Our AIA-Indianapolis monthly chapter meeting last night featured Brian Phillips of Interface Studio Architects in Philly. Great work, really contemporary and optimistic approach to building within accepted conditions, focus on quality environmental response, simple materials used in interesting ways - it hit me at all my happy spots.
One of his first slides was a definition that is exactly why I like thinking of architects less as just building designers and more as urbanists: We resist smoothing over the process of design into a streamlined approach that leads to specific stylistic or material tendencies. Our work is urban - it attempts to broker complex and contested relationships in different ways relative to different contexts.
Archinect profile: ISA (they're hiring, BTW, and described the firm as a very "horizontal studio" last night. Seems like a good place to work, plus Philly is such a cool city and still affordable.)
One image hosted here on Archinect:
But do go check out their site, the work is great.
Carrera
Aug 14, 15 11:38 am
I would recommend drinking less at AIA meetings;)
shellarchitect
Aug 14, 15 12:14 pm
are these meetings byob?
Donna Sink
Aug 14, 15 12:22 pm
Open bar, for heavens' sake. We're not barbarians.
shellarchitect
Aug 14, 15 12:30 pm
why is thee even a debate about joining the aia then?
(I'm an assoc. member but have never been to a meeting)
Donna Sink
Aug 14, 15 12:39 pm
Well not *every* AIA chapter is as cool as the Naptown one.
go do it
Aug 14, 15 2:58 pm
Donna,
We need to form an exploratory committee to determine if it was the architecture or the open bar that impacted your "happy spots". Who ever wants to explore Donna's happy spots the line forms over there. Behind her husband.
Really good information at both sites and the 100K archives are available.
Donna Sink
Aug 14, 15 3:44 pm
Oh, go do it, you're making me blush, and I don't blush easily! And yes, good architecture hits my happy spots whether or not there is alcohol available ;-)
Donna Sink
Aug 14, 15 3:45 pm
Does anyone else use the term "happy food noises"? You know, when you're eating something really tasty and unconsciously going "Mmm, mmmmMMmmm" as you eat?
go do it
Aug 14, 15 3:55 pm
damn donna you gotta stop
Carrera
Aug 14, 15 4:34 pm
Some girls are hard to start, and a porn video will get the job done…think in this case an old slide projector with some Aalto slides would do the job.:)
Donna Sink
Aug 14, 15 4:46 pm
Carrera I tweeted a picture of the slide projector from the lecture last night, do you follow me on twitter? So funny. There *is* something satisfying about that clicking noise it makes when a slide drops into the slot.
^"There *is* something satisfying about that clicking noise"...does that mean I can skip the slides?
Donna Sink
Aug 14, 15 6:05 pm
No, no....the sound of the slide *dropping* immediately after the click and the rotation of the carousel. It's very physical. But apparently there's also an app for it!
Our AIA-Indianapolis monthly chapter meeting last night featured Brian Phillips of Interface Studio Architects in Philly. Great work, really contemporary and optimistic approach to building within accepted conditions, focus on quality environmental response, simple materials used in interesting ways - it hit me at all my happy spots.
One of his first slides was a definition that is exactly why I like thinking of architects less as just building designers and more as urbanists: We resist smoothing over the process of design into a streamlined approach that leads to specific stylistic or material tendencies. Our work is urban - it attempts to broker complex and contested relationships in different ways relative to different contexts.
Archinect profile: ISA (they're hiring, BTW, and described the firm as a very "horizontal studio" last night. Seems like a good place to work, plus Philly is such a cool city and still affordable.)
One image hosted here on Archinect:
But do go check out their site, the work is great.
I would recommend drinking less at AIA meetings;)
are these meetings byob?
Open bar, for heavens' sake. We're not barbarians.
why is thee even a debate about joining the aia then?
(I'm an assoc. member but have never been to a meeting)
Well not *every* AIA chapter is as cool as the Naptown one.
Donna,
We need to form an exploratory committee to determine if it was the architecture or the open bar that impacted your "happy spots". Who ever wants to explore Donna's happy spots the line forms over there. Behind her husband.
I ran into ISA from reading the 100K house blog which has morphed into Postgreen Homes
Really good information at both sites and the 100K archives are available.
Oh, go do it, you're making me blush, and I don't blush easily! And yes, good architecture hits my happy spots whether or not there is alcohol available ;-)
Does anyone else use the term "happy food noises"? You know, when you're eating something really tasty and unconsciously going "Mmm, mmmmMMmmm" as you eat?
damn donna you gotta stop
Some girls are hard to start, and a porn video will get the job done…think in this case an old slide projector with some Aalto slides would do the job.:)
Carrera I tweeted a picture of the slide projector from the lecture last night, do you follow me on twitter? So funny. There *is* something satisfying about that clicking noise it makes when a slide drops into the slot.
The famous Subtle Pleasant Sensations thread.
^"There *is* something satisfying about that clicking noise"...does that mean I can skip the slides?
No, no....the sound of the slide *dropping* immediately after the click and the rotation of the carousel. It's very physical. But apparently there's also an app for it!