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I came across this work by Alan H. Schoen at the Electronics Research Center in Cambridge, Mass. He completed this paper for NASA in 1970. You can download the document here. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19700020472_1970020472.pdf

Abstract: A preliminary account of a study of the partitioning of three-dimensional Euclidean space into two interpenetrating labyrinths by intersection-free infinite periodic minimal surfaces (IPMS) is given. A construction algorithm for deriving such surfaces leads to the identification of the five cases already known, plus a number of new examples.

From about 1956 until 1964, US aeronautics engineers and rocket scientists at the Langley Research Center developed a series of spherical satellite balloons called, awesomely enough, satelloons. Dubbed Project Echo, the 100-foot diameter aluminumized balloons were one of the inaugural projects for NASA, which was established in 1958.

courtesy of SpaceCollective.org

Stevens 08”

This project was apart of my Product & Architecture Lab rule-based modeling class learning CATIA. You can download my final project here. urchin_pavilion PDF.

Stevens 09′

This work was done at the Product & Architecture Lab at Stevens Institute of Tech. I presented this project at the AIA building in NYC for a Generative Components Sponsored Showcase this past March. You can download the presentation here pp_gulliford PDF.

I will be attending the ICES (International Conference on Environmental Systems) in Savannah, Georgia this July 09′. My asbstract was accepted for the Poster Competition! You can download the abstract here: ices_-abstract_-compressive-porosity  PDF

The Space Architecture Technical Committe (SATC) of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics will be attending. Looking forward to seeing what they are up to.

Stevens 09′

These images are from my optimization class (ME.564A Instructor: Alex Pollack) at Stevens Institute 2009 . You can download the final submission here. gulliford_optimization_final  PDF

Stevens 09′

These images are from my analysis class (ME.502 Instructors: Matt Herman, Rashmi Sonal) at Stevens Insitute 2009. It was a design exercise taking a classic house and transplanting it to a different Climate Zone. We allowed the environmental analysis to influence the designs to improve the energy consumption of the building (Boiler/Chiller Loads) as well as the carbon footprint. The renderings illustrate the final scheme I designed which surprisingly performed very well. I reduced the mechanical load by 83% and the carbon footprint by 50% . To see the complete project I posted my final submission here. gulliford_wolfson_final  PDF

CellularDome is a continuation of my AIA Generative Components Showcase work where I was exploring the UV parameters of a given topology as a design strategy. I was looking at a generic span as the problem while utilizing the distortion of a surfaces subdivision instead of trying to avoid it. The distortion increases the density of the Cells in the moments of the span where it is needed. This directly affects the formula “Moment of Inertia” where width to height ratio of the cell has a gradient change for the better. The twisting in the surface topology I believe is locking in more forces into the dome making it stronger. I will be analyzing each dome for structural integrity.

I worked on this project at Smart Geometry 2009 in San Francisco this April. I was awarded a scholarship to attend which made it possible for me to participate.

I like seeing these two highly calculated constructs next to each other.

Stevens 08′

This project was apart of my Product & Architecture Lab rule-based modeling class learning CATIA.

This work is tied to a class of continuously curved infinite surfaces called “space labyrinths”. An enormous amount of work has gone into researching this class of structures also referred to as “Sponge Structures, Infinite Polyhedra, and (IPMS) Infinite Periodic Minimal Surfaces” by such as: H.A.Schwarz, M.Burt, P.Pearce, S.Schoen, and H.Lalvani to name a few.

Stevens 08′

These images are from my Audio Form class (PAE.810  Instructor: Mike Rugnetta http://www.rheumatictangle.net) at Stevens Institute 2009. You can download the project here: audio-column PDF

courtesy of SpaceCollective.org

This is a freelance architecture project I am working on. Its an addition to a Sear’s Catalog House, Pennsylvania, PA. I am incorporating environmental analysis in a form finding exercise for the roof structure.

Pratt Thesis 05′

These five drawings are five plans of my thesis project at Pratt 05′. You can notice the stair and elevator core in the mid-left of each drawing. Black is void, Gray are planes at different levels White being cut plane, Red is water, and Pink is atrium spaces.

Pratt Thesis 05′

These models were based on the 5 drawings in the previous post. I am showing 3/5 zones explored spacially.

Pratt Thesis 05′

This 3d model shows the proposed project in its infancy.

How do you operate at the scale of the city? My research led me to believe that Manhattan is an active, evolving, and morphing being, a body very much alive. I chose a site along Bowery, one of the oldest veins of the city. Falling theoretically due North, Bowery/Broadway has carried ideas and messages very similar to a spine for hundreds of years. To manipulate a whole, you attack a point.

Cooper Union Square was an ideal site to inhabit: controversy over the new Gwathmey & Siegel building, a rich student body ‘Cooper Union,’ and a transportation hub for buses, taxis, subways, and pedestrians. This begged the question, why at such a crucial point in this extended fabric do we build a luxury residential building detached from its surroundings? My proposal is an attempt at reclaiming the sacred from the profane, offering an institution that grows with its surrounding context, a support vessel that allows Cooper Union Square to fully express itself. And sometimes this is achieved through an act of deprogramming, relieving built up tension through a critical point. Channeling Energy.

Louis Sullivan defined a skyscraper in having three parts: a base, body, and crown. I offer a variation of this structure. Based off of the human body, the charkas points, I propose seven zones of inhabitation. The Divine Zone is given to the sky, Psychic Zone, Vibrational Zone, Emotional Zone, Power Zone, Personal Zone, and the Energy Zone is given to the ground.

Pratt Thesis 05′

Physical Model

I have been accepted to attend Smart Geometry 2009 in San Francisco on a scholoarship.