catalyst for public event space continually activated by changing tides.
This project sought to reconnect the River Thames by contrasting the urban with the natural.
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 33
Site:
O2, London
Year:
2011
School:
University of Pennsylvania
Instructor:
Homa Farjadi
Focus:
A Cultural Pavilion
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 35ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
N
N
N
SEASONAL [CAR]PARKSPRING PAVILION PERSPECTIVECURRENT PARKING PLAN
OLYMPIC PARKING PLAN
PROPOSED SEASONAL PARKING PLAN
THESISA Cultural Pavilion
With most any modernized western city parking becomes a critical piece of infrastructure. As the 2012 Summer Olympics will create an influx of visitors to London this efficiency in vehicular traffic and storage becomes ever more crucial. Our project specifically seeks to design within this threshold between the temporal expression of parking and the temporal understanding of the tides.
The River Thames, once the primary economic lifeline for the city of London, has become to be more of a nuisance for today’s modernized city. Flooding has become a real concern as parts of London’s marshy foundation sink while the Thames rises and the artificial barriers constructed to combat the problem have only added to it. Rather than hide the natural rise and fall of the tides we sought to specifically express them with a new wetland perimeter.
1. What if the spatial expressions of parking could be exploited to reveal a new understanding of time? By challenging the existing spatial and programmatic perceptions of a parking garage a new concept emerges that utilizes the direction and speed of vehicular movement to curate a series of cultural pavilions and designed timescapes.
2. What if the temporal understanding of the tide could be exploited to reveal a new understanding of space? The fluctuating relationship between water, light, and land becomes a catalyst for public event space continually activated by changing tides.
This project sought to reconnect the River Thames by contrasting the urban with the natural.
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
N
N
N
SEASONAL [CAR]PARKSPRING PAVILION PERSPECTIVECURRENT PARKING PLAN
OLYMPIC PARKING PLAN
PROPOSED SEASONAL PARKING PLAN
THESISA Cultural Pavilion
With most any modernized western city parking becomes a critical piece of infrastructure. As the 2012 Summer Olympics will create an influx of visitors to London this efficiency in vehicular traffic and storage becomes ever more crucial. Our project specifically seeks to design within this threshold between the temporal expression of parking and the temporal understanding of the tides.
The River Thames, once the primary economic lifeline for the city of London, has become to be more of a nuisance for today’s modernized city. Flooding has become a real concern as parts of London’s marshy foundation sink while the Thames rises and the artificial barriers constructed to combat the problem have only added to it. Rather than hide the natural rise and fall of the tides we sought to specifically express them with a new wetland perimeter.
1. What if the spatial expressions of parking could be exploited to reveal a new understanding of time? By challenging the existing spatial and programmatic perceptions of a parking garage a new concept emerges that utilizes the direction and speed of vehicular movement to curate a series of cultural pavilions and designed timescapes.
2. What if the temporal understanding of the tide could be exploited to reveal a new understanding of space? The fluctuating relationship between water, light, and land becomes a catalyst for public event space continually activated by changing tides.
This project sought to reconnect the River Thames by contrasting the urban with the natural.
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 35
SPRING PAVILION PERSPECTIVE
THESIS
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected] 10 20
PARKING THAMES PATH
PAVILION
THAMES WETLANDS
PAVILION
SOLAR STUDY - WINTERSUMMER PAVILION PERSPECTIVE
SPRING PAVILION SECTION
SEASONAL [CAR]PARK TIDES
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 37
autumn
winter
autumn
winter
spring
summer
autumn
0 20 40 80 0 20 40 80
0 40 80 160
SOLAR STUDY - WINTER SOLAR STUDY - SUMMER WINTER PAVILION PLAN
WINTER PAVILION PERSPECTIVE
TIDES
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
5 10 20
PARKING
PAVILION
THAMES PATH
PARKING PARKING
FLOOD PAVILION
THAMES WETLANDS
Millenium Dome
Stratford Oylmpic Park
North Greenwhich Station
Canary Warf
WINTER PAVILION SECTION
SEASONAL [CAR]PARK PARKING
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 39
5 10 20
PARKING
PAVILION
THAMES PATH
PARKING PARKING
FLOOD PAVILION
THAMES WETLANDS
Millenium Dome
Stratford Oylmpic Park
North Greenwhich Station
Canary Warf
21 JUNE.HIGH TIDE
20 SEP.HIGH TIDE
20 DEC.HIGH TIDE
21 MAY.HIGH TIDE
autumn
winter
autumn
winter
spring
summer
autumn
0 20 40 80 0 20 40 80
0 40 80 160
autumn
winter
autumn
winter
spring
summer
autumn
0 20 40 80 0 20 40 80
0 40 80 160
PROJECT SITE PLAN
PARKING
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Undergraduate Studio - Design ProjectSpring 2006
Eric Craig
PHASE/SHIFTS
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 43ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
URBAN CONDITION | NATURAL RUNOFF
CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES
EXIS
TIN
GCO
NST
RUCT
EDCO
NST
RUCT
ED
PHASE SHIFTS - AERIAL PERSPECTIVEINTERSECTION OF URBAN AND NOTArchitecture for an Extreme Environment
In an urban context architecture taps into the energies of
existing infrastructure in order for itself to survive as well as
to ensure the survival of its inhabitants. These energies exist
within one distinct rhythm of time.
