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We are extremely excited at core.form-ula to introduce our next featured form-ula.collection article written by Joseph Clarke.  We invited Joseph to write an article on Philip Beesley and allow for everyone to get closer look at the work that is mystifying and new.  Joseph is an incredible thinker and designer who writes with sophisticated motions that help to convey content that is at the forefront.  We choose Joseph to write this article because of his ability to circumnavigate the work of Beesley and the underlying nature of its history.  Joseph’s approach to the article is as unique and interconnected as Beesley’s work. enjoy>>Polemics of a cybernetic future

Joseph Clarke Bio:

Joseph Clarke is a writer and architect living in Manhattan. His experience includes project research, writing, and design strategy at the architecture firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; teaching design studio at the University of Cincinnati; writing essays for various publications and conferences; and working as a designer at Eisenman Architects and other concept-driven firms. His work often focuses on history, cross-disciplinary projects, and visual representation. Because good architectural judgment requires broad social and intellectual experience, he’s also done plenty of looking, listening, reading, drawing, thinking, drinking, talking, and traveling.

WRITINGS

2008. “Specters of a Young Earth” in Triple Canopy 4. The dinosaurs at Kentucky’s Creation Museum are stalking evolution, reason, and the American city.

2008. “Into a Forest of Script: The Unconscious of Algorithms” in Log 12. Critical consideration of scripting as a contemporary architectural method.

2008. “The Geometry of History.” Presented at Society of Architectural Historians conference. Analysis of the Philips Pavilion by Le Corbusier and Iannis Xenakis in the context of Xenakis’ contemporaneous musical compositions.

2007. “Indexing the Arbitrary.” Graduate thesis at the University of Cincinnati. Won the school’s Distinguished Research Award. Examination of indexical formal strategies.

2006. “Observations on Giant Statues” in Log 7.

WORK

2007-Present. Architectural writer, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (New York City). Worked in a small multidisciplinary atelier within the partnership doing project research, criticism, marketing, and design strategy.

2006-2007. Studio instructor, University of Cincinnati. Joined a team of senior faculty teaching foundation design studio for first-year architecture and interior design students. Projects emphasized collaboration, cross-media exploration, visual communication, and design culture.

2006-2007. Designer, michael mcinturf Architects (Cincinnati). Contributed to schematic design, design development, and construction documentation of a mid-size rural church and a mid-size swim and tennis club. Both projects involved creative misuses of cheap, standardized building materials. Also compiled a research folio on modern residential prefab, assisted with construction of office skylights, and developed firm website.

2005. Intern designer, Eisenman Architects (New York City). Participated in three international design competitions and one athletic facility proposal, contributing to conceptual discussions, physical and computer models, and schematic drawings. All projects involved extensive formal investigations and numerous critique discussions with Peter Eisenman.

2002-2004. Intern designer, various large architecture firms.

EDUCATION

2006. Master of Architecture, University of Cincinnati. Honored as the college’s top graduate student. Also served as drawing skills lab instructor for first-year students (taught sketching, figure drawing, perspective construction, and rendering), and led weekly sketching trips to local architectural destinations.

2004. Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Cincinnati. Graduated cum laude. Accepted to the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University.

http://www.josephclarke.net/

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