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Richard Meier Skateboard


Richard Meier & Partners Architects (2014)




Skateboard


Invitation: to design a skateboard or surfboard


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Combining fragments from Richard Meier's collages, this board shows a more colorful side of his artwork in combination with the signature white grid. In collaboration with and signed by Richard Meier.
The skateboard was sold at the Los Angeles Architecture and Design Museum’s  Charity Auction.
Responsibility
  • Designer and Fabricator





Top View of Skateboard Detail View of Underside of Skateboard


The color and image are taken directly from Richard Meier’s personal collages. The pieces were reproduced, ripped, torn, glued to recreate the original tactile quality of his work. If one looks closely, there is a topography to the surface. The colored paper was then encapsulated in a sealant. Using painter’s tape and spray paint, the perfect, thin white grid was painted over the top. The grid is only interrupted to provide space for the signature. 


Detail View of Signature
 



Objects


Structures Model


Cornell University Structural Systems (Spring 2013)



Side Elevation
Side Elevation


Assignment: to make a model of an existing building

Professor
Mark Cruvellier

Collaborator
Thomas Tumelty
While the material choice and methods of joinery become one means of artistic expression, the primary concept is conveyed through the extrapolated base design.
Here, Calatrava's Hemispheric Imax Theater is mirrored in the plexiglass, similar to the reflecting pool that surrounds it in Valencia. The model takes this notion one step further by literally completing the sphere in the base to form a complete pupil.




Detail of Side Elevation Front Perspective Front Elevation







Objects


Chair for Two


Cornell University Building Tech. (Fall 2011)



The final chair, perched in the upright position
The final chair, perched in the upright position


Assignment: to deconstruct the definition of a joint and create a full-scale representation

Professor
Johnathan Ferrari

Collaborator
Joe Kennedy 
The project reconceptualizes the joint as a moment of connection that requires direct human interaction to function. Made of milled plywood, the structure initially sits precariously balanced and unable to support any load beyond its self weight.
When an inhabitant sits on each side, the slats interlock in the middle solidifying the stability and supporting their weight now as a chair. With human interaction. the delicate sculpture is transformed into a stable double sided chair.




Interlocking wooden slats allow the chair to compress When unfolded, the chair becomes stabilized and provides seating for two







Objects


Vessel: Framing Nothing


Cornell University Design III (Fall 2011)



Final Vessel
Final Vessel


Assignment: to create an object at the human scale that enhances the  hidden qualities of the provided tool (spatula)


Professor
Vince Mulcahy
The inspiration for the Dwelling, this project is a view framing device that reorients the spatula to become a mirror. Showing signs of ware, the spatula becomes a distorted mirror for the viewer.
Upon inserting the spatula in the tracks and sliding it up into view, a thin wooden door is pushed up. Only once the spatula is removed can the opening be understood as another frame: a view to what is beyond. 




The design of the vessel is based on pairing: two boards wide, two pairs of welded metal legs, two grooves for the spatula to slide up The spatula is inserted at the bottom, slid up the vertical track, and used to push open a panel







Object

Architect, Artist, Writer


Architect, Artist, Writer