An Installation on the Digital Age

Very briefly,  this would be an interesting piece (courtesy of Architectural Record) by OTA+ and UTSOA (you may recall from ACADIA) that those of you looking at commentary on the digital and physical issues pertaining to social engagement might find as inspiring. Though not a building, the Caret 6 project (and to a lesser degree the Waller Wall in the same article) brings about commentary from David Epstein that is notable: "In the digital age, people still have a need to connect with each other on a human level, and the human component is the utmost basic element of architecture."

TEXFAB | SKIN Competition

For those of you interested in responsive envelopes, digital fabrication, building skins as mediators, or anything else within that spectrum of architectural design, the winner of the TexFab | Skin design competition were announced. If you were aware of or attended the ACADIA 2013 conference at the UW Empire, you would have seen the full prototypes in person. If you were unable to attend, here are some samples:

Project 3XLP

Evaporative Skin - Jeanna Ripple


Cellular Complexity