May 17

May 17 374 / Aidan Crossey: [New] York

Submission #374 | Aidan Crossey: [New] York — “[New] York revisits the idea of an urban fabric and context as a platform for storytelling and atmosphere creation/development though a “speculative” urban design. Occurring in Lower Manhattan, [New] York re-frames the ideas of Archigram’s plug-in and walking city through a kinetic architecture that tends to the cities needs. The machine, residing in a fantastical projection of Manhattan, directly and indirectly, interacts with the urban fabric through three programmatic infrastructural moments: advertising, refueling, and a theater. “

Jan 8

Jan 8 269_Gary Polk: Ambivalent Object VI: Gigantic

Maria Flores

students

Submission #269 | Gary Polk: Ambivalent Object VI: Gigantic — “From Ptolemy to the Pixies, humans find both fascination and fear in the gigantic. Ironically, little attention has been paid to the form and shape of data centers, Iceland’s newest rapidly developing crop, which often combines geothermal dynamics with information architecture to be housed in gigantic volumes.”

Jun 26

Jun 26 254_Masoud Abedi Moghadam: Faded Borders

Maria Flores

students

Submission #254 | Masoud Abedi Moghadam: Faded Borders — “As it is understood from the topic, the purpose of designing was to create a fun and amicable atmosphere for the children to learn. We have removed all the borders and class divisions that are usual in nowadays school and instead of that we have merged the learning spaces by defining different zones on the basis of the age of the children.”

Jun 1

Jun 1 180_Mina Vedut: McGill Architecture

Maria Flores

students

Submission #180 | Mina Vedut: McGill Architecture — She draws inspiration from Isamu Noguchi to create a playful atmosphere in her artist residences. She envisions an architecture that both embodies and promotes creativity.

May 29

May 29 175_Leina Godin: Architecture for Silence

Maria Flores

students

Submission #175 | Leina Godin: Architecture for Silence — "This project proposes an architectural alternative on how we process death, overcoming the sense of powerlessness by re-defining the funerary procession in the densely populated city of Tokyo.

Apr 7

Apr 7 138_Gustavo Takata & João Ribeiro: House in a Bridge

Maria Flores

students

Submission #138 | Gustavo Takata & João Ribeiro: House in a Bridge — "The concept arises from a restoring axis of the city-river relationship that, simultaneously with the pre-existing structure, creates the habitable space. After a process of unceasing exploration of the parallelism between spatial qualities and function, we enter into a moment of purification, through the search for the essence. Each space is born of the individual - place - function relationship, generating atmospheric auras that define the place itself. "