#chris evans architectural digest

[mylastbet]

About Architectural Digest

Let’s talk about the architectural digest issue. I’m already seeing so many misconceptions.

Architectural digest has two issues is that release on the 1st of every month Architectural Digest Style (the main one) and Architectural Digest Celebrity Style. The issue that releases will be for the following month not the current. For example on Dec 1 the January issue releases, on Jan 1 the February issue releases and on Feb 1 it’s March and so on.

On August 1st the September issue released and on the cover was John legend and his wife Chrissy Tiegan and the rest of their adorable family, this is the issue that I will be using as an example.

Today September 1 and the October issue will be released.

Later today, those who have subscriptions to the website and to the physical copies will see who is on the cover for October (this months issue). If you don’t have either of those, Architectural Digest is so kind that they will post all of the articles in that issue sporadically throughout the month. You know whether an article was in the issue because it will be titled Magazine and it will say it at the bottom just like so:

Here is Winnie’s article it was in the issue.

A lot of the time the person who is on the cover gets extra content like an Open Door AD interview that will be posted to YouTube. Here is John Legend’s and Winnie Harlow’s

Inside John Legend & Chrissy Teigen's Serene Family Home

Inside Winnie Harlow’s Hollywood-Inspired LA Home

Web-Exclusive Content

Architectural digest also has Web Exclusive Content meaning that it is exclusive to the website and is not in any issue. A lot of the time web exclusive content are home tours done by or for celebrity designers, time-period inspired homes, and just pretty houses in general but every once in a while a celebrity will get a Web exclusive home tour and interview. Which in my eyes, sometimes, they look a lot like the interviews inside of the issue.

They are paired with an Open Door AD posted to YouTube, not always, but a good majority of the time. Amanda Seyfried, Chloe Fineman, and Ashley Benson had a Web exclusive home tour interview that included an open door AD.

You can find all the Web Exclusive Content right here:

Web Exclusive Home Tour

Celebrity Real Estate

Lastly, and most importantly, we are going to discuss the real estate, or rather the celebrity real estate section of Architectural Digest.

On first glance, there are three forms of articles that go in that section Buying, Selling, and an Inside Portfolio. The first two are self-explanatory they are articles that contain how much the house is being sold or bought for where it is located, and some of the features inside of the house. Sometimes these articles can make a small comment about the relationship status of said celebrities, sometimes the article is just about the house. For example Shaun White’s and Nina Dobrev article debunked their engagement rumors. (whether AD was the first source to debunk their engagement rumors is unclear to me)

An inside portfolio is an article about a celebrity’s previous homes (usually at least three) sometimes more the article will end with the home that the celebrity is currently living in and the majority of the time these articles include that the celebrity is updating, renovating, or adding an addition to their home. They will also announce who is designing their house. Here is Sarah Jessica Parker’s Inside Portfolio and here is snippet of the update and who is redesigning her home:

Her article also includes details about her relationship with her husband.

And just as another example here is a snippet of the update given about Nick Cannon’s home

Just on first glance these forms of articles do not include any pictures of their current homes. It also looks to me that these aren’t actual official sit down interviews. It is just rehashing what is already out there or is public knowledge. All of these articles are also quoting old interviews done with Architectural Digest or other magazines. But that is just based on first glance.

Real Estate

Light and Dwell

Lastly, about Light and Dwell It is very important to note that the house that is allegedly Chris’ is their last project for the year and is set to be done by the end of fall. they have been featured on Architectural Digest three times before here are their articles:

"White Chocolate Minimalism" Is the New Interior Trend to Watch

Tour an English Countryside–Inspired Home in an Oregon Forest

Meet 8 Emerging Design Stars From Across the Country

My Opinion

Here is my personal opinion based on what Lonesome has told us. It seems to me based on what Lonesome is describing the closest thing is an Inside Portfolio. My only issue with that is there will allegedly be pictures of the inside of his house. But the inside portfolio usually doesn’t include any pictures, so I’m confused. I do know that this kind of article does plug in the designers. I can also see him doing similar to what Amanda Seyfried did, and the only problem is hers did not go in the real estate section. It was just a web exclusive interview, her interview included pictures of her home, but not the kind that revealed too much and still kept a bit of privacy she’s also one of the few celebrities that did a web exclusive interview but didn’t do the open door YouTube interview. Which I can’t see him doing either. it’s just an educated guess based on what I know.

It is possible that the article is actually for Light and Dwell designing Chris Evans house, but won’t necessarily be receiving an interview from Chris Evans. We’ll just have to wait and see it’s just a guess.

I hope that this has taught you something, and you remain educated for the rest of the month. Like lonesome has said these interviews come out sporadically throughout the month so we’ll just have to wait and see. And we’ll discuss on September 30 if not earlier.

Please let me know if you’re confused on anything.

[thelonesomequeen]

I think there’s a clear attempt to cover up location here considering they keep deleting all comments that simply said “Carlisle” and nothing else or mentioned Chris Evans at all. // Covering it up would be weird tho too if the same house is going to be in Architectural Digest and it's going to look the same. Whole thing is so weird

In the info/communication that was shared with us, AD only referred to the location of his home as “New England” which encompasses a few states. I think they left it vague on purpose 🦎

[palucca-lea]

Can Chris Evans just give an House tour of his LA house for Architectual Digest? Like, not even his Massachussets home, boy wants to keep his privacy and all, but I kinda love the sneak peaks we are getting of his LA kitchen and I wanna see the whole thing. I am obsessed with Kitchens apparently.

[theocseason4]

How do you cheat on your wife that you have four children and a castle with and get caught while wearing a mask? Would love to know if they intentionally called paps together or if she's trying to rebrand from her Chris Evans ice cream date

His architectural digest of their castle actually haunts my dreams

[chris-evans-imagine]

Series: You’re my home. | “Part I: A new beginning”

A/n: so this worked in my mind with so many different versions, but lately I’ve been obsessed with design shows. At the beginning I was going to write only the part of the adoption and fluff and all that but I thought it was worth to build it to that moment. This will be like a short series. I hope you like it, feedback is very welcome. And please, stay home, stay safe. All the love, Liz.

Warnings: none, well… single mom?

“No, that beam has to go, we’re looking for an open space” you looked at the construction plans right before being interrupted by Louis, the man that had hired you. He wasn’t alone. Louis was nice, bald, perfeccionist and a lover of punctuality, those last things were actually the things that gave you that job.

You, a woman in that industry, had built your reputation of well-done, perfectionist and professional. People respected you.

“Miss, always a pleasure” he amicably waved your hand, the person behind him wandered. “I hope it’s not a problem we’re here. Mister Evans wanted to see the progress now that he has finished his project, after all, this will be his house” the tall man, walked towards you, the natural light flattered every single angle. It wasn’t Hollywood’s magic after all.

“Chris Evans, nice to meet you. I think this is my home” he smiled, reached out his hand.

“I’m y/n, your contractor. Would you like a tour?” both men nodded, they followed you. The tour ended up with a few modifications and suggestions from Louis and the approval from Chris.

“I like what you’ve done, nice work”

Two weeks later you, Chris and the designers were on a meeting. Now, you reported everything to Chris, he was pretty involved in the project, he crashed in the half built house, he followed your orders and helped the workers. He enjoyed talking with them, and obviously they were happy to have him there.

He was really nice and down to earth. And handsome. And charismatic. And your boss.

You were discussing on the palette of colors that would match with some of the furniture Chris wanted.

“No, I’d rather no rugs, I want that people’s able to watch at the beautiful wood floor, what do you think, y/n?” Chris asked.

“Well, the thing it’s that you can use a simple and elegant rug to compliment the floor, it won’t be like you’re hiding it, there will be plenty of wood to watch. Also, the contrast will be great” you added while you pointed at the rug you liked. Your phone rang and you took a step back to pick up the call.

“Sorry” your call was over 10 minutes long, you waved the designers goodbye. When you finished you turned around to face Chris.

“God, you scared me”

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to. I was wondering if you’d like to go for lunch.”

“Oh…” wait, what? You didn’t see that coming. “I’m sorry, I can’t”

“I see, you have someone? Like a boyfriend? Of course you do” he didn’t even give you the time to replay.

“No, I don’t have a boyfriend” you laughed “I just have plans for lunch, another time?” he smiled looking at the concrete, where the wood would be soon. The echo of steps came closer to you, which shook the silence between you two.

“Mommy!!” the little creature threw herself to your legs. You knelt to kiss her forehead.

“How are you, sweetie?” you smiled looking at her gorgeous eyes. You stood up and grabbed her hand.

“Who is him, mommy?” she asked while Chris seemed to digest the scene.

“He’s mommy’s friend, say hi”

“Hello, my name is Princess Lily” you rolled your eyes, you thought that phase was over.

“Hi, Princess Lily. Nice to meet you” he bowed and kissed her hand. You smiled and thanked him.

 Chris didn’t come back until next week. There were only a few details left, like the garden and the porch. It was almost 7, the sun was hiding on the mountains afar. The sky had a beautiful rosy tone. You were measuring on the porch when he got on the driveway.

“Hey” you looked up as he walked closer.

“Hey, Chris, what’s up?”

“I brought something” he rose the six pack of beer he had on his left hand.

“That’s my favorite beer, you know? But I shouldn’t drink at work or in front of my guys”

“Oh, they told me this is your favorite beer, and I brought some for them too. They’re already gone” you smiled. You sat on the porch’s stairs. The wet wind waved your messy strands. “Besides, it’s Friday night. Come on, one” you nodded and he handed you one. He sat next to you and sipped at his beer.

“Ask” you spoke without looking at him.

“What? No.” he started to play with the label and then he looked at you. “Although, if you want to tell me…” you smiled again.

“What do you think that happened?”

“I’m really bad at guessing”

After a few second you sipped and started.

