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program + site pt. 2

program + site pt. 2

Conceptual Site Model The sectional relationship of where the mass pike cuts through Back Bay and  has been a recent fascination.  Not only does it represent a visible void within the urban fabric by disrupting the strong street wall condition along Mass Ave. but it also divides Newbury St. from Boylston St.  Calling out this [...]


Site One

Site One

The first site I’ve begun investigating is the area above the Masspike between Brookline ave. and Charlesgate. View Larger Map


program + site pt. 1

program + site pt. 1

Program should: act as a catalyst for social interaction. Overlap, juxtapose, interconnect and engage its users, both visually and socially. Juxtaposed program adjacencies are used as a means to relate often disparate functions together to enrich the user experience. As a means to evaluate, a qualitative (visual) and quantitative (data driven) methodology is to be [...]


ARTFORMING / Moon Ball

ARTFORMING / Moon Ball

Artforming / Moon Ball from JS on Vimeo. A time-lapse video I made documenting Artforming’s installation. The installation was for SHIFTboston‘s Moon Ball culminating the end of their Moon Capital competition.


Visual Abstract / Mind Map

Visual Abstract / Mind Map

Giving visual definition to my thought process and current evolving thesis ideas:


things,

things,

I can’t live without:


image collection – phase one

image collection - phase one

Prompt Taking your final iteration of your section-montages and collages as a starting point as well as any emerging theme or idea these collages have engendered, develop an exhaustive visual list that you feel represents your current thoughts and feelings about your emerging thesis idea. You should also consider the work of other architects and [...]


sections

sections

And so it begins.  As part of my thesis I will be documenting bits and pieces through this site both as a motivator to continue posting, and because we’ve been asked by our professors to use a blog to some degree throughout the process. The blog will also serve a image depository to catalog visual [...]


LaN|flight 2010 [part 2]

LaN|flight 2010 [part 2]

LaN|FLIGHT 2010 PART TWO More pictures and some-what vague descriptions. Our day starts with a whole lot of video conferencing.  We took a virtual tour of the Fab Lab in Medellin, Columbia.  Then we talked to the folks at Architecture For Humanity who were stationed in Haiti helping make sense of what to do next.  [...]


LaN|flight 2010 [part 1]

LaN|flight 2010 [part 1]

I was offered a work exchange of photography for knowledge, so the past week I’ve had the pleasure of participating in LaN’s (live architecture network) workshop, LaN|FLIGHT.  To sum it up, eye opening.  We visited numerous firms within the field of architecture, furniture design, and sculpture taking a look at how they utilized digital design [...]