A Momentary Lapse of Politics

I just found it very shocking when I read the headlines.

(“The”) Man On the Moon

This one was meant to be ready for the anniversary of Man’s arrival to the Moon… But it rested unfinished in a drawer till now.

Prada Transformer official website: http://prada-transformer.com/

Koolhaas on CNN (via AMNP):  http://architecture.myninjaplease.com/?p=4749

El anti-blob de Koolhaas (in Spanish): http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl/2009/03/15/anti-blob-de-koolhaas-the-prada-transformer/

Pritzker Prize 2009: Zumthor’s Rough Stuff

 

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Zumthor in the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/arts/design/13pritzker.html

Zumthor in the Pritzker Prize Website: http://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/2009/index.html

Zumthor Interview in The Architects’ Journal: http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/the-critics/peter-zumthor-speaks-to-the-architects-journal/5200097.article

Mostafavi vs. sanford Kwinter. Hairstyles 3 (- Building Services 2)

Iterations: Parametric Performances (altered)

GSD Lectures 2008: Tafuri/Piranesi Re:Mix

GSD Lectures: Ciro Najle’s Mother House

From the Archives of Trays: http://72.167.142.101/index.php

Mohsen Mostafavi and Sanford Kwinter: Hairstyles

Mohsen Mostafavi and Sanford Kwinter, “On Conjecture”: http://sorcerer.design.harvard.edu/gsdlectures/f2008/onconjecture2.mov

From the Archives of Trays: http://72.167.142.101/index.php (enhanced version)

Sanford Kwinter: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://farm1.static.flickr.com/180/417104691_6d9992cd00.jpg%3Fv%3D0&imgrefurl=http://flickr.com/photos/katriarchy/417104691/&usg=__W_xcxGKHH3APydPyO_HbPuWtMlE=&h=500&w=450&sz=220&hl=en&start=10&sig2=sCb08mmVDoIbr3qZS8Ot_w&um=1&tbnid=5ckGydVrHrkpwM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=117&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsanford%2Bkwinter%26hl%3Den%26um%3D1&ei=Lrk3SuqSAszMlQeU4JTpDQ

Mohsen Mostafavi: http://www.harvardclubofjapan.org//public_img/events/539w.jpg

and… Alan Altshuler: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/faculty/altshuler/images/idlarge.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/faculty/altshuler/pub.html&usg=__edvw35LM_WtnFbbJYLItknz3LQY=&h=216&w=252&sz=76&hl=en&start=4&sig2=V2OlMchuNX4xfEpdrVsAOw&um=1&tbnid=fVheIgsIMtMboM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dalan%2Baltshuler%26hl%3Den%26um%3D1&ei=Abo3SpyrCoOFlAfavMjpDQ

GSD Lectures 2008: Parametric Performances

Parametric Performances Lecture @GSD Webcasts: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/events/webcasts/

Neri Oxman: http://materialecology.blogspot.com/

Joe McDonald: http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/faculty/macdonald/index.html

Ciro Najle: http://aap.cornell.edu/arch/faculty/faculty-profile.cfm?customel_datapageid_7102=18493

On the Sources of Form: MOS’s Ps.1 (Final take)

AFTERPARTY: http://www.mos-office.net/#a

AFTERPARTY IN FLICKR: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gbrainard/3670657782/in/photostream/