“He was my college boyfriend, I got pregnant, we moved in together at the beginning. After that, my dad got really sick, I came back home six months pregnant and, I guess that was when he took his way and so did we. Dad was the original contractor, I was studying architecture, and this was our dream. And when he got sick, doctors told him to slow down, he did it.  After that, I took over, I made the calls with the fabrics and all that. Lily was born and we stayed home. I took over the business, it wasn’t anything new for me. I had the contacts and the knowledge. And my dad had helped whenever I need him around. And about Lily, we try to give her the most normal childhood we can… she’s an awesome little girl, she thinks mommy builds castles. She’ll be four in a couple of months.”

“It’s wonderful, everything you do”

“I’m just doing my job. Well, jobs” you both took a long sip. There was a moment where the only thing you could hear were the crickets.

“And what’s your story?” you asked him.

“Well, I needed to breathe. I needed something new, something mine. I needed to stay away from the spotlight, I needed a home, and I think I picked a nice place, huh?”

“It’s a nice place” you answered looking around the neighborhood. He smiled to himself.

“It’s home” he added when he looked at you.

[andsoshespins]

Saturday Stuff

I awoke early after a not-so-good-night’s sleep and did an hour’s worth of exercise.

About 3 hours of online tutoring broke up my day nicely and gave me purpose.

Keeping my windows and blind open on this beautiful day was cleansing for the spirit.

The blue patterned pots arrived today, and it gave me great joy to repot my succulents in them.  They are perfect for my kitchen, and moments like these remind me that homeownership involves fun stuff like this and not just arguing with the mortgage and insurance companies on three-way calls to sort out an allegedly missed payment.

I spent about 30 minutes trying to determine how I feel about Chris Evans’ status as a superhero hunk after watching Captain America last night.  Because I weirdly remember seeing him in that stupid Cellular movie I watched in high school and had a lengthy deliberation with my friend about it all.

Related: I do like the whole premise of the Captain America storyline.

Still related: I know, I’m about 12 years late to the whole MCU thing...

I made buttermilk biscuits, spinach and cheese pockets of phyllo dough, chocolate cupcakes, blueberry pancakes, onion rings, plus my breakfast of eggs and veggies. 

Lizzie McGuire playing in the background as I cooked and baked was a terrific decision.

Related: Gordo’s bar mitzvah episode is so great for the “becoming a man” documentary he made after compiling interviews from various males.  

Still related: I think I am already halfway through the series, and I need to slow down.

My friend had sent me a video of Hilary Duff giving a tour of her home for Architectural Digest.  And I realize I still want to be her.  Or be friends with her.  Is that so wrong?

Since I clearly just need as much Hilary Duff in my life as possible, I played Cadet Kelly as I cleaned up the messes I made in the kitchen.  I never quite enjoyed that movie even though I remember the INSANE Disney Channel hype that surrounded it and even had flashbacks as I watched today.  (It might actually be worse than I remember hahaha. Also, Gary Cole is in it.  What.)

Some Phil of the Future cleansed my palate as I stacked my chairs, sprayed the counters, washed the dish drainers, and prepped my house for tomorrow morning’s deep clean.

Related: I do not ever think I will grow out of my love for and attraction to Ricky Ullman.  

Still related: One of my best friends and I bonded over this love of Ricky Ullman while in high school; she and I were meant to be. 

Folding two loads of laundry and getting some clothes ready for the week helped keep my mind orderly. 

I realize 80% of this post is related to Disney+ and the rest of it is dreadfully domestic.  Goddamnit.  I was NOT going to get sucked in...I was NOT going to become boring...

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay is our next book club read, and I think I will start it tonight.  

Fun fact to prove that I am not deteriorating in excitement: Tremblay was on a panel I attended while at Book Con in the last two years, and it was really cool.

Wait, IDK if that had the desired effect.  Yawn. Ah well.

Spending most of today in silence was glorious, but I am looking forward to spending time outside with my family tomorrow.

[harryfeatgaga]

Dakota’s a good actor and gets better with each new role she plays. She’s improved so much plus she’s hot and I love that she called out Ellen for being a lying piece of shit :) also her house is literally my dream house - the tour is on YouTube for architectural digest or something

YESSSSSSS

Anonymous said: if they don’t change the script toooo much apparently there’s going to be a scene where harry gets tied to a bed and uhm... thots thots thots ❤️

I KNOWWWOKENHBFJ FUCK 

Anonymous said: Chris Evans dick looks beautiful I’ve seen some ugly ones and gurenteed Harry’s same size cause we heard people talk about it and no way he’s bigger maybe a bit smaller but Chris’ dick is one of the best I’ve seen and it looks clean so we know he washes it 🤘🏻

EMNDBFHUHKENFHJ

Anonymous said: I think Harry’s dick is thicc like Chris anon but Harry’s is longer and bigger overall 🙃

TEA!

[my-emotional-self]

Let Me Protect You Chapter 26/?

Pairings: Chris Evans x OFC Emilia

Word Count: 1,535

Warnings: Swearing, Fluff, Angst

Rating: PG-13

Summary: After Emilia’s fiancé cheats on her, she moves to California to live with her brother Eric, who just so happens to be good friends with Chris Evans.  Follow Emilia and her roller coaster life through heartbreak, love, and emotional trauma. Will Emilia choose to let Chris into her heart, or will she remain broken and alone forever?

 The sun woke you up from your slumber and you weren’t even mad.  Usually waking up early put you in a sour mood for a little while, never appreciating the early days.  But this was different as you were still embraced in Chris’ arms, you were in his childhood home and met his family last night, it was Christmastime, and you Chris was going to show you around Boston today.  Looking over to Chris you watched as he slept for a few minutes longer before taking your pointer finger and trailing it around his face.  His nose started to crinkle and you held back a giggle at the face he was making.  It didn’t take long before his sleepy eyes started to open and you gave him a courteous smile.  “Morning beautiful” he stated in his half asleep voice that you loved so much. “Morning handsome” you replied with a kiss to his nose.  

You leaped out of bed and headed outside his bedroom and to the bathroom.  You did your morning duty and brushed your teeth, then hair.  When you were finished you walked back to Chris’ bedroom to get dressed.  You knew you would be outside for most of the day so you made sure to dress warm and with lots of layers.  You put on a tank top, t-shirt, and then a warm sweater.  Leggings lined your legs before you put on a pair of jeans.  While you were getting dressed, Chris was in the bathroom doing his morning duties.  He came back into his room while you were pulling up your jeans and wolf whistled at you.  “Damn sweetheart, your ass looks amazing in those leggings.”  You couldn’t help but plush at his comment.

The two of you walked downstairs and greeted everyone as they were already up and eating breakfast. Lisa told you to help yourselves and you started up a plate.  You made sure not to overload too much on food because it wouldn’t feel good walking around all day with an already full stomach.

After eating your meals, you said your goodbyes to everyone, bundled up in your winter coats, put on your scarf and headed out the door.  You had always wanted to visit the east coast because it was full of so much history.  Chris chuckled at your giddiness as you were bouncing around in your seat of the SUV; excitement evident on your face.  He leaned over and grasped your hand in his before putting it to his lips and giving it a kiss.  

As the two of you drove into Boston, Chris parked in a parking ramp that was more in the middle of the city.  After turning the SUV off, he turned towards you.  “Where to first?” he asked as his eyebrows rose awaiting your answer. “Harvard!” you cried out in excitement. Chris chuckled as he stated “Harvard it is.”

With your baseball hats and sunglasses on, you both exited the SUV and Chris led the way to Harvard University.   The school was on winter break so it wasn’t as busy as it normally would be and that was perfect for you to.  You strolled along the sidewalk, hand in hand with Chris, as you admired the beauty of the school.  You always admired the architecture from the old days as you never got to see anything like this back home.  Since Harvard University was right in the middle of Harvard Square, you decided to stop into a few shops and small bookstores.  Chris helped you pick out a few Christmas presents for his siblings and you were grateful for that.  You picked out a book for Scott as Chris told you it was one of his favorites growing up. He never owned it, and always ended up checking it out from the library.  You thought it was a nice gesture to bring him some fond memories of childhood.  For Lisa, Shanna, and Carly, you picked out a beautiful necklace for each of them.  All three matched except they each had a different color gem.  Chris said he had his nieces and nephews covered for their presents and he plans on giving it to them from the both of you.  You agreed that it would be a good idea.  

Your next destination was Beacon Hill.  Since Chris saw your reaction to the architecture of Harvard, he decided you would love Beacon Hill.  It was known as one of Boston’s most beautiful neighborhoods which were lined with well-kept brick homes in different styles.  He wasn’t wrong, that’s for sure.  Your jaw kept dropping with each house you passed as you were in utter real-estate bliss.  Each house was even more beautiful and fancier than the last and you decided that it was your dream to live in one of these homes.  

You started feeling a little uneasy and when you looked around, you realized why.  A few people were staring at you and Chris, some of them had their phones out and pointed in your direction.  Chris noticed you tense up beside him and looked to where your eyes traveled.  He placed his hand in yours, giving you a squeeze.  “Just ignore them Ems, that’s all you can do” he said in a gently tone. “Yeah…but…I just don’t want you to be embarrassed” you replied to him apprehensively.  Your statement made him stop dead in his tracks.  Stepping in front of you, his hands cupped your face and he tilted your head up.  “Baby why would I be embarrassed?” he asked you with confusion.  You shrugged at him, unsure of how to phrase what you were thinking. “Ems, do you think I’m embarrassed to be seen with you in public?”  You let out a sigh as you nodded your head.  He took that opportunity to prove you wrong as he leaned in and his lips seized yours.  The intensity of the kiss warming your entire body to the core.  Pulling away, he looked deep into your eyes, his gaze never faltering.  “I am not, nor will I ever be embarrassed to be seen with you Emilia.  Do you understand?” he stated the last bit with authority, the tone that made you tremble with arousal.  A small smile appeared on your lips as you nodded to him. “Good girl” he said giving your lips a few more pecks.  You bit your lip at him calling you a “good girl”, your arousal pooling in your panties. It had been too long since your last sexual escapade and you needed to feel him soon or else you were going to combust.  

