what's this doing here?

LAX-R site study models

studies of the site and how the structure applies sound energy from various sources.

LAX Refuge sketches

exploration of acoustic well and pod geometry/organization logic.

LAX Refuge matrix

observations, experiences, and inter-relationships to proposals and motivational analogues.

LAX refuge, pt01

sound energy:

sound from around the site, primarily from airplanes and vehicle traffic, produce energy flows that are captured by machines acting on the parking garage decks. the machines use this energy to carve into the floorplates as well as lay concrete down for floorplate expansion. two datum are established to establish a minimum and maximum floorplate dimension. the time in which these floorplates move from minimum to maximum, a deflection of 30-40 feet, is on the order of months to years, depending on the available energy during that period. as soon as a datum is reached, the machine performs an opposing action (from carving out/grinding to pouring concrete). as sound energy is being absorbed for work, the formal behavior of the collective machine resembles an oscillating wave.


a simple GC model demonstrates this action.

multiple sound energy sources will influence this behavior, thus multiple wave propogations will be evident in the overall form. interferences will also occur as these waves meet to produce variable results.

research directions:

reacting facade GC model

Hans Jenny - Cymatics
Resonance tests (video)

importing gc models into gc models

to import a gc file (such as the sun path model into the lax_site model), first consolidate the transactions of the sun path model (highlight all the transactions and right-click for the menu). this will collapse all the transactions of the model into one script. go to the script editor and copy all the text.

next, go to the lax_site model and after the very last transaction make a new model-based transaction. edit this transaction (it is currently empty) and paste the script from the consolidated sun_path model. this will include all the graph variables from the sun_path model.

LAX site GC model

Here's the parking garage in it's current state.