Groundforms
Ongoing exploration of architectural ground typologies, including slabs, negatives, piles, & platforms.
Collaborators: Scott Lafferty, Caleb Laurence
![Negatives (2020)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bcc1552aeb52ad230e069cc5c46a52378c7840f826cc327bc8427165a0fb2884/Zachary-Tate-Porter_Negatives_Models.jpg)
Negative (noun): a spatial volume removed from a solid mass
![Negatives (2020)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c47dede00609009918fb3c95998c6328d3ee63ca683259ff2e139cafde3a8eb7/Zachary-Tate-Porter_Negatives.jpg)
![Eduardo Chillida, Basque Liberties Plaza (1980)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2f35216baa12324c27e90685209ed10e566023ba0b8f97762971004d2626f4d/Eduardo-Chillida_Basque-Liberties-Plaza.png)
Pile (noun): a centralized accumulation of discrete elements
![Pile (2020)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56c51f89d96b0fa7019d7f65434d57d0cceee04b2fd9973af58538cd2a3a081d/Zachary-Tate-Porter_Pile_01.jpg)
![Pile (2020)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50b13286554df670ff0d1727e5cd4eddb839dbb9ffc26e81a5531dd982159102/Zachary-Tate-Porter_Pile_02.jpg)
![Alison & Peter Smithson, Robin Hood Gardens (1972)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e024a45fb6f9007d4853abf4916fd41a3611d90a7dccdcbf7756299d166d350d/Alison---Peter-Smithson_Robinhood-Gardens.png)
![Ground Precedents](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/edf12c3ddfdca6ea97419b75deec70435476c41f539382921e1dcbac30ae9777/Zachary-Tate-Porter_Ground-Precedents.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93355a4c2f91278f3e2b00fe459d9e11559ab8be8c4c33237911e5fed6674ce2/Zachary-Tate-Porter_Groundforms_01.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b9e440f38c426ebc8aaf870c292488b704b9d4b1093d837305a494ad69b70af/Zachary-Tate-Porter_Groundforms.jpg)
Slab (noun): a thickened surface with defined edges
![Slab Simulation Study (2021)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31c2872baaac7359a2915eb37973b3f4a5b825a3ebec6f6e17af574126c03339/Zachary-Tate-Porter_Nine-Square_04.gif)
![Photogrammetry Slab Scans (2020)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/472d06667eb74e5200cd25bc9acc6e9d063e842856d477aa8f182f24e135937b/Zachary-Tate-Porter_Slab-Scans.jpg)
Platform (noun): a planar extrusion elevated above the earth
![Platform (2020)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26613a04b16de8aafa312c41f2055b3dff442526a932741aafa6d1941ef8f9eb/Zachary-Tate-Porter_Platform_02.jpg)
![Platform (2020)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c46ad8167813ce1b5ea00d9f784e6dc83d72a2055d86dbbdc083a3a8ecb4d57/Zachary-Tate-Porter_Platform_01.jpg)
![St. Jerome's Study, as depicted by Antonello da Messina](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1d8d085bdab9359d1232d4c7a3f8d61d9d7ad25e9626b99cd8aeae8b234c5b0/St-Jerome_Study.png)
![Platforms (2019)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5701b6b1551cadd909df9a7b0db158d10f97f3a87ac1780f11e5daa236f592ab/Zachary-Tate-Porter_Platforms.gif)