hello26970
- Feb 12, 2016
- 1 min
Baran Studio in a Ford Commercial
A couple months ago we were asked to be the feature of a Ford commercial. We have the final product here! Check it out. #Architecture #community #style #residential #oakland #Theory #Design #Improvisation #Collaboration
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mbaran7
- Feb 21, 2015
- 4 min
Improvised Architecture: Who We Are Is What We Do
The foundation of adaptable characteristics are present in most people at a young age. For a child it is difficult to understand that it is possible to simultaneously care for the self and for others. Because a child is dependent on others for survival, the needs of others may be made primary in order to receive sustenance from them. The boundary between self and other is then blurred, trapping the child into perpetually attempting to become the person or people they are depe
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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 revisit on the blog in order to both explore what and how the nuances of adaptability can be expressed through architectural practice, and in hopes of generating further discussion to evolve ‘adaptability’ as a concept beyond the commonly accepted premise that it is simply the basis of all design. It’s too easy to say that everything persists in
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