vienna AUSTRIA

University of Applied Arts Vienna,
Urban Strategies postgraduate program, Excessive III
critics: Hernan DIAZ ALONSO, Jose Carlos LOPEZ CERVANTES (asistant professor), Tyler BORNSTEIN (teaching assistant). With special thanks to the studio’s previous assistant professor, Steven MA

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Tan AKINCI: The existing Vienna Westbahnhof train station lays in the end point of the Mariahilferstreet which is the shopping axis of Vienna. The “gürtel” which is a green band cuts the street and creates a undefined corridor.The neighbor on two sides; the Bahnhof City contains a lot of closed space with shopping, offices and a hotel.

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vienna AUSTRIA

Excessive III
Postgraduate Master Thesis, Die Angewandte
University of Applied Arts Vienna
critics: hernan DIAZ ALONSO, steven MA (assistant professor), jose CARLOS (TA)

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

handan YALKI: This project represents my thesis for the “Excessive” postgraduate program at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, 2012. The aim was to design a new train station for Vienna by reinterpreting the existing Westbahnhof station.

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rome ITALY

Xuberance presents an international workshop of advanced architectural design, introducing participants into contemporary discussions and formal experimentation in architecture practice, and engaging new techniques in design production and animation software.

Instructor: Steven Ma
Guest Instructor: Morteza Dehkordi
XUBERANCE
Advanced Architectural Design Workshop
Thursday, 10/11–Tuesday, 10/16
Galleria Come Se
via dei Bruzi, 4/6
00185 Rome, ITALY

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

steven MA: Taiwan Tower is to be located at the southern tip of Central Park, across from the Economic and Trade Park to the north. Its 360m height surpassing the Dadu Mountain vantage point
and affording a view of the Taiwan Strait. Here, visitors will be treated to a panorama view of the parks, the city and the natural surroundings. Taiwan Tower will become the first stop for tourists visiting Central Taiwan. It is designed to be a portal or tourist services as well as the most important landmark building in Central Taiwan. As a key tourist stop, Taiwan Tower is anticipated to receive tourists 24hrs a day and it will accommodate round-the-clock tourist and recreational activities.

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vienna AUSTRIA

suckerPUNCH: describe your project:

emre ICDEM: The main idea of the project is to evaluate religion as a mystic power that occurs at the event of horrific. It gathers people, creates social interactions and conversions. In this case the cathedral is designed with the idea of a “religious campus” that serves as a public space. It is mechanical and elegant at the same time with the light effects that change between day and night. The aesthetic agenda creates an atmosphere which tries to answer the question “what is the representation of holy?”

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vienna AUSTRIA

Finalist for the Exterior Lighting Grant 2010: Street Furniture Light

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

steven MA: ec-O concept bench infuses nature into pedestrian traffic zones by creating a self-sustaining eco-system that envelops sitters in living and growing plant-life. ec-O bench collects and filters rainwater and harnesses sunlight using thin-film photovoltaics, creating a welcoming resting spot even when it’s dark outside.

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vienna AUSTRIA

sP: Describe your project.

steven MA/ wendy FOK/ dominik STRZELEC: Transient and ephemeral by nature and aesthetics, the transitional energy “ephemeral roof exchange” represents the trilateral relationship between the borders of Hong Kong, Macao and Zhuhai, where the iconic design becomes a symbol of the intermediary relation between land and sky.

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los angeles CALIFORNIA

robust morphologies & emergent tectonics

project team: steven ma/ tri do/ sanne kampinga

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

“the intercalated urban system extends to the integration of horizontal, vertical, and diagonal movement at a range of speeds and viscosities. movement patterns develop as an emergent system of organization, and in combination with tectonic ordering systems, challenge the tyranny of centralized core and associated striation of space. this urban topology implies seamless connectivity through circulation patterns, extending into and reprogramming adjacent systems and spaces within the moma.
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los angeles CALIFORNIA

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

stevenMA: this thesis is about style. stylistic individuation is the contemporary meaning of style. this thesis investigates how style emerges in practice at the highest articulation of a coherent combination of forms and aesthetics. it is also the intention of this thesis to evolve new speciation, new style and new aesthetics through the production of liminality.

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