los angeles CALIFORNIA

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

mostafa GHAFFARI: Using igeo script, line drawings were produced that imply significant depth. Those drawings were interpreted both in their representational and geometrical relationships into surface conditions. Further through the project, the implied depth was amplified by obscuring the edge conditions between the surface and the 3d manifestation of the surface. To maximize these affects, layers required having visual homogeneity, yet they had to be distinguished as separate objects.

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vienna AUSTRIA

Project Organizers/Instructors: andrei GHEORGHE (IoA) & bence PAP (IoA – Studio Lynn).
Guest Instructors: Irina Bogdan, Trevor Patt, Clemens Preisinger (Bollinger+Grohmann), & Moritz Heimrath (Bollinger+Grohmann).

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Springchallenge 2012: IOA SPRING CHALLENGE is an international design workshop intended for architecture students interested in exploring digital design techniques/fabrication within the teaching environment of the Institute of Architecture at the University.The installation is the result of a one week workshop with international students, hosted by the University of Applied Arts in Vienna under the guidance of Andrei Gheorghe and Bence Pap.

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brooklyn NEW YORK

suckerPUNCH wants to feature your work!

Now that the 2011-2012 academic year has come to a close, suckerPUNCH is interested in seeing the results. Thesis projects, material research and fabrication work, and architecture investigations of all kinds are welcome. Help contribute to an international dialogue and submit today!

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new york NEW YORK

In its definition pushed back towards its Greek origins, Aesthetics refers to all theories investigating the human sensorium. This course takes its cue from the moiré effect, seeking to explore the “interference” between the tectonic, the geometric, and the aesthetic in architectural design and fabrication. At stake is a revaluation of the ideas of craft, traditionally associated with handwork and material specificity in a vernacular tradition, but in a digital realm, seen as a relation between geometric techniques, physical manifestations, and aesthetic desires.

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london UNITED KINGDOM

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

BuildTank (emma-kate MATTHEWS & wendy teo BOON TING): “The ‘StripHouse’ is designed to wrap and twist around the trunk of a coconut palm tree. The stair treads clamp gently onto the tree trunk to provide an ascending, twisting route into the main enclosure, which sits above ground like a cocoon. The cladding consists of twisted plywood strips which assume a natural curve between their top and bottom restraints and appear to peel away from the trunk in a way which mimics the canopy of the palm leaves above.

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london UNITED KINGDOM

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

wendy teo BOON TING: The design speculates on the potential of researching other possible energy systems that could generate power for the train station. The ambition is to integrate the flow of energy and waste matter of these new systems, such as thermoelectric energy and bioreactors, with the built environment. It is intended that the flow of these new energy systems would be physically expressed in an ephemeral way, with a fluctuating presence that reflected the climatic and energetic changes of the station.

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

Synthesis Design + Architecture invites you into their home, the iconic modernist American Cement Building, for a studio tour and reception hosted by The Architects Newspaper. Other participating offices include: DRDS, Kelly Architects, Platform for Architecture + Research, Stayner Architecture, Studio Bonner, VA Design and WROAD.

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American Cement Building Studio Tour
Thursday, 06/21
7.00 - 9.00pm
The American Cement Building
2404 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90057

san francisco CALIFORNIA

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

olya PISKUN: This project argues for the reprogramming of urban construction infrastructure based on a localized response to nomadic networks of workers in Dubai. In recent years, globalization has led to increased levels of migrant construction workers around the world. Migrant construction workers in Dubai account for fifty percent of the working class in the United Arab Emirates. However, all expatriates in Dubai, even those born in Dubai, are on short-term, renewable visas, living in overcrowded conditions.

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copenhagen DENMARK

Danish architects invite you deep into their newest models at this summer’s exhibition in the Danish Architecture Centre.

Step directly into the world of the architectural model in the exhibition Show Me Your Model, showcasing project models of different scales from 15 Danish architectural firms. Experience the models from above, from below, from inside, and at a distance, from the burgeoning idea, through failed and successful experiments, and to the final solution.

Show me Your Model
Thursday, 06/21 - Sunday, 10/21
Danish Architecture Centre
Strandgade 27B
DK 1401 Copenhagen K

copenhagen DENMARK

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

MAST (ivar HEGGHEIM, jon ANDERSEN, rasmus MØLLER, & mads m. ANDERSEN): It is a playful way to exterior and interior. the exterior is textured with an array of panels with flaps and apertures the interior is a soft and furry dome structure. The Installation is structured around two main toruses & three minor toruses that create the arches. The cross section cuts of the main toruses create the voids (entrance). Light permeates through the crevices of each element. The hair is both responding to underlying formal features, & underlining the character of the pavilion seen from a distance and enhancing the way the visitors engage with the soft interior.

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