Bruny Island, Damien Chwalisz.

potentials

A little late to comment on the 'potentials' submission but I thought in case there is anyone out there reading this who isn't from this 3rd year architecture studio at the Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture + Design, it might be interesting to know a bit about what it is. The 'potentials' images are digital exploration based on a physical or digital module developed by the students as a response to research on one of 7 hypothetical clients - all prominent Australians. They could chose fromAndrew Denton + Jennifer ByrnePeter GarrettMichael LeunigDavid MaloufStephen PagePatricia PiccininiAlan Saundersand choose 1 of 2 possible site - Bruny Island, Tasmania or Eumundi in the Queensland hinterland. The house could be either a retreat or permanent home. Using the basic module they then had to explore at least 3 complex spatial organisations prompted by themes taken form Aranda & Lasch' s book 'Pamphlet Architecture 27: Tooling' - spiraling, packing, cracking, blending, weaving, flocking and tiling - and generate possibilities for architectural translation of these essentially abstract formal creations. They have suggested those possibilities by adding scale or contextual references. Some of the schemes show beautiful sculptural results. Check out for example the blogs of Trotta, Fogliano and Minoyoiannis. Pretty impressive for a first go at creating with VIZ.