Author: Rodrigo Frey | ArchDaily

AD College Guide: CAED at CalPoly San Luis Obispo

Rodrigo Frey — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The economy is an issue on everyone’s mind and has been since the Crash of 2008. People around the world are cognizant of global issues precisely because we have all finally realized that nations do not and cannot behave as independent economic entities. The multiple economic crises reverberate through economies on all continents.

Two Degrees of Separation, Part 2: Architects Must Lead on Climate Change

Rodrigo Frey — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Last week I asked how architecture can ramp up its efforts to do all it can to help limit climate change. Sandy is a turning point. It will take action on the part of the profession and its members to make this turning point meaningful. Turning points are easily forgotten after the panels have been convened and the articles written. The vicarious thrill of crisis abates and everyone returns to business as usual, feeling better for having contributed to the discussion. If we listen to the scientists, we must not lose that sense of crisis and we must do more.

AD Architecture College Guide: Domus Academy

Rodrigo Frey — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

If there is one characteristic that defines “architecture” it is innovation. And if by innovative, you think responsive, then Domus Academy certainly qualifies. It was started by Maria Grazia Mazzocchi, daughter of Domus Magazine founder, Gianni Mazzocchi after people kept writing letters asking her to start a design school. And in 1983, she did just that.

The Indicator: Two Degrees of Separation

Rodrigo Frey — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

“…clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness.”

AD Architecture College Guide: Pasadena Art Center College of Design

Rodrigo Frey — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

There’s a new program at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. Situated in the south campus designed by Kevin Daly of Daly/Genik , the Media Design Practices program is a newly minted program that is an exciting new approach to design.

The Indicator: Morning, Lebbeus

Rodrigo Frey — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

One October morning in 2003, Lebbeus Woods shattered the sleepy air in Los Angeles with a swift and decisive re-deployment of his famed Foundation Cartier installation, The Fall. 1,400 steel rods were drilled into the polished concrete floors running SCI-Arc’s quarter mile. In a single night of cloaked activity, Woods and a gang of student volunteers made Maya, Rhino and all computer pyrotechnics, then all the rage, seem irrelevant with a forest of bent steel rods that seemed to react to the forces of the building…and seemingly appeared out of nowhere.

Interview: Michael Rotondi on Architecture Education

Rodrigo Frey — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Given the state of the economy around the world, many people are returning to school in the hopes of acquiring new skills while riding out the worst of the effects of the global recession. Toward that end, ArchDaily has begun a College Guide to help people explore different educational options. There are many issues to consider beyond a school’s “name” such as the types of programs architecture schools offer. The Guide has highlighted schools with programs in Building Ecology, Forensic Architecture, and Human Rights, to name a few, while some of the practical issues have included cost analysis, financial aid, and access to cross-disciplinary training.

AD College Guide: University of Tennessee Knoxville

Rodrigo Frey — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Architecture school ideally combines practical, intellectual, and theoretical skills which center on the production of physical projects. The key is to find programs that are able to provide a judicious cross-section of disciplines to develop one’s critical and practical abilities. That is done either within the design program itself, or by providing access to other colleges and school campuses.

AD College Guide: Centre for Architecture and Human Rights / King Mongkut’s University of Technology

Rodrigo Frey — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Intervention in Human Rights has, until now, had very few models in the architecture profession. There are the non-profit organizations and NGO’s. They often focus on structures and spaces that have been decimated by natural disasters or military conflict. Then there is the Forensic Architecture approach which seeks to document exactly what people have undergone in those circumstances. Most architecture activists, however, fall into the first category, focusing on building or re-building.

The Indicator: Vers une nouveau normal

Rodrigo Frey — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Not all is well with the global economy. Eurozone is in crisis, and East Asian market is stalling, and North America (read: the US) is see-sawing until after the election. Of course, this is not news to people in the architecture profession, where many firms are just beginning to recover from the last four years of belt-tightening lay-offs and restructuring.

Video: Goetz Gallery building by Herzog & de Meuron

Rodrigo Frey — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:58:12 +0000

The Sammlung Goetz, an internationally renowned collection of contemporary art in Munich housed in a purpose-built Herzog & de Meuron building, is home to private collector Ingvild Goetz’s eclectic acquired works of paintings and video projections.

Video: London Festival of Architecture

Rodrigo Frey — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:26:51 +0000

To coincide with the London Festival of Architecture and the London 2012 Olympics, Gallery Libby Sellers is currently holding an exhibition entitled Games. The show laterally interprets its title and the theme of ‘play’ by focusing on chess, other games and their accessories, with pieces designed by Rolf Sachs, Aberrant Architecture and Studio Frith, among others. We interview Simon Hasan about his Slice chess set and Paul Kelley on his games table and try to understand why chess is such a perennial form of entertainment, whilst Libby Sellers herself takes us through the inspiration for the exhibition.

Yongsan International Business District / REX

Rodrigo Frey — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:30:48 +0000

Architect: REX Location: Seoul, Korea Built Area: 115,500 sqm (1,240,000 sqf) Completion year: 2016 Program: 47,800 sqm of luxury housing for short-term residents, 27,000 sqm of retail, and 929 parking stalls Renderings: Luxigon and Rex

House A / Vaillo & Irigaray + Beguiristain

Rodrigo Frey — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:00:43 +0000

Architects: Vaillo & Irigaray + Beguiristain - Antonio Vaillo, Juan Luis Irigaray, Iñigo Beguiristáin Location: Pamplona, Spain Collaborators: Daniel Galar, Josecho Velaz, Javier Gil, Lucía Astrain, Oscar Martínez, Juan Carlos de la Iglesia, Ángel Álvarez, Isabel Franco Built Area: 289 sqm Completion: 2011 Photographs: Iñaki Bergera

DON´T PUBLISH!!! An Installation Celebrates The Creative Act Of Copying

Rodrigo Frey — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Modern architecture has a complicated relationship with originality. For centuries, emulating your elders was not only a compliment but a fundamental part of your education. But with the cult of personality surrounding early greats like Loos and Corbusier, everything changed, and emphasis was placed on the “lone genius” who could push the profession forward with a stroke of his (let’s be real, before the ’70s it was usually a “his”) pen. “Due to myths of authorship, and the media’s desire to simplify and personalize the design process, buildings are often attributed to a single person,” writes Sam Jacobs, the founder of UK design office FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste). In reality, great architecture is almost always the product of a team, usually building on the success of their past work.