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    Morphosis Diamond in the Rough

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    Diamond Ranch School, Site Plan.
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    Diamond Ranch School, Roof Plan.
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    Diamond Ranch School, Upper Level Plan.
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    Diamond Ranch School, Lower Level Plan.
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    Diamond Ranch School, Middle Level Plan.
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    To begin, the topography of site was represented as a wire mesh computer model.
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    Diamond Ranch School, Building and Site Sections.
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    The architects manipulated elements of the mesh geometry to begin developing the building form.
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    Diamond Ranch School, Building and Site Sections.
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    Then the plan of the Diamond Ranch School emerged from working with the topological model.
    Image: Morphosis

    Project Credits

    Design Architect: Morphosis
    Principal: Thom Mayne
    Project Architect: John Enright
    Morphosis Project Team: Cameron Crockett , David Grant, Fabian Kremkus, Janice Shimizu, Patrick J. Tighe
    Project Assistants: Sarah Allan, Kaspar Baumeister, Jay Behr, John Bencher, Mark Briggs, Frank Brodbeck, Takashi Ehira, Magdalena Glen, Ivar Gudmunson, George Hemandez, Martin Krammer, Ming Lee, Francisco Mouzo, Christopher Payne, Kinga Racon, Robyn Sambo, Andreas Schaller, Bennett Shen, Mark Sich, Craig Shimahara, Tadao Shimizu, Steve Slaughter, Brandon Welling, Eui-Sung Yi

    Executive Architect: Thomas Blurock Architects
    Principal: Tom Blurock
    Project Architect: Tom Moore
    Blurock Architects Project Team: Mark Briggs, Kevin Fleming, Nadar Glassemlou, Chris Samuelian, Kristina Steeves, Jose Valentin, Wendell Vaughn, Lis Zuloaga
    Project Assistants: Gregory Ashton, Colleen Bathgate, Mike Blazek, Vince Coffeen, Karen MacIntyre, Kathy Sun, Brady Titus, Robert Trucios

     

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