PHOTO CON QUESO
Photo Con Queso is a digitally designed and fabricated Photobooth. This unique object exemplifies our ability to develop prototypical products and bring them quickly to market. The design was based on the integration of the equipment including a digital SLR camera, CPU, strobe lighting, touch-screen LCD monitor and dye-sub printer into a sleek, minimal container with easy access for maintenance. Parametric software was used to design the variable perforation pattern that aligns with the regions of the surface that are formed with single curvature. By unrolling the parts from the 3D model it was possible to accurately derive the patterns to build the shell within a high dimensional tolerance. The surface and interior support components are CNC laser-cut from 1/8” steel and powder-coated.
SOLAR POWERED ATTRACTIVE CONTAINER FOR EVERYONE
SPACE is an up-cycled international shipping container paired with a flexible solar panel rack system that holds 10 or 20 PV panels, and can fold up either for transport or extreme weather. With its strong colorful presence and clearly visible solar panel system, it is also an iconic billboard for sustainability. More than an icon, the SPACE is 100% self sufficient and zero impact on its site. Modular in nature, all components of the SPACE are fabricated offsite in manufacturing environments with virtually no waste, all the way down to the footings which use no concrete, are simply screwed into the ground enabling it to be moved to a new site when necessary.
PV-POD
PV-Pod is a High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) vessel that is filled with water as a ballast and used to mount single Photovoltaic modules to flat roof tops in a cheaper, more convenient, and safer way than existing flat roof PV mounting methods and systems. The PV Pod allows for quick and safe installation by simply loading the roof with plastic tanks, mounting the panels, arranging the array, filling each tank with the specified amount of water ballast, and finally wiring the array together and into the building’s electrical grid. Because there is one Pod for each panel, the layout is flexible. Adjusting the amount of water in each tank allows for the array to respond to different wind loads across a rooftop, and minimizes the weight that is added to the rooftop. Installation of each panel takes only minutes, and uses only a garden hose and a wrench. The design for the PV Pod was inspired by other Polyethylene vessels such as water-filled road barricades, driveway basketball goal bases, and curbside dumpsters, all of which are made by the same process.
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