The brief asked us to build off of the bookshelf's we designed earlier in the semester to create a bus-stop library. By using the same design logic as the joints I previously designed, I created glass column's that suspends the copper roof. With the pressing of glass with copper connections, I created a multifaceted bookshelf module that can be aggravated in all planes. With the selection of Bolt hall on West Campus, The analysis of foot traffic informed the design of the bus stop. The roof of the bus stop extends out into the main avenues of the entrance to allow for an inviting feel. The original module was redesigned to allow the same language throughout the bus stop, detailed with the bench areas, structural components, and book storage areas. The glass columns extend out of the roof, flooding the space below. The glass allows for the illusion of a floating glass roof.

This one week unsupervised competition asked the students to use their joint and material studies from previous exercises to develop a 6 x 6 cube that explores the different conditions. With my pressing aluminum joint modules, I was able to create a specially complex joinery method, that bends and weaves aluminum to tension, and the pressure ends up holding up the structure. 

Zekai Lin and I designed and fabricated a modular bookshelf that focused on allowing the book to become the client. The modularity allowed the bookshelf to live in multiple orientations which allowed die a playful imagination of book to client use. Tasked with pressing aluminum and loam, we interpreted this challenge by using the lightness and flexibility of aluminum to bend it into various curvatures to create a uniquely shaped shelf system. While the loam acted as a keystone to hold the structure in place. 

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