PRESENTERS
FABRICATING TRUTH
PALLAVI SWARANJALI, Carleton University
Forging Architecture: The Contronymic Nature of Architectural Creation in the work of
STEVEN BEITES, Laurentian University
Context Through Awareness
The introduction of digital tools within current modes of design/fabrication has led to a new breed of digital savvy designers
capable of prototyping, evaluating and manufacturing design concepts from ideation to full fabrication. Yet the potential impact
of digital tools far exceeds the specificities of process and technique. Its inherent value is derived from its ability to ignite
conversation and to reflect and inspire through the interpretation of new processes, new functions and new aesthetics. This
methodology has inspired a body of work that is innovative in its material application, computation and fabrication logics, yet it is
self-reflexive, drawing inspiration from its milieu and providing a unique response to a complex set of social and contextual inputs.
In an era of unchecked globalization and homogenization, each project seeks authenticity in search of craft and individual expression
within a digital sensibility.
The paper explores, through three distinct projects, thematic currents of history and culture, memory and discovery. This is exemplified
via Jetée, an expression of context through awareness that aims to reclaim a vandalized and underused public space, giving striking
character to the urban space; EmbeddedHistory; a CNC derived, concrete artwork that celebrates the rich history of the Métis nation
and the complex relationship of the First Nations people and French European fur traders; and most recently, Insignia; a heritage
pavilion currently in development on the historic grounds of Exhibition Place in downtown Toronto, offering a visual narrative through
history, one that evokes the volume of the original barracks and serves to preserve the memories of the soldiers who offered their lives
to their country. Via the tangible process of fabrication and assembly, both off-site and in-situ, each project reveals a narrative or unveils
an afflictive yet genuine truth of the inherent social complexities of the human and built environment.
KATIE GRAHAM, Carleton University
Architectural Storytelling in Virtual Reality: How VR Can Expand on Architectural Perception
TED LANDRUM, University of Manitoba
Poetry as Research: Fabricating Architectural Truth
FABRICATING IN SITU
SCOTT GERALD SHALL, Lawrence Technological University
Borrowed Intelligence: Leveraging Industrial Fabrication To Evolve Building Production
NAHID AHMADI, Carleton University
Asphalt Deserts: Rethinking the Architecture of Surface Parking Lots
DIETMAR STRAUB, University of Manitoba
A Beautiful Waste of Time: Operating a Snow Academy
JENNIFER SMITH, Auburn University
INCREMENTAL: Resilience through Disaster-Relief Housing
BRYAN HE, University of Manitoba
Making of the Hakka Vernacular
SOCIAL FABRICS
VALENTINA DAVILA, McGill University
Down the Back Stairs: Servants’ Spaces in Montreal’s Square Mile
LAWRENCE BIRD, Winnipeg
ELLEN GRIMES, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
History's Future Fabrics: New Models for Historic Ecologies
NIKOLE BOUCHARD, University of Wisconsin
RYAN STEC, Carleton University
Making Public Space: Examining Walter Lippmann & John Dewey’s pragmatism as a
constructive expansion to the spatial theory of public space
MEDIATING FABRICS
LANCELOT COAR, University of Manitoba
Lignes d’erre: Tracing the History and Future of Force Flow in Structures
FEDERICO GARCIA LAMMERS & JESSICA GARCIA FRITZ, South Dakota State University
Master Building Complex Forms in the Absence of Graphics
JOE KALTURNYK, Winnipeg
The Temporary and the Intermediate: Strategies for a Better Dinner
photo: Landon Lucyk [M2 Architecture]
The 2018 Atmosphere Symposium is co-chaired by: Lisa Landrum and Liane Veness with the support of the Faculty's Cultural Events Committee and the Centre for Architectural Structure and Technology (C.A.S.T.); web design and graphics support by Tali Budman (ED4 Architecture student), and administrative support from Brandy O’Reilly (Faculty of Architecture, Partners Program).
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