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A few snapshots of Biotexture Cataloging. Photos by Charles Lee
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Add comment July 8, 2009
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Next Stop Design NaCi

Posted by Charles Lee. Please help support my latest design entry NaCI Bus Stop. The sponsors describe the project as part of a research project called Crowdsourcing Public Participation in Transit Planning. Traditionally, government agencies ask for public input on planning projects by holding open meetings and workshops. The purpose of this project is to get this public input in a different way: online. Here are a few images from the projectFront.Side Elevation Add comment July 6, 2009
Inspirational Drawings
Posted by Charles Lee. During my career as a designer I have had multiple comments about the need to show Hand Drawn Artwork. The scetches I have chosen to show are not of buildings or projects. They deal with Biological patterning. Human spirituality related to the body and mind construct. Explorations of cubisms broken planes. A pictographic surrealist derive embedded in an emergent pattern logic. A Chinese inpired Spirit Animal Dragon. Some fantastical decorative work. Abstract Geometry exploring the concept of structure. Etc. Please feel free to comment if you have any questions etc. All images are copyright 2009 Charles
Lee.
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Add comment July 6, 2009
Working with Found Objects
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posted by Chris Chalmers More often than not, new parametric component-based designs rely on custom fabricated pieces for their construction. Their form is allowed to be free-flowing only because the individual pieces vary dimensionally to accommodate. However, the use of re-used or recycled materials often means working with fixed dimensions. Some of my current work involves negotiating free-form designs using either found objects, or stock items which are available only in a finite number of sizes.
CupWall
This project uses translucent plastic cups, attached to a laser-cut cardboard substructure.
The mockup below was made with actual beer cups from a party (They have been washed).
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he corrugated cardboard ribs have attachment clips laser-cut into their profiles. The cups are also held- together with the plastic clips used in the mockup, which are laser-cut from acrylic sheet.
Tile Wall
This project attempts to create surface with variable texture using a fixed module. We began with FOAs use of moon-shaped pavers in their South East coastal park project because they adapt well to the compound curvature of the surface.
Our project uses hexagons
in
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order to accentuate the pattern formed between the tiles as their spacing is varied.
As the spacing increases, a second system is introduced between the tiles: small square windows. The idea here is that the tiles could gradually dissapear as their spacing increases, giving way to more glass in an Escher-esque transformation.
Add comment June 25, 2009
Living Architecture in the Jungles of Cambodia

I travelled to Cambodia to document the temples of Angkor Wat built by the Ancient Khmer Empire. Some of the temples are deep in mature rainforest. I visited the temples of Ta Prohm (Khmer: ) near Angkor Thom. This site has been made accesible but much of the mature vegetation has been left intact. Two tree types have become intertwined with the stone ruins, the larger is either the silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) or thitpok Tetrameles nudiflora[6], and the smaller is either the strangler fig (Ficus gibbosa).[7] or Gold Apple (Diospyros decandra). I love recent projects in contemporary architecture that speculate of a living spaces of architecture grown from a formed trees and bushes such as FAB TREE HAB by Mitchell Joachim . The concept inspired me to document what the real spaces of this type of architecture look like. below I have posted a few of the interesting cases I found there. I have heard of even better examples in the area but did not have time to investigate, they have recently cleared most of the landmines in those new areas.
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All Images Copyright 2009 Charles Lee. All Rights Reserved. Add comment June 3, 2009
Solar Sheep
BIOS has been shortlisted in the Andes Sprouts Society design competition for its entry called Solar Sheep. See the short list on bustler.net
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p3 P4 1 comment May 17, 2009
Thailand Inspired Boat Dock

Designed by Charles Lee. As I research for my upcoming trip to Thailand, Cambodia, and Japan I have been inspired by the mystique of the far east and its relationship to dock communities. In an ongoing group of studies I am using to develop my modelliing skills I produced this model of a sealife inspired boat dock. I like the idea of communal gathering spaces in boat communities where trade and work can be done before retreating to the privacy of your quarters. I can imagine it using some of the performative skins I have suggested in previous designs but also like the idea of a static canopy.
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Add comment April 15, 2009
Vertebral Tower Study

Designed by Charles Lee. Tower inspired by the aggregation of vertabrae to generate a spinal column. Also inspired by the work of fellow Bios member Jason Chang. Congratulations are in order for his new job at Neil Denari Architects in Los
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Angeles. We will miss him would establish a remote office.
but we always knew he
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Concourse Study
Posted by Charles Lee. Study into modelling procedure and techniques in airport
concourse design and testing.
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1 comment April 4, 2009
Aortic Arc Exhibition night!
posted by Chris Chalmers Photos from the debut of the Aortic Arc at Opening night of CCAs FLUX exhibition (please see flickr archive of this project here) Thanks to all of you who helped with the installation, this project would not have been possible without you!
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Add comment March 31, 2009
Aortic Arc Final Installation
posted by Chris Chalmers
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March 31, 2009
Dissipative System Study

