Design studio + fabrication practice

Art, architecture and fabrication treated as one continuous act of design.

Working across scales, materials and disciplines — from architectural assemblies to prototypes, products and production.

The practice / 01

Areas of practice

Architectural art, collaborations in design and fabrication, and products developed for production.

El Cerrito del Norte public art installation — 01 / The practice
Architectural Arts

Commissioned art and spatial interventions for developers, institutions and the public realm.
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Skyrail guardrail design and fabrication — 02 / The practice
Collaboration

Design development, modeling, fabrication, and installation for architects, design studios, developers, and investors.
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KidRunner manufacturing and prototyping documentation — 03 / The practice
Products & Production

Prototyping, tooling, fabrication, and production coordination through local and offshore manufacturing networks.
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Ideas, materials, process / 02

Stories

Writing on design and methods of making.

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Civic Art: Reframing Presence

El Cerrito del Norte sits between a neighborhood of single-story storefronts and a major BART transit hub. The seven-story building presents its…
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handrail geometry v2: 1:1 material study v2 — 02 / Stories Image 08
In-House Prototyping

Having the workshop close to the design work changes how quickly we can make decisions. We can mill a study, check it against the model, change…
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Documentation of Manufacturing: Adaptive Choreography — 03 / Stories Image 01
Manufacturing: Adaptive Choreography

KidRunner set out to let a parent run without pushing a stroller. S/U/M joined the project while the product was still being worked out. We had…
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60 of the 6000 flat packed fresnel lenses — 04 / Stories Image 02
Offshore to Onshore

The rainscreen had to be light, thin, and durable enough to serve as part of the building envelope. The reflective elements needed depth as well:…
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Manufacturing: Designed to Go Offshore

Before KidRunner moved into offshore production, we built ten units in-house. Each build gave us another chance to test the geometry, materials,…
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Five stories

The work / 03

Work

Project photograph: SOF (the sound of fog) — PortfolioImage 16 SOF (the sound of fog)

Sunlit reflective facade at El Cerrito del Norte with a passing train in motion — PortfolioImage 73 El Cerrito del Norte

PortfolioImage 01 civic art extension

PortfolioImage 03 Sculpted Wall

Project photograph: Chevron — PortfolioImage 01 Chevron

Project photograph: FB Benches — PortfolioImage 01 FB Benches

KidRunner prototype and fabrication development — Product developmentImage 03 KidRunner

van ness 5.jpg — PortfolioImage 05 Lobby Seating

Continuous reflective canopy at Madison Street underpass — Architectural artsImage 18 UNDERDOME

PortfolioImage 01 GV

Project photograph: Exhibit Design — PortfolioImage 01 Exhibit Design

PortfolioImage 10 Flow-Zone

Finished Woven interior architectural installation — Design + fabricationImage 03 Woven

PortfolioImage 14 Rapid Type

Before and after design development for Composite House — Collaborative productionImage 08 Composite House

Sensate typographic relief wall at SFMOMA — Material + exhibitionImage 01 Sensate

Completed full-scale FLUX installation — Installation + constructionImage 02 FLUX

Project photograph: Retail Wall — PortfolioImage 08 Retail Wall

Casting trials for DUCTAL ultra-high-performance concrete panels — Material experimentationImage 12 DUCTAL

Skyrail guardrail design and fabrication documentation — Architectural fabricationImage 13 Skyrail

PortfolioImage 01 Roka Akor

09_0119 Faulders 406 Miss-33.jpg — PortfolioImage 01 deform

Project photograph: baltimore public art — PortfolioImage 01 baltimore public art

PortfolioImage 01 blackbird

PortfolioImage 01 Leafscape

Built acoustic baffles within Christ the Light Cathedral — Architectural artsImage 08 Christ the Light

PortfolioImage 01 Mobile Counterspace

PortfolioImage 02 Specimen Lightbox

PortfolioImage 09 Writer's Pod

Built perforated architectural guardrail — Architectural fabricationImage 05 Topo Wall

Material, process, observations / 04

Fragments

101 photographs / evolving archive

assemblies and process

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Nodelman — Caption to be added — 068 / Fragment
Nodelman
IMG_7542_DxO_DxO.jpg From SOF (the sound of fog)

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Nodelman
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Kidrunner
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Kidrunner
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Kidrunner
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Kidrunner
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Kidrunner
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Kidrunner
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Kidrunner
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FB Benches — An image from the production archive — 010 / Fragment
FB Benches

An image from the production archive
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FB Benches
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FB Benches
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FB Benches
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FB Benches
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Chevron Wall
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Wall Studies — Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls. — 107 / Fragment
Wall Studies

Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls.
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Wall Studies — Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls. — 108 / Fragment
Wall Studies

Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls.
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Wall Studies — Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls. — 109 / Fragment
Wall Studies

Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls.
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Wall Studies — Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls. — 110 / Fragment
Wall Studies

Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls.
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Wall Studies — Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls. — 111 / Fragment
Wall Studies

Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls.
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Wall Studies — Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls. — 112 / Fragment
Wall Studies

Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls.
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Wall Studies — Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls. — 113 / Fragment
Wall Studies

Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls.
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Wall Studies — Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls. — 114 / Fragment
Wall Studies

Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls.
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Wall Studies — Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls. — 115 / Fragment
Wall Studies

Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls.
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Wall Studies — Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls. — 116 / Fragment
Wall Studies

Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls.
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Wall Studies — Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls. — 117 / Fragment
Wall Studies

Moorish geometric relief studies for landscape retaining walls.
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Screen and surface — A detail from El Cerrito del Norte — 004 / Fragment
Screen and surface

A detail from El Cerrito del Norte
el-cerrito--screen-detail.jpg From El Cerrito Del Norte

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El Cerito Del Norte
main.jpg From El Cerrito Del Norte

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Woven — Material, surface and interior construction — 007 / Fragment
Woven

Material, surface and interior construction
woven--IMG_1200.jpg From woven

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Handrail geometry — A 1:1 material study from Skyrail — 002 / Fragment
Handrail geometry

A 1:1 material study from Skyrail
skyrail--DSC_1992.jpg From skyrail

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Ductal — Caption to be added — 019 / Fragment
Ductal
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Ductal
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Casting study — Concrete pouring and color trials — 001 / Fragment
Casting study

Concrete pouring and color trials
ductal--pour2COLOR.jpg From ductal

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Composite House — A moment from the design and fabrication process — 005 / Fragment
Composite House

A moment from the design and fabrication process
composite-house--IMG_1153.jpg From process negotiation

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Composite House — Caption to be added — 096 / Fragment
Composite House
lift1.jpg From process negotiation

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Form matrix — A diagram from Rapid Type's design investigations — 008 / Fragment
Form matrix

A diagram from Rapid Type's design investigations
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Topo Wall — A close view of an architectural surface — 006 / Fragment
Topo Wall

A close view of an architectural surface
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Sensate — Caption to be added — 015 / Fragment
Sensate
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Sensate
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Blackbird — Caption to be added — 031 / Fragment
Blackbird
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Blackbird
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Baltimore — Caption to be added — 102 / Fragment
Baltimore
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Flux — Caption to be added — 016 / Fragment
Flux
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Flux — Caption to be added — 104 / Fragment
Flux
tabs01.jpg From FLUX

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Specimen Lightbox — An image from the prototyping sequence — 003 / Fragment
Specimen Lightbox

An image from the prototyping sequence
viral-wall--DSC3185_resize.jpg From specimen-lightbox

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Writers Pod — Caption to be added — 022 / Fragment
Writers Pod
craned.jpg From writer's pod

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Writers Pod
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Writers Pod
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