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Pratt Architecture School Degree Project 2009/2010
Circus on the Edge: Nomadic Architecture as a creative aid and Distribution platform

suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

guillermo BERNAL: A creative aid and distribution platform, the nomadic equipment can be positioned as momentary anchoring. Their goal is both to situate themselves on the exterior in order to open new trails, and to weave, or even to repair certain links. to put holes in the public space using the invasive, nomadic presence of the war machine, or any other technique of sudden appearance invades and overcomes everyday life.

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suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

william WECKENMANN: The tower is situated between West 53rd St. and West 54th St. in Midtown Manhattan, adjacent to the American Folk Art Museum and the Museum of Modern Art.  The project addresses the context of the surrounding neighborhood as both a high-rise business and residential district, and as a major cultural and artistic destination. 

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Come celebrate with us on Friday May, 7th from 7-10pm at the SUPERFRONT Gallery for the release of the Spring 2010 edition of tarp: Architecture Manual: Coding Parameters! Edited by graduate students in Architecture at Pratt Institute, this issue features essays and work by students and established professionals. There will be music, video projections, light refreshments, and free copies of the publication!

This year’s issue focuses on the engagement of digital processes which are currently at the forefront of architectural discourse and practice.

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ENVELOPES
march 5 – may 5, 2010

“envelopes,” will explore new and sustainable potentials of the architectural surface in terms of the skin of a building and also as a sensorial space that envelops the body. “envelopes” will feature full-scale, interactive models accompanied by architectural renderings in the form of drawings and computer animations, and documentation of the process of investigation into these models from eight international firms and designers.

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suckerPUNCH: describe your project.

matthew DELUCA: the scope of the project was to design an apartment complex in brooklyn, new york.  the site’s location, in williamsburg, is home to large immigrant and hipster populations.  both of these groups are living in a liminal state.  the nature of the surrounding area gave rise to a multi-faceted design that is excessive, exuberant, but at the same time, exciting.  furthermore, the design takes advantage of idiosyncratic views, the division between the real and the perceived.  one’s perception of what is real versus what one remembers manifests itself in the perpetual blurring of the building through the various layers of tendrils.

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