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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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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Great new book to read
by Sam
Taken in Chiswick, West London, in July 2012
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Davis: Assault on German Village
by Sam
Download pdf Davis, M. (1999), ‘Assault on German Village’, in Der Spiegel: Berlin, Ger.
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Metallic grey
by Sam
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Rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb
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Red Triangles
by Sam
Taken in Oxford, in February 2012
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Here again
by Sam
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Ashby: An Introduction to Cybernetics
by Sam
Download pdf Ashby, W.R. (1957) An Introduction to Cybernetics. Chapman and Hall: London, UK.
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Off Achill Island
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McElhinney: European Meeting of Cybernetics and Systems Research 2010
by Sam
Download pdf McElhinney, S. (2010) Labyrinths, Mazes and the Spaces Inbetween, in Robert Trappl (ed), Cybernetics and Systems, V.20, Austrian Society for Cybernetics Studies:Vienna, Austria. pp.104-109
Categories: Theory Library • Tags: cybernetics, labyrinths, mazes
Basketball Sky #london2012
by Sam
Taken in Stratford, East London, in July 2012
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Whitstable winter sun
by Sam
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Subliminal Brexit messaging
by Sam
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Dartmoor Tors
by Sam
[click & drag to pan] Cox Tor above, Beardown Tor below. Recorded on Dartmoor, South West England, in March 2012.
Categories: Travel Records, Visual Vitamins • Tags: photosynths, walking
Heron
by Sam
Taken at Chiswick House, West London, in July 2012
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Bobbins
by Sam
Taken in Chiswick, West London, in July 2012
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Decaying light
by Sam
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Gandhi? endorses Portugese coffee.
by Sam
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Stoneware: Throwing
Workshop output from July 2012; a first attempt at throwing stoneware.
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Corus Triathlon Infrastructure
by Sam
Animation of design proposals for a finish arch for UK Triathlon’s elite series hosting in Hyde Park, London. A series of folded steel barriers form the transition zones where athletes switch from swim to bike to running; before rising up to a triumphal finish and timing archway. Notions of the body as a wrapped form informed the folding geometries of the steel plates, which were provided to reflect Corus’ sponsorship of the event. Completed with Surface Architects.
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Spatial fields in Hypothetical Layouts
by Sam
The below diagrams are a taxonomic series in which we apply the methods described here to a series of hypothetical geometric layouts. 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 UCL Space Group EPSRC platform grant EP/G02619X/1 (P7726).
Categories: Research • Tags: coding, fields, isovists, mapping, space syntax
Isovist based Spatial Classifications
by Sam
The work previously described here can now be applied to isolate 360 degree isovists in contiguous space. Doing so provides four distinct spatial classes of isovist. Below we use the Soane Museum to outline these types. ‘Accessible’ space: when all walls used to define isovists are considered as solid and impermeable to vision, the isovists describe only that space which is directly accessible and can be walked into. This allows us to examine complex networks of circulation in an architectural […]
Digital Agents: Chiaroscuro Landscapes
by Sam
Second implementation and testing of a species of autonomously visual spatial agents within an active digital environment. This demonstrates ability to deal with a high degree of complexity and activity within the context whilst achieving successful pathseeking behaviours based upon long-distance vision. This approach uses a raytrace mechanic basis for the generation and resolution of the isovist.
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.
Categories: Research • Tags: agents, coding, drawings, labyrinths
Reservoir Dogs in E20
by Sam
Taken in Stratford, East London, in July 2012
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Timber, light, feet
by Sam
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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
Stochastic Isovist Fields
by Sam
When isovist analysis is applied to a plan in its totality (rather than to individual locations of special interest), one issue to be resolved by appropriate convention is the identification of “all points” from which isovists will be drawn. The nature of space is such that the actual number of possible points is infinite. In conventional approaches (such as UCL’s ‘Depthmap’ programme), an square tessellation of samples is adopted. Such a method establishes ‘all points’ as having a uniform and […]
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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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Cider barn at The Newt, Somerset
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Instagram Image
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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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Instagram Image
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Folded array
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Boat
by Sam
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Just for you, DanWith thanks to RoJo et al
by Sam
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Vista in a simple gridisovists.org
by Sam
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Party under the palms
by Sam
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Ooops
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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
Digital Agents: Rotational Archaeologies
by Sam
Prototype testing of the responsiveness of high resolution, autonomously visual spatial agents within an active digital environment. This approach uses a geometric basis for the resolution and intersectional calculations of each agent’s ‘isovist’ or visual field, leading to successful pathseeking behaviours.
Honfleur, wooden tower with buttressing details.
by Sam
Taken in Honfleur, Northern France, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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Cornish tree
by Sam
Taken somewhere in Cornwall in December 2011
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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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MUD Architecture site visit #nextproject #potential
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The Dog and the Sea
by Sam
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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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Olympic big boy
by Sam
Taken in Stratford, East London, in July 2012
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Poissonnerie.
by Sam
Taken in Le Treport, Northern France, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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Chesil and back
by Sam
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