new orleans LOUISIANNA

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

luis QUINONES: This research deals primarily with Non-Linear Systems, Termite Structures, Robotics + Algorithmic design. The chosen site for this project is on the Shackleton Crater Rim on the South Pole of the Earth’s Moon. The project timeline spans from [0 - 60 +] years, the primary focus occurs from year [0 - 20+] where the deployment of robots to the Cabeus Crater will facilitate construction during the pre human arrival period. The Robots are based on termite behavior, characterized by programming local interactions which give rise to emergent structures. This project ends with the arrival of the first human settlers on the Moon, it is merely a case study for a process informed by complex phenomena and its potential implications in Architecture.

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

SCI-Arc 2GBX STUDIO
Instructor: Marcelo Spina

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

kim LAGERCRANTZ & chia-ching YANG: Exploring the 2D&3D qualities of flatness and contemporary pop-culture, we intend to develop systems of color, texture and plastics that will produce multiple affects and various degrees of sensation. Relating to the urban obsession for the Surface, the envelope becomes the prime target for an architectural escape that offers immediate satisfaction. Although our building may appear as a solid from the exterior, the interior reveals a new kind of figural condition developed from the initial two-dimensional digital drawing applied to the Surface.

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