Scene seen mid cycle
by Sam
Taken near Lords Cricket Ground, North London, in May 2011
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Koch: Spatial Systems as Producers of Meaning
by Sam
Download pdf Koch, D. (2004), ‘Spatial Systems as Producers of Meaning’, Licentiate Thesis, KTH, Stockholm:SWE.
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by Sam
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Metallic grey
by Sam
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Gage: Edge Monkeys
by Sam
Download pdf Gage, S. (2005), Edge Monkeys, in Technoetic Arts, Intellect Ltd:Bristol, UK.
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US out of Grenada
by Sam
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Birkbeck Process
by Sam
Film and animation of Surface Architects‘ design process for the complex geometric ‘residue’ of the Birkbeck Centre for Film and Visual Media, London. (See here for images and explanation of the completed project)
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Much stairs
by Sam
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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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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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Birthday Cake
by Sam
Taken in Chiswick, West London, in July 2012
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Home taping is killing music
by Sam
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Digital Agents: Agent-Maze Ecologies
by Sam
Study of multiple generations of autonomous spatial agents progressing through a real-time reconfiguring maze-matrix. ‘Doors’ in this opened or closed depending on maze-inherent desires over occupation levels. Those that tended towards closure are illustrated as ‘walls’. Dependent on the desire sets exhibited by the maze, different ‘wall’ structures were observed. These can be related back to archetypal plan forms, suggesting an emergent occupational basis for common architectural devices.
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Must be in France.
by Sam
Taken in Fecamp, Northern France, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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A bit of swell off Eagle Island
by Sam
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Castle
by Sam
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Ravinous
by Sam
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Cornish tree
by Sam
Taken somewhere in Cornwall in December 2011
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Instagram Image
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Cider barn at The Newt, Somerset
by Sam
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Sleepy
by Sam
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We did that
by Sam
Taken in Stratford, East London, in August 2012
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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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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
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The Dog and the Sea
by Sam
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Kito: Delight in Architecture
by Sam
Download pdf (if you tweet or facebook it) Kito, A. (2012) Delight in Architecture, Bartlett RC3 GAD Report, University College London:London, UK.
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Garden yellow no.1
by Sam
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Prougestaporn: Interactive Mobile Theatre
by Sam
Download pdf Prougestaporn, N. (2012) Interactive Mobile Theatre, Bartlett RC3 GAD Report, University College London:London, UK.
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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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Current location
by Sam
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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 […]
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Bobbins
by Sam
Taken in Chiswick, West London, in July 2012
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Zhou: Embodiment and Hybrid Architecture
by Sam
Download pdf Zhou, X. (2012) Embodiment and Hybrid Architecture, Bartlett RC3 GAD Report, University College London:London, UK.
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Whitstable winter sun
by Sam
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Palladian Drift, Villa Rotonda
by Sam
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Hyperbolic Geometries
by Sam
If a labyrinth is a continual spatial line, tightly wound onto, but never intersecting itself, what does it become if it is lifted into a different geometry and dimension? What novel things might this tell us about the spaces we construct and how we gain delight through their occupation? This experimental prototyping explores hyperbolic geometry; where instead of being limited to one degree of parallel line, infinite variation can be achieved. This project is ongoing.
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#uca field trip #worldtour
by Sam
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Alcazar gardens
by Sam
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Blank slates and new beginnings
by Sam
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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.
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Honfleur, Emiette de Maquereau
by Sam
Taken in Honfleur, Northern France, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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Timber, light, feet
by Sam
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Big piles of rock and snow
by Sam
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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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Moody
by Sam
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Boys, on Tor
by Sam
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Paper Clay
Piece experimenting with the properties of a paper-clay mix to achieve more complex and delicate structures.
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Rome: Gardens and Ruins
by Sam
Pen and pencil sketches from a trip to Rome, March 2001 [by Sam]
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Solhem Barn
by Sam
Taken in Solhem, West Sweden, in September 2011
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Walking Places: Wistman’s Wood
by Sam
Wistman’s Wood is a scrap of surviving ancient woodland that you can find near Two Bridges, Dartmoor. It is hidden 30 minutes walk up a steep sided valley. The trees are oaks, twisted and miniaturised by the rocky clitter upon which they have slowly grown. The tallest is seven metres high. [click & drag to pan] Similar woodland used to cover most of the moor and the UK, but beginning in the Neolithic Period, man’s activities have cleared the entire […]
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