Volumatic

Proliferated Cells on a Volumetric Substrate. The Cilla Cells are now weaving together to create a network for future proliferation of cells, or at a larger scale circulation.


This Series shows the delicate nature of the connections between cells. There seems to be potential for using the resulting fenestrations in an architectural context.

Cellular Development

Taking earlier cell development and tweaking the parameters to create a larger variety of conditions. The next step will be to use this technique on a less linear substrate.


cell deformation highres from Daniel Ramirez on Vimeo.

Cellular Development from Daniel Ramirez on Vimeo.

The above videos show the deformation of one of these aggregated cells to create different architectural conditions (lanscape, volume).


Still Shots of Cell Deformation. These will hopefully develop into the structure and volume cell of the program. I will be developing the substrate that these are connected to as part of the landscape features of the site.

Massive Massing Mock-up

This map combines Daniel and Nathan's modeling strategies. Here collage is used as a tool for urban planning, creating a plan-view graphic that will inform future strategies. Note that the Wall*Mart near the park, as a point of urban dissonance, becomes the origin for the propagation of the new structures which are intended to reunite the city with the park. Our color-scheme is meant to reflect our graphic sensibility for the project: urban treefrog in a neon jungle.

Formular Conurbations

Ultimately, the multi-pedal monsters unite, forming vast and twisting conurbations, that redefine the landscape by massing onto and subtracting from the groundscape.

Multi-pedal Mated Monsters

Once the tadpoles have matured, they are allowed to mate with each other, forming linear chains and mobile multi-pedal agglomerations.

Pod Creatures and Growth

Each of the three cells are derived from the same poly-primitive. The tadpoles then grow and shift without changing their basic geometry.

DynamicsMania: Pinup Content

Below are the latest developments in studio to create more sophisticated cell behavior for deployment on the site. These were made using the same technique of creating a scaffold and micro cell relationship.

Different effects created with the landscape Cell. Created by using the original iteration as a module that is deformed by a lattice. I am using these iterations as a form-finding technique to be duplicated through the technique I have been cultivating.


Iterations of a Volume Cell showing the deformation used on the macro scale iteration.




2 iterations created with the Volume Cell. As this develops I want to introduce deformers to create more fluid, less rectilinear growth.


Studio Diaz-Alonso/Pita Pratt Spring 08: Cillia Cell Growth 1 from Daniel Ramirez on Vimeo.


Cillia Growth 2 from Daniel Ramirez on Vimeo.


Cillia Growth 2 from Daniel Ramirez on Vimeo.

Low res movies showing aggregation of volume cells and landscape cells on scaffolds.

DynamicsMania II

Cell Development for Studio.

The first two taxonomies are intended for macroscale development, creating a scaffold for the proliferation of micro cells.

The third taxonomy shows a micro cell that deforms according to parameters I determine, to create different architectural conditions.


Cell 1: Landscape + Volume
The first row shows the growth of one cell
the second row shows the interaction of two cells

Cell 2: Volume
The first row shows the growth of one cell
the second row shows the interaction of two cells

Cillia Cell 1:
Micro scale cell deformations


Micro cell aggregation on the macro landscape cell creating various architectural conditions (landscape, structure, partition)

Studio Ruy/Klein - Flower Morphologies Fall 2007

Early studies investigating the relationship between geometry and color, looking specifically at flower morphologies for inspiration.


The final proposal for a seed bank used the surface articulation techniques I developed to create distinct programmatic moments. Color was used to index these moments to guide potential users.

DynamicsMania: Studio Diaz-Alonso/Pita

First pass at developing a parasitic cell relationship capable of transitioning from volume to landscape. The cell is modeled after the biological form and function of Cillia. The ultimate goal would be to implement a system of these Cillia based spaces on the site that could stimulate programmatic flow.


First attempt at using the same techniques to develop a volume. My hopes are to calibrate the Cillia cells to create more articulate architectural conditions.