blaine campbell work sample

BLAINE CAMPBELLPRATT INSTITUTE | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS | PERKINS+WILL

m arch 2009-2012 bs arch 2006 2006-2009

This architectural and structural expiriment takes two well-explored structural frame-works, minimal surface and tensegrity, and brings them into symbiosis. An aggregation of the costa minimal surface, a continuous, non intersecting surface, was morphed to align to an aggregation of the v-expander tensegrity system. The aggregation is a doubly-curved surface, which increases the structural stability. Typically, tensioned minimal surface systems must be support-ed by an external compression system, and compression members of tensegrity struc-tures are held together by linear tension elements (cables). This system presents the possibility of architectural space and struc-ture combined into one integrated system.

Project Leaders Blaine Campbell & Manual CastanedaProfessors Haresh Lalvani & Ajmal AqtashMorphology WorkshopPratt Institute ArchitectureSpring/Summer 2012

DISTINCT STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS COUNTER-BALANCED ON ALIGNED NETWORK OF POINTS

CO-EVOLVED

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programmassing

The constructed interior extends our bodily ability to process the outside world. In the process, we ingest that interior. That inges-tion reconditions how we experience the world and everyday events. For sustainable buildings, toxic materials must be mini-mized for the health of inhabitants. Moving beyond that neutralizing notion, this line of work attempts to endow designers with new understandings and tools for enhanc-ing the sensuality of architectual experienc-es. This installation focused on the effects of a salt environment on the sense of taste. Variation of crystals is a result of the nyc en-vironment where they were grown.

Kimberly Kelly (designer)Blaine Campbell (consulant)Metropolitan Museum of ArtNew York, NYOctober 26, 2012

“INGESTING THE INTERIOR” POP-UP INSTALATION ATMULTIMODAL APPROACHES TO LEARNING CONFERENCE

INTERIOR TASTE

This proposal brings a new twist to the pop-ular typology of the urban farm. In order to take advantage of both the physical and cultural resources of the site, the tower’s massing and modular composition shift to create microclimates suitable for superfood farming and specific social activities. Super-food is by nature untested and unproven scientifically. This presents a unique chal-lenge and opportunity for a community of artists and scientist to explore uncharted territories in both the nutritional value and social potential of this constantly shifting category of foods. The design of the mass-ing and modules of the tower responds to a set of interal programmatic, environ-mental, and social factors. Five categories of current superfoods were chosen as rep-resentatives of a wide range of plant types and corresponding social activities that will undoubtedly shift with the creative person-alities and communities that use the build-ing as well as new superfood trends.

Blaine CampbellProfessor Sulan KolatanNew York, NY2012

SUPERFOOD FARMING FOR CHELSAE BETWEEN THE HIGH LINE AND HUDSON RIVER

VERTICAL FARM

hudson river

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w 19th street

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programmassing

This site is characterized by two sets of contextual readings:leisure desination and disaster area. Beach life routinely gives way to tropical storms, shifting multiple boundaries of intensities. The building si-multaneously responds to both conditions through local and aggregate densities and orientations. To balance between the needs of shelter and openness, the structural grid of the building is oriented to brace against prevailing hurricane winds while the many apertures are shaped and directed to catch sunlight, create stack effect, promote social connections in the buidling and on the site.

FLORIDA KEYS VISITOR CENTER

Blaine Campbell,Changhee Park & Manuel Castaneda

VISITOR CENTER AND HURRICANE SHELTER AT BAHIA HONDA STATE PARK

Consultants:Design Critic Stephanie BayardStructural Engineer Radhi MajmudarMechanical Engineer Ben ShepherdCurtain Wall Designer Karen BrandtSpring 2011

overseas highway

old bahia honda bridge

bahia honda state park

The exhitibition spaces in the visitor center are striated between temporary exhibition on the beach level to a permanent collec-tion in the upper level. The flexible, yet con-tinuous nature of the concrete grid makes for a strong aggregatation that can also re-spond to local conditions (weaving through the existing bridge structure, for example). The permeability of the structure also adds to its resiliance while offering an environ-ment where enclosed and exposed space is intertwined.





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mechanical room section (left) skylite section (right)

longitudinal section though beach level ( above)

section through beach level

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Conditioning in the building is provided by an under-floor plenum system. Re-configurable floor diffusers allow for flexibility in conditioning different exhi-bitions. The under-floor supply saves en-ergy in high spaces because cool air stays near the floor where people are located (a dominant factor in this Florida site).





Blaine Campbell &Annamaria Kasimati (design team)Philip Parker (architect)New York, NY2012

PROPOSED URBAN PARK TRACES MEMORY ONTO THE URBAN FABRIC

AIDS MEMORIAL

This project was a response to a design competition for an aids memorial in the west village. The New York City sidewalk was described by the author Thomas Wolfe as a place for moving rather than a place for living - and one that leaves no trace of the people and events that take place there. This project takes that familiar scale and traces onto it a plasticity that suggests that individuals and communities can leave a mark on the city.

