SAM ZEIFFALL 2014

EDUCATION BROWN UNIVERSITYBA URBAN STUDIES 2014, MAGNA CUM LAUDE

GPA: 3.75SELECTED COURSEWORK: City Politics, Downtown Development, American Culture and the City, Introduction to Political Thought, The US Metropoplis, Patterns in Nature and Society

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGNARCHITECTURE COURSEWORK

GPA: 3.75 CORE CURRICULUM: Design Principles, Architectural Design, Urban Design PrinciplesINDEPENDENT STUDIES: Integrated Building Systems, Textile Architecture, Solar Decathlon Competition

EXPERIENCE

Early project ideationExtensive tensile structure form-findingDesign/build of innovative textile envelopeFabrication of final presentation modelsProject construction at three seperate sites

Direct involvement with:

TECHSTYLE HAUS: SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE

PROJECT MANAGER OF PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION, SUMMER 2014Domaine de Boisbuchet, France

Managed a build team of 2-20 students over 10 weeks:

STUDENT ARCHITECT, SPRING 2013 - SUMMER 2014Providence, RI and Versailles, France

Determined short and long term build schedulesInterfaced with faculty, contractors, and clienteleLed a fluid design/build process, addressing construction issues as they arose

SLICECEO, CO-FOUNDER, PRODUCT DESIGN LEAD, 2012Pasadena, CA

Core architectural team member from project ideation through construction.

Design/installation of textile PV array (with professional contractor PvilionTM)Construction drawings including the wall assembly and PV array

Individually responsible for:

Received funding with a co-founder to develop and launch an iphone app through Idealab, a technology incubator:

Led a 3-4 person graphic design and engineering teamSpearheaded product evolutionDefined features and technical specificatoinsMade UX/UI design decisionsConducted qualitative market researchLaunched twice in the app store

I have been a product designer and an architectand I consider myself within the strong overlap of the two. I am interested in designing and building things that “do”.

The following products/objects/buildings all perform.They narrate, fold, balance, compress, funnel, and suspend.They are solutions to problems of dramatically different scale.

The joy, though, is not in solving the problem each project presents;it is in envisioning the objectives that I want to satisfy as I solve it. These objectives transcend the problem that is readily apparent. They are highly personal and I should be uniquely capable of satisfying them. They are what lead to answers no one could have seen when they asked.

This is the responsibility that product designer and architect share,and it is what motivates me most.

I am interested in designing and building things that “do”, but that do differently, personally, with objectives that are entirely my own.

SLICE SELECTIVE SHARINGCEO, CO-FOUNDER, PRODUCT DESIGN LEADFALL 2012

We all have hundreds of friends too many,why share with everyone everytime? Slice lets you

SHARE THE RIGHT STUFF WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

SLICE was the final of three project iterations while in residence at Idealab, a technology incubator.

OUT / MICROSTORY / SLICE

Narrate and share the time you spend OUT. Turn on the app and let it go, then share your story with friends and watch your story intersect with theirs.

OUT / MICROSTORY / SLICE

MICROSTORY packages the activity from a slice of your life into small stories perfect for sharing with friends on the go.

SLICE was the final of three project iterations while in residence at Idealab, a technology incubator.

OUT / MICROSTORY / SLICE

OUT / MICROSTORY / SLICE

FOUND OBJECT TRANSFORMDESIGN PRINCIPLES, RISD ARCHITECTUREFALL 2011

Fom two found objects, makeONE MATERIAL THAT TRANSFORMS

to fit the dimensions of a wine box.

Rubber bands in tension and empty beer cans in compression form a single jointed sheet that is then folded into shape.

1. ASSEMBLY ISOMETRIC

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2. PLAN AND SECTION

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MASS BALANCEARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, RISD ARCHITECTUREFALL 2013

Excavate and replace half the mass from a 4’x4’x8” volume while MAINTAINING AN ECCENTRIC BALANCE POINT.

The mass is divided into four quadrants around an eccentric balance point.

Opposing similar squares are balanced by excavating all else.

Staples and shims are embedded in the excavated mass to allow for easy replacement.

All excavated mass is replaced, notching into and hanging symetrically from the assembly.

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TEXTILE SPANARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, RISD ARCHITECTUREFALL 2013

Using nylon and wire, span a 6’x3’ space. The assempbly shouldCOMPRESS AND EXPAND TO ACHIEVE THE SPAN.

32 tailored fabric and wire modules are interwoven along mutual seams to form a truss bridge, capable of holding weight from above and compressing from both sides.

RESEARCH LAB LIGHTARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, RISD ARCHITECTUREFALL 2013

A research facility for the study of earth, air, and water built toGIVE LIGHT VOLUME AND GEOMETRY.

Light is funneled, constrained, and given perceptible volume to organize spaces for work, research, public, or private uses. It is a legend for the spaces within.

