http://www.works-thoughts.com a product of process Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:47:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As mentioned briefly in the previous post, SPF (superplastic forming) is a process by which a superplastic aluminum alloy is formed over a single surface tool using heat (500°c) and air pressure.  While quite common in automotive and aerospace manufacturing, the deployment of SPF for architecture has been rather limited.  ... http://www.works-thoughts.com/?p=112 Material reality has become plastic. Technology of design and technology of manufacture alters materiality breeding what can be called synthetic materiality. This is a constructed set of surface effects resulting from the mixture of actual material properties and geometry-induced properties of digital operations. In the most captivating mixtures, the real ... http://www.works-thoughts.com/?p=110 More than simply a container for art, the gallery is a space which facilitates specific interactions between an artwork and a viewer. In the case of Tara Donovan, there exists a powerful relationship between distance and perception where the identity or reading of the work changes dramatically as one moves ... http://www.works-thoughts.com/?p=100 The final project for this quarter is a small, free-standing gallery space for the artist Tara Donovan. Among other stipulations, the brief establishes a formal matrix which requires two floors and a maximum footprint of 30’-0”x29’-6”. A simple program and a generic site suggest an architectural narrative, but deny the ... http://www.works-thoughts.com/?p=87 I have spent the past two and a half weeks producing drawings and diagrams of the aforementioned physical model.  Beyond simply representing the model, I wanted these drawings to express two core ideas: the formal language of tangency that emerged withing the ordering system of my physical model; and the ... http://www.works-thoughts.com/?p=82 I have completed a physical model of one iteration of my system.  My favorite part about the piece is that a viewers understanding changes dramatically based on distance.  From 10' away, ones perceptual resolution is relatively low, thus the object appears as a chaotic mass.  From 5' away, directional variations ... http://www.works-thoughts.com/?p=77 In my research of ordering systems, I found the concept of emergent structures to be a relevant model for my own work.  I will be posting images of my final model shortly. Emergence (n) In philosophy, systems theory and the sciences, emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out ... http://www.works-thoughts.com/?p=74 The inaugural project of UCLA’s MArchI program explores the development of generative systems though tectonic assemblies of modular components.  Paramount to this process is a differentiation between top-down and bottom up systems.  More specifically, emergent formal typologies result from the physical properties of the module and connection variants as opposed ... http://www.works-thoughts.com/?p=68 As a warm-up for the fall quarter, I participated in UCLA’s Digital workshop. Georgina Huljich, partner of P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, was the program director. Rhinoceros was used to create 3D interpretations of the sketches of Ernst Haeckel, a prominent German biologist, naturalist, and philosopher. The articulation of micro-surfaces related to the biological ... http://www.works-thoughts.com/?p=56 An algorithm is a process of addressing a problem in a finite number of steps.  It is an articulation of either a strategic plan for solving a known problem or a stochastic search towards possible solutions to a partially known problem. -Kostas Terzidis The most compelling proposition of Kostas Terzidis’ Algorithmic Architecture ... http://www.works-thoughts.com/?p=55