Cornell AAP NYC Fall 2016 Student Work by Hanxi Wang PUREFORM STUDIO BRIEF In practice and the academy, there is a constant swing between an over-rationalized (didactic) architecture and completely unjustified formal expression. Pure Form moves p

Cornell AAP NYC Fall 2016 Student Work by Hanxi Wang

PUREFORM STUDIO BRIEF In practice and the academy, there is a constant swing between an over-rationalized (didactic) architecture and completely unjustified formal expression. Pure Form moves past narrative, past image and past abstraction to experience. We accept the uncomfortable and unresolvable realities of design as we grapple with several key questions: Is it possible to create architecture which is not an abstraction? Is an unselfconscious form possible? Is it possible to make non-contextual architecture?

Gabriel Smith has taught design at both the graduate and undergraduate levels more can be found here: https://pureform.squarespace.com

Cornell AAP NYC Fall 2016 Student Work by Justin Foo
Cornell AAP NYC Fall 2016 Student Work by Justin Foo
Cornell AAP NYC Fall 2016 Student Work by Justin Foo
Cornell AAP NYC Fall 2016 Student Work by Justin Foo
Columbia GSAAP Fall 2015 Student Work by Nile Greenberg
Columbia GSAAP Fall 2015 Student Work by Nile Greenberg
Cornell AAP Fall 2014 Student Work by Betty Huang
Cornell AAP Fall 2014 Student Work by Betty Huang
Cornell AAP Student Project Isabel Oyuela-Bonzani
Cornell AAP Student Project Isabel Oyuela-Bonzani

 

Cornell University Village Chapel Studio

Can a routine walk through the city become a spiritual experience? Can concrete, glass, wood and other 'everyday' materials reflect the essence of place? How can 'common' space become sacred? 

In the studio we consider the emotive power of architecture. We ask how light and materials can be used to connect us to place, mark the passage of time and reveal the extraordinary in the ordinary. 
By documenting the essential qualities of site, surface and space, we discover a means to make collective yet intimate public space and examine the role of architecture in the city.

 

 

 

 

Cornell AAP Student Project Isabel Oyuela-Bonzani

Cornell AAP Student Project Isabel Oyuela-Bonzani
Cornell AAP Student Project Isabel Oyuela-Bonzani

Tulane School Of Architecture ‘Fabrication Studio’ Gabrielle Russell
Tulane School Of Architecture ‘Fabrication Studio’ Gabrielle Russell
Tulane School of Architecture Basin Street Housing Student Project by Hiroshi Jacobs
Tulane School of Architecture Basin Street Housing Student Project by Hiroshi Jacobs
Tulane School of Architecture Basin Street Housing Student Project by Hiroshi Jacobs
Tulane School of Architecture Basin Street Housing Student Project by Hiroshi Jacobs
Tulane Riverworks Studio Model of New Orleans 2003
Tulane Riverworks Studio Model of New Orleans 2003

http://riverworks.tulane.edu/

RIVERWORKS STUDIO SPRING 2003

The Mississippi River is the single most powerful geographic feature in this region and yet, we (in the city of New Orleans) have so little contact with it. The levee wall which preserves the city from being washed out by flood also serves to separate us from a conscious understanding of the powerful and fascinating force that is right next door. During the semester students were asked to examine the various ways in which a connection with the river can be developed and how this connection might inform the unusual landscape of the levee and buildings near it.

GOALS
PROMOTE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE RIVER
INCORPORATE URBAN, INDUSTRIAL, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE WITH RIVER ECOLOGY
EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN MADE, ’NATURAL’ SYSTEMS, AND ARCHITECTURE

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