project by einar RODHE and anne charlotte ALM
suckerPUNCH: describe your project.
einar RODHE: architecturally the centre consists of variations of a single basic module which geometrically can be described as a cone with the top cut of. by varying height, width and the size of the aperture a diverse complexity is created filtering flows of people, light, air and water.
philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA
suckerPUNCH: describe your project.
skylar TIBBITS: started as a problem solving exploration the surface milling tests began to lead to an eye opening opportunity. we were able to control the 3d surface output as well as detailed, non-uniform, or orthogonal cnc tool paths simply by programming patterns as 2.5 axis curve output. the surfaces were generated based on attractor/repulser codes that manipulate a field of points. tool paths were then generated from the curvature of the surface and undulate independently, responding to the attractor/repulsers.
produced in collaboration with point b design. design team: skylar TIBBITS, brandon KRUSYMAN and jon PROTO.
architecture, digital fabrication, skylar TIBBITS
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kate HUTCHINSON: really for as long as i can remember i have been obsessed with light. i love to photograph light and watch light as it changes throughout the day. this project developed in winter when the sun went down early and i was left with the light of the street lamps. i started studying this artificial light and thought that it would be a great light to photograph my neighbourhood under. and so that winter i spent much time wandering the streets and alley ways in my neighbourhood looking for the right light and the right subjects.
laird BORRELLI-PERSSON: chado ralph RUCCI’s celebrated craftsmanship was as much in evidence as ever. there were amazing hand-braided pieces and suits with insets, some of which had a cubist feel. katia kokoreva looked too haute for words in a feathered cage over a caviar-beaded jumpsuit, and an infanta gown with scribbled topstitching took the season’s frankenstein trend to its most elegant conclusion. day options included smart dresses with pintuck detailing. “the first word that comes to mind [about chado],” said washington style icon and front-row guest deeda blair, “is quality.” there was certainly enough of that on display today to keep the RUCCI loyalists happy.
suckerPUNCH: describe your project.
A.V.A.E [alessio ERIOLI + antonio VACCA]: entomophilous flowers need insects to perform reproduction (through pollination), basing their reproductive potential on attraction. beauty then performs an essential function. analyzing the properties of the cyclamen graecum, we investigated the particular conditions of petals - the main tool through which the flower signals its presence to insects.
project developed during “flower obsession” studio, held by matias DEL CAMPO + sandra MANNINGER in the biodigital architecture master at esarq, 2008.
suckerPUNCH: describe your project.
daniel DENDRA: the average speed of a car in a city is around 11km/h - the average speed of a bicycle is around 15km/h. still the trend in many emerging markets is from the bicycle to the car. the result of this trend and the expanding mega cities can be experienced in cairo. a city where a car trip can take 15min or 3 hours for the same distance. a city where it is almost impossible to cross a street. a city that is dominated by car pollution and where the public spaces become not usable anymore for pedestrians. for this reason the new york times entitled cairo as the noisiest city in the world: “it’s so noisy with horn honking and teaming people, as a matter of fact, that it’s like living in a factory.”
brussels BELGIUM
apostolos MITSIOS: what is the working process that is hidden behind your creations?
geraldine GEORGES: i don’t have a secret process. i just mix collage/cutting of pictures with drawing made with a rotring, trying to inspire a certain feeling and emotion to it. i put everything together and i try to find the perfect balance and purity. i don’t like over-ornated and loud work. i like simple, clear and direct things…there is no need to overdo.
photograph by france DUBOIS
jonathan SINGER: to see a photograph by jonathan singer is to transcend the medium and see the subject itself. the subject is so intriguing to our imaginations that we forget we are looking at a photograph and begin a deeper journey into the botanical world. just as the finest classical painters attempted to make their brushstrokes (hence their presence) invisible, jonathan photographs his subjects with clarity and humility, becoming an instrument serving a larger force. one can easily make the assumption that his subject is the rare, exotic hothouse flower, and as such would be easy to dismiss. but jonathan’s images don’t go away.
suckerPUNCH: describe your project.
eleanor CARTER: my project isn’t really a collection of planned out, inter-linking photographs. these pictures are more a study of me, my friends, my inspirations, my feelings and the things around me. they document me and the things both at the heart of and on the periphery of my life.
warsaw POLAND
paul PREISSNER: the museum’s sculptural volume is designed along conceptual terms of fluidity, velocity and lightness in order to produce a seductive and progressive artifact within the historic context of the city. the building appears like a mystical object floating above the extensive artificial landscape strip, both spanning the trasa lazienkowska right up at the edge of the embankment. this seemingly defying gravity by exposing dramatic undercuts towards the surrounding entrance plazas. the building does not sit as a barrier to the site, but another viewing opportunity to the historic context and surrounding city.
