THIRD NATURE
Guest Instructors: Sheila Kennedy, MIT and KVA Matx; J. Frano Violich, KVA Matx Host Instructor: Blaine Brownell, U of Minnesota Catalyst Workshop Description Problem Statement We have been conditioned over time to view ‘nature’ as something pure and immutable, distinct
THIRD NATURE
Guest Instructors: Sheila Kennedy, MIT and KVA Matx; J. Frano Violich, KVA Matx Host Instructor: Blaine Brownell, U of Minnesota Catalyst Workshop Description Problem Statement We have been conditioned over time to view ‘nature’ as something pure and immutable, distinct
Schedule
03.05 Monday 9:00 General Kick-off (Rapson Courtyard) 9:30 Studio Kick-off (Rapson 225) 10:30 Intro lecture by Sheila Kennedy, KVA (Rapson 225) 1:30+ Desk critiques (Studio/Shop) 6:00 Hilary Williams lecture (Rapson 100) To Do: Organize teams of 4 students Collect &
Schedule
03.05 Monday 9:00 General Kick-off (Rapson Courtyard) 9:30 Studio Kick-off (Rapson 225) 10:30 Intro lecture by Sheila Kennedy, KVA (Rapson 225) 1:30+ Desk critiques (Studio/Shop) 6:00 Hilary Williams lecture (Rapson 100) To Do: Organize teams of 4 students Collect &
Material Presence
Material Misuse challenges the accepted conventions of architecture and demonstrates how materials that are generally considered banal can be deployed to make unusual and engaging buildings. It focuses on the work of the Boston-based practice Kennedy & Violich Architecture (KVA),
Material Presence
Material Misuse challenges the accepted conventions of architecture and demonstrates how materials that are generally considered banal can be deployed to make unusual and engaging buildings. It focuses on the work of the Boston-based practice Kennedy & Violich Architecture (KVA),
Subnature
We are conditioned over time to regard environmental forces such as dust, mud, gas, smoke, debris, weeds, and insects as inimical to architecture. Much of today’s discussion about sustainable and green design revolves around efforts to clean or filter out
Subnature
We are conditioned over time to regard environmental forces such as dust, mud, gas, smoke, debris, weeds, and insects as inimical to architecture. Much of today’s discussion about sustainable and green design revolves around efforts to clean or filter out
RiverFIRST
A parks design proposal and implementation framework for the Minneapolis Upper Riverfront by Tom Leader Studio and Kennedy & Violich Architecture. RiverFIRST is the winning 2011 design proposal for the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition, the largest landscape architecture and urban
RiverFIRST
A parks design proposal and implementation framework for the Minneapolis Upper Riverfront by Tom Leader Studio and Kennedy & Violich Architecture. RiverFIRST is the winning 2011 design proposal for the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition, the largest landscape architecture and urban
The New Non Standard
The New Non Standard is the 2010 thesis project of Jonathan Enns at Princeton University‘s Graduate School of Architecture. This project introduces a workshop building whose structure is composed by trees that have been manipulated by a CNC machine. Rather
The New Non Standard
The New Non Standard is the 2010 thesis project of Jonathan Enns at Princeton University‘s Graduate School of Architecture. This project introduces a workshop building whose structure is composed by trees that have been manipulated by a CNC machine. Rather
More Resources
THIRD NATURE Additional Project Precedent Resources AMID, Magic Mountain Power Station cladding, 2002 Thomas Heatherwick, Seed Cathedral cladding, 2010 R&Sie(n), I’m Lost in Paris Residence, 2009 eVolo, Dynamic Densities cladding, 2011 Zimoun Swiss, “Wood Worms” , 2009 David Benque, “Acoustic
More Resources
THIRD NATURE Additional Project Precedent Resources AMID, Magic Mountain Power Station cladding, 2002 Thomas Heatherwick, Seed Cathedral cladding, 2010 R&Sie(n), I’m Lost in Paris Residence, 2009 eVolo, Dynamic Densities cladding, 2011 Zimoun Swiss, “Wood Worms” , 2009 David Benque, “Acoustic
