Toronto: Phase 2 Foundations

Posted on August 13th, 2015 by tberesford

Posted under: _Daniels Building, construction

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‘MEASURE’ OPENING AT STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE

Posted on August 11th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Events, Installations + Exhibitions

Join NADAAA this Thursday August 13th at 7:00pm at the Measure’ exhibition opening at the Storefront for Art and Architecture at 97 Kenmare St, New York, NY.
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‘Measure’ is an exhibition of 30 drawings by 30 international architects presenting 30 edifices of thought.

The pleasure and pressure to measure and be measured has become increasingly present. Access to growing data sets and new sensing technologies is widespread, and the role of public and private domains in terms of information and space are being redefined. These contemporary conditions invite us to reflect on our ideologies and values, and the drawing is a manifestation of that which we are able to (and desire to) count, measure, and draw.

Storefront’s third iteration of the drawing show seeks to find measures, resist measurement, and measure the immeasurable by presenting from the real to the fictional and from the functional to the symbolic. Measure positions the medium and the act of drawing as a process by which we seek coherence in data and representation, and shows that it is the making of facts that is the basis for the production of futurity beyond existing norms.

other exhibitors include:

The Architecture Lobby
Barozzi / Veiga
Víctor Enrich
Fake Industries Architectural Agonism ((Urtzi Grau, Cristina Goberna) and Georgia Jamieson
FIG Projects
FleaFollyArchitects
Formlessfinder
Michelle Fornabai
Steven Holl
Bernard Khoury
Kohn Pedersen Fox Assoc.
KUTONOTUK (Matthew Jull + Leena Cho)
Erika Loana
Jon Lott / PARA Project
MAIO
m-a-u-s-e-r (Mona Mahall + Asli Serbest)
MILLIØNS
Nicholas de Monchaux
Anna Neimark
pneumastudio (Cathryn Dwyre + Chris Perry)
+ POOL
James Ramsey / RAAD Studio
Reiser + Umemoto
Mark Robbins
Selldorf Architects
Malkit Shoshan
Urban-Think Tank
Ross Wimer
James Wines

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MSD shortlisted for Structural Award

Posted on August 10th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Awards

The annual Institution of Structural Engineers awards program has announced their shortlist which includes the Melbourne School of Design! See all the shortlisted entries here.

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Time-Lapse at the BSA

Posted on July 28th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: construction, Installations + Exhibitions

Video compiled by Khôra, Bigger than a Breadbox, Smaller than a Building curators at the BSA Space.

Catenary Compression – Construction Timelapse from NADAAA on Vimeo.

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UMBRELLA HOUSE

Posted on July 27th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Academic, Installations + Exhibitions

Working in collaboration with Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Atelier Bow-Wow) and Nader Tehrani at Tokyo Tech, the Umbrella House was a research conducted by a group of 4th year and graduate students investigating animal shelters of various species, looking at different material technologies and construction systems. The Umbrella House re-purposes the myriad unused umbrellas of Tokyo, aggregating them to produce a larger temporary shelter for sparrows, now overtaken by arachnids.

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Photos by Alex Golitsyn

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This Building Absorbs People

Posted on July 21st, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Events

As part of The City of Melbourne’s Nite Art 2015, Liquid Architecture will be hosting ‘This Building Absorbs People’ a collection of performance art pieces to be scattered throughout the Melbourne School of Design.

The opening event is July 23rd from 6pm-10pm and is FREE and open to the public

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I spy with my little eye

Posted on July 16th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Awards

MSD on display

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PENTAVOLA

Posted on July 15th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: NADLAB

NADAAA has designed a component-based all-purpose table that seats 5-10 people. Beyond dining, meeting, and social functions, it is also conceived as a work table, its central oculus serves as a structural grommet that allows for the passage of wiring and technical elements. The table’s light-weight profile is created through an aluminum and plywood composite structure. This light-weight design combined with notched connections allow it to be disassembled and reassembled easily — making it useful for flexible classrooms as well as for use in the home.

Available as a flat-pack package, the table can be ordered by emailing nada@nadaaa.com.
Pricing on request. Delivery available.

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Azure features Bigger than a Breadbox

Posted on July 13th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: Installations + Exhibitions, Press

David Dick-Agnew writes about Bigger than a Breadbox, Smaller than a Building at the BSA Space in “Experiments in Micro-Architecture” for Azure Magazine.

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“The curving shape is composed of dozens of blocks of rigid CNC’d foam that interlock like puzzle pieces, leaving just enough of a gap to reveal the discontinuity of material within the continuous form.”

-David Dick Agnew on ‘Catenary Compression’

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MSD featured in Oculus

Posted on July 10th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Awards, Press

The Melbourne School of Design recently won a 2015 AIANY Design Award and is now featured in their summer issue of Oculus.

“Very much about teaching architecture in every detail. Complex and compelling, visually and programmatically. A maniacal project in the best sense, obsessively crafted.”

– 2015 AIANY Jury

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