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Dark Matter Mobile presents an updated version of a familiar model of the solar system, though one drawn from data of the currently visible universe. Johannes Kepler’s attempt at describing the solar system is seen with the Mysterium Cosmographicum (1596): a model that posited an idea of five solids and five worlds beyond Earth, each nested within spherical orbits containing the five Platonic forms (one each for Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn). This model has been updated many times since and Dark Matter Mobile is just such a thing. As a parallel to this attempt at understanding the universe, the updated version looks to the Hubble Space Telescope launched in 1990. Based on an analysis of data captured by the Hubble Space Telescope for the COSMOS project (a 600 frame mosaic for a 2 square degree view of our galaxy), a group of thirty-one scientists are documenting an effect known as ‘weak gravitational lensing’. Not directly visible, dark matter is understood to exist through observations of its effect on what is visible: light. A popular theory is that Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPS) cause a slight distortion in this spectrum of electromagnetic radiation through their very weak gravitational pull, effectively revealing itself in the bending of light. Dark Matter is speculated to constitute about 25% of the universe and accounts for the current shape of the galaxy, though what it is actually made of is still unknown, and that it exists at all remains a theory. Richard Massey, one of these scientists, has compiled some of this data to produce a model of this effect to trace the distribution of otherwise invisible dark matter and that is where this mobile derives its form.   PDF https://www.dieterjanssen.com/heavy-light daily 0.75 2015-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993045168-SSCCRSYC9ICJG4HML93A/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%282009%29+010.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993045168-SSCCRSYC9ICJG4HML93A/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%282009%29+010.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993093793-K3V3WHDH7DSM8F64PE0J/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%282009%29+089.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993271137-1HX71UEA392JKSIWGT4Z/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%282009%29+085a.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1406849525323-ASDZC2KEV4X23FDKQV8B/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+011a.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1451433068173-LAGIQ12CEOIAIFKBHL7I/light-206.png Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993315027-PMRG5DBFMBNWPXKQS66B/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%28Mould+Positive%2C+foam%29+15+bw.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993316338-VMI9F81B1IULE5O7SLA9/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%28Mould+Positive%2C+foam%29+19+bw.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993317803-3D1F1ARN0QIGGFH8BD2A/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%28Mould+Positive%2C+foam%29+23+bw.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993318552-XHBAL55OLN9F7CLWR1TR/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%28Mould+Positive%2C+foam%29+26+bw.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993341162-HONOEEYGGC7MO5JE33YN/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%28Mould+Positive%2C+foam%29+48+bw.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993344481-JOAFFYLJ01PWFEH8UGV8/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%28Mould+Positive%2C+foam%29+51+bw.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993344093-I2YZLYKVX2ZRK7T4CJLC/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%28Mould+Positive%2C+foam%29+54+bw.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993345725-5G3PEGUZF9DGF26TMQ9Q/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%28Mould+Positive%2C+foam%29+31+bw.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993272153-TIVQWJPFH1S8EKG6F27Q/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%28Assembly%29+08.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1406849524848-NO4DTLN3OSRHKKHU9CD5/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%282009%29+001a.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993362566-SITAH6U00YW86BX6I7AB/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%28TIFF+bar%29+01+%282%29.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993363618-E7CM5KEWPH4JKQFH77VD/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+%28TIFF+bar%29+02+%282%29.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993387963-D2FBJJ3P5XA5ELTPFF0U/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+021a.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993391900-RJ28OVAK3KJL8XZ4I47Y/Heavy+Metal.jpg Heavy Light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1406849279843-8LK72AN3S8X2FXFE08RA/Dieter+Janssen+-+Heavy+Light+098.jpg Heavy Light https://www.dieterjanssen.com/stem-light daily 0.75 2016-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993703963-SSP7L9YW98XJZP8OP6LZ/0104F+Light+1a.jpg Stem Light - Stem Light Developed in 1995 as a simple, stand-alone light to read by, Stem Light is...   