Medium: model
DMJ – Template and Talisman
13 March 2024
DMJ – Template and Talisman13 March 2024
For a time, Aldo Van Eyck kept this little amulet in his pocket. An alabaster disc, inlaid with mother of pearl and jet, 30mm in diameter, it is coin-sized, weighted against and warmed by the heat of the body, passing though the fingers. Its uses are both symbolic and instrumental.… Read More
Visualizing the Renaissance Worksite and the problems of graphic translation
17 January 2024
Visualizing the Renaissance Worksite and the problems of graphic translation 17 January 2024
– Jarne Geenens and Elizabeth Merrill
Francesco di Giorgio’s autograph manuscript of machine design, the Opusculum de architectura is among the most enigmatic records of early modern architecture.[1] Dedicated to Duke Federico da Montefeltro, the compact vellum manuscript celebrates the art and ingenuity of technical design, while simultaneously capturing the energy and ambition of the fabled… Read More
Heinz Isler: Natural Hills on Different Edge Lines
14 November 2023
Heinz Isler: Natural Hills on Different Edge Lines14 November 2023
I first encountered Heinz Isler’s thin reinforced concrete shells when I saw his presentation ‘Third Decade of Structural Shells’ at the thirtieth anniversary symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), in Madrid, in September 1989. This was the first time I saw his inspirational drawing ‘Natural Hills on… Read More
Protected: London—Foreplay
2 November 2023
Protected: London—Foreplay2 November 2023
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Work with your hands: AUB Summer School 2023
21 September 2023
Work with your hands: AUB Summer School 202321 September 2023
‘Work with your hands, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.’1 Thess. 4:11-12 All architecture begins with our hands. We make physical what we understand in order to communicate the invisible to the outside world. The translation… Read More
Comins x Shatwell Tea House
25 August 2023
Comins x Shatwell Tea House25 August 2023
– Various
Similar to the way the soil, climate, cultivar, and—of course—the tea maker come together to craft distinct and flavourful teas, numerous helping hands played an important role in the journey that culminated in the process and construction of the Comins x Shatwell Tea House. The most common question visitors have… Read More
Instagram, Indifference, and Postcritique in US Architectural Discourse
5 July 2023
Instagram, Indifference, and Postcritique in US Architectural Discourse5 July 2023
The following text is reproduced from The Hybrid Practitioner: Building, Teaching, Researching Architecture (2022), edited by Caroline Voet, Eireen Schreurs, and Helen Thomas. The publication is available in print or as an ebook, here. You can find Joseph Bedford on Instagram here. From the 1970s through the 1990s, many architects… Read More
The First Exercise, One Door and One Window
1 June 2023
The First Exercise, One Door and One Window1 June 2023
In 2003, at the troubled age of eighteen, I started a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Architecture at the Politecnico di Milano. The first semester was a disappointment, a disaster even. The extremely hierarchical and academic system in Italy was terribly discouraging for creativity and questioning. By raising your hand to… Read More
Drawing Programme: A Drawing Matter Workshop
2 May 2023
Drawing Programme: A Drawing Matter Workshop2 May 2023
– Niall Hobhouse, Manuel Montenegro and Amy Teh
This audio recording documents a workshop on architects’ drawings exploring the relationship between form, space and programme. It was delivered by Manuel Montenegro and Niall Hobhouse to Masters students from the School of Engineering and Architecture, Fribourg, and their tutors Patricia Guaita and Raffael Baur. The recording was made live… Read More
Peter Wilson: Ponte dell’Accademia
26 April 2023
Peter Wilson: Ponte dell’Accademia26 April 2023
In the years prior to the commencement of his major built works, Bridgebuilding No.4 Ponte dell’Accademia holds a critical position within the formative projects of the architect Peter Wilson. The design was prepared in response to an open international architecture competition that was launched under Aldo Rossi’s directorship of the… Read More
Fragmentary Notes on Unclaiming the Life of a Drawing
13 October 2023
Fragmentary Notes on Unclaiming the Life of a Drawing13 October 2023
– Bahar Avanoğlu
The following notes reflect on a first year teaching studio led by Bahar Avanoğlu at Istanbul Bilgi University. The studio took Niall McLaughlin’s Alternative Histories model, an interpretation of a sketch by Basil Spence for extending the Houses of Parliament in London, as a starting point to continue a chain… Read More
sketch projection (axonometric isometric) Teaching (project) DMC