Tyler O'Rielley

GAUD Exhibition Digilog FuturesCHROMAtex

G. Tyler O’Rielley904 Bedford Ave. Apt 8A - (330) 447-9230 - [email protected] - www.gtylero.com

In my last semester of graduate school at Pratt I had the privilege to take a course which put myself and 10 of my

colleagues in charge of the curation and fabrication of the 3rd annual exhibition of student work. The show was

meant to be a snapshot of Pratt’s GAUD program and featured 132 projects of student work that varied in size,

program, and development. To capture the wide range of design skills within the school we arranged the work on a ‘net like’ structure giving an overview of the quality of work from the entire year at Pratt. We chose the net

like typology for its connective formal qualities as a way to categorically link each project to its neighbor and

ultimately the rest of the schools pedagogy.

GAUD ExhibitionSpring Semester 2010Professor: Mike Szivos (SOFTLab)Design and curation of Pratt’s annual GAUD Student Work show located in the Robert Siegel Gallery.

11 Students / 132 Design Projects / 32 Courses / 1,952 Panels / 4,480 snaps


A grasshopper definition was created to generate the cardboard podiums. Allowing for complete flexibility in the podiums size, form, curvature, and panelization. The definition also output all of the files necessary to fabricate appropriately labeling them as well. The individual panels were joined using a tab structure unique to each panel. The top and bottom layers of each podium were automatically called out by the definition and given extra tabs and notches to complete a rigid ring which helped with the shape’s stability. The podium design was meant to visually complete the hanging mylar net providing an anchor with which the corresponding models could be displayed. A detail in the top panels provided a tab to be inserted housing each projects description.

The hanging net structure consisted of lasercut mylar panels which varied in size from top to bottom. They also displayed

a range of transparency through alteration in the form allowing the bottom panels to

display the darkest images of the work with the light linework drawings situated above.

The individual parametric panels were snapped together using a box joint and four

lightweight snap-like hardware pieces.

5 Project Categories / Inter-Urban / Urban / Cellular / Autonomous / Exploration


After a long fabrication process and many nights spent in the school’s laser cutter room the installation process was finally ready to take place

over spring break 2010. The opening coincided with Pratt’s lecture series as well as its perspective students seminar providing an impressive

welcoming to students unfamiliar with the quality of design associated with Pratt. The show quickly gained success and was featured in numerous design blogs including boiteaoutils.blogspot.com and

softlabnyc.com Needless to say we proudly set the bar pretty high for the next years exhibition. *Photographs by Jorge Mendez and Jessika

/ Breanna Crispo / Adam Fisher / Nicole Hill / Jeffrey Johnson / Andri Klausen /


Collaborating with 10 of my peers toward a common goal that we set very high for ourselves was immensely inspiring. The experience taught me leadership and management skills that will only continue to grow in the future. The tight budget of time and money is something that is seldom dealt with inside of academia and together we feel that what we achieved never sacrificed our ambition for elegance. Looking back the project sparked something within myself and unlocked my continual passion for building. So often architecture is thought of only in terms of the building scale. This project allowed me to realize that my design talents could be applied to all types of scales and project types and that I don’t need to wait to get a building commission to start my design career. A parting lesson that was invaluable for myself as I entered a bleak job market.

/ Naveen Mahantesh / Jorge Mendez / Eric Olsen / John Putre / Laura Vincent /


Structure

Funnel

Images

Podiums


CHROMAtexAugust 26th - September 30, 2010Bridge Gallery NYCGrasshopper Consultant for SOFTlab. Responsible for generation and organization of 4,000+ piece installation funded through Kickstarter exhibited at the Bridge Gallery NYC on Delancy and Orchard St. in Lower East Side Manhattan.

Shortly after graduation I was given the opportunity to design and fabricate an installation for SOFTlab’s fall show at the

Bridge Gallery in Manhattan. The resulting yonic funnel filled the street-side window of the lower East Side art gallery with

brilliant yellow and magenta. When visitors entered through the front door, however, they found only a rough, colorless,

trumpet-like tube. Portals blossomed brightly and intermittently form its surface. In effect we flipped the gallery inside out.

We tucked glossy, ink jet-printed, photo-paper panels - with precise gradations of hue and glass-smooth surfaces - inside the tube and turned its binder clip structure outward, revealing

stitches, seams and the method of construction.

4,419 Color Panels / 17,000 Binder Clips / 22 Sections / 500 Custom Messages


The 30 ft. long piece was funded through a Kickstarter page in which 160 backers graciously pledged donations. To show our gratitude we represented their names and custom messages in the form of a laser cut etching on the backside of each color panel. A grasshopper definition output all files necessary for panel fabrication. I was able to successfully unroll each panel from the geometry and assign a unique detail and gradient for assembly. To fabricate the piece we first printed a custom color gradient unique to each panel on a standard desktop ink jet printer. Secondly, we laser cut the corresponding panel shape with labels and a custom name and message from our backers oriented parallel to the floor. The entire structure was then put together by a massive amount of binder clips.