When we remove architecture from this urban context
architecture, in order to sustain itself, then must turn to the
energies of the site; which exist within a second rhythm of
time. However, when we find ourselves in a condition both
urban and not, when multiple, disjointed rhythms overlap
and clash, architecture must evolve in time with both these
rhythms; becoming a-temporal, as well as temporal.
Utilizing the existing series of aqueducts and washes,
the ‘new urban hiker’ will be able to use said systems as a
transportation network to travel the parks and reservations
in the Phoenix area, the architectural intervention occurs at
a intersection between the built aqueducts and occurring
washes and becomes both a resupplying port for experienced
hikers as well as an encampment for families, groups, or
otherwise inexperienced hikers.
The program shifts with the changing seasons as the
intervention attempts to fluctuate and construct time in its
struggle to survive: becoming an event for the inexperienced,
as well as a moment of calm for the experienced.
PHASE/SHIFTS
OVERLAPPING CYCLES: WADI + AQUEDUCT
THESIS
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 41
Site:
Wadi, NW of Pheonix
Year:
2006
School:
University of Virginia
Instructor:
Nataly Gattegno
Focus:
Architecture for an Extreme Environment
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 43ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
URBAN CONDITION | NATURAL RUNOFF
CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES
EXIS
TIN
GCO
NST
RUCT
EDCO
NST
RUCT
ED
PHASE SHIFTS - AERIAL PERSPECTIVEINTERSECTION OF URBAN AND NOTArchitecture for an Extreme Environment
In an urban context architecture taps into the energies of
existing infrastructure in order for itself to survive as well as
to ensure the survival of its inhabitants. These energies exist
within one distinct rhythm of time.
When we remove architecture from this urban context
architecture, in order to sustain itself, then must turn to the
energies of the site; which exist within a second rhythm of
time. However, when we find ourselves in a condition both
urban and not, when multiple, disjointed rhythms overlap
and clash, architecture must evolve in time with both these
rhythms; becoming a-temporal, as well as temporal.
Utilizing the existing series of aqueducts and washes,
the ‘new urban hiker’ will be able to use said systems as a
transportation network to travel the parks and reservations
in the Phoenix area, the architectural intervention occurs at
a intersection between the built aqueducts and occurring
washes and becomes both a resupplying port for experienced
hikers as well as an encampment for families, groups, or
otherwise inexperienced hikers.
The program shifts with the changing seasons as the
intervention attempts to fluctuate and construct time in its
struggle to survive: becoming an event for the inexperienced,
as well as a moment of calm for the experienced.
PHASE/SHIFTS
OVERLAPPING CYCLES: WADI + AQUEDUCT
THESIS
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
URBAN CONDITION | NATURAL RUNOFF
INTERSECTION OF URBAN AND NOTArchitecture for an Extreme Environment
In an urban context architecture taps into the energies of
existing infrastructure in order for itself to survive as well as
to ensure the survival of its inhabitants. These energies exist
within one distinct rhythm of time.
When we remove architecture from this urban context
architecture, in order to sustain itself, then must turn to the
energies of the site; which exist within a second rhythm of
time. However, when we find ourselves in a condition both
urban and not, when multiple, disjointed rhythms overlap
and clash, architecture must evolve in time with both these
rhythms; becoming a-temporal, as well as temporal.
