Models and Movement: The Final Touches on Theaters


This time on Manufactured Fields: experiential renders and story time.

Paul Andersen of Indie Architecture is leading a group of third year graduate students through a research seminar and studio that investigates “New Swerves on Regular Curves.”

A brief on my reaction to Possible Mediums. (Jeisler)

A three-person perspective on OSU, UIC, UMICH and UK’s conference in Ohio.

Kevin’s first thought’s on Possible Mediums.

Stewart Hicks’s studio takes on furniture to tackle the issue of character and building type. We are critical of Philip Johnson’s AT&T building in that he didn’t create a new building type.

Almost as good as the original. But wait there’s more!

Overall the scenarios were well thought out, but our diagrams didn’t do those scenarios justice.

The ideas of our rights and wrongs have been refined to be as clear as possible. The hope is that each exercise is clear enough so that an eight year old and an eighty year old could understand. Below are some of the drawings we’ll be seeing later today.
The Third Year Undergrads attempt to make Cleveland rock a little harder.

As a follow up to the interview with Robert Somol that was featured in Fresh Meat Issue V, this Director’s Cut includes previously unpublished excerpts with the “Billy Beane” of architecture schools.

“…rigorous work is still in progress in search of a new form of the mall, but rather a vision of a new mall urbanism.”

As Thomas would say, “Make it exactly wrong.”

Issue Five, The Issue of Identity, went to the press just this evening! Copies will be available starting Wednesday of next week.