In addition to the 4,500 panels 22 support rings were used to hoist the

structure off the ground. Made from white acrylic the rings were labeled to match a specific detail on corresponding panels. The resulting assembly concealed itself allowing the piece to appear monolithic

while streamlining the production process allowing multiple teams to work on

opposite ends of the final piece.

160 Kickstarter Backers / 16,000 Tab Labels / Unique Color Gradient per Panel


The entire fabrication process was completed in little over a month. The grasshopper definition took a week to be sorted leaving the printing and

cutting to be done in two weeks and one week for the on site installation. With so many binder clips needed for the structure we actually took the time

to prep each binder clip by opening them slightly, a task that surprisingly took some time but saved us a lot of frustration during installation. Its the little

things! Our effort came together so smoothly that our team finished a day early! A time lapse of our construction can be seen at www.SOFTlabnyc.com

Sort Mesh / Order Panels / Orient Normals / Unroll / Map Color / Label Tabs


The packed opening was an enormous success and quite rewarding for me to experience and be able to explain the process to people. What I found remarkable about the opening was the projects ability to speak to so many different audiences, from the design world to the regular joe, the storefront display seemed to send a jolt to just about anybody passing by. The project was well received in numerous popular design websites such as; Designboom, Evolo, Bustler, Suckerpunch, etc. I am proud to say that the project also landed the cover spot on Frame Magazines Fall 2011 issue along with a 12 page featured article. In addition the design also won Pantone’s Project of Mind Blowing Color for 2010. Most recently SOFTlab was awarded the 2012 Architectural League Prize for the project. To find out more simply search for CHROMAtex.me for all of the positive feedback.

Isolate End Conditions / Apply Ring Detail / Map Custom Messages / Export to Excel


Digilog FuturesMay 5th - April 2nd, 201283 Gallery, Columbus OhioFounder of The Nine, a Brooklyn based design collective. Led nine colleagues to design, fund raise, and construct a 60’ installation that paired analog constructs of found objects with an ethereal wireframe made from rope using digital scripting techniques. Photos by Asteria Photography

Returning for the first time to the hometown of my Alma mater Ohio State I recruited nine of my peers to join me in

displaying my largest installation to date. The project, funded through kickstarter, was a collaborative effort from conception

to realization. Our collective passion for architecture and eagerness to build led us to embark on the experiment

together. We collaboratively designed, funded, and fabricated the piece while carrying full time design positions at various

NY firms. From the hours of 6pm-9am we held a 2nd full time job, Digilog Futures. Our relentless determination set the pace for the project and the positive response from the experiment

leaves us hopeful for future commissions for “The Nine”.

Digital Forest / Analog Robots / Movable Serving Bar / 1 Mile of Rope /



The piece explores how two distinct methods can interact. Each design sensibility has a particular character of its own that is indicative of certain members of our group. The major system consists of a “tree” designed using a scripting program. This was an intentional reversal on the traditional understanding of “trees” as “organic.” Its branches spread over the gallery and touch down to create moments with which our minor system engages. This minor system is a collection of waste industrial material that, at their most simple, reflect small artificial life forms. This provides us with our second thought reversal through the challenging of accepted notions of production and design. The minor system plays with elements of improvisation while the major element is well orchestrated and precise.

In the months leading up to our road trip we prototyped, revised, and pre

fabricated major portions of the piece within our own apartments. This literal

living within our creation proved to be immensely helpful in the overall

orchestration of the install process. The testing of connection methods, labeling

systems, and sequencing made for a timely delivery of the final product.

85 Donors / Styrofoam Tower / 6 Branches / Hanging Modular Chain


The schedule for the on-site install was extremely demanding. After a coincidental nine hour drive through a stormy night we arrived at the doorstep

of 83 gallery with our installation in pieces. Over the following 60 hours we became intimate with the very space with which we had virtually spent orbiting during the prior months. Sticking with our game plan and following

the construction set that I put together we worked in small teams that each tackled a portion of the overall model. Slowly but surely the piece started to take shape and our relentless efforts completed the task with time to spare.

Martin Byrne / Kendra James / Anthony Bomben / John Putre / Cole Belmont /


The “Mega May Hop” as it came to be known drew an enormous crowd and shattered 83 Gallery’s attendance records. The show stepped outside the gallery’s normal show typology of painted media and with us successfully leaped into the world of interactive installations. The packed opening spilled outside the gallery and onto the streets at times making the whole night very gratifying to each of us within the group. The response to our creation from the local art community was overwhelming and very encouraging to us as we work on developing the next iteration of our collaboration. Digilog Futures was featured in a number of articles that appeared in local publications such as Columbus Underground, and Columbus Alive. For more information about the event as well as our process please go to www.83gallery.com or simply search for Digilog Futures on Facebook or Kickstarter.

/ Jonathan Alexander / Hannibal Newsom / Mic Wesson / Nick Stull / 83 Gallery


G.Tyler O’Rielley904 Bedford Ave. Apt 8aBrooklyn, NY 11205(330) [email protected]

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