Product Information Stainless steel stem and legs with a xenon dimmable bulb in a 100mm (4") sanded glass cylinder. PDF for dimensions   Available through MADE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405993703963-SSP7L9YW98XJZP8OP6LZ/0104F+Light+1a.jpg Stem Light - Stem Light Developed in 1995 as a simple, stand-alone light to read by, Stem Light is...   Product Information Stainless steel stem and legs with a xenon dimmable bulb in a 100mm (4") sanded glass cylinder. PDF for dimensions   Available through MADE https://www.dieterjanssen.com/design-assist daily 0.75 2025-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1408490777837-1WNKIC5XSBLQ7YMXFPIN/Greg+Facade+Sketch+15+April+2013+%281a%29.jpg Design Assist Concept sketch by Greg Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1406601103314-1FIWZ42I0XI1RBBZ25X9/Steeles+West+Station%2C+Entry+Building+Exterior.jpg Design Assist Developed with Will Alsop in partnership with IBI Group, Janssen served as the primary liaison on behalf of Alsop to develop design drawings to production. Steeles West Station (Pioneer Village) is located at the north end of York University campus and straddles Steeles West near the 400 HWY entrance. Developed as a series of corten-metal clad pavilions, this station serves as the last stop in Toronto were it will connect to York Region transit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1418700922689-ESN8PAWRE2JDWMLBA0PX/ALSOP-IBI+Finch+West+Station%2C+model+09.JPG Design Assist As part of the Toronto York Spadina Subway Extension, near York University, this was designed and developed as one of two stations with Will Alsop. Additionally, with TTC’s arts initiative, Alsop collaborated with the artist Bruce McLean on the architectural design which became an instrumental part of the architecture's structure. Stevens Group Architects/ IBI Group were the Toronto-based collaborators for production and contract administration. Janssen served as the primary liaison on behalf of Alsop to develop design drawings to production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1666096121881-6V2BYNQCAJ4WOK18OFX6/MoMA+Curtainwalls+%26+Handrails+018a+%282016%29.jpg Design Assist Guy Nordenson and Associates were responsible for the preliminary structural design as well as the detailed design of critical architectural elements, including the glass wall structures facing the garden, the stairs, and other exposed structural components. A prominent feature of the design is the incorporation of an outrigger truss, connected to the core wind bracing, which supports a suspended column above the second-floor contemporary art gallery. This innovative approach results in a large, uninterrupted column-free space measuring 61m by 16.5m. The glass wall structure facing the courtyard is framed by solid steel mullions, each measuring 64mm by 178mm, spanning 18.3 metres. These mullions are elastically stabilized to maintain both structural integrity and aesthetic coherence. Part of this curtain wall transitions into a skylight above the main stair, which also supports the iconic figure of the Bell-47D1 Helicopter from the museum’s design collection. This skylight is partially supported by the adjacent residential tower, requiring careful design consideration to ensure that the support system did not interfere with the residents’ comfort or disrupt the building’s sway due to wind loads. Additionally, the design and engineering of the glass balustrades and guards were integral to the project, balancing safety with the visual transparency and elegance of the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1406600692030-XOQMC97PYU7HZTR9PQL8/project.jpg Design Assist The Seven Stems Broadcast and Telecommunications Tower would be the tallest man-made structure in the world and one of the most slender, with an aspect ratio of 1:15. The structure works as a bundle of vertical tubes, or stems, joined and stiffened by intermittent outrigger beams. The cylindrical stems, each 14ft in diameter and 2100ft high, are set in a loosely ordered arrangement within a square measuring 140ft on each side. The Seven Stems has been studied for both a half-acre site adjacent to the New York Stock Exchange and a massive pier extending into New York Harbor from Bayonne, New Jersey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1454810989832-BPIABYQ4Q6BS8R7M3YGM/Dieter+Janssen+-+VCCRL+%28Feb+2016%29+040a.jpg Design Assist Vaughan Civic Centre Resource Library In an era increasingly dominated by the web, the traditional model of the library faces significant challenges, compelling it to redefine its purpose and function. Once primarily a repository for books, manuscripts, and maps, the library is now tasked with accommodating an expansive and diverse array of media, ideas, and forms of communication. It must also take on an emerging role as a space for content creation and collaborative production. The library’s enduring identity as a site for inquiry and intellectual engagement is amplified by these evolving demands. The nature of knowledge exchange has shifted from a singular interaction between author and reader to a dynamic, communal experience involving multiple data streams and dispersed audiences across various platforms. Despite the ubiquity of digital information and the ability to seek answers anywhere, the library remains a distinctive environment—offering a curated convergence of resources, tools, and spaces designed to support exploration, creativity, and discovery. Recognition & Awards 2017 Vaughan Urban Design Award of Excellence for Civic Centre Resource Library 2017 CISC Architectural Award of Excellence for Civic Centre Resource