aquatic acrobatics II

Our Cells responding to a pool condition.



Moving forward we want the landscape cells to establishing a new topographic condition as opposed to latching on to the ground and vaulting the structure and volume cells above the existing landscape.

aquatic acrobatics I

Nathan and I have been working on using water as an organizing element on the site. Through several water programs we hope to induce a more informed set of design evolution in our cells. Below are images showing how our cells are responding to a canal condition.

Midterm Mayhem- Concert Hall

Here is our concert hall. This represents the connection of Nathan's Landscape Cells and Daniel's Structure and Volume Cells. Nathans Cell's provide the terrain and points of connections for Daniel's structural members and volume cells. The points of connection have evolved to create a system of pilote and pier programs with the concert hall suspended above.


midterm concert hall from Daniel Ramirez on Vimeo.

A fly through from our midterm presentation of the Concert Hall Proliferation...






I have worked on developing a rendering aesthetic for the concert hall cells that blur the line between a fabricated and organic aesthetic. Because of the amphibious nature of our formal proposal these renders are attempting to recreate the aesthetic of aquariums and terrariums as hyper-real micro-ecologies.

Midterm Mayhem-Cell Taxonomies

Below are my midterm cell taxonomies. I was focused on developing structure and volume cells that were in the same family of the amphibious protocells from earlier this semester.




The cells developed to create volumes, open air pavilions, and structure.

Midterm Mayhem-Map

Below is content from our Midterm Presentation...


The graphic strategy for the map was to use 2d graphics to show the treefrog aesthetic we are trying to cultivate. Our site strategy developed the coast as a promenade and marina program to reintegrate the disparate elements of the more developed city to the east and the less developed region to the west. The gesture from the south-eastern portion of the site was intended to use the elements of urban dissonance (in this case the walmart" as a point of new formal proliferation.

We are now looking at further pushing the relationship between our cell proliferation and water by including water program on the site and having the cells develop according to program provided by site specific water program.