Google Redwood City - The Grove Experience Center
The Grove experience center was made as a space to host guests and conferences. It was designed to showcase Google’s position at the cutting edge of technology, while celebrating the roots it has laid down in Redwood City. Aldy worked as a technical designer and fabricator to bring multiple large scale permanent installations in the facility to life. The first of these to greet the visitors are the giant hanging tree ring sculptures stationed in the main lobby, which are fashioned after 3D scans of native redwood. Other works in this space include a ribbed wooden hallway with lights that animate and respond to your position, a grove of 2 storey tall stylized trees with mechanized branches, redwood seed cone pendants, and several other installations.
Client
Company
Iontank
Role
Technical designer and fabricator
Google Redwood City - The Grove Experience Center
The Grove experience center was made as a space to host guests and conferences. It was designed to showcase Google’s position at the cutting edge of technology, while celebrating the roots it has laid down in Redwood City. Aldy worked as a technical designer and fabricator to bring multiple large scale permanent installations in the facility to life. The first of these to greet the visitors are the giant hanging tree ring sculptures stationed in the main lobby, which are fashioned after 3D scans of native redwood. Other works in this space include a ribbed wooden hallway with lights that animate and respond to your position, a grove of 2 storey tall stylized trees with mechanized branches, redwood seed cone pendants, and several other installations.
Client
Company
Iontank
Role
Technical designer and fabricator
Google NYC - St. John’s Terminal
This former terminus for New York Central Railroad’s High Line is now Google North America’s headquarters for global business organization. Google’s brand & philosophy is expressed in the space through the various permanent installations on site. Aldy worked on creating the visual and mechanical design of a series of hundreds of mechatronic wind chimes, from early concepting, prototyping, hardware & material sourcing, through to creating custom installation tools. He also worked on other installations in the space, including light-projected books that bridge physical and digital experiences, and a wishing well with digital content that responds to coins that are tossed in.
Client
Company
Deeplocal
Role
Concept and technical designer
Google NYC - St. John’s Terminal
This former terminus for New York Central Railroad’s High Line is now Google North America’s headquarters for global business organization. Google’s brand & philosophy is expressed in the space through the various permanent installations on site. Aldy worked on creating the visual and mechanical design of a series of hundreds of mechatronic wind chimes, from early concepting, prototyping, hardware & material sourcing, through to creating custom installation tools. He also worked on other installations in the space, including light-projected books that bridge physical and digital experiences, and a wishing well with digital content that responds to coins that are tossed in.
Client
Company
Deeplocal
Role
Concept and technical designer
Google Mountain View - Gradient Canopy
The sister site to Google’s own global headquarters in Bay View Campus, Gradient canopy is an equally innovative and sustainable building that integrates the workplace with public community spaces. Collaborating closely with Google’s internal experience design team, Aldy worked on early experience, concept, and technical design, to express Google’s mission and its innovations through various permanent installations on site. Particular focus was placed in integrating aspects of local flora and fauna into these pieces, culminating in concepts that range from flocks of abstracted kinetic sculptures of local birds, to a touch-activated sculptural oak tree cross-section that uses its tree rings to chronologize Google’s history. Aldy also acted as a bridge between the design and engineering departments, constantly striving to deliver a product that excels in both its form and function.
Client
Company
Deeplocal
Role
Concept and production designer
Google Mountain View - Gradient Canopy
The sister site to Google’s own global headquarters in Bay View Campus, Gradient canopy is an equally innovative and sustainable building that integrates the workplace with public community spaces. Collaborating closely with Google’s internal experience design team, Aldy worked on early experience, concept, and technical design, to express Google’s mission and its innovations through various permanent installations on site. Particular focus was placed in integrating aspects of local flora and fauna into these pieces, culminating in concepts that range from flocks of abstracted kinetic sculptures of local birds, to a touch-activated sculptural oak tree cross-section that uses its tree rings to chronologize Google’s history. Aldy also acted as a bridge between the design and engineering departments, constantly striving to deliver a product that excels in both its form and function.
Client
Company
Deeplocal
Role
Concept and production designer
Allegheny General Hospital - Cancer Center
The Cancer Center is an extension building to Allegheny General Hospital. Its main lobby houses a multi-storey interactive sculpture that is controlled through a kiosk, meant to instill hope to patients and their families. Aldy worked as the co-lead for industrial design, and also led structural & electronics packaging for the sculpture. He was also involved in the research of custom fabrication methods and installation procedures, staying on the project from conception to installation day.