The two of you continued on your stroll around Beacon Hill before deciding it was time to get lunch. Chris told you all about his favorite pub here in Boston and that is where you decided to get some food.  The pub itself was rather busy, last minute Christmas shoppers needed their strength to push through the crowded shops and malls.  Since Chris knew the owner, he sat you down at a table towards the back in the corner where it was less crowded.  You both resolved to have a cheeseburger with fries; your stomach grumbling at the thought of food.  All the walking around took its toll on you and you were starving.  You asked Chris to tell you his fondest memories of this pub and he did so without hesitation.  The way his eyes beamed relieving his early adult days here with friends made you realize that you didn’t want to hold back your feelings for him any longer.  You decided that sometime during your stay here with him in Boston you would tell him that you loved it.  You only hoped that he would express the same feelings as you did.  

The bartender came back with your food and another round of beers for you both.  You dug into your food immediately, humming as you chewed with appreciation of bar food.  It was always such a comfort food to you and now you knew why this was Chris’ favorite pub. The food was amazing, the beer was fantastic, and the atmosphere was very laid back.  You finished your food in record time, along with Chris, and sat there a little while longer as your stomachs digested its contents.  Chris paid the bill along with a very hefty tip and you too walked back into the cool December air, heading to your next destination.

You and Chris aimlessly walked around Boston the rest of the afternoon; him being your tourist guide and you admiring the architecture and history.  He kept his hand firmly placed in yours, giving it a comforting squeeze every so often.  Chris kept sneaking kisses to your face whenever you weren’t looking; on your forehead, cheeks, neck, and nose.  The small gesture filled your heart with pride and love.  You couldn’t believe you were spending Christmas with Chris in his hometown.  You couldn’t believe just how much he wanted you there with him.  

You finally realized how you were going to tell him that you loved him, a small smile creeping over your face.  Now you had to wait, wait a few more days until Christmas to give him your present.

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[architectnews]

10 futuristic architecture projects from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students

This school show by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute features speculative designs from current and former students, including a "shrine to science fiction" made from mechanical debris and a replacement for Steven Holl's Hunter's Point Library.

The projects were created as part of the students' undergraduate degrees at the Rensselaer School of Architecture in Troy, New York.

Although created in different years, all of the designs focus on the "benevolent power of architecture" to tackle the most pressing social and environmental concerns of our time.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

University: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, School of Architecture Courses: BArch

Statement from Evan Douglis, Dean of the Rensselaer School of Architecture:

"Situated within one of the premier technological research universities in the US, the School of Architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute works in collaboration with leading scientists, engineers, technologists, artists and entrepreneurs.

"Together, we reimagine the future built environment as an ecologically responsive, energy-efficient, socially conscious and poetically charged constellation of buildings and infrastructures that reinvigorate and empower diverse communities around the world.

"We believe in the benevolent power of architecture to contribute to the environmental restoration of our planet, to establish a more productive, harmonious and symbiotic relationship with the natural world and to imbue our buildings with an awe-inspiring sense of wonder and delight."

Biogas House & Turntable Garden by Aida Ayuk

"The tearing down of domestic objects into their constituent parts provides the backdrop for architectural speculation in this foundation studio. The house began as an investigation of the aesthetic categories of a household record player and the ways it transfers energy.

"The house is conceived as a system of overlapping domestic programmes that produce, store, circuit and consume energy. In this process, domestic waste is collected and processed into bio-slurry. The house consists of a one-storey podium surrounded by a turntable composed of storage tanks, skylights and digesters. The caretaker's tower consists of three rings, which intersect to form the living quarters around an interior balcony and composting tank."

Course: first-year BArch, 2019 Studio: Architectural Design 2 
Email: ayuka@rpi.edu Tutor: Rhett Russo

Thermo House by Emmy Chen

"This house consists of a constellation of globes, with each holding a different living area at its centre. The spaces where the spheres overlap allow for movement in-between. The house is set in a cold climate, so based on ecogeographical rules each room is formed with a minimum surface-area-to-volume ratio to prevent heat from dissipating and offer thermal insulation.

"The aggregation of the spheres results in valleyed intersections on the exterior. This is where the steel supports emerge and elevate the aggregates from the ground, creating a minimal footprint to further increase the building's energy efficiency."

Course: BArch, first year, 2019 Studio: Architectural Design 2 Email: cheny55@rpi.edu Tutor: Ryo Imaeda

Habitat Nexus by Daniel Rothbart and Andrew Tice

"In designing housing, we envision a way of life. We dream of utopia, imagine dystopia and hope to influence how we imagine communal living – as a network of relationships, even an ecology. Located on the riverfront in Cohoes, New York, this project is designated for residents nearing the Third Age, meaning people upwards of 65 years old.

"The intent of Habitat Nexus is to deliver on the promises of connection and community, which were originally espoused by technological platforms but which they failed to deliver. Through extreme architectural environments, this building awakens its inhabitants from their fabricated reality and enables new associations and relationships."

Course: BArch, second year, 2018 Studio: Architectural Design 4 – Housing Emails:  ticea@rpi.edu and rothbd@rpi.edu Tutor: Yael Erel

Cohoes Gateway Boathouse & Recycling Plant by Caroline Golota


"Beginning with a study of discarded mechanical objects, Cohoes Gateway repurposes waste into experimental architectural forms. The project takes a post-industrial site in upstate New York as its basis and seeks to update its hydroelectric power infrastructure in a contemporary way.

"Emerging renewable energy technologies are integrated into a spatial grammar reminiscent of geological configurations, combining both natural and artificial elements into a hybrid language. The network of tendril-like formations constituting the project's ground floor double as hydropower storage units and public spaces, which have the potential to branch out of the site and acquire an urban dimension."

Course: BArch, second year, 2017 Studio: Architectural Design Studio 3 Email: golotc@rpi.edu Tutor: Stefano Passeri

Botanical Library for Endangered Plants by Renwen "Annie" Yu

"This library proposal is located on the East River waterfront in Long Island City, New York, on the site of Steven Holl's recently completed Hunter's Point Library. It reconsiders the function of a library in contemporary society and, rather than primarily storing books, serves as a botanical archive designed to educate visitors about plant species that are at risk of extinction due to climate change.

"The project also reconsiders the image of a library, with its form and aesthetics derived from 'glitched', projected images of OMA's Seattle Public Library. The facade is an exploration of colour and complexity, realised via full-scale 3D-printed panels."

Course: BArch, third year, 2020 Studio: Integrated Design Schematic Studio Email: yur2@rpi.edu Tutor: Adam Dayem

Museum of Science Fiction & Speculative Media by Ayesha Ayesha

"Science fiction tells us about the world we live in by exploring the present through images of the future. In this way, it serves a critical function. Apocalyptic visions, utopian futures and social experiments are all familiar scenarios found in this multilayered and complex genre.

"The Museum of Science Fiction & Speculative Media, located at 57 State St Albany, New York, is an elaborate shrine dedicated to science fiction. This referential mass contains a series of gallery spaces, exhibiting a robust timeline of the genre supported by a theater and performance space, media research labs, administrative offices and retail spaces."


Course: third-year BArch, 2018 Studio: Integrated Design Schematic Studio 
Email: ayesha@rpi.edu Tutor: Matthew Lopez

Expo '51 Detroit by Cody Seipp

"This project imagines a world in which Amazon began orchestrating a redevelopment plan for Detroit in 2018. The revamped image of the city centres around Amazon's new headquarters, while rejecting cars in favour of a public transport system and pedestrian walkways.

"The urban overhaul would conclude with Expo '51, an international exhibition welcoming works by celebrity architects to increase tourism and give Detroit a global presence. As such, this project seeks to engage with the ongoing tension between architecture and capital, public and private use, civic and corporate space."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2018 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: cdseipp@gmail.com Tutor: Chris Perry

Intimatopia by Mincong Huang

"Intimatopia explores how the increasing speed of cultural production and bifurcation can disrupt existing urban fabrics, in the hope of ultimately fostering a new sense of togetherness. Clustered habitats are injected into the cityscape and interconnected through synchronised electronic drum beats, reminiscent of the emergent collectivity of the 1980s.

"Yet, through this constant shape-shifting, it becomes apparent that togetherness dissolves into each and every one of us. Through the agency of our bodies, it has become impossible to capture our culture in the built environment. This stability has long been forgotten and what unites us as a community is also what inspired the forgetting in the first place. Sounds and rhythms are the only monuments that communicate and reverberate togetherness across the new cityscape."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2018-19 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: huangm5@rpi.edu Tutor: Carla Leitao

Power – After the Flame by Varun Chillara

"Politics and power in architecture have reemerged as prominent topics in the last decade and the increasing instability of international political structures has correspondingly influenced the built environment.

"Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984, and will again host the Olympic Games in 2028. However, when they come to a close and the flame is extinguished, what will become of these venues? This project charts the interaction between different social and technological scenarios at varying scales from the city to the individual, so we can identify obvious but latent conditions that continue to affect today's city."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2017-18 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: varunkamesh22@gmail.com Tutor: Brian De Luna

Beyond Ornament: Transforming the Mundane & Overlooked by Claire Liu


"The advent of digital technologies in architecture has opened up new possibilities for design. With the tools at our disposal today, ornaments can be pushed into unexplored territory by assembling them in a new way.

"Through excessive use, ornaments lose their decorative character and become something new. In order to push beyond the decorative, this project investigates the representational and functional dimensions of ornamentation in architecture. Through exploring excessiveness, a new artefact emerges based on the typology of a motel on Route 66."


Course: fifth-year BArch, 2017-18 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio 
Email: lliuj18@gmail.com Tutor: William Virgil

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About Architectural Digest

Let’s talk about the architectural digest issue. It’s 7 AM and I’m already seeing so many misconceptions.

Architectural digest has two issues is that release on the 1st of every month Architectural Digest Style (the main one) and Architectural Digest Celebrity Style. The issue that releases will be for the following month not the current. For example on Dec 1 the January issue releases, on Jan 1 the February issue releases and on Feb 1 it’s March and so on.

On August 1st the September issue released and on the cover was John legend and his wife Chrissy Tiegan and the rest of their adorable family, this is the issue that I will be using as an example.

Today September 1 and the October issue will be released.