Library 2017 OPWA Project of the Year Award for Civic Centre Resource Library 2019 OLA New Library Buildings Award 2019 AMO Federal Gas Tax Award Full Project Text Designed for ZAS Architects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1406600823261-L9LB75WPX77S03JOP9DW/2012-05-01+Option+D+Allenby+ViewH-4.jpg Design Assist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1412942452861-2ZD80WY3K0YFZJE97GMQ/GNA-Bone+Levine+Acapulco+House+01bw.jpg Design Assist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405994408602-241YL4AYQ8VKU3DF23IA/SMH+-+Barnes+Loft+01.jpg Design Assist This project for a fashion designer’s studio and loft on Crosby Street in SoHo was a redevelopment of a penthouse space. The project involved a full floor renovation and the new addition of a second story bedroom, bathroom and study. Setting something of a record in NYC, the project received full historical board approval in one week due in large part to the considerations made toward protecting the existing building’s legacy and structure. Project Leader for Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects Photo by Bruce Buck for The New York Times   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1406566914319-H1MFZ68X4VYLI81GNPK5/OAA-SURE1.jpg Design Assist Proposed as a preliminary design with Bruce Mau Design for Shell’s SURE Northern program in northern Alberta, the project involved developing a sustainable, mobile home base for several hundred men that could be transported to various sites while mitigating its impact on the region. Responding to conditions in current camps around Fort McMurray and the unique social dynamic of an international and typically all-male work crew, the team sought to investigate several new technologies – from airships to educational training facilities – that would benefit the crew, their families as well as the communities they came from. Ultimately, the ambition here was to facilitate a transition away from fossil fuels to other technologies (wind, solar, wave) by incorporating those opportunities into this architecture. When projects were complete, crews would be able to take with them the architecture (living units, community facilities) to their homes in other parts of Canada, or Philippines, India, etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1406909931524-BY6MWLX0BNODIGD11O1W/GNA+POB+01.jpg Design Assist Guy Nordenson and Associates was invited to participate in an international competition for a new roof over the courtyard of the Patent Office Building in Washington DC. Collaborating with Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, we designed a flat glass grid roof suspended in an array of post-tensioning cables located along the lines of bending moments in each direction of the grid. The structural grid of the roof is a 4m horizontal grid of steel tube sections framing the glass. The post-tensioned cables are housed in curved pipes offset from the grid by vertical struts. The cable tension and geometry balance the permanent gravity loads. The vertical and lateral resistance is provided by twin quartets of tapered and inclined columns rising from the two asymmetrical interior foundation supports with post-tensioned vertical stays at the eight exterior foundation support points. The vertical face of the enclosure edge is supported through the cantilever of the secondary mullion grid from the main grid of 25cm steel tubes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1406600591355-382EPC482FT0NTWXN2PN/PAT02.jpg Design Assist As invited finalists in an international competition for a new aerial tramway, Guy Nordenson and Associates served as lead designer and structural engineer, in collaboration with Catherine Seavitt Studio and Architecture Research Office, for the design of tram stations at Marquam Hill and South Waterfront, a central support tower/landmark, a pedestrian bridge, and a waterfront park. The main Tramway support tower rises to a height of 328ft (100m) as a stand of eight tall tree-like pillars collected by a winding ribbon of steel. Because it would act as a landmark, the Tower design is taller than the minimum required to support the Tramway cables; however, the Tower design is extremely economical and comparable in cost to a shorter more conventional design and would greatly facilitate the construction of the Bridge by allowing the use of temporary stays for cantilever construction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1450208375775-C0N8BV0DWE6BMDSHSZHR/French+River+%28Dieter+Janssen%29.jpg Design Assist An exhibition space designed for Baird Sampson Neuert’s French River Visitor Centre presents the historical context of the French River within the terraced path established by the architecture of the building. Flowing across an archetypal landscape of rock and water, the visitor experience is organized along a continuously inclined topography of found and constructed elements that establish an interpretive and spatial armature for the project, further interpreting the River’s descent from its headwaters at Lake Nippissing to its delta at Georgian Bay. Built upon a ramping hall with a large overlook window cantilevered above the river, a collection of display surfaces is created to organise the space into the historic narrative of the collection. Beginning with a large relief map, a screen wall backdrop picks up the vast collection of early aboriginal canoes, settler equipment, tools and exploration documents. A collection of glass partitions used for projection surfaces, video displays, text, image and artifact display are distributed throughout the gallery and punctuate key points in the narrative along the path. The project received a Governor General’s Medal in 2010.   