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Static is the web resource of the London Consortium, a unique collaboration between the Architectural Association, Birkbeck College (University of London), the Institute of Contemporary Arts, and Tate.

Aiming to initiate interdisciplinary intellectual debate about paradoxes of contemporary culture, Static presents contributions from an international team of academics, artists and cultural practitioners.
LONDON CONSORTIUM
HERE IS THE PDF WHICH MIGHT BE OF INTEREST

TOO MUCH INFO?

The basic concept of complexity is that all things tend to organize themselves into patterns, e.g., ant colonies, immune systems, and human cultures; further, they go through cycles of growth, mass extinction, regeneration, and evolution.
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MACRO-THE HUMAN FACTOR

cor blimey....
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MACRO-FRAMEWORKS

these are for real!
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MACRO - KIT OF PARTS?

found this and thought it might be useful for a couple of you...
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CARPET?

This astonishing relief map carpet, made from foam bars of different heights and colours, is a product of the Dutch design firm Studio Laurens van Wieringen. LINK TO CARPET

DESERT ARCHEOLOGIES

Situated in the Middle-East or in ancient Mesopotamia, these architectures have always appeared to me as hieratic and timeless locations open to fiction and human science in which geography and history might be presented as utopias. THIERRY URBAIN... take a look at the archeologies...
Desert Archeologies

VICTORIA AND ALBERT

Free exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum...
http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1637_outoftheordinary/index.php

PETER SALTER LECTURE

THIS IS A MUST SEE FOR YEAR 2'S... ON TONIGHT AT BROOKES... 5.30!!!

POWER GENERATING WIND DAM_FOR AMY B

A large sail is hung in a gorge to capture wind and generate renewable energy. The wind is funneled through an attached turbine. The project is by Cheetwood Associates.

See more at http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/11/14/power-generating-wind-dam-by-chetwood-associates/#more-7063

CAST IN SAND

ONE FOR MARK...

This object has been cast in the sand live so to speak...
he shows the whole process in his website - pewter stool
http://www.maxlamb.org/

SEATBELTS

One for reference...
the structure in front is made from woven seatbelts
http://www.bertjanpot.nl/

TRANSPLASTIC

ONE FOR KATIE
Saw this and thought it was interesting how the plastic and weave are connected...
http://www.campanas.com.br/

FRAGILE FUTURE

The design is a modular wall-mounted lighting system consisting of a network of seed-covered lights that react to movement.

ONE FOR BEN...

http://www.designdrift.nl/

sphere source

Found a source for PVC and polystyrene domes: 4d modelshop Ltd.

www.modelshop.co.uk

search the online catalog with hemisphere or dome

HANGING VOLUMES_FOR SHELLEY

By Glenn Clarke. check out some more images at http://www.boutwelldrapergallery.com.au/artist.php?inArtistName=Glen%20Clarke

Source: http://supercolossal.ch/

By Thomas Heatherwick. Installation in Welcome Trust foyer. http://www.heatherwick.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=37

DAKAR RALLY LOCAL SAFETY LEAFLET

This is the leaflet the dakar rally organisers handout to locals to warm them about safe behaviour when the rally passes through their territory.

THE PARALLELS ALMANAC

Exploring the connection between global systems and human mysticism, The Parallels Almanac is a multi-media epistemology of a constructed mythology.

One for Valters...

from http://www.ica.org.uk/userfiles/media-arts/parallels-almanac/main.html

AGGREGATE

One for Andy

from http://johnpowers.us/installation/

FIELDS

This is an installation exhibition, Systematic Landscapes centers around three large-scale installations, each of which puts the viewer into a distinctive relationship with the scale and shape of the land.

Maya Lin: Systematic Landscapes

from http://www.contemporarystl.org/maya_lin.php

AGREGATION OF SIMPLE COMPONENTS_FOR ALEX H, JOHN ETC

here is a beautiful installation that explores the aggregation of simple elements to create a complex web. The project is called 'Trivet fields' and is by Joanne Jackovich. It is made from interlocking flexible plastic components.

general findings for nomadic camel project.

EDUARDO PAOLOZZI

23. New Life for Old Radios 1972

CLIP, STAMP, FOLD

Clip, Stamp, Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazines

The exhibition runs until 7 December at the Architectural Association

DOTT 07 - LANDLINES

from http://www.dott07.com

BOOK AUTOPSIES

Brian Dettmer

from http://www.haydeerovirosa.com/index.php?modus_id=1&page_id=44&type_id=1

NURBURGRING NORDSCHLEIFE FACILITY

Drive: Urban Experience and the Automobile
Public Lectures transcripts 2005-06
Prof. Iain Borden

NAVIGATE TO THE PUBLIC LECTURES SERIES...

from http://www.haecceityinc.com

DRESDEN FLOOD DEFENCE

one for amie...

FACES OF BATTLE

This comes with a warning on the website!
from www.national-army-museum.ac.uk

MINIMAL SURFACE EXPERIMENTS FOR AMY B

from www.achimmenges.net

OXFORD MATERIAL SUPPLIERS LISTINGS

This is an extensive material suppliers listing for Oxford. You can find everything you could imagine needing from someone on this list. Click on the image for a larger view.

ONLINE MATERIALS SUPPLIER

check out the hindleys online catalogue for a pretty extensive supply list. Humphrey tells me they do resonable quick mail order deliveries.

http://hindleys.com/catalog/

EVENT MECHANICS_DAKAR RALLY 07/08

The Unit A architecture design studio blog is up and running. Pleae post queries, thoughts, ideas, pictures, events, work in progress etc for disscussion.