It's been a long two days, so here are some photos of school work. First one is about trying to make a game with rules (like the Game of Life) out of the simple task of cutting across a city grid. Next up is a preliminary look at the macroeconomics of Bangladesh. I tried... Continue Reading →
Before my studio began the Co-Lab in Old City Philadelphia we were asked to spend a week designing a food truck garage and food truck service to be housed on our eventual studio site at the base of the Franklin Bridge. I focused on minimizing embodied energy, from construction material to truck fuel, seeking to... Continue Reading →
"What is a diagram?" is a deceptively difficult question to answer in a satisfying way. Diagrams are abstract, not necessarily representational. They should suggest potential, identify relationships, and be able to generate and stimulate new ideas. A diagram is an incomplete reduction of thoughts and ideas which allow for new connections and relationships to be... Continue Reading →
At PennDesign they make an effort to introduce architecture first at the scale of object, furniture then space, with the second studio starting with the scale of the city and working down to the scale of a building. Half a semester is dedicated to studying site analysis and the neighborhood context of the site. ... Continue Reading →
A brief note on a project with plenty of potential but one which did not materialize by the time the semester ended. http://cargocollective.com/studio501/Adam-B-Achrati Achrati Exercise 3 2 Achrati Exercise 3 1 I had wanted to mix part of the movie 2046 (even after watching it 6 times I am not sure what exactly is going on)... Continue Reading →
During the summer after the first year of grad school I wanted to keep tinkering with the idea of a rocking chair/shelf mix. Around that time a student group at PennDesign called Co+Lab fabricated a counter-top installation for the lobby of the School of Design. I switched tactics and decided to pursue a similar design... Continue Reading →
As my schedule settles down I hope to put more time into these posts. For now I am running through grad school, starting with a small project intended to analyze a habit or routine. I chose to document the way I read a book, the way I turned a page. This led, though some arbitrary... Continue Reading →
"Barcelona es bona, con la bolsa sonna, tan si sonna con si no sona, Barcelona siempre es bona." Above is a saying, written incorrectly in Spanish, which is supposed to say "Barcelona is fine when the change purse jingles, but no mater whether it jingles, Barcelona is always fine." (The translation is mine, poor, and... Continue Reading →
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