YEAR: 2017
LOCATION: Pullman, WA
STATUS: Complete
OFFICE: GGLO Design
Named after the late president of WSU, the ESFCC creates a landmark at the entrance to campus, as well as a living room for student life. Bringing multiple cultural student groups together under one roof, the roof itself acts as landmark and shelter.
Referencing the vernacular architecture of local native tribes, surrounding landscapes, university history and pride, the roof of the ESFCC acts as a unifying element, creating a permanent shared space for 4 groups, campus events and class spaces. North facing roof monitors peel away from the double-curved wall to allow in indirect light. Creating a central gathering space more than 30’ tall in the middle, the roof gently comes back down to a more intimate scale at entrances at either end. This change of scale creates a procession through spaces that constrict the inhabitants view and then slowly expands, ending in a space of belonging and community, a reminder of where we all come from and our place in a larger global community.
YEAR: 2017
LOCATION: Seattle, WA
STATUS: Complete
OFFICE: GGLO Design - Emerging Professionals Group
Designed for the Seattle Design Festival, the Re/Balance bench manifests the hidden power dynamics hidden in everyday interactions. The faceted form of the bench hides a curated set of seating arrangements, that although seemingly separate pieces, move as a conjoined group. An attempt to change one portion affects the whole bench. In this way, the first users are asked to share their “power” (ability to sit) with the new users. They can agree, and share their power, and include others, or refuse and maintain their singular spot on the bench.
Re/Balance was on display for the Seattle Design Festival, and later relocated to Freeway Park, at request of the Seattle Parks Department, and was on display from October 2017 - January 2018.
Design and fabrication drawings: Rhinoceros3D
Design & Fabrication Team: Sean Cahalin, SaSha Henry, Bron Heintz, Ray Sayers
YEAR: 2016
LOCATION: Seattle, WA
STATUS: Concept
OFFICE: GGLO Design
A proposal for a mixed use development in Seattle, WA. Situated on one of the last marquee lots in the city, at the south end of I-5, the main artery of the city, the project needed to make a statement to those going by at 65 mph, as well as the residents in the neighboring park. The project also had to mediate between the dense, commercial downtown neighborhood to the west, and the more residential, smaller scaled, yet equally dense First Hill neighborhood to the east.
The design carefully allocates the required program to create a vibrant streetscape and extension of nearby Freeway Park, and the 2 towers gracefully balance the mass of the required spaces, while speaking the aesthetic language of the downtown high-rises and the neighborhood town houses. Street front retail and office space mix with worship space for a local congregation, and live/work units on the ground floor. Above, larger town house units give way to office space and residential apartments.
Parametric form-finding provides the maximum number of units with views of the surrounding natural splendor, from Mt. Rainier to the Olympic Mountains and city parks. Digital solar analysis also allowed for an iterative sculpting process, while ensuring adequate access for the neighboring town hall.
YEAR: 2012
LOCATION: London, England
STATUS: Complete
OFFICE: THEVERYMANY
Designed for the Yayoi Kusama x Louis Vuitton collection, the pop-up shop had to embody the characteristics of both the artist and the fashion brand. With nothing more iconic of the artist than her use of polka-dots and pumpkins throughout her long career, the shop reinterprets these motifs, and creates an environment that immerses the shopper in the art.
The pleated form of the shop walls draws from origami and structural principals, providing stability with the least material possible. The dots blurring the lines of the context, inside/outside, floor/ceiling. user/environment, self/infinite.
Constructed from carbon fiber, it was at the time the largest, and first self-supporting carbon fiber shell structure. This allowed a remarkably thin material depth., without the use of secondary structure. The geometry of the structure giving all of the stiffness and support necessary for the walls, tables, and lamps.
Design Team: Marc Fornes, Sean Cahalin, Jeffrey Quantz, Pablo Iriarte
LOCATION: N/A
STATUS: Complete
OFFICE: THEVERYMANY
LOCATION: Miami, FL
STATUS: Complete
OFFICE: THEVERYMANY
LOCATION: New York, NY
STATUS: Complete
OFFICE: _Flatcut
LOCATION: New York, NY
STATUS: Complete
OFFICE: _Flatcut
LOCATION: New York, NY
STATUS: Complete
OFFICE: _Flatcut
YEAR: 2015
AREA: 36,000 sqft
LOCATION: Bellevue, WA
STATUS: Competition / Complete
OFFICE: GGLO Design
The former interior of this office was a regular old spec office space; acoustic ceiling tiles, fluorescent lighting, and uninspired work space. The design for this office aimed to do the most good with the least intervention.
Relocating the conference space to the interior allowed access to natural daylight for everyday work spaces, and small breakout spaces allowed for flexibility for teams and individuals to work in a collaborative, effective way.
YEAR: 2014
LOCATION: New York, NY
STATUS: Complete
OFFICE: Guild
For their Summer collection of 2014, Etienne Aigner wanted a whimsical take on travel, the theme of the collection. What’s more whimsical than folding a paper airplane and imagining where it might take you. The final installation took the form of a polar array are of more than 600 hand-folded paper airplanes, exploding from a central base.
LOCATION: New York, NY
STATUS: Complete
OFFICE: Guild
