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About Nancy Cheng

Univ. of Oregon Architecture Department head Nancy Yen-wen Cheng, RA, LEED AP researches how design tools and approaches shape outcomes, with a specialization in how craft and computation can stimulate the creative process. She has developed expertise in manipulating sheet materials to create light-modulating structures and has researched how surface relief patterns can increase convective cooling. She has developed fold and slot joints that give structural rigidity to foldable sheet structures and is eager to apply them to rapidly deployable refugee shelters.

Shadow Screen

I took a 3/4″ piece of MDF and kerfed it in 1/4″ increments. I then placed it in a laser cutter with the non-kerfed side facing up and ran several etching operations.
 

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Light & Shadow Final

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Part 2 of my annotated bibliography

1) Interactive Architecture, Princeton Architectural Press, New York 2009, Michael Fox & Miles Kemp, “Sociological and Psychological Implications,” pp136-172 My project’s intent shares a lot with this chapter and I loved the interactive aspects of the architecture and technology represented … Continue reading Continue reading

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Final Report

Doing the final report below allowed me to reflect on the process and to record it.  Seeing all the images in a progression was a good lesson in process…keep moving ahead, keep moving, one thing leads to another, to another, … Continue reading Continue reading

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Final Project Board

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Final Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography
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Final Project Reflections

My final project focused on the manipulation of caustic images.  Much of my early experimentation was focused on the use of color and light, so I was always interested in reintroducing color into this project.  My first experiments were with … Continue reading Continue reading

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Updated Annotated Bibliography.

Hauer, Erwin. Continua: Architectural Screen Walls. New York: Princeton Architectural, 2004. Print. Continua contains selected works of Erwin Hauer’s architectural screens and walls.  His work, especially Design 6 has inspired me in the design of my screens as I tried to achieve some of the effects that Hauer received within his screens.  Within my final […] Continue reading

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Final.

In my final luminaire I took inspiration from my previous prototypes and used Yupo as my final material choice. I took the idea of the tapered pieces I have originally been using in my prototypes and instead of folding them I created slots where pieces could interlock with one another. I was happy with this connection […] Continue reading

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Final Project – Annotated Bibliography

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