rE-ordering architecture

What does it mean to design entwined architecture? 

An order in architecture is defined by a specific assemblage of parts subject to uniform established proportions and characteristics and is most readily identifiable by its metonymic column. Each column in this exhibition showcases a new “order”—a seed or fragment of an entwined future. These propositions offer neither apocalypse nor salvation. Rather this work grapples with questions of how architecture might measure, report, or act to produce entwinement between architecture and environment.

These four columns are fabricated by 3D printing clay, a process which requires reconsidering anthropocentric notions of authorship, precision, and control. Robotic processes on the one hand require a level of precision via computational command, but also an attentiveness to how the manual and synthetic hands interact and the feedback of the material in use. Clay is an ancient, visceral material that loops, slumps, and oozes—its live nature allows for manipulation in tandem with digital composition.  This process  establishes an odd kinship between the designer, tool, and material. The resulting projects explore rE-ordering architecture through making machine and material kin.

Featuring work by
Shelby Elizabeth Doyle—Associate Professor of Architecture and Stan G. Thurston Professor of Design-Build at Iowa State University College of Design

Frank Melendez and Nancy Diniz—bioMATTERS; Frank Melendez, Associate Professor, Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York; Nancy Diniz, Course Leader, Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London (respectively)

Kelley Van Dyck Murphy, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis 

Jonathan A. Scelsa with Greg Sheward—Jonathan A. Scelsa, Associate Professor of Architectural Design and Technology, School of Architecture, Pratt Institute; Greg Sheward, Interim Production Facilities Manager, Visiting Assistant Professor Pratt Institute

Exhibition: May 5–25, 2923, Usagi NY Gallery
Hours: Monday–Friday, 9am–4pm 

Closing reception: Thursday, May 25, 2023, Usagi NY Gallery, 6–8pm

This exhibition is part of NYCxDESIGN Festival 2023.

The exhibition is free and open to the public.