William Nemitoff Portfolio

PORTFOLIOWILLIAM S. NEMITOFF

CONTENTS

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-

uite

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

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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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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