This project used a modeled terrain of New Orleans (made with a DEM file and manipulated in Rhino), with an exaggerated height levee system, to explore a permanent evacuation scenario for the city if/when the levees fail again. One portion of this exploration was levee system failure due to storm events. To show the levee […]
Time-lapse photography is a technique whereby the frequency at which frames are captured is much lower than that used to view the sequence. When played at normal speed, time appears to be moving faster. For example, an image of a scene may be captured once every second, then played back at 30 frames per second. […]
The site that I modeled is an inland swamp area that includes part of Lake Fausse Pointe and a water channel, separated by a levee road. It is this separation of the two water bodies that I decided to investigate further with my modelling process. I pulled together 4 digital elevation maps in ArcGIS to […]
The design process at Gehry Partners is deeply rooted in physical model-making. Frank Gehry, a well known American architect, established his practice in 1962 in Los Angeles, California. In 2001 Gehry Partners was formed, and today has a staff of over 140 people. During the design process at Gehry Partners many models are made, in […]
Architecture models play a helpful role in communicating and expressing the designer’s vision, intentions, and implications. But outside of this profession, landscape modeling can be expressed very differently. I explored several artists’ takes of modeling or recreating the landscape at a miniature scale. Kim Keever creates miniature staged landscapes inside a 200-gallon fish tank (. […]