inhabitation

installation on the met roof

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]

turn from tents

decent take on another situation in which rapid deployment of shelter is critical. although what still needs to be made explicit is that the language of “temporary” and “permanent” depends on clearer terms of engagement. relief shelters can be more than just protection from the elements: homes and business incubators and infrastructure and…

Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

live the skeletons

project archives from coloco, operating from paris.

The skeletons are structures without frontages. These buildings testify to very diverse anomalies in the good progress of the operations of construction.
Given up, unfinished or partially destroyed, their silhouettes point out the destruction as much as construction.