ciudades del futuro
“Cities of the Future” was sponsored by the History Channel, here in Atlanta this year. Washington DC and San Francisco were also featured. The competition encourages architect’s utopian visions of how our cities may be formed in the next hundred years. Many, many of my past/present/and future studio professors were involved. Some through the official … Read more
the structure of vagueness
To waste time before school starts to kick in, I’m reading TransUrbanism, and thus naturally jumped right to the first chapter with Lars’ name in the byline, ‘The Structure of Vagueness’. He actually starts off with the same historical architecture references that he uses in our studio proposal (Transurbanism published in 2002, studio proposal written … Read more
the year of Lars
So, surprise surprise, I got Lars Spuybroek for studio this year. After three months of playing along on the sidelines, I decided it was time to jump in and really learn something. The studio is set up this time not based on knots, but on something he initially referred to as “textile tectonics”. The first … Read more
sculptural infinity
I’ve been researching molding techniques for Lars’ class. Mostly related to concrete, iron, and resin. Most of the information I’ve been pulling up is in science journals from the 1940s. Which is helpful only to the extent of understanding the historic process, and maybe how to set up a patent. Figuring out how to mold … Read more
