//michael+frush [ promiscuous endeavors]
this work is by no means
//a portfolio of selected work.
complete, but exists in a limbo of production...
...to be determined...
2017
candidate for master of architecture. university of tennessee, knoxville.
2014
received bachelor of science, architecture. fairmont state university. I define myself as a multiplicity; an existence of physical and
2009
graduated from hedgesville high school.
virtual realities; a thinker, a scientist, a hacker, a maker, a designer; a spatially extended cyborg.
1998
relocated to falling waters, west virginia.
1991
born in hagerstown, maryland.
//michael+frush
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[ tasty supplementation ]
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foundational fragments.
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[ infilling faith ]
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spontaneous assembly.
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[ spectacle of craft ]
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digital bodies.
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[ music row 2.0 ]
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alternative urbanisms.
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[ semiotic landscape ]
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signification.
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[ the illusionist ]
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all the world’s a canvas.
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[ fulfillmentarium ] ...work pending...
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[ contents ]
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[ tasty supplementation ]
//various academic endeavors and personal meanderings; //undergraduate student [ fsu ] 2009 - 2014; //graduate student [ utk ] 2014 - 2017;
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/ * this work operates as a collection of work produced as part of travel, graphic experimentation, and endeavors in making.* / “i prefer drawing to talking. drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.� -le corbusier.
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_hand_representation.
misc. hand drawing + painting of various explorations and media.
stack perspective with graphite on paper.
shadow + form study with conte on paper.
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fold study with graphite on paper.
site investigation with graphite sketch underlay; water color on paper.
skeletal study with conte on paper.
figure + ground study with charcoal on paper.
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_digital_representation.
manchester memorial clinic R
Manchester Memorial Hospital
clay county | kentucky kentu entucky ckyy
various operations of digital representations through computer software and coding.
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top anatomy of a site with rhino and illustrator,
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49%
of daily income lost.
over poor health
digital mesh with monolith, rhino, photoshop, and illustrator; animated with processing.
section perspective with rhino, grasshopper, maxwell, photoshop, and illustrator.
anaglyphic imagery with photoshop.
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_constructive_models.
miscellaneous constructions of various material media.
natur[e]al intervention with found materials on inherent site.
exploration of a 2x4 with dimensional lumber and gravity; no fasteners.
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project model with basswood and chipboard.
3d printing study with pla and flashforge.
ceramics with wheel and stoneware.
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[ infilling faith ]
//awarded the 2013 aias merit award, jury award; //undergraduate student [ fsu ] _urban context and sacred studies_spring 2013; //fairmont, wv;
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/ * infilling faith proposes a place for spontaneous assembly of the earth’s 5 major religions: hinduism, buddhism, christianity, islam, and judaism. the [interfaith infill] recognizes the condition of an urban infill site nestled between two existing christian centers of worship. the site condition offers a unique approach and arrival. the proposal anticipates the assembly and co-existence of the religions while offering private places of prayer. the proposal recognizes the need of spaces for many, spaces for few, and spaces for one. the scalar position of the interfaith center realizes the intimate nature of man, and the presence and existence of human faith.* / great light warms the soul; realization of the self; welcoming each faith.
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_site infill.
/ * the siting of downtown fairmont marks a unique opportunity for the program of the interfaith infill. the site finds itself at a junction of circulation flows; the passerby, the motorist, the jogger, frequenter. the circulation patterns that flow to and through the site offer unique approaches for all members of the community to engage. the site is further engaged within the institutional and civic territory of downtown fairmont. the adjacent context includes religious, government, monumental, and educational architectures. this siting promotes the contextual relationship with the urban fabric of the fairmont civic district and adhere to the character of the community. the civic engagement promotes the welcoming and approachable nature of the programmatic use.* /
pedestrian.
jackson avenue.
site plan.
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_interfaith floor plan.
