LA Pergolas

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Two sculptures in downtown LA, in construction now! Follow construction progress on Aperiodic Industries page. Los Angeles, CA   Pedestrians traversing the 101 on their way to or from Union Station or the El Pueblo Historical Monument and world famous Olvera … Continue reading

Wilmington Waves

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This permanent artwork conceptualized with I was part of the design partnership of Didier Hess is for the Wilmington Waterfront Development as part of their Buffer Park project.  This piece will illuminate the pedestrian bridges that run along the buffer … Continue reading

Orit Haj

photo by Patrick Mcelhenney © 2013 chouAdmin. All rights reserved.

Artwork for the Vasquez Rocks visitor center in Agua Dulce California. Constructed through a series of workshops, designed in collaboration with Jenna Didier and executed with the help of dozens of volunteers interested in the larger issues surrounding the project … Continue reading

Live Forever

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For Firestation 94 in the Baldwin Park area of Los Angeles 2011 Our work always tries to respond to a local need. Live Forever is designed to monitor fire danger levels in the vicinity of Fire Station 94 in Los … Continue reading

Food Pyramid

Photo by Scott Mayoral © 2010 chouAdmin. All rights reserved.

Food Pyramid for LACMA, Los Angeles CA 2010 Taking cues from its symbolic predecessor and the material and natural ecologies of Los Angeles, Food Pyramid is a vertical development of the Fish Taco Garden prototyped last summer at Materials & … Continue reading

Ukendt Beach

Photo by Anja Franke © 2009 chouAdmin. All rights reserved.

Instant Herlev Institute, Denmark 2009 Ukendt Beach is an inclined roof tile deck that descends into a rainwater “ocean” in the front yard of a home in suburban Copenhagen. The fabricated synthetic beach uses the roof construction materials and technologies … Continue reading

Pomona College String Theory

Photo by Scott Mayoral © 2009 chouAdmin. All rights reserved.

Pomona College, Commencement structure.  2008, 2009, 2010 Public interaction is a crucial component of our work and is exemplified in our project”Pomona String Theory”. The shade canopy, designed alongside architect Emily White, was constructued to shelter the Pomona College audience in … Continue reading

House Swarming

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Art Center College of Design Wind Tunnel Pasadena CA 2008 A site-specific installation which operates both as a complex light pattern that greets visitors and as an environment-sensing device.  Commissioned for the Art Center presentation of the exhibition “Open House,” … Continue reading

Here There Be Monsters

Photo by Scott Mayoral © 2006 chouAdmin. All rights reserved.

On a bamboo bridge above a pond, human and monster meet through a gestural interface. This installation explores the challenges of synchronizing the aesthetics and intrinsic characteristics of natural materials into a built environment, mediated with the latest computer aided … Continue reading

Tesla’s Ghost

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The Redondo Steam Plant’s interior far wall was illuminated with the rippling reflective surface of a vertical expanse of simulated water. The ocean just several yards away was invited into the plant – to join with electricity in the form … Continue reading