T-Squared

Description

An interdisciplinary collection with its origins in the 2018 National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, hosted by the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning at the University of Cincinnati, the overarching focus of which was on 'TIME'. The book includes contributions from some scholars who were not involved in the conference but whose voices are important to the conversation.

T-Squared: Theories and Tactics in Architecture and Design has three primary aims. First, it reveals and illuminates the extensive and explicit relationship between the research that shapes art, architecture and design practices, and the studio prompts and assignments that are developed by faculty for students engaging the creative disciplines. Second, it demonstrates that pedagogical inquiry and invention can be a (radical) research endeavour that can also become an evolutionary agent for faculty, students, institutions and communities. Third, it makes available to a larger audience a set of innovative ideas and exercises that have until now been known to limited numbers of students and faculty, hidden behind the walls of studio courses and institutions.

This book will appeal to anyone interested in design thinking and design process as well as to architects, architectural educators and architecture students who may particularly identify in it stirrings of a new world order and a call to arms.

Each chapter of T-Squared is separated into two parts: THEORY (T1) and TACTICS (T2). In T1, the authors offer mini-manifestos about topics that relate to their professional interests and efforts. In T2, the authors delineate exercises that reflect the ideascapes and methodologies presented in T1. The exercises in T2 are adapted for the reader from assignments given to students enrolled in design studios at a variety of universities. In their current incarnation, they offer anyone with tenacity, imagination and an adventurous attitude towards architecture and design access to distinct sets of provocative questions, procedures and modes. The T2 offerings require the reader’s engagement and imagination and the rolling up of sleeves – while there may be steps to follow, many of the exercises read like Fluxus scores and require investment rather than obedience. A suspension of disbelief is required – but all seriously creative folk (like you, reader) understand that already.

Primary readership will be among design educators and students looking for a window through which to view the ways design is being introduced, taught and positioned across disciplines and institutions, and to architects, architectural educators and architecture students.

Acknowledgments

Starting Up

Front Porch (coffee) Samantha Krukowski

Threshold

In Media Res, or Beginning in the Middle of Things David Leatherbarrow

Interiors

Food for Thought Nikole Bouchard

Pedagogical Pluralism Alberto de Salvatierra, Samantha Solano, Joshua Vermillion

Informed Forms and Matters Negar Kalantar, Alireza Borhani

Out of Control Jennifer Akerman

Cultured Drawing Kathryn Strand

Drawing the City Sandy Litchfield

Scripting Space Brian Ambroziak

The Literary Imagination Angeliki Sioli, Kristen Kelsch 

Overcoming Fear Chloé Briggs

Horizon Volume and Being Peter P. Goché

FACTUM 1 : 1 Federica Goffi

Tendering a Tactile Tectonic John M. Reynolds

The Mother of Invention Thomas Cline

Winding Down

Deck (bourbon) Samantha Krukowski

Figures

References

About the Editor and Authors

Index

Sujets

• drawing
• drafting
• ENGINEERING
• AGRICULTURE
• TECHNOLOGY
• Design
• ART
• Architecture

Informations

• Publié par: Intellect Books
• Date de parution: 24 novembre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781789384352
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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T-Squared
T-Squared

