http://www.presidentsmedals.

com/Entry-31151

exploratory thesis research

Choose one of the 12 subjects, below, for individual conceptual studies:

1) Folding
2) Filtering
3) Palimpsest
4) Nesting
5) Music (its structure, form, rhythms, themes . . .)
6) Micro-design (small-scale human activity and how it might shape
micro / macro scale design)
7) Poetry (its structure, form, rhythms, themes . . .)
8) Clothing (its construction / deconstruction, forms, seams, shapes . . .)
9) Film (its structure, form, rhythms, themes . . .)
10) Inside out (externalizing what is inside; casting and forming)
1. Make folds and begin to map folding. Begin the process of drawing
diagrams and building models of its form, rhythms, spaces and structure.
2. Examine and document filtering. Draw diagrams and build models of its
form, function and structure.
3. Study a palimpsest. Begin the process of drawing layered
transparencies, diagrams and building models of its form and structure.
4. Examine nesting. Consider the spaces associated with this. Begin the
process of drawing diagrams and building models of its forms and
structures.
5. Listen to, and look at sheet music for, a piece of music, to explore its formal
composition. Try diagramming it.
6. Study street life in Vietnam to see how micro-design shapes city life in
Hanoian culture
1. Read a poem aloud a few times; consider both meaning and form as
they inter-relate. Make a tracing paper study of the poems structure and
meaning.
2. Consider the shapes of the pieces of cloth from which clothing is
constructed. Draw the shapes separately; explore re-compositions.
3. Make sketches of key still-frame moments in a film scene. Consider how
diagrammatic plans and sections could capture key qualities of the
moments.
4. Have a friend turn a T-shirt inside out while you make a movie of the
actions. Sketch still frames of the transformation and diagram it.
5. Have a friend throw an object spinning in the air (tennis racket, plastic
stool, etc.) while you film it. Sketch still frames of moments in the
movement.
6. Study clouds and tree branches to see how small parts are formally similar
to large parts. Draw key fractal geometry that repeats at different scales.
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HAU student work Oyler + Wu Architects
HAU student work
Eytan Fichman, “overlaps” Eytan Fichman, “overlaps”
Eytan Fichman, “overlaps” Eytan Fichman, “overlaps”
HAU student work
Eytan Fichman, “overlaps”
HAU student work

http://www.moderndesigninterior.com/2014/09/eduard
o-chillida-manos-1995-rug-by.html
Eduardo Chillida: from linear
to volumetric and back . . .
http://nialldebuitlear.com/blog/?p=1097
http://www.fundaciomiro-
bcn.org/coleccio_obra.php?obra=781&idiom
a=2
http://www.guggenheim.org/new-
york/collections/collection-
online/artwork/849
http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2011/07/28/0
3004-20110728ARTFIG00307-chillida-le-
sculpteur-devenu-forgeron.php
http://barrachunky.wordpress.com/ejercicio
s/curso-2011-2012/dai-1/aclaraciones-al-
enunciado/
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/569142471629800606/
Navigational Chart.
Micronesian, Marshall
Islands, Late 19th–early 20th
century. Findspot: Marshall
Islands. Bamboo, cowrie
shells, and twine, 66 × 63
cm (2' 2'' × 2' ). Chart
consisting of thin bamboo
rods, tied together into
roughly square form, with
diagonally-oriented
elements and cowrie shells
at some intersections.

The bamboo elements

represent currents; the
cowries represent land
masses.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Lauer, David
A.; Pentak, Stephen (2011-01-01). Design
Basics, 8th Edition (Kindle Locations 463-
468). Cengage Learning. Kindle Edition.
http://archidialog.com/2011/10/13/learning-from-santiago-
calatrava-the-ultimate-“conscious-inspiration-architect”/

HIGH RISE APARTMENT TOWER, MALMÖ, SWEDEN,

Santiago Calatrava
http://aasarchitecture.com/2014/12/beeah-
headquarters-zaha-hadid-architects.html
Italy-basedNOVAE Architecture shared with us their project “0°01’ W Network in [e]motion”, their proposal for a competition to design an
adaptable floating gallery in London, UK.
http://www.archdaily.com/78289/0°01’-w-network-in-emotion-novae-architecture/floating-gallery-london-5/
Gehry proposal for three skyscrapers
http://cooper.edu/architecture/selected-undergraduate-design-studio-projects-thesis-2012-13
Chen Haoru, an architect and professor at the architecture school of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/06/18/arts/international/chinas-other-frontier/s/00chinaarchitecture03.html
Faster than the Eye Can See: Photographs by Harold Edgerton
 Guardian Towers / LAB Architecture Studio +
ERGA Progress
http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl/cl/02-166267/guardian-towers-lab-architecture-studio-erga-progress/1340200669-lab-architecture-
studio-guardian-towers-sth-elev-night-1-1000x858
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/31884084859
1731631/
http://design-milk.com/the-tools-that-make-it-happen-rhode-island-school-of-design/tools-risd-6/
 Ghostcatching (1999), Bill T. Jones

