Conversation with Ragdale Ring architects past and present at Chicago Cultural Center скачать в хорошем качестве

Conversation with Ragdale Ring architects past and present at Chicago Cultural Center

About [sic] + fieldtrip – “Echo” The 2022 Ragdale Ring winning entry is Echo, a proposal by the design team, [sic] + fieldtrip, made up of Ahnaf Chowdhury, Anuradha Desai, Amelia Gan, and Marda Zenawi. The design exemplifies the needs of an outdoor performance venue with the rich historical significance of the landscape surrounding the Ragdale campus. “Our roots are the place we depart from and the ground we negotiate on. They are an enduring echo, ringing in and through us.The First Ragdale Ring, which has inspired so many echos since, was above all a proposition of nature. Howard Van Doren Shaw’s keen pursuit of landscaping created his garden into an enduring forum for the arts, itself the echo of the outdoor theatre at the Villa Ginanneschi-Gori. This typology is perhaps at its most primordial the echo of a meadow. We propose to explore the layering of these echos and their underlying sensibilities.” About The Bittertang Farm - "Buru Buru" Trained as architects, Michael Loverich and Antonio Torres make up the collaborative team known as The Bittertang Farm. "Our work delves deep into traditional architectural references extracting characteristics often overlooked and relegated to other professions which we believe to be integral in the production of architectural atmosphere. Our plush toy collection is a case in point. If the Victorian era was seen as an era filled with overstuffed furniture obscuring structure and bones producing ominous environments then that furniture cannot be separated from the mood established nor can one ignore the influence that they would have on the mood of the architect. Our plush toys are an acknowledgement of the impact that pillows, upholstery and other additive pleasure components can have on architectural space. With this in mind we have produced toys that will move beyond mere accoutrement producing narratives and atmospheres initially outside of architecture. Our research into these pleasure toys will reveal novel tectonics and material lineages that will then feedback into our work at other scales and in a more traditional architectural scale. Gelatinous Orbs is a project that addresses material longevity as well as natural growth cycles to produce an exotic environment of biological fecundity. It recognizes the biological as a temporal and an accretive substance which demands dynamic forms of representation. Although trained as architects our prolific interests and methodology associates us closely to the organization of a farm. Our material is bred, coaxed and grown to yield tasty morsels, beautiful new exotic beasts and fertilizer for future growth." Antonio Torres explores expressions and sensations through architecture and various media. He co-founded the Bittertang Farm as a place to experiment with the physics, biology, behaviors, and emotions of our surroundings. He continues to create projects between his childhood home in rural Michoacan, Mexico, and the city of Chicago. He has taught design and technology studios internationally. Recently, he has built three inflatable pavilions, a pregnant, sugar-oozing piñata, a plush toy collection, a sagging birdcage, a room of wax, an edible environment, and a living amphitheater. Torres is the recipient of numerous architectural awards, including the Architectural League Prize and the New Practices Award from AIANY. He was a finalist in the MoMA PS1 Young Architects Competition in 2015 and was awarded the TED Fellowship in 2013.