1. WORK ABOVE, RESEARCH BELOW / Ambient lit office spaces surround wells directing light to research space below2. LIGHT WELL STUDY / Volumes of light pass through the water research facility to public space below. A layered facade permits light into office spaces above while allowing only direct light into research spaces below.

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Research facilities remain independent while notching and sharing circulation around light wells.

Private labs step up and over public space and the waterfront below.

TECHSTYLE HAUSSTUDENT ARCHITECTSPRING 2013 - SUMMER 2014

The world’s first SOLAR POWERED, TENSILE FABRIC PERMANENT RESIDENCE

designed to meet the Passive House energy standard.

PROJECT MANAGER OF PERMANENT INSTALLATIONSUMMER 2014

Techstyle Haus was Brown University, RISD and Fachhochschule Erfuhrt’s entry into the 2014 Solar Decathlon Europe international architecture competition.

The project was managed, designed, and built by a team of students in Providence, Versailles, and at its permanent location at the Domaine de Boisbuchet in central France.

STUDENT ARCHITECTSPRING 2013 - SUMMER 2014

IDEATIONEarly-stage project conceptualization

DESIGN DEVELOPMENTForm finding, refinementfrom initiation to construction

TEXTILE ENVELOPEDevelopment of unique wall assembly from initiation to construction

TEXTILE PV ARRAYStudent responsible for design and installation in collaboration with PvilionTM

PROJECT MANAGER OF PERMANENT INSTALLATIONSUMMER 2014

PERMANENT CONSTRUCTIONManaged team of 2-20 students throughout final 10 week build

PROVIDENCE, RIVERSAILLES, FRANCE

DOMAINE DE BOISBUCHET, FRANCE

WALL ASSEMBLY (TYP)

STATUS:

DATE:

Deliverable #7

03 November, 2014

SHEERFILL EXTERNAL MEMBRANEAIR GAP BETWEEN STEEL FRAMES

WEATHER BARRIER (TAPED TO STEEL)TENSIONED NYLON STRAPPING ATTACHED TO STEEL EYELET

ISOVER INTEGRA 032 ZKF MINERAL WOOL INSULATIONTENSIONED NYLON STRAPPING ATTACHED TO STEEL EYELET

ISOVER VARIO AIR BARRIERLIGHT BLOCKING TEXTILE

ALUMINIUM INTERIOR TEXTILE SUBSTRUCTUREINTERIOR TEXTILE

SHEERFILL EXTERNAL MEMBRANEHOLLOW STEEL SECTION (HHS)

WEATHER BARRIER (TAPED TO STEEL)1.5” WOOD BLOCKING

TENSIONED NYLON STRAPPINGATTACHED TO STEEL EYELET

BOXFRAME SPACER

Techstyle Haus was designed and built by a team of students. All collaborative work will be noted.

IDEATION / Initial Techstyle Haus summer workshop, 2013

1. STUDY / Controlling a flexible structure by controlling fixed points2. STUDY / Frame held by opposing tensile structures / Textile produced by Carmel Dunlap3. URBAN PROPOSAL / Textile “row house” community for Domaine de Boisbuchet / With Annabelle Tran and Jason Askew

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4. PROPOSAL / Typical wood-frame ribbed construction with exterior PV screen / With Annabelle Tran and Jason Askew5. PROPOSAL / Exterior fabric insulative blanket spanning east to west / With Annabelle Tran and Jason Askew

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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT / Extensive tensile structure form-finding research and investigation

1. FORM CONCEPTION / Responsible for the first sketch model of the eventual double-vault Techstyle Haus form2. FORM REFINEMENT / Further investigation of the double-vault form and its underlying structural system / With Chris Ardoin and Sina Almassi3. TENSILE STRUCTURE MODELING / Precision form refinement with tensile structure modeling software / With Rory Stevens

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[ INITIAL SKETCH OF FORM ] [ STRUCTURAL MODEL - SUMMER 2013 ]

4. FINAL MODEL / Presented to the Solar Decathlon Europe competition before construction / With Rory Stevens and Abbey Stoner5. FINAL URBAN MODEL / Aggregate housing proposal at Domaine de Boisbuchet / With Chris Ardoin and Kim Dupont

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TEXTILE ENVELOPE / Invention of a suspended, double-curved, highly insulative fabric wall assembly

1. COPLANAR INSULATION, STRUCTURE / 1:1 mockup, wood-frame contstruction with exterior membrane attachment / With Kim Dupont2. OUTBOUND INSULATION / Early project proposal, 1/16”:1’ / With Annabelle Tran and Jason Askew3. INBOUND INSULATION / Wood frame with suspended blanket and exterior membrane detail, 1/16”:1’

RESEARCH ALTERNATIVES:

Insulation and structural frame are coplanar

Insulation is outboundof the structural frame

Insulation is inboundof the structural frame

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4. WAREHOUSE PROTOTYPE / 1:1 mockup of a single span between ribs, wood substituted for steel / With Rory Stevens and Sina Almassi

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[ SCAN - SKETCH OF TSH WALL ASSEMBLY ]

