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art and design studio

Emergence at Potomac Yard, July 2025.

Emanate, a 3D printed prototype for Emergence. Spring 2025.

The initial 3D printed prototype for Synthesis, Fall 2024.

Interstice, Spring 2024

Emergence at Potomac Yard, February 2025. Photo credit: Damon Brewer

An early render for Emergence using the Rhino model + lighting and texturing in Blender.

An early render for Synthesis using the Rhino model + lighting and texturing in Blender.

Suspended prototype for Synthesis, Fall 2024

lamps

temples

digital fabrication

interstice, 2024
carbon steel, frosted green-tinted acrylic, custom 3D printed pla brackets, stainless steel bolts, nuts, and washers
dimensions: approx. 36” x 36” x 24”
design software rhino+grasshopper enables the parametric generation of formwork, from which we use state-of-the-art digital fabrication technologies such as laser-cutting, cnc plasma-cutting, and fdm 3d printing to manifest virtual models into material reality. prefabricated parts assembly is modular and performed on-site, typically involving disassemble-able cold-connection joinery, increasing the ease of transportation as well as the recyclability of the project at the end of its use-life.

emanate, 2024
3D printed pla, stainless steel bolts and nuts, rare earth magnets, light fixture, led light bulb, electricity
dimensions: approx. 24” x 24” x 24”

emanate’s 3D printed spherical assembly is composed of cells printed individually and affixed to their neighbors by interior bolts and rare earth magnets, eliminating the necessity for support material and limiting wastage to <1% of overall mass.

reciprocate

reciprocate, 2023
braden perryman
5mm ply, stainless steel bolts, nuts, and washers
reciprocate is a study in creating reciprocal frame structures for architectural applications. creating flexible and responsive structures is beneficial in certain circumstances where load needs to be distributed evenly and omnidirectionally. reciprocal frame structures hold themselves up, without the need for traditional architectural framing systems such as posts, beams, or joists. reciprocate is one small paneling section envisioned to form a much larger structure.

assisted migration

assisted migration, 2024

2” x 4” pine, plasma cut 16ga steel brackets/panel holders, prefabricated casters, soil, mulch, and volunteer Japanese Maple saplings.
dimensions: 36” x 36” x 36”

assisted migration creates flexible and responsive micro-environments that benefit both human and nonhuman entities

biomimicry

nesting 01-03, and unfurl, 2023-2024
medium: laser cut 5mm plywood, paracord, and climbing carabiners
dimensions: (variable) (nesting) 36” x 36” x 24” (unfurl) 18” x 18” x 12”

bi·o·mim·ic·ry
/ˌbīōˈmiməkrē/
noun

the design and production of materials, structures, and systems that are modeled on biological entities and processes.

biomimetic forms are emergent structures composed of relatively simple repeating forms conglomerating into more complex wholes. biomimetic research questions whether humanity alone is capable of producing what we may consider architecture. referencing mathematical beauty in natural forms rewrites hierarchical narratives that prioritize human intelligence over the intelligence of nonhuman organisms and systems. nonhuman intelligences’ ways of being subtly shift material reality on physical and temporal scales that are often imperceptible to humans, going unrecognized and uncelebrated. after 4.543 billion years, the waiting is over:

it’s time to celebrate.

biofabrication

Weaving Weeds
weaving weeds is a biofabrication research project conducted with the aid of a Virginia Tech Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT) grant, inspired by the work of Dutch artist Diana Sherer.

Researchers
Braden Perryman, MFA Creative Technologies (BFA Studio Art, BA Sociology, BA Ancient History)
Chelsea Brighton-Smith, Masters in Landscape Architecture (BS Environmental Horticulture)
Ben Hornyak, MFA Creative Technologies (BFA Studio Art: Sculpture)
Lois Nguyen, PhD Science and Technology Studies (MS STS, BS Landscape Architecture)
Thomas-Mark Peterson, Masters in Architecture (BS Biology)
Maggie Webb, PhD Engineering Education / MS Civil Engineering (BS Mechanical Engineering)

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