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[ main sanctuary ] [ entry gallery ] [ sacred_hinduism ] [ sacred_buddhism ] [ sacred_christianity ] [ sacred_islam ] [ sacred_judaism ] [ ablution entry ] [ tree of axis mundi ] [ toilet ] [ storage/mech ] [ sacristy ] [ reflection/baptismal ] 03
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03 [ sacred_hinduism ] the hindu faith recognizes prayer as an integral part of the religion. the private space for hindu prayer allows the visitor to pray in a space of solitude reflective of traditional hindu temples.
04 [ sacred_buddhism ] the buddhist faith follows a prayer of meditative state and self-relfection. the private space for buddhism offers a glowing space for self-relection within nature and the given environment, while offering a glimpse to promote the reflection towards kindness of others.
each religion has a space for one, while sharing the space for many.
05 [ sacred_christianity ] the christian faith offers many diverse forms of prayer from self-reflection to reading from the sacred text. the private space for christianity provides a semisecluded space for prayer and provides a sense of enclosure reminiscent of the guardian womb. 06 [ sacred_islam ] the islamic faith recognizes 5 distinct modes of prayer per dayas part of the five pillars of faith. the prayer must be conducted towards the mecca. the private space offers a positioning towards mecca while allowing for privacy and seclusion. 07 [ sacred_judaism ] the jewish faith offers prayers three times per day and facing in the general direction of the rising sun. the private space for judaism points towards the east and offers a cavernous experience to promote historic modes of prayer.
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_contextual relationship.
/ * the interfaitth infill resides between two existing christian churches. the infill recognizes the contextual character of the site by using vertical elements to its advantage. the minimalistic design approach offers a dialogue with the programmatic and functional qualities of the site while recognizing the contextual relationship. the scale of the infill opposes the traditional approach to religious design. the scalar qualities offers not a place to inhabit the creator but a space for the recognition of the self.* /
adjacencies.
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section [ aa ] facing north.
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_experience of the self.
/ * the experience of the interfaith infill is one of recognizing the relationship of the self; a relationship that forms the foundation of community and religion. the awareness of the self is heightened by the atmospheric and scalar qualities of the volume. the experiential approach towards the interfaith infill recognizes the hierarchy of the vertical elements and the volume as a beacon of collection; a space for the refuge of many and the exchange of ideas.* / ...a visitor is drawn toward’s the beacon of glow in the heavy rain. the light warms the soul as the visitor circum-navigates the monolith. once inside the visitor is welcomed by a subconscious understanding; an experience of safety and security. the visitor recognizes the awareness of themselves, and the relationship with the world...
interior conditions.
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contextual experience.
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[ spectacle of craft ]
//graduate student [ utk ] _campus + institutional studio_spring 2015. //cranbrook academy of art + detroit, mi.
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/ * spectacle of craft criticizes the traditonal notions of production tectonics in architecture. what role does experience play when data and information begin to construct production in architecture? robotic networks are programmed to temporally construct, deconstruct, and reconstruct the traditional element of a wall to tell a never-ending story. the work recognizes a symbiotic relationship as a newly added department of digitality and fabrication to the cranbrook academy of art. the symbiotic relationship is further extended by finding operations in the dilapidated making context of detroit; new digital media fill the voids left by manufacturing.* / “here is what we have to offer you... confusion guided by a clear sense of purpose.� -gordon matta clark.
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_campus additions.
/ * the addition of a new department of digitality and fabrication to the curriculum at cranbrook academy of art calls for an approach to adding necessary programs and interfacing an institutional context. the addition follows the symbiotic approach by attaching to an existing and underutilized building. the new department relates to the existing campus by following appropriate principles laid by eliel saarinen’s design. digitality recognizes the concept of form follows content and utilizes an invisible enclosure while using data information to change a temporal narrative. visitors to the department will never experience the same space twice; the robotic armatures construct, deconstruct, and reconstruct masony walls based on digital information received by current students, faculty members, and fellows. this conceptual approach recognizes a new spectacle of craft, utilization of machinary as the extension of biology. the symbiotic relationship is continued by interfacing the digital and logistical network between cranbrook and the city of detroit.* /
digital interface.
