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ground model

example of model that unites, conceptually and physically, buildings and terrain as a matrix of chipboard ribs. primary facades are coplanar with ribs [or are part of the rib itself] while secondary facades and horizontal strips for roads provide lateral bracing. basswood and wire [mess + piano] are introduced for emphasis of design elements. [model from ALAR801 spring 2009, malda]

nightwalking

tim knowles is a british artist performing unique and rigorous explorations mapping movement and recording the disturbances of ephemera

space frontier

from ny times about a de monchaux studio at berkley that, coincidentally, used GIS in a similar way as we will in ARCH202 for project 2 [especially part 2.2] mapping and reappropriating neglected city space in charlottesville:

There’s a staggering glut of empty space around the country right now, unused space that’s not doing anyone much good. That in itself isn’t new; what is unprecedented is our ability to visualize that data in an entirely new ways.

tj

architecture being one of the fine arts, as such within the department of a professor of the college. according to the new arrangement, perhaps a spark may fall on some young subjects of natural taste, kindle up their genius, and produce a reformation in this elegant and useful art.

t. jefferson, notes on the state of virginia, 1782

drawing the ground

an intensity and rigor of documentation and invention that lets you enjoy the white space.

section as record of measurements [notice "datum" and relative "x" and "y" positions as structuring lines of the drawing] and using lineweight [read: hierarchy] to distinguish between ground and building – a distinction intentionally blurred here to suggest an integration of the two. something that your drawings, if not your shelters, should likely aspire to:

from pamphlet architecture 28: augmented landscapes, smout allen.

concept as operation

concept diagram for the eyebeam museum of art and technology by diller+scofidio[+renfro] [2004]

pliable ribbon and resident/visitors

reCOVER parsons

testing grasshopper to model + router to fabricate flatpack installation for exhibit at parsons about reCOVER relief housing project from uva. collaboration with a. canfora

braille rail

chipboard templates for embossed drawings describing material palette of porch design for a blind client. collaboration with w. williams