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Runaway — SPORTS

Winner of the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) takepart | makeart pavilion competition Santa Barbara, CA - Runaway is the winner of the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara Take Part / Make Art Pavilion Competition.  In order to emphasize the MCA Santa Barbara Pavilion’s goal of acting as a “vibrant beacon” to the diverse communities of Santa Barbara, our project emphasizes a vibrantly saturated visual environment that aims to architecturalize the aesthetic quality of air in Santa Barbara.  The aesthetic qualities of the air in Santa Barbara is often very powerful and visible - a beautiful blur caused by heat (heat shimmer or mirage) and beach fog (June gloom).  Runaway privileges this visual and atmospheric effect and in so doing, acts as a beautiful spectacle and object of urban decor for the communities of Santa Barbara. The three objects of Runaway are simple self-similar geometries and have a number of different possible orientations.  In some orientations the matrix object acts as a dappled-shade structure, while in other orientations, the matrix can act as a wall, a loungescape, a bench, or a performance stage.   The project will be moved to 6 different sites in at least 3 different neighborhoods during it’s 2-year life-span in Santa Barbara.  The composition and display of the collection is intended to be different at each site, allowing for a variety of programs to be supported by the pavilion, while also establishing a renewed existence at each new site.  As a whole, the project is envisioned as a collection of urban décor objects that decorate the landscape of Santa Barbara while at the same time dissolving into its air.  As the objects move from site to site, their display will be different, their program will be different, the visual experience of the blurry material overlap will be different – bringing a unique identity to the different neighborhoods. While the fully “interior” space of the pavilion is limited – prioritizing instead an open spatial composition - the tall matrix structures cast shadows at most times of the day that provide a patterned (dappled) partial-shade in the spaces between the structures. In this way, the project provides a variety of shading conditions that allow for greater engagement and expanded use.  Once finished with a series of brightly-colored paints (cyan, magenta, yellow), the thousands of linear elements within each of the objects emphasizes a thick and saturated haze. Design: SPORTS Engineering: NOUS Engineering Metal Fabrication: Metal Arts Foundry Powder Coating: Williamson Ocean Photos and video by Elliot Lowndes.

Rounds — SPORTS

Winner of 2016 Ragdale Ring Competition, Adrian Smith Prize and 2016 Architect's Newspaper Best of Design Award Lake Forest, Illinois - Architect Howard Van Doren Shaw designed the original Ragdale Ring in 1912 as an open-air theater for the work of his playwright wife, Frances Shaw.  Rounds honors Shaw’s 1912 Ring by further architecturalizing the ring, reinvisioning it as a whimsical and inhabitable performance surface.  The new ring considers the way in which one engages the space of performance and intends to allow the ring itself to become integral to that experience, while also producing an atmosphere of discovery and fun for visitors.    Rounds encourages a multiplicity of performance types, performer to audience relationships, stage arrangements, and seating options, generating a versatile outdoor venue and a fully encomp ing experience.  Acting as a piece of architecturally-scaled garden furniture, our project compliments the (beautiful) existing landscape and natural prairie setting and can be enjoyed by both visitors on special occasions as well regularly by artists in the residency program as they reflect and nurture their creative efforts. Design Team: SPORTS Build Team: Greg Corso, Molly Hunker, Jordan Nelson, Nick Zukauskas, Kevin Lenhart, Preston Welker, Sean Morgan, Dabota Wilcox, Jon Anthony, Monika England, Kokeith Perry, Sarah Beadoin Engineering Consultants: Arup Landscape Architect: Rosborough Partners Fabrication Consultants: Knowhow Shop This project was made possible with the generous support by Adrian Smith, Ragdale Foundation, Syracuse University School of Architecture, Stuc-O-Flex, W.E. O'Neil, OWL Hardwood, and Terry Dowd Inc.   Photos by Nick Zukauskas.

Stay Down, Champion, Stay Down — SPORTS

  Commissioned Installation - Woodbury University Hollywood Gallery Hollywood, California - Stay Down, Champion, Stay Down is a commissioned temporary installation for the Woodbury University Hollywood (WUHO) gallery, located along the busy and iconic Hollywood Blvd Walk of Fame. Considering this location and context, the installation focuses on the presence and activity of the ground plane.  The project explores the relationship of the og artifact and the digitally developed composition.  It is a study of the role of both the handmade and “cursor-made” in curating a contemporary environment of space and visual effect - comfort, hominess, and familiarity on one side, exotic on the other.   Comprised of a system of handmade terracotta tiles - a ubiquitous material in Southern California homes - the floor of the gallery breaks away from the planar to compose a flowing and colorful interior landscape that guests can navigate through on foot. The bulging areas of this landscape are created by gradually elevating the tiles on transparent acrylic supports. Heightened by vibrantly colorful lighting, the contrast of the og tiles and digital surface creates a compelling experience that rivals the lure of the historic sidewalk beyond the gallery. Photos by Justin Harris.

Life Will Kill You — SPORTS

  Commissioned Installation - REVOLVE Clothing West Hollywood, California - Life Will Kill You is a temporary installation for the Revolve Clothing showroom in West Hollywood. To stand in contrast to the high-fashion clothing of the boutique, cheap everyday industrial materials - zip ties and electrical lamp cord - were aggregated to create a floating volume that nestles below an existing soffit. Though the soffit was designed to hide the store’s inner workings, Life Will Kill You calls attention to the ducts and wiring of the store by employing an excessive amount of the electrical materials. The design explores the contrast between industry and elegance through material sensibility, form, and visual effect.   The cloud-like volume is created by a double-sided surface composed of over 100,000 zip ties. The exterior surface of the volume is an aggregation of longer, wider white zip ties while the interior is comprised of shorter and finer colored zip ties. The resulting bulging form offers ever-changing glimpses of blurred yet vivid color combinations as the zip ties layer on top of one another in the predominantly black and white store interior. Photos by Justin Harris.