Exhibition Modeling & Digital Fabrication · 2009

Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward

Situ Studio (for Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum)

  • Rhino 3D Reconstruction
  • ZCorp / Clear 3D Printing
  • Brad Samuels & Wes Rosen
  • Projection Mapping
  • 2-Side CNC Foam Milling
  • Guggenheim Museum
  • Situ Studio

Executed 3D digital reconstructions, micro 3D-printed building models, custom milled foam landscape elements, and animated projection mapping for the 50th-anniversary Frank Lloyd Wright retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum.

STUDIO-WIDE RETROSPECTIVE FABRICATION: Contributed to the major office-wide model fabrication effort at Situ Studio for 'Frank Lloyd Wright: From Within Outward' — the landmark 50th-anniversary exhibition hosted inside Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic Guggenheim Museum in NYC.

TALIESIN EAST MODEL & PROJECTION MAPPING: Working under Brad Samuels' direction, modeled scale micro-buildings for the Taliesin East compound directly from scans of original FLW drawings. Thickened ultra-fine geometries (like eaves) to ensure structural integrity at tiny print scales. Co-produced an animated projection slideshow with Brad Samuels projected directly onto the surface of the Taliesin topography to narrate the compound's history.

GORDON STRONG AUTOMOBILE OBJECTIVE (WALL-MOUNTED): Collaborated with project lead Wes Rosen to produce a complete 3D digital reconstruction in Rhino 3D of Wright's unbuilt 3-dome spiral structure, 3D printed (ZCorp plaster/clear) and mounted directly off the Guggenheim's spiral ramp wall. Developed a custom two-sided CNC foam milling technique to generate a randomized set of miniature trees so no two trees were identical.

RAPID PROTOTYPING ESTIMATES: Managed model estimations and 3D printing STL file breakdowns to budget and coordinate complex micro-scale additive manufacturing workflows.