S U T H E R L I N S A N T O
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Fully biodegradable, carbon sequestering stool made from BIOCRAFT material.
︎︎︎ VIEW PROJECT
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A collection of plant-based materials designed to replace synthetic plastics with custom, ecologically engaged biopolymers.
︎︎︎ VIEW PROJECT
BIOPOLYMER STOOL
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PROTOTYPE / 2019
Biopolymer Stool represents a cultural shift toward a revitalized relationship between the production of materials, objects and our environment; a closer connection of aesthetics, personalization, and engagement with our natural world.
PERFORMATIVE BIOPOLYMERS
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RESEARCH / 2019 - 2020
'Performative Biopolymers' is an area of ongoing fabrication research focused on the development of a series of biodegradable polymer gels and a digitally controlled extrusion process tailored for precise 3D bio-printing.
EPIPHYTE I
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LOS ANGELES / 2018
Custom hanging light and scaffold planter designed for epiphytic and carnivorous plants.
BIOGEL EXTRUSIONS
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LOS ANGELES / ONGOING
Our fabrication research project, 'BIOGel', anticipates a near, very real future in which ecologically engaged materials are imperative if we are to reach an equilibrium with our environment.
DIGITAL CERAMICS
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SCI-ARC / 2019
This project investigates the confluence of design and digital fabrication techniques- specifically as it relates to robotic fabrication and architectural facade systems.
SYNTHETIC REEF
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SCI-ARC / 2019
This project considers the potential for a modular synthetic reef system to both filter out plastic particles that pollute the Hawksbill's food source and provide a raised, artificial sea floor scaffold to counter rising sea levels and temperatures.
OFFICE TOWER
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LONDON, ENGLAND / 2016
Disfigured form is only as provocative as it is perverse- relying almost exclusively on its ability to exploit the dependency between convention and its established presumptions. It is there that it agitates and obscures, dislodging familiarity from the constants to which we have become so accustomed.
RESEARCH CENTER & MUSEUM
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LOS ANGELES / 2016
Disfigured form is only as provocative as it is perverse- relying almost exclusively on its ability to exploit the dependency between convention and its established presumptions. It is there that it agitates and obscures, dislodging familiarity from the constants to which we have become so accustomed.
SOANE MUSEUM REVISION
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LONDON, ENGLAND / 2014
House and Museum inhabit the same form. Neither is fully recognizable nor completely sacrificed to privilege the other. The terms through which the two could traditionally be differentiated (scale, density and domesticity) are no longer reliable in discerning either the house or museum from one another.
SPATIAL LAYERS
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SCI-ARC / 2013
Spatial Layers is a prototype using thermoplastics, techniques of digital processing, and a 6-Axis robotic arm to anticipate 21st century fabrication methods and composite aesthetics.
BAT SHELTER
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LOS ANGELES / 2019
‘Bat Shelter’ is the prototype for a modular, arboreal habitat designed to provide colonies of the Little Brown Bat with a synthetic alternative to fungal laden caverns.
BLACK FOREST
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LOS ANGELES / 2013
Pattern study using incemental shifts in the perspective view of a synthetic forest. The result is an impossible aerial view collapsing multiple perspectives.
FISSURE HOUSE
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LOS ANGELES / RESIDENCE DESIGN
The courtyard represents an opportunity for exterior conditions to be more closely integrated into the interior. In the favorable climate of Los Angeles, the envelope can be dramatically minimized and replaced by a more flexible system.
SMOKE DISTORTED
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LOS ANGELES / RESEARCH
A grid represents an opportunity for global distortions to be executed within a controlled framework. This provides the boundaries and limitations that result in a product that is innately controlled and considered in its intentions.