Archive for the ‘landscape’ Category

Environmental Modeling

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

I have started on the next book manuscript and will be working over the next year with my colleague Natalie Yates (Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, Washington University Sam Fox School of Visual Arts and Design). The book will focus on environmental modeling and the illustration/simulation of dynamic landscapes and ...

Vectorial Elevation – Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Vectorial Elevation - Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Vectorial Elevation is a new piece by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer that toys with the concept of collaborative environmental art. Light sculptures are constructed with 20 robotic searchlights controlled by a three dimensional interface.

Mississippi Basin Model

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

On Sunday I traveled with my representation seminar to the Mississippi Basin Model in Clinton, MS. I have been to the site several times and I am always amazed at the possibilities of such a device. As an armature the model provides an interesting datum to attach new content. The ...

LSU Design Week 2010

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

Flickr Photo Pool Design Week at the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture finished up last Friday (Jan 29th). This year the format was slightly different, instead of inviting a single practitioner/academic to host design week we decided to invite four visitors with varying backgrounds.

Interactive Cities

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

Jeffrey Huang, professor of mine from the GSD, has an interesting talk at the LIFT Asia '08 conference. I find it most interesting that Jef is always searching for interactive methods which change our social interactions within the urban fabric. The projects he showcases use specific analog/digital relationships that contest ...

outside:in

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Urban environments provide a broad spectrum of opportunities to conceptualize the role of screens or projections as methods to sculpt or define spatial relationships. Outside:In proposes to use the concept of urban screens to highlight the relationship between vertical levels within the city fabric. The relationship between underground spaces such ...

scale and resolution

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

A lot of thought has been circulating regarding scale and resolution in regards to perception, sensing, and visualization. Allowing an objects scale to be manipulated and projected re-contextualizes the object... The issue comes up that the projection itself can create the re-contextualization but developing a framework that keeps the object ...