2012

As Hölderlin was to Martin Heidegger and Mallarmé to Jacques Derrida, so is H.P. Lovecraft to the Speculative Realist philosophers. Lovecraft was one of the brightest stars of the horror and science fiction magazines, but died in poverty and relative obscurity in the 1930s. . . . The impact of Lovecraft on philosophy has been building for more than a decade.

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kiev UKRAINE

tutors: Iurii KAYGORODTSEV, Andrew MOGYLNYI, Tanya ZABAVSKA, Boris PISARSKYI, Kyrill TSUMAN, & Alexander KALACHEV

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Iurii KAYGORODTSEV, Andrew MOGYLNYI, Tanya ZABAVSKA, Boris PISARSKYI, Kyrill TSUMAN, & Alexander KALACHEV, Artem KOVALENKO, Yurii KRIVOKHATKO, Roman SAKH, Konstantin KUCHABSKYI, Mohammed JAWAD, Yurii PETRENIUK, & Ivan PROTASOV: SPACES DIALOGUES is the festival of parametric and adaptive architecture, organized by the architectural studio KG’MG Architects and architectural laboratory InLab Architects.

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ann arbor MICHIGAN

University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

advisors: Ellie ABRONS & Ben SMITH

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Dorimar del RÍO VÉLEZ: FLATend challenges preconceptions of the architectural volume and its representation through the use of graphics applied and manipulated at different scales. Graphics—defined here as the flat composition of shapes and forms that construct figures and patterns— formally detached from architectural conventions but based upon cultural constructs of meaning and form through legibility.

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san diego CALIFORNIA

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Gabriel MORALES-OLIVARES, Kate HANSON, Taylor McGRADY, & Abe GUTIERREZ: The established built environment perpetuates an entropy laden system that depends heavily on non-renewable resources. We set forth a holistic framework, embracing the needs of society and the capacities of technology, in which a renewable and recursive, high resolution, self-powered piezo-based synthetic ecology can flourish.

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ann arbor MICHIGAN

University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
advisor: Ellie ABRONS

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Nick SAFLEY: Animal House proposes a series of above ground tornado shelters placed within suburban homes and figured as architectural characters. Normally these exist as generic steel or reinforced concrete boxes hidden within the wall cavity and possessing extreme material durability to resist extreme weather that might destroy the structure around it. Taking the suburban single-family house as site these hyper-durable cores are freed and given personas and postures that enrich the interior with implied subjectivity and vitality.

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

Heather ROBERGE speaks on her recent studios and seminars, topology’s role in challenging Platonic solids, the status of precedent and history in architectural education, extradisciplinary case studies as a route to new architectural knowledge, and much more.

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*Image courtesy the author. Physical model, “Reimagining L.A.’s Union Station.” Research Studio, UCLA A.UD. Assistant Professor Heather Roberge, instructor. Students: Kim, Lee, & Nabi.

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

Erick CÁRCAMO discusses the similarities and differences between the East Coast, West Coast, and Vienna; the role of workshops in architectural education today; the effects of the Web on studio culture; and more.

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*Image by Vaso PLAVOU and courtesy the author. Erick CÁRCAMO, instructor.

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new york NEW YORK

The Non-Linear Solution Unit (NSU) at GSAPP Columbia University and Interni Magazine feature the project Instant Installation, winner for the University of Memphis Art Museum in the occasion of the Art Lab Installation. Developed by a group of international students and guided by Caterina Tiazzoldi, Instant Installation explores architecture’s capacity to adapt and be reconfigured for different uses and locations with a unique spatial experience and a highly innovative yet cost efficient assembly type. It is a product reinventing the material, social, and educational possibilities of temporary exhibit spaces, creating visitor involvement into the space.

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2012

Humanity has sat at the center of philosophical thinking for too long. The recent advent of environmental philosophy and posthuman studies has widened our scope of inquiry to include ecosystems, animals, & artificial intelligence. Yet the vast majority of the stuff in our universe . . . remains beyond serious philosophical concern. In Alien Phenomenology, Ian Bogost develops an object-oriented ontology that puts things at the center of being. . . .

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san francisco CALIFORNIA

California College of the Arts
critic: Gregory HURCOMB

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Alex WOODHOUSE: Animated sequences are often difficult to convey in a single, static image. Movement, intensity, and speed are terms associated more strongly with the animate than static, abilities showcased in the production and viewing of visually recorded events. Shadow Traceries is an investigation into the decoding and re-representation of these events, compressing time-based input into a finite, visualized moment.

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