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CIGNA headquarters x Velux 08′ midterm
Treatment of the existing building and site conditions focused on renovation and reinvention rather than demolition is the principal of our intervention. A series of concept driven procedures allows for the essential organization to be based upon people rather than the efficiency of physical matter. These areas then have a correlation to ceiling and roof geometries which drive their program, organization and relationship to lighting effects. A primary and secondary program is recognized through the resultant overlap condition of the different program typologies. This area of overlap provides for dynamic exchange amongst occupants, thus creating heterogeneity in program juxtaposition and varied circulation. Office typology can thus be generated through the use of the skylight as a means to reorganize and introduce natural light into an existing building system. by Scott Sorenson & Karl Roarty read more
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CIGNA headquarters x Velux 08′ midterm
Under what type of rules and regulations does one start to create and express the different relationships that exist between programs? One can believe that the fluidity of these relationships carry an important role in determining such rules. The fluidity that exists in physical and programmatic formations should reflect the flow of relations as well as the path created from these relations, a derivative of circulation. Our project tries to represent and portray the fluidity that exists between programmatic moments and the relations between these programmatic moments. The skylight within our project performs as an enhancer of the transitional spaces between flows. by Shirley Dolezal & Andrij Kyfor read more
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CIGNA headquarters x Velux 08′ midterm
Our project analyzed the moiré pattern; which is an interference pattern created when two grids are over laid at an angle, or when they have slightly different mesh sizes. Rotation of a grid produces a moiré pattern. Grids are positioned one on top of the other. The upper grid stays in position while the lower is rotated. We’ve composed three distinct types of moiré organizations, which create three different light qualities. These three light qualities will influence the program in plan depending on the requirements of each programmatic element. by Patricio Andrade & William Ruffenach read more
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CIGNA headquarters x Velux 08′ midterm
The building’s form is developed from the articulation of different light qualities. Light that enters from a facade versus light that enters from a ceiling both have differing programmatic applications. Collaborative spaces, circulation, and anchor programs use direct light from perimeter conditions. Conversely, open office and private office spaces require diffuse light that is obtained from sky lighting. The ceiling section reacts to the transition from perimeter program to interior program by increasing in depth and turbulence towards the interior zones. The increasing ceiling depth also corollate with the increasing density of skylight application. by Jasmine Ho & Justin Snider read more
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CIGNA headquarters x Velux 08′ midterm
Developed in the 1950s, the CIGNA headquarters was based on departmental adjacencies and assembly line workflow. With the development of current communication systems, the original building organization is consequently superseded. Given that, we decided to replace these current adjacencies with social adjacencies. With respect to that, we with hope to mediate the diffusion of physical communication within the modern workplace. by Edwin Lam, Anna Perelman & Naciem Nowrouzi read more
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A special double issue featuring:
+ Community Wireless Networks as Situated Advocacy, by Laura Forlano and Dharma Dailey
+ Suspicious Images, Latent Interfaces, by Benjamin Bratton and Natalie Jeremijenko read more
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Zaha Hadid has designed a new flagship store for Neil Barrett in Tokyo. The duo teamed up with Patrik Schumacher to create a shop that shifts between architecture and sculpture, designed to parallel the same folding, pleating, cut-out and fixed-point design ethos utilized in the brand’s clothing. It seems to be a continuation of her fluid formal language w/ one of the most ambitious Corian projects to date.
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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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Images are from Keith Peters site art from code. This is just a small sample of his work and you can find many more experiments on his site. He has been rather relentless in a wide breath of experimentation. In some cases the ability of the line work to oscillate in a state fluidity and rigidity is rather captivating. As if we were watching a hyper intricate steel space frame melt then recombine.
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