Utilizing the existing series of aqueducts and washes,
the ‘new urban hiker’ will be able to use said systems as a
transportation network to travel the parks and reservations
in the Phoenix area, the architectural intervention occurs at
a intersection between the built aqueducts and occurring
washes and becomes both a resupplying port for experienced
hikers as well as an encampment for families, groups, or
otherwise inexperienced hikers.
The program shifts with the changing seasons as the
intervention attempts to fluctuate and construct time in its
struggle to survive: becoming an event for the inexperienced,
as well as a moment of calm for the experienced.
PHASE/SHIFTS
OVERLAPPING CYCLES: WADI + AQUEDUCT
THESIS
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 43
URBAN CONDITION | NATURAL RUNOFF
CONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES
EXIS
TIN
GCO
NST
RUCT
EDCO
NST
RUCT
ED
PHASE SHIFTS - AERIAL PERSPECTIVEINTERSECTION OF URBAN AND NOT
THESIS
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
ANTI-WADI | SUPER-WADI
HYDRATION | DESICCATION
WADI | VINE
PHASE SHIFTS - SITE PLAN
PHASE/SHIFTS WADI
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 45
STUDY IN TIME FLOW STUDY IN TIME CONSTRUCTION
WADI
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
PHASE SHIFTS - MARCH SATURATION
PHASE SHIFTS - OCTOBER SATURATION
PHASE/SHIFTS INTERVENTION
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 47
PHASE SHIFTS - AQUEDUCT
PHASE SHIFTS - HYDRATION
PHASE SHIFTS - DESICCATION
PHASE SHIFTS - INTERSECTION
INTERVENTION
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
AEDES Gallery Workshop ProjectSprig 2012Eric Craig + Mo Zheng + Emma Du
DREAMSCAPE
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 51ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
AERIAL PERSPECTIVE
THESIS DIAGRAM
ENTRANCE PERSPECTIVEEXISTING ENTRANCECinema [Re]imagined
In this project our studio was invited to participate in a week
long charrette hosted by the AEDES Gallery in Berlin. The focus
of this event was to challenge and re-imagine the existing
perceptions of what it means to go to and at the ‘cinema’. We
were given a client to work with - the proprietor of the EisZiet
Kino art house cinema - and were encouraged to tackle her
issues of declining viewership and lack of exposure. We were
then paired with German students.
Our group was inspired by the movie Inception and
specifically its portrayal of the compression of time during
a dream. We considered the act of going to and leaving a
cinema and noted that when watching a movie and being
immersed in other worlds was very much like a dream itself.
In this way we could conceptualize the journey of going
to the cinema as a journey from reality to fiction and back
and then coupling that with the sense of anticipation when
first arriving and the memory when leaving we developed a
concept of a bridge to connect these two worlds.
We took over the plaza in front of the cinema to create a new
grand staircase and entrance into the theater. Its futuristic
style accentuates the sense of anticipation. The cinema is
lofty and open to with high flexibility in program to allow
for new combinations of space as imagined. Finally the exit
staircase not only serves as an outdoor theater but its solid,
blocky form contrasts with the entrance and is inspired by
the fragments of memory.
DREAMSCAPE THESIS
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 49
Site:
Eiszeit-Kino, Berlin, Germany
Year:
2012
School:
University of Pennsylvania
Instructor:
Winka Dubbeldam
Focus:
Cinema [Re]Imagined
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 51ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
AERIAL PERSPECTIVE
THESIS DIAGRAM
ENTRANCE PERSPECTIVEEXISTING ENTRANCECinema [Re]imagined
In this project our studio was invited to participate in a week
long charrette hosted by the AEDES Gallery in Berlin. The focus
of this event was to challenge and re-imagine the existing
perceptions of what it means to go to and at the ‘cinema’. We
were given a client to work with - the proprietor of the EisZiet
Kino art house cinema - and were encouraged to tackle her
issues of declining viewership and lack of exposure. We were
then paired with German students.
Our group was inspired by the movie Inception and
specifically its portrayal of the compression of time during
a dream. We considered the act of going to and leaving a
cinema and noted that when watching a movie and being
immersed in other worlds was very much like a dream itself.
In this way we could conceptualize the journey of going
to the cinema as a journey from reality to fiction and back
and then coupling that with the sense of anticipation when
first arriving and the memory when leaving we developed a
concept of a bridge to connect these two worlds.