Later today, those who have subscriptions to the website and to the physical copies will see who is on the cover for October (this months issue). If you don’t have either of those, Architectural Digest is so kind that they will post all of the articles in that issue sporadically throughout the month. You know whether an article was in the issue because it will be titled Magazine and it will say it at the bottom just like so:

Here is Winnie’s article it was in the issue.

A lot of the time the person who is on the cover gets extra content like an Open Door AD interview that will be posted to YouTube. Here is John Legend’s and Winnie Harlow’s

Web-Exclusive Content

Architectural digest also has Web Exclusive Content meaning that it is exclusive to the website and is not in any issue. A lot of the time web exclusive content are home tours done by or for celebrity designers, time-period inspired homes, and just pretty houses in general but every once in a while a celebrity will get a Web exclusive home tour and interview. Which in my eyes, sometimes, they look a lot like the interviews inside of the issue.

They are paired with an Open Door AD posted to YouTube not always, but a good majority of the time. Amanda Seyfried, Chloe Fineman, and Ashley Benson had a Web exclusive home tour interview that included an open door AD.

You can find all the Web Exclusive Content right here: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/topic/web-exclusive-home-tour

Celebrity Real Estate

Lastly, and most importantly, we are going to discuss the real estate, or rather the celebrity real estate section of Architectural Digest.

On first glance, there are three forms of articles that go in that section Buying, Selling, and an Inside Portfolio. The first two are self-explanatory they are articles that contain how much the house is being sold or bought for where it is located, and some of the features inside of the house. Sometimes these articles can make a small comment about the relationship status of said celebrities, sometimes the article is just about the house. For example Shaun White’s and Nina Dobrev article debunked their engagement rumors. (whether AD was the first source to debunk their engagement rumors is unclear to me)

An inside portfolio is an article about a celebrity’s previous homes (usually at least three) sometimes more the article will end with the home that the celebrity is currently living in and the majority of the time these articles include that the celebrity is updating, renovating, or adding an addition to their home. They will also announce who is designing their house. Here is Sarah Jessica Parker’s Inside Portfolio and here is snippet of the update and who is redesigning her home:

Her article also includes details about her relationship with her husband.

And just as another example here is a snippet of the update given about Nick Cannon’s home

Just on first glance these forms of articles do not include any pictures of their current homes. It also looks to me that these aren’t actual official sit down interviews. It is just rehashing what is already out there or is public knowledge. All of these articles are also quoting old interviews done with Architectural Digest other magazines. But that is just based on first glance.

Light and Dwell

Lastly, about Light and Dwell It is very important to note that the house that is allegedly Chris’ is their last project for the year and is set to be done by the end of fall. they have been featured on Architectural Digest three times before here are their articles:

My Opinion

Here is my personal opinion based on what Lonesome has told us. It seems to me what Lonesome is describing is an Inside Portfolio article My only issue with that is there will allegedly be pictures of the inside of his house. But the inside portfolio usually doesn’t include any pictures so I’m confused maybe it’s not. I do know that this kind of article does plug in the designers. I can also see him doing similar to what Amanda Seyfried did, and the only problem is hers did not go in the real estate section. It was just a web exclusive interview, her interview included pictures, but not the kind that revealed too much and still kept a bit of privacy she’s also one of the few celebrities that did a web exclusive interview but didn’t do the open door YouTube interview. Which I can’t see him doing either. it’s just an educated guess based on what I know.

It is possible that the article is actually for Light and Dwell designing Chris Evans house, but won’t necessarily be receiving an interview from Chris Evans. We’ll just have to wait and see it’s just a guess.

I hope that this has taught you something, and you remain educated for the rest of the month. Like lonesome has said these interviews come out sporadically throughout the month so we’ll just have to wait and see. And we’ll discuss on September 30 if not earlier.

Please let me know if you’re confused on anything.

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10 futuristic architecture projects from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students

This school show by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute features speculative designs from current and former students, including a "shrine to science fiction" made from mechanical debris and a replacement for Steven Holl's Hunter's Point Library.

The projects were created as part of the students' undergraduate degrees at the Rensselaer School of Architecture in Troy, New York.

Although created in different years, all of the designs focus on the "benevolent power of architecture" to tackle the most pressing social and environmental concerns of our time.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

University: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, School of Architecture Courses: BArch

Statement from Evan Douglis, Dean of the Rensselaer School of Architecture:

"Situated within one of the premier technological research universities in the US, the School of Architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute works in collaboration with leading scientists, engineers, technologists, artists and entrepreneurs.

"Together, we reimagine the future built environment as an ecologically responsive, energy-efficient, socially conscious and poetically charged constellation of buildings and infrastructures that reinvigorate and empower diverse communities around the world.

"We believe in the benevolent power of architecture to contribute to the environmental restoration of our planet, to establish a more productive, harmonious and symbiotic relationship with the natural world and to imbue our buildings with an awe-inspiring sense of wonder and delight."

Biogas House & Turntable Garden by Aida Ayuk

"The tearing down of domestic objects into their constituent parts provides the backdrop for architectural speculation in this foundation studio. The house began as an investigation of the aesthetic categories of a household record player and the ways it transfers energy.

"The house is conceived as a system of overlapping domestic programmes that produce, store, circuit and consume energy. In this process, domestic waste is collected and processed into bio-slurry. The house consists of a one-storey podium surrounded by a turntable composed of storage tanks, skylights and digesters. The caretaker's tower consists of three rings, which intersect to form the living quarters around an interior balcony and composting tank."

Course: first-year BArch, 2019 Studio: Architectural Design 2 
Email: ayuka@rpi.edu Tutor: Rhett Russo

Thermo House by Emmy Chen

"This house consists of a constellation of globes, with each holding a different living area at its centre. The spaces where the spheres overlap allow for movement in-between. The house is set in a cold climate, so based on ecogeographical rules each room is formed with a minimum surface-area-to-volume ratio to prevent heat from dissipating and offer thermal insulation.

"The aggregation of the spheres results in valleyed intersections on the exterior. This is where the steel supports emerge and elevate the aggregates from the ground, creating a minimal footprint to further increase the building's energy efficiency."

Course: BArch, first year, 2019 Studio: Architectural Design 2 Email: cheny55@rpi.edu Tutor: Ryo Imaeda

Habitat Nexus by Daniel Rothbart and Andrew Tice

"In designing housing, we envision a way of life. We dream of utopia, imagine dystopia and hope to influence how we imagine communal living – as a network of relationships, even an ecology. Located on the riverfront in Cohoes, New York, this project is designated for residents nearing the Third Age, meaning people upwards of 65 years old.

"The intent of Habitat Nexus is to deliver on the promises of connection and community, which were originally espoused by technological platforms but which they failed to deliver. Through extreme architectural environments, this building awakens its inhabitants from their fabricated reality and enables new associations and relationships."

Course: BArch, second year, 2018 Studio: Architectural Design 4 – Housing Emails:  ticea@rpi.edu and rothbd@rpi.edu Tutor: Yael Erel

Cohoes Gateway Boathouse & Recycling Plant by Caroline Golota


"Beginning with a study of discarded mechanical objects, Cohoes Gateway repurposes waste into experimental architectural forms. The project takes a post-industrial site in upstate New York as its basis and seeks to update its hydroelectric power infrastructure in a contemporary way.

"Emerging renewable energy technologies are integrated into a spatial grammar reminiscent of geological configurations, combining both natural and artificial elements into a hybrid language. The network of tendril-like formations constituting the project's ground floor double as hydropower storage units and public spaces, which have the potential to branch out of the site and acquire an urban dimension."

Course: BArch, second year, 2017 Studio: Architectural Design Studio 3 Email: golotc@rpi.edu Tutor: Stefano Passeri

Botanical Library for Endangered Plants by Renwen "Annie" Yu

"This library proposal is located on the East River waterfront in Long Island City, New York, on the site of Steven Holl's recently completed Hunter's Point Library. It reconsiders the function of a library in contemporary society and, rather than primarily storing books, serves as a botanical archive designed to educate visitors about plant species that are at risk of extinction due to climate change.

"The project also reconsiders the image of a library, with its form and aesthetics derived from 'glitched', projected images of OMA's Seattle Public Library. The facade is an exploration of colour and complexity, realised via full-scale 3D-printed panels."

Course: BArch, third year, 2020 Studio: Integrated Design Schematic Studio Email: yur2@rpi.edu Tutor: Adam Dayem

Museum of Science Fiction & Speculative Media by Ayesha Ayesha

"Science fiction tells us about the world we live in by exploring the present through images of the future. In this way, it serves a critical function. Apocalyptic visions, utopian futures and social experiments are all familiar scenarios found in this multilayered and complex genre.

"The Museum of Science Fiction & Speculative Media, located at 57 State St Albany, New York, is an elaborate shrine dedicated to science fiction. This referential mass contains a series of gallery spaces, exhibiting a robust timeline of the genre supported by a theater and performance space, media research labs, administrative offices and retail spaces."


Course: third-year BArch, 2018 Studio: Integrated Design Schematic Studio 
Email: ayesha@rpi.edu Tutor: Matthew Lopez

Expo '51 Detroit by Cody Seipp

"This project imagines a world in which Amazon began orchestrating a redevelopment plan for Detroit in 2018. The revamped image of the city centres around Amazon's new headquarters, while rejecting cars in favour of a public transport system and pedestrian walkways.

"The urban overhaul would conclude with Expo '51, an international exhibition welcoming works by celebrity architects to increase tourism and give Detroit a global presence. As such, this project seeks to engage with the ongoing tension between architecture and capital, public and private use, civic and corporate space."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2018 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: cdseipp@gmail.com Tutor: Chris Perry

Intimatopia by Mincong Huang

"Intimatopia explores how the increasing speed of cultural production and bifurcation can disrupt existing urban fabrics, in the hope of ultimately fostering a new sense of togetherness. Clustered habitats are injected into the cityscape and interconnected through synchronised electronic drum beats, reminiscent of the emergent collectivity of the 1980s.

