Costa Rica: Seascapes
Seascapes from Lizzie’s volunteering trip to Costa Rica, 2005
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Seascapes from Lizzie’s volunteering trip to Costa Rica, 2005
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Download pdf Davis, M. (1999), ‘Assault on German Village’, in Der Spiegel: Berlin, Ger.
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These were recorded on a week’s sail from Falmouth in Cornwall to Milford Haven, Wales, via the Isles of Scilly, Padstow and Lundy. We were sailing northward about 5 miles off Lundy Island, spinnaker up under a southerly wind and making about 10 knots. A pod of about twenty dolphins came from all around and lined up to play on our bow wave for fifteen minutes or so. Five grown men were reduced to excited little boys. The minute we […]
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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 […]
Categories: Research • Tags: coding, isovists, soane, space syntax
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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.
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Record and output from engagement sessions held with Hull Libraries service Librarians and staff in April and May 2012. The film takes the output of workshop discussions and brings them into an emergent briefing focus for future library interventions. Completed with Surface Architects.
Categories: Architecture • Tags: animation, coding, libraries
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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.
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Download pdf Berardi, V. (2012) Predictable Unpredictability, Bartlett RC3 GAD Report, University College London:London, UK.
Categories: Theory Library • Tags: chaos, GAD RC3, interaction
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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 […]
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Taken in Shoreditch, East London, in May 2012
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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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Download pdf Von Foerster, H. (2003) Understanding Understanding, Springer:New York, US
Categories: Theory Library • Tags: cybernetics
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Download pdf (if you tweet or facebook it) Kito, A. (2012) Delight in Architecture, Bartlett RC3 GAD Report, University College London:London, UK.
Categories: Theory Library • Tags: cybernetics, delight, GAD RC3, mobiles
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Download pdf Von Foerster, H. (1973) On Constructing a Reality, Lecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute:Virginia, US
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Taken in Chiswick, West London, in September 2012
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Taken in Canterbury in March 2012
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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.
Categories: Architecture • Tags: temporary, triathlon
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Download pdf Prougestaporn, N. (2012) Interactive Mobile Theatre, Bartlett RC3 GAD Report, University College London:London, UK.
Categories: Theory Library • Tags: cybernetics, GAD RC3, interaction, mobiles
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Taken in Oxford, in February 2012
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Download pdf Gage, S. (2007), The Boat/Helmsman, in Technoetic Arts, Intellect Ltd:Bristol, UK.
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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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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
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Taken in Shoreditch, East London, in August 2012
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Taken in Stratford, East London, in July 2012
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Taken in Docklands, East London, in July 2012
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Taken in Stratford, East London, in July 2012
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Download pdf Koch, D. (2004), ‘Spatial Systems as Producers of Meaning’, Licentiate Thesis, KTH, Stockholm:SWE.
Categories: Theory Library • Tags: space syntax
Hanging installation based on a series of porcelain hemispheres.
Categories: Ceramics • Tags: installations, porcelain
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Hypothetical design for an apple tree nursery and cider mill in Bloomsbury, London. Completed in collaboration with Tetsuro Nagata
Categories: Architecture • Tags: cider, drawings
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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
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Taken in Hyde Park, Central London, in August 2012
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