//michael+frush [ teaser trailer_endeavors]
//a teaser trailer of selected work.
this work compliments a complete portfolio.
...to be determined...
2017
candidate for master of architecture. university of tennessee, knoxville.
2014
received bachelor of science, architecture. fairmont state university.
2009
graduated from hedgesville high school.
1998
relocated to falling waters, west virginia.
I define myself as a multiplicity; an existence of physical and virtual realities; a thinker, a scientist, a hacker, a maker, a designer; a spatially extended cyborg.
1991
//michael+frush
born in hagerstown, maryland.
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[ infill faith ]
spontaneous assembly.
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[ infilling faith ]
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[ living history ]
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[ music row 2.0 ]
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[ semiosis landscape ]
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[ the illusionist ]
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[ interfacing temporalities ]
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spontaneous assembly.
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secret explorations.
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alternative urbanisms.
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signification.
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all the world’s a canvas.
...work pending...
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[ contents ]
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[ infilling faith ]
/ * 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.* / 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
[ 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 ]
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floor plan.
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//awarded the 2013 aias merit award, jury award; //undergraduate student [ fsu ] _urban context and sacred studies_spring 2013; //fairmont, wv;
individual sacrality.
secion aa facing north.
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[ living history ]
/ * living history proposes an interactive and engaging historic center to recognize the character of knoxville, tn. the proposal utilizes the existing context of the urbanity of downtown knoxville while relating to the cultural history of the region. the adventerous spirit of explorers and settlers drives the concept of living history acting in dialogue with the dispersal and extended environment of contemporary culture. living history engages a secret exploration and uses the frame as the driver of the exploration of surprise and delight; the notion of the architectural promenade. living history offers a view into the history of the east tennessee and the promise for an adventure.* /
“to know what will come is the same
as to make it so.�
-cormac mccarthy, suttree.
structural axonometric.
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//graduate student [ utk ] _principles of architecture studio_fall 2014; //knoxville, tn;
section facing west.
delight of arrival.
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[ music row 2.0 ]
/ * 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.
/ * partnered with: nashville metropolitan planning commission; nashville civic design center; nashville next* /
music row axonometric.
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//in collaboration with brad herr; //graduate student [utk ] _urban design studio_fall 2015; //nashville, tn;
biking + walkability.
public transit networks.
program networks.
proposed street section.
occupying the street.
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[ semiosis landscape ]
/ * semiosis 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. * /
/ * partnered with: seymour volunteer fire department* / section facing east.
section facing east.
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//graduate student [utk ] _integrations studio_spring 2016; //seymour, tn;
community pride.
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[ the illusionist ]
/ * 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.
process of making.
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//graduate student [utk ] _superdigital + ultraphysical_fall 2016; //somewhere in the virtual realm;
visualizing the political machine. smile, you’re on camera!
mapping the illusion or urbanism.
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[ interfacing temporalities ] ...work pending...
/ * interfacing temporalities is a selfdirected 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.* / anatomical host.
“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.
biologlcal ghost.
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//graduate student [utk ] _m.arch thesis sequence_fall 2016 - spring 2017; //somewhere in the 21st century; //somewhere on the globe [ or beyond ];
...the more the merrier...
IS THERE ANYBODY THERE?
...build it online and they will come...
interactive avatar.
VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE
a collection of collections.
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