The Architectural Association Gallery as a venue currently

From grafting a part of the lobby of Hotel Puerta America into this host space and then growing the tissue to tie into the existing classical Georgian organisation, the new compound attempts a contextualisation of the experimental parametric design techniques that are currently being explored and developed in the same building.

Sponsored by Corus Colorcoat, Hotel Puerta America

Video projections Douglas Spencer

Lasercutting Laser

 

The physical act of folding and assembling became instrumental to the morphogenesis. Stress distribution could be physically felt and was addressed intuitively by switching fold lines and developing thrust patterns.