Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Saturday, May 3, 2008
The Grotto meets its site...
The model (25% of actual size) was placed on the slab that had been cut and diamond polished in time for our review.
Fabrication Day 2 (Shell Completed)
The shell goes together on ONE DAY with some first time welders.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Fabrication Time
From Campo Sheet Metal Works' 12'x60' Water jet cutter to the Keeland Building at UHcoA. The parts for our 1/4 actual size model have been received with a ONE DAY turnaround from our friends at Campo. We must label by hand because the water jet can not etch the parts. The part names and bends are determined by interacting and referencing the 3D model in realtime in order to dynamically control accuracy to the virtual Grotto our students modeled in Rhino software.
Monday, April 28, 2008
Site Integration
Lee Kelly has drawn the site plan of our Grotto in the same retro-graphic style as Kiesler's draftsman.
Grotto in Houston
Our process as culminated to a point that we feel is a definitive interpretation of Kiesler's Grotto adapted to our context here in Houston through the eyes and hands of our talented students using contemporary design tools. Come by on Friday, May 2nd from 5 to 7pm in the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture Atrium for the exhibition opening and see the adjacent proposed site for the project next to College, the new Keeland Building and the University's new Koi Pond.
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