TAGS

ASSEMBLY (18) RESEARCH (17) HUMAN (15) CULTURE (14) HISTORY (14) URBAN (14) MATERIAL (13) ANTHROPOLOGY (12) COLOR (10) CONSTRUCTION (10) FRAMES (10) PROCESS (9) OBJECTS (8) CITY (7) MYTHOLOGY (7) PHOTOGRAPH (7) XENOTOPIA (7) GREEN DESIGN (6) CHANGE (5) PAINT (5) SPACE (5) ANATOMY (4) HORTICULTURE (4) MYSTICISM (4) PUBLIC (4) CONCRETE (3) GREEN (3) LIGHTING (3) ORGANIC FOOD (3) RELIGION (3) SUSTAINABILITY (3) AIRBRUSH (2) CAFE (2) COMPLETE (2) COOKING (2) TEST (2) VIDEO (2) ENERGY CODE (1) INK (1) NYCECC (1) OPINION (1) STREET (1) WHITE (1) andTRADITION (1)

SEARCH GREY OFFICE

Showing posts with label MATERIAL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MATERIAL. Show all posts

FURNITURE III: Kitchen Rack

Kitchen Rack

2014


Location: Brooklyn, NY
Description: Design/Build wall rack
Date: Autumn 2014
Cost: ~$50 (including labor) 
Features: Solid walnut construction, steel angle, holds ~75lbs
Finish: Danish Oil








CITY GARDEN

CITY (BROOKLYN) GARDEN



Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Date: April 2013 - September 2014
Client: undisclosed
Cost: ~$2500 (material, time, ancillary)


Compost Bin, made from recycled lumber was the first landmark of the yard



Diagram for the Compost Bin


The space was completely overgrown with rhizomes and weeds.
The cleaned up Garden.

List of plants:

Herbs
Chives
White Onions
Scallions
Garlic
Rosemary
Basil; Thai and Italian
Dill

Fruit & Veg
Kale
Tomatoes; Zebra (green), Cherokee, Roma, Tomatillo
Cauliflower

Tubers
Radish; French and Traditional
Beets
Carrots
Turnips
Zucchini
Pumpkins (mini)

Flowers
Sunflowers
Rose







 ACherokee and several Zebra tomatoes harvested

PLANTS: New York

Moss on a fallen log in Central Park, NY



Plants, NYC Marble Cemetery.  Planned 1831

FURNITURE I: Table

Kitchen Table

2012


Location: Brooklyn, NY
Description: Design/Build Kitchen table
Date: Autumn 2012
Cost: ~$1000 (including labor) + butcher block (donated)
Features: Maple Butcher Block top (2"), 4" Douglas fir supports, Full width drawer, Object storage below, Locking wheels
Finish: Danish Oil









PRECEDENT: (H)ADRIANS VILLA

MATERIAL STUDIES

(H)ADRIAN'S VILLA
Brick and Marble
(2012)



Restored brick arches.
In the foreground, the arch is very shallow, with an approximately 1:12 arch and a full soldier course above to support the weight.



Original wall section with pumice and mortar at the center and brick face.
The wall is nearly 1m thick and has 5 visible layers across the depth.



Detail of lichens on a brick column base



Second detail of the column base.  Visible use of brick as both a structural and decorative element.



Marble floor.  



Three visible materials in a wall.  The restored wall is to the top and left of the image and includes a completion marker.
Original brick, in a deteriorated state, can be seen in the lower right.



Client: Emperor Adrian
Time: the First Century AD
Location: Tivoli, Italy 

PHOTOGRAPHS: Construction XIV




Location: Brewshot 1.0
Description: La Marzocco Installed
Date: 24 July 2012





























Ode to Alberti

PHOTOGRAPHS: Construction XI




Location: Brewshot 1.0
Description: Marble installation and column mock up
Date: 13 July 2012















Construction Photographs : IX, CONCRETE


   





Location:

Brewshot 1.0
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA



Concrete Contracter:

Peter Jaquillard




Description:

For Brewshot, we installed the interior fascia of the service counter as a permanent object.  Around this plywood and steel inner radius, a concrete fascia was cast in place.
Site casting concrete was important for the material property, as well as the porous and layered effects that a slow pour will draw out.

Framework was 2"x4" pine columns with 1/4" plywood subsurface.

Poured concrete was lightly vibrated for up to one minute.  This process was reduced from a standard time for smooth concrete in order to retain air pockets and imperfections in the concrete.

Concrete was given two weeks to cure prior to the formwork being removed.  The interior frame remains a support for the counter to this day.

Mr. Jaquillard and his team did an excellent job completing the project.





 








                     



Construction Photographs : VIII






Wall - Plywood Base Continued
03 July 2012



Clear coat - MauiSunset on Green Base
























































New Photographs with a revised base coat from green to black.