(via Section | Cut) “We really try to define our own projects, as opposed to waiting for someone to arrive (with or without a bag of cash) and asking us to do something.” – Geoff Thun “It’s kind of like working in a perpetual thesis…the thesis as a constant practice model..life as thesis! But then […]
(via ilookup.org) Auburn University‘s Rural Studio: A Story of Solutions featured in Philadelphia at the AIA Convention as part of the 2016 AIA ilookup Film Challenge! Congratulations! — In a small town in Alabama, architecture teachers and students are creating some of the most transformative solutions in the world of architecture. Sponsored by Auburn University, Rural Studio […]
(via Dezeen) New virtual reality tools will allow architects and designers to create buildings and products intuitively in 3D space around them, according to the director of visualisation studio VRtisan (+ movie). The technology, which couples VR software created for game designers with hand-held motion controllers, offers designers “a completely new tool,” according to Ekke Piirisild of the London studio. “It’s a whole […]
At the AIA Convention, the winners of the Look Up Challenge were honored with a showing of their films. One group, graduates of the University of Hawaii, won People’s Choice Award and placed third in the overall film challenge. This film, “Mixed Plate Hawaii” captures the “dynamic landscape of Hawaii and how it ties together […]
(via Architect Magazine) In April, several University of Minnesota colleagues and I hosted the symposium “Biologically Motivated,” in Minneapolis, to explore connections between architecture, art, and biology. Our interdisciplinary graduate group shares a common interest in the ways that creative fields are increasingly looking to biology for inspiration and guidance. We are also curious about […]
(via UVAToday) Humans are meant to live in nature, even when they live in cities. University of Virginia architecture professor Tim Beatley calls it “biophilia” – the notion that humans have an innate need to remain closely connected with flora and fauna. That is the basic premise behind the Biophilic Cities Network, a UVA-led coalition […]
(via AZO Build) A team of students from the University of California Los Angeles Department of Architecture and Urban Design, under the direction of architect and UCLA SUPRASTUDIO lecturer Julia Koerner, won first place in the American Composites Manufacturers Association’s (ACMA) first ever Composites in Architecture Design Challenge. “Undulating Gills,” created by students Anna Kudashkina, […]
(via FastCoDesign) “The world of design has been subjugated by the rigors of manufacturing and mass production,” says Neri Oxman, an architect, designer, and director of the Mediated Matter research group within the MIT Media Lab. “Assembly lines have dictated a world of parts and have been framing the imagination of designers and architects who have been trained—like […]
(via Dallas News) — Mark Lamster, the award-winning architecture critic of The Dallas Morning News and a professor in the architecture school at the University of Texas at Arlington, has been awarded a Loeb Fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Lamster, 46, who came to the News in 2013, has distinguished himself through his writing […]
Just in time for the final days of finals, we remind you of an article written a few weeks ago called Archive Like a Pro! Use these steps to ensure that your hard work is recorded. (via Section|Cut) As discussed in the PREPARE TO MAKE post, we designers create a lot of data.* All those […]