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campus plan.
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_programmatic symbiosis.
/ * the programmatic symbiosis of the department of digitality and fabrication promotes a large footprint of minimal form acting as a container and conduit of content. the content drives the program of digital craft. as the robotic constructors anticipate new digital information to construct new temporalities, the program of the interior shifts. student work stations from a previous semester may be located in a new space. a fellow’s office has transformed overnight. new and exciting views and constructed each week, day, hour, minute.* /
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01 [ entry ] 02 [ studio + gallery ] 03 [ critique ] 04 [ lecture ] 05 [ exterior court ] 06 [ fellow + instructor ] 07 [ food preparation ] 08 [ toilet ] 09 [ research ] 10 [ digital laboratory ] 11 [ fabrication laboratory ] 12 [ storage + mechanical ] 13 [ conference ] 14 [ private study ] 15 [ roof terrace ] 16 [ open to below ]
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01 [ entry ] 02 [ studio + gallery ] 03 [ critique ] 04 [ lecture ] 05 [ exterior court ] 06 [ fellow + instructor ] 07 [ food preparation ] 08 [ toilet ] 09 [ research ] 10 [ digital laboratory ] 11 [ fabrication laboratory ] 12 [ storage + mechanical ] 13 [ conference ] 14 [ private study ] 15 [ roof terrace ] 16 [ open to below ]
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_tectonic structural systems.
the addition promotes a symbiotic relationship with the existing campus.
.symbiotic relationship/.
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north elevation.
digital programming.
section [ aa ] facing east.
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_temporal parametricism.
experience of the perpetual.
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approach from cranbrook museum.
...the robots are always moving. i don’t understand how my fellow students are never distracted. i love the way the robots change everything, as it nothing in life ever stays the same. each day is different; we learn something new from the robots. the space is in a perpetual trance of becoming, but never actual being. the wall next to my desk is almost complete, programmed just the way i wanted for that view of the museum.
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[ music row 2.0 ]
//in collaboration with brad herr; //graduate student [utk ] _urban design studio_fall 2015; //nashville, tn; / * partnered with: nashville metropolitan planning commission; nashville civic design center; nashville next* /
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/ * music row is a historic neighborhood at the foundation of the musical culture in nashville, tn. established as a residential neighborhood southwest of downtown, music row grew into a small business district pursuing musical production and recording. as the music industry in nashville exploded and evolved, so too did music row. music row 2.0 engages the future of music and the evolving dialogue between musical production and digital media. the evolvement of music row recognizes the historic past while anticipating a bright and exciting future. the collaboration of work, lfe, and play is combined with musical production to tune the already lively neighborhood.* / “my relationship with music row has always been, from my end, optimistic and hopeful that there is more than one way to apporach the writing, recording, and marketing of an album.� -deanna carter.
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_music row 1.0.
sites of significant intervention.
neighborhood outline & historic sites.
music row 1.0 is the hodge podge of the musical industry, tourism culture, small enterprise, commuter culture, and residual living.
existing neighborhood fabric.
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[ historic development ] the development towards music row 1.0 infringes upon the scalar and historical qualities of the neighborhood. large mega-block designs and demolition on historic sites threatens to diminish the production of music row as a keynote place in nashville. the mapping of music row 1.0 includes cataloging historic buildings and sites, noting places of potential demolition, and including sites of development underway.
[ existing public transit ] public transit is an on-going political issue for metropolitan nashville, with the neighborhood of music row as no anomaly. existing public transit lines surround music row, with only two lines offering registration points at a midpoint of cross grain. the mapping of existing transit lines and registration points makes note of the trajectory of public transit for music row 1.0.
