Stephen Charles Smith

Master of Advanced Architectural Design

GSAPP | Columbia University
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DESIGN STUDIOS

Advanced Design Studio - Summer 2016

Tower of Gas Stations..............................................................................................6

Advanced Design Studio - Fall 2016

Fracturing Borders..................................................................................................18

Advanced Design Studio - Spring 2017

The City and The City...........................................................................................36

DESIGN AND FABRICATION ELECTIVES

Make (Design Elective) - Fall 2016

Material Accumulation...........................................................................................48

Transformable Design (Fabrication Elective) - Fall 2016

Transformable Shading Structure........................................................................56

Fast Pace // Slow Space (Fabrication Elective) - Spring 2017

Candy Wall...............................................................................................................60

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Design
Studios

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TOWER OF GAS
STATIONS
Art & Architecture...and a Gas Station

Critics: Dan Wood / Maurizio Mattioli / James Wines

TA: Seo Hee Lee
Summer 2016

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Tower of Gas Stations | Summer 2016 Studio 7
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Tower of Gas Stations | Summer 2016 Studio 9
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FRACTURING BORDERS
FRACKED HOMES

Critic: Andres Jaque

TA: Eduardo Tazon Maigre
Fall 2016

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Fracturing Borders | Fall 2016 Studio 19
 The Frack King
Who rules? Environment or economics?

INTRODUCTION

RISK VS REWARD

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 THE FRACKING EFFECT

TEXT

Fracturing Borders | Fall 2016 Studio 21

 TO SECEDE OR NOT TO SECEDE?

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COPULA HALL
THE CITY AND THE CITY

Critics: Stephen Cassell / Annie Barrett

Spring 2017

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The City and The City | Spring 2017 Studio 37
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’ 

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The City and The City | Spring 2017 Studio 39

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Electives

Transformable Shading Structure | Fall 2016 Design Fabrication Elective 49

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Transformable Shading Structure | Fall 2016 Design Fabrication Elective 51
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Transformable Shading Structure | Fall 2016 Design Fabrication Elective 53
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Transformable Shading Structure | Fall 2016 Design Fabrication Elective 55
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Make. | Fall 2016 Design Fabrication Elective 57
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Make. | Fall 2016 Design Fabrication Elective 59
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Candy Wall - Fast Pace Slow Space | Spring 2017 Design Fabrication Elective 61
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Candy Wall - Fast Pace Slow Space | Spring 2017 Design Fabrication Elective 63