Wallhouse
Serial Multiplicities
How can conventional and readily available building materials be assembled into experimental structural systems using parametric design and CNC manufacturing tools?
Director: Ingeborg Rocker, Assistant Professor Harvard GSD
Position: Project Designer, Research Assistant
Project Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Project Role: Concept Design - Design Development
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An exploration of adaptable Architecture and sited on the south side of the GSD portico, the Wallhouse pavilion employs a series of wood sections to create a sequence of distinct interior and exterior spaces. Using digital parametric modeling, the pavilion considers site conditions and programmatic desires to act and react with the environment through the modification of the self-similar sections. The pavilion unfolds between two lines on the southern and northern extremes. As the sections widen and bend, two bulges develop. One producing a tear in the sections creating an inhabitable interior space that invites the visitor with a integrated bench. The bending produces a distinct space between the pavilion and the GSD wall: a larger space facing Cambridge Street that funnels into a corridor leading to the GSD’s main entrance. The programmatic use of the space may range from being a relaxation space for the Cambridge pedestrian to being a temporal exhibition and review space for the GSD community. Between the scale of building and furniture, the pavilion continues to explore parametric modeling, versioning and serial multiplicities using standard construction material such as 2”x2”s. The entire structure is constructed from renewable wood material and is fully recyclable.