BAMscape by Faulders Studio
The project blurs the boundaries between art, architecture, and furniture design, serving as a site for rest, relaxation, and study, as well as a platform for the experience of live performance and multimedia events
Net by design collective Numen consists of multiple layers of flexible nets suspended in the air. The flat layers of the net are subsequently connected to one another on counterpoints thus forming a “floating landscape” open for visitors to climb in and explore. The result is an op-art social sculpture (or a community hammock) relating to topics of instability, levitation and regression.
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A lot of you, anonymous and non-anonymous, have asked me about “what it takes” to become an architect, a.k.a the whole process of becoming an architect. I can’t really post more than what I already have in this post, but here are some quick (okay, not so quick…) To be honest, it’s not about the classes you have to take or the years you put into it. It’s the journey. Yes, to become a licensed architect anywhere takes years of time and money. But that’s just figures put together by your university and just curricula put together by architecture accrediting boards. They are the same requirements for everyone. What it is about is you. It’s about your growth as a person and as a designer. Your designs are an extension of who you are. Grow as a person, and your architecture will grow. “What it takes” cannot be narrowed down to a few characteristics, good grades, and handiwork. What does it take? Love architecture. It’s simple, sure. But a great many (too many, in my opinion) people fall into disciplines/careers/jobs that they hate. Becoming an architect will be torture if you hate it. Be disciplined and determined. Architecture majors have strange schedules. We put ourselves through Hell just to design a structure that will never be built. You need discipline for that. The discipline to stay up until it’s done, the discipline to accept criticism, the discipline to learn your craft. You need determination as well. The determination to stay on the path you’ve chosen, the determination to acquire new knowledge, the determination to become an architect. Architecture is not for weak-willed people. Be inspired. Architecture majors are fledgling artists. They do not know what drives them to create- they just know that they must. Find what inspires you personally. Anything and everything is architecture. Music, poetry, fashion, typography, sewing, cooking, sports, etc. Architecture can be found in everything. What makes you feel like soaring into the sky? What is your muse? All great artists have one or more muses. Find yours, and do not let it slip away from your grasp. Ever. Give yourself time. Good things take time. If you can’t understand a program or your model making is not very good, you need time. Practice makes perfect. Practice requires time and effort. Put in the time, give it your all. And those good things will happen. Sometimes we are too immature, as in our abilities have not blossomed. We can’t force it. We just need time. Take care of yourself, in every way. Stay healthy. If your mind needs a break, take one. Don’t take on more than you can handle. Organize yourself, and stay balanced. Work. But also play. Have friends. Eat well. Laugh. Make sure you’re happy. Travel. Research the profession. Know your end goal, or know the possibilities. Buy a nice laptop. Save pictures of buildings you enjoy seeing. Write down feelings you have. Save magazine clippings of layouts you like. Play games that make you think. See movies with wonderful cinematography. Know yourself. Know what your mind craves. Art is a play on how our minds are calibrated. It doesn’t matter if you’re not good at math. It doesn’t matter if you are. It doesn’t matter if you’re 15 with no experience or 45 and married with children. It doesn’t matter if you had to retake physics three times, or if you don’t know how to use AutoCAD. As long as you want to be an architect, then you can be so. But only if you know who you are and how you think. Stimulate your mind, and your creativity will follow. If you have enough of that stimulation, that inspiration, that drive, that ambition, that love… then you can build to the stars and moon.bullet points paragraphs.
City of the Future from The Wonderful World, The Adventure of the Earth We Live On, 1954. Illus by Kempster & Evans.
This is incredible. Ice Cube, in a style that is pure Ice Cube, discusses the beautiful architecture of much-maligned Los Angeles. He waxes poetic on the Eames house, the flavors of L.A. traffic, and the good, bad, and ugly the city has to offer. It is equal parts gangster and academic, entertainment and educational. We hope it’s just the first in a series.
Holliday plans and elevations.
Everyone who has spent any considerable time playing with Lego when they were young (or even as a grown up) knows that the creativity and the urge to continue buildingis severe. It all depends really on how many blocks you have at your disposal. If you have bucket loads, you can sure spend some time putting together an epic build, and we have seen countless examples of those here on Bit Rebels. The only real stopper in this whole thing is your imagination and the number of blocks. However, there is something missing in the world of Lego, and that is the realism. I’m referring to the true world look and feel of theblocks, and that’s something that should be addressed.
The world from another perspective, from inside a Chris Burden sculpture…!
Sometimes you literally NEED to break the pattern, the routine, the people, places, lists and responsibilities. Go AWOL. Take a day and see things half full instead of half empty. Do your favorite, frivolous things.
I was on a track for the last several weeks, hauling forward and feeling drained and uninspired, which is a bad place for anyone- but especially for a person who has built “inspire others/ stay inspired” into her career description! So, Aki called and I got out of my owen way, picked her up and vanished into Chris Burden sculptures and stores full of paint and glitter and feathers. Today I bought red string and red velvet (a thrill! i wanted both so badly for different reasons), hosted a lovely Japanese girl for lunch and dinner between art adventures and took about forty photos in ways I never would have thought of before…
Needless to say, I am both inspired and ready to inspire! Sometimes the solution is just not that deep.
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1. Treat school like a job. Start early in the morning and you’ll most likely be able to leave the studio before midnight.
2. Study with people that are smarter than you.
3. Remember that an open mind makes a better place for ideas.
4. Talk to professors who actually practice.
5. Don’t date people in the major. This takes the pain away should the person you break up with stay in the major. (I’d also highly recommend architects not inbreed although I have friends that did. The only way it works is if one of them isn’t completely self absorbed. I can say this because I can pretty much guarantee at least one is.)
6. Take a liberal sampling of courses other than architecture.
7. Take math, reading, writing, history and even structures seriously. You’ll need the first four just about every day. History comes in handy for design and sanity. You’ll need structures to pass the ARE (architectural registration examination).
8. Work for an architect in the summer. It may save your life.
9. Count your lucky stars you got in to an architecture program. Most people didn’t.
10. Realize that architecture school is very little like the real world.
11. Learn to draw and make models. You’ll be sitting behind a computer the rest of your life.
12. Dream and think big. It may be the last time you do.
13. Embrace the fact that everyone does things differently.
14. Learn from everyone and everything.
15. Don’t drink while you’re working late at night. It won’t be pretty in the morning.
16. Cover your x-acto blades with tape and put them in a safe place when you’re done. This also includes not cutting toward your body or body parts.
17. Get the heck out of the studio every once in a while.
18. Shut up and listen.
19. Don’t be the person that does lots of talking and little work. You may be smart but running your mouth will only get you so far.
20. Make good friends and keep them forever. You’ll need them when you get out.
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