Client
Allegheny General Hospital
Company
Iontank
Role
Technical designer and fabricator
Allegheny General Hospital - Cancer Center
The Cancer Center is an extension building to Allegheny General Hospital. Its main lobby houses a multi-storey interactive sculpture that is controlled through a kiosk, meant to instill hope to patients and their families. Aldy worked as the co-lead for industrial design, and also led structural & electronics packaging for the sculpture. He was also involved in the research of custom fabrication methods and installation procedures, staying on the project from conception to installation day.
Client
Allegheny General Hospital
Company
Iontank
Role
Technical designer and fabricator
Google Tokyo - Partner Plex
The Tokyo Partner Plex is designed as a space for Google to collaborate with its industry partners. This project consists of animated, light-projecting pendants and a sculptural bowl housing a ripple-like surface that pulsates with light. Aldy worked as a technical designer and fabricator in the production phase of this project, preparing and fabricating components before they were shipped out to Japan.
Client
Company
Iontank
Role
Technical designer and fabricator
Google Tokyo - Partner Plex
The Tokyo Partner Plex is designed as a space for Google to collaborate with its industry partners. This project consists of animated, light-projecting pendants and a sculptural bowl housing a ripple-like surface that pulsates with light. Aldy worked as a technical designer and fabricator in the production phase of this project, preparing and fabricating components before they were shipped out to Japan.
Client
Company
Iontank
Role
Technical designer and fabricator
Google NYC - Pier 57
Once a shipping and storage terminal, Pier 57 is now not only listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but also a Google workplace that boasts public community spaces. Within it, the Chelsea View Theater was created as a space to host live broadcasts, lectures and receptions. Aldy worked on the on-site installation of the double-sided LED honeycomb wall of the theater and its pre-function space. These walls act as low-resolution displays that enhance the content shown on the central, high-resolution display.
Client
Company
Iontank
Role
Technical designer and fabricator
Google NYC - Pier 57
Once a shipping and storage terminal, Pier 57 is now not only listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but also a Google workplace that boasts public community spaces. Within it, the Chelsea View Theater was created as a space to host live broadcasts, lectures and receptions. Aldy worked on the on-site installation of the double-sided LED honeycomb wall of the theater and its pre-function space. These walls act as low-resolution displays that enhance the content shown on the central, high-resolution display.
Client
Company
Iontank
Role
Technical designer and fabricator
Google NYC - 8th Avenue
111 8th Avenue, once the site of Port Authority’s headquarters, is now the location of Google’s East Coast headquarters. Aldy provided early concept and experience design for permanent installations in the vestibule, lobby, and various other spaces in the building. These designs explored a breadth of approaches that reflected the site’s history, Google’s identity, and also its relationship to the local community.
Client
Company
Deeplocal
Role
Concept and technical designer
Google NYC - 8th Avenue
111 8th Avenue, once the site of Port Authority’s headquarters, is now the location of Google’s East Coast headquarters. Aldy provided early concept and experience design for permanent installations in the vestibule, lobby, and various other spaces in the building. These designs explored a breadth of approaches that reflected the site’s history, Google’s identity, and also its relationship to the local community.
Client
Company
Deeplocal
Role
Concept and technical designer
Carnegie Involvement Association - Buggy 23
Buggies have been raced in Carnegie Mellon University’s annual sweepstakes for over 100 years. They are unpowered vehicles that are raced downhill by drivers at speeds reaching 40 MPH. In its modern iteration, buggies frequently borrow learnings from aerospace, with heavy usage of carbon fibre and integration of computational fluid dynamics into the design process. Aldy led chassis & packaging design for Carnegie Involvement Association. He worked on surface modeling, packaging, and aerodynamics for buggy 23, which regularly records the highest top speed on the course. He also served as livery designer and painter during his time there.
Client
Carnegie Mellon Involvement Association
Role
Chassis design & packaging, livery designer
Carnegie Involvement Association - Buggy 23
Buggies have been raced in Carnegie Mellon University’s annual sweepstakes for over 100 years. They are unpowered vehicles that are raced downhill by drivers at speeds reaching 40 MPH. In its modern iteration, buggies frequently borrow learnings from aerospace, with heavy usage of carbon fibre and integration of computational fluid dynamics into the design process. Aldy led chassis & packaging design for Carnegie Involvement Association. He worked on surface modeling, packaging, and aerodynamics for buggy 23, which regularly records the highest top speed on the course. He also served as livery designer and painter during his time there.
Client
Carnegie Mellon Involvement Association
Role
Chassis design & packaging, livery designer
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