Plants on the Move
Based on an earlier demographic appraisal and suggested archetype for each of the economic botany collections, I have chosen the Plants on the Move exhibition as be the first to be designed. […]
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Economic Botany
On a second visit to Kew Gardens I discovered the People + Plants exhibition in Museum number 1. It is currently the largest display of the worldwide uses for plants and for […]
Understanding Tensegrity
Analysis into the natural precedent of Slime Mould revealed a structural system of tensegrity within the cytoskeleton of cellular organisms. As a result, I set about gaining an understanding of […]
Single Surface Structures
The design studio leaders, Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu have spent a number of years testing and exploring the possibilities of a structural technique they have coined ‘Shell Lace’. Deconstructing […]
Carlo Mollino
Investigations into nature set the premise for the studio ethos. However, detailed studies into existing structural methodologies and techniques will help to formulate rational possibilities for the realisation of these […]
OPEN2014
And so yet another year comes to an end and what better way to show all the work from throughout the year than in the End of Year Show. If […]
Kent 3rd Year Crits
Yesterday I formed part of the critique team for the third year BA Architecture students final pin-ups at the Kent School of Architecture. Based in Ramsgate, the brief challenged students […]
First Year Crits
Last week I was given the opportunity to act as an external critic for the first year BA Architecture students at Westminster (Group C). The brief, ‘Mind the Gap’, challenged […]
Pins of the week – 23/02/2014
Paul Thorpe 