We took over the plaza in front of the cinema to create a new
grand staircase and entrance into the theater. Its futuristic
style accentuates the sense of anticipation. The cinema is
lofty and open to with high flexibility in program to allow
for new combinations of space as imagined. Finally the exit
staircase not only serves as an outdoor theater but its solid,
blocky form contrasts with the entrance and is inspired by
the fragments of memory.
DREAMSCAPE THESIS
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
AERIAL PERSPECTIVE
THESIS DIAGRAM
EXISTING ENTRANCECinema [Re]imagined
In this project our studio was invited to participate in a week
long charrette hosted by the AEDES Gallery in Berlin. The focus
of this event was to challenge and re-imagine the existing
perceptions of what it means to go to and at the ‘cinema’. We
were given a client to work with - the proprietor of the EisZiet
Kino art house cinema - and were encouraged to tackle her
issues of declining viewership and lack of exposure. We were
then paired with German students.
Our group was inspired by the movie Inception and
specifically its portrayal of the compression of time during
a dream. We considered the act of going to and leaving a
cinema and noted that when watching a movie and being
immersed in other worlds was very much like a dream itself.
In this way we could conceptualize the journey of going
to the cinema as a journey from reality to fiction and back
and then coupling that with the sense of anticipation when
first arriving and the memory when leaving we developed a
concept of a bridge to connect these two worlds.
We took over the plaza in front of the cinema to create a new
grand staircase and entrance into the theater. Its futuristic
style accentuates the sense of anticipation. The cinema is
lofty and open to with high flexibility in program to allow
for new combinations of space as imagined. Finally the exit
staircase not only serves as an outdoor theater but its solid,
blocky form contrasts with the entrance and is inspired by
the fragments of memory.
DREAMSCAPE THESIS
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 51
ENTRANCE PERSPECTIVE
THESIS
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
ticketing /studio entrance
open air deck /outdoor seating
large theater
small theater
cafe bar
open air screen
service area
N
projectionroom
projectionroom
21.2m
6.8m
6.5m
9.8m
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
DREAMSCAPE PROGRAM
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 53
ticketing /studio entrance
open air deck /outdoor seating
large theater
small theater
cafe bar
open air screen
service area
N
projectionroom
projectionroom
21.2m
6.8m
6.5m
9.8m
CONNECTIONS
CONNECTIONS
PROGRAM
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
large theater, double heightviewingalcove
projectionroom
ticketing
outdoor seating
large theater, double heightalcoveprojection
studio entrance existing tunnel
cafe lobby
terrace
studio resturant kitchenstudio terrace
outdoor seating
3.4m
2.5m
4.0m
6.8m
0.6m
18.6m 15.9m21.2m
3.4m
6.8m
11.8m 13.8m21.2m
6.5m
11.8m
PROJECT SECTION
SEATING NEW ENTRANCE NIGHT CINEMA
DREAMSCAPE THRESHOLD
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 55
large theater, double heightviewingalcove
projectionroom
ticketing
outdoor seating
large theater, double heightalcoveprojection
studio entrance existing tunnel
cafe lobby
terrace
studio resturant kitchenstudio terrace
outdoor seating
3.4m
2.5m
4.0m
6.8m
0.6m
18.6m 15.9m21.2m
3.4m
6.8m
11.8m 13.8m21.2m
6.5m
11.8m
rotating restaurant
movie studio / apprenticeship
outdoor workspace / common area
outdoor seating
rotating restaurant
movie studio / apprenticeship
outdoor workspace / common area
outdoor seating
cinema entrance + ticketing
small theater
lobby + bar
large theater
outdoor terrace
new outdoor curtain screen
rotating restaurant
movie studio / apprenticeship
outdoor workspace / common area
outdoor seating
cinema entrance + ticketing
lobby + bar
large theater
outdoor terrace
new outdoor curtain screen
small theater
terraced seating + socializing
floating seating
FIRST FLOOR MASSING
SECOND FLOOR MASSING
THIRD FLOOR MASSING
NIGHT CINEMA
THRESHOLD
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Winning Entry Design CompetitionSpring 2005Eric Craig + Mark Buenavista
NEW AMERICAN FRONT DOOR
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 59ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
DIAGRAM - VENTILATIONDIAGRAM - LOUVRE
DIAGRAM - FRAME, FLOOR, ROOF
SITE PLAN
Entry [Re]Imagined
Question: What is entry? Do we consider it a noun, something that is singular, passive, and final? Or could it be something more: an engaged private/social arena, an extended landscape, a communal threshold? Do entries need to be static or can they be altered to suit current needs; both practical and experiential? Can this be done without the extensive reconstruction of the existing site? Answer: The Adaptable Threshold interprets entry not just as a singular, one-time experience; but rather as a multiplicity of intersections for both handicapped and average individuals.