"Yet, through this constant shape-shifting, it becomes apparent that togetherness dissolves into each and every one of us. Through the agency of our bodies, it has become impossible to capture our culture in the built environment. This stability has long been forgotten and what unites us as a community is also what inspired the forgetting in the first place. Sounds and rhythms are the only monuments that communicate and reverberate togetherness across the new cityscape."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2018-19 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: huangm5@rpi.edu Tutor: Carla Leitao

Power – After the Flame by Varun Chillara

"Politics and power in architecture have reemerged as prominent topics in the last decade and the increasing instability of international political structures has correspondingly influenced the built environment.

"Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984, and will again host the Olympic Games in 2028. However, when they come to a close and the flame is extinguished, what will become of these venues? This project charts the interaction between different social and technological scenarios at varying scales from the city to the individual, so we can identify obvious but latent conditions that continue to affect today's city."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2017-18 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: varunkamesh22@gmail.com Tutor: Brian De Luna

Beyond Ornament: Transforming the Mundane & Overlooked by Claire Liu


"The advent of digital technologies in architecture has opened up new possibilities for design. With the tools at our disposal today, ornaments can be pushed into unexplored territory by assembling them in a new way.

"Through excessive use, ornaments lose their decorative character and become something new. In order to push beyond the decorative, this project investigates the representational and functional dimensions of ornamentation in architecture. Through exploring excessiveness, a new artefact emerges based on the typology of a motel on Route 66."


Course: fifth-year BArch, 2017-18 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio 
Email: lliuj18@gmail.com Tutor: William Virgil

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10 futuristic architecture projects from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students

This school show by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute features speculative designs from current and former students, including a "shrine to science fiction" made from mechanical debris and a replacement for Steven Holl's Hunter's Point Library.

The projects were created as part of the students' undergraduate degrees at the Rensselaer School of Architecture in Troy, New York.

Although created in different years, all of the designs focus on the "benevolent power of architecture" to tackle the most pressing social and environmental concerns of our time.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

University: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, School of Architecture Courses: BArch

Statement from Evan Douglis, Dean of the Rensselaer School of Architecture:

"Situated within one of the premier technological research universities in the US, the School of Architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute works in collaboration with leading scientists, engineers, technologists, artists and entrepreneurs.

"Together, we reimagine the future built environment as an ecologically responsive, energy-efficient, socially conscious and poetically charged constellation of buildings and infrastructures that reinvigorate and empower diverse communities around the world.

"We believe in the benevolent power of architecture to contribute to the environmental restoration of our planet, to establish a more productive, harmonious and symbiotic relationship with the natural world and to imbue our buildings with an awe-inspiring sense of wonder and delight."

Biogas House & Turntable Garden by Aida Ayuk

"The tearing down of domestic objects into their constituent parts provides the backdrop for architectural speculation in this foundation studio. The house began as an investigation of the aesthetic categories of a household record player and the ways it transfers energy.

"The house is conceived as a system of overlapping domestic programmes that produce, store, circuit and consume energy. In this process, domestic waste is collected and processed into bio-slurry. The house consists of a one-storey podium surrounded by a turntable composed of storage tanks, skylights and digesters. The caretaker's tower consists of three rings, which intersect to form the living quarters around an interior balcony and composting tank."

Course: first-year BArch, 2019 Studio: Architectural Design 2 
Email: ayuka@rpi.edu Tutor: Rhett Russo

Thermo House by Emmy Chen

"This house consists of a constellation of globes, with each holding a different living area at its centre. The spaces where the spheres overlap allow for movement in-between. The house is set in a cold climate, so based on ecogeographical rules each room is formed with a minimum surface-area-to-volume ratio to prevent heat from dissipating and offer thermal insulation.

"The aggregation of the spheres results in valleyed intersections on the exterior. This is where the steel supports emerge and elevate the aggregates from the ground, creating a minimal footprint to further increase the building's energy efficiency."

Course: BArch, first year, 2019 Studio: Architectural Design 2 Email: cheny55@rpi.edu Tutor: Ryo Imaeda

Habitat Nexus by Daniel Rothbart and Andrew Tice

"In designing housing, we envision a way of life. We dream of utopia, imagine dystopia and hope to influence how we imagine communal living – as a network of relationships, even an ecology. Located on the riverfront in Cohoes, New York, this project is designated for residents nearing the Third Age, meaning people upwards of 65 years old.

"The intent of Habitat Nexus is to deliver on the promises of connection and community, which were originally espoused by technological platforms but which they failed to deliver. Through extreme architectural environments, this building awakens its inhabitants from their fabricated reality and enables new associations and relationships."

Course: BArch, second year, 2018 Studio: Architectural Design 4 – Housing Emails:  ticea@rpi.edu and rothbd@rpi.edu Tutor: Yael Erel

Cohoes Gateway Boathouse & Recycling Plant by Caroline Golota


"Beginning with a study of discarded mechanical objects, Cohoes Gateway repurposes waste into experimental architectural forms. The project takes a post-industrial site in upstate New York as its basis and seeks to update its hydroelectric power infrastructure in a contemporary way.

"Emerging renewable energy technologies are integrated into a spatial grammar reminiscent of geological configurations, combining both natural and artificial elements into a hybrid language. The network of tendril-like formations constituting the project's ground floor double as hydropower storage units and public spaces, which have the potential to branch out of the site and acquire an urban dimension."

Course: BArch, second year, 2017 Studio: Architectural Design Studio 3 Email: golotc@rpi.edu Tutor: Stefano Passeri

Botanical Library for Endangered Plants by Renwen "Annie" Yu

"This library proposal is located on the East River waterfront in Long Island City, New York, on the site of Steven Holl's recently completed Hunter's Point Library. It reconsiders the function of a library in contemporary society and, rather than primarily storing books, serves as a botanical archive designed to educate visitors about plant species that are at risk of extinction due to climate change.

"The project also reconsiders the image of a library, with its form and aesthetics derived from 'glitched', projected images of OMA's Seattle Public Library. The facade is an exploration of colour and complexity, realised via full-scale 3D-printed panels."

Course: BArch, third year, 2020 Studio: Integrated Design Schematic Studio Email: yur2@rpi.edu Tutor: Adam Dayem

Museum of Science Fiction & Speculative Media by Ayesha Ayesha

"Science fiction tells us about the world we live in by exploring the present through images of the future. In this way, it serves a critical function. Apocalyptic visions, utopian futures and social experiments are all familiar scenarios found in this multilayered and complex genre.

"The Museum of Science Fiction & Speculative Media, located at 57 State St Albany, New York, is an elaborate shrine dedicated to science fiction. This referential mass contains a series of gallery spaces, exhibiting a robust timeline of the genre supported by a theater and performance space, media research labs, administrative offices and retail spaces."


Course: third-year BArch, 2018 Studio: Integrated Design Schematic Studio 
Email: ayesha@rpi.edu Tutor: Matthew Lopez

Expo '51 Detroit by Cody Seipp

"This project imagines a world in which Amazon began orchestrating a redevelopment plan for Detroit in 2018. The revamped image of the city centres around Amazon's new headquarters, while rejecting cars in favour of a public transport system and pedestrian walkways.

"The urban overhaul would conclude with Expo '51, an international exhibition welcoming works by celebrity architects to increase tourism and give Detroit a global presence. As such, this project seeks to engage with the ongoing tension between architecture and capital, public and private use, civic and corporate space."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2018 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: cdseipp@gmail.com Tutor: Chris Perry

Intimatopia by Mincong Huang

"Intimatopia explores how the increasing speed of cultural production and bifurcation can disrupt existing urban fabrics, in the hope of ultimately fostering a new sense of togetherness. Clustered habitats are injected into the cityscape and interconnected through synchronised electronic drum beats, reminiscent of the emergent collectivity of the 1980s.

"Yet, through this constant shape-shifting, it becomes apparent that togetherness dissolves into each and every one of us. Through the agency of our bodies, it has become impossible to capture our culture in the built environment. This stability has long been forgotten and what unites us as a community is also what inspired the forgetting in the first place. Sounds and rhythms are the only monuments that communicate and reverberate togetherness across the new cityscape."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2018-19 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: huangm5@rpi.edu Tutor: Carla Leitao

Power – After the Flame by Varun Chillara

"Politics and power in architecture have reemerged as prominent topics in the last decade and the increasing instability of international political structures has correspondingly influenced the built environment.

"Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984, and will again host the Olympic Games in 2028. However, when they come to a close and the flame is extinguished, what will become of these venues? This project charts the interaction between different social and technological scenarios at varying scales from the city to the individual, so we can identify obvious but latent conditions that continue to affect today's city."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2017-18 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: varunkamesh22@gmail.com Tutor: Brian De Luna

Beyond Ornament: Transforming the Mundane & Overlooked by Claire Liu


"The advent of digital technologies in architecture has opened up new possibilities for design. With the tools at our disposal today, ornaments can be pushed into unexplored territory by assembling them in a new way.

"Through excessive use, ornaments lose their decorative character and become something new. In order to push beyond the decorative, this project investigates the representational and functional dimensions of ornamentation in architecture. Through exploring excessiveness, a new artefact emerges based on the typology of a motel on Route 66."


Course: fifth-year BArch, 2017-18 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio 
Email: lliuj18@gmail.com Tutor: William Virgil

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10 futuristic architecture projects from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students

This school show by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute features speculative designs from current and former students, including a "shrine to science fiction" made from mechanical debris and a replacement for Steven Holl's Hunter's Point Library.

The projects were created as part of the students' undergraduate degrees at the Rensselaer School of Architecture in Troy, New York.

Although created in different years, all of the designs focus on the "benevolent power of architecture" to tackle the most pressing social and environmental concerns of our time.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

University: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, School of Architecture Courses: BArch

Statement from Evan Douglis, Dean of the Rensselaer School of Architecture:

"Situated within one of the premier technological research universities in the US, the School of Architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute works in collaboration with leading scientists, engineers, technologists, artists and entrepreneurs.

"Together, we reimagine the future built environment as an ecologically responsive, energy-efficient, socially conscious and poetically charged constellation of buildings and infrastructures that reinvigorate and empower diverse communities around the world.

