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Biotexture Tsukiji fish market ( , Tsukiji shij?)

Posted by Charles Lee.

A few snapshots of Biotexture Cataloging. Photos by Charles Lee

Design Collective http://biosarch.wordpress.com

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Add commentJuly 8, 2009


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Next Stop Design NaCi


Please help support my latest design entryNaCI 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


Inspirational Drawings


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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Working with Found Objects


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T

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 projectbecause 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 commentJune 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 asFAB

TREE HABby 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 commentJune 3, 2009

Solar Sheep

BIOS has been shortlisted in the Andes Sprouts Societydesign competition for its entry called Solar Sheep. See the short list

onbustler.net


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1 commentMay 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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Angeles. We will miss him but we always knew he

would establish a remote office.


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3 commentsApril 6, 2009

Concourse Study


Study into modelling procedure and techniques in airport

concourse design and testing.


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1 commentApril 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 commentMarch 31, 2009

Aortic Arc Final Installation



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March 31, 2009

Dissipative System Study


Study into possible tectonics and materials for a new building. Uses curved Cri-Reguliteglass for light transmission

regulation. Dissipation finshelp passively heat and cool the building. Glazed ceramic cladding is used for interior and

exterior of the shell. The cermamic hasthermal 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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Olavaquero


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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


Mosque Study


I love mosques.


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Image by Charles Lee

1 commentFebruary 26, 2009

Highly Commended in ArtVenture Freedom to Create Prize: Migrant

Community Center


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 recogniseshow 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 commentJanuary 2, 2009

Phenotype Tower


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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 thevertical circulation cores.


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Add commentDecember 22, 2008

Chair Designs for OFS Hotseat Competition


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


I enteredJardins de Mtis/Reford Gardens2009 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


Cacti are distinctive and unusualplants, which are adapted to extremely aridand hot environments, showing a wide range of

anatomicalandphysiologicalfeatures which conserve water. The design explores strategies for the skyscraper typology inthe 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 commentNovember 21, 2008

Thiessen Polygon Table Caesarstone Competition Entry


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 ingeophysics 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 commentNovember 13, 2008

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