The Annual NSO Conference, "Nonlinear Fabrication" begins 6:30pm, Thursday, April 3 with Manuel DeLanda's keynote lecture at the Wu & Chen auditorium (Levine Hall, UPenn). Panel discussions begin friday morning at 9am in the Upper Gallery (Meyerson Hall, UPenn).In addition to the NSO team (Cecil Balmond, David Ruy, Detlef Mertins, Ferda Kolatan, Jenny Sabin, and Peter Jones) visiting participants include: William Braham, Winka Dubbeldam, Behrokh Khoshnevis, Anne Plant, Roland Snooks, Andrew Snow, Marcelo Spina, Theo Spyropoulos, Peter Testa, Chris Tuck, and Tom Wiscombe.
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A mesmerizing paean to the interconnectedness of science, art, and nature from one of the world's most innovative architects and structural engineers.The genius of Cecil Balmond is behind some of the world's most exciting architectural endeavors. From Anish Kapoor's gigantic sculpture at the Tate Modern to Rem Koolhaas' CCTV buildings in Beijing, Balmond is the unsung hero of modern architecture. In Element, his third book, he offers a glimpse into his creative process.Following a loose yet logical configuration, Element uses pattern, mathematical reasoning, and advanced technology to create an unconventional exploration of design. Balmond's narrative unfolds in three conceptual chapters — elements, pattern, nature — linked by two conceptual bridges — digital "tectonics" and numbers. Each of these aspects relates to each other in a number of ways, leading to a series of narratives, the correlations of which recall the archetypal Chinese wheel. The book is a highly engrossing journey of the world around us seen from different, multiple angles.
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NSO Senior Researcher Jenny Sabin and NSO Fellow Peter Jones have been awarded the prestigious AIA Upjohn award.
With many contributions by NSO personnel, Models is a significant contribution to the current architectural discourse.
Models are an essential component of the architect's design process. As tools of translation, models assist the exploration of the possible and illustrate the actual. While models have traditionally served as representational and structural studies, they are increasingly being used to suggest and solve new spatial and structural configurations. Models, the eleventh number of the highly regarded journal 306090, explores the role of the architectural model today in relation to the idea, the diagram, the technique, and the material. Models includes contributions from engineers, scientists, poets, painters, photographers, historians, urbanists, and architects both young and experienced.
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Synthetic Sublime is a exhibition of the work of Ruy Klein. The show is up November 12, 2007 - November 30, 2007