Brooklyn Says,“Move to Detroit “ 105Th Acsa Annual Meeting | Detroit, Mi
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BROOKLYN SAYS, “MOVE TO “ DETROIT 105TH ACSA ANNUAL MEETING | DETROIT, MI PROJECT PROCEEDINGS PROJECT PROCEEDINGS BROOKLYN SAYS,“MOVE TO DETROIT “ 105TH ACSA ANNUAL MEETING | DETROIT, MI LUIS FRANCISCO RICO-GUTIERREZ MARTHA THORNE ©2017 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. All rights reserved. Published by ACSA Press and distributed by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 1735 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20006 Tel: 202.785.2324 Fax: 202.628.0448 www.acsa-arch.org ACSA Press 978-1-944214-07-4 CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION "It is now well-documented that some of Brooklyn’s much-written-about cre- developing visions, identity and, of course, physical projects. The substantive ative class is being driven out of the borough by high prices and low housing and the procedural are not antagonistic concepts, but two different approaches stock. Some are going to Los Angeles (or even Queens), but others are migrating to controlling the evolution of urban space. Furthermore, in the context of the to the Midwest, where Detroit’s empty industrial spaces, community-based city as a collective production that is at the same time poetic and pragmatic, projects, experimental art scene and innovative design opportunities beckon, the distinction of the procedural and the substantive is inevitably subsumed by despite the city’s continuing challenges," wrote Jennifer Conlin in a recent New the “practice” of city building as distinct from city design. York Times article titled "Last Stop on the L Train: Detroit." Design and designers, Different pedagogical models expose students to their potential role in the art and artists, creativity and creatives; all playing a major role in a process we process of making and re-making the city. Detroit is the perfect frame of refer- know well: a city on the verge of reinventing itself after a near-death experience. ence to debate the merits of worldwide academic and professional practices Over the last century, two paradigms have dominated attempts at dealing with in the continuum between the substantive and the procedural. It is an inspir- the challenges of the city. On one hand, a "substantive" approach that aims to ing back drop to discuss a range of issues that include the expanding role of control the physical substance of the city, treated as a completely predeter- the architect and the relevancy of architectural education, density vs. growth; mined object: form and life dictated by some architects who claim a universal technique and strategies of urban regeneration; technology, smart cities and understanding of the goals and values of society to which they incorporate their impact on space and governance; new models of public space; changes in the advances of science in order to improve the conditions of the city. On the cities due to the rise of the shared economy; affordable housing and housing other, a "procedural” or strategic approach where the focus is on the process, models for shifting demographics; resources, energy waste and sustainability; better understood as a form of social action, a negotiated creation involving urban-rural balance and interconnections, the role of educational institutions, many stakeholders with overlapping or competing interests in the process of and community building. PROJECT SESSIONS ARCHITECTURE IN AN EXPANDED FIELD, MATERIALS FROM INTERIORS TO LANDSCAPES In recent years the convergence of new manufacturing processes and new Scholarship and design-based investigations situated at the architectural scale materials has led to a proliferation of material studies with spatial, economic often slip toward the space of the room or the expanse of the site. Indeed some and societal implications. In addition, traditional materials and their methods of the most often studied projects of recent years operate within this larger of fabrication continue to hold interest for researchers and offer new informa- field of space making. This topic seeks to provide a home for work beyond the tion to the construction industry. precise scale of the building. MEDIA INVESTIGATIONS DESIGN RESEARCH IN THE STUDIO CONTEXT Theories and practices of media and representation, ranging from historic The studio is the traditional core of the architecture school. The 1996 Boyer drawing techniques to contemporary digital modalities, are critical to the pro- Report on architectural education described it as the “holy of holies” of archi- duction of architectural ideas. Scholars and designers often focus their inquiries tectural education: “these studios scruffy though they may be are models for on this key link in the design process. creative learning that others on campus