Author Archives: pettydesign
THE SPACE BETWEEN…
“This is Space Between Two People Having Sex (2008), a sculpture by German artist Asta Gröting, who covered two actors in plaster during the moment of copulation and then, as it were, conceptually turned them inside out. What was left …
THE SPACE BETWEEN…
“This is Space Between Two People Having Sex (2008), a sculpture by German artist Asta Gröting, who covered two actors in plaster during the moment of copulation and then, as it were, conceptually turned them inside out. What was left …
THE ARCHITECT AND SOCIETY
The Architect and Society.
By Keith Godwin. …
THE ARCHITECT AND SOCIETY
The Architect and Society.
By Keith Godwin. …
TURBINES
B&Q is a British hardware store similar to Home Depot in the United States. In October of 2006 they began to sell wind turbines that consumers could purchase and install on their homes that would help produce energy and, in …
TURBINES
B&Q is a British hardware store similar to Home Depot in the United States. In October of 2006 they began to sell wind turbines that consumers could purchase and install on their homes that would help produce energy and, in …
LIVING CITIES
“We view the landscape much as the Victorians viewed women: as either saints or whores. If an open space is green, it is considered a saint. If it is built, concreted or asphalted, it is a whore.” – Martha Schwartz, …
LIVING CITIES
“We view the landscape much as the Victorians viewed women: as either saints or whores. If an open space is green, it is considered a saint. If it is built, concreted or asphalted, it is a whore.” – Martha Schwartz, …
UPON GRADUATION
What are you going to do with it?”
When approaching the commencement of a student’s education, many students of “typical” degrees are often fronted with the same question. “What are you going to do with it [psychology, history, latin degrees …
UPON GRADUATION
What are you going to do with it?”
When approaching the commencement of a student’s education, many students of “typical” degrees are often fronted with the same question. “What are you going to do with it [psychology, history, latin degrees …
USGBC HEADQUARTERS
Undergraduate Competition
Winner Houston Region
Summer 2008
4 weeks
500 FANNIN: A Conceptual Study for USGBC Houston Headquarters
At the heart of downtown stands a gem of Houston architecture that has remained vacant for the past two decades. The building …
USGBC HEADQUARTERS
Undergraduate Competition
Winner Houston Region
Summer 2008
4 weeks
500 FANNIN: A Conceptual Study for USGBC Houston Headquarters
At the heart of downtown stands a gem of Houston architecture that has remained vacant for the past two decades. The building …
SYSTEM FOR LIVING
Undergraduate work +
Spring 2008
14 weeks
profs: sam jacoby, monia de marchi
AA School of Architecture
The house as an architectural form and symbol is the one artifice where private worlds and public domains converge. Like all …
SYSTEM FOR LIVING
Undergraduate work +
Spring 2008
14 weeks
profs: sam jacoby, monia de marchi
AA School of Architecture
The house as an architectural form and symbol is the one artifice where private worlds and public domains converge. Like all …
FROZEN MUSIC
Undergraduate work +
4 weeks
Spring 2008
profs: toni kotnik, eugine han
AA School of Architecture
“I call architecture frozen music.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Music can have profound emotional effects on their listeners. People have often …
FROZEN MUSIC
Undergraduate work +
4 weeks
Spring 2008
profs: toni kotnik, eugine han
AA School of Architecture
“I call architecture frozen music.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Music can have profound emotional effects on their listeners. People have often …
POST VISIT: LA TOURETTE
The approach to La Tourette is very interesting and different than that of Ronchamp. With Ronchamp, you see the chapel first from far away perched up on the hill. You then loose the sight of it as you approach the …
POST VISIT: LA TOURETTE
The approach to La Tourette is very interesting and different than that of Ronchamp. With Ronchamp, you see the chapel first from far away perched up on the hill. You then loose the sight of it as you approach the …
E-FAB PAVILION
Undergraduate Work
Undergraduate Work
10 weeks
Fall 2007
Prof: Santiago Perez
Collaborators: Life Robinson, Fizza Hasan
University of Houston
As a semester long exploration of fabrication at the 1:1 scale, the 13 student efab studio was dispersed into 5 …
E-FAB PAVILION
Undergraduate Work
Undergraduate Work
10 weeks
Fall 2007
Prof: Santiago Perez
Collaborators: Life Robinson, Fizza Hasan
University of Houston
As a semester long exploration of fabrication at the 1:1 scale, the 13 student efab studio was dispersed into 5 …