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SUMMER EXHIBITION

Just a few snaps from the UNIT 23, 2011 Bartlett Summer EXHIBITION. This year we have gone for steel framed light boxes suspended on a CNC routed plywood frame with embedded steel components. the exhibition will run till the 9th July, so if you haven’t yet seen it then go go go!! There is some fantastic work on show (as always!) and the catalogue is also worth buying. I managed to exhibit three light boxes this year (2 of which are pictured) and a model (also pictured). The large WAFFLE didn’t make it this time, owing to a general lack of space and some ceiling mounting issues! But I intend to continue working on the steel monster anyway, as I never really achieved the effect that I was originally looking for… I’m also working on a little portfolio website which will summarise my work so far, so watch this space…

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dijan malla | a cathedral in venice

Machinic Processes | Architecture Biennial Beijing 2010

The Other Shore

Arcadia at the End of Time

The Fluctuating Landscapes of Santa Maria do Belem

The new architecture being created at the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture is characterized by an extraordinarily high level of invention, experimentation and creativity. As part of University College London (UCL), the Bartlett is directly networked into innumerable territories of art, science, technology and computing, and is augmented by the many visitors who come as critics, discussants and guest lecturers. In the Graduate Diploma the ‘unit’ system – where two tutors lead a focused studio of around 16 students – stresses innovation and scepticism, as well as the value of design propositions, their social impact and professional practice. Design is thus always conducted within a broad and rigorous intellectual and creative framework provided by the tutors, the School and external expectations. Students develop a high level of skill in design, resourceful research, substantiated argument and the thoughtful application of technological and environmental concerns. The MArch Architectural Design directly encourages students to discover their individual expression. The first three months introduce students to the theoretical concepts of Advanced Virtual and Technological Research (AVATAR) through lectures and initial design projects. Students then undertake their final MArch thesis project and report in a wide range of AVATAR-related fields. The MPhil/PhD Architectural Design programme allows especially able and reflective designers to undertake research within the School’s speculative and experimental ethos. The programme draws on the strengths of design teaching and doctoral research at the Bartlett, encouraging the development of architectural research through the interaction of both designing (drawings, films, models and other media) and writing.

Lain Borden

‘Adaptive Fa[ca]de’ by Marilena Skavara (Bartlett School of the Built Environment, UCL)explores the functional possibilities and performative characteristics of cellular automata (CA). In addition to the unique emergent behaviour of CA, a neural network enables a further computational layer to evolve CA behaviour to the context of its surrounding environment. Building upon the early work of Conway’s ‘Game of life’ and Stephen Wolfram’s extensive research on the wider implementation of CA, ‘Adaptive Fa[ca]de’ becomes a living adapting skin, constantly training itself from the history of its own errors and achievements.