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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
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
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 With the development of current communication systems, the original building organization is consequently superseded.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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