OPTOTOPIA

OPTOTOPIA lecture & exhibition New England College of Optometry as part of Light InSight lecture series http://www.neco.edu/research/IYL2015 

lecture: 
ARCHITECTURAL APPARATUSES FOR SPATIAL LIGHT 

“Sealed” buildings and window-less working offices disconnect humans from natural light, pollute them with artificial light, and eventually disrupt their biological rhythms: Depression, insomnia, tiredness to name a few of the familiar problems of this “illegal” architecture. I propose a series of interventions that aim to provocatively express these problematic condition and spaces to advance quality of living. These architectural apparatuses are spatial elements (such as walls and horizontal surfaces, objects, and modular systems) that act as transmitors of natural light in dark spaces. Other times they are hybrid structures/gardens and edible structures that evolve in space. And other times playful micro-tectures that challenge perception, reveal immaterialities, and map the spatio-temporal changes. 

exhibition: 
OPTOTOPIA 

Optotopia is an exhibition of architectural apparatuses that interplay with light, vision, architecture, perception, and space through camera obscura techinques. Optotopia presents two site-specific installations that are placed under New England College of Optometry (NECO) iconic skylights. Optotopia installations observe the light diffusion and reflection deriving out of the skylights and intervene by reflecting the images of the skylights and surrounding spaces. 

address: 
New England College of Optometry 
424 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02115

algorithmic architecture archive

With Kostas Terzidis 
Photos by Arlene S. Persaud

MDES Thesis Reviews

It has been great day to be guest critic at Art, Design, and Public Domain Thesis Reviews at Harvard GSD.

And what a treat, to spend the day, in the back yard patio! On May 13, 2015

Thesis presentation by Jen Krava. Photo by Tatjana Bianca.

lecture abstract

Architectural Apparatuses for Spatial Light

“Sealed” buildings and window-less working offices disconnect humans from natural light, pollute them with artificial light, and eventually disrupt their biological rhythms: Depression, insomnia, tiredness to name a few of the familiar problems of this “illegal” architecture. I propose a series of interventions that aim to provocatively express these problematic condition and spaces to advance quality of living. These architectural apparatuses are spatial elements (such as walls and horizontal surfaces, objects, and modular systems) that act as transmitors of natural light in dark spaces. Other times they are hybrid structures/gardens and edible structures that evolve in space. And other times playful micro-tectures that challenge perception, reveal immaterialities, and map the spatio-temporal changes.

on delta tv!

Snapshots: Zoe Sidiropoulou 

Here you can find info about the episode and watch the interview [ deltaTV LINK ]
Directly the episode in VIMEO

Many thanks to Ioanna Parashaki for the invitation, devoting one of episode to me, and the very thoughtful questions. Also to Thanassis Tsolakis for making the very refreshing reportage!

The interview was taken in March, and the episode was projected on Monday May 11, 2015 10pm Greek local time.

Senior Seminar Show 2015

Congratulations to Studio Art Majors! A great show curated by Gerald Auten.

The Contemporary Problem of A Body of Work

"The Contemporary Problem of A Body of Work" Title for Mahler lecture series @Dartmouth by Michael Meredith (Photo credits: Michael Meredith / MOS Architects)

wearable architecture review

Mahler Lecture Series: Michael Meredith

Mahler Lecture Series - Michael Meredith (MOS Architects/Princeton) 
Assistant Professor, Architectural Design at Princeton University is will give a lecture as part of the Mahler Lecture Series. Along with his partner, Hilary Sample, Michael Meredith is a principal of MOS, an internationally recognized architecture practice based in New York. His writing has appeared in Artforum, LOG, Perspecta, Praxis, Domus, and Harvard Design Magazine. Meredith previously taught at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, the University of Michigan, where he was awarded the Muschenheim Fellowship, and the University of Toronto. 

 Please come join us on Tuesday, May 05, 2015 at 04:30pm at Loew Auditorium, Black Family Visual Arts Center  

Street Warrior @Dartmouth homepage

"Street Warrior" by Adenrele Adewusi, as part of Wearable Architecture project of Architecture I course (photo by Eli Burakian)

Wearable Architectures @New Media International

Street Warrior, Wearable Architecture by Adenrele Adewusi (SART 65: Architecture I, F2014)

Published @New Media International [LINK] May 1, 2015 

A gem of a digital arts program at Dartmouth College shows off at DAX2015

No matter your interests or digital discipline, DAX was rich with variety and captures your attention. If you have a couple of moments, this animated video by Lily Brown hits the spot.  [ Click here for link ] The scope, quality and diversity of artwork was excellent. It was a large exhibition that unfolded over three hours, beginning with a theater-sized digital video presentation in the Loeb Auditorium. The transition to the next portion of the exhibition was a walk through the grounds with an audio exhibition using the ambient acoustics of the environment to great advantage. Then, off to the Garage (yes, really a garage), where the exhibition was notable in its diversity of art and technology. As is so often the case with new media art, the audience was involved with the exhibition and enjoyed lively conversation about each piece. fashion show featured a wedding dress that lit up in response to the footsteps of the bride, 3-D printed vest, leather jacket with "break lights" and other unique metallic fashion designs. It was a fun finish to the evening. If you are not familiar with the undergraduate digital art program at Dartmouth College, interdisciplinary collaboration is encouraged. DAX, itself, is a collaboration between academic departments across the campus,including Digital Arts, Digital Music, Computer Science, Studio Art, Theater, Digital Humanities, Film and Media Studies and Thayer School of Engineering. This was the Second Annual Digital Arts Exhibition. We are looking forward to next year at DAX.

us @DAX2015

Works: Invisible Cities / Innovative Cityscapes, SART 65: Architecture I [Instructor: Zenovia Toloudi, TA: Ryan Frank Hueston] & [pyramids] Malika Khurana, Honors student [Advisor: Zenovia Toloudi]

(models) made it to the cover