[ existing bicycular movement ] music row 1.0 is the original neighborhood to provide separate bicycular lanes for bicyclists. increase of motorist traffic and abandoned urban renewal has left music row 1.0 as a commuter’s nightmare. bicycle lanes are fragmented as they move towards the commercial territory; oneway vehicular circulation with wide traffic lanes accounts for fast speeds and dangerous threats to pedestrians and bicyclists.
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_music row 2.0.
music row 2.0 engages the digital media of musical production while engaging with the existing urbanism.
proposed master plan..
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[ urban development ] music row 2.0 engages with the digital and networked culture of the neighborhood. the lack of diverse enterprises caused the infringement of development towards the historic nature. adding uses and business that contrast to the musical industry allows for a diverse neighborhood and engaging interaction. these new functions aid in the digital culture of the neighborhood. listeners who downloaded this also liked...
[ new public transit ] nashville will have improved public transit infrastructure in the coming future. instead of bypassing the neighborhood of music row, these new infrastructure engages the neighborhood as a hub for business and an appendage of the tourist culture. a bus-rapid transit system utilizes a strategic access point to music row and engages with a new looping system that commutes to the commercial territory. a historic trolley loop engages with the history and tourist culture. [ transportation of the future ] the motorist commute is decremented in music row 2.0. entrepreneurs and musicians commute digitally to work. this opens the network infrastructure for new modes of circulation. walkability is increased. with engagement of small business. bike lanes are defragmented and protected with vegetative barriers. music row 2.0 is engages as three entities; small business and digital production, tourist culture and entertainment, and livability. cross grain infrastructure completes the defragmentation.
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_experience 2.0.
/ * music row 2.0 will be engaged by citizens, tourists, commuters, business owners, artists, and musicians. the future of circulation throughout anticipates transforming from motorist thoroughfares to pedestrian and cyclist movement. new protected bike lanes will shield cyclists and pedestrians while aiding in the beautification and returning to a historic residential character. a “street diet� will further help reduce motorist speeds and aid in the safety. experience no longer lies on the periphery, but occupies the street* /
proposed street section.
occupying music row.
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new home of sony music labels. [ flatiron building ]
music row hotel and musician’s stage. [ quarter-circle site ]
harold bradley park and condos. [ adjacent to owen bradley park ]
tony rose meditation and community garden. [ renovation to tony rose park ]
music row gateway and bicycle oasis. [ former urban renewal leftover ]
music row axonometric.
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_a beacon for music row 2.0_a new home for sony music labels.
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section [ aa ] facing northwest.
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01 [ history of sony labels gallery ] 02 [ restaurant and lounge below ] 03 [ lobby to offices and penthouse ] 04 [ public and office parking ] 05 [ bus-rapid transit access point ] 06 [ new residential units ]
beacon of music row 2.0.
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[ semiotic landscape ]
//graduate student [utk ] _integrations studio_spring 2016; //seymour, tn; / * partnered with: seymour volunteer fire department* /
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/ * semiotic landscape recognizes the historic and contemporary modes of transit culture in east tennessee. the theoretical approach of semiotics finds an operation of juxtaposing community pride and trust with motorist movement and cubism. the proposal for a fire station utilizes the speed of the passerby as a catalyst for engaging the community and the region. the architecture of the fire promotes refuge from transportation, laying hold to the historic roots inherent in the community of seymour, tennessee. the site for seymour volunteer fire department’s headquarters remains hidden from the common path of travel, unless needed as a refuge or shelter.* / “the beauty of the mountain is hidden for all those who try to discover it from the top, supposing that, one way or another, one can reach this place directly. the beauty of the mountain reveals only to those who climbed it...� -antoine de daint-exupery.
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_point-on-a-path heritage.
/ * the mapping of the transportation culture displays correlations between the smoky mountain railway of the early twentieth century and the contemporary vehicular patterns of state route 441.* /
historic modes of circulation stops.
contemporary circulation stops.
