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Benjamin Brennan

Benjamin Brennan

New York, NY, US

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Sway

UTILIZING THE QUALITIES OF SIMPLE UBIQUITOUS MATERIALS, WE DESIGNED AN ARCHITECTURAL FOLLY THAT EXPLORED THE CONCEPTS OF TIME, LIGHT, NOISE AND TOUCH TO CREATE A MEDITATIVE SPACE. WORKING BETWEEN SKETCH, RENDERING, AND PHYSICAL AND PARAMETRIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS, WE WERE ABLE TO TEST AND REFINE OUR PAVILION NOT ONLY QUALITATIVELY, BUT ALSO QUANTITATIVELY - ALLOWING FOR HIGH MATERIAL AND TIME EFFICIENCY IN ITS CONSTRUCTION. SWAY WAS INSTALLED IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD FOR GSAPP’s END OF YEAR SHOW.

 
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Status: Built
Location: New York, NY, US
My Role: designer, fabricator
Additional Credits: John Barnes, Emily Bult, Rebecca Dale, Jaclyn Jung, Alan Paukman, Buzz Wei + Margaret Zyro