might well think about.” Since the URBANISM Boyer report was written design has become a hot trans-disciplinary phenom- Designers and scholars study and engage the differences between private and enon, putting the architecture studio in an enviable position relative to our public, individual and societal spaces, incorporating buildings and public space peers in the academy. This topic might include research done on the design in a variety of scales and densities within an increasingly global context. Two studio or research done in the design studio. well-developed research trajectories are smart growth and new urbanism, and HOUSING we solicit posters from our members working in these areas. In addition, we are As the planet’s population grows it becomes increasingly imperative that seeking proposals that redefine architecture, urban design, city planning, and housing effectively provide appropriate shelter with reduced means. Housing life in the cyber-age, in unexpected terms. We recognize that positions taken research varies from historic and emerging typologies to urban and social con- today may be located on the periphery of the architectural discourse but are cerns to evolving family types, all set in a global arena of cultural confluences. poised to make a significant impact tomorrow. Research and design projects in all these areas are encouraged. OPEN Submission will accommodate promising research posters that do not fall into any of above areas. TABLE OF CONTENTS DESIGN RESEARCH IN THE STUDIO 32 Re-Thinking Vickery Meadow: A Case 62 Weaving a Logic of Assembly CONTEXT Study on Refugee Resettlement Kristopher Palagi Craig S. Griffen 64 Metabolic Tectonics 8 Trade Secrets: An Architectural Enclave 34 Barn-House | Affordable House - Sally Miller Ashley Bigham Undocumented Immigrant Workers + 10 Integrating Cultural Research into the Family MEDIA INVESTIGATIONS Design Studio Dennis Chiessa M. Naomi Darling 68 Synthesizing the Gaseous State: 36 Application House Ray Mann Mapping the Geographic Convergence of Fred Scharmen Knowledge 12 Technified Ecosystems: The City as an 38 Sea-Level Hi-Rise: Or, How I Learned to Alejandro Mieses Artificial Landscape Stop Worrying and Love Climate Change Henrique M. Houayek 70 Drafting the Representation Gabriel Kaprielian David Franco Daniel Butko Ulrike Heine 40 Housing Prototypes for a Landscape of 72 Unfinished Business Ufuk Ersoy Change Erik Herrmann Jennifer Lee Michaliszyn 14 Morphology of Adaptive Systems 74 Born to See, My Task Is To Draw: Mona Ghandi 42 Urbanism of the Air Cultivating Architecture Intelligence Saleh Kalantari David Karle Through Observation and Hand Drawing Liz Szatko Henrique M. Houayek 16 A Studio Focused on Societal Kevin Bukowski Challenges: Case Study on 76 Primitive Drawings Placemaking and Resilience 44 Detroit Types Mark Ericson Joongsub Kim Ricardo Sanz 78 Ashammalexia 18 Designing for Rising Water: A Kimball Kaiser Competition Studio MATERIALS Bradford Watson Jori A. Erdman 48 Soft States: Experimental, Highly- 20 LuxMotus: Physics-based Form Textured Concrete Architectural Panels URBANISM Generation in a One-to-One Scale Ammar Kalo Design Studio 82 Safety Not Guaranteed 50 Single Point Incremental Metal Forming Saleh Kalantari Ashley Bigham Andrew Beres 22 Infrastructural Opportunism I-11_A Next Marlena McCall 84 Site Spectacle Seed Sprout Generation Infrastructure Case Study Paul Stockhoff Elise DeChard Linda C. Samuels Christopher J. Beorkrem Sy Bodson Bernardo Teran 52 Matter of Material Labor: Eladio Dieste 86 Dimensions of Urbanism: Urban Blocks and Ruled Surfaces Christopher M. Pizzi HOUSING Federico Garcia Lammers 88 Ungrounding the Rural: Four Grids for 26 The La’ mella House - Small Efforts: Big 54 Concrete Lattice | Unitized Architecture the Great Plains Impacts of Assembly Roy C Cloutier Ahmed K. Ali Ryan Goold Nicole Sylvia Jaechang Ko Daniel Fougere 90 FARMLINE: A Hub for Urban Agriculture Tsz Yan Ng 28 Housing the Urban Animal in Detroit Carey Clouse 56 They Grow Without Us Gabriel Kaprielian Caryn Brause Joseph Dahmen Marisha Farnsworth Stephen Schreiber Amber Frid-Jimenez Andrea Gaffney Jonghoon Im 30 Massive Passive: The Challenge of 58 LWS - Light Weight Shutter Incorporating Passive Energy Strategies Ane Gonzalez Lara 92 Form-based Code v. Social Segregation in Developer Single-Family Suburban in Latin America: The Case of Bogotá Housing 60 Ductile Empiricism Juan Guillermo Yunda Craig S. Griffen Jeremy Ficca 94 Front Bay 124 Tectonic Painting 02: Domes 152 Waterfront Ecologies: Redefining the Marc A. Roehrle Heather Flood Urban Edge of the San Francisco Bay Gabriel Kaprielian 96 URBAN PLAY: An Architecture Studio 126 Dynamic Facade Unplugged Snapping Carlos Sandoval as Agent in Public Discussion for Minor Facade League Sports in a Medium-sized City Jin Young Song 154 Catalyzing the Commons - Inverting the