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Containing work from the studio of Philip Beesley+Richard Sarrach w/ CW Wang
Opening & Reception
Wednesday December 10, 7-9PM.
Robert H. Siegel Gallery
Pratt School of Architecture
61 St James Place, Brooklyn NY
tel: (718) 399-4304
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The Epithelium Studio offers a specialized design laboratory examining responsive architectural envelopes. Epithelium, a cellular boundary layer in organic physiology, will be used as an analogy defining qualities of hybrid interactive building systems. A design method based on cycles of accretion and synthesis will be used to organize the work of the term, moving from individual design explorations to collective gallery installation. The work focuses on four key design products: lightweight structural scaffolds, functional devices providing environmental exchanges populating the structure; kinetic mechanisms that integrate physical movement within the system, and integrated control systems employing microprocessors, sensors and actuators. These elements will be developed in pursuit of innovative responsive qualities that include basic life support functions, emotive and iconographic qualities for architecture.
Studio Participants: Thomas Allen, Xuedi Chen, Joanna Cheung, Nicolas Gomez, Peechaya Mekasuvanroj, Brad Rothenberg , Changyup Shin, Shawn Sims ,Weiyun Wang & Noah Zerkin read more
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Los Angeles, CA (September 30, 2008)– The Southern California Institute of Architecture is pleased to present Live Wire, a site-specific installation in the SCI-Arc Gallery by Los Angeles-based architects and SCI-Arc Studio Design Faculty Members, Dwayne Oyler and Jenny Wu, in collaboration with the engineering firm Buro Happold. read more
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We have a lot of respect for the work coming out of rAndom International. In their most current project “Audience” that was @ the Royal Opera House, they had taken a series of mirrors that had the ability to track moving objects in close proximity while operating at a smaller scale protocol that would allow for more eccentric behavior. I think it has a lot to do w/ their cleverness and a refined sense of making. read more
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―Thinking about the future of design: Second Nature, from the depths of a sea of memories
This exhibition offers an opportunity to once again ponder the future of design as well as the mysterious powers of nature which transcend the limits of human imagination. Tokujin Yoshioka, the director of the exhibition, has attempted to incorporate in his own design work the many laws that exist in nature, while at the same time exploring the possibilities of technology. read more
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This year’s Frederick Kiesler Prize for Architecture and the Arts goes to the Japanese Architect Toyo Ito. Andreas Mailath-Pokorny, Vienna’s City Councillor for Culture and Science, presents the award on 16th October, 2008, at 11 a.m, at the Senate Chamber of the City Hall Vienna. read more
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