DESIGN OFFICE STUDIO: 2012

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Plant Food Structures

The leaf-like apertures in "Leaf Dome, DOS, 2009" are the initial inspiration for a new series of dome structures
conceptualized as printed plant food, which become replaced by the plants it feeds.

Monday, October 8, 2012

I'm teaching a class at MoMA - 11/5, 11/12, 11/19, 11/26, 12/3

In this class students focus on designing and fabricating their own small tables and chairs from common pine, using a hand saw, hammer, and nails, becoming part of theAutoprogettazione (roughly translated as “self design”) project initiated by the Italian product designer Enzo Mari in 1974. Mari reduced a furniture series to its immediate technological possibilities in an attempt to turn consumer into maker. This class is geared toward persons interested in familiarizing themselves with techniques in wooden furniture construction that can be issued with the aid of only a few hand tools and materials. Other topics to be covered include the basics of tree anatomy, lumber procurement (harvesting, drying, and buying), wood types and usages, basic wood joinery, and applying oil finishes.

Saturday, March 31, 2012

RESIDENTIAL WIND TOWERS - w i p

The simple idea behind this residential tower was to create a structure that could populate wind turbines adjacent to each other while allowing maximum flow of wind.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Small bowl for Casco Viejo - typical section

Designed for a Panamanian non-profit aiming to improve the culture of skateboarding within the country by providing public skateparks. The structure was designed by DOS to be built on top of a preexisting slab located on a small beach in Casco Viejeo.

Fundacion Parque Sonado