Body Techtonics:
An Architectural Jewelry Workshop

The above images are of the top three designs as chosen by the workshop participants under the leadership of visiting Professor Len Wujcik. See all the work and a description of the workshop at Jewelry Gallery.

Third Year Architectural Design:
Thomas Fowler Studio

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A Museum of Steel
Honorable Mention: 2006-2007 ACSA/AISC Competition
Student: Greg Taylor
Instructor: Thomas Fowler
Course: ARCH 352-2007

The site is located near an abandoned steel furnace that lies on the edge of the riverfront. Pittsburg as a center of steel production has generated a quantum shift in the possibilities for construction and served as a springboard for the nations economy having the largest effect on the built environment.

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A Museum of Steel
Student: Katsunori Shigemi
Instructor: Thomas Fowler
Course: ARCH 352-2007

Katsu's project combined strong points of both production modes; mechanical production and digital reproduction. The full scale machines show their physicality with the mass, scale and distance. The reproduction of machines, such as the draped wall and projected structures, amplify the message and send it broadly. Eventually, the entire architecture becomes a reproduction of the machines and start informing people.