Archive for April, 2008

Creativity vs. Design

Monday, April 21st, 2008

I stumbled on this article by Andy Rutledge over at “A List Apart,” who has some very interesting thoughts on creativity’s roll in design. Are they the same thing? Although Andy Rutledge is writing about web design, the role of creativity - especially in a professional context - has direct implications for architecture. I really [...]

The Finite Problem of Design

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

What is algorithmic design

algorithms are not always based on solution strategies concieved entirely in the human mind 19
unlike inventions, discoveries are not conceived or controlled by the human mind 19
an algorithm can describe either the way a problem is to be addressed by a human or by a computer

algorithm is a rationalized version of human [...]

Processing Lorenz Attractor

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

My first stint into the world of Processing.org. Written in mid-march.
This project took way too long - not because of the programming, but because my understanding of differential equations is miserable. Still learned a lot though, and Processing is an amazing framework. The highlight (w00t!) was the recursive way that the the color trails are [...]

About: Addendum

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

In updating the about page for this site, I thought I would post a copy here with the off chance that someone (anyone) still looks at this page. This is part of an effort to make this site active again, so watch for several updates regarding my current work. You might even be surprised….
From [...]

Final Project, fall semester

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

I do realize what month it is…
For this project (which I presented in December) we were fortunate enough to actually have a “client” - Living Classrooms, a Baltimore based NPO focused on educating “at risk” people of all ages. The program was a design exploration for a new center they are planning to build in [...]

Insert temporally esoteric architectonic pharaseology here.