PUBLICATIONS ArchDaily, Canadian Architect and the Canadian Museums Association https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1406567179933-0QD2IGHF5J74Y3R79Y0H/Dark+Source+%28Ben+Rubin%29%2C+ZKM+Installation+2005+%28Design+Assist%29+01.jpg Design Assist Ben Rubin, Dark Source The installation examines the difficulty in employing new technologies for the process of voting – a public act – against the proprietary interests in protecting intellectual property by a private corporation. Diebold, perhaps most known for making ATMs, was seeking to make voting machines but was unwilling to reconcile its product with the requirement for public transparency. Installed for an exhibition at ZKM entitled “Making Things Public. Atmospheres of Democracy” in Karlsruhe, Germany from 19 March to 7 August 2005. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1451577283882-DRUA3XBGA0SD3Z2IH5OB/Terrence+Donnelly+UTM+%283%29.jpg Design Assist This project developed at Kongats Architects, included the design of the building’s envelope and coordination of its structure of staggered floor volumes. Each level of the building was optimized for the programme located on those levels, then positioned one floor upon the next. The resultant stepping produced covered overhangs and outdoor terraces that were made accessible as green spaces for students and faculty. A system of wood soffits and decks defined the horizontal surfaces – together with semi-intensive green roof areas – and these were juxtaposed against a vertical face made up of six folded reflective panels. The reflections were designed to engage the surrounding campus set against the backdrop of one of Mississauga’s many wild ravines. Where glazing was required based on plan conditions, a series of three reflective fins were used and these fins continued the inflection of three reflective wall panels in a continuous undulating façade. This project has received numerous awards, including a 2012 Governor General’s Medal in Architecture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1406906929353-0V9LH346C2HEFLLL9G6Q/OMA+NY+-+Lehmann+Maupin+Gallery+%285%29.jpg Design Assist Designed for the Lehmann Maupin Gallery in NY, OMA-NY had defined a cluster of doors as an access for patrons and the delivery of large artworks as its main entrance. Guy Nordenson and Associates developed these entrances to swing a large, fully glazed steel frame as one leaf, while a similar smaller leaf pivoted from an opposite point to close at a 90 degree corner. A custom motor was then fitted to each leaf to offset the doors’ weight, minimizing the effort required to open them to that of any conventional door. With both doors apart, an opening measuring A x Y was achieved. Petra Blaisse was commissioned to create a large curtain immediately past this threshold and this gave way to the larger of two exhibition spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1407376095171-H6YA1EYBA872DBPIS2Q8/Dieter+Janssen+-+Clouds+%28Ontario%29+03.jpg Design Assist https://www.dieterjanssen.com/architecture daily 0.75 2025-09-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1456405532140-UPJX6PYD7DW9X87HDDPW/image-asset.jpeg Architecture A hotel for Phnom Penh begins by looking at local trades and the possibility for their inclusion in this process. 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To address this, two skylights were introduced and lined with wood, softening the reflected blue light. Through this intervention, a space once reliant on borrowed light was thoughtfully transformed into a livable environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1721220886403-NUSWJ904AWXW135IKB4V/DJA+-+La+Ocho%2CPanajachel%2C+Guatemala+%282010%29+01a.jpg Architecture Panajachel, Guatemala hosted the 18th annual 10-day International Cycle Messenger World Championship, featuring the debut of “La Ocho”, an outdoor figure-eight velodrome. In collaboration with graduates from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Architecture and Institute for Aerospace Studies, along with Toronto-based organizer Nadir Olivet of La Carrera Cycles, the event's planning, physics, and construction were carefully developed and set in motion—until unforeseen natural events altered the course. 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Modest in scale compared to its larger neighboring homes, the addition respectfully situates itself in the metaphorical and literal shadow of the original structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1406601462120-N66IHKYJNOOUGTG56QD2/19_loft-09.jpg Architecture Designed as a fit-out for a condominium in the West Village, NYC, the client sought to preserve an open plan that would optimise the full extent of south exposure. To that effect, we shaped the northern elevation as a thickened wall that would house closets, bathrooms, utility spaces and storage. A flexible furniture-like figure occupies the center of the space and conceals large door-like partitions that can be used to separate the sleeping area from the larger living spaces and kitchen. Designed in collaboration with Chris Duisberg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1407594835206-KXV4LZP7HTXXZ3TN3AN2/Dieter+Janssen+-+Water+%282013%29+%23256a.jpg Architecture From Water I series (2013), near the site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1407601752460-5XKM2B5VK8EHMHHDCLJL/AtlanticOcean.A2006129.1400.250m+Jeff+Schmaltz.jpg Architecture The house is proposed for a couple engaged in a long distance relationship who share a house just north of Reykjavik near Litlibotn. If architecture can be understood as a reflection or response to human behaviour, this project takes the client's interaction as generative.     