an invention and the human rain often exceeds the ovations alter landscapes, s that place our material bodand matter. This uncoupling ced here through the lens of cay. Can architecture expose onciling the fragile human
in developing responsive architectural environments that are shaped through the complex interplay of matter, geometry, energies, information, and human activity. Historically, the highly specific combinations of material and form that formed ancient Greek amphitheaters, medieval cathedrals, or contemporary opera halls were developed in response to specific acoustic demands of their associated aural performance types. These spaces have, in turn, reciprocally shaped the compositional formats and performance techniques of the aural modes they house. Resonant Chamber explores a dynamic architectural system that has the potential to transform non-purpose built spaces into flexible environments for multiple acoustic performance situations.
In a time when climate change skepticism is trendy in America and consumer material wealth is the accepted model for measuring success, we need to stop and think about the decisions we are making every day. Mother Won’t Die reconsiders the certainty of Homo sapien survival by interrogating the way humans live, inhabit, and participate in the biotic communities of our planet; maybe Mother won’t die, but our species might.
Mother Won’t Die p. 58
Saari Swan
Roger Sherman is Director of Roger Sherman Architecture and Ur and Co-Director of citylab, a think tank on contemporary urban iss He was invited to Taubman College to give a lecture titled, “Archit Agent” and to lead a four-day “Experts in Studio” charette with M Architecture students.
Thinking Out of the Big Box: Targeting Urban p. 66
Leisurama: Framing Architecture as Narrative p. 138
Lecturers
Glass Cast is a research project that seeks to characterize and advance the formal capabilities of this ubiquitous material through the investigation of two methods of working: traditional glass blowing and digitally controlled glass slumping. The project challenges existing modes of working with glass across a range of applications and scales, interrogating the connections between craft and the explicit control offered by custom developed manufacturing processes and tooling.
Glass Cast p. 112
Wallenberg
once uninhabitable and dominated by flight suddenly becomes the only occupiable space. Resources running scant amidst the deluge, science will proffer solutions, spinning silk from genetically engineered creatures into new building materials. Structures made of silken fibers will waver with the wind currents and protrude up into the heavens. In its more mature state, the fibers will create a cocoon-like structure around the earth and a new horizon line from which to build.
Dimensions