It reconsiders entry and visibility by:• Engaging landscape and weather,• Negotiating public and private realms,• Providing multiple options of handicap accessible and
traditional routes, and• Offering an economic and noninvasive system of place-
making.
The threshold is a modular system of component parts, which in turn form into an infinite range of configurations:• Hinged framing system that provides support structure
for floor, ramp, wall, and roof.• Corrugated PVC sheets can be used as roofing material
(topside) or ramp/floor (flat bottom-side). The sheets are rolled into convenient units for ease of transport.
• Square louvre modules attached to framing system modulate/filter light and allow for various cooling, heating, or ventilation mechanisms (depending on configuration. Via the louvre, wall/aperture can be interpreted and composed by the user for various agendas.
Entry in the Adaptable Threshold is moved through in passing as well as inhabited during all seasons and all conditions.
NEW AMERICAN FRONT DOOR ENTRY
ROADSIDE PERSPECTIVE ROADSIDE PERSPECTIVE
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 57
Site:
Generic
Year:
2005
School:
University of Virginia
Focus:
Entry [Re]Imagined
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 59ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
DIAGRAM - VENTILATIONDIAGRAM - LOUVRE
DIAGRAM - FRAME, FLOOR, ROOF
SITE PLAN
Entry [Re]Imagined
Question: What is entry? Do we consider it a noun, something that is singular, passive, and final? Or could it be something more: an engaged private/social arena, an extended landscape, a communal threshold? Do entries need to be static or can they be altered to suit current needs; both practical and experiential? Can this be done without the extensive reconstruction of the existing site? Answer: The Adaptable Threshold interprets entry not just as a singular, one-time experience; but rather as a multiplicity of intersections for both handicapped and average individuals.
It reconsiders entry and visibility by:• Engaging landscape and weather,• Negotiating public and private realms,• Providing multiple options of handicap accessible and
traditional routes, and• Offering an economic and noninvasive system of place-
making.
The threshold is a modular system of component parts, which in turn form into an infinite range of configurations:• Hinged framing system that provides support structure
for floor, ramp, wall, and roof.• Corrugated PVC sheets can be used as roofing material
(topside) or ramp/floor (flat bottom-side). The sheets are rolled into convenient units for ease of transport.
• Square louvre modules attached to framing system modulate/filter light and allow for various cooling, heating, or ventilation mechanisms (depending on configuration. Via the louvre, wall/aperture can be interpreted and composed by the user for various agendas.
Entry in the Adaptable Threshold is moved through in passing as well as inhabited during all seasons and all conditions.
NEW AMERICAN FRONT DOOR ENTRY
ROADSIDE PERSPECTIVE ROADSIDE PERSPECTIVE
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
DIAGRAM - VENTILATIONDIAGRAM - LOUVRE
DIAGRAM - FRAME, FLOOR, ROOF
SITE PLAN
Entry [Re]Imagined
Question: What is entry? Do we consider it a noun, something that is singular, passive, and final? Or could it be something more: an engaged private/social arena, an extended landscape, a communal threshold? Do entries need to be static or can they be altered to suit current needs; both practical and experiential? Can this be done without the extensive reconstruction of the existing site? Answer: The Adaptable Threshold interprets entry not just as a singular, one-time experience; but rather as a multiplicity of intersections for both handicapped and average individuals.
It reconsiders entry and visibility by:• Engaging landscape and weather,• Negotiating public and private realms,• Providing multiple options of handicap accessible and
traditional routes, and• Offering an economic and noninvasive system of place-
making.
The threshold is a modular system of component parts, which in turn form into an infinite range of configurations:• Hinged framing system that provides support structure
for floor, ramp, wall, and roof.• Corrugated PVC sheets can be used as roofing material
(topside) or ramp/floor (flat bottom-side). The sheets are rolled into convenient units for ease of transport.
• Square louvre modules attached to framing system modulate/filter light and allow for various cooling, heating, or ventilation mechanisms (depending on configuration. Via the louvre, wall/aperture can be interpreted and composed by the user for various agendas.