"We believe in the benevolent power of architecture to contribute to the environmental restoration of our planet, to establish a more productive, harmonious and symbiotic relationship with the natural world and to imbue our buildings with an awe-inspiring sense of wonder and delight."

Biogas House & Turntable Garden by Aida Ayuk

"The tearing down of domestic objects into their constituent parts provides the backdrop for architectural speculation in this foundation studio. The house began as an investigation of the aesthetic categories of a household record player and the ways it transfers energy.

"The house is conceived as a system of overlapping domestic programmes that produce, store, circuit and consume energy. In this process, domestic waste is collected and processed into bio-slurry. The house consists of a one-storey podium surrounded by a turntable composed of storage tanks, skylights and digesters. The caretaker's tower consists of three rings, which intersect to form the living quarters around an interior balcony and composting tank."

Course: first-year BArch, 2019 Studio: Architectural Design 2 
Email: ayuka@rpi.edu Tutor: Rhett Russo

Thermo House by Emmy Chen

"This house consists of a constellation of globes, with each holding a different living area at its centre. The spaces where the spheres overlap allow for movement in-between. The house is set in a cold climate, so based on ecogeographical rules each room is formed with a minimum surface-area-to-volume ratio to prevent heat from dissipating and offer thermal insulation.

"The aggregation of the spheres results in valleyed intersections on the exterior. This is where the steel supports emerge and elevate the aggregates from the ground, creating a minimal footprint to further increase the building's energy efficiency."

Course: BArch, first year, 2019 Studio: Architectural Design 2 Email: cheny55@rpi.edu Tutor: Ryo Imaeda

Habitat Nexus by Daniel Rothbart and Andrew Tice

"In designing housing, we envision a way of life. We dream of utopia, imagine dystopia and hope to influence how we imagine communal living – as a network of relationships, even an ecology. Located on the riverfront in Cohoes, New York, this project is designated for residents nearing the Third Age, meaning people upwards of 65 years old.

"The intent of Habitat Nexus is to deliver on the promises of connection and community, which were originally espoused by technological platforms but which they failed to deliver. Through extreme architectural environments, this building awakens its inhabitants from their fabricated reality and enables new associations and relationships."

Course: BArch, second year, 2018 Studio: Architectural Design 4 – Housing Emails:  ticea@rpi.edu and rothbd@rpi.edu Tutor: Yael Erel

Cohoes Gateway Boathouse & Recycling Plant by Caroline Golota


"Beginning with a study of discarded mechanical objects, Cohoes Gateway repurposes waste into experimental architectural forms. The project takes a post-industrial site in upstate New York as its basis and seeks to update its hydroelectric power infrastructure in a contemporary way.

"Emerging renewable energy technologies are integrated into a spatial grammar reminiscent of geological configurations, combining both natural and artificial elements into a hybrid language. The network of tendril-like formations constituting the project's ground floor double as hydropower storage units and public spaces, which have the potential to branch out of the site and acquire an urban dimension."

Course: BArch, second year, 2017 Studio: Architectural Design Studio 3 Email: golotc@rpi.edu Tutor: Stefano Passeri

Botanical Library for Endangered Plants by Renwen "Annie" Yu

"This library proposal is located on the East River waterfront in Long Island City, New York, on the site of Steven Holl's recently completed Hunter's Point Library. It reconsiders the function of a library in contemporary society and, rather than primarily storing books, serves as a botanical archive designed to educate visitors about plant species that are at risk of extinction due to climate change.

"The project also reconsiders the image of a library, with its form and aesthetics derived from 'glitched', projected images of OMA's Seattle Public Library. The facade is an exploration of colour and complexity, realised via full-scale 3D-printed panels."

Course: BArch, third year, 2020 Studio: Integrated Design Schematic Studio Email: yur2@rpi.edu Tutor: Adam Dayem

Museum of Science Fiction & Speculative Media by Ayesha Ayesha

"Science fiction tells us about the world we live in by exploring the present through images of the future. In this way, it serves a critical function. Apocalyptic visions, utopian futures and social experiments are all familiar scenarios found in this multilayered and complex genre.

"The Museum of Science Fiction & Speculative Media, located at 57 State St Albany, New York, is an elaborate shrine dedicated to science fiction. This referential mass contains a series of gallery spaces, exhibiting a robust timeline of the genre supported by a theater and performance space, media research labs, administrative offices and retail spaces."


Course: third-year BArch, 2018 Studio: Integrated Design Schematic Studio 
Email: ayesha@rpi.edu Tutor: Matthew Lopez

Expo '51 Detroit by Cody Seipp

"This project imagines a world in which Amazon began orchestrating a redevelopment plan for Detroit in 2018. The revamped image of the city centres around Amazon's new headquarters, while rejecting cars in favour of a public transport system and pedestrian walkways.

"The urban overhaul would conclude with Expo '51, an international exhibition welcoming works by celebrity architects to increase tourism and give Detroit a global presence. As such, this project seeks to engage with the ongoing tension between architecture and capital, public and private use, civic and corporate space."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2018 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: cdseipp@gmail.com Tutor: Chris Perry

Intimatopia by Mincong Huang

"Intimatopia explores how the increasing speed of cultural production and bifurcation can disrupt existing urban fabrics, in the hope of ultimately fostering a new sense of togetherness. Clustered habitats are injected into the cityscape and interconnected through synchronised electronic drum beats, reminiscent of the emergent collectivity of the 1980s.

"Yet, through this constant shape-shifting, it becomes apparent that togetherness dissolves into each and every one of us. Through the agency of our bodies, it has become impossible to capture our culture in the built environment. This stability has long been forgotten and what unites us as a community is also what inspired the forgetting in the first place. Sounds and rhythms are the only monuments that communicate and reverberate togetherness across the new cityscape."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2018-19 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: huangm5@rpi.edu Tutor: Carla Leitao

Power – After the Flame by Varun Chillara

"Politics and power in architecture have reemerged as prominent topics in the last decade and the increasing instability of international political structures has correspondingly influenced the built environment.

"Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984, and will again host the Olympic Games in 2028. However, when they come to a close and the flame is extinguished, what will become of these venues? This project charts the interaction between different social and technological scenarios at varying scales from the city to the individual, so we can identify obvious but latent conditions that continue to affect today's city."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2017-18 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: varunkamesh22@gmail.com Tutor: Brian De Luna

Beyond Ornament: Transforming the Mundane & Overlooked by Claire Liu


"The advent of digital technologies in architecture has opened up new possibilities for design. With the tools at our disposal today, ornaments can be pushed into unexplored territory by assembling them in a new way.

"Through excessive use, ornaments lose their decorative character and become something new. In order to push beyond the decorative, this project investigates the representational and functional dimensions of ornamentation in architecture. Through exploring excessiveness, a new artefact emerges based on the typology of a motel on Route 66."


Course: fifth-year BArch, 2017-18 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio 
Email: lliuj18@gmail.com Tutor: William Virgil

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10 futuristic architecture projects from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students

This school show by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute features speculative designs from current and former students, including a "shrine to science fiction" made from mechanical debris and a replacement for Steven Holl's Hunter's Point Library.

The projects were created as part of the students' undergraduate degrees at the Rensselaer School of Architecture in Troy, New York.

Although created in different years, all of the designs focus on the "benevolent power of architecture" to tackle the most pressing social and environmental concerns of our time.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

University: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, School of Architecture Courses: BArch

Statement from Evan Douglis, Dean of the Rensselaer School of Architecture:

"Situated within one of the premier technological research universities in the US, the School of Architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute works in collaboration with leading scientists, engineers, technologists, artists and entrepreneurs.

"Together, we reimagine the future built environment as an ecologically responsive, energy-efficient, socially conscious and poetically charged constellation of buildings and infrastructures that reinvigorate and empower diverse communities around the world.

"We believe in the benevolent power of architecture to contribute to the environmental restoration of our planet, to establish a more productive, harmonious and symbiotic relationship with the natural world and to imbue our buildings with an awe-inspiring sense of wonder and delight."

Biogas House & Turntable Garden by Aida Ayuk

"The tearing down of domestic objects into their constituent parts provides the backdrop for architectural speculation in this foundation studio. The house began as an investigation of the aesthetic categories of a household record player and the ways it transfers energy.

"The house is conceived as a system of overlapping domestic programmes that produce, store, circuit and consume energy. In this process, domestic waste is collected and processed into bio-slurry. The house consists of a one-storey podium surrounded by a turntable composed of storage tanks, skylights and digesters. The caretaker's tower consists of three rings, which intersect to form the living quarters around an interior balcony and composting tank."

Course: first-year BArch, 2019 Studio: Architectural Design 2 
Email: ayuka@rpi.edu Tutor: Rhett Russo

Thermo House by Emmy Chen

"This house consists of a constellation of globes, with each holding a different living area at its centre. The spaces where the spheres overlap allow for movement in-between. The house is set in a cold climate, so based on ecogeographical rules each room is formed with a minimum surface-area-to-volume ratio to prevent heat from dissipating and offer thermal insulation.

"The aggregation of the spheres results in valleyed intersections on the exterior. This is where the steel supports emerge and elevate the aggregates from the ground, creating a minimal footprint to further increase the building's energy efficiency."

Course: BArch, first year, 2019 Studio: Architectural Design 2 Email: cheny55@rpi.edu Tutor: Ryo Imaeda

Habitat Nexus by Daniel Rothbart and Andrew Tice

"In designing housing, we envision a way of life. We dream of utopia, imagine dystopia and hope to influence how we imagine communal living – as a network of relationships, even an ecology. Located on the riverfront in Cohoes, New York, this project is designated for residents nearing the Third Age, meaning people upwards of 65 years old.

"The intent of Habitat Nexus is to deliver on the promises of connection and community, which were originally espoused by technological platforms but which they failed to deliver. Through extreme architectural environments, this building awakens its inhabitants from their fabricated reality and enables new associations and relationships."

