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01 - Thresholds of Orchard St.

Cartoon explaining functionality of garment. 

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04. - Pleat 123

Diagram showing a square surface grid that is folded and scaled to generate four program specific forms. 

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04. Pleat 123 Catalog of forms generated by changing the direction of folds on a pleated square surface

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04. - Pleat 123 Through a system of pleats, 1 continuous 2 dimensional surface can become a 3 dimensional volume with the structural integrity to support a free standing plane

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03. Expanding Space // Compressed Time 

Programatic collage showing context. 

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03.  Expanding Space // Compressed Time

Perspective collage

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03 - Expanding Space // Compressed Time

Birdseye axonometric of two pop-up fitting rooms set on the stage of the SoHo Prada store, showing the rigid frames of the expanding form and soft interior nylon skin providing privacy for changing models. 

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03 - Expanded Space// Compressed Time

Model testing double skin nylon surface

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03 - Expanded Space // Compressed Time

Nylon, plywood model testing formal relationships between tensile interior skin and rigid exoskeleton. 

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03 - Expanded Space // Compressed Time

Sketch model of a fitting room for the soho Prada store testing form abstracted from motion study, and moments of transparency 

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03 - Expanded Space // Compressed Time 

- Photo collage motion study

- Hand drawn diagram of the space taken up by a body trying on a garment

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02 - Window shopping as phantasmagoria

Armature for displaying garments, anchored into the stage of the soho Prada store

The traditional shopping asile overwhelms the occupant with a full view its inventory. What if the aisle could engage its occupant in a more controlled way and facilitate a discrete experience with each piece of inventory through a system of hide and reveal.

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02 - Window shopping as phantasmagoria

Sketch model testing degrees of transparency and the ability to hide/reveal  through louver system

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02 - Window shopping as phantasmagoria

Hand drawn parallax diagram

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01 - Window shopping as phantasmagoria

Interior // Exterior   window shopping montage of the soho Prada store

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02 - Window shopping as phantasmagoria

Panoramic montage of the flatiron building as experienced through the lens of my Orchard st. garment