Entry in the Adaptable Threshold is moved through in passing as well as inhabited during all seasons and all conditions.
NEW AMERICAN FRONT DOOR ENTRY
ROADSIDE PERSPECTIVE
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 59
EXTERIOR PERSPECTIVE
ENTRY
ROADSIDE PERSPECTIVE ROADSIDE PERSPECTIVE
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Graduate Studio - Other WorksSpring 2011Eric Craig + Mo Zheng
DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 63ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES DETAILA Deployable Cuboctahedron
This is the structure at it’s half deployment and is were you
can most clearly see the shape pattern which the form is
comprised of as the point cloud disappears. This is also the
point where the irregularity of the three-dimensional pattern
becomes more apparent as the top is lopsided from the
bottom.
It’s at this stage where the structure is the perfect balance
between shape and space. Unlike the other two stages this
one feels like it has the strength to support itself and a skin
and space to theoretically house a program. The previous
stage is in no way spacious and the following is in no way
stable.
This state represents the structure at its most condensed
deployment. At this stage you can partially make out the
squares and equilateral triangles that comprise the form but
it exists mostly as a point cloud. However you can clearly see
how the joints align so that each one is on axis with another
one on the other side of the structure, hence why this is still
considered a regular tessellation. Indeed all vertices align to
an implied center.
Since we had already modeled the structure we weren’t really
surprised by it’s form but were a little surprised at how large
it was when collapsed like this. We were expecting a smaller
structure which we now understand could be achieved by
placing more scissors between the joints.
This stage is also where the structure gets the most strength
but that’s countered by the fact it’s also at it’s least spatial.
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 61
Site:
Generic
Year:
2011
School:
University of Pennsylvania
Instructor:
Mohamad Al Khayer
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 63ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES DETAILA Deployable Cuboctahedron
This is the structure at it’s half deployment and is were you
can most clearly see the shape pattern which the form is
comprised of as the point cloud disappears. This is also the
point where the irregularity of the three-dimensional pattern
becomes more apparent as the top is lopsided from the
bottom.
It’s at this stage where the structure is the perfect balance
between shape and space. Unlike the other two stages this
one feels like it has the strength to support itself and a skin
and space to theoretically house a program. The previous
stage is in no way spacious and the following is in no way
stable.
This state represents the structure at its most condensed
deployment. At this stage you can partially make out the
squares and equilateral triangles that comprise the form but
it exists mostly as a point cloud. However you can clearly see
how the joints align so that each one is on axis with another
one on the other side of the structure, hence why this is still
considered a regular tessellation. Indeed all vertices align to
an implied center.
Since we had already modeled the structure we weren’t really
surprised by it’s form but were a little surprised at how large
it was when collapsed like this. We were expecting a smaller
structure which we now understand could be achieved by
placing more scissors between the joints.
This stage is also where the structure gets the most strength
but that’s countered by the fact it’s also at it’s least spatial.
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES DETAILA Deployable Cuboctahedron
This is the structure at it’s half deployment and is were you
can most clearly see the shape pattern which the form is
comprised of as the point cloud disappears. This is also the
point where the irregularity of the three-dimensional pattern
becomes more apparent as the top is lopsided from the
bottom.
It’s at this stage where the structure is the perfect balance
between shape and space. Unlike the other two stages this
one feels like it has the strength to support itself and a skin
and space to theoretically house a program. The previous
stage is in no way spacious and the following is in no way
stable.
This state represents the structure at its most condensed
deployment. At this stage you can partially make out the
squares and equilateral triangles that comprise the form but
it exists mostly as a point cloud. However you can clearly see
how the joints align so that each one is on axis with another
one on the other side of the structure, hence why this is still
considered a regular tessellation. Indeed all vertices align to
an implied center.
Since we had already modeled the structure we weren’t really
surprised by it’s form but were a little surprised at how large
it was when collapsed like this. We were expecting a smaller
structure which we now understand could be achieved by
placing more scissors between the joints.
This stage is also where the structure gets the most strength
but that’s countered by the fact it’s also at it’s least spatial.