Ghostcatching (1999)

http://openendedgroup.com/artworks/gc.html
http://openendedgroup.com/artworks/gc.html
http://openendedgroup.com/artworks/gc.html
http://openendedgroup.com/artworks/gc.html
 b.arch thesis, David
Eccleston, Boston
Architectural College
 http://bustler.net/news/2871/frank-
gehry-at-work-on-view-in-new-york-city
Folding studies Chapel in Villeaceron /
S.M.A.O. Architect: Sancho-Madridejos
Architecture Office
http://fabriciomora.tumblr.com/post/81364543089/chapel-in-
villeaceron-smao
http://sg.zinio.com/reader.jsp?issue=416323477&e=true
http://sg.zinio.com/reader.jsp?issue=416323477&e=true
http://sg.zinio.com/reader.jsp?issue=416323477&e=true
http://www.the-bac.edu/education-programs/school-of-architecture/bachelor-of-architecture
PRESENTATION MODEL OF
LORCAN O’HERLIHY’S
FORMOSA1140, 2012. (TOM
LITTLE)

http://blog.archpaper.com/2015/02/view-
pittsburghs-heinz-architectural-center-tackles-
architecture-sketch-structure/
 Andrés Jaque
http://archrecord.construction.com/features/designvanguard/2014/Andres-Jaque-Office-for-Political-Innovation.asp
 http://paulbourke.net/geometry/klein/

http://www.mcbridecharlesryan.com.au/#/projects/klein-bottle-house/

KLEIN BOTTLE HOUSE

http://www.mcbridecharlesryan.com.au/#/projects/klein-bottle-house/
http://www.mcbridecharlesryan.com.au/#/projects/klein-bottle-
house/
http://www.mcbridecharlesryan.com.au/#/projects/klein-bottle-house/
Construction by Stephanie Lin
NATURAL CUBES Architect EDH—Endoh House
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, Japan Completion: 2008
MacDonald, Deanna; Mehta, Geeta K. (2012-07-09). New Japan Architecture:
Recent Works by the World's Leading Architects (Kindle Locations 1019-1020).
Tuttle Publishing. Kindle Edition.
“The façade glass includes an SUV filter,
and fills the interior with natural light,
varying the mood and coloring of the
atrium according to the weather and
time of day”
MacDonald, Deanna; Mehta, Geeta K. (2012-07-09). New
Japan Architecture: Recent Works by the World's Leading
Architects (Kindle Locations 1316-1317). Tuttle Publishing.
Kindle Edition.
Choose one of the 12 subjects, below, for individual conceptual studies:

1) Folding
2) Filtering
3) Palimpsest
4) Nesting
5) Music (its structure, form, rhythms, themes . . .)
6) Micro-design (small-scale human activity and how it might shape
micro / macro scale design)
7) Poetry (its structure, form, rhythms, themes . . .)
8) Clothing (its construction / deconstruction, forms, seams, shapes . . .)
9) Film (its structure, form, rhythms, themes . . .)
10) Inside out (externalizing what is inside; casting and forming)
1. Make folds and begin to map folding. Begin the process of drawing
diagrams and building models of its form, rhythms, spaces and structure.
2. Examine and document filtering. Draw diagrams and build models of its
form, function and structure.
3. Study a palimpsest. Begin the process of drawing layered
transparencies, diagrams and building models of its form and structure.
4. Examine nesting. Consider the spaces associated with this. Begin the
process of drawing diagrams and building models of its forms and
structures.
5. Listen to, and look at sheet music for, a piece of music, to explore its
formal composition. Try diagramming it.
6. Study street life in Vietnam to see how micro-design shapes city life in
Hanoian culture
1. Read a poem aloud a few times; consider both meaning and form as
they inter-relate. Make a tracing paper study of the poems structure and
meaning.
2. Consider the shapes of the pieces of cloth from which clothing is
constructed. Draw the shapes separately; explore re-compositions.
3. Make sketches of key still-frame moments in a film scene. Consider how
diagrammatic plans and sections could capture key qualities of the
moments.
4. Have a friend turn a T-shirt inside out while you make a movie of the
actions. Sketch still frames of the transformation and diagram it.
5. Have a friend throw an object spinning in the air (tennis racket, plastic
stool, etc.) while you film it. Sketch still frames of moments in the
movement.
6. Study clouds and tree branches to see how small parts are formally similar
to large parts. Draw key fractal geometry that repeats at different
scales.