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Open Tables for Tent London 2008
We have been hard at work preparing our Open Tables winning entry (Workspace Group Urbantine Project) for Tent London this year. The show goes on for 3 days, 18-21st September, and Open Tables is evolving fast into a truly exciting project. There is only about 7 weeks left and there is a lot to plan/develop/build.
If [...]
What is flexibility in architecture?
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HOW CAN ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTALISM IN ARCHITECTURE BE RETHOUGHT?
ECOLOGY
We were recently asked to talk about selling sustainability at the RIBA Small Practice conference. We described how we have been most successful at making clients “see green”, when we have been able to build up a complex discussion around, and understanding of, the idea of ‘value’ with the client. Ideally this includes: 1. Discussing [...]
What might a contemporary theory of architectural pattern be?
PATTERN
Frequently under-theorised, pattern is a surprisingly mobile intellectual concept, whether used by sociologists, anthropologists and urbanists to grasp complex cultural forms, or by mathematicians, physicists and cyberneticians to analyse configurations of matter, energy and information, or by cognitive theorists and psychologists to reveal the organisation of the human mind.
Our research into the use pattern in [...]
How does physical spatial form (archetypal morphology) affect social occupation?
Archetypal Space
By Archetypal Space we understand the core of the architectural discipline: steps and platforms that one can sit on or lie down on, basic changes in level, frames and physical enclosure. These are the basic, fundamental components of all of our work, whether designing landscapes, homes, or thinking about haptic digital interfaces. Archetypal space [...]
