mbaran7
- Jul 7, 2014
- 6 min
Unified Volumes
The studio recently did a design session to generate different ideas for a new project that will explore greater density in infill...
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hello26970
- May 29, 2014
- 13 min
Looking for the Axes of [(Non)-Centrality]
Among a few themes we’ve already mentioned that we are exploring here at the studio (adaptability, improvisation, kinetics) is the role...
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hello26970
- May 14, 2014
- 3 min
Kinetic Aperture 1: Hyper-screen
Picking up on the studio’s recent experimental design sessions, last Friday Matt presented a sketch for what began in our discussions as...
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mbaran7
- May 9, 2014
- 2 min
Repetition In Design
We have been working on a series of multi-unit projects in the office, and this post will be the first of several discussions on the...
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hello26970
- Apr 24, 2014
- 4 min
Processing Adaptability
One of the defining aspects of the studio is the notion of ‘adaptability.’ It’s been mentioned before, but it’s a theme we’ll often...
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hello26970
- Sep 24, 2013
- 1 min
AIA East Bay Design Awards
We received an AIA East Bay Design Award for our Bordertown project on Thursday. More info here: http://lnkd.in/b4tmzrS and photos on our...
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mbaran7
- May 18, 2013
- 1 min
Project Patterns
New Construction and Renovation. Built and Planned:
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mbaran7
- May 16, 2013
- 1 min
And I Quote
From a nice little book titled ‘the architect says’: “I believe context is an incredibly overestimated word and an alibi for a lot of...
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mbaran7
- Apr 1, 2013
- 2 min
On Ideas
“What style is your architecture?” I seem to get this question a lot when I confess to being an architect. And the question is only...
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mbaran7
- Jan 1, 2013
- 2 min
The Studio Story
Growing up working class in Detroit, I learned to do whatever it took to get by. ‘Bootstrapping’ became second nature, and I had worked...
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mbaran7
- May 25, 2012
- 2 min
Design Review
On May 17 we received our go ahead from the Berkeley Design Review Committee on our Fairview project! We are on to our next steps. This...
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mbaran7
- May 20, 2012
- 1 min
Zen and the Art of Constructing Buildings
Our design process involves the analysis of existing contexts and programmatic requirements in order to extend these elements into one...
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