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seymour access points.
mapping seymour fire stations.
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_community planning.
[ community engagement ] the breakdown of the site allows for recreational programs and community engagement with citizens of seymour as well as engaging with those passing through.
[ regulating axes ] regulating axes and views from major site registration points formalizes the breakdown of the programs for community engagement. the axes stem from the assembly space, the apparatus bay, and the site entry. [ proposing program ] the master plan scheme allows for added public amenities that engage with both the community and the fire station. these new programs are proposed as a fitness center and nutritional farmer’s market. [ allotting land use ] the site selection provides opportunity with the fire department to act as an entrepreneur with the community. the size of the site allows for the fire department to potentially sell portions of the property to accommodate other public or private uses. [ the town of seymour ] the town of seymour is operated as a traditional mode of suburban sprawl and signage culture. the site location provides opportunity to act as an access point between the community of seymour and the travelers whom pass through. proposed master plan.
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_fire station hospitality.
01 [ apparatus ] 02 [ primary entry ] 03 [ secondary entry ] 04 [ cooking + dining ] 05 [ recreation ] 06 [ relaxation ] 07 [ fitness ] 08 [ chief ] 09 [ living ] 10 [ porch ] 11 [ private hygiene ] 12 [ administration ] 13 [ conference ] 14 [ toilet ] 15 [ community ] 16 [ utility ] 16 15
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community assembly space.
firefighters communal space.
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_integrative assemblage.
[ 2 ] 2x12 joists [ 2 ] 2x6 top plate 5 1/2” r3.5 batt insul. w/5 1/2” stud layer @ 16” o.c. [ 2 ] 2x10 window header w/ blocking btwn 3250 awning window w/triple glazing
wooden window frame, cont. [ 2 ] 2x6 sill plate 6x12 expose timber beam 6x6 heavy timber column
the structural system combines the traditional wood framing of appalachia with modern steel
typ. clerestory window assembly.
section [ aa ] facing east.
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framing techniques.
w27x146 steel beam r8 per 1” polyiso insul. sloped to drain steel hanger welded to beam @ 6” o.c. bolted connection btwn beam and column 2x6 blocking bolted to steel plate metal flashing w/drip edge 3” mtl. deck 1/2” steel plate welded to hanger w9x27 steel joists @ 6’ o.c. 4” batt insul. 6” batt insul. w/ 3 5/8” mtl. studs @ 16” o.c. 14’-0” x 14’-0” rolling garage door w27x84 steel column @ 17’-0” o.c.
typ. steel frame assembly.
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_welcoming semiosis.
/ * the proposal for the seymour volunteer fire department main department
the seal of seymour volunteer fire
promotes the pride and heritage of the community of seymour while engaging
department is recognized across
with the traveler culture that passes through the region. this juxtaposition is
the region of east tn.
recognized through the dialogue between structural systems as well as formal and architectural maneuvers that encompass the meeting of community and traveler. the wood frame construction is vernacular to the traditional methods of construction in the region; both timber framing and light wood framing. the steel structure supposes the mechanization of the automobile and the speed of passage through seymour. the spirit of the semiotic landscape of seymour is established with the placement of the fire department on the site. strategic site placement situated the fire station away from state route 441 and fronts a local road. signage is incorporated with the surrounding signage to recognize the character of the landscape while engaging as a welcoming face for travelers to stop as a place of rest and refuge. it is here that the firefighters and community members can display their immense pride for east tennnessee.* /
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south elevation from street.
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welcoming semiotics.
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[ the illusionist ]
//graduate student [utk ] _superdigital + ultraphysical_fall 2016; //somewhere in the virtual realm;
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/ * the illusionist is a manipulated narrative through a digital blur. digitalism creates moments of post-truth experiences through extended and dispersed facts to create alternative facts. this interface of truth and alternative fact provides a mode of operational techniques between the digital and physical realm. the utilization of superdigital technologies to extend an ultraphysical existence into a hyperphysical experience. this outlook promotes a foundation to further research and design proposals of existing in a mulitple reality.* / “a creator is someone who creates their own impossibilities, and thereby creates possibilities.� -gilles deleuze.
