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Three Pratt Institute Sponsored Research Studios for Sustainable Architecture and Design

Containing work from the studios of Richard Sarrach, Lonn Combs + Mark Parsons, Anthony Caradonna + Francine Monaco

OPENING & RECEPTION
TUESDAY MAY 20, 6-9PM.
PRATT MANHATTAN GALLERY
144 WEST 14TH STREET, 2ND FLOOR

“Manufactured Surfaces” is an exhibition of design research that represents a unique collaboration between Pratt Institute and three progressive corporations that make architectural products and materials. Each corporation is partnered with a design studio comprised of architecture and interior design students. The intention of their research is to transform the character and performance of a particular product into something completely new that draws upon recycled material sources, enhances the sustainable qualities of buildings and spaces, and is adaptable to new geometries that respond to natural light. The work in these studios, while experimental in nature, is applied research that results in full-scale design-build proposals or achievable deployment strategies. These studios present a magically new and exciting direction in design research and education, made possible by the imagination and generosity of the sponsors and their faith in the creativity of our students. read more

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Architectural design studio instructor Richard Sarrach teaches a project-based studio that interprets environmentally responsive design through the criteria of natural light. The skylight products from VELUX, readily available in the marketplace, serve as the technical constraints through which the students re-imagine the possibilities of a domicile created from naturally illuminated environments. The studio considers a speculative approach to the next generation of domiciles in relation to patterns of occupation in the 21st century, energy efficiency, building systems, and, consequently, a range of new lifestyles created out of the desire for a more responsive architecture. read more

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Instructors Lonn Combs and Mark Parsons conduct a collaborative studio environment of material research based on the window covering products of Hunter Douglas. Using an inherently energy efficient material, new applications of architectural space are explored that expand the potential product uses from a window covering to architectural partitioning of space that emphasizes light, acoustic, and thermal properties. The research includes the development of a full scale structural weave that integrates into the lightweight fabric to achieve free-standing material configurations. In parallel to the real concerns of construction and environmental effect, the fundamental phenomena of the material and its reaction within the environment address the cultural concepts of beauty, transparency, publicity, privacy, and the ability of manipulated light to induce specific categories of ambience. read more

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Lonn Combs of Easton+Combs has been selected to participate in the Architectural League’s Young Architects Forum 2008: RESONANCE
Exhibition: May 08, 2008 to July 11, 2008
Lecture: May 15, 2008, 6:30pm
Location: Municipal Art Society of New York
www.archleague.org

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The Umbra Concept Store opened its doors on June 1st, 2007 in downtown Toronto to customers and design enthusiasts alike. The space showcases the largest assortment of Umbra and U+ Studio Collection products. To enhance your shopping experience, the store displays unique, limited edition artwork and a functioning design space where you can interact with designers at work. Recently named Project of the Year at the September 2007 Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) awards, the store is hard to miss from the outside and extraordinarily dynamic on the inside. read more

Popularity: 16% [?]

FIBER architecture, textile structures, computation and biology

Jenny E. Sabin with Peter Lloyd Jones and Philip Beesley

April 21 - 25, 2008
Opening: April 24, 6 - 9pm

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Popularity: 12% [?]

[C]space is the winning competition entry in the ‘AADRLTen’ Pavilion project, an advanced technology concrete structure that will be erected in Bedford Square,London. The AADRL10 exhibition will open on the 22 February 2008 and the Pavilion will officialy open on 13 March 2008 along with the release of the DRL10 Book. The structure is being designed and developed by Alan Dempsey and Alvin Huang with Adams Kara Taylor and members of the DRL.

via> c space pavilion blogspot

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Michael Chen has put together a tour de force lineup to discuss the future of prefabrication in Architecture (see below for full description). He is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Pratt Institute School of Architecture and holds the following positions: Director of the Kullman Center , Technics Coordinator and Design Faculty

Pratt Institute School of Architecture
Spring 2008 Kullman Center Conference,

Prefab Futures: New Agendas for Mass Customization in Architecture is the inaugural event for the Kullman Center, a research center residing within the School of Architecture with an emphasis on developing new and innovative approaches to modular construction and industrialized building techniques. The one-day conference will present research and scholarship related to the history of prefabrication, contemporary and emerging techniques and approaches to prefabrication, as well as the social and sustainable potential of prefab and prefab technologies. These three topics are key research areas for the Center, which will function both as an intellectual resource and ideas clearinghouse as well as an important laboratory for industrial construction. read more

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Taken from the Archiculture site “From 6 till 8pm we will host a party at the Center for Architecture to debut the trailer for Archiculture. See the postcard flier to the right for further details. Please spread word to anyone you feel who would be interested in the project and may be in the city tonight. We need your help to expose others to the project and can’t wait to showcase the film at such a fantastic location. read more

Popularity: 10% [?]

Image from flight404/Barbarian Group + Nervo = Awesome!

The Department of Digital Arts will present the panel discussion
“Code and the Artist’s Mark,” featuring digital artists Jean-Pierre
Hbert, C.E.B. Reas, and Camille Utterback on Wednesday, March 5, from
12:30 to 2:30 PM on the Brooklyn campus. The panel will be located in the
ARC Building, E-2 Lecture Hall, Lower Level. The event is free and open
to the public. read more

Popularity: 18% [?]