Redshift Ι April 12, 2018 Site-specific and speculating on a possible future, surreally biomorphic and also digital, artist Felice Grodin’s Terrafish installation is proudly in-betwixt and in-between. This digital model, part of the Invasive Species exhibit at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), doesn’t exist in real space: It uses augmented reality (AR) as a new… Continue reading The Invasive Species Exhibit Wriggles Into the Art World Using Augmented Reality
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San Francisco’s Ambitious India Basin Development Project Is Wild at the Edges
Redshift Ι March 20, 2018 India Basin, on the southeast edge of San Francisco, was historically a neighborhood tied to the shipbuilding industry. An unassuming nub poking out into the San Francisco Bay, the 17-acre parcel at 700 Innes Avenue is something of a unicorn: It’s a rare example of undeveloped land (along the waterfront, no… Continue reading San Francisco’s Ambitious India Basin Development Project Is Wild at the Edges
Architect Georgia Louise Harris Brown Pioneered Modernism Across Two Continents
Autodesk’s Redshift Ι February 6, 2018 Pioneering African-American architect Georgia Louise Harris Brown had a knack for seeking out the most fertile architecture scenes in the world during her long career. She practiced in Chicago during Mies van der Rohe’s prime and, from there, moved to Brazil, where a singular modernist language was being created for… Continue reading Architect Georgia Louise Harris Brown Pioneered Modernism Across Two Continents
Mott MacDonald Has Tunnel Vision for the Chesapeake Bay Thimble Shoal Project
Redshift Ι Jan. 4, 2018 In early 2019, a tunnel-boring machine the length of a football field will begin chewing through the earth below the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. At a rate of 60 feet per day, according to the Virginian-Pilot, it will carve a 42-foot-wide, mile-long path 105 feet below sea level at its deepest.… Continue reading Mott MacDonald Has Tunnel Vision for the Chesapeake Bay Thimble Shoal Project
Hurricane-Proof Construction Methods Can Prevent the Destruction of Communities
Redshift Ι Nov. 9, 2017 The four hurricanes that slammed into heavily populated areas from the Caribbean to Texas this summer are inching toward a half-trillion-dollar price tag in damages—to say nothing of the work and wages missed by shutting down entire cities. Buildings are the most visible marker of a place’s resilience after a disaster… Continue reading Hurricane-Proof Construction Methods Can Prevent the Destruction of Communities
Machine Learning Eases Construction Project Management—and Prevents Catastrophes
Redshift Ι Oct. 2, 2017 In the fragmented building industry, “every single building is a prototype,” says Dustin Hartsuiker, manager of Technology Solutions for the California-based Swinerton Builders. Devoid of standardization and often assembled from custom-made components, buildings are unforgiving and inefficient experiments in fabrication, given to levels of risk and uncertainty unheard of in the… Continue reading Machine Learning Eases Construction Project Management—and Prevents Catastrophes
Augmented Reality in Construction Lets You See Through Walls
Redshift Ι May 5, 2017 Imagine you’re part of a crew constructing a new office building: Midway through the process, you’re on-site, inspecting the installation of HVAC systems. You put on a funny-looking construction helmet and step out of the service elevator. As you look up, there’s a drop ceiling being installed, but you want to… Continue reading Augmented Reality in Construction Lets You See Through Walls