cambridge MASSACHUSETTS
Harvard GSD
Critic: Dwayne OYLER and Jenny WU
suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.
Matthew GEHM and Şevki TOPÇU: This project began with an antithetical approach to common practice by first looking at the architectural detail as the basis for its design logic.
- Matthew GEHM and Şevki TOPÇU, “From CD to SD.”, Model Photo
- Matthew GEHM and Şevki TOPÇU, “From CD to SD.”, Compiled Drawing
- Matthew GEHM and Şevki TOPÇU, “From CD to SD.”, Model Photo
- Matthew GEHM and Şevki TOPÇU, “From CD to SD.”, Model Photo
By moving between scales, the project investigated how conceptual ideas that can be executed at the microscale can then reappear at the macro scale in new ways. The main ideas that we were interested in expressing are the translation and implications of seams across materials, the expression of a hidden or coy volume, and how tolerances can creatively be used as a design element as opposed to a limitation.
