Lecture Reminder

A Reminder:

Sam Leung and Rafi Elbaz will present a lecture at 1:00pm in the main auditorium Wednesday Sept 5. Attendance is required.

John Powers

With a highly repetitive (yet differentiated) modular vocabulary, the artist John Powers is able to amass astonishing constructions with simple materials.

Folding

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Origomi - Eric Gjerde's weblog on Origami & etc.


Flickr: Photos from papelartefacto


John Horigan's Origami Page


Origami - Folding Instructions

Warmup

Sections: Antonio, Michael, Ayrene (led by Zack)

Problem: Working in teams, develop a unit-based suspended paper structure to occupy the stairwell at Higgins Hall South.

Objective: Span from the 400 level to the lobby

Time: One hour

Lecture 1 - Wednesday August 29

These are images from today's lecture. More information is available on any of this work online and at the Pratt library.

Richard Sweeney's work in paper structures.


















Artist Tara Donovan
















Turin Exibition Hall , Pier Luigi Nervi




























Olympic Stadium, Beijing. Herzog and deMeuron
















Millau Viaduct, Foster and Partners

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