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 63
DETAIL
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 65
TESTING
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 67
Final Project: Variable Deployable DodecagonOriginal concept: Mohamad Al Khayer, instructor
Group: Eric Craig, Mo Zheng, Jordan Barr, Anna Umatz, Brandon Smith
DEPLOYMENT
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Graduate Studio - Other WorksFall 2011Eric Craig
PAINTING ARCHITECTURE
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 71ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Final: Painted Architecture 1
Having modeled the previous study in 3DS Max (see page 91) quick renders of the model were
done and used as guides for the construction of the final images. Tiles were created using unique
paint brushes, photo collages, and borrowing from other rendered views.
The result is a series of final images encapsulating the cumulative effect of studying an image,
discerning moments of depth, pause, and program, and finally pulling the experience of being in
the space into the mix: with the end being the result of a process discovered, instead of planned.
PAINTING ARCHITECTURE TEMPERATURE
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 69
Site:
Generic
Year:
2011
School:
University of Pennsylvania
Instructor:
Alex Kaiser
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 71ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Final: Painted Architecture 1
Having modeled the previous study in 3DS Max (see page 91) quick renders of the model were
done and used as guides for the construction of the final images. Tiles were created using unique
paint brushes, photo collages, and borrowing from other rendered views.
The result is a series of final images encapsulating the cumulative effect of studying an image,
discerning moments of depth, pause, and program, and finally pulling the experience of being in
the space into the mix: with the end being the result of a process discovered, instead of planned.
PAINTING ARCHITECTURE TEMPERATURE
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Final: Painted Architecture 1
Having modeled the previous study in 3DS Max (see page 91) quick renders of the model were
done and used as guides for the construction of the final images. Tiles were created using unique
paint brushes, photo collages, and borrowing from other rendered views.
The result is a series of final images encapsulating the cumulative effect of studying an image,
discerning moments of depth, pause, and program, and finally pulling the experience of being in
the space into the mix: with the end being the result of a process discovered, instead of planned.
PAINTING ARCHITECTURE TEMPERATURE
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 71
TEMPERATURE
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Final: Painted Architecture 2
Having modeled the previous study in 3DS Max quick renders of the model were done and
used as guides for the construction of the final images. Tiles were created using unique
paint brushes, photo collages, and borrowing from other rendered views.
The result is a series of final images encapsulating the cumulative effect of studying an
image, discerning moments of depth, pause, and program, and finally pulling the experience
of being in the space into the mix: with the end being the result of a process discovered,
instead of planned.
PAINTING ARCHITECTURE INFRASTRUCTURE
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 73
INFRASTRUCTURE
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Study in Collage
An urban city-scape for skateboarders collaged together from
architectural works of Le Corbusier.
PAINTING ARCHITECTURE DREAMS
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 75
Study in Contrasts
An image constructed using a variation of a single unique brush stroke
and then layered with darker lines, highlights, ground, and use.
DREAMS
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Graduate Studio - Other WorksSpring 2012Eric Craig + Mo Zheng
PLASTIC LOTUS
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 79ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Emergent Robotic Ecologies
This research studio starts with designing an emergence
robotic system to collect plastic in Great Pacific Garbage
Patch. The currents of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
are such that they create a massive swirl which has been
swept up from all over the Pacific. While most of the
heavy trash since to the bottom of the ocean the plastic
tends to become suspended within the first 100 feet below
the surface of the water. Further the plastic tends to get
pulverized into finger-nail sized chips by the currents and
salt water
Simple drones use naturally resulting CO2 emissions
(which is a result of degrading plastic which was exposed
to Ultraviolet light) as a sensory mechanism to locate
the plastic particles in the ocean. The robotic system
we developed has several phase changes to respond to
different environmental conditions and densities of plastic.
Phase 1: In low density samples the drones operate
individually.
Phase 2: In medium density samples the drones begin to
self-organize and specialize into two tasks where some
primarily collect and others primarily store the plastic.
Phase 3: Finally in high density samples the drones
collectivize where some drones sacrifice their mobility
to become an infrastructural lifeline that provides the
collection drones with power, storage, an optimized
environment for the cleaning task.
PLASTIC LOTUS THESIS
Plastic Core /Filter Phytoplankton Sensors
Solar PanelsPhytoplankton
DRONE COMPONENTS DRONE SECTION
PLAN DEPLOYMENT
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 77FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 79ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Emergent Robotic Ecologies
This research studio starts with designing an emergence
robotic system to collect plastic in Great Pacific Garbage
Patch. The currents of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
are such that they create a massive swirl which has been
swept up from all over the Pacific. While most of the
heavy trash since to the bottom of the ocean the plastic
tends to become suspended within the first 100 feet below
the surface of the water. Further the plastic tends to get
pulverized into finger-nail sized chips by the currents and
salt water
Simple drones use naturally resulting CO2 emissions
(which is a result of degrading plastic which was exposed
to Ultraviolet light) as a sensory mechanism to locate
the plastic particles in the ocean. The robotic system
we developed has several phase changes to respond to
different environmental conditions and densities of plastic.
