c nicholson portfolio and other thoughts

PORTFOLIO RESEARCH DRAWING WRITING


RE-WIND: WIND TURBINE BLADES
AS INFRASTRUCTURE

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the Rewind Network
Years: 2022-2025

Working as an architectural researcher for a multidisciplinary team at Tech developing decommissioned wind turbine blades into bridges, I have completed site analysis and design development for multiple turbine blade centered projects. I led design of new structural proposals for blades as bus stops in Knoxville, TN with hand sketched and digital renders. I surveyed community stakeholders and presented work culminating in a published paper accepted to the 2023 - IC NOCMAT.





Blade Bridge Ribbon Cutting, BeaverBrook Park, Atlanta GA

photos here

Poster Presented at TMS-2025, Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada




DOE Recycling Prize Competetion winning video:
I completed the overlay sketches and wind turbine visuals,
credit to Sakshi Kakkad for video editing, narration and production.
Credit to all included in Re-Wind Network.






contact: nicholsonwork@protonmail.com