Peeled Form Study

2025 — Rice Architecture, Year 1

The peeled form study explores how an operation (peeling) can create unique and dynamic forms. For this project, the instructions were to create two pencil section drawings at 1/2 scale without disassembling the model or using 3D modeling.

Drawings

Section 1, 2025, Pencil, 32″ × 32″
Section 1, 2025, Pencil, 32″ × 32″
Section 2, 2025, Pencil, 32″ × 32″
Section 2, 2025, Pencil, 32″ × 32″

Spatial Model

Architecture / Peeled Form Study
Architecture / Peeled Form Study
Architecture / Peeled Form Study

Process To derive the final form, I created eight study models exploring different geometries

Architecture / Peeled Form Study
Architecture / Peeled Form Study
Architecture / Peeled Form Study
Architecture / Peeled Form Study
Architecture / Peeled Form Study
Architecture / Peeled Form Study
Architecture / Peeled Form Study
Architecture / Peeled Form Study