Posted by Charles Lee. Study into possible tectonics and materials for a new building. Uses curved Cri-Regulite glass for light transmission regulation. Dissipation fins help passively heat and cool the building. Glazed ceramic cladding is used for interior and exterior of the shell. The cermamic has thermal color changing abilities. Uses cellular component strategy for shell assembly. Compacted earth floors are used on the interior of the building for temperature control and a biophilic connection to the earth. The lamp in the interior is grown crystals on a mesh substrate.
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Add comment March 19, 2009
Olavaquero
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Posted by Charles Lee. The Eco-Surf Resort Designed by Charles Lee has been completed. There is a nice website to make reservations . Here are a few images of the house and a few drawings I did last time I was in MexicoP4040016
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skull-color Add comment March 9, 2009
Mosque Study
Posted by Charles Lee. I love mosques.
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Image by Charles Lee 1 comment February 26, 2009
Highly Commended in ArtVenture Freedom to Create Prize: Migrant Community Center

posted by Chris Chalmers Chris Chalmers and Jason Chang were recently given high commendation for their Migrant Community Center project, described in more detail in this previous post.
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ArtVenture is an international organization supporting human rights through art and design. Here is a description from their website: In all societies, the development of the arts has been a sign of culture and light. Yet not all governments provide citizens with the freedom to create needed to foster innovation, commerce and prosperity. Some governments harass and impoverish their citizens, steal resources, stifle entrepreneurship and undermine human ingenuity and hope. In these societies, art can play an important role in giving a voice to those who are denied opportunity and resources. The ArtVenture Freedom to Create Prize consists of three categories. The main prize is open to individuals or artistic groups in all creative fields including the visual and performance arts, music, crafts, design and literature. The winner of this award will receive US$ 50,000.This is not a typical art prize. It does not simply judge the skill of the artist but rather recognises how the artist has used their work to promote awareness and alert people to the plight of others. The inaugural prize will be a unique and significant award and will be judged by a panel of eminent artists, commentators and human rights experts. download a pdf of all the winners here Add comment January 2, 2009
Phenotype Tower
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posted by Chris Chalmers I havent posted for awhile, but that means Ive been hard at work on exciting stuff. This is some old work I thought Id put up, just to fill the gap until I have more developed new work.
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This advanced studio explored the use of parametric software and scripting in the design of a 300 residential tower. The site is adjacent to an exit-ramp off the bay bridge and is located in San Franciscos Transbay neighborhood, currently an area of intense urban development. The name of the studio: phenotype references a phenomenon found in biological organisms in which individuals with almost identical genetic makeup (the genotype) exhibit different traits based on the specifics of their environment. Biological response is simulated in this project by setting a base typology for a residential unit (the genotype) and then writing a script that causes it to vary according to environmental parameters. Parameters include the units height in the building, proximity to other units and orientation to pre-determined internal volumes or vertical plazas. Structural integrity and mechanical systems are distributed throughout the building within individual units and by their attachment to each other. Thus the building maintains continuity without relying on a regularized structure, other than the vertical circulation cores.
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Add comment December 22, 2008
Chair Designs for OFS Hotseat Competition

Posted by Charles Lee. Here are some images from a current competition I have entered. Visit the site to find out more about them. HOTSEAT
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NO Phycological Follies
Posted by Charles Lee. I entered Jardins de Mtis/Reford Gardens 2009 garden competition.
I didnt win but I still enjoyed the idea that it could be built and what great gifts they could
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have sold at the gift shop.
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Cactaceae Tower
Posted by Charles Lee. Cacti are distinctive and unusual plants, which are adapted to extremely arid and hot environments, showing a wide range of anatomical and physiological features which conserve water. The design explores strategies for the skyscraper typology in the desert environment. Uses different materials to passively ventilate and generate multiple thermal massing conditions within the interior of the building.
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Add comment November 21, 2008
Thiessen Polygon Table Caesarstone Competition Entry

Posted by Charles Lee. I recently entered a table design into the Dwell Magazine and Caesarstone Table competition. All entries are available at Dwell.com . In mathematics, a Voronoi diagramis a special kind of decomposition of a metric space determined by distances to a specified discrete set of objects in the space, e.g., by a discrete set of points. Voronoi diagrams that are used in geophysics and meteorology to analyze spatially distributed data are called Thiessen polygons. My design worked on the notion that the table is a place where agents interact socially over geophysical space (Caesarstone). As the conversation shifts so does the spatial influence of the participants on the table. These are defined by a thiessen polygons. The base of the table is a 3d path of travel from one thiessen polygon diagram to another extruded in the z direction. The polygons are then subdivided and generate a structural lattice to support the cantilevered table top from the base.
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Design and Images by Charles Lee 1 comment November 13, 2008 Next Posts Previous Posts
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A few snapshots of Biotexture Cataloging. Photos by Charles Lee