Montag, 21. April 2008

20th of April

For the upcoming music video funky TopModels were invited.





19th of April

The Boogie Garden entered the studio to work on the first single called "Yellow Columbine".


Mittwoch, 16. April 2008

Blossom - Course Synopsis

Inflorescence
Plication
Venation
Ornament
Chromatics


Blossom - component driven architectures.


Blossom explores the opportunities present in the morphologies of floral entities as point of departure for the design of architectural conditions. Inherent qualities such as Inflorescence, Plication, Venation and Ornament form the ground for a variety of speculations on spatial conditions. The sensorial and spatial experiences co-notated with the manifold qualities of blooming flowers, from their topological qualities to the distribution of sepals and petals forming the body of the flower, are scrutinized for their architectural qualities and incorporated in a project.

The speculations are casted in a project that serves as proof of concept. To get to this point the course relies heavily on computational design tools. The application of topological mesh modeling softwares as well as Algorithm driven, organic modeling programs will result in a manifold of projects based on the same set of rules. Finally the projects are presented with a set of, common ground, architectural representation media.

Plication in Almond blossom

Inflorescence

Floral conditions in architecture: Gaudi, Sagrada Familia

SITE

To explore the architectural implications within the course synopsis, the course relies on the application of a specific program on a real site. The site of the Former Meisterhaus of Walter Gropius serves as a ground for the ideas developed within this course. It also allows to study the matter of scale on a site close to the school.

Ebertallee, the site of the Gropius House is marked.