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_checkpoint_01_superDigital.
/ * the illusionist begins with a found artifact a paymaster check marking machine. a fabricated narrative is derived based on the aura and fast twitch research of the paymaster; a conspiracy theory of enterprise, business, and politics of atlanta, georgia and the geo-politcal border conditions of national elections. the conspiracy theory is translated through digital processes [software] of extended networks and linkages. the output of the narrative establishes a spectacle at the intersection of urbanity and geo-politcal conditions. the cyclical process of moving between digital and physical making marks the loop of the conspiracy theory.* /
monolith is new 3d modeling software that uses voxel technology to create form.
monolith stress analysis.
rhino interfacing of stresses.
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physical softwares manifestation.
the business of the policial machine.
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_checkpoint_02_hyperPhysical.
process of the making.
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mapping of the illusion.
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[ fullfillmentarium ] ...work pending...
//graduate student [utk ] _m.arch thesis sequence_fall 2016 - spring 2017; //somewhere in the 21st century; //strange bodies, technologies, logistics.
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/ * interfacing temporalities is a self-directed research and speculative design approach to architecture that exists somewhere in the 21st century at the collision of physical and virtual realities. as technology exponential increases the human experience is dispersed and extended across a strata of scales; the _nano to the _global. the work investigates experience across these scales as a mode of posthumanism [post-biology]. this is on-going through research and design interests and implements a timely and personal agenda of the role architecture will play in the technological epoch.* / “i construct and i am constructed in a mutually recursive process that continually engages my fluid, permeable boundaries and my endlessly ramifying networks. ...i am a spatially extended cyborg...� -bill mitchell.
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_nice to make your acquintance.
8 suspects [scales] of interfaciality. the operational nomenclature derives from the anticipation of agency of the suspect begging questions such as: _what does it like? _where does it reside? in what domain? _is it truthful? _what are its behaviors? _what are its immediate adjacencies? _what influences upon it? _what is its agenda? is it transparent or opaque? _what allows it to exist? _what is it not? these questions promote fabricated narratives of the suspects and the operations that allow the suspect to exist. the operational mode is investiggated further through experimental representation. the forensic investigation of each suspect is represented through an operational manual of graphic notation. this methodology provides thought experimentation for the meta-thread that resides among the 8 suspects.* / / * this is just but one of the eight of the forensic investigations. the question remains, what happens next?* /
...imitation is the sincerest form of flattery...
/ * the first phase of this work utilizes operational nomemclature to investigate the
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_lab work pending.
#gooey
#fulfillment
#logistics #prosthetics
#prosthetics
#justintime
#bodyoil
#stimulation
gooey territories of fulfillment.
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#fulfillment
#logistics #prosthetics #bodyoil
#wasteremoval
#stimulation
#research
speculative programmingg.
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_lab work pending.
body shop isometric.
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body shop experiences.
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_little snippets_supplementation.
/ * this thesis is in partial application for candidacy to the degree of master of architecture. it is by no means a completed work, and it does not aim to be. the research, speculation, narrative, and design methodologies are meant as a perpetual investigation into the role and trajectories of architecture and its discourse. this work is supplemented by a technical background paired with graphic and design knowledge. the furthered investigation of this work anticipates a filmic production of architectural representation at its bureaucratic end, but the work does not end upon awardance of the degree. this work will continue to manifest itself throughout continued personal educations and investigations into architecture, as experiences and technologies are always evolving.* /
a thesis operational manual.
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_interactor
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a extroverted chatroom.
a biological ghost.
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“for those who dare to mark a mark upon the land.� -kirk morphew.
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