STEAMBox

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | primavera 2017

PROFESSORa: VIVIAN LOFTNESS

El cambio climático, la crisis global de salud, la aparición de la tecnología ilusionante hacia la energía renovable – ¿Está la educación moderna dispuesta a afrontar el reto? El STEAMBox promueve un paradigma nuevo de educación para equipar estudiantes jóvenes con la pasión y las herramientas para poner en práctica el cambio global.

La mayoría de los edificios y currículos de escuelas se dividen los campos referidos a la ciencia (S), Tecnología (T), la ingeniería (E), el Arte (A), y la Matemática (M); en clases llamadas “química, biología, historia,” etc. En contraste, el STEAMBox unifica estos temas dentro del contexto de una clase de agua, de luz, de la conciencia plena, y más temas relativos que son elementales. Eso permite que los estudiantes formen conexiones entre los pilares de la educación STEAM dentro de una solo clase.

El Ellis School, un colegió privado de niñas donde la educación de STEAM ya es una prioridad, es una referencia fantástica para probar esta nueva forma de aprendizaje. Un STEAMBox en el campus del Ellis School ayudaría a la escuela a expandir su plan de estudios, la matricula, y su capacidad de involucrar a estudiantes y maestros de toda la ciudad. El estacionamiento se transformaría en un espacio educacional que serviría no solamente al Ellis School, sino también a la comunidad en general de Pittsburgh fuera del horario escolar.

CAMERA OBSCURA

Primavera 2016
Carnegie Mellon University
compañero: Josh Kim
profesores: Daniel Colvard, Stephen Lee

The Epic Metals Corporation funded a three-day competition for all students in the Third Year studio to design a Camera Obscura using Epic Metal innovative metal deck products. The design was to function as an innovative learning space for students that could operate in tandem with the middle schools we were designing. In teams of two, we researched the phenomenon of the camera obscura. We then developed structures which offered complete darkness with the exception of small holes, through which dim images of the surrounding city were projected upside-down into the structure’s interior.

As an education necessitates experiencing the world around you in new and unique ways. This experiential camera obscura transforms the globe into a series of 8 evenly spaced shards, each with an oculus focused on a pivotal building in East Liberty’s history. As one circumnavigates the structure, he or she can experience views of their world projected upside-down onto a gossamer fabric in the center. The shape of the fabric can be manipulated through utilizing the dove tail structure of the perforated Epic metal EST. In this way, students can manipulate both the spatial qualities of the camera obscura and the way they perceive the surrounding world.

FABRICATION: CUSTOM JOINERY

Fabricated by mckamish Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA

BATHHOUSE

SPRING 2015
Carnegie Mellon University
Instructor: Mick McNutt

Hikers follow a windy path from the Appalachian Trail to this oasis just half a mile up the mountain from Saco Lake, New Hampshire.

The kitchen and dining room, sleeping place, and baths each set the stage- or rather, kindle the hearth - for spontaneous interaction between likeminded strangers. Coming from the appalachian trail of seclusion, serenity, and the constant discovery of what is waiting just around the bend.These three hearths present everything, and everyone, out in the open. Suddenly your fellow hikers become not faded footprints but tablemates. In this microcosm of civilization, hikers may find a new kinship in quietude.

ROSEMARY PLANTER

FALL 2014
Carnegie Mellon University
Instructor: Jonathan Kline

Our studio was challenged to build a device that would keep a plant (in my case, rosemary) alive until the first frost.

Rosemary requires plenty of air, sunlight, and warmth, each characteristics of the worn parking lot beind my dorm. The planter hugs an old and leaning parking meter, and provides an unexpected shock of lively white and green in the barren parking lot. The planter kept this rosemary plant alive, exposed to the elements, from August until well past the first frost in late October.

The planter was construted out of strips of Yupo paper, sewn together with black thread and reinforced with piano wire.