Full Project Text https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1434036186972-OEHB9L1SZ5UF571GBPGU/Ch%C3%BDn%C4%9B+01.jpg Architecture Chýně School Competition Designed in collaboration with Weiss Architecture & Urbanism Kevin Weiss, Sophie Tremblay, Mina Hanna, Sebastian Savone Full Project Text https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1406602493730-ZMKN9C41GYP7BH189002/gs_studio-cutlery.jpg Architecture This project, a design studio and workshop for a cutlery company, was developed in a double-height warehouse space north of Toronto. A two-storey structure was configured in this space with an enclosed production facility for mock-ups and trial pieces. Adapting a light-weight pre-fab structural mezzanine system, we were able to optimize an upper-level layout for four design staff together with an area for reviewing and assembling prototypes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1451591047531-CQWC0G2P4F4MSFHK1J7A/pm3c.jpg Architecture The New York City Police Museum, located on the second floor of the Cunard Building near the foot of Broadway, houses a phenomenal collection of materials from the NYPD’s historical archive. Working with their curators, our mandate was to develop both the space and all related exhibition equipment for this 12000sf hall. The exhibition documents police uniforms, equipment as well as an unusual assortment of criminal paraphernalia (e.g. Al Capone’s ankle pistol).   Project Leader for Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects PDF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1434578611776-MCYQ5QDB41J2GE8OY4D9/VMFA-model03.jpg Architecture For this short-listed extension proposal to the existing Virginia Museum of Fine Arts building, our scheme took several complimentary steps in forming a new museum experience. A new façade replaced an earlier expansion to one side of the original museum to reconcile circulation and continue the enfilade of rooms into a new wing. This offered a means for both restoring the original building’s architectural heritage and permitted a broadcasting of events and collections through its understated transparency. Project Leader for Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1407464748018-LB6ODVAVG68C1VIJPB1B/SMH%2B+-+FutureBrand+%281%29.jpg Architecture Located at East 23rd Street and Park Avenue in NYC, three floors for a Brand Identity company were fully renovated and converted into a design studio, offices and client presentation areas. Developed as a grouping of glass-enclosed offices located at the centre of each floor, the design areas were optimized around the building’s perimeter. Capitalizing on the natural light in this way took the best advantage of the space both for designers preparing materials and the in-board presentation spaces with their strictly controlled display environments. A product library located on the middle level also served as a staff area and project team pin-up gallery.   Project Leader for Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects PDF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1406601500027-KXV5EM8A4IDRH2A2XVBF/90_loft-03.jpg Architecture A loft located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan was transformed from a series of small tight utility spaces into a sequence of connected open rooms.   Designed in collaboration with Chris Duisberg   https://www.dieterjanssen.com/napoleon-light daily 0.75 2015-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405991586628-SDXPGV3PBU78N8E8KKPJ/Napoleon+%28DJA+2012%29+33.jpg Napoleon Light Prototype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405991586628-SDXPGV3PBU78N8E8KKPJ/Napoleon+%28DJA+2012%29+33.jpg Napoleon Light Prototype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405991568749-RMRDGX0KCJ2XRGUSPGHJ/Napoleon+%28DJA+2012%29+15.jpg Napoleon Light Prototype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405991569259-6GCM0E4NSWFNFMH81LE5/Napoleon+%28DJA+2012%29+17.jpg Napoleon Light Prototype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405991576885-88IHL2OTM6BCQKRXTFOB/Napoleon+%28DJA+2012%29+19.jpg Napoleon Light Prototype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405991585104-8B88Q21UE1FD2KUSTAAY/Napoleon+%28DJA+2012%29+29.jpg Napoleon Light Prototype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405991562000-AK9J217BNJPZXCQ4L09M/Napoleon+%28DJA+2012%29+14.jpg Napoleon Light Prototype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405991577402-NB0Z6HV83XN5XUWKNL8G/Napoleon+%28DJA+2012%29+21.jpg Napoleon Light Prototype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405991561362-DR7RNAR71LBYVCXBXBGE/Napoleon+%28DJA+2012%29+11.jpg Napoleon Light Prototype https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53cdb3dbe4b0945af87f5164/1405991810302-97SFKJDN2CJ4SDCDQGYJ/Napoleon+Tessellation+web.png Napoleon Light Prototype A Napoleon tessellation is a simple set of equilateral triangles arranged around a three-pronged figure with each arm of equal length. 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