Amanda Warren freshmen foundations project

A foundations studio was assigned a project to create something interesting within an enclosed portable space. Amanda used Corian, and because freshmen don't have access to power tools, she simply snapped rod sized pieces to size them.

Sustainable Corian Use

The Village of Alfred Planning board has approved the proposed Bus Shelter as of March 1st. The project has been officially titled 'The Alfred Plaza Project' and has demonstrated a successful collaboration between Alfred University art students in COTTA (Community Outreach Through The Arts) and the Alfred State Architecture Club.

COTTA's website is http://alfredcotta.blogspot.com






Corian will compose a large portion of this project in an innovative manner to create the 7 benches located throughout the Alfred Plaza.



Approximately 1.5 tons of scrap flashing pieces will be diverted from the landfill and utilized as a building material to create the benches.



The Corian flashing will be accompanied by another waste material that was procured from the Hudson Valley Materials Exchange. Este Lauder produced a promotional bracelet made from translucent pink acrylic. The bracelet didn't make it to the hands of consumers for unknown reasons and was landfill bound, but was rescued by several material reuse organizations throughout New York State. The benches will utilize roughly 1000 bracelets as spacers between the Corian scrap to reduce the weight of the benches and permit water to flow through.



The seat uses flashing produced from the 810 model sink, modified with 2-2" holes to accept a galvanized pipe for structural support. The pipes were donated to RePo (a material reuse program at Alfred University) by AUTV from an old lighting grid.



The back rest is created from flashing produced from the 872 mold, cut diagonally to create a slender triangular shape.



The backs of two benches facing Main street will be clad with artistic ceramic tile instead of the wood, and may play off the interesting optical effects produced by the interaction between the Corian scrap and pink bracelets.

Kinetic light sculpture

From Fred Tschida's Freshmen Foundations Systems class, this kinetic light sculpture has a sturdy Corian Base to anchor the whimsical sculpture to the ground.

A kinetic sculpture by Kaya

Fred Tschida is teaching a Freshmen Foundations class titled 'Systems'. Kaye Waltman has crafted almost every part of this interesting kinetic water sculpture using Corian.

Dan Vuono Corian Work in Freshmen Foundations

The assignment was to recreate an object in planar linear material. Dan chose Corian and experimented with thermoforming to complete the assignment.

Floor Matt

This floor matt was created for scraping the snow from people's feet before they enter the RePo container. The Corian provides a lift for the matt, and a perfect material to withstand the snow and grime of the ground. It was created using sink flashing scraps bolted together and screwed to the ski traction matt.

Corian Thermoforming Demo

These pictures chart the creation of a Corian Hammock. Kyle Doda was interested in pushing the limits of Corian and thermoforming. He chose the hammock as a method to test the structural capabilities of Corian, and put on a performance in the creation of the hammock. Kyle was harnessed into a winch with 4 layers of glass casting leathers for protection from the 300 degree Corian. The material was heated in a glass annealer and suspended above the ground with cables. Kyle was lowered into the hammock, forming the Corian to his body. The final piece is surprisingly comfortable and will be hung in the lobby of Harder Hall for others to enjoy. Information will be posted alongside the hammock on the thermoforming process.






Video Documentation of the event