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THE PATENT PROJECT


IDEAS Campus Technical Elective
Spring 2020
Location: Siteless
Prof. Garrett Ricciardi
A design for the “Super Opperable Window”

This investigation began with an exploration of patent history and typologies.

Defining a “Design” v. “Utility” patent and investigating architectural copyright this project leans on the representation of the real, and defined desires of patent offices to work on suggesting a “new” personal copyright. To copyright something it need not function, nor ever be built, nor can one copyright color. Notably small edits to existing patents often result in new copyrights. This patent obsesses over the image of the mechanical in a new highly operable window capable of infilling and replacing existing facades: a patent for those that find themselves suddenly trapped indoors.
All Academic Work
New Projects!
1. Climate Refugee Housing
2. Memorial | Mass Atrocity
3. Digital is Never Deleted
Portfolio
1. Innovation Center (Studio)

2. The Patent Project
(Tech Elec.)

3. NMAL
(Studio)

4. Water Returns
(Tech Elec.)

5. The Parking Gym
(Studio)

6. High-rise Cul-De-Sac
(Studio)

7. That Fuzzy Thing
(Elec)

8. Beyond Beautiful
(Studio)
RESUME // CV
Designed Investigations 
1. Mercurial Metro.
(Podcast & Mapping)
2. Oxnard Begins
(Studio Video)
3. Seamlessness
(Tech Elec.)
4. LA Super Obj.
(Elec)
5. House Happenstance 
(Comp.)
6. A Pipe Dream
(Comp.)
7. Programming
(Research)
8. Italian Journal
(Hand Sketching)
9. Building Construction
(Core)
10. POOL
(2019)
11. Intro To Computers
(Core)
12. Telling More
(Podvast & Video)
Built Works
1. Flat Pack Bench (Core)
2. Proccesing Pannels
(Core)

3. Physical Modeling
Studio Work (Additional)  
    UCLA
        1. Metro

        2. Silver Lake Library

    UNCC
       1. Roman Infrastructure (Abroad)
2. Ashville Wine (Comprehensive)

3. Seoul Studio
(Abroad)

4. Charlotte Library (Enviro.)

5. Warehouse Num. 4 (Structural)