Axial, Proximal and Distal movement
by Sam
Geometric properties of an isovist provide a measure of the perceived spatiality from a defined ‘point of view’. As such they provide the basis for explorative movement, based on realtime numeric derivation of directional goals. Below we demonstrate three different movement strategies established in this manner. (above) Movement towards the perceived axial centroid of an unexplored space (axial movement). (above) Movement towards the nearest point on a perceived occluded edge of an unexplored space (proximal movement). (above) Movement towards the […]
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Qingling: Mediated Reality In Bearable Prosthesis
by Sam
Download pdf Qingling, T. (2013) Mediated Reality In Bearable Prosthesis, Bartlett RC3 GAD Report, University College London:London, UK.
Categories: Theory Library • Tags: GAD RC3, prosthetics, reality
Rome: Colour Sketches
by Sam
Pastel, pen and pencil sketches from a trip to Rome, March 2001 [by Sam]
Categories: Doodles & Scribbles • Tags: drawings, rome
On leave
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Field trip planning underway….
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Olympic Site pic
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Taken in Stratford, East London, in July 2012
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Digital Agents: Cretan Palace Mappings
by Sam
Latest test outputs from an ongoing piece of research. The spectral chart produced shows the accumulative isovist mapping of autonomous spatial agents progressing in real-time through the archaeological plan of the ancient Cretan palace of Malia. Other record formats are also demonstrated. Each agents is capable of recognising the characteristics of its neighbours (displayed as modulated colours of isovist) and reacting to them. Social behaviours of seeking, following and fleeing contact are apparent as the agents collectively explore the palace […]
Categories: Research • Tags: agents, archaeology, coding, drawings, isovists, labyrinths, mapping, mazes
Budapest is cold #testicicles
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JellyBeats Installation
by Sam
Micro-Installation produced for Bompass and Parr in 2010 as part of their exhibition and venue ‘The Complete History of Food’. A ‘bioresponsive jelly’ was made to pulse in time with the observer’s heat-beat, providing an instant and amusing interaction as they ate it. It is suprising what people will willingly push their fingers into.
Categories: Architecture • Tags: food, installations, interaction, temporary
Rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb
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Video art innit
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McElhinney: Labyrinths, Mazes and the Spaces Inbetween
by Sam
Download pdf McElhinney, S. (2009) Labyrinths, Mazes and the Spaces Inbetween, Masters Thesis, University College London:London, UK.
Categories: Theory Library • Tags: labyrinths, mazes
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Kritikou: Constructing the Experience
by Sam
Download pdf Kritikou, A. (2013) Constructing the Experience, Bartlett RC3 GAD Report, University College London:London, UK.
Categories: Theory Library • Tags: cybernetics, GAD RC3, phenomenology
Mers de Bains: Style collisions.
by Sam
Taken in Mers de Bains, Northern France, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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This bar wins
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Gage: The Boat/Helmsman
by Sam
Download pdf Gage, S. (2007), The Boat/Helmsman, in Technoetic Arts, Intellect Ltd:Bristol, UK.
Categories: Theory Library • Tags: cybernetics
Current location
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Quiet day in the office
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Soane Museum: Real and Percieved Space
by Sam
A conversion of the isovist-agent software into c++ has led to a number of performance improvements. As a result new complexities of isovist analysis can be calculated and recorded in realtime. This includes reflection and projection of spatial depth; ie mirror and glazing surfaces, as well as barriers and mobile elements. A plan of the Soane Museum in London is being used as a test analysis for the system. These images illustrate different ‘spectral’ recordings of the spatial depths perceived […]
Categories: Research • Tags: agents, art, coding, drawings, isovists, labyrinths, mapping, mazes, space syntax
Von Foerster: On Constructing a Reality
by Sam
Download pdf Von Foerster, H. (1973) On Constructing a Reality, Lecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute:Virginia, US
Categories: Theory Library • Tags: cybernetics
@swix saw this and thought of you #underpass #edge-space
by Sam
Taken at the confluence of the Westway and the Grand Union, West London, in September 2012
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Snapdragons #garden
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Boat
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Olympic Monolith
by Sam
Taken in Stratford, East London, in July 2012
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Heathrow window detail
by Sam
Taken in Heathrow, West London, in July 2012
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Bondin: Embodied Dynamics
by Sam
Download pdf Bondin, W. (2013) Embodied Dynamics, Bartlett RC3 GAD Report, University College London:London, UK.
Categories: Theory Library • Tags: biomimetics, embodiment, GAD RC3
Garden yellow no.3
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Connectivity in a simple gridisovists.org
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Art Car Shoreditch
by Sam
Taken in Shoreditch, East London, in August 2012
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#burningman
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Decaying light
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Honfleur, wooden tower with buttressing details.
by Sam
Taken in Honfleur, Northern France, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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Sleepy
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Elbow X-ray
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Greened brickwork in suburbia
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East Thames Floating Housing
by Sam
Mapping of strategic opportunities on the tideways and basins of the East Thames, London. This work lead to identification of potential forms and typologies of housing to be floated on the river as a response to limited supply of key worker and family home supply in the surrounding areas.
Categories: Architecture • Tags: drawings, mapping
Folded array
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Walking Places: Naughty but Nice
by Sam
[click & drag to pan] Discovered in Broadstairs, Kent, in January 2012
Categories: Research • Tags: food, photosynths, walking
Bloomsbury Cider Press: Detail drawings
by Sam
Hypothetical design for an apple tree nursery and cider mill in Bloomsbury, London. Completed in collaboration with Tetsuro Nagata
Categories: Architecture • Tags: cider, drawings
Valletta: Installation
Full scale ‘loom’ installation of drawn, written and modelled proposals for a lace making facility in the city of Valletta, Malta.
Categories: Architecture • Tags: installations, temporary, valletta
Von Foerster: Cybernetics of Cybernetics
by Sam
Download pdf Von Foerster, H. (1979) Cybernetics of Cybernetics, Lecture, University of Illinois:Alabama, US
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Ooops
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On the Beach at Lackan Bay
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Just for you, DanWith thanks to RoJo et al
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Foam on beach at Sandymouth #nofilter
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Beachy Head, mist closing in, seven knots.
by Sam
Taken off the coast of South England, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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Birthday Cake
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Taken in Chiswick, West London, in July 2012
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Frazer: An Evolutionary Architecture
by Sam
Download pdf Frazer, J. (1995), An Evolutionary Architecture. AA: London, UK.
Categories: Theory Library • Tags: interaction
First of a couple on the exuberant seaside terrace of Mers de Bains.
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Taken in Mers de Bains, Northern France, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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Big piles of rock and snow
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Garden yellow no.1
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