research + links

updated 04/2005

RESEARCH

"we're now at a cusp where personal fabrication is poised to reinvent literacy in the developed world, and to engage the intellectual capacity of the rest of the world."

"Marcos Novak is a pioneer, a traveller through alien architectural terrains. His seminal work has included many virtual architectures and essays that are crucial to those architects who are interested in the swiftly blossoming architectural cybertheory." From An introduction to Marcos Novak 10x10

Marcos Lutyens is an artist whose research focuses on the subconscious mind at work.
See the archives for the exhibit he mounted at M&A: Skinn_Archive

http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/simong

Simon Greenwold is "a researcher in the Aesthetics and Computation group at the MIT Media Lab. His work explores spatial contexts for computational constructs. . . and has some very interesting architectural applications."
See also a proposed piece involving water with the help of our parent company, Fountainhead:

http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/simong/fountain/FountainOfBits/intro.html

MATERIAL LINKS

How I learned to stop worrying and love the (green) bomb - an organization founded by Gorbachev, and a great resource for sustainable building materials.

A source for information and supplies. Polycarbonate tubes and fittings (aka Lexan) form the structure of one of the pieces for the Skinn exhibit.

APPLICATION LINKS

Follow this link to learn about residential grey water systems, then call fountainhead for help designing your own.

"When engineering meets art."

The temporary facade installed at M&A for its groundbreaking in 2002 was inspired by the work of Gisela Stromeyer.

SPONSORS & PARTNERS

Tactical Consideration Monkey: CHOUBUN

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