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rcc studio #01 - [from] crisis [to]

Some really interesting pieces on the relationships between the built environment and the notion of crisis, pertinent with my Masters thesis research this year which began with an examination of the continual call of 'crisis' within architecture and linked this call to 'external' crises, be they ecological, economic or political.

I am particularly drawn to Ramiro Aznar Ballarin's 'Mapping London Crisis: The relationship between outbreaks and riots.' It provides analysis and spatial considerations which seem to give more weight to the recent President's Medal Award winning student project robots of Brixton, in which Kibwe Tavares re-examines the 1980's Brixton riots for future architectural (and robotic) potency. The admittedly incredible film accompanying the project is below.

Robots of Brixton from Kibwe Tavares on Vimeo.

POTENTIAL FUTURES

Lecture: Potential Futures for Design Practice from Rory Hyde on Vimeo

I can't say that the University of Sydney has cropped up in my sphere of architectural thinking or web-surfing very often; but on this occasion I am glad it has! Rory Hyde explores a number of 'proactive design' models which he has both considered, engaged in, and propelled through his interesting professional life. While I feel like Hyde sometimes gets caught up in the 'coolness' of the projects, he has some very astute comments about the role(s) of built environment professionals inherently spanning from large global strategists to small everyday questions about how individuals occupy the bathroom.

PHENOMENA OF PARTIAL ILLUSION

 Phenomena of Partial Illusion

Nuveando & Nuveado

snow, fog, and salt

Lightjet Prints

134" x 7.5" & 160" x 7.5"

Katherine Bash

Speaking also of Illusions Partial or (im)-partial, Guy Horton's column The Indicator over at ArchDaily has recently featured two incredibly real articles on The Next Architecture (1 & 2). He is not afraid to delve into the difficult questions of - what value does the greater public place on architecture? How can architecture be sustained as a profession when the majority of those who practice in its field cannot afford to purchase in the field? What role can the architect play before the building enters the picture?

Pressing, pertinent, and powerful.

THE GOLDEN AGE

THE GOLDEN AGE - The Simulation, by Paul Nicholls at the Bartlett. He writes:

THE GOLDEN AGE is a film which speculates on artificial intelligence within a simulated architecture.  It is concerned with technology, synthetic programmed spaces, and the temporality of our immediate conceived environment, physical or otherwise.

It is part of a wider project which looks at a ‘downloaded’ architecture, radically changing the consumerist lifestyle we are all used to.