Selections from more than 50 paper "shuttles" - interlocking simple paper models, with tweeks in their number of wings, folding angles, and materials. 

Final paper Shuttle. Interlocking without use of adhesive material - basswood, rice paper. 

"1, 10, 1000, 100000 Lines" - analysis of paper shuttle falls. Created in Rhino 3D and Adobe Illustrator.

1 million line version of the shuttle fall, compilation of falling strengh, falling paths, wing flap increments, and impact analysis. portrayed in different colors. Rhino 3D

 

Materialization of falling shuttles. - wood, music wire, foam core, printed section cut. 

Materialization of falling shuttle. Version 2. -wood dowels, plexi glass, foam base.

Architectural project site - inside an alleyway between South main St. and South Water St. in downtwon Providence, RI. 

Study models of circulation within the site. Abstractions of hexagonal development.

Tower Plans and Sections. 1" = 4'.   The plans show the construction of a hexagon, which is obscured in space shown in the section/elavation. The Shuttlemaker and the visitors enter the tower through an entrance by S Main st. and proceed onto the tower and climb it on the spiral staircases, which resembles the falling of the shuttles.      - Rhino 3D, Adobe illustrator

Axonometric rendering and drawing of the tower side by side. Renderings of tower in contrasty materials showing the opaque and transparent parts of the towel.       - Rhino 3D, Adobe illustrator

Final handcrafted model of the Shuttlemaker Tower. 1" = 4' Two front buildings are transparent to show the entrance of the tower.    - masonite, Black/grey Museum board, plexi glass, transparent acrylic, clear acetate, artist tape, 

Axonometric view of the final Shuttlemaker Tower model.