Phase 1: In low density samples the drones operate
individually.
Phase 2: In medium density samples the drones begin to
self-organize and specialize into two tasks where some
primarily collect and others primarily store the plastic.
Phase 3: Finally in high density samples the drones
collectivize where some drones sacrifice their mobility
to become an infrastructural lifeline that provides the
collection drones with power, storage, an optimized
environment for the cleaning task.
PLASTIC LOTUS THESIS
Plastic Core /Filter Phytoplankton Sensors
Solar PanelsPhytoplankton
DRONE COMPONENTS DRONE SECTION
PLAN DEPLOYMENT
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Emergent Robotic Ecologies
This research studio starts with designing an emergence
robotic system to collect plastic in Great Pacific Garbage
Patch. The currents of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
are such that they create a massive swirl which has been
swept up from all over the Pacific. While most of the
heavy trash since to the bottom of the ocean the plastic
tends to become suspended within the first 100 feet below
the surface of the water. Further the plastic tends to get
pulverized into finger-nail sized chips by the currents and
salt water
Simple drones use naturally resulting CO2 emissions
(which is a result of degrading plastic which was exposed
to Ultraviolet light) as a sensory mechanism to locate
the plastic particles in the ocean. The robotic system
we developed has several phase changes to respond to
different environmental conditions and densities of plastic.
Phase 1: In low density samples the drones operate
individually.
Phase 2: In medium density samples the drones begin to
self-organize and specialize into two tasks where some
primarily collect and others primarily store the plastic.
Phase 3: Finally in high density samples the drones
collectivize where some drones sacrifice their mobility
to become an infrastructural lifeline that provides the
collection drones with power, storage, an optimized
environment for the cleaning task.
PLASTIC LOTUS THESIS
Filter Phytoplankton Sensors
Solar Panels
DRONE COMPONENTS
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 79
THESIS
Plastic Core /Phytoplankton Sensors Phytoplankton
DRONE SECTION
PLAN DEPLOYMENT
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
PLASTIC LOTUS AGGREGATION
20 m
0 m
Plastic Transfer
Power Grid
EMERGENT SYSTEMSPHASE 3 DEPLOYMENT
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 81
PHASE 2 DEPLOYMENT
AGGREGATION
UNDERWATER DEPLOYMENT
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
Undergraduate - Other WorksSpring 2006Eric Craig + Carrie Norman
THE FIBER: STUDIES IN HYBRID STRUCTURES
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 85ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
CONSTRUCTING THE SURFACE
PROTOTYPE
STUDY MODELS STUDY MODELS
FINAL MODEL
FIRST STUDY
SECOND STUDY
FINAL MODEL
THE FIBER: STUDIES IN HYBRID STRUCTURES STUDIES
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 83
Site:
Generic
Year:
2006
School:
University of Virginia
Instructor:
Jason Johnson
FROM WITHIN THE THRESHOLD - PAGE 85ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
CONSTRUCTING THE SURFACE
PROTOTYPE
STUDY MODELS STUDY MODELS
FINAL MODEL
FIRST STUDY
SECOND STUDY
FINAL MODEL
THE FIBER: STUDIES IN HYBRID STRUCTURES STUDIES
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
CONSTRUCTING THE SURFACE
PROTOTYPE
STUDY MODELS STUDY MODELS
FIRST STUDY
SECOND STUDY
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CONSTRUCTING THE SURFACE
STUDY MODELS
FINAL MODEL
FINAL MODEL
STUDIES
ERIC CRAIG - [email protected]
SECTIONAL MODEL - RESPONSE
SECTIONAL MODEL - BODY
ENGAGING THE SITE
DESIGN
CONTOUR RESPONSE
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SECTIONAL MODEL - RESPONSE SECTIONAL MODEL - MOLECULE
SECTIONAL MODEL - BODY SECTIONAL MODEL - WOVEN SECTIONAL MODEL - LAYERING
DESIGN
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