HERC: sculpture + short list

i can't believe i haven't posted these yet.

i was invited to join a competition team as a design consultant/catalyst.

a group of five [including my self] hammered out a charrette in just one night [more or less].

summer

the prompt was to re-develop a neglected piece of property at a jewish community center. the program outline called for a sculptural anchor.

our design re-interprets the idea of sculpture to include the landscape.

more insight to come.... i needed to post the images asap.

winter

oh, by the way. we were short listed. finalists. no biggie. the comp ran out of steam however, kind of sad, but i've heard insider information that is rather disturbing regarding the dissolution of the competition....

design team [studio 400]:

j.cordell steinmetz

natalie dulka

alex harm

eric barch

lebbeus woods; light pavilion

the fabrication technique

one of the classes i'm enrolled in deals with the art of digital representation.
i'm learning a brand new set of skills; rhino, 3ds max, and grasshopper... about time.
we are to pick a building to study, model, love and hate. the goal by the end of the semester is to create a 60 second animation of the project.

my project was spurred on by my studio professor. he's working with lebbeus woods and steven holl on the raffles city project in chengdu, china. so.... i'm modeling lebbeus woods' high-tech [light] pavilion. it's a series of aggressively angled light shafts surrounding stairs and platforms. the surfaces are all mirrored, conveying a sense of infinity and ambiguity.

the modeling is coming slowly, but i wanted to share some progress of the physical model i need to produce.
it's the start of a 1/2" = 1" scaled model of the light tube. the photos show the jig used to create the bevelled corners as well as some of the products of the acrylic heating and forming.

the jig

the result

i'll post the images of the project when/if i get permission. big names and the work hasn't been built, so i hear things are a little shaky. i'd hate to be the one to spill the beans and end my career before it begins.

b4; timelapse ii

our second night of group work. things are getting dirty. we're working hard to polish this bad boy up.

so far.

frame:
1 x 2's + mdf

topo:
1/8" cardboard

context:
3/32" chipboard [yeah, i know, wtf were we thinking]

application:
gesso
pigments + india ink
acrylic
tissue paper
cheese cloth
newspaper
pigments
beeswax
pigments
fire

more, i'm sure to be applied

my fingers are still gray/black from the last night's marathon rally

augmented sculpture

epic!

Augmented Sculpture by GROSSE 8 & LICHTFRONT / Passagen 2010 from Lichtfront on Vimeo.

lichfront + grosse8

thanks ian!

b4; timelapse

for brief 4 @ gsapp we're charged with designing a climatology lab for a group of 10 scientists and a whole host of spaces for public interaction. the site is in the shadow of the brooklyn bridge near pier 17 on the old peck slip. it's offering up untold treasures of texture, context, potential and inspiration. hard edges, long shadows, people milling about everywhere, rusted metal, driftwood, more more more to come.

ps. great job everyone. it's going to look killer. updates to come...