Since my last post which was about our midterm review, I have been involved in a lot of things. First off was the NAAB re-accreditation review, which I helped prepare for. We worked up to last minute, and it was quite an experience to observe our associate dean, professors, and the archive staff working all night long to make sure that the school had a great show for our reviewers. In the end we blew their minds! Yet again showing me how great a place like Cooper is. Here are a few pictures from that show.
Following the show a art student and I collaborated together to submit a proposal for a research scholarship from the school called the Menschel Scholarship. Every year during finals our school transforms from a bustling academic center with a schedule of 8am-2am to work on our respective projects to a school running 24 hours with walking zombies and students who sleep anywhere they can lay down, be it under a desk or on the floor of the lobby. Sam and I decided to address the problems with the lack of sleep, and the problem of improper sleep. I proposal was simple, we proposed to design a sleeping structure that is light weight, easy to move, and easy to store so that it can be set up during this period. I am proud to say that we won the scholarship and will continue to work on this problem and construct a suitable solution in the fall semester.
As finals came around the corner my staff and I became bombarded with students from the Advanced Descriptive Geometry Seminar course needing to print for their final crit. In the end we ended up running prints non stop the week before, mind you we semi-neglected our own finals, and were able to get everyone's parts finished, with the last part leaving our office at the start of the crit. Nothing like a little last minute preparation right? In the end we were all very proud to see the results. This the first school year we have had the 3d-printer and its great to see the school tackling the questions that itself as a tool raises in relation to its role in architecture. Here are a few photos from that Crit.
Lastly, I had my final studio crit on cinco de mayo. The critiques were great, and the discussions that came about were extremely informative. The best part of the crits were of course the disagreements between critics. In the end of my anaylsis of Rem Koolhaus' Villa Dall'Ava I discovered a great deal of interesting form generative elements. I became interested in the idea of a tripartite system that played itself out in plan and then inversely in section. I also became infatuated with the obvious missing elements that this house suggests. I worked to try and create a proto-condition in which all of the missing elements were en-tact. Below you will find some of the photos from my crit.
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