For those of you who do not already know this… F_RMlab [Digital Research and Media] is a grad student initiative to promote digital technology and computational discourse in architecture at our school. F_RMlab’s current initiatives and extended goals exist in the areas of software and scripting; physical computing and interactive systems; digital fabrication; environmental simulation; and the ACADIA Adaptive Architectures conference of 2013. We would like to open the doors for communication between our initiatives, the undergraduate and graduate curriculum, as well...
Yesterday marked the beginning of the Gladstone Hotel’s inaugural year of Gladstone Grow Op: Exploring landscape and place. The four-day event (on now until Sunday) celebrates innovative ideas and conceptual responses to landscape and place across a broad range of creative practices. UWSA’s F_RMlab is participating this year with their project Field Guide, but the event also features another UWSA project: Play the Walk by Masters student Talayeh Hamidya in collaboration with creative partner Gelareh Saadatpajouh....
If you’ve seen a couple of masters students laser cutting endless rolls of mylar and/or playing with arduinos, motors and a bunch of wiring in the past month, you may know F_RMlab has been busy preparing for an installation at GrowOp. GrowOp is an exhibition at the Gladstone Hotel that celebrates innovative ideas and conceptual responses to landscape and place across a broad range of creative practices. The event will run from April 25-28, with...
