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2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge | ArchDoc
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Buckminster Fuller, a design and green pioneer, believed we could make the world work for all humanity while maintaining good stewardship of it. His eponymous Institute each year recognizes people who are fulfilling that mission. The 2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge asks designers to provide workable solutions to the world’s most significant challenges and rewards integrated, whole-systems approaches to solving the world’s sustainability crises. This year’s finalists and winner celebration events will be held in New York City June 8-10, where the winners will be revealed. The four finalists include solutions for problems spanning ocean restoration in Madagascar, protecting indigenous knowledge in the Congo Basin, combating women’s illiteracy in India, and technologically connecting the remote developing world to the communication grid.More information on these projects and the scheduled events after the break.2011 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Finalist PresentationsWhen: Wednesday June 8th, 6-8pm Where: Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016 map Keynote Speaker: Amsterdam-based Doors of Perception founder and internationally renowned design pioneer, John ThackaraThe finalists are:
© Buckminster Fuller InstituteBlue Ventures – Ocean Restoration in MadagascarAn integrated approach to empowering one of the world’s poorest coastal communities in Madagascar, resulting in a proven biological and economic case for conservation management as a tool for restocking depleted fisheries and safeguarding ecosystem resilience.
© Buckminster Fuller InstituteFrontlineSMS – Connecting the Remote Developing World to the Communication GridProvides organizations in remote, rural regions of the developing world with software that turns a laptop into a mass messaging hub, without any need for Internet connectivity.
© Buckminster Fuller InstituteParticipatory Mapping as a Means of Protecting Forests in the Congo BasinEmpowering indigenous forest communities in the Congo Basin to produce accurate, geo-referenced community maps of their territories so that they can navigate local laws and relationships with companies and governments in order to protect their land and resources.
© Buckminster Fuller InstituteTARA Akshar+ – Combating Women’s Illiteracy in IndiaEmpowers illiterate women in India by teaching them to read, write, and count in just 98 hours over 49 days, providing them with crucial skills to be self sufficient and improve the quality of life within their communities. Urban Solution Sets – Visionary Strategies for the Future of CitiesWhen: Thursday June 9th, 2-4pm Where: Center for Architecture, AIA, 536 LaGuardia Place New York, NY 10012 mapThis event will be bringing together urban educators, planners and developers to explore the notion of urban solution sets as a framework to consider advancement around practices that impact the generation/regeneration of our cities, as a result of reviewing entries through the unique lens of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge criteria.Announcement and Presentation of $100,000 to the Winner of the 2011 Buckminster Fuller ChallengeWhen: Friday June 10th, 6-8pm Where: Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016 map Keynote Speaker: David Orr, distinguished professor and author and one of the world’s thought leaders in environmental design.#gallery-1 {margin: auto;}#gallery-1 .gallery-item {float: left;margin-top: 10px;text-align: center;width: 33%;}#gallery-1 img {border: 2px solid #cfcfcf;}#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {margin-left: 0;}
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Level I Parametric Design Workshop | ArchDoc
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Studio Mode/modeLab is pleased to announce the upcoming modeLab Parametric Design Workshop in New York City over the weekend of June 25/26, 2011. This workshop will engage the conceptual and technical domain of parametric design by introducing participants to systemic processes capable of registering and responding to a range of diverse ecologic criteria. Emphasis will be placed on workflows that utilize constraint-based design, associative modeling techniques, and environmental influencers to discover novel and inventive design solutions.Rhino, in conjunction with the parametric modeling plug-in Grasshopper, offers the possibility to explore parametric and computational design with unprecedented fluidity. Leveraging this capacity, we have structured this workshop around a series of architectural design strategies with supporting content to foster a fast-paced and productive learning environment. As part of a larger online infrastructure, modeLab, this collection of Strategies, Primers, and Utilities provides workshop participants with continued support and knowledge to draw upon for future learning. Attendance will be limited to provide each participant maximum dedicated time with instructors. For more information, click here.
Architecture for Society of Knowledge: ASK the BOX | ArchDoc
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Architecture for Society of Knowledge is an international Master’s Degree Program conducted in English. It was introduced at the Faculty of Architecture at Warsaw University of Technology in 2010. The program focuses on social and cultural issues, taking advantage of new technologies. Students explore the modern ways of design, as well as innovative methods of communication and fabrication that are the foundation of the XXI century architectural practice.Recent Project | ASK the BOX Experimental design courses are specific ASK activities. Workshop studios, team work, and individual projects focus on research aspects of architectural education.Experimental Design 2, led by PhD Jan Slyk, from 4.04 to 15.04.2011 aimed to create and develop interactive space. A 1:1 scale installation was built to allow real-scale shaping, using spatial and programming tools.The designed pavilion is digitally recording and interpreting the presence and movement of people, who are inside, and processes the effects to acoustics signals. The entire project was implemented with the involvement of minimum technical and financial resources, which was one of the challenges posed to the students.More about this program, after the break.
The inner layer of the pavilion has been designed according to the registered activity of users. The shape is contoured so as to provoke interaction by different behaviors. The installation uses a mechanism of projection. People, who are in the pavilion, move between the light source and the fabric, on which the shadows are cast. The camera located behind the pavilion captures image, which is then transmitted to computer that controls the whole system. Program written by the participants allows the redefinition of shades-sensitive fields, which then turn on and off the composed music tracks and manage the stream of generated sounds.During the fortnight workshop participants were split into five groups: Sculptors, Builders, Developers, Composers and Coordinators. The teams carried out their independent tasks and developed together the concept and the final image of the installation.Tutor: Jan Slyk Assistants: Agata Guzik, Marcin Brzeski, Piotr Kus Students form 2nd Semester of ASKThe ASK Program aims to equip young practicing architects with the formative experience required for: •Active participation in the global architectural knowledge society •Critical interpretation of the creative aspects of design •Collaborative and interdisciplinary practice of architecture. •Architectural research exploring contemporary design technologies and theory.Application system for new academic year (2011/12) is now open. Application deadline is 30th of June, 2011. For more information please visit: www.asknow.eu or use the following form.cforms contact form by delicious:days