kunran zhao
selected works
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architecture  
- horizontal home
- fern quarter
- public interest design fellowship
new orleans public space project
- prediction
- intervention

fabrication  
- sukkah 15.0-17.0
- playground
advanced digital media
- terrain push & pull
- stressed vault
- parametric facade
advanced digital fabrication
- fit check
- pedestal possibilities
- assemblage options

    miscellaneous  

      - urban series
      - other miscellaneous



      work completed independently unless otherwise noted

        pedestal possibilities


        fall 2025 / arch 4936
        instructor: Nicholas LiCausi
        in collaboration with Jorge Gonzalez Bisteni


        Using the same objects, we worked in pairs to create concrete pedestals to hold our objects. Our idea was to use three different fabrication methods to make a general wavy pattern with three distinct textures that carried through from one pedestal to the next.

        SubD wavy pattern
        “positive” + “negative”
        offset w/ objects
        final pedestals
        final pedestals render



        After digitally carving out where the objects would “sit,” we created the object molds using 3D printing, laser cutting, and CNC machining. We then made two matching frames, placed the molds, and poured concrete over them. We used matching mixing sticks to ensure the pedestals were at a consistent height, and used a mixture of sawdust and wood glue to fill up the cracks between the “pattern negative” and “object negatives.”


        CNC machining (my first shift at the Millhaus)
        four iterations of patterns
        simulating “rock negatives”
        setting up the final molds
        demolding...
        final pedestals w/ objects

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