SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PLANTER | San Francisco, CA
Project completed by Tsao Design Group Kelvin Thengono involved as Junior Architect Photographed by Concreteworks
Installation
25 m²
Completed
International San Francisco Airport
2017
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Flock | Nebraska, Omaha
Flock explores an alternative post-tensioned system. To support a free-standing timber wall using no adhesives, no fasteners, and relatively simple fabrication techniques.
By utilizing the advanced geometric controls afforded by parametric software and standard production of repeated components, the project achieves formal complexity via simple means.
The form transitions from a 10‘-0” x 10’-0” square at the base to a 7’-0” diameter circle at the top with an opening on one side for entrance. It comprises a bolted steel base from a 4” wide-flange steel beam, stacked short lengths of 2×6 lumber, and a welded steel tension ring at the top. Cables anchored to the steel base extend through holes in the lumber and are tensioned with fittings above the top ring.
The installation is freestanding and does not require attachment or bracing to the existing walls or floor.
Project completed by Min|Day – Kelvin Thengono involved as Junior Architect
Photographed by Colin Conces
Installation
20 m²
Completed
Omaha, Nebraska
2017
Award
2017 AIA Nebraska Merit Award for Interior Architecture
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LIGHTWEIGHT STRUCTURE | Bissagos Island, Guinea-Bissau
The project is to devise strategies for bringing simple structures to remote areas of the world for humanitarian purposes.
The central focus has been on creating school classrooms, but the concept of lightweight easily-deployed structures is equally applicable to other building types, such as clinics, community centers, and disaster-relief efforts.
The specific design criteria came from a non-profit foundation based in Portugal and Guinea-Bissau, whose primary purpose is to help bring educational opportunities to a remote region of islands off the west coast of Africa–the Bijagos Archipelago. The islands have a unique culture and environment, and many areas are protected as a UNESCO biosphere reserve because of the largely undisturbed and fragile ecosystem.
Temporary Structure
20 m²
Completed
Bijagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau
2016
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