Mas Moss Living Curtain

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Mas Moss is a living curtain, dynamic in performance and evolving in verdant organization. It offers an architectural solution for the introduction of plant material into an interior environment by bringing together exposed-root tillandsia recurvata (commonly known as ballmoss) and a biodegradable, net-like soft structure. The epiphytic bromeliads stimulate haptic biofiltration while reducing VOCs and toxins found in indoor air.

Design Team: Tamie Glass, Igor Siddiqui, Kendra Ordia

Pikes Powers Living Laboratory

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The Pike Powers Living Laboratory exists as part of a clean energy demonstration experiment supported by a grant from the US Department of Energy. Sited within a row of shop houses, the project provides the opportunity to function both as a model sustainable smart home as well as an active lab for sustainable technology experimentation. Both components act as a showplace for technologies and serve as an educational center where researchers, utility providers and the public can see the systems at work and test new approaches in a real world, carefully controlled setting. The building aims to achieve a high degree of holistic sustainability, including low-tech and high-tech strategies.



Design Team: Uli Dangel, Matt Fajkus, Tamie Glass

Portable Retail Store System

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Developed before pop-up shops were cool…this Portable Retail System is a fully integrated kit-of-parts that combines the necessary interior fixtures of a retail store with a mobile exterior shell. It is compact, easily transportable, based on modular units, and utilizes lightweight construction principles. The trailer-based system can be quickly deployed and is advantageous for the temporary relocation of a store during construction, as well as for fairs, exhibitions, and other ephemeral events. A variety of material and graphic identity elements allow for factory customization by retailers offering complete environmental branding opportunities.

Deployable Lightweight Medical System

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This system is designed to be efficient in its transportation, energy consumption, and cost while offering a sanitary environment that is conducive to medical treatment. Utilizing lightweight construction principles, it is based on a kit-of-parts that forms four basic modules. The node, connection, service, and treatment/ward modules are stored in collapsed condition and can easily be transported by air, land, or water. The modules can be combined into three basic configurations: a basic health care unit, a referral hospital unit, and a surgical hospital unit. Material selection and energy concept of the system warrant its use in extreme climate conditions throughout the world.