PORTFOLIO.2024
Michael South is a multi-disciplinary designer working across architecture, furniture and textiles. After graduating from the Pratt School of Architecture, he founded Studio Ooni, a practice focused on custom furniture design and fabrication.
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Selected Professional Work
GLOW + FLOW - HAWTHORNE, CA
StudioOoni - Custom Furniture/Millwork
FLOATING SHELVING UNIT
GREENPOINT HEADBOARD
POLK RECORD CABINET
RISON CABINETS
Ooni LAMP V.1
Ooni LAMP V.2
SANCTUARY HEALTH - PATCHOGUE, NY
MATERIAL LIBRARY - EDG
OBSCURE COFFEE ROASTERS
Selected Undergraduate Work - Pratt Institute
NASA X-HAB --------4th Year
THESIS ------------5th Year
CLAY 3D PRINTING --5th Year
Unit Studio - Fashion
CANOPY JACKET
U-SHORTS
HOODED ANORAK
FOUR POCKET BUTTON-UP
FRENCH TERRY WORK JACKET
GUNNER SMOCK
michaelsouth33@gmail.com
@michaelsouth14
@studio.ooni
@unit.nyc
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Full Assembly with Radiation Blocking PanelsFull Assembly w/o Radiation Blocking PanelsStructure / Radiation Blocking PanelsGreenhouse DetailGreenhouse AssemblyFull AssemblySmall-Scale Test MoldsPositive / Negative MoldsLarge-Scale VacuuformLanding Pad RenderGreenhouse OrganizationGreenhouse SectionPlanter Cup ResearchPlanter DetailsFull Structural Assembly / Deployment of One Module
NASA X-HAB Moon to Mars Project:
The Oasis Habitat
08/2020 - 05/2021
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REX-13: 978-0882681/283The Oasis Habitat project was developed to instill a long term habitat on Earth’s Moon for astronauts to conduct research and experiments, as well as lay the foundation for future space exploration in the second half of this century. This project would work in tandem with NASA’s Artemis Program. Most importantly, this mission would serve as a stepping pad for future missions as the anchoring component of habitat is the ice mining mission which converts ice to compellent. Additionally, the Habitat OASIS project will include a greenhouse.
Working in collaboration with NASA architects and engineers through weekly meetings and progress reviews, this studio was extremely intensive. A primary goal for the studio was the production of a large-scale model for presentation to NASA at the conclusion of the studio. Taking place during the height of the pandemic meant that only six of us were present in Brooklyn to work on the production of this model.
We utilized CNC technology at Pratt Institute to create large MDF positive molds of the structural skeletal pieces (pictured). One mold was made for the interior face and a separate made for the exterior face. We transported these molds to Stiegelbauer Associates in the Brooklyn Navy Yard where they were vacuuformed to create large negative molds (pictured). The final step in this process was to cast the structure, in this case using a mixture of red cotton shreds and resin tightly handpacked into the vacuuforms.
The habitat shell was constructed from high density foam and milled through additional CNC machining at Pratt Institute (pictured). The greenhouse was realized by 3D printing stackable units which were assembled into columns and decorated with artificial flowers mimicking the greenery intended to grow in situ (pictured).
Full Assembly w/o Radiation Blocking PanelsFull Assembly with Radiation Blocking PanelsGreenhouseStructure / Radiation Blocking PanelsScale of VacuuformPositive / Negative MoldsFull Assembly Scale
Small-Scale Test MoldsLanding Pad RenderGreenhouse SectionGreenhouse OrganizationPlanter ResearchPlanter DetailsFull Structural Assembly / Deployment of One Module