5/08/2008
Our Studio Appears on the Portland Architecture Blog
"PSU's Portable Classroom On Alberta" at portlandarchitecture.com
3/07/2008
Program Statement
Arch 282 Architecture Design Studio III Section 2, Matthew Bietz
Community Action Space
The art of Social Practice emphasizes community engagement through non-studio creative activities executed in the field. These encounters will be reinforced through an architectural expression that offers an understanding and consciousness that is embodied in the built structure. This engagement will be evidenced through the materials & opportunities for spaces that support the Social Practice movement and the PSU Social Practice Master of Fine Arts program.
Site: A 5,000 sq ft lot in the Alberta Arts District will temporarily accommodate the activities of the Social Practice Program. The design of the structure should thus embrace the idea of temporality in response to changing situations and functions; and must be reusable in multiple locations.
Program:
(3) Zones:
Interior: warm, dry, and environmentally responsive to climate; secure, but also inviting.
2 independent, yet related zones: one devoted to community interaction and gathering – which could include classes, conversations, yoga and group meals; and one for the social practioner(s) to use as a work space.
Intermediate: A permeable space(s) for cooking and gathering.
Exterior: Garden space, accommodation for bicycles, and a threshold or series of thresholds that embody the spirit of the engagements at the sight.
Here are the client expectation statements:
If anything were possible, what conceptual message would you want your building to convey?
I would like our building to convey the possibility of the improbable.
I would like our building to convey a radical, creative, and comfortable exploration of domestic and community life in the neighborhood that surrounds it.
"I would like our building to convey fun, and a welcoming openness to diverse groups of people"
I would like our portable classroom to invite and inspire conversation, creativity, and community.
I would like our building to convey the message of unconditional positive regard.
A learning place where we can be responsive to the neighborhood
I would like the building to convey and inspire curiosity.
Community Action Space
The art of Social Practice emphasizes community engagement through non-studio creative activities executed in the field. These encounters will be reinforced through an architectural expression that offers an understanding and consciousness that is embodied in the built structure. This engagement will be evidenced through the materials & opportunities for spaces that support the Social Practice movement and the PSU Social Practice Master of Fine Arts program.
Site: A 5,000 sq ft lot in the Alberta Arts District will temporarily accommodate the activities of the Social Practice Program. The design of the structure should thus embrace the idea of temporality in response to changing situations and functions; and must be reusable in multiple locations.
Program:
(3) Zones:
Interior: warm, dry, and environmentally responsive to climate; secure, but also inviting.
2 independent, yet related zones: one devoted to community interaction and gathering – which could include classes, conversations, yoga and group meals; and one for the social practioner(s) to use as a work space.
Intermediate: A permeable space(s) for cooking and gathering.
Exterior: Garden space, accommodation for bicycles, and a threshold or series of thresholds that embody the spirit of the engagements at the sight.
Here are the client expectation statements:
If anything were possible, what conceptual message would you want your building to convey?
I would like our building to convey the possibility of the improbable.
I would like our building to convey a radical, creative, and comfortable exploration of domestic and community life in the neighborhood that surrounds it.
"I would like our building to convey fun, and a welcoming openness to diverse groups of people"
I would like our portable classroom to invite and inspire conversation, creativity, and community.
I would like our building to convey the message of unconditional positive regard.
A learning place where we can be responsive to the neighborhood
I would like the building to convey and inspire curiosity.
2/08/2008
Linx Shipping Container Shelter
Richard Barnwall, The Dublin based designer has created a concept for a temporary container shelter. This two story structure incorporates the basic human needs, while making good use of a small transportable space.http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/12/07/prefab-friday-linx-shipping-container-shelter/
What if everyone one had a touch "Screen".
I challenge the question of social interaction, regards to the future?
Designer: Seungchan Lee
SAMUEL WILKINSON
FIXED SOCIAL SEATING ELEMENTS THAT APPEAR TO BE STICHED TO THE GROUND. SAMUEL WILKINSON- PROVIDES A WOVEN NATURALISTIC ARRANGEMENT ALONG WITH A FORM OF SHELTER FORM THE ELEMENTS.
2007 LAUSANNE SWITZERLAND
Check out the Samual Wilkinsons link, He has a couple of great renderings on his flash website, along with other great projects.
1/31/2008
A COLLECTION IN ARIZONA
Eliphante is a sculptural home in Cornville, Ariz., created over 28 years by artist Michael Kahn and his wife, Leda Livant, out of found materials. The elephant-like entrance to one of the structures gave the building and the compound their name.
A piano is built into a wall of driftwood.
THERE CAN BE SUCH BEAUTY WITHIN THE COLLECTION AND ARRANGEMENT OF MATERIALS BY HAND.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/01/30/garden/0131-ELIPHANTE_index.html
1/29/2008
transmutable installations
I was thinking over tea the other day that as art students it would be interesting to attempt a series of spacial installations that reflect either a single expression or many as they relate to a social practice intervention.
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