4 posts tagged “final review”
In computational design techniques we can perceive the presence of one
What we perceive, or understand as a surface grammar, can be described as the means to generate all the valid strings of a specific surface language; it can also be used as the basis for a recognizer that determines for any given string whether it is grammatical (i.e. belongs to the language). To describe such recognizers, formal language theory uses separate formalisms, known as automata.
In this sense we are using geometry as the basic grammar of the surface explorations. To rigorously investigate this condition the course relies on a contained set of geometrical rules, or strings of information. This container is formed by specific tessellations. Two conditions form the rules of the surface grammar:
Tessellation & Delamination. These two conditions alone can create a thriving array of variation.
Following an invitation by Yusuke Obuchi and Tom Verebes, Sandra and I joined the panel of critics for the Final Thesis presentation at the AA Design Reseach Lab, London. The main issue of the presentation was Parametric Urbanism, dealing with issues such as the interrelated systems, organized in networks, that form relational conditions within the contemporary conurbation, expressed in parametric systems that comprise an array of possible design methods for contemporary urbanism. The students main tool to explore these pliant urban conditions was scripting techniques. It was very exiting to see the manyfold expression conceived by the students in their projects that covered a wide field of possible urban textures. The board of critics included, Patrick Schumacher, Alisa
This semesters main theme in my studio at the Bauhaus was the issue of Ornamentation. The students had to explore the various architectural implications conotated with the realm of ornaments. To be precise the studio was called Deep Ornament. This implies opportunities to explore issues such structure, spatial articulation as well as the performative qualities of articulated surfaces. The students developed two specific branches within the provided environment of thought. One approach dealed with
The studio of Peter Testa
at the Southern California Institute of architecture is a very special
breed, as it combines the exploration of contemporary architecture
design techniques with research and development of fabrication methods.
Sandra Manninger and Matias del Campo
joined the panel of critics for the final review of this very
interesting studio. This semesters task was to develop ideas based on
the application of conditions such as braiding, weaving, bifurcation
and felting. Embracing this particular issues, the students developed
strategies that resulted in a variety of design methods, which
they applied in different scales. Talking about scale, this is one of
the points that remained rather fuzzy througout the work of the studio,
giving the panel of critics space for speculation on possible
applications of the students discoveries. The panel of critics
included David Erdman, partner in the architecture firm SERVO, faculty member of UCLA; Heather Roberge, also UCLA faculty and partner in the architecture Practice GNUform, SCI-Arc faculty Tom Wiscombe (Emergence) and Michael Speaks. For a while also Eric Owen Moss, Director of SCI-Arc, joined the panel, throwing some fire into the discussion about material use, explorative approaches and architecture.
