MAKING CULTURE
DeSalvo, John
Sierralta, Karla
MAKING CULTURE
Baird, James
Boyer, Kevin
PROTOTYPE FOR AN URBAN GATHERING PLACE
Brininstool, David
Metter, Andrew
INSTRUCTORS
STUDENTS Agard, Marsha
Aroni, Eleni
Asadi Jouzani, Sepideh
Beckman, Alexander
Blanco, David
Bourque, Courtnay
Corcoran, Olivia
De Oliveira, Melina
Fischer, Elizabeth
Gao, Tian
Gingrich, Drew
Hellman, Adam
He, Rong
He, Yizhou
Hossein Abbasi, Mohammad
Hosseinkhani, Elmira
Hu, Man
Jia, Chen
Katigbak, Andrea W.
Kim, Onyung
Kwak, Noelle
Lee, Junghoon
Leite, Louise
Low, Woei Cherng
Murray, Rebecca
Narapasetty, Prashanthi
Oliveira, Mariana
Qin, Yue
Ramos Mu単iz, Antonia
Ren, Kunlun
Rutkowski, Agnieszka
Santos, Nicole
HANDCRAFTED
Sassila, Amer
Serra De Freitas, Jorge
Shi, Yichao
Solan, Robert
DICHOTOMY
Staff, Jenna
Sun, Jiaming
Szpara, Agnieszka
Temple, Jaben
Yan, Gege
Yang, Kang
Yang, Yang
Wang, Ruoqu
Wang, Yi
Zhang, Dong
RE-IMAGINED FABRICATED
CONFIGURATIONS EXPERIENCE
SCULPTURE OBJECTS
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
FUNCTIONAL ART + DESIGN
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
CHICAGO | NOVEMBER 7-9, 2014
GRADUATE PROGRAM | FALL 2014
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RE-IMAGINED The Neighborhood Studio 2014 of the Graduate Architecture Program at the Illinois Institute of Technology presents a study to be exhibited at CONNECT SOFA CHICAGO 2014. As a basis for analysis, the Neighborhood Studio 2014 has been researching the Packard Automotive Plant in Detroit, Michigan. The massive structure was once an icon of modern manufacturing and productivity. The innovative reinforced concrete structure, designed by Albert Kahn, housed state of the art automobile production facilities, including an assembly line more than half a mile long. However, time and the changing paradigms of industry ultimately brought the great machinery to a halt. It became a symbol of decay and urban ruin. Now, as the city of Detroit looks ahead, the Studio is challenged to re-imagine this derelict place. The site becomes a beacon for the future, inspiring the development of new typologies for manufacturing that are relevant to the modern world. 4
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FABRICATED The design began by exploring the architect’s role in the making of a neighborhood. Can we design new prototypes for public spaces in the city? How will the city of the future be re-shaped by our intervention? With these in mind, the installation explores the process of manufacturing. In the development of the seating element, planes are transformed into a triangulated structural volume with operations appropriate to the material. The MDF sheets are precision machine cut for a dry-joint assembly. Expounding on construction, modules are aggregated into an expressive composition for customizable spaces.
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HANDCRAFTED Working as a counterbalance for the heavy nature of the MDF, a lightweight paper element works as an overhead marquee that embraces the space reserved for the community. Beginning with planar materials and applying deliberate manipulations, a secondary structural typology was developed through folding, creating a structurally sound canopy. By employing materials that are a by-product of manufacturing, the installation acknowledges its roots in this process, and looks toward a more sustainable future.
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DICHOTOMY As the divide between machine production and handcraft continues to be emphasized, the combined placement of seating elements and canopy invite an encounter between varied typologies of modular fabrication. In the dialogue of materiality, assembly, and production the composition of pieces is ready to receive meaning and value from people, place and time.
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CONFIGURATIONS The installation is an invitation to converse, interact, and repose. It poses as a catalyst for human activity, creating within itself a diverse community. The elements are given meaning by their relationship to each other and, above all, the synergy of the people that gather within. The dynamic interaction creates the character of the space.
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EXPERIENCE We invite the visitors to gather in this space in much the same way as the community of elements we are striving to portray. We invite you to consider the role of the machine in our contemporary society and of the human hand in the production process of today. But most of all, we invite you to contribute to the creation of something new.
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