Theories and Tactics in Architecture and Design
EDITED BY
Samantha Krukowski
First published in the UK in 2022 by Intellect, The Mill, Parnall Road, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 3JG, UK
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Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
PART 1: STARTING UP
1. Front Porch (coffee)
Samantha Krukowski
PART 2: THRESHOLD
2. In Media Res , or Beginning in the Middle of Things
David Leatherbarrow
PART 3: INTERIORS
3. Food for Thought
Nikole Bouchard
4. Pedagogical Pluralism
Alberto de Salvatierra, Samantha Solano, and Joshua Vermillion
5. Informed Forms and Matters
Negar Kalantar and Alireza Borhani
6. Out of Control
Jennifer Akerman
7. Cultured Drawing
Kathryn Strand
8. Drawing the City
Sandy Litchfield
9. Scripting Space
Brian Ambroziak
10. The Literary Imagination The Literary Imagination The Literary Imagination
Angeliki Sioli and Kristen Kelsch
11. Overcoming Fear
Chlo Briggs
12. Horizon Volume and Being
Peter P. Goch
13. FACTUM 1: 1
Federica Goffi
14. Tendering a Tactile Tectonic: Discovering and Deploying Architecture s DNA
John M. Reynolds
15. The Mother of Invention
Thomas Cline
PART 4: WINDING DOWN
16. Deck (bourbon)
Samantha Krukowski
Bibliography
Notes on the Contributors
Figures
0.1: Structure by Termites. The Original Main Beam (Since Replaced) from Ella Jean, a Cincinnati Renovation Project Undertaken by the Editor and Her Partner. Photo by Samantha Krukowski.
1.1: Gingko Leaves, Fall, Kansas City. Photo by Samantha Krukowski.
2.1: Sverre Fehn, Hedmark Museum, Norway, 1980 Fa ade Detail: With and Against Found Objects. Photo by David Leatherbarrow.
3.1: Morselation Event Analysis, Zak Wosewick.
3.2: Labyrinth Event Analysis, Patrick Osowski.
3.3: __________to Table Mapping, Patrick Osowski.
3.4: Labyrinth Character Description, Patrick Osowski.
4.1: Glycerin Notational Models II.
4.2: Catalog of Urban Ephemera.
4.3: MONSTR drawings.
4.4: MONSTR paper models.
4.5: Notational mapping.
5.1: Sand Formation: Optimizing Certain Design Goals against a Set of Material Constraints (top) and Tesselated Tiles: Treating the Properties of Plaster as Secondary to the Form Itself (bottom).
5.2: Linking the Final Form to the Association between Geometry and Material Behavior.
5.3: Sand Formation: Without Using any Formworks, Different Shells Are Made on Sculpted Surfaces Created via the Sand Formation Process.
5.4: To the Moon and Beyond: The Emergence of Each Shell Is Considered the Organization of Matter Informed by Environmental Constraints, Structural Concerns, Logistical Limitations, and Construction Tools.
6.1: Architectural Speculation Based on Structural Units Generated from Formwork Deformation Indeterminacy. Exploring the Theme of Entanglement, This Proposal for a Research Outpost Is Situated within a Clearing at Mead s Quarry, Itself a Reclaimed Post-Industrial Landscape Characterized by Entwined Crafted and Emergent Ecologies, 2016. (Student work by K. Wu.)
6.2: Architecture s Instability Is Laid Bare by Natural Disasters, such as Hurricane Sandy, Which Devastated the Greater Metropolitan New York Region in October, 2012. (Image: Michael Loccisano.)
6.3: Cornelius Cardew s Illustration of the Musical Composition Treatise, 1963-67.
6.4: Study of Variable Units Generated from “Formwork Degeneration” Indeterminacy. (Student work by K. Wu.)
6.5: Process study of Indeterminacy from Sugar Cubes Dissolving in Cast Concrete. (Student work by B. Cunningham.)
6.6: Process Study of Indeterminacy from Ice Cubes Melting in Cast Concrete. (Student work by B. Virden.)
6.7: Process Study of Indeterminacy from 3D-Printed Plastic Formwork with Successive Heat Deformations in Cast Concrete. (Student work by K. Wu.)
6.8: Study of Voids Generated from Sugar Dissolve Indeterminacy. (Student work by B. Cunningham.)
6.9: Spatial Study of Variable Units Generated from Formwork Degeneration Indeterminacy. (Student Work by K. Wu.)
7.1: Sound Culture BatchPublic Service Broadcasting, Race for Space (Kathryn Strand).
7.2: Automated Line Cultures (Kathryn Strand).
7.3: Sound Culture Interpreters and Interfaces (Kathryn Strand).
7.4: Impressed Culture Samples, Copper (Kathryn Strand).
7.5: A School without Classrooms. Student work by Yasmin Goulding.
7.6: Frottage Landscapes. Student work by (left) Yasmin Goulding, (right) Vince Noce.
