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These new Australian stores are part of a big phase of expansion for Aesop via thecoolhunter read more

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

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

With studio instructors Francine Monaco and Anthony Caradonna, students develop new material surface products for Designtex, manufacturer of architectural wall coverings, fabrics, and panels. By employing strategies of no-waste manufacturing and recycling, designed surfaces emerge as full-scale prototypes that explore pattern, repetition, and transparency at multiple scales while rethinking the architectural surface through environmentally responsible design methodologies. read more

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The final house inspired by the ideal of the connected family and a roof developed through the use of the standard VELUX skylights.  The table is designed as the main gathering point of the home. It is given wight within the communal space in the home by sinking it within the floor slab. read more

A performing arts library requires different sources of knowledge, such as, books, media, computers, and live visual performances. The objective of this project is to house the vast variety of these resources in one building while allowing each section to flourish without disrupting one another. read more

Evolution, the latest addition to the Bowery, is not just a library, but more so a center to expand the mind and network information. The exclusive collection documents New York’s morphosis in becoming what is believed to be the capital of the world. read more

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Close to the final building of the library of mody and mind.

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STIFTSBIBLIOTHEK ST. GALLEN

This is a wonderful collection of library images coming out of the work of Candida Höfer. The book titled “Libraries” is in the studio and I would suggest opening it up again.

The titillating title and brief description comes from thenonist.com, what appears to be a series of pores that open up to some fascinating subjects.

Now, coming upon this post as you are, unawares, I feel I ought to clarify the title (which was alternately going to be sex libris) straight away by telling you what this post is not, in fact, about. By “library smut” I am in no way referring to the photo books on native peoples, or the illustrated health manuals, or any of the other volumes which, in your childhood, you lurked about the library aisle to find with the sole purpose of sneaking guilty glances at naked bodies. read more