WALL ASSEMBLY (TYP)

STATUS:

DATE:

Deliverable #7

03 November, 2014

SHEERFILL EXTERNAL MEMBRANEAIR GAP BETWEEN STEEL FRAMES

WEATHER BARRIER (TAPED TO STEEL)TENSIONED NYLON STRAPPING ATTACHED TO STEEL EYELET

ISOVER INTEGRA 032 ZKF MINERAL WOOL INSULATIONTENSIONED NYLON STRAPPING ATTACHED TO STEEL EYELET

ISOVER VARIO AIR BARRIERLIGHT BLOCKING TEXTILE

ALUMINIUM INTERIOR TEXTILE SUBSTRUCTUREINTERIOR TEXTILE

SHEERFILL EXTERNAL MEMBRANEHOLLOW STEEL SECTION (HHS)

WEATHER BARRIER (TAPED TO STEEL)1.5” WOOD BLOCKING

TENSIONED NYLON STRAPPINGATTACHED TO STEEL EYELET

BOXFRAME SPACER

5. TYPICAL WALL ASSEMBLY6. TECHSTYLE HAUS AXONOMETRIC

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WALL ASSEMBLY (TYP)

STATUS:

DATE:

Deliverable #7

03 November, 2014

SHEERFILL EXTERNAL MEMBRANEAIR GAP BETWEEN STEEL FRAMES

WEATHER BARRIER (TAPED TO STEEL)TENSIONED NYLON STRAPPING ATTACHED TO STEEL EYELET

ISOVER INTEGRA 032 ZKF MINERAL WOOL INSULATIONTENSIONED NYLON STRAPPING ATTACHED TO STEEL EYELET

ISOVER VARIO AIR BARRIERLIGHT BLOCKING TEXTILE

ALUMINIUM INTERIOR TEXTILE SUBSTRUCTUREINTERIOR TEXTILE

SHEERFILL EXTERNAL MEMBRANEHOLLOW STEEL SECTION (HHS)

WEATHER BARRIER (TAPED TO STEEL)1.5” WOOD BLOCKING

TENSIONED NYLON STRAPPINGATTACHED TO STEEL EYELET

BOXFRAME SPACER

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TEXTILE PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY / Responsible for design and installation in collaboration with PvilionTM

1. PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM ISOMETRIC

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SOUTHERN CANOPY:- 1 VINYL CLOTH TAILORED TO SHEERFILL CLOTHS- 16 MODULES, 2 POWER OPTIMIZERS TOTAL

NORTHERN CANOPY:- 3 VINYL CLOTHS TAILORED TO SHEERFILL CLOTHS- 19 MODULES, 3 POWER OPTIMIZERS PER CLOTH- 57 MODULES, 9 POWER OPTIMIZERS TOTAL

TIGO MM-2ES75POWER OPTIMIZERS

ASSEMBLY A

ASSEMBLY B

ASSEMBLY C

WIRING RETURNING POCKET RUNNING MID-FIELD TO RIB 1

SEE PV-011 FOR ALLWIRE IDENTIFICATIONSAND RUN LENGTHS

TIGO MM-2ES75POWER OPTIMIZERS

ASSEMBLY D

TIGO GATEWAYWIRELESS

CONTROLLER

SHEERFILL CLOTHS

KEDER RAIL AND LACING ATTACHMENT

2. PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM CUT PATTERN

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3. PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM ATTACHMENT - SECTION DETAIL

HEAT SEAL: KEDER LEADING FABRICEDGE TO SHEERFILL MAIN SKIN

KEDER RAIL CONNECTION

HEAT SEAL GROMMET STRIP ANDCLOSURE PANEL TO KEDER RAIL

LACE ZONE CENTERED ABOVE STEEL RIB

CLOSURE PANEL BELOW LACING PROVIDES AIR TIGHTNESSSOLAR CLOTH BEGINS AT STEEL RIB EDGE

FABRIC POCKET PROVIDES UV PROTECTION FOR POWER OPTIMIZERS

PVILION SOLAR CLOTH

MAIN SHEERFILL SKIN

FIRST ROW OF SOLAR MODULESLAMINATED TO SOLAR CLOTH

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[ SCAN - SKETCH OF PV ARRAY ATTACHMENT - SECTION ]

PERMANENT CONSTRUCTION / Project manager of 2-20 student build team over 10 weeks

1. DOMAINE DE BOISBUCHET / The permanent location of Techstyle Haus, an idealic art and architecture campus in central France2. BUILD TEAM / A small team was responsible for the final Techstyle Haus construction3. PRESS CONFERENCE / Techstyle Haus played host to visitng architects and engineers

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4. SHEERFILL INSTALLATION / The final installation of the Techstyle Haus exterior membrane5. DETAILING / Design and construction of new detail work in permanent construction; window trim pictured here6. DESIGN BUILD / Design and construction of interior spaces left unfinished and concealed at the competition exhibition

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