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PORTFOLIOWILLIAM S. NEMITOFF
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vieux carré libraryVOIDS
sustainable housePLUMB WALL
culinary arts instituteSEQUENCE
soap boxLOTUS
parametric lampSPONGE
sukkah 3.0NAUTILUS
revolve kcPULLEYS
digital fabricationFLOCKING
sukkah 4.0WEAVE
Looking forward to the total digitaliza-tion of information, we must design a library that will successfully adapt to this shift. A library becomes a public
cultural center to access and interact with information, with the books taking
a subordinate role.
I attempt to address these issues of program while recognizing the site’s situation in the French Quarter. Explor-
ing the figure-ground, the relationship has reversed since the original design of the city. This change is amplified by extending and connecting the existing courtyard spaces, providing light and
circulation wells within the building.
The program is divided by public rel-evance, placing the community compo-
nents on commercial Toulouse Street, and the more private, quieter elements
in the rear. The courtyards serve as buf-fers, as well as visual connectors be-tween the programmatic elements.
Structurally, the project explores gluelam columns and a spaceframe
roof.
FRENCH QUARTER LIBRARYFALL 2011
VOIDS
Challenging the typical structure of a sukkah, we accentuate its most critical
ideological elements. A sukkah is first and foremost a place for gathering, a
place to draw people together to eat, to drink, to sleep, to live. This comes down
to critical components.
Entry The sukkah should be inviting.
One should see the sukkah from any angle and be drawn inside.
Seating What is a gathering place if there
is no place to sit? We take advantage of our adjacency to the food court and
provide seating for students coming outside to eat their meals.
Transparency The sukkah should be open to the
elements, establishing an open dia-logue between the inside and outside, while maintaining a clear distinction.
We chose the shape of a nautilus for its natural sequence, from an open exte-
rior condition to a tightly situated inte-rior condition.
SUKKAH 3.0FALL 2011
NAUTILUS
Revolve KC is a non-profit organization which takes old bikes, refurbishes them, and sells them back to the community in exchange for volunteer hours and a
safety course.
As a non-profit with a mimimal bud-get, there is a challenge to create ad-ditional storage for a low cost. Using
standarge garage hardware, two found steel pipes, and a trailer winch, the row of bikes is easily raised and lowered by
one person.
REVOLVE KCSUMMER 2011
PULLEYS
ConceptAs a team leader during Architects
Week, our team set out to create a soap box which maintains it’s recogniz-able characteristic as a stage and focal
point. Furthermore, we want it to be elegant and multi-functional.
ConstructionContinuing the exploration into the
versatility of plywood, we utilize Grass-hopper to find a form which meets
our requirements of height, width, and angles. We create a layout to maximize
material efficiency and ensure precise construction of the petals.
Adaptability / FunctionalityIn its closed form, LOTUS maintains the
necessary mobility of a soap box. By deploying various numbers of petals, we achieve a number of settings with
different levels of directionality and privacy.
SOAP BOXSPRING 2012
LOTUS
This project is the beginning of an in-vestigation into natural structures. The
lamp explores a simplified variation of the natural form of a coral sponge.
Furthermore, SPONGE explores various forms of 3D printing, both in plastic and
plaster.
PARAMETRIC LAMPSPRING 2012
SPONGE
A Japanese culinary arts institute, for New Orleans, LA, this project addresses
the RHYTHM, SEQUENCE, and charac-teristics of Japanese EATING and ettiq-
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Looking at the traditional meal se-quence, we notice that foods of differ-ent flavors are taken from main plates, placed onto separate small plates, and
eaten intermittenly with rice or soba (noodles). Here we extract the idea of
the PURITY OF FLAVOR.
Looking at the Japanese art of sushi, we see both COMBINATION, and SEPA-
RATION.
The skin continues the exploration into the hexagon double mesh as a struc-
tural system. This allows for cantelevers that would otherwise be unachievable
using standard steel framing.
CULINARY ARTS INSTITUTESPRING 2012
SEQUENCE
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A house designed under the guidelines of Habitat for Humanity must be sus-
tainable, affordable, and buildable.
SustainableThe south wall of the private bar is
lined with PVC piping which holds the runoff water from the butterfly roof,
heats it, and disperses it to the houses facilities. The modular curtain walls uti-
lize mullions as louvres on the north and south facades.
AffordableUtilizing a standard steel bay, on a
scale of fifty or more houses, the cost of a house becomes affordable. Due to almost every piece being modular, the
majority of fabrication happens off site, saving valuable time and labor.
BuildableThe structural bays are made off site;
therefore, less skilled labor can assem-ble the house from its kit of parts.
THE SUSTAINABLE HOMESPRING 2012
PLUMB WALL
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roof planes roof drainage
gutters cistern/ plumb wall
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rainwater / roof diagram
roof planes roof drainage
gutters cistern/ plumb wall
2635 soniat street ASSIGNMENT FOUR: THE SUSTAINABLE HOUSE
rainwater / roof diagram
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The ‘Fallen Star’ installation is the final working prototype of the Architectural Association (AA) DLAB Visiting School, which took place in AA London and AA
Hooke Park during July 23-August 5. The installation is a set between biomi-metics, interaction, and perception that represents the dimension of interaction which animates the architectural piece simply according to user feedback and the potential of creating dynamic spa-
tial experiences challenging perception and temporality. The installation is a set
between biomimetics, interaction, and perception that represents the dimen-sion of interaction which animates the
architectural piece simply according to user feedback and the potential of creating dynamic spatial experiences
challenging perception and temporality.
AA VISITING SCHOOL - DLABSUMMER 2012
FALLEN STAR
This project is a hybrid of organic forms and rigid geometries. We used a stan-
dard system of interlocking 2 x 6 panels to address the human scale and ac-
centuate the joints. Our focus on con-struction let the form emerge out of the interlocking of parts aggregated into a
cohesive whole.
The roof ties into the system while re-maining a distinct element. Palm fronds
interlock and overlap creating an or-ganic counterpoint to our surface mim-
icry.
With one week total for the whole proj-ect, five days were dedicated to inten-
sive design and reviews, followed im-mediately by two days for construction
and assembly.
SUKKAH 4.0FALL 2012
WEAVE
These projects represent an exploration into behavioral algorithms of flocking
as a manner of form finding, in addition to various manners of digital fabrica-
tion.
The flock is generated in OpenProcess-ing, imported into Rhino, and manipula-tated in Grasshopper. This information
was then exported either to a 3D print-er, or to ArtCam cnc software to gener-
ate the milling code.
DIGITAL FABRICATIONFALL 2012
FLOCKING
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