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Architects Seth McDowell and Rychiee Espinosa founded their practice mcdowellespinosa in 2010 with the goal of transforming “waste, excess, and the ordinary into new spatial and material realities.” In 2015, they were selected os one of the six winners of the the prestigious Architectural League Prize. Winners of the prize present their work in lectures […]

For his project “Western Standards S2-48,” artist Alan Ruiz asked us to fabricate a series of panels in MDF similar to the work we did for his project “Against Nature.” As in that project, the CNC router was used to create a series of shallow inserts made from the profile of the steel studs that […]

For their work on Storefront for Art and Architecture’s 30th Anniversary Show, Bittertang asked us to help create part of a waterbed in the shape of a petri dish. The exhibition was titled “BEING“, and explored the history of Storefront, including ephemera such as the unsuccessful grant applications making up this “waterbed of unfulfilled dreams.” […]

For BOFFO Building Fashion 2013, Bittertang designed an installation inspired by Michael Bastian’s fall/winter 2013 collection. Their “Creepy Chic” interior warped and distorted antique furniture, and set the dark and eerie stage for Bastian’s clothing. We were asked to help CNC cut part of one element of their display, a shelf that was to look […]

For his 2013 exhibition “Half of Your Life is Behind You,” artist David Cavaliero asked us to laser engrave a series of large glass mirrors. Cavaliero engraves text, graphics and imagery onto the reverse surface of silver mirrors. The laser was set to engrave away the coating on the back of the mirror until only […]

This installation at 350 Bowery in New York City served as the setting for a pop-up exhibition curated by the editors of Core77 showcasing the work of 35 designers from all across the City. The exhibition, titled “All City All Stars,” featured designers picked by Core77 in an attempt to “survey the landscape of all […]

This project set out to explore the possibilities of glass slumping, culminating in a full-scale installation of slumped glass panels at Columbia University.

The Cultivated City was an exhibit prepared for Columbia University’s End of Year Architecture Show. The installation displayed the work of the students in Marc Tsurumaki and Marc Kushner’s Spring 2008 architecture studio. The installation occupied a busy corridor in Columbia’s Avery Hall and was comprised of a faceted pegboard wall of displaying student work […]

Inspired by the 16th-century wattle & daub building technique, our team produced a sustainable curtain wall panel system combining modern and medieval construction methods. The pre-fabricated frames are filled on site with waste from the building process. Sawdust, wood chips, and other scraps are mixed in with a binding agent to form the daub. This […]