8.1: Strangled by Elihu Ayers, Imagines Mythical Creatures Inhabiting the Canals of Holyoke; These Mysterious Beasts Empower the Cities First Hydroelectric Plant.
8.2: Times Square Zoo, by Noa Barak, Illustrates a Future Where Exotic Animals and Plant Life Rule the City.
8.3: Students Madeline Berry (top) and Briona Brito (bottom) Illustrate the Complexity of New York City s Transportation System.
8.4: Charlotte Couderc s Research and Early Sketches (left) Help Her Imagine an Abandon Underground Train Station That Once Ushered Historic Leaders Upwards to an Exclusive Hotel, Final Draft (right).
8.5: Alana Barnes Speculative Map of Boston Draws Attention to Regions Affected by Coastal Sea Level Change.
9.1: Page from Stanley Kubrick s script for The Shining (1980).
9.2: Triptych, Siteplan and Graphic Novel, Zherti Jasa, student work from 527 Design Tactics taught by Brian Ambroziak at the University of Tennessee.
10.1: Literary Imagination Assignment: Drawings through Words. Student: A. Sloss, Louisiana State University, School of Architecture, Spring 2017. Image courtesy of authors.
10.2: Group Activity: Impressions from Literary Readings Shared on a Long Piece of Butcher Paper. Students: B.Arch 22 Candidates, Louisiana State University, School of Architecture, Spring 2018. Image courtesy of authors.
11.1: Les Limousines. Photo by Chlo Briggs.
11.2: Untitled, Yigu Lu.
11.3: Mask, Rahel Kassa.
11.4: Hands On, Sam Stricklen.
12.1: InsideOute . Photography by Integrated Studios.
12.2: Perforated Horizon . Photography by Assassi Productions.
12.3: Resonant Landscape by Kendra Koch, Sabrina Johnson, and Heidi Reburn. Photography by Heidi Reburn.
12.4: InsideOute . Photography by Integrated Studios.
13.1: Hand-Tool Fitted 1: 1. Free Hand Drawing, In Graphite and Red Color Pencils. Metal Wire and Sheet and Chalk. Courtesy of Sideqa Haqani.
13.2: Carlo Scarpa and Sergio Los. Entry Portal of the IUAV (1984). Courtesy of Prakash Patel Photography, Washington DC, and Universit Iuav di Venezia.
13.3: Anthropometric Tool in Maple and Walnut That Could Be Used to Map Out Space at 1: 1 Scale in the Early Design Phase. Courtesy of Rubin de Jonge.
13.4: Treading Stairs. The Traction of Drawing Manifested in Three-Dimensional Rope Lines. Courtesy of Arielle Lavine.
14.1: The Hand as an Organ of Knowledge: Tool Fabrication. Student John Knauft.
14.2: Imaging the Tactile Tectonic: Westcott House Visitor Center. Student Bryan Hicks.
14.3- Froebel Gift 5 Fabrication. Students Bryan Hicks, John
14.4: Knauft, Emily Waldinger.
14.5: The Hand as an Organ of Knowledge: Tool Fabrication. Student Bryan Hicks.
14.6- Forms of Nature Exercise Gift 5. Students Bryan Hicks,
14.7: John Knauft, and Emily Waldinger.
14.8- Nature Joint Study. Student Bryan Hicks.
14.9-
14.10- Low Relief Studies in Paper + Wood. Students
14.11: Bryan Hicks, John Knauft, and Emily Waldinger.
15.1: Student Engaged in Creating a Physical Model of a Device Intended to Mediate Our Human Relations in the Physical World.
15.2: Student-generated Ideation Images of a Portable Tying Station for Fishing Hooks Intended to Support the Needs of a Client Who Has the Use of Only One Hand.
16.1: Details of In Vasive , with Zeke Leonard. In Vasive was the Temple built for the exhibition No Spectators: The Art of Burning Man held at the Cincinnati Art Museum from April to September 2019. The project was led by Samantha Krukowski and Zeke Leonard and completed with the help of students and community members-it was built entirely from invasive Amur Honeysuckle. The exhibition Temple was inspired by a smaller, interior project made of the same material that was created by Krukowski and Leonard for NCBDS 2018. Photo by Samantha Krukowski.
FIGURE 0.1 (pagae xiv): Structure by Termites. The Original Main Beam (Since Replaced) from Ella Jean, a Cincinnati Renovation Project Undertaken by the Editor and Her Partner. Photo by Samantha Krukowski.
Acknowledgments
There are a lot of people to thank.
First, I would like to acknowledge the eighteen authors whose ideas and methods populate and structure the pages that follow. There would be no book without them. After reading and re-reading their chapters, I am confident they will inspire many generations beyond those they have already touched through their contr