Budapest is cold #testicicles
by Sam
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Mers de Bains: Block corner.
by Sam
Taken in Mers de Bains, Northern France, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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Variance in a simple gridisovists.org
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Looking up
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Folkestone harbour arm
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Carmelite Cemetery, Porto
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Axial Line Definitions
by Sam
Here we demonstrate an isovist based approach to definition of the axial lines of a space. The algorithm identifies the primary and secondary longest axial lines of each isovist in real-time. These are used to define a pair of median 2d centric points: Movement towards either of the median points causes following of the general axiality of the space as perceived at that location. Further sets of exploratory movements based on this approach are demonstrated here.
Categories: Research • Tags: axiality, isovists, space syntax
Red Triangles
by Sam
Taken in Oxford, in February 2012
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The Switching Labyrinth: Fabrication
by Sam
Much of the work for an installation focusses on how to construct it; metaphorically but also literally. This habitually hidden process deserves documentation as much as anything else; Architecture is, after all, often about delivery. This gallery shows some of the design drawings, prototyping and mass construction processes of the framework and intelligent acutation mechanisms for ‘The Switching Labyrinth’ installation. (See here for the completed project)
Categories: Architecture • Tags: labyrinths, work in progress
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
Wind turbine and rainbow #nofilter
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Glanville: Researching Design and Designing Research
by Sam
Download pdf Glanville, R. (1999), Researching Design and Designing Research, MIT Press:Cambridge, MA. pp.771-8
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Art Car Shoreditch
by Sam
Taken in Shoreditch, East London, in August 2012
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Hedge perfection
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Garden yellow no.2
by Sam
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Mers de Bains: Side street
by Sam
Taken in Mers de Bains, Northern France, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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Doorbell detail, Córdoba
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Instagram Image
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Copper skies at Kent cricket grounds
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Magnolia seed harvest #orange #newbeginnings
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Honfleur, a single gratuitous touristy marina shot. Our vessel #Arcangel is slap in the centre. She is an #Arcona 41′
by Sam
Taken in Honfleur, Northern France, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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Ropey McRopeface
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Von Foerster: Understanding Understanding
by Sam
Download pdf Von Foerster, H. (2003) Understanding Understanding, Springer:New York, US
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#burningman
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Boys, on Tor
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On the Beach at Lackan Bay
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I am here
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Video art innit
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Hadjivasilli: Light, Perception and Environment
by Sam
Download pdf Hadjivasilli, M. (2012) Light, Perception and Environment, Bartlett RC3 GAD Report, University College London:London, UK.
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Digital Agents: Agent-Maze Dialogues
by Sam
Study of an autonomous spatial agent progressing through a real-time reconfiguring maze-matrix. Agent behaviours changed in response to modulation of individual spatial ‘desires’ and the ‘discovered’ or observed changing environment. Dependent on variation and combination of desire sets, different movement typologies can be categorised; these have a direct relation back to ancient labyrinth form elements. An emergent, emotive root for the occupation and understanding of spatialities is implied.
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Labyrinth Drawings
by Sam
Drawings which iteratively explore common simple labyrinth forms; overlaying each to illustrate how one type might be switched or folded into another. This process subjects the delicate ‘coherence’ of the recognisable labyrinth symbols to fragmentation, generating potentially ‘switching’ or momentarily incoherent maze conditions.
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Seven Sisters. Under sail en route from Brighton to Dover, making a steady 9knots
by Sam
Taken off the coast of South England, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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Burrow Hill Cider Mill
by Sam
Traditional cider mill and cider brandy distillery in Somerset, West England. Visited in April 2008
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Control in a simple gridisovists.org
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Great new book to read
by Sam
Taken in Chiswick, West London, in July 2012
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Blank slates and new beginnings
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Metallic grey
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Birthday Cake
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Taken in Chiswick, West London, in July 2012
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Mean Metric Depth in a simple gridisovists.org
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Millfield Inflatables Day
by Sam
A day long adventure in the experimental making of inflatable structures with the pupils of Millfield Prep School, Somerset.
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Embodied and situated architectural criticism.
by Sam
Taken at the confluence of the Westway and the Grand Union, West London, in September 2012
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Long way down
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Delphiniums #garden
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Long way up
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Inflate-able space
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Abandoned at Quintins Boat Club
by Sam
Taken in Chiswick, West London, in August 2012
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Instagram Image
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Vista in a simple gridisovists.org
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Sanlucar sunset
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Battle Great Wood
by Sam
Taken near Battle, Kent, in August 2011
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UCA: Inflatables Workshop
by Sam
Unit design workshop held at the start of the academic year 2011-12 at UCA examining potential modes of ‘self-making’ of low-tech inflatable structures.
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Valletta: Models
Iterative ‘loom’ models proposing points and forms of intervention within the Valletta context. Based on an in-depth examination of the locally contextual and historically significant practice and processes of silk lace weaving, these models proposed a series of interventions within the ancient city fortifications.
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Reflections and spatial fields in the Soane Museum
by Sam
The below diagrams are a taxonomic series in which we apply the methods described here and the spatial classifications described here to a plan analysis of Sir John Soane’s Museum. Interpretation of these results is ongoing and discursive annotations will be added in due course. The mappings above were produced using a methodology established in the context of a research project on Dynamic Three Dimensional Space Syntax Modelling directed by Sophia Psarra at UCL. The project was supported by the […]
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St Michaels Mount
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Taken in Mounts Bay, Cornwall, in December 2011
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