new haven CONNECTICUT

Yale School of Architecture
critics: Greg LYNN & Brennan BUCK.

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Constance VALE: Dams built in the 20th century utilized grand neoclassical facades to monumentalize the ingenuity of man. This proposal for a dam shifts the emphasis from the wall to the dam’s moving parts and the spaces they envelope. Two key moving elements, the lock and gantry, are reinterpreted in their means of motion and form, as a set of rotating conic volumes. . . .

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

Cal Poly, Pomona
critic: Axel SCHMITZBERGER.

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Juan SALAZAR: Polish-American scientist Alfred Korzybski’s dictum “The map is not the territory” is used to explain the fact that individual people do not have access to an absolute knowledge of reality . . .

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washington DC

The field of architecture is constantly challenged to meet the needs of an ever-evolving society. Architects are immersed in a technological revolution where digital tools, building materials, and design methodologies are rapidly expanding. As societal demands change and technology advances, we must also consider the effect of restricted urbanism on the field of architecture and the evolution of our social environments. . . .

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

UCLA SUPRASTUDIO
critics: Greg LYNN & Julia KOERNER.

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Ismael SOTO: This project implements a subtractive design process complemented by a resulting flying object at play in the monolithic mass of a hotel tower.

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austin TEXAS

COMPETITION RESULTS AND JURY DELIBERATION
A total of 70 entries to TEX-FAB’s 2014 international digital fabrication competition, “Plasticity,” were reviewed by the first round jury on July 8th, 2014.

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

SCI-Arc
critic: Elena MANFERDINI.

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Alex BLUGERMAN & Smita LUKOSE: Our exploration in contextualism of this mixed-used project is through the plaza. It acts as the most important contributor of the building’s relation to the immediate urban environment.

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chicago ILLINOIS

University of Illinois at Chicago
critic: Judith DeJONG.

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Jacob COMERCI: Tyson’s Corner, Virginia is a unique urban condition in that it straddles the line between city and suburb. . . .

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london UNITED KINGDOM

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

ALEK SA Studio (Aleksandrina RIZOVA): The table was conceived as a bespoke piece of furniture for a private client in Chelsea, London. The concept was to bring the tectonics of nature into their home whilst also being at the forefront of fabrication and design.

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london UNITED KINGDOM

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Isaie BLOCH / Eragatory: This project investigates the formation of classical column orders through asymmetry and subverted ornamental logics, looking at how local unrelated deformations within a homogeneous massing can interact and develop spatial heterogeneity.

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brooklyn NEW YORK

Pratt Institute
critics: Evan TRIBUS & Dragana ZORIC.

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Justin HATTENDORF & Gillian SHAFFER: This thesis looks to intensify local ecologies and biodiversity of post-industrial American cities. . . .

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