Course: BArch, second year, 2018 Studio: Architectural Design 4 – Housing Emails:  ticea@rpi.edu and rothbd@rpi.edu Tutor: Yael Erel

Cohoes Gateway Boathouse & Recycling Plant by Caroline Golota


"Beginning with a study of discarded mechanical objects, Cohoes Gateway repurposes waste into experimental architectural forms. The project takes a post-industrial site in upstate New York as its basis and seeks to update its hydroelectric power infrastructure in a contemporary way.

"Emerging renewable energy technologies are integrated into a spatial grammar reminiscent of geological configurations, combining both natural and artificial elements into a hybrid language. The network of tendril-like formations constituting the project's ground floor double as hydropower storage units and public spaces, which have the potential to branch out of the site and acquire an urban dimension."

Course: BArch, second year, 2017 Studio: Architectural Design Studio 3 Email: golotc@rpi.edu Tutor: Stefano Passeri

Botanical Library for Endangered Plants by Renwen "Annie" Yu

"This library proposal is located on the East River waterfront in Long Island City, New York, on the site of Steven Holl's recently completed Hunter's Point Library. It reconsiders the function of a library in contemporary society and, rather than primarily storing books, serves as a botanical archive designed to educate visitors about plant species that are at risk of extinction due to climate change.

"The project also reconsiders the image of a library, with its form and aesthetics derived from 'glitched', projected images of OMA's Seattle Public Library. The facade is an exploration of colour and complexity, realised via full-scale 3D-printed panels."

Course: BArch, third year, 2020 Studio: Integrated Design Schematic Studio Email: yur2@rpi.edu Tutor: Adam Dayem

Museum of Science Fiction & Speculative Media by Ayesha Ayesha

"Science fiction tells us about the world we live in by exploring the present through images of the future. In this way, it serves a critical function. Apocalyptic visions, utopian futures and social experiments are all familiar scenarios found in this multilayered and complex genre.

"The Museum of Science Fiction & Speculative Media, located at 57 State St Albany, New York, is an elaborate shrine dedicated to science fiction. This referential mass contains a series of gallery spaces, exhibiting a robust timeline of the genre supported by a theater and performance space, media research labs, administrative offices and retail spaces."


Course: third-year BArch, 2018 Studio: Integrated Design Schematic Studio 
Email: ayesha@rpi.edu Tutor: Matthew Lopez

Expo '51 Detroit by Cody Seipp

"This project imagines a world in which Amazon began orchestrating a redevelopment plan for Detroit in 2018. The revamped image of the city centres around Amazon's new headquarters, while rejecting cars in favour of a public transport system and pedestrian walkways.

"The urban overhaul would conclude with Expo '51, an international exhibition welcoming works by celebrity architects to increase tourism and give Detroit a global presence. As such, this project seeks to engage with the ongoing tension between architecture and capital, public and private use, civic and corporate space."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2018 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: cdseipp@gmail.com Tutor: Chris Perry

Intimatopia by Mincong Huang

"Intimatopia explores how the increasing speed of cultural production and bifurcation can disrupt existing urban fabrics, in the hope of ultimately fostering a new sense of togetherness. Clustered habitats are injected into the cityscape and interconnected through synchronised electronic drum beats, reminiscent of the emergent collectivity of the 1980s.

"Yet, through this constant shape-shifting, it becomes apparent that togetherness dissolves into each and every one of us. Through the agency of our bodies, it has become impossible to capture our culture in the built environment. This stability has long been forgotten and what unites us as a community is also what inspired the forgetting in the first place. Sounds and rhythms are the only monuments that communicate and reverberate togetherness across the new cityscape."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2018-19 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: huangm5@rpi.edu Tutor: Carla Leitao

Power – After the Flame by Varun Chillara

"Politics and power in architecture have reemerged as prominent topics in the last decade and the increasing instability of international political structures has correspondingly influenced the built environment.

"Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984, and will again host the Olympic Games in 2028. However, when they come to a close and the flame is extinguished, what will become of these venues? This project charts the interaction between different social and technological scenarios at varying scales from the city to the individual, so we can identify obvious but latent conditions that continue to affect today's city."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2017-18 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: varunkamesh22@gmail.com Tutor: Brian De Luna

Beyond Ornament: Transforming the Mundane & Overlooked by Claire Liu


"The advent of digital technologies in architecture has opened up new possibilities for design. With the tools at our disposal today, ornaments can be pushed into unexplored territory by assembling them in a new way.

"Through excessive use, ornaments lose their decorative character and become something new. In order to push beyond the decorative, this project investigates the representational and functional dimensions of ornamentation in architecture. Through exploring excessiveness, a new artefact emerges based on the typology of a motel on Route 66."


Course: fifth-year BArch, 2017-18 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio 
Email: lliuj18@gmail.com Tutor: William Virgil

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[architectnews]

10 futuristic architecture projects from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students

This school show by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute features speculative designs from current and former students, including a "shrine to science fiction" made from mechanical debris and a replacement for Steven Holl's Hunter's Point Library.

The projects were created as part of the students' undergraduate degrees at the Rensselaer School of Architecture in Troy, New York.

Although created in different years, all of the designs focus on the "benevolent power of architecture" to tackle the most pressing social and environmental concerns of our time.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

University: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, School of Architecture Courses: BArch

Statement from Evan Douglis, Dean of the Rensselaer School of Architecture:

"Situated within one of the premier technological research universities in the US, the School of Architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute works in collaboration with leading scientists, engineers, technologists, artists and entrepreneurs.

"Together, we reimagine the future built environment as an ecologically responsive, energy-efficient, socially conscious and poetically charged constellation of buildings and infrastructures that reinvigorate and empower diverse communities around the world.

"We believe in the benevolent power of architecture to contribute to the environmental restoration of our planet, to establish a more productive, harmonious and symbiotic relationship with the natural world and to imbue our buildings with an awe-inspiring sense of wonder and delight."

Biogas House & Turntable Garden by Aida Ayuk

"The tearing down of domestic objects into their constituent parts provides the backdrop for architectural speculation in this foundation studio. The house began as an investigation of the aesthetic categories of a household record player and the ways it transfers energy.

"The house is conceived as a system of overlapping domestic programmes that produce, store, circuit and consume energy. In this process, domestic waste is collected and processed into bio-slurry. The house consists of a one-storey podium surrounded by a turntable composed of storage tanks, skylights and digesters. The caretaker's tower consists of three rings, which intersect to form the living quarters around an interior balcony and composting tank."

Course: first-year BArch, 2019 Studio: Architectural Design 2 
Email: ayuka@rpi.edu Tutor: Rhett Russo

Thermo House by Emmy Chen

"This house consists of a constellation of globes, with each holding a different living area at its centre. The spaces where the spheres overlap allow for movement in-between. The house is set in a cold climate, so based on ecogeographical rules each room is formed with a minimum surface-area-to-volume ratio to prevent heat from dissipating and offer thermal insulation.

"The aggregation of the spheres results in valleyed intersections on the exterior. This is where the steel supports emerge and elevate the aggregates from the ground, creating a minimal footprint to further increase the building's energy efficiency."

Course: BArch, first year, 2019 Studio: Architectural Design 2 Email: cheny55@rpi.edu Tutor: Ryo Imaeda

Habitat Nexus by Daniel Rothbart and Andrew Tice

"In designing housing, we envision a way of life. We dream of utopia, imagine dystopia and hope to influence how we imagine communal living – as a network of relationships, even an ecology. Located on the riverfront in Cohoes, New York, this project is designated for residents nearing the Third Age, meaning people upwards of 65 years old.

"The intent of Habitat Nexus is to deliver on the promises of connection and community, which were originally espoused by technological platforms but which they failed to deliver. Through extreme architectural environments, this building awakens its inhabitants from their fabricated reality and enables new associations and relationships."

Course: BArch, second year, 2018 Studio: Architectural Design 4 – Housing Emails:  ticea@rpi.edu and rothbd@rpi.edu Tutor: Yael Erel

Cohoes Gateway Boathouse & Recycling Plant by Caroline Golota


"Beginning with a study of discarded mechanical objects, Cohoes Gateway repurposes waste into experimental architectural forms. The project takes a post-industrial site in upstate New York as its basis and seeks to update its hydroelectric power infrastructure in a contemporary way.

"Emerging renewable energy technologies are integrated into a spatial grammar reminiscent of geological configurations, combining both natural and artificial elements into a hybrid language. The network of tendril-like formations constituting the project's ground floor double as hydropower storage units and public spaces, which have the potential to branch out of the site and acquire an urban dimension."

Course: BArch, second year, 2017 Studio: Architectural Design Studio 3 Email: golotc@rpi.edu Tutor: Stefano Passeri

Botanical Library for Endangered Plants by Renwen "Annie" Yu

"This library proposal is located on the East River waterfront in Long Island City, New York, on the site of Steven Holl's recently completed Hunter's Point Library. It reconsiders the function of a library in contemporary society and, rather than primarily storing books, serves as a botanical archive designed to educate visitors about plant species that are at risk of extinction due to climate change.

"The project also reconsiders the image of a library, with its form and aesthetics derived from 'glitched', projected images of OMA's Seattle Public Library. The facade is an exploration of colour and complexity, realised via full-scale 3D-printed panels."

Course: BArch, third year, 2020 Studio: Integrated Design Schematic Studio Email: yur2@rpi.edu Tutor: Adam Dayem

Museum of Science Fiction & Speculative Media by Ayesha Ayesha

"Science fiction tells us about the world we live in by exploring the present through images of the future. In this way, it serves a critical function. Apocalyptic visions, utopian futures and social experiments are all familiar scenarios found in this multilayered and complex genre.

"The Museum of Science Fiction & Speculative Media, located at 57 State St Albany, New York, is an elaborate shrine dedicated to science fiction. This referential mass contains a series of gallery spaces, exhibiting a robust timeline of the genre supported by a theater and performance space, media research labs, administrative offices and retail spaces."


Course: third-year BArch, 2018 Studio: Integrated Design Schematic Studio 
Email: ayesha@rpi.edu Tutor: Matthew Lopez

Expo '51 Detroit by Cody Seipp

"This project imagines a world in which Amazon began orchestrating a redevelopment plan for Detroit in 2018. The revamped image of the city centres around Amazon's new headquarters, while rejecting cars in favour of a public transport system and pedestrian walkways.

