Glanville: The Purpose of Second Order Cybernetics
by Sam
Download pdf Glanville, R. (2004), ‘The Purpose of Second Order Cybernetics’, Kybernetes, vol.33 no.9/10, Emerald:UK. pp.1379-86.
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Budapest is cold #testicicles
by Sam
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MUD Architecture site visit #nextproject #potential
by Sam
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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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Basketball Sky #london2012
by Sam
Taken in Stratford, East London, in July 2012
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Magnolia seed harvest #orange #newbeginnings
by Sam
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Hillier: Space is the Machine
by Sam
Download pdf Hillier, B (2007) Space is the machine: a configurational theory of architecture. Space Syntax: London, UK.
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Castle Drogo
by Sam
Taken at Castle Drogo, Devon, in March 2012
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Gandhi? endorses Portugese coffee.
by Sam
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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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This bar wins
by Sam
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Blank slates and new beginnings
by Sam
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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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Peekaboo with the Pringle
by Sam
Taken in Stratford, East London, in July 2012
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Copper skies at Kent cricket grounds
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]
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Palladio
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Rengran: Reification: Imitation, Symbol and Substitution
by Sam
Download pdf Rengran, Z. (2012) Reification:Imitation, Symbol and Substitution, Bartlett RC3 GAD Report, University College London:London, UK.
Categories: Theory Library • Tags: GAD RC3, imitation, substitution, symbol
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Drift in a simple gridisovists.org
by Sam
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Garden yellow no.1
by Sam
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Urban patina
by Sam
Taken at the confluence of the Westway and the Grand Union, West London, in September 2012
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Sleepy
by Sam
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Saline drip and flowers
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.
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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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Upholstery
Ongoing work restoring period furniture
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Delphiniums #garden
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Canterbury Bells #garden
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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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Valletta: Mapping the City
Series of mappings of key sites, contextual influences and opportunities within the ancient port-city of Valletta, Malta.
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Realtime & Reflective Isovist Agents
by Sam
Typical spectral graph results from the methods shown in the below films can be viewed here. A complete re-write of the realtime isovist agents code into c++ has facilitated more complex isovist modelling and realtime analysis extracts. An updated version of the previously demonstrated movement within and perception of real plan space in realtime is shown above; below follow illustrations of new capabilities. As a secondary level, transparent barriers to movement can now be modelled and isovists related to vision […]
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Grid Car Shoreditch
by Sam
Taken in Shoreditch, East London, in August 2012
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#site
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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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Rush hour on the Thames
by Sam
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Early blues
by Sam
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Sunset from the eaves bedroom
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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Gage: Edge Monkeys
by Sam
Download pdf Gage, S. (2005), Edge Monkeys, in Technoetic Arts, Intellect Ltd:Bristol, UK.
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Bike
by Sam
Taken on Hampstead Heath, North London, in January 2012
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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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Starting our ten day marine trip from #Brighton Marina, actually an early Jan Kaplicky
by Sam
Taken in Brighton, South England, on Arcangel’s August 2012 voyage
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BT future tech: pavement pop-up switcher
by Sam
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Race day at Chiswick beach
by Sam
Taken in Chiswick, West London, in July 2012
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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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Inflate-able space
by Sam
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Rochester Suburban Tropicana
by Sam
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Varna: Improvisational Choreography
by Sam
Download pdf Varna, C. (2013) Improvisational Choreography as a design language for Spatial Interaction, Bartlett RC3 GAD Report, University College London:London, UK.
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Hmmm
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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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Rome: Churches
by Sam
Pen and pencil sketches from a trip to Rome, March 2001 [by Sam]
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