Identity Reconn:

In our attempts to extract some sort of identity I think we should explore some of the things we discussed in class this past Thursday. Keep the conversations going consistently and continue to add to this blog with meaningful, inspiring and constructive thoughts and materials.

To get this conversation going, I believe our identity should express our provocations, resourcefulness, and inclination to provide a new assessment on purposeful architecture. I guess in short we should be willing to be creative in our ideas, experimental in our approach and continually question the norms "ALWAYS"!

Well that's my two cents at the moment! By the way, if we have not already done so, we should go read each others papers. I'll admit I still have to finish Scott's and start Dave's.

eVolo

Another great site for competitions. One just finished, but we can keep a look out for new ones. If nothing else take a look at the past winners, pretty interesting and exploratory stuff... architecturally and graphically! **next time your laying out boards!
http://www.evolo-arch.com/

Competitions

Well We haven't really begun to discuss what this endeavor is all about but I guess the first place to start is to create and identity for ourselves (any ideas?) then begin tracking and entering in competitions. I dont really have any great ideas for an identity but I did a little footwork and found some sources for tracking competitions that we might find interesting.

http://www.thearchitectureroom.com/
http://www.deathbyarchitecture.com/recent.html?method=Search
http://www.competitions.org (this one in particular is interesting)
http://www.archinect.com/index.php

There are many others but the last 3 on this list at least seem to be a good barometer for what is going on in the world of competitions.

I would like to get a discussion going about our identity first of all and then we can take things to the next step.

Don' let the man get you down. S.

pallalink:master of illusion

Amazing Japanese architect and photographer! I find him to be inspirational in architecture, photography and expanding the imagination! Brings new meaning to flipping the plan and section unto itself!

Accuracy & Aesthetics

I found a great site full of food for thought on semantic design and the collection of open source data for everything from architecture to topology, http://accuracyandaesthetics.com/. There is a wealth of ideas which allign with many of the contemporary ideas we are being exposed to in school. One of the posts which caught my attention, http://accuracyandaesthetics.com/1053, just an interesting read but this is just the tip of the iceberg on this site. It could become a great place to pluck ideas from to aid us in our own discussions. S.

Theme

By the way i took the liberty of tweaking the theme and graphic, but i'm not married to it so feel free to have at it as you wish!

K.S.S.

I'm sure you've heard of these guys, but thought I'd post it anyway! They do have a new website and definitely do some good work!

Great Song....

to a great new adventure!

Hopefully I'll have more intelligent offerings in the future!

Let's Get Started

Hey guys, so I set up the blog now I don't have anything profound to begin discussing so I will let you at it and we can see where this little endeavor leads us. sCoTt.