Greened brickwork in suburbia
by Sam
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Subliminal Brexit messaging
by Sam
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Decaying light
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Villa, dissolved
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Mexican wrestling bar? Yes please
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Folded array
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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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London 2012 Wayfinding: Drawings
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Design drawings and renders of proposed Beacon and Gantry structures produced in April and May 2012, during the London 2012 Wayfinding project. (See here for completed structures and project explanation). Completed with Surface Architects.
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Drift in a simple gridisovists.org
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Poppy
by Sam
Taken in Kensal Green, North London, in April 2011
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Connectivity in a simple gridisovists.org
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Drogo Jelly
by Sam
Taken at Castle Drogo, Devon, in March 2012
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Psarra & McElhinney: Just Around The Corner From Where You Are
by Sam
Download pdf Psarra, S and McElhinney, S. (2014) Just Around the Corner from Where You Are: Probabilistic isovist fields, inference and embodied projection, in Koch, D and Miranda Carranza, P (eds), The Journal of Space Syntax, V.5 Issue 1, UCL, London. pp.109-132 The work described in this paper was supported by the UCL Space Group EPSRC platform grant EP/G02619X/1 (P7726), in the context of a research project on Dynamic Three Dimensional Space Syntax Modelling, directed by Sophia Psarra at UCL.
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Perimeter in a simple gridisovists.org
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Update X-Ray
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HMV
by Sam
Taken in Chiswick, West London, in August 2012
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Instagram Image
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Snapdragons #garden
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Morning light on the rhubarb
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This bar wins
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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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Beauty and grief
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The Epigenetic Object
by Sam
The Epigenetic Object was a mobile that performed and whistled noisily to attract attention, inflating in gratification when petted. Coded behaviours combined with the latent epigenetic qualities of the mobile’s body to produce a continually novel and playful sequence of form and dialogue with the observer. The ambiguities of this encounter were deliberately emphasised with the use of an androgynous yet strangely appealing doll’s head at the centre of the piece.
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Instagram Image
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Olympic Flowers
by Sam
Taken in Stratford, East London, in July 2012
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Valletta: Sectional Drawings
Sectional and material proposals for a new lace weaving facility within the ancient city fortifications of Valletta, Malta.
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Folded
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Olympic Site pic
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Taken in Stratford, East London, in July 2012
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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.
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Reflections and spatial fields in the Soane Museum
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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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Gage: Constructing the User
by Sam
Download pdf Gage, S. (2007), ‘Constructing the User’, in Systems Research and Behavioural Science, v.24, Wiley:London, UK. pp.313-22.
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Odd Centre Pompidou popup in Boulogne.
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Taken in Boulogne, Northern France, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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Stop Thatcher
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Honfleur, a single gratuitous touristy marina shot. Our vessel #Arcangel is slap in the centre. She is an #Arcona 41′
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Taken in Honfleur, Northern France, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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Graff'd dist board, Casa De Musica, Porto
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CEU OD&T
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Berardi: Predictable Unpredictability
by Sam
Download pdf Berardi, V. (2012) Predictable Unpredictability, Bartlett RC3 GAD Report, University College London:London, UK.
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Saline drip and flowers
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Perpendicular gothic meets data integration
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London 2012 Wayfinding Structures
by Sam
Completed with Surface Architects, who were appointed to work with LOCOG and ISG in the design and delivery of a family of high profile Wayfinding structures for the 2012 Olympic Park. The proposals combine historic vectors and iconic influences into a highly distinctive design that fits LOCOG’s original ‘look and feel’ brief. Each form incorporates LED backlighting, creating a field of glowing beacons across the Stratford Park. Six 7m high zone beacons, five 15m high major beacons and two 12m […]
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Valletta: Installation
Full scale ‘loom’ installation of drawn, written and modelled proposals for a lace making facility in the city of Valletta, Malta.
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Triangulated corner detail
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Soane Museum: Real and Percieved Space
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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 […]
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Rush hour on the Thames
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Doorbell detail, Córdoba
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Lisboan, casual sunbathing
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Instagram Image
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Rochester Suburban Tropicana
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Sunset from the eaves bedroom
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Delphiniums #garden
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Gage: The Wonder of Trivial Machines
by Sam
Download pdf Gage, S. (2006), The Wonder of Trivial Machines, Systems Research and Behavioural Science, vol.23, Wiley:London, UK. pp.771-8
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