"The urban overhaul would conclude with Expo '51, an international exhibition welcoming works by celebrity architects to increase tourism and give Detroit a global presence. As such, this project seeks to engage with the ongoing tension between architecture and capital, public and private use, civic and corporate space."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2018 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: cdseipp@gmail.com Tutor: Chris Perry

Intimatopia by Mincong Huang

"Intimatopia explores how the increasing speed of cultural production and bifurcation can disrupt existing urban fabrics, in the hope of ultimately fostering a new sense of togetherness. Clustered habitats are injected into the cityscape and interconnected through synchronised electronic drum beats, reminiscent of the emergent collectivity of the 1980s.

"Yet, through this constant shape-shifting, it becomes apparent that togetherness dissolves into each and every one of us. Through the agency of our bodies, it has become impossible to capture our culture in the built environment. This stability has long been forgotten and what unites us as a community is also what inspired the forgetting in the first place. Sounds and rhythms are the only monuments that communicate and reverberate togetherness across the new cityscape."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2018-19 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: huangm5@rpi.edu Tutor: Carla Leitao

Power – After the Flame by Varun Chillara

"Politics and power in architecture have reemerged as prominent topics in the last decade and the increasing instability of international political structures has correspondingly influenced the built environment.

"Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984, and will again host the Olympic Games in 2028. However, when they come to a close and the flame is extinguished, what will become of these venues? This project charts the interaction between different social and technological scenarios at varying scales from the city to the individual, so we can identify obvious but latent conditions that continue to affect today's city."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2017-18 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: varunkamesh22@gmail.com Tutor: Brian De Luna

Beyond Ornament: Transforming the Mundane & Overlooked by Claire Liu


"The advent of digital technologies in architecture has opened up new possibilities for design. With the tools at our disposal today, ornaments can be pushed into unexplored territory by assembling them in a new way.

"Through excessive use, ornaments lose their decorative character and become something new. In order to push beyond the decorative, this project investigates the representational and functional dimensions of ornamentation in architecture. Through exploring excessiveness, a new artefact emerges based on the typology of a motel on Route 66."


Course: fifth-year BArch, 2017-18 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio 
Email: lliuj18@gmail.com Tutor: William Virgil

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[architectnews]

10 futuristic architecture projects from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students

This school show by the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute features speculative designs from current and former students, including a "shrine to science fiction" made from mechanical debris and a replacement for Steven Holl's Hunter's Point Library.

The projects were created as part of the students' undergraduate degrees at the Rensselaer School of Architecture in Troy, New York.

Although created in different years, all of the designs focus on the "benevolent power of architecture" to tackle the most pressing social and environmental concerns of our time.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

University: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, School of Architecture Courses: BArch

Statement from Evan Douglis, Dean of the Rensselaer School of Architecture:

"Situated within one of the premier technological research universities in the US, the School of Architecture at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute works in collaboration with leading scientists, engineers, technologists, artists and entrepreneurs.

"Together, we reimagine the future built environment as an ecologically responsive, energy-efficient, socially conscious and poetically charged constellation of buildings and infrastructures that reinvigorate and empower diverse communities around the world.

"We believe in the benevolent power of architecture to contribute to the environmental restoration of our planet, to establish a more productive, harmonious and symbiotic relationship with the natural world and to imbue our buildings with an awe-inspiring sense of wonder and delight."

Biogas House & Turntable Garden by Aida Ayuk

"The tearing down of domestic objects into their constituent parts provides the backdrop for architectural speculation in this foundation studio. The house began as an investigation of the aesthetic categories of a household record player and the ways it transfers energy.

"The house is conceived as a system of overlapping domestic programmes that produce, store, circuit and consume energy. In this process, domestic waste is collected and processed into bio-slurry. The house consists of a one-storey podium surrounded by a turntable composed of storage tanks, skylights and digesters. The caretaker's tower consists of three rings, which intersect to form the living quarters around an interior balcony and composting tank."

Course: first-year BArch, 2019 Studio: Architectural Design 2 
Email: ayuka@rpi.edu Tutor: Rhett Russo

Thermo House by Emmy Chen

"This house consists of a constellation of globes, with each holding a different living area at its centre. The spaces where the spheres overlap allow for movement in-between. The house is set in a cold climate, so based on ecogeographical rules each room is formed with a minimum surface-area-to-volume ratio to prevent heat from dissipating and offer thermal insulation.

"The aggregation of the spheres results in valleyed intersections on the exterior. This is where the steel supports emerge and elevate the aggregates from the ground, creating a minimal footprint to further increase the building's energy efficiency."

Course: BArch, first year, 2019 Studio: Architectural Design 2 Email: cheny55@rpi.edu Tutor: Ryo Imaeda

Habitat Nexus by Daniel Rothbart and Andrew Tice

"In designing housing, we envision a way of life. We dream of utopia, imagine dystopia and hope to influence how we imagine communal living – as a network of relationships, even an ecology. Located on the riverfront in Cohoes, New York, this project is designated for residents nearing the Third Age, meaning people upwards of 65 years old.

"The intent of Habitat Nexus is to deliver on the promises of connection and community, which were originally espoused by technological platforms but which they failed to deliver. Through extreme architectural environments, this building awakens its inhabitants from their fabricated reality and enables new associations and relationships."

Course: BArch, second year, 2018 Studio: Architectural Design 4 – Housing Emails:  ticea@rpi.edu and rothbd@rpi.edu Tutor: Yael Erel

Cohoes Gateway Boathouse & Recycling Plant by Caroline Golota


"Beginning with a study of discarded mechanical objects, Cohoes Gateway repurposes waste into experimental architectural forms. The project takes a postindustrial site in upstate New York as its basis and seeks to update its hydroelectric power infrastructure in a contemporary way.

"Emerging renewable energy technologies are integrated into a spatial grammar reminiscent of geological configurations, combining both natural and artificial elements into a hybrid language. The network of tendril-like formations constituting the project's ground floor double as hydropower storage units and public spaces, which have the potential to branch out of the site and acquire an urban dimension."

Course: BArch, second year, 2017 Studio: Architectural Design Studio 3 Email: golotc@rpi.edu Tutor: Stefano Passeri

Botanical Library for Endangered Plants by Renwen "Annie" Yu

"This library proposal is located on the East River waterfront in Long Island City, New York, on the site of Steven Holl's recently completed Hunter's Point Library. It reconsiders the function of a library in contemporary society and, rather than primarily storing books, serves as a botanical archive designed to educate visitors about plant species that are at risk of extinction due to climate change.

"The project also reconsiders the image of a library, with its form and aesthetics derived from 'glitched', projected images of OMA's Seattle Public Library. The facade is an exploration of colour and complexity, realised via full-scale 3D-printed panels."

Course: BArch, third year, 2020 Studio: Integrated Design Schematic Studio Email: yur2@rpi.edu Tutor: Adam Dayem

Museum of Science Fiction & Speculative Media by Ayesha Ayesha

"Science fiction tells us about the world we live in by exploring the present through images of the future. In this way, it serves a critical function. Apocalyptic visions, utopian futures and social experiments are all familiar scenarios found in this multilayered and complex genre.

"The Museum of Science Fiction & Speculative Media, located at 57 State St Albany, New York, is an elaborate shrine dedicated to science fiction. This referential mass contains a series of gallery spaces, exhibiting a robust timeline of the genre supported by a theater and performance space, media research labs, administrative offices and retail spaces."


Course: third-year BArch, 2018 Studio: Integrated Design Schematic Studio 
Email: ayesha@rpi.edu Tutor: Matthew Lopez

Expo '51 Detroit by Cody Seipp

"This project imagines a world in which Amazon began orchestrating a redevelopment plan for Detroit in 2018. The revamped image of the city centres around Amazon's new headquarters, while rejecting cars in favour of a public transport system and pedestrian walkways.

"The urban overhaul would conclude with Expo '51, an international exhibition welcoming works by celebrity architects to increase tourism and give Detroit a global presence."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2018 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: cdseipp@gmail.com Tutor: Chris Perry

Intimatopia by Mincong Huang

"Intimatopia explores how the increasing speed of cultural production and bifurcation can disrupt existing urban fabrics, in the hope of ultimately fostering a new sense of togetherness. Clustered habitats are injected into the cityscape and interconnected through synchronised electronic drum beats, reminiscent of the emergent collectivity of the 1980s.

"Yet, through this constant shape-shifting, it becomes apparent that togetherness dissolves into each and every one of us. Through the agency of our bodies, it has become impossible to capture our culture in the built environment. This stability has long been forgotten and what unites us as a community is also what inspired the forgetting in the first place. Sounds and rhythms are the only monuments that communicate and reverberate togetherness across the new cityscape."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2018-19 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: huangm5@rpi.edu Tutor: Carla Leitao

Power – After the Flame by Varun Chillara

"Politics and power in architecture have reemerged as prominent topics in the last decade and the increasing instability of international political structures has correspondingly influenced the built environment.

"Los Angeles hosted the Summer Olympics in 1932 and 1984, and will again host the Olympic Games in 2028. However, when they come to a close and the flame is extinguished, what will become of these venues? This project charts the interaction between different social and technological scenarios at varying scales from the city to the individual, so we can identify obvious but latent conditions that continue to affect today's city."

Course: fifth-year BArch, 2017-18 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio Email: varunkamesh22@gmail.com Tutor: Brian De Luna

Beyond Ornament: Transforming the Mundane & Overlooked by Claire Liu


"The advent of digital technologies in architecture has opened up new possibilities for design. With the tools at our disposal today, ornaments can be pushed into unexplored territory by assembling them in a new way.

"Through excessive use, ornaments lose their decorative character and become something new. In order to push beyond the decorative, this project investigates the representational and functional dimensions of ornamentation in architecture. Through exploring excessiveness, a new artefact emerges based on the typology of a motel on Route 66."


Course: fifth-year BArch, 2017-18 Studio: Final Project Design Research Seminar & Studio 
Email: lliuj18@gmail.com Tutor: William Virgil

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