This concept design for a fashion publica-tion proposes mixing photography with tactile and sensory experiences for a col-lection of 3d printed volumes. The design incorporates textures inspired directly from the manufacturer’s existing collection as well as original forms. To achieve this pair-ing of 2dimesional and 3dimensional sensa-tions, the 3d textural language is related to the photography (or the other way around). In other words, the 3d textures are inspired by photography, or the photography is in-spired by the textures. Because many of the manufacturer’s textures come from mathematical scripts and organic forms, photographs focusing on those subjects is incorporated. 3d printed fashion is allowing for experimentation with these same forms, so the proposal suggests the publisher may be interested in making a statement about new potentials of organic-inspired pat-terned forms in fashion. Continuing that line of thought, organic pattern-themed photographs were integrated within the new and existing designs.

Designed by Blaine CampbellRetail/Manufacturer PartnerNew York, NY2012

COLLECTION OF PHOTOS AND OBJECTS SHOWCAS-ING A NEW FRONTIER IN FASHION DESIGN

VOLUME FASHION

This exploration redraws a line between private enterprise and public space to su-percharge performance of the NYC Finan-cial District. The increase of residential and business density in downtown Manhattan is creating a demand for both more space and higher density of use. This design at-tempts to achieve density by suggesting an architectal version of the zip-car business model - short-term rentable meeting space.

The modular aggregation developed for the project makes use of shifting densities to ac-comodate various internal program require-ments as well as connecting those activities to the surrounding context. Denser mod-ules allow for smaller, more intimate spaces through the scale of fenestration as well as a decreased turning radius of the structure. The building also makes use of this shifting modular scale to communicate more effec-tively with users experiencing the building from the outside by doubling as a potential billboard, scaled appropriately to the speed, proximity, and perspective of those passing through the site.

Blaine Campbell Professor Stephanie BayardFall 2009

NYC Subway, Bus, Bikeshare, Zipcar Station, Time-Share Office Space

DYNAMIC STABILITY

RESPONSIVE ENVELOPEMULTI-UNIT RESIDENCESHELL + SKIN SYSTEM

This building envelope study explores varia-tion through standard- ized modules. Com-plex surface geometry is broken into linear components. The project attempts to bridge conceptually between standard building construction and new methods of prefabri-cation.

Blaine CampbellProfessor Robert CervellioneSpring 2010

RESPONSIVE ENVELOPE

The two concepts driving this system are the formal structure of the three sided rib-bon and the gradient of cascading move-ment. The orientation of each module face is dictated by two superimposed actants. One of these factors is a single-point ori-entation shared by every exterior module face. The second force is a displacement of the same faces with an elevation image of the facade rotated to a perpendicular angle.

Blaine Campbell & Vida ChangProfessor Chris KronerFall 2009

CONTEXT DRIVEN ENVE-LOPE SYSTEM

Line 1link helpers

Edit Polylink helpers“look at” sphere

LookAt ConstraintLine 2 (u-shaped)extrude lineskin modifier (line 3 as bones)

Line 3 (copy of u-shaped)convert to edit splinespline IK controladd helpers

Located in the Charlestown Navy Yard, this eight level rehabilitation hospital is being built to replace an existing facility. The ad-ministration and staff of the hospital were closely involved with the design team and city representatives to execute the design. The building, which is under construction, is on track to achieve LEED silver certification.

Blaine Campbell (design team)Perkins+Will (Architects)Charlestown, MA2009

REPLACEMENT FACILITY ON HISTORIC WATERFRONT

REHABILITATION HOSPITAL

This design for the renovation of an existing suburban building into an ambulatory sur-gery center included refacing the structure to create a new image. The interior was de-signed through an a series of meetings with the building users, development advisors, and hospital administrators. Several cus-tomized parametric tools in Revit aided this process, allowing productive work-sessions with immediate visualization and quantifi-cation of building elements.

Blaine Campbell (design team)Perkins+Will (architects)25,000 sfWellesley, MA2008 - 2009

SUBURBAN BANK TRANSFORMED INTO STATE-OF-THE- ART SURGICAL CENTER

SURGICAL CENTER

The selective demolition implemented in this project resulted in a juxtaposition of traditional and modern design. The long axis of the apartment was cleared to al-low for a large entertaining space centered around a sleek modern box. The box houses a washroom and a kitchen which opens into the main space through a framed opening/counter surface.

Blaine Campbell (project lead sd-cd)Bergen Street Studio (architects)1500 sfNew York, NY2011

RETIREMENT RESIDENCE FOR A N.Y.C. COUPLE

UPPER WEST SIDE RESIDENCE