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Acoustic Diffusion Panel

grasshopper, rhino, cnc, rigid insulation

status : on-going

Diffusion is a popular, effective solution used in professional recording studios, listening rooms, and large auditoriums. Absorption panels can control these problems as well, but can sometimes cause dead sound if too much absorption is used in the small room. Diffusion on the other hand, adds a sense of spaciousness and retains the room’s natural ambiance.

This three-dimensional sound diffusion panel prototype is designed for installation into sound recording spaces or other areas  with acoustical control needs. Using a 7×10 grid array distributed across a 1 foot x 2 foot panel, each element or single ‘pixel’ within the array undergoes a series of modulations in their normal angle, extrusion height and side angles, and central void spaces.

Through these unique modulations per pixel, the panel provides excellent multi-reflection on both vertical and horizontal planes in sound critical spaces. It performs on mid and high frequencies, brightening and clarifying sound and is designed to evenly scatter sound energy and help eliminate comb filtering and flutter echo, acoustical problems that can seriously affect the clarity of sound in a room.

The prototype was parametrically generated through a custom written acoustic form finding algorithm using Rhino3D and Grasshopper. This algorithm allowed for unlimited visual iterations while performing optimization and energy calculation to determine the performant characteristics of each pixel manipulation.

In the next stage of development a mass production strategy will be identified and surface material testing will begin.

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Prairie Fire

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Prairie Fire

acrylic, ink, plywood

status : complete

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SA Architects

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SA Architects

cranston, rhode island

status : complete

New studio and office spaces for SA Architects in Cranston, Rhode Island. A previously vacant furniture warehouse was selected for adaptive reuse. The original concrete block building shell highlights moments of modification on the north and west facades, through the use of sculpted and linear extrusions.

The extrusions mark new programmatic elements; the primary point of entry and a rhythmic strip of operable windows for ventilation and natural light throughout the interior spaces. All exterior modifications are skinned with Rheinzinc rain shielding Rheinzinc was selected for its environmental durability and material contrast against the surrounding concrete block assembly.

A thin strip of site work along the western facade is deployed to carve geometric volumes and voids. These geometries define spaces for growing,  circulation and, at the point of entrance, an extruded wedge of cast concrete, for seating.

Interior modifications were designed to pull and fold away from the original aged wood stud roof framing to expose and contrast old building layers with new interior assemblies to function historically and didactically. Particular interior assemblies within entry, reception and conference zones, are expressed as singular massings that float within the field of the building’s total interior volume.

The resulting experience creates unmoored geometries that physically engage visitors upon entry. These fractured moments redirect and attenuate circulation along an angular approach that wraps and compresses around the client conference space before reorienting and expanding the visitor’s view into the large, open studio space and private offices beyond.

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Dixieland Death Cult

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Dixieland Death Cult

acrylic, plywood

status : complete

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Wichita Mobile Clinic

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Witchita Mobile Medical Unit

Oklahoma

Wichita Mobile Clinic

Anadarko, OK

status : complete

Designing for the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes started with a comprehensive exploration of the tribe’s history, values, and current project needs. Learning about the tribe’s identity with place and space was critical in developing ideas that relayed connections to local environments and traditional architectural forms.

Historical research drove the conceptual process through studying the Southern Plains and the Wichita grass houses. The structural strategy was based on the construction methodology and system of the grass house, which was applied to a contemporary fabrication and construction workflow using a readily accessible building resource today, plywood.

The relationship between vertical and horizontal structural elements and their assembly sequence follows historic patterns. In grass house construction horizontal poles are first installed and then a grid lattice of secondary components run perpendicularly across the primary structure. This project also deployed a lattice-like structural system of interlocking structural elements to follow the historic construction logic and visual outcome of the historic grass house (adjacent image).

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traditional grass house construction

Community

Historically the construction of a grass house was a community event. For me that meant the construct-ability of the project needed to be accessible to a range of skill levels. It meant a system that could be assembled like the wooden 3D dinosaur puzzles I remember as a kid. All the parts were marked, assembled in sequence, and the whole structural system could be assembled with rubber mallets, nearly everything is friction fit, minimal fasteners, everything is locked together and becomes pretty much structurally monolithic.

Usually, framing is the second most expensive construction labor cost and can take weeks to months to accomplish. For this project, the goal was to be fully framed in less than 24 hours. The reality was that framing was completed in about 6 hours.

Process

The biggest challenge was in the programming, not in a conventional architectural programming sense, but in the computer programing. Writing a streamlined and efficient end-to-end code strategy to holistically respond to any spatial and programmatic changes made. When anything changed in the interior spatial volume, or if a window or door got moved, the code would recalculate every single project part. For example, the code would locate, size, and generate all the connection points for the waffle grid structural system, accommodate for sheet-to-sheet thickness variances in plywood, deepen structural components when there was an interaction with programmatic requirements like desks, storage or seating.

The challenge was to program (computer) the programming (architecture). This was a critical component in the design of the code for this project. Since everything is interlocked and interrelated, and with tolerances in the 1/128-inch range for everything. It would have been impossible to remain fluid and iterative with such an interdependent system without the repetitive processes being delegated to a CPU.

Concepts + Prototyping

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Mockup + Testing

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Construction

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Delivery

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  • Flatpack Foldable Structural Connections

    rhino, grasshopper, mild steel

  • Renegades

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  • Surface Flux

    python, c#, grasshopper, pla, wood, steel

  • Carbon Fiber Connections

    grasshopper, rhino, pla, carbon fiber

  • Acoustic Diffusion Panel

    grasshopper, rhino, cnc, rigid insulation

  • Hyperbolic Bending

    grasshopper, rhino, laser cut acrylic, bristol board

  • Filtration : Infiltration

    python, grasshopper, rhino, 3d printing

  • Recursive Paneling

    laser cut mylar

  • Sweet Crude

    python, c#, grasshopper, wood, plasti-dip, carbon, gelatin

  • Ruling Lines

    laser cut cell cast acrylic, stainless steel braided wire

  • Volumetric Aggregations

    processing, grasshopper, rhino, cast acrylic, black walnut, hickory

  • Cellulose Bookcase

    pine, black walnut, compressed wood fiber board, stain

  • Asher Chair

    rhino, pla, birch plywood

  • Andraditic Mass

    arduino, firefly, rhino, 3d printed pla, baltic birch plywood

  • Cholla

    grasshopper, rhino, black walnut

  • Folding Attractors

    grasshopper. rhino, white museum board

  • Grain Chair

    rhino, cnc milled birch plywood

  • Tracking Parallelograms

    grasshopper, rhino, hickory

  • Infiltration Table

    processing, spalted birch plywood, poplar, enamel, lacquer

Art + Code

  • Prairie Fire

    acrylic, ink, plywood

  • Surface Flux

    python, c#, grasshopper, pla, wood, steel

  • Dixieland Death Cult

    acrylic, plywood

  • Approximation of a Generation

    private tremendous

  • Elemental Worlds

    science museum oklahoma

  • Gonzo Cubes

    solidity, html, css, javascript, illustrator

  • A Line of Force

    arduino, grasshopper, firefly, java, plywood

  • The Drift

    html, css, javascript

  • Gear Institute

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  • Prism

    unity, c#, spine2d, illustrator

  • Squall

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  • Galileo’s World Interactive

    c#, unity3d, illustrator, photoshop

  • Steel + Light

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  • The God of Skiing

    book design

© [wpsos_year] Ken Marold USA, Inc. All rights reserved.

Continue reading